PHAIS Essex
@phaisessex.bsky.social
Welcome to the School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex. Careful thought for a complex world.
https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/philosophical-historical-and-interdisciplinary-studies
https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/philosophical-historical-and-interdisciplinary-studies
History PhD student Louise Rodwell is presenting at the Cambridge University Modern British History Workshop TODAY at 5:00pm with a paper titled 'Imagined Landscapes of the First World War.'
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
History PhD student Louise Rodwell is presenting at the Cambridge University Modern British History Workshop TODAY at 5:00pm with a paper titled 'Imagined Landscapes of the First World War.'
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
"Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think" by Dr Will Carruthers
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Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think - UK Heritage Pulse
Reading the Big Think responses, what struck me the most is that they are thoughtful and pragmatic in the face… | Continue reading: Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think
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October 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think" by Dr Will Carruthers
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heritagepulse.insights-alliance.com/updates/chan...
TODAY @ 3pm: Dr Jörg Schaub discusses 'Two Models of Aesthetic Freedom: Schiller, Hegel, and the Freedom of the Whole Human Being.'
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
October 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
TODAY @ 3pm: Dr Jörg Schaub discusses 'Two Models of Aesthetic Freedom: Schiller, Hegel, and the Freedom of the Whole Human Being.'
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
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This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
October 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
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Booking is now open for this year's Royal Historical Society Public History Lecture, with @greshamcollege.bsky.social:
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother
This is the annual Royal Historical Society Lecture.
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October 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Booking is now open for this year's Royal Historical Society Public History Lecture, with @greshamcollege.bsky.social:
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
Please join the University of Essex Centre for Environment and Society on Wednesday October 15th for a panel discussion and Q&A: Renaturing: Experiences, Practices, Challenges.
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Please join the University of Essex Centre for Environment and Society on Wednesday October 15th for a panel discussion and Q&A: Renaturing: Experiences, Practices, Challenges.
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
"More than just sportswear" - read former MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Stijn van Gerrevink's article on football shirts as heritage:
footballmakeshistory.eu/football-shi...
footballmakeshistory.eu/football-shi...
Football Shirts as Heritage: Archiving Identity - Football Makes History
This article examines the approaches of three English clubs to archiving football shirts, highlighting their heritage value as symbols of identity, memory, and community.
footballmakeshistory.eu
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"More than just sportswear" - read former MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Stijn van Gerrevink's article on football shirts as heritage:
footballmakeshistory.eu/football-shi...
footballmakeshistory.eu/football-shi...
Virtual reality can be a healing tool for disaster-hit communities, according to new research by the REPLACE Project: www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro...
Our recent publication was featured in The Conversation (bit.ly/4gTEVU0).
This piece discusses four ways in which Virtual Reality can help communities heal after disasters.
Check our paper published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies: lnkd.in/dZ3qkXes
This piece discusses four ways in which Virtual Reality can help communities heal after disasters.
Check our paper published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies: lnkd.in/dZ3qkXes
Four ways virtual reality can help communities heal after disasters
New research shows VR can produce immersive digital environments that provide a space where people can mourn, reflect, reconnect and share.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Virtual reality can be a healing tool for disaster-hit communities, according to new research by the REPLACE Project: www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro...
Emotion, agency and identity.
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Emotion, agency and identity.
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
Don't miss this screening of 'Wind, Tide & Oar' by one of our Philosophy students!
Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
www.movingimage.org.uk/events/wind-...
Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
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Wind, Tide & Oar | MOVING IMAGE
This is a charity event in support of The Ferry Trust, with profits going towards the purchase of a new boat and in celebration of Wivenhoe's sailing history. The cost of tickets will be £10 each. Win...
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September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don't miss this screening of 'Wind, Tide & Oar' by one of our Philosophy students!
Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
www.movingimage.org.uk/events/wind-...
Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
www.movingimage.org.uk/events/wind-...
Spaces still available for the 3rd CICSI Summer School, "SICK NORMALITIES: CHANGING PRACTICES, CHANGING SELVES"! To book your place or for more information, please click here: www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Spaces still available for the 3rd CICSI Summer School, "SICK NORMALITIES: CHANGING PRACTICES, CHANGING SELVES"! To book your place or for more information, please click here: www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...
FINAL REMINDER to our PGR students - survey closes on 31 August!
PHAIS PGR students, we need your help! Please complete the PGR Student Voice Survey to have your say on what works, and where we could make improvements.
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
FINAL REMINDER to our PGR students - survey closes on 31 August!
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From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England”
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England*
ABSTRACT. Drawing on work in the social sciences on the handshake, this article examines the role of the handshake as a form of gestural communication and
doi.org
July 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England”
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Congratulations to the class of 2024!
Sam Robertson is graduating with a BA in History, and we're delighted that he's decided to stay in PHAIS and begin an MA in Heritage and Museum Studies in October!
Read about his story here: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/07...
Sam Robertson is graduating with a BA in History, and we're delighted that he's decided to stay in PHAIS and begin an MA in Heritage and Museum Studies in October!
Read about his story here: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/07...
Class of 2025 Sam Robertson | University of Essex
Find out how BA History graduate Sam Robertson made the most of a placement at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences in Cambridge to ensure he leaves university with the skills and experience to help him ...
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July 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Congratulations to the class of 2024!
Sam Robertson is graduating with a BA in History, and we're delighted that he's decided to stay in PHAIS and begin an MA in Heritage and Museum Studies in October!
Read about his story here: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/07...
Sam Robertson is graduating with a BA in History, and we're delighted that he's decided to stay in PHAIS and begin an MA in Heritage and Museum Studies in October!
Read about his story here: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/07...
Don't forget to register for the 3rd CICSI Summer School - the early bird discounted rate ends on 5 July 2025!
Essex Philosophy proudly presents the 3rd CICSI Summer School on Mental Distress and Its Social Contexts, “Sick Normality: Changing Our Practices, Changing Our Selves” held 18-19 September 2025 on Colchester Campus. Register here: www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...
June 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Don't forget to register for the 3rd CICSI Summer School - the early bird discounted rate ends on 5 July 2025!
Jess Twyman, Curator of Art Exchange, is leaving Essex after 30 years. Click below to read about her final exhibition, Into the Woods, which is on display at Art Exchange until Friday 5 July:
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
Into the Woods | Blog | University of Essex
Art Exchange curator Jess Twyman takes a deep dive Into the Woods, the current exhibition taking place in our on-campus gallery, and Jess's last at Essex.
www.essex.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Jess Twyman, Curator of Art Exchange, is leaving Essex after 30 years. Click below to read about her final exhibition, Into the Woods, which is on display at Art Exchange until Friday 5 July:
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
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In today’s #PeoplingPodcast we are joined by @williamcarruthers.bsky.social to talk about the construction of dams on the Nile. Listen in as we explore what it means to move entire temple complexes & whole towns while preserving the tourist’s view from the Nile: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/24/p...
June 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In today’s #PeoplingPodcast we are joined by @williamcarruthers.bsky.social to talk about the construction of dams on the Nile. Listen in as we explore what it means to move entire temple complexes & whole towns while preserving the tourist’s view from the Nile: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/24/p...
Reposted by PHAIS Essex
From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England”
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England*
ABSTRACT. Drawing on work in the social sciences on the handshake, this article examines the role of the handshake as a form of gestural communication and
doi.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England”
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Essex Philosophy proudly presents the 3rd CICSI Summer School on Mental Distress and Its Social Contexts, “Sick Normality: Changing Our Practices, Changing Our Selves” held 18-19 September 2025 on Colchester Campus. Register here: www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...
June 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Essex Philosophy proudly presents the 3rd CICSI Summer School on Mental Distress and Its Social Contexts, “Sick Normality: Changing Our Practices, Changing Our Selves” held 18-19 September 2025 on Colchester Campus. Register here: www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...
Featuring quotes from Art Historian Dr Michael Tymkiw, @huffpost.co.uk discusses Donald Trump's ability to aestheticize his politics through “social media and celebrity culture” as a uniquely American and 21st-century manifestation of authoritarianism.
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Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Fever Dream Is All About 1 Thing
Trump has pinned his political career on projecting a certain kind of image. His military parade, the kind usually seen in dictatorships, is the latest and most blatant attempt at enacting his vision ...
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June 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Featuring quotes from Art Historian Dr Michael Tymkiw, @huffpost.co.uk discusses Donald Trump's ability to aestheticize his politics through “social media and celebrity culture” as a uniquely American and 21st-century manifestation of authoritarianism.
shorturl.at/Dc2hE
shorturl.at/Dc2hE
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Weekly reminder that I direct our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies and am very happy to answer your questions about it!
Ever wondered what it’s like to be an MA student in PHAIS? Join MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Scarlett Angove for “a day in the life of!”
#heritage #mastudy #masters #curating #museumstudies #postgraduate #essex
#heritage #mastudy #masters #curating #museumstudies #postgraduate #essex
June 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Weekly reminder that I direct our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies and am very happy to answer your questions about it!
PHAIS PGR students, we need your help! Please complete the PGR Student Voice Survey to have your say on what works, and where we could make improvements.
June 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
PHAIS PGR students, we need your help! Please complete the PGR Student Voice Survey to have your say on what works, and where we could make improvements.
Ever wondered what it’s like to be an MA student in PHAIS? Join MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Scarlett Angove for “a day in the life of!”
#heritage #mastudy #masters #curating #museumstudies #postgraduate #essex
#heritage #mastudy #masters #curating #museumstudies #postgraduate #essex
May 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ever wondered what it’s like to be an MA student in PHAIS? Join MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Scarlett Angove for “a day in the life of!”
#heritage #mastudy #masters #curating #museumstudies #postgraduate #essex
#heritage #mastudy #masters #curating #museumstudies #postgraduate #essex
Join us TOMORROW, 21 May, for the first of our Essex Lectures in Art History with Professor Caspar Pearson, on "Space, Time and Representation in the Sassetti Chapel."
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
The Essex Lectures in Art History: Professor Caspar Pearson Lecture 1 | University of Essex
Space, Time and Representation in the Sassetti Chapel
www.essex.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Join us TOMORROW, 21 May, for the first of our Essex Lectures in Art History with Professor Caspar Pearson, on "Space, Time and Representation in the Sassetti Chapel."
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
Reposted by PHAIS Essex
From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England”
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England*
ABSTRACT. Drawing on work in the social sciences on the handshake, this article examines the role of the handshake as a form of gestural communication and
doi.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England”
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...