James Stark
@kingtekkers
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https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/staff/1160/professor-james-stark 28-05-2011 14:52:47
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Congratulations to our own Professor James Stark (James Stark) and colleagues from across the Faculty working on @LBObjects, which has inspired this exciting new exhibition at the Thackray in Leeds 🎉 School of English - University of Leeds, HPS Leeds
Today was the penultimate day of installation for You Choose at the inimitable Thackray Museum of Medicine. Opening on Saturday 20 July! Custom pills? We’ve got them! Wall of eyes? You bet! Meet your digital twin? Sure! Part of the @LBObjects project at University of Leeds
IT issues on BBC Radio 1 leading to infinite doom loop of Charlotte Church. Broadcasting moment of the year so far!
PRHS PGR Stefan B-Radu has been awarded the Prestigious Royal Institution Freer Prize Fellowship for his Research in Developmental Genetics. Stefan will benefit from mentorship, training on Science communication and other resources. See more here ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/new…
Publication time! Our colleague Dr Franziska Kohlt 🦤 has co-edited this magnificent and wide-ranging companion volume, exploring the legion influences which made Through the Looking Glass possible, and its many afterlives. Many congratulations! #histsci peterlang.com/document/13267…
It was a true pleasure to join Michael Downie and Gareth James (and Ed!) for this narrowboating adventure, featuring an epic flight of locks, superb weather, great food/company, and a monumental jump fail... youtube.com/watch?v=LHm4yf…
A wonderful afternoon for the first Advisory Panel, convened for the major Barts Heritage project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Amazing work going on to engage audiences in heritage for wellbeing and revivifying their incredible spaces! #histmed
I'm really pleased to see the first of my series of blog posts with Thackray Museum of Medicine up on their website! The posts are inspired by aspects of the new 'You Choose' exhibition & the first focuses on the onboarding display on glasses. Please share! thackraymuseum.co.uk/glasses-techno…
A wonderful day running an interdisciplinary, intersectoral workshop today at The National Collection of Type Cultures UK Health Security Agency. Archivists, data specialists, culture collections staff and historians exploring how historic papers can be preserved and used for research. Supported by The British Academy #histsci
It is entirely possible that there is a glitch with BBC Weather. Or, more worryingly, that my umbrella is at risk from the *checks notes* 13,353 mph winds, continuing metronomically throughout the day! BBC Weather
Our own James Stark and Erica Ramsay in conversation with Thackray Museum of Medicine about planning with uncertainty for 'You Choose'- including a show and tell of 3d-printed pills! #Museums2024
A wonderful opportunity to share the learning and experiences of the Thackray Museum of Medicine residency on our @LBObjects project. Great questions and feedback!
Our new podcast - The Science of 1875 - explores what science was like 150 years ago when the Yorkshire College of Science was inaugurated. New episodes every fortnight from 20 January. Listen to the trailer here: open.spotify.com/show/6HLkhHCaI… #histsci University of Leeds Leeds Uni PRHS
Our academic researchers have been awarded a total of four Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Awards through different routes. These will be advertised for fully-funded study starting in October 2025, with application processes to start soon. Watch this space! #histsci
Back at Thackray Museum of Medicine today to collect some objects and materials from the now deinstalled @LBObjects You Choose #exhibition. Missed it? Visit it virtually here: matterport.com/discover/space… #histsci