I would like to remind the #numismatics community that this institute is home to the last university chair for (ancient) numismatics in Germany.

Against the cuts at the Institute of Archaeological Sciences #Frankfurt

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April 🅰ntiquity Journal editorial feat. #archaeology of drugs (from henbane to fentanyl), corporate philanthropy, statues (colossal &/or controversial), contemporary archaeology, & #postagestamps
🙏 Rose Ferraby for frontispiece image from Soundmarks exhibition
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Maastricht University, led by inspiring comrades, is hiring a PhD position on Cultures of Palestine Solidarity in Europe. Please share widely, especially with Palestinian researchers.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht…

You know what the best thing to do for a Friday is? Sign a petition to lobby for Palestinians to come (just like we did for Ukrainians)

🧵 One of our members, Doaa, was on LBC News today talking about the need for a Gaza Family Scheme that would reunite her with her loved ones until it’s safe for them to return.

She invited listeners to sign the petition that closes in 6️⃣ days:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6485…

We’re looking for a part-time, remote managing editor to join our team. The deadline for applications in 15 May. Please share and reach out to us on [email protected] if you have any questions! More info about the role here 👉 docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…

Carer prosecuted for fraud and forced to pay back £20,000 in carer's allowance overpayments fights to clear his name after DWP acknowledges - six years on - he likely had made an 'innocent mistake'. Utterly enraging story, brilliantly told by Helen Pidd theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Saturday ONS on Zoom at 4pm BST lecture A Maghribi Microcosm by Archie Williams Discovery of over 400 Moroccan gold coins by divers near #Salcombe attests to well-documented trade between North Africa & Northern Europe in 17th century. #treasure

Time to sign 🖊️🖊️🖊️

1. If you walk through the cobbled alleys of occupied East Jerusalem's Muslim quarter, you will come across a community of Afro-Palestinians. Their history is closely linked to one of the holiest sites in Islam.  A thread by the BBC’s Reha रेहा.

Policymakers at every level - the lack of understanding about carers needs is very clear University of York - I 💫fondly💫 remember the time in the pandemic when the Carers Support Service decided it would only support undergraduates!!!

We are advertising for a Project Support Worker on the AHRC project  ‘Creativity and Communication’, an arts-based research study in Kenya, Uganda and the UK.

Come work with us! Deadline: 23 April.

Follow the link for more details

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

📰 Melting-down Byzantine treasures caused a boom in silver coinage in 7th-century England, showing the importance of long-distance connections in medieval Europe

#AntiquityResearch in the news via The Guardian

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The Society for the Study Of the Early Modern Transpacific is born! Please sign up to learn more and engage with an interdisciplinary community of scholars

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Just announced - £1000 student bursary for a placement at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. Applications close 6th May. Details: britnumsoc.org/the-society/fu…

Next week, WCI will travel to Donostia / San Sebastián as part of our WikiWomen Erasmus+ Project.

The project addresses minority languages including Gaeilge and the importance of gender equality in information.

Find out more:
wikimedia.ie/2024/04/09/don…

Had the absolute pleasure of recording Alford and Howard Gardners' oral histories today as part of our The National Lottery Heritage Fund project #DYC On the pitch, off the pitch.

In 1948, Alford returned to the UK the Windrush and soon set up Caribbean CC with some friends.

Torpedoed on 2 July 1918, seven members of the Indian Merchant Service & one British mariner were killed:
Abdul Majid
Abdullah Ahmad Khan
Ahmad Kanji Abdur Rahman
Ali Muhammad Ghulam
Muhammad Jabbar
Naimuddin Saifuddin
Sahibzadah Abdul Ghani
Malcolm Wright
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Marmalade! What a fun and quirky window into empire! Hey what happened to all that elephant ivory they also found