This is on Wednesday afternoon, 1-3pm, at College of Arts+Law. Come and hear about gifts, love, self-destruction, and the supernatural in eighteenth-century Britain!

Professor John Holmes & Dr Dion Dobrzynski have been collaborating with @BIFoRUoB HEFi Digital Education (CAL) & Ruskin To-Day ('There is no wealth but life') to produce virtual reading walks of the #Forest site Creating an immersive, interactive & educational resource from #Tolkien works Discover👉🏼ow.ly/8RiJ50QMxir

Really looking foward to this fascinating - and free! - BRIHC lecture at the University of Birmingham later this month. "Bleu, Blanc, Rouge & Brown: French Histories, Colonial Spaces." @rpanchasi with respondent @VBivar 20 March, 2PM. See you there! birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

How would you like an evening of dinosaurs & ABBA? Join Lapworth Museum of Geology to be transported through time with ABBA Unearthed - listen to the Sekine Quartet as interstellar projections light up the night. 🗓️ March 12 🕕 6-7pm or 8-9pm 🎟️ £12 (student £8) birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/lap…

We're excited to share the call for papers for "Nature and Environment in Early Modern Worlds," the conference we're organising this summer with CREMS [Birmingham] (and with assistance from BRIHC). Please spread the word and send in your ideas!

📢Join us next week for our 'Bleu, Blanc, Rouge & Brown: French Histories, Colonial Spaces' event! Dr Roxanne Panchasi will explore her experiences as both a racialized scholar of modern France & #Empire 🗓️Wednesday 20 March 14:00-16:00 📍 Hybrid 🔗birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

📢Uni of Birmingham will once again partner with Hay Festival this year for 2024! 🥳 Our dynamic speakers will be Dr Christopher Haworth & Dr Imogen Peck plus Dr Katharina Karcher with Yordanka Dimcheva Read our press release👉🏼ow.ly/fVlX50QVEX9

Dr Imogen Peck will be exploring some of the surprising parallels between early modern and modern approaches to #Cultural memory and issues of #National reconciliation Register for tickets here:👉🏼hayfestival.com/p-21890-imogen…

"Ukudansa: Exploring African Artifacts Through Dance!" Join us in this immersive workshop crafted to inspire imaginative and interactive interpretations of African objects and artefacts housed at Uni of Birmingham through the power of dance! more info:eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukudansa-exp…

Explore the University of Birmingham's African Collection of art and artefects and challenge the colonial collector mindset through dance BRIHC @CAL_Postgrads

📢Our Professor Candida Moss's (Candida Moss) book #GodsGhostwriters was officially released in the UK today! Exploring how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament Discover the book here:👉🏼hachettebookgroup.com/titles/candida…

Should we stop talking about The Crusades? Don't forget to join us for our Professor William Purkis (William Purkis 🇪🇺 @williampurkis.bsky.social) Inaugural lecture. 🗓️Wednesday 1 May 2024 (18:00-19:00) 📍Arts Main Lecture Theatre (room 120) 🔗Register here👉🏼ow.ly/xF2j50R3rKp

Our Dr Marco Di Nunzio (Marco Di Nunzio) has studied the capital and largest city of Ethiopia Addis Ababa’s inner city for several years He recently spoke to the The Guardian about the impact of the demolition in the historic district Read the full piece:👉🏼ow.ly/5WJ250RayQW 🧵1/2

Just a few days left to send in proposals for "Nature and Environment in Early Modern Worlds," our joint conference with CREMS [Birmingham] and BRIHC taking place 24-25 June! blog.bham.ac.uk/18c/wp-content…

📢3 weeks to go until Professor William Purkis (William Purkis 🇪🇺 @williampurkis.bsky.social) Inaugural lecture on 'Should we stop talking about The Crusades?' 🗓️Wednesday 1 May (18:00-19:00) 📍Main Lecture Theatre (room 120), Arts Building, Uni of Birmingham Edgbaston campus. 🔗ow.ly/xF2j50R3rKp

"Demolitions are undermining the existing economic fabric of the city" Dr Marco Di Nunzio (Marco Di Nunzio) spoke to BBC Newshour on Saturday on the #Gentrification of urban centres & the demolition of Piazza in Addis Ababa 🎧Listen from 23:30:👉🏼ow.ly/672G50RcXNg

Should we stop talking about The Crusades? Join Professor William Purkis 🇪🇺 @williampurkis.bsky.social for his Inaugural lecture 🗓️ Wed 1 May 🕕 6-7pm 📍Arts Main Lecture Theatre (room 120) Register 👉 birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

Did you catch our Dr Marco Di Nunzio (Marco Di Nunzio) speaking to BBC Newshour on the weekend? Covering the topics of #Gentrification of Urban centres & the demolition of the #Historical neighbourhood Piazza in Addis Ababa 🎧Listen from 23:30:👉🏼ow.ly/672G50RcXNg