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

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…

'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

📢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.
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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…

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

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

Join CAL_Postgrads Rob Brown as he discusses 'Housing Problems and Solutions in #Birmingham 1901-14'
🗓️Thurs 18 April
🕰️ 7:00-8:00pm online
All Welcome - just register for meeting details
Imogen Peck College of Arts+Law Birmingham Archives & Collections BRIHC ModernBritishStudies
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📢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…

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

'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…

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…

📢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

📢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…

📢Call for Papers for the 2024 LCAHM PGR Conference 'Changing Landscapes'

We invite abstracts for 15 minute long papers discussing social & ecological ways in which landscapes are changing.

We encourage abstracts from outside LCAHM & the working language will be English. 🧵1/2

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the Annual Fage Lecture (hybrid) with Dr Dominic Pasura of Glasgow University Dominic Pasura Journal of Southern African Studies Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @Africa_IAI CAS Edinburgh African Studies University of Glasgow College of Arts+Law BRIHC

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!

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.' roxanne panchasi with respondent Venus Bivar

20 March, 2PM. See you there!
birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

#ABBA Unearthed: A Quartet Tribute Amongst #dinosaurs 🎼

Secure your spot now for a night where the past & the present collide in the most spectacular way!

🗓️Tuesday 12 March 2024
⏲️18:00 - 19:00 or 20:00 - 21:00pm
🎟️Price: Standard - £12, Student - £8
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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…