We were sold out … a few more tickets have been made available - grab while you can. I also just realised that this is my last gig of the year before I sequester to the studio until January. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-importan…

We are thrilled that Barnard College professor Monica L. Miller's 2009 book "Slaves to Fashion" is the inspiration for the 2025 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute exhibition. #MetGala ow.ly/3WZq50TIecs

📢 The Bodleian Libraries are now accepting applications for Visiting Fellowships for the 2025-26 academic year. Explore research opportunities including the Ann Ball Bodley Fellowship in Women’s History. Apply by 29 Nov 2024, 5pm GMT. More info: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowship… 📚✉️

All My Relations, Family Allan Syliboy ~ Mi'kmaq 1995

Free tickets for Hélène Cixous's seminar in Paris on 16 November 👇 maison-heinrich-heine.org/culture/2024/n…

"By 1970 the last resident had been moved on, relocated to the new housing estates being built around the city. The huts were demolished. Trees were planted. And the site was rewilded" The Oxford Sausage is back with a gem about growing up in Oxford theoxfordsausage.com/trevor-joseph-…

Good to see at least one refugee being treated decently.

Lucy Smith and Pauline Ranken climbing Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh, Scotland. 1908. #edwardianphotography #rockclimbing #nosafetynet #womenshistory

We’re so excited to talk to Jessica about her time on the expedition, which sought to explore, document, and honor the untold stories of Inuit and non-Indigenous women in the history of Arctic exploration. Learn more about Beyond Her Horizons: jessicahouston.net/#/beyond-her-h…

Are you a scientist or arts/humanities researcher in or near Oxford interested in Antarctica or wider climate issues? Would you like to explore, in a friendly environment, artistic ways to think about your research? antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk/event/antarcti… Supported by Wellcome

What remains to be said of the scientific icon Marie Curie? In the book The Elements of Marie Curie, Dava Sobel "offers a vivid narrative that uses Curie’s well-known story as scaffolding for tales of the brilliant young women who trained in her lab and became part of her

Calling all academics and Indigenous Horror fans: GLOBAL INDIGENOUS HORROR, the first academic volume on the subject, edited by Naomi Simone Borwein, is up for preorder and it’s 50% off right now! $15 for a paperback and $55 for a hardcover. upress.state.ms.us/Books/G/Global…

Big thanks to ILSA for sharing our CFP for Contemporary Indigenous Horror Naomi Simone Borwein indigenousliterarystudies.org/calls

Great piece, and great to get more people to realise how much of academia subsidised by early career staff who have to cobble together income from elsewhere to support univrsity teaching. Relatedly: Oxford lost an employment tribunal over 15 years of this theguardian.com/education/2024…

On Dec 10, science writer Dava Sobel discusses the untold story of Marie Curie's "other" legacy—the dozens of young women who trained under her and launched stellar scientific careers of their own. Register now to join #LIVEfromNYPL online or in person: on.nypl.org/3Csbd8k

My girls, adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions, apart from a box of books they'd each been given by BookTrust. These books, read together, became our first shared memories. Spread the joy of reading by donating this Christmas: booktrust.org.uk/xmas

Thrilled to finally be able to share that I’ve written a book! I am Not a Tourist: Conversations on Being British Chinese, out March 2025. It’s been a labour of love and connected me with amazing people across the UK. Many thanks to @HQStories HarperCollinsUK Imogen Morrell

Job Klaxon: Humanities Division, in association with Jesus College Oxford, seeks to appoint an Associate Prof in #DigitalScholarship jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR133/ass… This is fantastic news & an amazing opportunity to join & work with the vibrant creative digital scholarship community in Oxford.

Hello world! We had a fun run on this platform for a while, didn't we? My new year's resolutions are to get off Twitter, read more nonfiction and get back to my original weight (9 pounds 3 ounces). Two out of three ain't bad. Come find me on BUKIE MENDEL.bsky.social !