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A humanities project about liminal waterscapes in Europe, producing digital and museum resources to retrieve submerged narratives of resistance. #BlueHumanities #BlueSocialSciences #EnvironmentalHumanities #EcoCriticism #CoastalHistory #DigitalHumanties
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In Rijeka, @samsamev.bsky.social ( @unisouthampton.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social ) and our Zagreb team (led by @mylcs.bsky.social ) have been exploring the space where our exhibition will be held at the end of 2026. (*That’s the first 3 pics. Last one is them eating Croatian food.)

Our Croatian team - Milka Car, Toni Bandov, Jelena Lalatović - presenting our project in Zagreb. Also the first sighting of our new logo in the wild! @mylcs.bsky.social @jennywustenberg.bsky.social @samsamev.bsky.social

Cool PhD opportunity: The National Maritime Museum and the Royal College of Art have a fully funded Collaborative studentship from October 2025 under AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme. The application deadline is Friday 30 June 2025. www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...

How did we not know today was #WorldOceanDay?

In this thread, some of the things our team members have been excited about in our group chat:

Did you know #Lancaster was the fourth-biggest slaving port in the UK? This #TrailsTuesday, take a walk through Lancaster's #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade legacy with the Facing the Past walking trail. www.facingthepast.org/map/t... #Trails #WalkingTours #History

I’m on my way in to Birkbeck for a commemorative event for the great Sami Zubaida z”l. I didn’t know him well, but his scholarship and congeniality have been very important to me over the years. This is a lovely obituary:

A whirlwind fortnight: exhibition launch with David Rudrum @holocaustnorth.bsky.social, Maimonides workshops in Manchester & Marseille & an afternoon discussing Jewish heritage beyond the UK @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social with @samsamev.bsky.social @clairelefoll.bsky.social @jaydprosser.bsky.social

Some of the things our team has been up to lately… 1/ In #Liverpool

Thrilled to have guests @susanneferwerda.bsky.social and @giuliachampion.bsky.social coming to Bremen for the discussion panel Anna Pasco Bolta and I have been putting together on ‘Seabed Imaginaries’ 🪸 We’re also very lucky to have the wonderful Kim Peters as moderator 🙏

We're thrilled to be one of the associate partners on the amazing CoastARTS project, exploring how performing arts can deepen understanding of the intricate links between historical crises and looming threats to the Earth, with a focus on coastlines as crisis zones. More info: chanse.org/coastarts/

ALL AT SEA: PORTS, ISLANDS AND CLIMATE CRISES When: 15 May 2025, 19:30 — 21:00 // Venue: Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square, London www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

In commemorating Earth Day 2025, we look at the role of the Anthropocene in the museum. In the Working Paper "Putting the Anthropocene on Display: An Inspiration Guide", Stef Craps, Rick Crownshaw, Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim, and Jenny Wüstenberg present a multifaceted examination ...

"Mars Imperium", le passé colonial en face. Un outil remarquable nous plonge dans la complexité du phénomène impérial réexaminé par les chercheurs comme « un fait social total ». #Marseille au centre de l'édifice colonial mais aussi des luttes pour les indépendances À lire dans La Marseillaise 🗞️

Un portail qui fait le point sur l’état des connaissances et des débats sur l’histoire coloniale et post-coloniale de Marseille ? Découvrez Mars Imperium ! www.inshs.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

As we recall the 80th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in Berlin, a reminder that the Channel Islands weren’t liberated for another day that. Something I wrote a while ago for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on the occupation and Brexit amnesia about it: bylinetimes.com/2021/05/10/a...

Happy Mayday and Beltane! UK followers: today is the last day of @theriverstrust.bsky.social’s Big River Watch, in you case you need an extra reason to spend 15 minutes by (or in?) your nearest river.

Retrouvez Mars Imperium en une interview croisée de Céline Regnard @telemme.bsky.social et de Samia Chabani @ancrages13.bsky.social dans @marsactu.fr

Writing Waterways This @envhumsoxford.bsky.social event in June in Oxford with @eparpillee.bsky.social @doboulanger.bsky.social and Tom Johnson looks really interesting, similar approach to our “Rivers in Crisis” project at @uni-graz.at. Via @torchoxford.bsky.social

Our Co-Investigator, Laura Harris of @unisouthampton.bsky.social, has a new article out in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social from her previous research on hope and the arts

Our Yvonne Zivkovic gave a talk in Berlin on the Drina river in literature and the representation of crisis moments connected to it. You can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/live/EDVaORG... It starts from approximately 00:15:00

Living with Water: Everyday Encounters and Liquid Connections, reviewed by Ningxiang Sun for @sociologicalreview.bsky.social thesociologicalreview.org/reviews/livi...

Our “Liquid Jews” panel has been accepted for #BIAJS2025 @biajs.bsky.social in Glasgow in July! Panel: 🏴‍☠️ @anoushka-ar.bsky.social, @samsamev.bsky.social, & Tony Kushner (@parkesinstitute.bsky.social) 🏴‍☠️Ophira Gamliel (Glasgow) 🏴‍☠️ @bengidley.bsky.social (@bisa-bkk.bsky.social) ⚓️🛳️🚢🌊✡️

New publication alert! A real privilege to be part of this all star cast in material religion, the journal of objects, art and belief no less. With thanks to the top drawer editorial team. My contribution is about multimodal intercommunal materialities.

[papierdujour] La littérature depuis les marges — rencontre avec les éditions Héliotropismes Rentrée littéraire oblige, plus de 500 romans se disputent les étals des libraires depuis quelques jours. www.revue-ballast.fr/la-litteratu...

TODAY 5 pm, London

I am hiring a Research & Innovation Associate to work with me as Knowledge Exchange Fellow, connecting pan-European HERA-funded projects on crisis for the next 3 and a half years. vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...