Dan Hicks

@profdanhicks.bsky.social

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Museum Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Oxford University • Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford • Tutor Art/Anthropology • https://linktr.ee/danhicks

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Dan Hicks, is a British archaeologist and anthropologist. He is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford, Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. His research is focused on contemporary archaeology, material culture studies, historical archaeology, colonial history, heritage studies, and the history of art, archaeology, anthropology, and museum collections. .. more

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Tim Bale, Laurent Pech , and 1 more Will Jennings, Tim Bale, Laurent Pech, Dan Hicks

dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 1d

“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”

From a media law perspective: BS.

There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture

Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 2d

NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪

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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 2d

fighting it out on that legacy fascist app while the conversation has moved somewhere else is self-destructive and unnecessary

Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 2d

Why on earth hasn’t the Labour Party got an active and functional @bsky.app account?

This disastrous Morgan McSweeney phase of government needs to evolve into something new

The Labour Party @teamlabouruk.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 2d

this is finally a glimmer of what a Labour government should look like

Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 2d

No I think the mansion tax is brilliant and overdue

Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 2d

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Budget 2025: what it means for your money

New policies affect taxes, pensions, council tax and savings

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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 2d

what’s not to like? nice one Rachel Reeves for introducing the mansion tax ensuring the super-rich pay their way just like the rest of us 🙏💥

Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 2d

what’s not to like? nice one Rachel Reeves for introducing the mansion tax ensuring the super-rich pay their way just like the rest of us 🙏💥

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 2d

The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.