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News from the Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Liverpool. Monitored 9am-5pm Mon-Fri.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/
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And here we are, a beginner's guide to getting to know colleagues from across the Humanities & Social Sciences (and beyond) at the University of Liverpool. We'll be adding to this as things develop... go.bsky.app/5NUwui2 #StarterPack #AcademicSky
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Nice to see this out in the world. My new article 'Epistemological violence in the museum: animals, colonial knowledge, and challenges to decoloniality' is out with CFC and currently open-access. Thanks to everyone who made it possible: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Epistemological violence in the museum: animals, colonial knowledge, and challenges to decoloniality | Contemporary French Civilization
This article offers a novel intervention in decolonial museology by foregrounding animal representation and natural history collections as critical yet overlooked sites of epistemological violence in Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA). ...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Nice to see this out in the world. My new article 'Epistemological violence in the museum: animals, colonial knowledge, and challenges to decoloniality' is out with CFC and currently open-access. Thanks to everyone who made it possible: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
☃️ Open up door number 5 on our #AcademicAdvent and join a world of 18th century refinery and poise. Let Dr @hillaryburlock.bsky.social take you on whirl around the etiquette of Georgian assembly rooms and indulge your Austenesque dreams theconversation.com/inside-the-r...
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
☃️ Open up door number 5 on our #AcademicAdvent and join a world of 18th century refinery and poise. Let Dr @hillaryburlock.bsky.social take you on whirl around the etiquette of Georgian assembly rooms and indulge your Austenesque dreams theconversation.com/inside-the-r...
And lo! the office Christmas tree has arrived! Majestic, we're sure you'll agree (thanks again, Norway). Don't be fooled by the tin of Roses though, it's what the deccies are kept in. Chizz chizz.
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And lo! the office Christmas tree has arrived! Majestic, we're sure you'll agree (thanks again, Norway). Don't be fooled by the tin of Roses though, it's what the deccies are kept in. Chizz chizz.
Today's #AcademicAdvent festive star is Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, Associate Dean for Global Engagement at @sotauol.bsky.social, who has just been appointed as a new Non-Executive Director at the UK National Commission for UNESCO. Christmas comes early! 🎁
Communication and Media researcher appointed as UNESCO Non-Executive Director - University of Liverpool News
Communication and Media researcher appointed as UNESCO Non-Executive Director
news.liverpool.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Today's #AcademicAdvent festive star is Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, Associate Dean for Global Engagement at @sotauol.bsky.social, who has just been appointed as a new Non-Executive Director at the UK National Commission for UNESCO. Christmas comes early! 🎁
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All of our Historic England titles are included in the Winter Sale so now is the perfect time to have a browse of our new releases: bit.ly/HELUP
Enter discount code 27WINTER at checkout to receive your discount!
#Heritage #Architecture
Enter discount code 27WINTER at checkout to receive your discount!
#Heritage #Architecture
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
All of our Historic England titles are included in the Winter Sale so now is the perfect time to have a browse of our new releases: bit.ly/HELUP
Enter discount code 27WINTER at checkout to receive your discount!
#Heritage #Architecture
Enter discount code 27WINTER at checkout to receive your discount!
#Heritage #Architecture
Opening up door no3 on our #AcademicAdvent, and who should we find? It's Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social, who we are very lucky to have at the Faculty as a lecturer in the politics of race and decolonial studies. Meet Amal and her exciting research here www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Opening up door no3 on our #AcademicAdvent, and who should we find? It's Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social, who we are very lucky to have at the Faculty as a lecturer in the politics of race and decolonial studies. Meet Amal and her exciting research here www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
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The Management School is feeling festive. 🎄✨
Our tree is up, and Winter Graduation 2025 is just around the corner.
Grady the Graduation Bear is here to share helpful info and the best spots for those perfect graduation photos. 🎓🐻
#LivUni #UniversityofLiverpool #ManagementSchool #wintergraduation
Our tree is up, and Winter Graduation 2025 is just around the corner.
Grady the Graduation Bear is here to share helpful info and the best spots for those perfect graduation photos. 🎓🐻
#LivUni #UniversityofLiverpool #ManagementSchool #wintergraduation
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Management School is feeling festive. 🎄✨
Our tree is up, and Winter Graduation 2025 is just around the corner.
Grady the Graduation Bear is here to share helpful info and the best spots for those perfect graduation photos. 🎓🐻
#LivUni #UniversityofLiverpool #ManagementSchool #wintergraduation
Our tree is up, and Winter Graduation 2025 is just around the corner.
Grady the Graduation Bear is here to share helpful info and the best spots for those perfect graduation photos. 🎓🐻
#LivUni #UniversityofLiverpool #ManagementSchool #wintergraduation
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UoL researchers - finding the right funding is an important stage of developing your proposal as it gives you the best chance of submitting a competitive application.
Use our guide to understand the variety of funding available & navigate the funding landscape
staff.liverpool.ac.uk/research/res...
Use our guide to understand the variety of funding available & navigate the funding landscape
staff.liverpool.ac.uk/research/res...
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
UoL researchers - finding the right funding is an important stage of developing your proposal as it gives you the best chance of submitting a competitive application.
Use our guide to understand the variety of funding available & navigate the funding landscape
staff.liverpool.ac.uk/research/res...
Use our guide to understand the variety of funding available & navigate the funding landscape
staff.liverpool.ac.uk/research/res...
🎁 Who's this behind window no. 2 for our #AcademicAdvent? Why, it's the festively-named Dr Holly Tessler, here to tell us all about the Fab Four elves themselves (The Beatles), and their impact on local and global heritage.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🎁 Who's this behind window no. 2 for our #AcademicAdvent? Why, it's the festively-named Dr Holly Tessler, here to tell us all about the Fab Four elves themselves (The Beatles), and their impact on local and global heritage.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
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What matters most to our postgraduate researchers?
"What really was important for me at the beginning was the wellbeing support system that is implemented at the University of Liverpool. I really felt for the first time I was at a university where my wellbeing did matter." - Victoria.
"What really was important for me at the beginning was the wellbeing support system that is implemented at the University of Liverpool. I really felt for the first time I was at a university where my wellbeing did matter." - Victoria.
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What matters most to our postgraduate researchers?
"What really was important for me at the beginning was the wellbeing support system that is implemented at the University of Liverpool. I really felt for the first time I was at a university where my wellbeing did matter." - Victoria.
"What really was important for me at the beginning was the wellbeing support system that is implemented at the University of Liverpool. I really felt for the first time I was at a university where my wellbeing did matter." - Victoria.
Fa-la-la-la-la! Yes, it's our ever popular & traditional #AcademicAdvent (we have never done this before), where we highlight the work of Faculty researchers throughout December. First up, meet Dr Sophie Jones and explore 👑 loyalty in Revolution-era America www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Fa-la-la-la-la! Yes, it's our ever popular & traditional #AcademicAdvent (we have never done this before), where we highlight the work of Faculty researchers throughout December. First up, meet Dr Sophie Jones and explore 👑 loyalty in Revolution-era America www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
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‘Hope on small scales’: Women’s Troubles book explores gender and feminist politics in post-Agreement #NorthernIreland
Read our article by Jessica HADDEN 👉 sharedfuture.news/hope-on-smal...
@centreforgender.bsky.social @clairepierson.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social
Read our article by Jessica HADDEN 👉 sharedfuture.news/hope-on-smal...
@centreforgender.bsky.social @clairepierson.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
‘Hope on small scales’: Women’s Troubles book explores gender and feminist politics in post-Agreement #NorthernIreland
Read our article by Jessica HADDEN 👉 sharedfuture.news/hope-on-smal...
@centreforgender.bsky.social @clairepierson.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social
Read our article by Jessica HADDEN 👉 sharedfuture.news/hope-on-smal...
@centreforgender.bsky.social @clairepierson.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social
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Coming up on Dec 5, join @heritageinstitute.bsky.social and three distinguished scholars for this fascinating event exploring the rich Chinese heritage and contemporary cultural practice (in-person event). Register for 'Perspectives of Chinese Heritage' here www.eventbrite.com/e/perspectiv...
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Coming up on Dec 5, join @heritageinstitute.bsky.social and three distinguished scholars for this fascinating event exploring the rich Chinese heritage and contemporary cultural practice (in-person event). Register for 'Perspectives of Chinese Heritage' here www.eventbrite.com/e/perspectiv...
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Belfast book launch today! 📚
We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles".
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Belfast book launch today! 📚
The latest collection of research from the Tate Gallery (we're proud partners of Tate Liverpool) is out, exploring how histories are built, sustained, questioned or overlooked by institutions. Read Tate Papers No.36 here #ArtSky
Tate Papers no.36: 2025 | Tate
www.tate.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The latest collection of research from the Tate Gallery (we're proud partners of Tate Liverpool) is out, exploring how histories are built, sustained, questioned or overlooked by institutions. Read Tate Papers No.36 here #ArtSky
Obviously we are all one big happy family here at UoL, but may we direct your attention to all the HSS Faculty subjects scoring highly in the new Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS)...
Prestigious global ranking success for University of Liverpool subjects - University of Liverpool News
Prestigious global ranking success for University of Liverpool subjects
news.liverpool.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Obviously we are all one big happy family here at UoL, but may we direct your attention to all the HSS Faculty subjects scoring highly in the new Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS)...
Fantastic news as the Faculty's Dr Samar Abdelrahman leads a £1.1m AHRC-funded project on African film heritage restitution. The international team of scholars, archivists and filmmakers will identify Africa-led solutions to address the loss of film and documentary materials.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
A new agenda for African film heritage restitution - University of Liverpool News
A new agenda for African film heritage restitution
news.liverpool.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Fantastic news as the Faculty's Dr Samar Abdelrahman leads a £1.1m AHRC-funded project on African film heritage restitution. The international team of scholars, archivists and filmmakers will identify Africa-led solutions to address the loss of film and documentary materials.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
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More PhD funding: AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards - deadline for Expression of Interest 12th December. Get in touch to discuss potential projects (bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS))!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
@livunihss.bsky.social
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
@livunihss.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
More PhD funding: AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards - deadline for Expression of Interest 12th December. Get in touch to discuss potential projects (bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS))!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
@livunihss.bsky.social
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
@livunihss.bsky.social
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PhD funding - deadline approaching!
I'd be keen to supervise projects on bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS).
@livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College - EOI due by 1st Dec.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
I'd be keen to supervise projects on bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS).
@livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College - EOI due by 1st Dec.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Project Areas 2026 | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
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November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
PhD funding - deadline approaching!
I'd be keen to supervise projects on bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS).
@livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College - EOI due by 1st Dec.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
I'd be keen to supervise projects on bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS).
@livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College - EOI due by 1st Dec.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
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Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers
An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the British Academy’s events programme.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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🆕 BLOG!
On #WorldSustainableTransportDay, we look at research led by Professor Dongping Song to develop a groundbreaking green solution to how people/goods move in suburban areas, using:
🚄Electric modular vehicles
🚲E-bikes and electric scooters
📈Cutting-edge digital technologies
shorturl.at/JoXu8
On #WorldSustainableTransportDay, we look at research led by Professor Dongping Song to develop a groundbreaking green solution to how people/goods move in suburban areas, using:
🚄Electric modular vehicles
🚲E-bikes and electric scooters
📈Cutting-edge digital technologies
shorturl.at/JoXu8
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🆕 BLOG!
On #WorldSustainableTransportDay, we look at research led by Professor Dongping Song to develop a groundbreaking green solution to how people/goods move in suburban areas, using:
🚄Electric modular vehicles
🚲E-bikes and electric scooters
📈Cutting-edge digital technologies
shorturl.at/JoXu8
On #WorldSustainableTransportDay, we look at research led by Professor Dongping Song to develop a groundbreaking green solution to how people/goods move in suburban areas, using:
🚄Electric modular vehicles
🚲E-bikes and electric scooters
📈Cutting-edge digital technologies
shorturl.at/JoXu8
📚 Like Puffin Club book day in school but for grown ups, here's our latest 'books of the month', featuring works on Indian cities, West African colonial architecture, and migrant heritage in the UK:
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/n...
#BookSky
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#BookSky
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
📚 Like Puffin Club book day in school but for grown ups, here's our latest 'books of the month', featuring works on Indian cities, West African colonial architecture, and migrant heritage in the UK:
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/n...
#BookSky
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/n...
#BookSky
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As #COP30 draws to a close, global leaders once again reaffirmed the urgent need to limit and prepare for the impacts of climate change. At #LivUni we are addressing global challenges with our research.
Find out how we have been making a difference in 2025
👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...
Find out how we have been making a difference in 2025
👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As #COP30 draws to a close, global leaders once again reaffirmed the urgent need to limit and prepare for the impacts of climate change. At #LivUni we are addressing global challenges with our research.
Find out how we have been making a difference in 2025
👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...
Find out how we have been making a difference in 2025
👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...
Earlier this month, the University was proud to welcome Professor Sir Simon Schama when he gave the @irishinstitute.bsky.social's annual Seamus Heaney Lecture. Read up on the event here:
Institute of Irish Studies welcomes Sir Simon Schama for sixth annual Seamus Heaney lecture - University of Liverpool News
Institute of Irish Studies welcomes Sir Simon Schama for sixth annual Seamus Heaney lecture
news.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Earlier this month, the University was proud to welcome Professor Sir Simon Schama when he gave the @irishinstitute.bsky.social's annual Seamus Heaney Lecture. Read up on the event here:
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Funded-PhD opportunities @livunihss.bsky.social! Come do a #PhD with me on #care and #decolonising the #museum collections engaging with local & #indigenous communities!
Expressions of interest (300 words) deadline: 1st December 2025
Expressions of interest (300 words) deadline: 1st December 2025
How to apply | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Funded-PhD opportunities @livunihss.bsky.social! Come do a #PhD with me on #care and #decolonising the #museum collections engaging with local & #indigenous communities!
Expressions of interest (300 words) deadline: 1st December 2025
Expressions of interest (300 words) deadline: 1st December 2025