On 21st April we are hosting the event "Archives, Libraries & Me: Queer Britain - The National LGBTQ+ Museum London". Jennifer Shearman will be giving an introduction to the Museum and its collections and reflecting on the process of building a museum from scratch! tinyurl.com/yc2avdyn
Researcher smiling in front of poster boards talking to two participants.
Researcher in front of poster board holding a plate with a cup and talking to a participant.
HRC PGR Poster Competition 2026! Deadline for submissions is 29th April! An opportunity to test your skills in communicating your research beyond your own discipline. Open to PhD, MRes and MPhil students from any Arts and Humanities academic unit www.york.ac.uk/hrc/support-...
Heslington Hall, a red brick manor, framed between trees with a green space in front of it. Students are sitting on the lawn relaxing.
Inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) for 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships. Deadline for EoI is 15th May. First step is to identify and contact a potential supervisor in one of our academic units, who can then complete the EoI with you marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
On 17 April we'll be hosting the online workshop 'Digital Cultural Heritage: showcasing research from the University of York and Virginia Tech'. It will focus on how cutting-edge technologies are transforming how we document, interpret, and experience heritage www.york.ac.uk/hrc/events/2...
University of York, Research. Breathing in Talk. "Prof Richard Ogden and colleagues have received AHRC/DFG funding to investigate how breath, sighs and laughter shape conversation." On the right hand side we see the outline of a magnifying class and within it the photo of 3 researchers standing next to a poster of their research.
Congratulations to our colleagues @richardogden.bsky.social and @marinanc.bsky.social on their grant success! They have been awarded funding by the AHRC and the German Research Foundation (DFG) to explore overlooked and underexplored sounds of conversation—such as sighs, clicks, and laughter.
Heslington Hall, a red brick manor, framed between trees with a green space in front of it. Students are sitting on the lawn relaxing.
HRC Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026-2027. Open to recent York Arts and Humanities doctoral graduates. The fellowships are non-stipendiary, but come with a research grant of £1,000, HRC Associate status, a bespoke mentorship programme, and desk space www.york.ac.uk/hrc/support-...
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The HRC Doctoral Competition is back! We love this annual event bringing together top researchers from all of our academic units to share and celebrate their work. This opportunity is open to 3rd year doctoral researchers. You can find more information on our website www.york.ac.uk/hrc/support-...
3 researchers chatting and smiling in front of a poster board with 2 posters.
2 researchers in front of a poster board chatting.
HRC PGR Poster Competition 2026! An opportunity to test your skills in communicating your research beyond your own discipline. Deadline for submissions is 29th April and the event is on 13th May www.york.ac.uk/hrc/support-...
Two researchers at their stand. Behind them posters and in front of them a table full of crafts.
Two researchers at their stand. A table is full of crafts.
Call for contributions to the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social Fringe Family Fun Afternoon. Push your public engagement skills in an interactive family-friendly setting! The event is on Sat 6th June, the deadline for proposals is 16th March. Check your emails for information on making a submission.
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Next Wednesday we are welcoming Dr Ricardo Álvarez, Senior Lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile), for a fascinating talk on brass bands and social movements in Chile. More details on our website: york.ac.uk/hrc/events/
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We are delighted to announce this year's HRC Interdisciplinary Collaborative Events Fund. A fund that enables staff/research students to put together academic research events that benefit multiple disciplines. Deadline: 12pm 6th March. Check your emails for more information😊
Photo of Heslington Hall, a red brick manor house, with a green area in front of it and a spring like mood with bright sunshine.
On 26th Feb 10am we are hosting our Postgraduate Researcher Welcome event. There will be tea/cake - key ingredients of every successful welcome/community-building event 🍰 A chance to meet the team, find out more about what the HRC offers, and share your thoughts. More information in your emails.
Megan outdoors wearing a coat and scarf
We are incredibly proud to announce that Megan Russell has won a Faculty of Arts and Humanities 'Making the Difference' Award. Megan is central to all our work at the HRC and has had a leading role in the move to our new home in Heslington Hall. Huge congratulations! 🎉
Cuddly toy sitting at desk ready to work, papers on the desk and a computer as well as books.
Room with tables and chairs as well as a bookcase
Communal space with computers
Room with table and chairs and two whiteboards
Thrilled to announce the opening of expansive, dedicated study space for all Arts/Humanities PGRs within Heslington Hall. The lower ground floor is your new vibrant hub for interdisciplinary postgraduate research, offering state-of-the-art facilities designed to support your work
Michael Stuart (@miikeessttuuart.bsky.social) from @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social has just been awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant to spend 5 years working on the impacts of artificial intelligence on science. Huge congratulations! www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Outdoor group photo of summer school attendees. They are standing in front of a building.
Last but not least in the Interdisciplinary Collaborative Events funded by the HRC: the 1st Summer School in Computational Approaches to Historical Linguistics took place in Plovdiv (Bulgaria). Organised by Dimitar Kazakov and Giuseppe Longobardi. More on this in the blog post tinyurl.com/5vhkxkr5
Submit a Manuscript to the Journal Philosophical Psychology for a special issue on Imagination, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence. Manuscript Deadline 31st May 2026. The background image is a light bulb
Call for Papers: Philosophical Psychology Journal - Special Issue on Imagination, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence edited by Department of Philosophy's Fiora Salis and Kengo Miyazono (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Hokkaido University) Deadline: 31st May tinyurl.com/2ranxkw9
You can follow the team for information on upcoming events @norseinthenorth.bsky.social
Norse in the North logo.
Continuing to highlight the Interdisciplinary Collaborative Events funded last summer. We supported 'Norse in the North', an annual event demonstrating the strength and originality of Old Norse research in the North of England, in the form of an interdisciplinary conference tinyurl.com/my6mwhu8
We've exaggerated a bit, it's only two photos 😂
Heslington Hall photographed through the open gate. There is snow falling and on the ground.
The Quiet Place, outside Heslington Hall, a green area with sculptures photographed in the snow
Happy New Year! 🎉 Here are some photos of our new home Heslington Hall in the snow ⛄️
A group of workshop participants standing over a table looking at post-it notes and thinking
Continuing to highlight the Interdisciplinary Collaborative Events funded last summer by the HRC. 'Environmental Art and Activism: Imagining Anthropocene Futures' by Catherine Love-Smith (Arts and Creative Technologies) and Felicia Liu (Environment & Geography) www.york.ac.uk/hrc/support-...
A group of presenters standing in front of a projector screen. The slide behind them has the title 'Designing Futures'
Let's start with Jin Fan from Archaeology, who organised “Designing Futures: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Humanities and STEM”. You can read more about the event in Jin's blog post www.york.ac.uk/hrc/support-...
Last academic year the HRC funded a number of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Events led by staff and students. Today and in the next few posts we'll be highlighting the events that were funded and which showcase the wide range of expertise and interests in our Faculty 🎉
Jo holding an umbrella outdoors at an ancient Egypt site
With the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo described as "one of the most ambitious cultural projects in modern history", Jo Fletcher from @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social was asked for interviews by various international news channels and Egypt's national TV channel Nile News and magazine Akher Sa’a.
Photo of Mariana presenting, holding a mic and a clicker
Photo of audience wearing wireless headphones with blue lights
Photo of Gavin Kearney presenting, holding a microphone and a clicker
Photo of delegates at the National Railway Museum's Wonderlab
HRC's Deputy Director @marianajlopez.bsky.social wrote a blog post about the #DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries hosted by @school-of-act.bsky.social as part of the #EnhancingAD project enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...
Grace McCulloch from the Archaeology Data Service is leading the workshop 'Unearthing Herbal Histories with Digital Archives' as part of the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social Join the team to create your own herbal remedies, inspired by archaeological evidence www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/unear...
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Welcome to Robin Pawlett-Howell from the Department of Philosophy, one of our new HRC Postdoctoral Fellows! 🎉 Robin's main research specialisations are in existential phenomenology and social/political philosophy.
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Continuing to introduce our new HRC Postdoctoral Fellows! Today we are welcoming Sarah McKeagney 🎉 Sarah is a late-medieval social historian focusing on law and the courts in 15th century England. Sarah's thesis focused on breach of faith and perjury litigation in late medieval England.
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We are continuing to welcome our HRC Postdoctoral Fellows! 🎉 Today we are featuring Yorgos Paschos from Archaeology. Yorgos will be conducting research focusing on the role of euphoric value in heritage significance assessment.