We're currently recruiting for five (yes five!) Collaborative Doctoral Partnership awards at IWM See the full list of projects and partners here, with further details of how to apply: www.iwm.org.uk/research/doc...
There is a new, open access anthology (=great teaching resource) about _Women's healthcare in ancient Mesopotamia in the first millennium BCE_ edited by Ulrike Steinert. search.worldcat.org/title/Women'... I would then combine this with the ancient medicine sourcebook www.ucpress.edu/books/medici...
And we've got three different takes on research for medieval games from the worlds of indie TTRPGs (James Holloway, @gonzohistory.bsky.social), academia (Robert Houghton, @robehoughton.bsky.social), and AAA games (Maxime Durand):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7WE...
#research #history
Also, if anybody knows how to contact @roguehobbies.bsky.social so that she’ll see the message, we’d like to invite her to the event!
It was Priorities, I think!
👀 @rosgakori.bsky.social @merilainen.bsky.social
Logo including text of the organisation titles for the Imperial War Museums (IWM), University of Glasgow, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
🚨🎓Funded #PhD opportunity: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship - ‘𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿’, with Imperial War Museums (IWM) & University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk. Supervised by Tim Peacock, Matt Barr & Ian Kikuchi. Apply by Friday 22 May, 5pm. October 2026 start. Details in next post.
@moudhy.bsky.social
@pfwgames.bsky.social and I are organising our 3rd annual Games Workshop event, now the Research and Play Convention. CfP is at the link below, with all the key details -12 June abstract / proposal submission deadline. Any questions, drop me a line!
manchestergamecentre.org/blog-db/2026...
As an em-dash enjoyer, one more reason to be in the anti-genAI corner.
And no, this post doesn’t have an em-dash. They’re precious, like semi-colons.
Three game exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art.
New Blog: Let Games Die
"Let Code Die is rooted in a trust that if we have code that we like and we lose it, we can write it again. What would it mean to trust ourselves as game developers, designers, critics and players in the same way?"
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/l...
I submitted mine!!
I'm very much in favour of creative approaches to games preservation!
(Also this mentions my work on anticipatory grief and play preservation)
We've now extended the paper deadline to April 12th!
It’s truly heartbreaking that Palads is being torn down. For 3 years I passed it every day on my way to work, and would go watch films there too. It’s a beautiful building and a special part of central Copenhagen.
I was a guest on the podcast What We Did Before, where I talk about all things ancient games! Check it out here: pod.fo/e/3d24b5
And we now have a full roster of speakers confirmed, including Emmie-Rose Price-Goodfellow of You're Dead To Me, Kate Wiles of @historytoday.com, @estelleprnq.bsky.social on social media and @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social on building a freelance career.
I can’t process x-files reboot at this time of night!!!!!!
The awesome Matteo Polato + Jacopo Bortolussi ran a workshop for my 3rd year UG 'Gaming and the Humanities' students @manmetuni.bsky.social
You can read about the workshop, baed on their 'Real Engine' method, & one of the student responses here manchestergamecentre.org/blog-db/2026...
Thanks for boosting!!
If you're a member of @theees.bsky.social you can read my top 5 list of games NOT set in Egypt over in their members area: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/top...
(Thumbnail is of The Talos Principle)
I went on the Video Game History Hour podcast with @unabandonware.bsky.social! It's a great overview of keitai game preservation, from the games to preservation challenges. I hope you enjoy! Thank you to @philsalv.bsky.social for having us on.
Listen here: gamehistory.org/episode-152-...
So excited to see authors receive their copies of Ancient Egypt in Video Games!
(Still waiting for mine … thanks DHL …)
And there’s a lot more exciting stuff in the works around Egypt and games
Haha! Thanks.
Matteo shared this with me this morning from their insta account! Looks cool. I’ll be checking it out.
Heidi Hilliker, wearing a U-M Middle East Studies crewneck, stands next to the “Learning Through Play” case and exhibit panel in the Kelsey Museum. The vitrine contains full-size and miniature ancient tools, as well as modern toys related to weaving and sewing.
Play has shaped how children have learned for millennia. Ancient mini weaving and spinning tools show how children developed craft skills through imitation and practice. Come see “Learning Through Play: Childhood and Textile Craft in Roman Egypt,” curated by Heidi Hilliker, on view until May 25.🧵
My entry for the Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia, "Memnonia: Update" is now available online, open access: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...
@arnaudquertinmont.bsky.social & I are organising a symposium on 'Anubis in Contemporary Popular Culture'. We're looking for discussions from diverse perspectives across diverse media. Abstracts deadline = 01/05; conference in July.
You can read the CfP at manchestergamecentre.org/blog-db/2026...
🚨NEW ARTICLE OUT🚨
My most recent paper on historical agency & games is available in open access!
It deals with environmental studies, posthumanism, fantasy, the 'ontological turn' in the philosophy of history & my upcoming video-game, Galar.
Quick thread on the contents 🧵1/6
#gamestudies #gtp
Fantastic!!! Good luck with the next steps. Am looking forward to reading this once the viva’s done and it’s available for all!
If wanted to attend but tonight is gym teaching so couldn’t. I have the book next to my sofa at least!