A wonderful hardest word today! @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social

This event should be fun—even if tinged with much sadness. I'll be speaking with the title "If academia is a form of play, why can't it be more like surfing?"

IAS Reflections Symposium: Celebrating the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies A one-day symposium that will celebrate the wealth of highly innovative, interdisciplinary research that has been generated within the auspices of the IAS over the last ten years.

Our last big hurrah before we're shut down.
We hope you can join us (free lunch!)
28 April 2026, 9am-5pm
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🔊 Bracewell Travelling Scholarship!

The scholarship is funded by a gift from SSEES Emeritus Professor of History Wendy Bracewell, whose research examines South Slav history, and travel writing in eastern Europe.

🗓️ Deadline: 30 April
➡️ Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

In the magnificent Arts and Crafts setting of Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel. Complete with a proper institutional kitchen. The conference was on sound and silence.

I went to a conference where we sort of did this. There was a glass with paper slips, each with an instruction. Chop a bunch of parsley, slice a bowl of tomatoes etc. together, we made a Moroccan roast lamb and lots salads for c30 participants.

You are Jean-Claude Romand and I claim my £5.

Chag Pesach sameach to our Jewish students, staff, alumni and all celebrating!

We wish you a meaningful Passover, and hope you enjoy celebrating with loved ones.

#Passover #UCL @uclhjs.bsky.social

Nino Haratischwili announced as 2026 Writer in Residence The UCL European Institute is delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer as the UCL 2026 European Literary Map of London Writer in Residence.

BIG news!

We're delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer Nino Haratischwili as our 2026 Writer in Residence.

Hosted by UCL European Institute with EUNIC London, Goethe Institute London & European Literature Network.

www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...

It was our pleasure to host a lecture and workshop today, primarily for doctoral and postdoctoral students, featuring British Slavicist Tim Beasley-Murray from UCL (@ucl.ac.uk), focused on topics raised in his new book Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature, and Life.

Casanova wandering London in the 18th century - theatres, taverns, the Exchange, and the curious manners of the English.

Read the full entry here: www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/f4b3...

@uclei.bsky.social

#EuropeanLiteraryLondon #London #CoventGarden #Casanova

Yes. V anti-philosophy. Doing this in the UK with my wife, we are always amused by its understandable US bias: lollygag, doodad, Mexican flora, things Hawaian. While it won’t accept many common Britishisms and will accept one term that is highly offensive here, but presumably not in US!

Apparently, “ontic” is not a word. @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social

IAS Book Launch: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel We are pleased to welcome Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction.

We are pleased to welcome Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book 'Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction'
3 March 6-8pm
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www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Fantastic opportunity for a writer at UCL! Please repost.

And anomia and anomic!

I did that one year, wrote to them and told them what I had/hadn't done, and they let me off! It might be worth giving it a go.

Celebrating #UCL200 in Arts & Humanities!

From the UCL Illuminated launch to our first Faces of UCL honourees and the opening of Two Centuries Here, we're marking 200 years of creativity, community and history.

Explore events & get involved: buff.ly/fE9diMq

Peter J.S. Duncan (1953-2026) We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dr Peter Duncan.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear colleague and friend, Dr Peter Duncan. Professor Simon Dixon pays tribute to him here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Just sent you an email, Andrew.

Hi Andrew. Glad you are interested. I'll send you a message, if that's OK.

If you are in St Andrews 25 Feb and want to know more about Critical Games (and what it is that we are risking when we write), please come along. @manchesterup.bsky.social
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/criti...

Almost at the end of my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social holiday countdown! #20 is @timb-m.bsky.social brilliant Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life newbooksnetwork.com/critical-games

Our Annual Review 2024/25 is here! 👇

From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe.

Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...

My friend and colleague, Michael Collins's Windrush Cricket arrived in the post today. Christmas has come early! @uclhistory.bsky.social y.social @academic.oup.com

The @karolinumpress.cuni.cz will be publishing my Critical Games in Czech. Such a privilege! Here's hoping that Czech and Slovak readers enjoy my takes on Kundera, Vilikovský, Juráňová, alongside Carrère, de Vigan, Bolaño, etc. @manchesterup.bsky.social

book cover -- black and white 1940s photo of Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) playing guitar, dressed in a suit with a microphone in front and American flag behind. Book title in orange lettering, Bring Judgment Day. Subtitle, white lettering: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies.

Thanks! My book, described as "a historical reclamation that pulls no punches in unpacking the racism surrounding one of America’s greatest folk voices” - #LeadBelly (1889-1949), a deep dive into post-Reconstruction America. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b... - Just $22.36 with code BJD2025!!!

"[...] redefines our understanding of funerary culture" - Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.

"It makes the seemingly rigid traditions come alive" - Hana Navratilova (Oxford)

"A guaranteed cure for insomnia" - Me

🏺 #OA #openaccess #egyptology #religion

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Congrats! Looks fascinating. Let’s promote OUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!

Great! I hope that you enjoy it.