Excited to be hanging out in Incheon this week thinking about globalisation, border listening, and digital diaspora 🌐

I'm pleased to announce the launch of our new DiSCo website where you can also find the now open Call for Papers for the 2nd edition of our conference, Bodies in Digital Transition, which is taking place at King's College London 8-9th September 2026! digitalstudiescollective.org

Slightly obsessed with this map which somehow shows regions served by silk road trade routes as limited by modern national borders ? (At Kobe Fashion Museum)

Happening today!!

April Wei-West@aprilw.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This @chase-dtp.bsky.social Dialogues event is happening next week Tues. 13th May and I am very much looking forward to presenting on the panel! Do register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0a96c9...

This @chase-dtp.bsky.social Dialogues event is happening next week Tues. 13th May and I am very much looking forward to presenting on the panel! Do register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0a96c9...

I'm pleased to announce the launch of our new DiSCo website where you can also find the now open Call for Papers for the 2nd edition of our conference, Bodies in Digital Transition, which is taking place at King's College London 8-9th September 2026! digitalstudiescollective.org

Looking forward to being a part of an exciting @chase-dtp.bsky.social Dialogues on digital health adoption - do register to attend online now! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0a96c9...

🚨 NEWS!🚨 For everyone attending the Research Students’ Conference next month, due to an extended Christmas shutdown at BCU (our associated university), the last day of booking is Thursday 18th December.

As course evaluations open, don't forget the importance of telling students *why* evals matter. I like to explain their use for TT faculty vs. contingent faculty and how students contribute to ed processes through them. I also explain biases, with this helpful viz: benschmidt.org/profGender/#...

Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities

A news post written by me about the "Bodies in Digital Transition" conference last month! www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/b...

Up in the rafters but with no objection - St. Vincent at the Proms was perfection. Masterful orchestral arrangements by Rachel Eckroth that genuinely sounded like they came from a minimalist composition. A brilliant and emotional collaboration between orchestral and amplified sound.

Im at BODIES IN DIGITAL TRANSITION conference at Goldsmiths hosted by DiSCo. I founded DiSCo back in 2020 and handed over leadership to to see @aprilw.bsky.social last year. To see DiSCo thriving into new projects and areas is truly amazing. Well done April 🧠🫁🫀🦾👀👂

Today marks the 150th anniversary of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) 🎼 From published scores, autograph manuscripts, and sound recordings, read our new blog post with an overview of our Coleridge-Taylor collections: bit.ly/BLBlogColeridgeTaylor

I am fortunate enough to be singing under the batton of the legendary Joe Hisaishi for his performance at the BBC proms this Thursday ! Hisaishi was kind enough to give a photo and autograph 😍

Spot the Tangut proverb on my canvas tote bag: 𘜶𗗚𗓰𗾟，𗱕𗋽𗰖𘏚 "The great sea is vast and deep, all the waters are gathered there" (seen here on a recent visit to SOAS https://bsky.app/profile/babelstone.bsky.social/post/3k4eyvzzb2a27).

Andrew West 魏安@babelstone.co.uk · 3y ago

In October 1983 I started studying for a BA in Chinese at SOAS University of London, as a mature student of 23, and here I am today, 40 years later ...

A moody scene of gorgeous Conwy, North Wales, where I visited to perform in the Conwy Classical Music Festival. We opened the concert with the folk song Lisa Lan. Bûm yn dy garu lawer gwaith Do lawer awr mewn mwynder maith Bûm yn dy gusanu Lisa gêl Yr oedd dy gwmni'n well na'r mêl.

Not only a fiercely competent Sinologist (though he would never admit that), but also the best and most loving dad. The grief is as a shoreless sea.

Andrew West 魏安@babelstone.co.uk · last yr.

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we, the family of Andrew West, confirm his peaceful passing on 10th July 2025. The BabelStone legacy will be continued by colleagues and friends. corp.unicode.org/pipermail/un...

Characteristically forgot to sit down to watch this but managed to tune in to the last quarter, just at @zaborowski.bsky.social's interview!

⚗️@mikuer.bsky.social · last yr.

hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇

Got the dates mixed up for my own event and panicked thinking the abstract deadline was 13th July. It is in fact 31st July - ample time to get your abstracts in ! 😌

April Wei-West@aprilw.bsky.social · last yr.

Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...

Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Bodies in Digital Transition — A C - Alessandro Caruana Art

Transcultural Dialogues on Digital Intimacies and Artistic Practices

cassandralaureano.com

Most eye-catching spot to put a poster? In front of the bins ♻️🚮 @chase-dtp.bsky.social Encounters Conference

Very proud of my friend Monika for releasing her art book all about Birds 🐦 Launch event at The Scarlett Letters indie bookshop in Whitechapel. The hardback copies are all handbound and published independently theirlowbackedcar.com

Pleased to have my first peer review article on #UTAU published in the wonderful Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology journal! risingvoicesjournal.com/211-music-ge...

Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Bodies in Digital Transition — A C - Alessandro Caruana Art

Transcultural Dialogues on Digital Intimacies and Artistic Practices

cassandralaureano.com

What a huge relief

Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺@katherineschof8.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank god. This should NEVER have been mooted. www.classicfm.com/music-news/c...

The special issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies coedited by myself and Janine Bower appears to be out. Here is a link to the table of contents intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

capybara eating ramen prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/guil...

I've uploaded some performance videos of my #koto playing on Youtube! Please check it out 🎶 www.youtube.com/@april-on-su...

April Wei-West

I'm April! I am a PhD researcher in music and sometimes perform on the side - Japanese koto and singing! Please enjoy my clips!

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