“[A]s art historians we are trained to understand how powerful the image can be”, writes @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social, unravelling and unpacking the visual politics of Whiteness in Classical sculpture and beyond (Volume 22, Issue 1-3, 2024). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Confronting the White Classical Body

Published in Visual Culture in Britain (Vol. 22, No. 1-3, 2024)

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@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social is nearly 10! Come celebrate with us and a great line-up of speakers @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @alicekonig.bsky.social & Katharine Piu San Russell @durhamclassics.bsky.social. Travel bursaries available, see info in QT'd link #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺

Katherine McDonald@katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You're all invited to the WCC UK's birthday! @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c...

I’ve graduated with a PhD in Classics and History! 👨‍🎓 #c18 #classicsbluesky ‘Agents of Empire: Cultural Imperialism, White British Identity, and the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour’ is available to download and read using the following link: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...

2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3

Early Career Researcher Network

An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences

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"More than a third (37%) of Reform UK voters said they would be prouder of Britain if there were fewer people from minority ethnic backgrounds in a decade’s time, and 10% [compared to 3% overall] said it was important to have white skin to be a good British citizen."

Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows

Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity

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Looking forward to our next @ics.bsky.social – British Museum seminar with another terrific group of speakers, incl @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social, Eleanor Newman & Joe Skinner. Register at link below!

The Institute of Classical Studies@ics.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race & the representation of the other Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)

Register for BSECS using the link below! If any PhD students and/or ECRs want to chat over coffee about postdoc applications, drop me a DM :) I'm always happy to share my experiences of post-PhD life. #c18

BSECS@bsecs.bsky.social · 9mo ago

DON'T FORGET to register for #BSECS2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026. Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025) #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...

Writing Game Histories

This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…

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Next time you visit the Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, keep an eye out for more information about my project, Victorian Art & Design and the Global! More information available at: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...

Check out my review of Paola Bertucci’s book, In the Land of Marvels: Science, Fabricated Realities, and Industrial Espionage in the Age of the Grand Tour. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural circles of Italy’s scientific communities in the eighteenth century ⚡️

Hey, it's me! Check out some of the highlights from Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's newly reopened Pre-Raphaelite galleries!👩‍🎨 www.instagram.com/reel/DQWNyhq...

Little payday treat order for me! Finally got a couple of laptop stickers (with an Etruscan theme).

dr hardeep dhindsa (he/him)@hardeepsdhindsa.bsky.social · last yr.

❗My shop is back❗Check out my illustrations of classical antiquities in all their polychromatic glory🏺 www.redbubble.com/people/Neo-C...

Of interest for UK museum staff and those working with collections relating to migration history, an in-person Migration Network event hosted by @migrationmuseum.org at the Museum of Liverpool on Wednesday 3 September 10:00-15:30.

❗My shop is back❗Check out my illustrations of classical antiquities in all their polychromatic glory🏺 www.redbubble.com/people/Neo-C...

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Neo-Classicist is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

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My PhD thesis is now available online through the University of Leicester repository! 'Sociability, Provincial Antiquarianism and Networks of Knowledge in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1755'. figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/the...

👉NEW -- Westminster group took cash from Israeli state-owned arms firm by Martin Williams Revealed: Cross-party group of MPs accused of ‘clear breach of the rules’ over donation from weapons company controlled by Israeli government. www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...

Westminster group took cash from Israeli state-owned arms firm

Revealed: cross-party group of MPs accused of ‘clear breach of the rules’ over donation from weapons company controlled by Israeli government.

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It's ten years since I published this piece on my post-PhD experience of precarious employment, and I'm sad to reflect that my happy ending has become a vanishingly less likely outcome. catherinefletcher.info/2015/06/30/f...

Five cities, seven years: my life post-PhD

It’s seven years today since I was awarded my PhD, and it’s also my last official day in the office at my current job. That’ll be the seventh job in seven years, the fifth city an…

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Deeply honoured to say that I am one of the recipients of an Early Career Fellowship! From May 2026, I’ll be spending 3 years at Edinburgh’s Art History department (@edincollegeofart.bsky.social) to research Whiteness and Greco-Roman antiquity in eighteenth-century British history paintings

Leverhulme Trust@leverhulme.ac.uk · last yr.

From untangling the evolutionary roots of plant variation to how medieval nuns mastered the art of credit, we’ve had some fascinating applications for this year’s Early Career Fellowship scheme. The Trust is pleased to announce 152 Fellowships in this round. Congratulations to the 2025 cohort!

Super pleased to announce that I started my new job as a Curator/Researcher at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 🎉 I’ll be working on the ‘Victorian Art & Design and the Global’ project and will get to share my expertise on all things Empire and British Art

In today’s #PeoplingPodcast, we are joined by @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social to discuss the relationship between classical culture and imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Listen in to find out more about Classics, the Grand Tour, and Invented Legacies here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/03/p...

We're excited to present the first in a series of interviews with our Fellows. We start with @profdanhicks.bsky.social, Prof of Contemporary Archaeology at @ox.ac.uk, Curator of World Archaeology at @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social & Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. www.sal.org.uk/2025/04/meet...

Meet the Fellows: Dan Hicks FSA - Society of Antiquaries of London

The Society of Antiquaries is proud to bring together a distinguished community of scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts dedicated to the study and stewardship of the material past. In our new Meet...

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Very pleased that copies of our new volume with @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social & Thomas Kiely ‘Empire & Excavation. Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus’ have arrived! Thanks to @sidestone.bsky.social 🏺

Deeply honoured to have contributed to the relaunch issue of Visual Culture in Britain @vcib.bsky.social 🎨 My short essay uses my illustrations as a starting point to discuss the normalcy of Whiteness in the reception of Greco-Roman art and how Critical Whiteness Studies helps me articulate this

Confronting the White Classical Body

Published in Visual Culture in Britain (Ahead of Print, 2024)

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HUGE NEWS! Season 4 of #PeoplingPodcast is coming soon! In today’s preview episode, hosts Chelsea Gardner & Melissa Funke are joined by Christine Johnston (Season 4’s producer) to talk about what our listeners can expect. Listen in and find out more here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/01/14/p... /1

Say, hypothetically, my viva is on Wednesday. What last-minute advice would you give me? Hypothetically speaking of course 🫥

Deeply honoured to have contributed to the relaunch issue of Visual Culture in Britain @vcib.bsky.social 🎨 My short essay uses my illustrations as a starting point to discuss the normalcy of Whiteness in the reception of Greco-Roman art and how Critical Whiteness Studies helps me articulate this

Confronting the White Classical Body

Published in Visual Culture in Britain (Ahead of Print, 2024)

tandfonline.com

REGISTRATION FOR #BSECS2025 CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER!!!! We can't wait to see you all in January. #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.

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