Jessie Hendy

@jessiehendy.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Palaeoproteomics at the University of York

Reimagining Museums Webinar Series: tinyurl.com/ywxh7xup [How] to approach ethical disagreement in museums? (1/10/26 @ 2pm) Should human remains be held in museums? (15/10/26 @ 12pm) Should museums accept corporate sponsorship? (22/10/26 @ 3.30pm) To whom does Nefertiti belong? (5/11/26 @ 12pm)

Reimagining Museums Webinar Series – Culture&

Reimagining Museums, a Wellcome-funded research project based at Culture& and supported by the ANTITHESES platform at the University of Oxford, is excited to announce a series of webinars on the topics central to Reimagining Museums.

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For almost a century, scholars believed there were as few as 200,000 people in #Australia when the first British colonists arrived in 1788. New research suggests that estimate was off by several million. A related study links the devastating arrival of smallpox to the "First Fleet." @science.org 🧪

British ‘First Fleet’ brought smallpox to Australia—and may have killed millions

Two papers pin the deadly disease’s introduction on British colonists and suggest the continent held far more people than previously believed

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📢 Job alert! Newcastle University is hiring 2x RICHeS research posts to engage schools with #HeritageScience data. 💡 Part-time, FTC (0.67 FTE, 6 months) 💡 £33,951 - £35,608 p.a. pro rata (Assistant) 💡 £36,636-£46,049 p.a. pro rata (Associate) ⏰ 16 July 2026 buff.ly/Uq4CUh6 @newcastleuni.bsky.social

Research Assistant / Associate (Cultural Heritage Science)

Research Assistant / Associate (Cultural Heritage Science)

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Our call for papers is now open! Head to our website to check out the amazing 35 sessions that will be hosted during the conference. Deadline to submit abstracts is 5 pm BST, 7 September 2026.

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🚨 PhD Studentship Alert 🚨 4-year DPhil in Genomic Medicine and Statistics, funded by the Royal Society *Reconstructing the evolutionary history of pathogens using ancient DNA* ☠️🧬🦠🐕🐖🐇 🇬🇧 UK/home students 📍 Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford ⏰ Fri, 17 July tinyurl.com/gms-rs-dphil

GMS Royal Society Studentship

DPhil Studentship opportunity for the DPhil Genomic Medicine and Statistics programme

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⏰ Tomorrow at 11am — don't miss the HSDS Grants Programme Round 2 info session! 🏛️ Up to £25,000 is available for heritage science & conservation research across the UK, funded via AHRC's RICHeS initiative. 100% FEC covered | Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 📋 Register here 👇 buff.ly/2cTpIWK

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: HSDS Grants Information Session - 10th June. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: HSDS Grants Information Session - 10th June. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is seeking a freelance metadata/documentation specialist to work with select 3D datasets and supporting 2D media for submission to the Heritage Science Data Service as part of an HSDS grant-funded project. @hsds-update.bsky.social ⏰️ 15 June 2026

Freelance Metadata / Documentation Specialist - UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Help us preserve a unique place! The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust seeks a Freelance Metadata / Documentation Specialist to prepare and enhance metadata for a portion of our rich Antarctic digital data

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