The Sheffield bandstand dig project finally has a paper! My favourite part is where I go down the rabbit hole with niche back-of-pub games from the early-20th C. There's a nice pic of a bandstand too. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My girl Ripley, hiding from the sun. #internationalcatday

I spent a few days in some of the big National Parks in the US this month, and came back to this paper on urban parks in the UK. I keep thinking about creating and curating outdoor experience as a common thread between vast landscapes and a neighbourhood place with a bandstand.

Dr. @katfennelly.bsky.social discussed concepts that overlap with the Philosophy of Information like online/offline interaction; and to digital civics pedagogy like use of organic learning spaces & transmedia fandoms, theatre, and storytelling. Her paper is here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Archaeology, Emotional Storytelling, and Performance

Archaeologists tell stories about the past through the interpretation of material remains, frequently an emotional pursuit. Even so, the profession is often represented simplistically, dispassionat...

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This just arrived through my door. I'm excited to read the new book by @areum.bsky.social I've been waiting for this one. The cover is so neo! 💚

Heading back from TAG with a notebook full of scribbles. Catching up with lovely archaeologists I haven't seen in ages and putting faces to names has made me wonder why I don't go to more conferences.

Excellent keynotes at #TAG2025. The reception was also top tier!

Call for Papers, Posters, and Creative Presentations Digital Futures for Cultural Heritage International Conference University of Nottingham Ningbo China Date: 28–30 May 2026 www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/humanitie...

My latest piece, on open access and scholarly publishing - revealing my inner fangirl to the world in the process (you are not shocked, I know) 📚 #AcademicSky

How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing

Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics.

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K-pop's Rise: Asia and the Globalised World - The Royal Society for Asian Affairs

Adonis Li is a Lecturer in East Asian History at the School of Humanities and Heritage, University of Lincoln and a recent recipient of an RSAA Travel Award Korean popular music, often referred to sim...

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✨Call for submissions✨ We’re seeking new submissions for our Archaeology of East Asia sub-series! This peer-reviewed sub-series publishes data-rich research from across East Asia, including often-overlooked areas. Heading to the #SEAA? Email editor@barpublishing.com for a meeting! More info here

This summer I drove home to pick up the remains of my teenage zine collection. These included the masters of my own fanzines and forays into self-publishing. Writing zines was the first time I created fanworks, and the first time I wrote for an audience larger than myself.

- Title - Abstract of up to 150 words - Author affiliation(s) - Corresponding author email address For Symposia, forum, or round table proposals, please also include a list of speakers. We look forward to seeing you in Reading! #postmedievalarchaeology #pmac26 2/3

The 2026 Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress will be held in Reading, United Kingdom on 15-17 May, 2026! #PMAC26 You can send your paper and poster proposals until 1 November, 2025 to conference@spma.org.uk. Please include the following: 1/3

The Society welcomes applications for two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26, to support PhD students in completing a doctorate in #history. Fellowships are held in association with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians

Normalise writing a nice quick note to scholars literally every time you read and like their work. Our world is small and getting smaller. We need encouragement.

The University of Glasgow & the British Library have announced a fully funded PhD Studentship on "Fanfiction and Online Fan Communities: Collecting Practice and Inclusion in a National Collection" www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

This excellent article on graffiti stickers and social media communities by my PhD student Claire Moore has just been published online. This is so innovative, a unique contribution to contemporary archaeology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Postgraduate Dissertation Prize Winner 2022 Protest, persuasion, promotion: exploring the relationship between graffiti stickers and social media communities

Graffiti stickers are small, self-adhesive paper or vinyl that include texts and images designed to communicate with the viewer. Frequently found on street furniture in cities stickers have an enme...

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Today I'm reading this amazing new paper on the 'lost' residence of King Harold, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

- 'Wants More Capital Than Labour' - Post-Med Archaeology. A paper about visiting sites and taking notes and making observations. The site at the heart of this paper is Harmony Hall, founded as an agricultural community in the 1830s. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Wants more capital than labour’: visiting the Harmony Hall site from 1839–2022

SUMMARY: Visiting, or observing a site in its surrounding environment, is a key point of archaeological and heritage assessment and research. This paper examines historic and contemporary site visi...

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The #UHG2025 Call for Papers is now live! Make sure you follow @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social for updates The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 🗓️ 4-5 September 📍 University of Leicester 🔗 urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/c...

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CFP: Urban History Group Conference 2025 The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 4th & 5th Sept. 2025, University of Leicester. urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/c... We are back. Special sessions for New Researchers & PGs, as usual.