The 2026/2027 theme, "Naming Reality," focuses on the political, linguistic, and strategic challenges of documenting and describing reality under conditions of censorship, ideology, and political pressure during and after the Cold War.

🗣 Call for Applications | Visegrad Scholarship at Blinken OSA Archivum (2026/2027) 📍 Host Institution: Blinken OSA Archivum (Budapest, Hungary) & International Visegrad Fund 💶 Grant: €3,000 for an 8-week research stay 📅 Research Theme: Naming Reality 📨 Application Deadline: July 25th, 2026

With utmost pride we published our first Handbook in Memory Studies – focusing on what the European North uniquely contributes to the toolbox of Memory Studies. Latin America, as well as Southeast Asia, and East Asian perspectives will follow soon! (www.brill.com/HSMS) @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Brill’s Handbook Series in Memory Studies

"Brill’s Handbook Series in Memory Studies" published on 13 Oct 2025 by Brill.

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De Gruyter Brill’s acquisitions editor is present at the Memory Studies Association conference in Buenos Aires. Stop by for a chat and learn about our blossoming portfolio www.brill.com/MOME www.brill.com/HSMS www.brill.com/MESR @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social

As summer unfolds, our researchers are scattered around the world. Sofya Sahab organised an exhibition in Aleppo exploring how social relationships in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh have changed as a result of the conflict

We are hosting next year - more information to come - we're excited and feel lucky to have this opportunity - save the date soon cognitive-futures.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

We've now highlighted all our amazing confirmed keynote speakers! Please sign up to our email list as this will be the main way we will communicate. Stay tuned for news about submissions, registration, and lots more! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

ICOM - International Conference on Memory 2027

The International Conference on Memory 2027, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland between 26 - 30 July 2027.

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New paper from Centre researcher Dale Leorke asks how location-based games might cultivate care for more-than-human worlds—without reproducing extractive logics. “The Forest as Playground”, published open access in Media+Environment: doi.org/10.1525/001c...

Meet our colleagues at the Heritage Minds Research Lab, through their brand-new website. Heritage Minds explores how the past shapes the present and future of heritage. Take a look: www.heritageminds.org

Heritage Minds | Research Lab at the University of Edinburgh

The Heritage Minds Lab is a dynamic, trans-disciplinary and cross-sector ecosystem at the University of Edinburgh. We develop new, data-rich approaches to heritage research and practice that inform re...

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Do you work on space and place? Come to Stirling this Fall 2026! Our researcher is organising a workshop on the occasion of Jeff Malpas's visit to our centre. Call for papers here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Interdisciplinary approaches to space and place

Space and place play an important, if under-theorised, role across many of the disciplines studying the human mind. The distinction between place and space has been a central concern in phenomenology ...

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The APEX Awards are now open for applications. In partnership with @britishacademy.bsky.social and @raeng.org.uk and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk, the scheme offers independent researchers the opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary research. Find out more: royalsociety.org/grants/apex-...

In Old Age and American Slavery David Doddington reveals how antebellum southerners – Black and white – adapted to, resisted, or failed to overcome changes associated with age, , and how these struggles intersected with wider concerns over control, exploitation, and survival in a slave society.

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Huge congratulations to Cardiff University historian and Leverhulme Research Fellow, @daviddoddington.bsky.social whose book has won the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social's Book Prize 2026.

📣Vacancy at the Leverhulme Trust We're hiring a new Administrative Officer, on an 18 month contract, to provide support in managing and processing grant applications and current awards. Closing date: Monday 6 July 2026. More details here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/adminis...

The Leverhulme Library – showcasing recently published books from researchers the Trust has funded. This month we have Anna Snaith, @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social, Daisy Fancourt, @jbrigstocke.bsky.social and @kiranmehta.bsky.social.

Do you work on space and place? Come to Stirling this Fall 2026! I am organising a workshop on the ocassion of Jeff Malpas visiting the CSPM @memoryplace.bsky.social CFP at philevents.org/event/show/1...

Interdisciplinary approaches to space and place

Space and place play an important, if under-theorised, role across many of the disciplines studying the human mind. The distinction between place and space has been a central concern in phenomenology ...

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If you would like to know more about the project, our website is packed with information: sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

A decade after a Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship, sculptor Poppy Field, reflects on what that year made possible: public monuments and a book dedicated to preserving and passing on a sculptural tradition. Read now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/pfield

A tradition carried forward: what a Leverhulme Studentship made possible

A decade after a Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship, sculptor Poppy Field reflects on what that year made possible: public monuments and a book dedicated to preserving and passing on a sculptural…

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How do we remember places of mental health care? Join us for a thought-provoking event exploring the histories, memories and legacies of St. Clement’s Hospital. 📅 Saturday 5 September Book your free place via the Whitechapel Gallery: www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/remem...

Remembering St. Clement's Hospital - Whitechapel Gallery

A walk celebrating, commiserating and commemorating the 20th anniversary of the closure of St. Clement's psychiatric hospital.

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"Where everybody lies about everything of importance, the truthteller, whether he knows it or not, has begun to act; he, too, has engaged himself in political business, for, in the unlikely event that he survives, he has made a start toward changing the world.” Hannah Arendt - "Truth and Politics"

Even the most publicised university redundancies don't get through to politicians or the wider public. A high-street franchise closes 20 shops - national outcry. Universities have axed thousands of jobs - shrug.

Join us on 20 July (1pm) for the second online session from the recently launched Inclusive Archival Practice Network! This webinar will focus on the importance of advocating for inclusive practice within your organisations: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-...

KEYNOTES 2026 CONFERENCE Michael Lynch • Nathan Rew • Stephanie Collins John Sutton • Inês Hipólito aap.org.au/Keynotes-2026 ineshipolito.com profiles.waikato.ac.nz/nathan.rew www.stephaniecollins.xyz johnsutton.net michael-lynch.philosophy.uconn.edu #PhilSky #AAPNZ26 @suttonprofessor.bsky.social

Come and work with us at the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and join a team passionate about nature. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

VACANCY: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecology and Environmental Data Science

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecology and Environmental Data Science Applications open on a rolling basis #Postdoc #Job #Ecology #Envionment #DataScience #Interdisciplinary ./19 www.complexitycat.org/posts/postdo...

Our residency call for the 26/27 academic year is live! The theme this year is Creative Misuse - interpret as you will. Read the full prompt: https:// drive.google.com/file/d/16zB-7J4UoajGAooans30yEgQKlzys2hD/view Fill out the application: https:// forms.gle/KNfcAGBVCbyURiWJA

How do memories and lived experiences shape our understanding of a city? Join us for Re-Boot(h), an interactive workshop creating a ‘living map’ of East London through stories, meaningful places, and community participation. 📅 Fri 28 Aug, 3–5 pm 🔗 www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/re-bo...

Re-Boot(h) - Whitechapel Gallery

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Fieldwork season is starting, and our researcher @tmcasimiro.bsky.social and a team of Portuguese archaeologists are continuing their research on the Archaeology of Elderly Isolation.

Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Dorthe Bernsten! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

Academics in the wild. Our first Centre retreat took us to Glencoe and beyond: a chance to spend time together, reflect on the Centre’s research, and think about the work ahead. Next stop: Cove Park in 2027.