Tim Beasley-Murray
@timb-m.bsky.social
"You still haven’t figured out what riding waves is all about, hey? It’s a state of mind." Professor of Humanities, UCL; games that get out of hand. https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/4327
Now seems a good time to repost this.
Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 12mo agoPolitics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated? Author @timb-m.bsky.social writes in @uk.theconversation.com Now available! Critical Games, On play and seriousness in academia, literature and life theconversation.com/politics-has...
Overheard in this coffee shop in Pittsburgh Mexican War streets: “the Hunger Games are pretty much the dystopia we find ourselves in now”
Spent a wonderful afternoon in the Carnegie art & natural history museum this week. Those steel barons were up to lots of no good, but they also bought great art, built magnificent buildings & made them available to the public. While Bezos sends Perry into space & buys the Met ball…
Point Break (1991) 🎬💙 Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Brilliant, if chilling topic. Brilliant nominative determinism!
Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 3mo agoOut now! What role does silence play in war? The latest book in our Melland Schill Studies in International Law series uncovers the hidden role of silence in enabling military violence, from drone warfare to colonial counterinsurgency. Find out more on our website.
What emerges in emergencies? A major @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social & #UCL200 series on 'Emergence | Emergencies' will ask some big questions in this critical series. UCL 1-12 June. www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene #Anthropocene #Emergency @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social
A wonderful hardest word today! @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social
This event should be fun—even if tinged with much sadness. I'll be speaking with the title "If academia is a form of play, why can't it be more like surfing?"
UCL Institute of Advanced Studies@ucl-ias.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur last big hurrah before we're shut down. We hope you can join us (free lunch!) 28 April 2026, 9am-5pm www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Our last big hurrah before we're shut down. We hope you can join us (free lunch!) 28 April 2026, 9am-5pm www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
IAS Reflections Symposium: Celebrating the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies
A one-day symposium that will celebrate the wealth of highly innovative, interdisciplinary research that has been generated within the auspices of the IAS over the last ten years.
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🔊 Bracewell Travelling Scholarship! The scholarship is funded by a gift from SSEES Emeritus Professor of History Wendy Bracewell, whose research examines South Slav history, and travel writing in eastern Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April ➡️ Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Chag Pesach sameach to our Jewish students, staff, alumni and all celebrating! We wish you a meaningful Passover, and hope you enjoy celebrating with loved ones. #Passover #UCL @uclhjs.bsky.social
BIG news! We're delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer Nino Haratischwili as our 2026 Writer in Residence. Hosted by UCL European Institute with EUNIC London, Goethe Institute London & European Literature Network. www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
Nino Haratischwili announced as 2026 Writer in Residence
The UCL European Institute is delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer as the UCL 2026 European Literary Map of London Writer in Residence.
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It was our pleasure to host a lecture and workshop today, primarily for doctoral and postdoctoral students, featuring British Slavicist Tim Beasley-Murray from UCL (@ucl.ac.uk), focused on topics raised in his new book Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature, and Life.
Casanova wandering London in the 18th century - theatres, taverns, the Exchange, and the curious manners of the English. Read the full entry here: www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/f4b3... @uclei.bsky.social #EuropeanLiteraryLondon #London #CoventGarden #Casanova
Apparently, “ontic” is not a word. @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social
We are pleased to welcome Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book 'Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction' 3 March 6-8pm www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
IAS Book Launch: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel
We are pleased to welcome Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction.
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www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Fantastic opportunity for a writer at UCL! Please repost.
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Celebrating #UCL200 in Arts & Humanities! From the UCL Illuminated launch to our first Faces of UCL honourees and the opening of Two Centuries Here, we're marking 200 years of creativity, community and history. Explore events & get involved: buff.ly/fE9diMq
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear colleague and friend, Dr Peter Duncan. Professor Simon Dixon pays tribute to him here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Peter J.S. Duncan (1953-2026)
We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dr Peter Duncan.
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If you are in St Andrews 25 Feb and want to know more about Critical Games (and what it is that we are risking when we write), please come along. @manchesterup.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/criti...
Critical Games
To its critics, academia can often appear as a form of elaborate play. Set apart from ordinary life, marked by
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Almost at the end of my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social holiday countdown! #20 is @timb-m.bsky.social brilliant Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life newbooksnetwork.com/critical-games
Tim Beasley-Murray, "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Our Annual Review 2024/25 is here! 👇 From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe. Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
My friend and colleague, Michael Collins's Windrush Cricket arrived in the post today. Christmas has come early! @uclhistory.bsky.social y.social @academic.oup.com
The @karolinumpress.cuni.cz will be publishing my Critical Games in Czech. Such a privilege! Here's hoping that Czech and Slovak readers enjoy my takes on Kundera, Vilikovský, Juráňová, alongside Carrère, de Vigan, Bolaño, etc. @manchesterup.bsky.social
Thanks! My book, described as "a historical reclamation that pulls no punches in unpacking the racism surrounding one of America’s greatest folk voices” - #LeadBelly (1889-1949), a deep dive into post-Reconstruction America. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b... - Just $22.36 with code BJD2025!!!
"[...] redefines our understanding of funerary culture" - Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. "It makes the seemingly rigid traditions come alive" - Hana Navratilova (Oxford) "A guaranteed cure for insomnia" - Me 🏺 #OA #openaccess #egyptology #religion www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transmiss...
The Transmission of the Book of the Dead in New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara
Texts and images from the Book of the Dead were widely used to decorate the walls of tombs during Egypt's New Kingdom (c. 1550-1077 BCE). Prior research has ten…
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Tim Beasley-Murray@timb-m.bsky.social · 8mo agoMY PUBLISHED BOOK! Emmanuel Carrère says it "explodes all academic frames and expectations", so handle with care! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177766/
MY PUBLISHED BOOK! Emmanuel Carrère says it "explodes all academic frames and expectations", so handle with care! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177766/
Manchester University Press - Critical games
Critical games - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Critical games by Tim Beasley-Murray
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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 8mo agoPROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book! www.versobooks.com/products/303...
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book! www.versobooks.com/products/303...
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 8mo agoPROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.