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HERA Crisis programme Knowledge Exchange Facilitator announced
Jenny Wüstenberg has been appointed as Knowledge Exchange Facilitator for the HERA Crisis programme. She will lead a 3.5-year knowledge exchange programme “Knowledge Exchange for Slow Hope” (KESH), supporting communication, collaboration, and spotlighting the role of humanities in current times. More details: https://heranet.info/2024/11/08/hera-crisis-programme-knowledge-exchange-facilitator-announced/...
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Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization. Doing Memory Studies with Ann Rigney.
Together with Astrid Erll and Susanne Knittel, Jenny has published a new open access handbook of cultural memory studies featuring over 50 chapters that chart future directions in the field. Link: https://www.degruyter.com/serial/mcm-b/html...
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Voices of '74: Ulster Museum unveils powerful oral history project
The online project draws on the importance of oral history to document past memories and experiences, encouraging conversations about the future. Follow this link for more information....
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AHRC-DFG funded project on coal mining language
Natalie Braber has been awarded an AHRC-DFG grant, working with Dr John Bellamy, Dr Nantke Pecht, and Professor Evelyn Ziegler. This international project explores coal mining language in the Ruhr Area (Germany) and the East Midlands (UK). At NTU, her research focuses on preserving Pit Talk, highlighting how language shapes identity and heritage. Discover more: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/research-reimagined/recognise...
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Science News: PhysOrg, Forensic science cracks the 'unsolvable' case of a World War I soldier's identity, enabling his re-burial
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-forensic-science-unsolvable-case-world.html...
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News: Stars and Stripes, 106 years after dying in WWI combat, an Army private will be laid to rest
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-20/wwi-burial-missing-remains-14928202.html...
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News: Stars and Stripes, ‘Unsolvable’: Forensic sleuth says he’s identified a long-dead WWI doughboy, but whose job is it to bring him home?
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2020-12-10/%E2%80%98unsolvable%E2%80%99:-forensic-sleuth-says-he%E2%80%99s-identified-a-long-dead-wwi-doughboy,-but-whose-job-is-it-to-bring-him-home...
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Science News: Popular Mechanics, A Forensic Archaeologist Solved the 100-Year-Old Mystery of a Missing WWI Soldier
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a61854721/wwi-missing-soldier-forensic-science/...