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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/...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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/...

Science New: Smithsonian Magazine, Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/may-be-what-cleopatra-smelled-180972854/...

Science News: Science News, Ancient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts

Ancient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts...

Science News: EgyptToday, Attempts continue to re-create Cleopatra VII's perfume

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116520/Attempts-continue-to-re-create-Cleopatra-VII-s-perfume...

Science News: Ancient Origins, Warrior’s Beat Up Body Confirms Rosetta Stone’s Message

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/rosetta-stone-0012925...

Science News: Irish News, Valley of lost cities found in the Amazon – technological advances in archaeology are only the beginning of discovery

https://www.irishnews.com/life/valley-of-lost-cities-found-in-the-amazon-technological-advances-in-archaeology-are-only-the-beginning-of-discovery-LQAQIPPAZVBHBP76NV4UIENNY4/...

Science News: Archaeology Magazine, Evidence of Egypt’s Great Revolt Uncovered

Evidence of Egypt’s Great Revolt Uncovered...

Science News: Archaeologists tie ancient bones to a revolt chronicled on the Rosetta Stone

Archaeologists tie ancient bones to a revolt chronicled on the Rosetta Stone...

Science News: Site Of Ancient Egyptian "Great Revolt", Recorded On Rosetta Stone, Finally Discovered

https://www.iflscience.com/site-of-ancient-egyptian-great-revolt-recorded-on-rosetta-stone-finally-discovered-67390...

Science News: LiveScience, Battle site of 'Great Revolt' recorded on Rosetta Stone unearthed in Egypt

https://www.livescience.com/rosetta-stone-ancient-egyptian-battle-site...

Science News: The Art Newspaper, 'Where the swords met bone': Archaeological evidence found of Ancient Egyptian rebellion mentioned on the Rosetta Stone

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/27/where-the-swords-met-bone-archaeological-evidence-found-of-ancient-egyptian-rebellion-mentioned-on-the-rosetta-stone...

Science News: Archaeology Magazine, The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta Stone.

https://archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2017/features/egypt-thmuis-rosetta-stone/...

Science News: Sapiens, The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta Stone.

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Television: Interview Panel, TRT TV, The importance of victim identification in earthquake recovery.

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Talk: Soldiers, Angels and Avengers: The Jewish Brigade in Italy.

Join Dr Gianluca Fantoni as he chronicles the formation, deployment and field conduct of the Jewish Brigade Infantry Group during the Second World War. National Army Museum, London. Link: https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/soldiers-angels-and-avengers-jewish-brigade-italy...

Blog on the rise of the information state for the Social History Society

Pauper Responses to the Central Poor Law Authorities by Natalie Carter and Steven King...

‘Put’n Through a Tree: Tree Lore and Local Lore in Britain and Beyond’

Put’n Through a Tree: Tree Lore and Local Lore in Britain and Beyond...