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‘The The British Academy study says that rather than being “low value”, [media and comms] courses play a vital role in the UK’s £108bn creative industries and have become increasingly relevant in a world grappling with new technologies’ theguardian.com/education/arti…

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NEXT WEEK! 20 June, 17.30 UK, hybrid Nicole Sithole, Hidden voices: immorality, respectability, & African women on the Rhodesia Railways An Institute of Historical Research Transport & Mobility History seminar, co-convened by our Dr Mike Esbester; also IHR Women's History Seminar. Booking: history.ac.uk/events/hidden-…

Right, on to the next conference - send us your proposals for Dickens and the Gothic. We're keen to hear from both Gothic scholars and Dickensians to get a broad range of papers, so please spread the word! International Gothic Association Dickens Fellowship The Dickens Society

CFP for a giant of gothic literature call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/06/13… Hammer Films Classic Horror Films Mark Rees

It's not too late to book a FREE ticket to our Summer Showcase on 12-13 July - a festival of ideas that features the latest, uplifting research from the best and brightest in humanities and social sciences. Soak up the sun and discover a world of ideas: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british…

How did British people approach suntanning and skincare in the early 20th century? In a new blog post, Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey Dr Charlotte Mathieson explores the medical and commercial histories of sun protection through literary text: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/how-did-b…

Don't forget - you can meet the author of this blog and explore the medical, commercial, and cultural histories of sun protection from the 18th to 20th centuries at our Summer Showcase happening this weekend (12-13 July)! Book a free ticket here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british…

Alexander Whitley Dance Company @AndyBarnham Sara de Jong University of York The Sulha Alliance CIO Not to be missed - Sensing Sunscreen: The curious history of a familiar product, featuring Barbie herself! Research and display by Dr Charlotte Mathieson

Thanks to The British Academy for another exciting #SummerShowcase. I enjoyed chatting to BA-funded researchers who are doing innovative, boundary-crossing work in #SHAPE subjects like Dr Charlotte Mathieson @surreysll @uniofsurrey who runs the ‘Sensing Sunscreen’ project. I learned lots!

Lots of fantastic exhibitions The British Academy Summer Showcase! Just been admiring this section of Dr Charlotte Mathieson 's fabulous display about sunscreen and sun protection remedies ☀️Do go along today if you can before it closes!! 👏🏻

How did we go from buying Sun Lovin’ Malibu Barbies to taking every precaution to avoid direct sunlight? Sunblock scholar Charlotte Mathieson explains. zps.la/3Xfu5iR

Really pleased to be part of this! It's vital that we nurture #PhD students & #ECRs working on #TransportHistory & #MobilityHistory. Please share widely! H/t my co-convenors Dr Charlotte Mathieson Dr David Turner Lewis Charles Smith @DrOliBetts Tamara Thornhill & Aparajita Mukhopadhyay. 👇

I’ve now joined Bluesky, same handle as here, and would love to keep in touch with some followers over there! I’ve also been over on instagram/threads (more the former than the latter) for a while, @ Dr_Charlotte_Mathieson