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TONIGHT!
FLIGHT PATHS: Of Avian Lives and Human Survival
Creative-Critical Readings and Translations in English and German
8 June 2026, 6pm–7:30pm
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IAS Book Launch: Biography of a Revolution. The Feminist Roots of Human Rights in Egypt.
22 June 6-8pm
At the centre of Lucia Sorbera's book are women human rights defenders — the activists, organisers, and survivors whose work made the Egyptian revolution possible.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
The more things change: Digital Humanities in a tumultuous world.
The @ucldh.bsky.social welcomes Melissa Terras (University of Edinburgh) for the 2026 Susan Hockey Lecture to talk about the role of community, and the importance of data and software sovereignty.
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join us next Thu, 11th June 6:30PM at the @ucl-ias.bsky.social +online for the ‚Building Sites’ book launch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ias-book-l... The book wouldn‘t happen had the researchers on the TF/TK project 2020-24 not read and discussed Sérgio Ferro‘s writings in a regular reading group
Book Launch: The Aesthetics of Risk in Franco-East Asian Literatures
2 June 2-4pm
Instead of disaster narratives, Xiaofan Amy Li approaches risk from the fresh perspective of ludic aesthetics, or playful, gamelike, illusionistic and experimental literary strategies.
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TOMORROW!!
IAS Book Launch: Body Size in Early Modern Germany
Author Holly Fletcher overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon or that in earlier societies fatness simply signified wealth while thinness indicated poverty.
9 June 6pm
www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern...
IAS Book Launch: Sonic Relations. Devotion and Community in Turkey's Eastern Borderlands
3 June 6-8pm
Stefan Williamson Fa examines how sound shapes religious & communal life among Shi‘i Muslims in east Turkey, foregrounding the powerful role of vocal poetic recitation.
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I am on the Big Train southwards to London, where tomorrow evening I’m going to give this public lecture at UCL. All welcome, but do please register. Maybe see some London peeps there…
📢Last chance to grab one of the few remaining tickets! 📢
The more things change - Digital Humanities in a tumultuous world
2 June 2026, 6pm-8pm
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...
