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Alex Ioannou

@alexjioannou.bsky.social

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Doctoral Researcher at Bangor University & SoNaRR Officer at Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, trying to understand landscape change yng Ngogledd Cymru. (He/him)

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · Feb 21

Cynhaliwyd yr arddangosfa ryngweithiol yn Pontio a mae'r deunyddiau a gafodd eu harddangos bellach ar gael i bawb ar-lein yma.

The interactive exhibition was hosted at Pontio and the material on display has now been made available to all through this online space.

reframing.wales/newid-eryri

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 1d

LANSIAD LLYFR | BOOK LAUNCH

Dr Shaun Evans
Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees

COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920

5.30pm, 23/10/2015
Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University

Croeso i bawb | All welcome!

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 2d

1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 1d

1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery.
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits

The comedian's new book supports the case for the UK to give £18 trillion in compensatory payments.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Llafur: The Welsh People’s History Society @llafur.bsky.social · 4d

Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story!

Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.

🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 9d

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu

The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians

Cover of new Royal Historical Society monograph published on 30 October 2025: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · 10d

Honoured to be invited to share my work as the guest speaker at @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture.

November 12
17:30 -18:30

See you there!

I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.

Challenging time(s): Exploring how we shape the past and future of Eryri through the exchange of material culture, Alex Ioannou

The first Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture was delivered by Professor Owen Dudley Edwar

www.bangor.ac.uk

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Commonplaces @commonplaces.bsky.social · 25d

Most recently, we ran a workshop with participants at the @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History annual conference. Here are some of the results. Thanks @emmajmca.bsky.social, @alexjioannou.bsky.social and others for sharing your work.

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · 28d

"Commonplacing" at Queen's University Belfast with @leoniehannan.bsky.social. Allowing for more connections and reflection during the the Public Histories Annual Conference!

@commonplaces.bsky.social

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · Sep 4

VICTORY!

The @archpbu.bsky.social team have been maintained, with a small reduction in staffing hours.

The petition was a success in helping ensure that the service remains resilient and sustainable, and that the collections are preserved for future generations and made accessible to all.

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · Sep 4

VICTORY!

The Archive and Special Collections team have been maintained! There is a small reduction in staffing hours.

This ensures that the service remains resilient and sustainable, and that the collections are preserved for future generations and made accessible to all our stakeholders.

Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · Aug 30

So great to have been invited to share during a session at #RGSIBG25 about co-creating place-based climate adaptation action.

Business as usual does overwhelm... but it was uplifting to hear about the many methods being tested to challenge the status-quo.

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Aug 20

🗓️ Wednesday 10 September | 6.30pm
📍Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester

🎟️Free to attend - book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-future...

📚Read ‘Our Future in the Land’ 👉
ffcc.co.uk/publications...

Our Future in the Land ~ 180th Lecture Series

The world depends more critically than ever on how we use the land. How can better decisions and approaches to managing land help us?

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · Aug 19

Out 28th August: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment & Identity in Modern England & Wales by Andrew McTominey published w/ @royalhistsoc.org & @ihr.bsky.social.

The 23rd book in the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series, all of which are #OpenAccess w/ no author charge.

uolpress.co.uk/book/watersc...

Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales - University of London Press

The building of reservoirs in England and Wales was key to urban growth across the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, with the management of waterworks projects closely tied to the social ...

uolpress.co.uk

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · Aug 12

Find out about our initiative to foster community connections and conversations within Dyffryn Ogwen, building upon the foundations laid by my doctoral research project:

www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/ne...

@ystadaucymru.bsky.social, @archpbu.bsky.social, Partneriaeth Ogwen and other collaborators.

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · Jul 21

Happy to say that 100 records have been digitised by @archpbu.bsky.social and are now online!

This means you can engage with the historical resource and evidence in your own way.

www.jstor.org/site/bangor-...

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · Jun 4

Sut mae Dyffryn Ogwen wedi newid?

How has Dyffryn Ogwen Changed?

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 24

@tudur.bsky.social a fyddech chi'n rhannu neu'n cefnogi mae deiseb?

The importance of access to historical information in the archives about Ynys Mon/Gwynedd/Conwy and beyond is extremely important to: local place names; to cynefin; to understanding our shared heritage.

Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 20

Join us for an inspiring evening of exploration and reflection on the Biblical Landscapes of Wales @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social

Organised by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and @archpbu.bsky.social.

www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 18

@greenparty.org.uk
Would you kindly support us and call on the University to rethink the importance of archives in future thinking.

My project is all about historically contextualising by use of archive material North Wales planning, land-use and green transition decisions.

Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 16

There have been worse movies made!

Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 16

For a moment I thought you wrote 'John Wick' and that would have been something completely different!

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 16

@lsrplaid.bsky.social, @llinosmedi.bsky.social

The people of Gwynedd and Angelsey are potentially going to lose free and easy access to decades of historical information about our local area - insights into its past and global connections.

Would you kindly support our petition? Diolch yn fawr.

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Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 15

Diolch yn fawr @willhaycardiff.bsky.social!

Alex Ioannou @alexjioannou.bsky.social · May 15

@willhaycardiff.bsky.social
would you consider sharing this petition wider?

The university is chosing a shortsighted plan:
- that restricts access to historical understandings;
- threatens people's ability to connect to their local place and heritage
- disturbs years of community engagement