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UKABS - UK Association of Buddhist Studies @ukabs.bsky.social · Jun 28

UKABS 2025 conference begins with keynote address by Prof Erica Baffelli on "Buddhism at the margins: crisis, community, and vulnerabilities" #buddhistconference #buddhism ukabs.org.uk/conferences/...

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞💀骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · Jun 28

Keynote for UKABS coming up from @baffellierica.bsky.social

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · May 29

Truly enjoyed listening to @uomsalc.bsky.social researchers presenting their research projects at the annual SALC Research Showcase

School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomsalc.bsky.social · May 29

Check out this fantastic visual summary of the fascinating conversations at our recent Research Showcase – created by the talented Jenny Leonard Art (jennyleonardart.com)

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · May 13

The deadline for this CFP is today. After a request, the form will accept submissions until 10pm (not the original 5pm). We’re meeting to go through the proposals as soon as we can so hope to get back to everyone and open registration soon.

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Halle O'Neal @halleoneal.bsky.social · Apr 10

Scottish RME teachers:

Buddhism Discovery Day: 12 June, 10am-2.30pm
University of Edinburgh

Includes Q&A with Thai Buddhist monk, meditation with Zen Buddhist priest, Buddhist Studies taster lectures, and Treasure Hunt for Buddhist art at National Museum of Scotland. Contact [email protected]

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 31

Coming up this week!

Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our next Fear Research Network (FeRN) seminar will be on April 2, 2025. Valentina Zagaria will present on “The harga is the women’s fault” – Fearing migration’s revolutionary potential in a Tunisian border town" events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:.... @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

FeRN Seminar Series: “The harga is the women’s fault” – Fearing migration’s revolutionary potential in a Tunisian border town | Events at The University of Manchester

events.manchester.ac.uk

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 18

@uomsalc.bsky.social will be holding an online information session for potential applicants to the following schemes:

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships,
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships,
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Link here: shorturl.at/opLFB

Funding Opportunities - School of Arts, Languages and Cultures - The University of Manchester

www.alc.manchester.ac.uk

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 14

East Asian Studies Seminar coming up next week @uomsalc.bsky.social Iwashima, Fumi (Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University) ‘Shared Washing Machines in Rural Japan: Embodied Experience of the Electrification of Home Life’
4-6pm Tuesday 18 March
Samuel Alexander Building A213A

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our next Fear Research Network (FeRN) seminar will be on April 2, 2025. Valentina Zagaria will present on “The harga is the women’s fault” – Fearing migration’s revolutionary potential in a Tunisian border town" events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:.... @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

FeRN Seminar Series: “The harga is the women’s fault” – Fearing migration’s revolutionary potential in a Tunisian border town | Events at The University of Manchester

events.manchester.ac.uk

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 6

2 PhD and 1 postdoc positions available on the RADHEART project. In beautiful Bergen and with an amazing project leader!

Laura Feldt @laurafeldt.bsky.social · Mar 6

JOBS: At the Study of Religions in beautiful Bergen, we are looking for 2 PhD Fellows and 1 Postdoctoral Fellow in HB/Second Temple + ancient forms of Christianity for the RADHEART project: www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...

Deadline: April 22

Read more about RADHEART: www.uib.no/en/ahkr/1760...

RADHEART – Radical Habits of the Heart: Emotions, Embodiment, and Strong, Individual Commitment in Ancient Radical Religion

Radical religion scholarship has not yet responded satisfactorily to the question of how and why individual members of radical religious groups become and stay strongly committed. The ERC project RADH...

www.uib.no

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Sissel Undheim @unsissel.bsky.social · Mar 4

And one opening for a Phd Research fellow in the Study of Religion (Ancient Forms of #Christianity)
#AncientBluesky #sblaar #AcRel #AncientChristianity

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Phd Research fellow in the Study of Religion (Ancient Forms of Christianity) (276440) | University of Bergen

Job title: Phd Research fellow in the Study of Religion (Ancient Forms of Christianity) (276440), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Sissel Undheim @unsissel.bsky.social · Mar 4

Also two exciting PhD fellowships connected to the project: one in the Study of Religion (Hebrew Bible/Ancient Forms of Judaism) #AncientBluesky #sblaar #aarsbl #AcRel
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Phd Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (Hebrew Bible/Ancient Forms of Judaism) (276459) | University of Bergen

Job title: Phd Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (Hebrew Bible/Ancient Forms of Judaism) (276459), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Sissel Undheim @unsissel.bsky.social · Mar 4

Another postdoc position in the Study of Religion @ UiBergen - this one for a research project on strong individual commitment in ancient forms of #Christianity, as part of the big ERC project RADHEART led by @laurafeldt.bsky.social 🌟
#AncientBluesky #AcRel #SBL www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (276308) | University of Bergen

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (276308), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 3

Join us on Wednesday for this great talk! @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social

Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 26

East Asian Studies- FeRN seminar next week! Ran Zwigenberg (Pennsylvania State University) "Nuclear Minds: Anxiety and Transformation in A-bomb Psychology" @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social

events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

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Rob Bellamy @drrobbellamy.bsky.social · Feb 21

Come work with us in Geography at Manchester!

We are looking for a permanent Lecturer in Physical Geography, particularly in the field of peatland science

Closing date 27/03/2025

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Lecturer in Physical Geography :Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Mar 2

Looking forward to being part of this interdisciplinary event in Bristol on March 11-12, bringing together academics, artists, and filmmakers to discuss how Japanese religious practices, media, and the arts have been shaped by and responded to the 3/11 tragedy. theartofrecovery.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

The Art of Recovery – Legacies of the Fukushima Triple Disaster

theartofrecovery.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 26

Happening on Friday this week!

Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Jan 28

A month to go! Only a few tickets left. @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social

Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Dec 9

Coming up in February 2025. Registration link: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 26

East Asian Studies- FeRN seminar next week! Ran Zwigenberg (Pennsylvania State University) "Nuclear Minds: Anxiety and Transformation in A-bomb Psychology" @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social

events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 24

Happening on Wednesday this week!

Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 13

Coming up in a couple of weeks @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social ! Looking forward to discussing affective entanglements, bodies and temporalities, atmosphere and, of course, fear!

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · Feb 18

Another public history project on our map. Minna de Honkoku (Japan) is a collaborative transcription project that converts historical Japanese cursive scripts into modern readable text.
Thank you @emitozawa.bsky.social
honkoku.org/index_en.html
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
#Japan #PublicHistory

みんなで翻刻 - MINNA DE HONKOKU

「みんなで翻刻」は、多数の人々が協力して史料の翻刻に参加することで、歴史資料の解読を一挙に推し進めようというプロジェクトです。このプロジェクトは、2017年に歴史地震の研究グループである京都大学古地震研究会によって、地震史料の翻刻プロジェクトとして始まりました。すでに「みんなで翻刻」では、5000人の人々により600万文字もの史料が翻刻されています。

honkoku.org

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Andrew Quintman @andrewquintman.bsky.social · Feb 12

🚨 Buddhist Studies Job Opening🚨

Full Professorship in Buddhist Modernisms @ EPHE-PSL in Paris. "Open to scholars working on modern developments in Buddhism since the 19th c. w/ grounding in an Asian region incl. Tibet, Mongolia, & Himalaya. Teaching in French."

www.ephe.psl.eu/recrutement-...

Recrutement des enseignants-chercheurs 2025 | École Pratique des Hautes Études

Liste des postes ouverts au concours à l'EPHE - PSL. Campagne 2025.

www.ephe.psl.eu

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 13

Coming up in a couple of weeks @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social ! Looking forward to discussing affective entanglements, bodies and temporalities, atmosphere and, of course, fear!

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 6

They are so lucky to have you!

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · Feb 5

Join @baffellierica.bsky.social, Minoru Asada and Angelo Cangelosi on 28 February for their symposium on 'Robotics, Religion and Ethics', presented in partnership with @official-uom.bsky.social and the Japan Society of the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 🤖

🔗Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

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Erica Baffelli @baffellierica.bsky.social · Feb 4

Great job opportunity at The John Rylands Library
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Head of Collections, Teaching and Research:John Rylands Library

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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