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Portals to Possible Futures: How to craft an archive of response in the face of polycrises - CRASSH

CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 23h

Reading group 📚
Portals to Possible Futures: How to craft an archive of response in the face of polycrises

Join LEAP Lab & Cambridge Posthuman Network in exploring climate and environmental research through posthuman and new materialist epistemologies
16 Oct 4-6pm, CRASSH
https://bit.ly/46ZaQOa

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Who’s Here? Introducing CRASSH Fellows in Michaelmas Term 2025 - CRASSH

CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Federica Paddeu (Cambridge)
Dr Ayesha Siddiqi (Cambridge)
Prof @sonjavw.bsky.social (Sydney)
Prof Soile Ylivuori (Helsinki)

Read a brief introduction to fellows joining us this term on our blog. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/whos-he...

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A brief introduction to new fellows joining CRASSH this term.

Who’s Here? Introducing CRASSH Fellows in Michaelmas Term 2025 - CRASSH

CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 1d

Who's Here? 👋

A warm welcome to:
Dr Audrey Borowski (Cambridge)
Dr Elizabeth Sarah Coles (Pompeu Fabra)
Dr Sheila Crane (Virginia)
Dr @darlingorlaith.bsky.social (UC Dublin)
Dr @kareemestefan.bsky.social (Cambridge)
Dr @fernandag.bsky.social (Cambridge)
Dr Jan Kerkmann (Freiburg)

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A brief introduction to new fellows joining CRASSH this term.

The End of Understanding: How AI is changing the practice and purpose of science - CRASSH

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 1d

🌱 Join us for the first event by the 'Decolonising Plant Knowledge' research network on 15 October

This interdisciplinary seminar series explores aspects of Rau as a crucible of creative epistemic frictions between botanical narratives and colonised plant worlds

2-5pm, Pembroke College, CB2 1RF

Decolonising Plant Knowledge Term Card.
15 October, Decolonising Plant Knowledge: Thinking around ‘Rau’.
22 October, Plant knowledge in plantation economies.
12 November, Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany.
19 November, Toxicity, plant animacy and blurred categories.

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 2d

The End of Understanding: How AI is changing the practice and purpose of science

Join @ninedotsprize.org winner @gracehuckins.bsky.social for an online #WIP & discussion seminar on 23 October at 5pm. A draft chapter of their book will be circulated beforehand
https://bit.ly/4q621Lu

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

@developingresearch.bsky.social @carmmethods.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social

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Ian Burrows @irburrows.bsky.social · 3d

Have *you* been affected by drama - on stage, in the street, in your day to day *life*?? Then check out this new @crasshlive.bsky.social research network steered by me, @femimind.bsky.social, Cassie Lowe and Rosalind Parker: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/networks/affective-encounters/

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 3d

CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 3d

Please share, thank you @cambridgebah.bsky.social @cambridgephilos.bsky.social @aruwriting.bsky.social @cambridgegender.bsky.social @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social @mmll-library.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social @eflcam.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2026

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 3d

Will AI really deliver against the hype❓

@wired.com brought together a group of senior leaders to discuss the future of AI. Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social took part in the debate, w/ @azeem.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social, exploring the political economy of AI.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/the-real-mea...

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 3d

CALL FOR PAPERS 🧠

We're co-hosting Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2026! Each year, the Summit convenes academics, legislators, and regulators to explore systemic risks from disinfo supported by AI and online platforms.

The Summit is now accepting papers! ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/call-for-pap...

Submissions are now open for the Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2026.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 3d

We are extremely pleased to be able to share the term card of 'Precarious Aging: Critical Concepts' at new Research Network at CRASSH https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/precarious-ageing

The first seminar 'Thinking about precarity and aging' takes place on 9 Oct at the Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP

Book Launch: Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 8d

Are you curious about the future of the law in the age of AI? 🤔

Join our convo with Prof Mimi Zou, editor of 'The Cambridge Handbook of GenAI and the Law', next week! Hosted by @annkristinglenster.bsky.social with @cambridgelaw.bsky.social and @wipo.int.

Book now ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/book-...

Join us in Cambridge for the launch of The Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law, a new anthology bridging the gap between legal concepts and real-world applications of GenAI.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 4d

Getting tech right is vital in Labour’s quest for “national renewal” 💭

@tomlacy.bsky.social reflects on last week's @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Conference. He reacts to announcements on tech policy, shares insights from the panels, and considers tech hype vs reality.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/getting-tech...

Getting tech right is vital in Labour’s quest for “national renewal”

Our Policy and Impact Manager, Tom Lacy, reflects on his time at Labour Conference 2025.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 4d

Call for Papers now open for the

Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 8-10 April 2026.

Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation.

Hosted with @mctd.bsky.social.

Information: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

Cambridge disinformation summit (2026) - Cambridge Judge Business School

Connect with Cambridge Judge! Explore our full calendar of upcoming events, learn about our programmes and connect with world-class speakers.

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 3d

Lauren Berlant reading group 📚

Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras

From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
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Autumnal trees near the Alison Richard Building.

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 4d

🥪 Our Research Practice Seminars are back!

Join us in exploring some of the creative, critical, ethical, political or methodological aspects of research as a practice

Thursdays from 12-2pm, a sandwich lunch is provided
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research-practice-seminars/

Research Practice Seminar - CRASSH

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

@bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @cambridgegender.bsky.social @greatercambs.bsky.social @janewayinstitute.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social @cph.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 4d

CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 7d

NEW! CRASSH Connections 💥

Want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application, or start building an interdisciplinary network?

Join us for informal events to connect. Apply by 12 Oct 2025
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/crassh-connections

CRASSH Connections - CRASSH

New Community Research Project in Abbey: Working with the University of Cambridge - Abbey People

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 8d

“Cambridge has a high cost of living, which makes it hard for many households to feel a sense of security or belonging in the city" Dr Niamh Mulcahy, Director of the Centre for the Study of Financial Insecurity at @crasshlive.bsky.social #Cambridge abbeypeople.org.uk/community-re...

Abbey People is excited to announce a brand-new community research project, made possible with funding from the University of Cambridge Public Engagement team.

abbeypeople.org.uk

Lauren Berlant: A Michaelmas Reading Group - CRASSH

CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to this!

Orlaith Darling @darlingorlaith.bsky.social · 8d

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48078...
I will be hosting a reading group on the work of Lauren Berlant Oct.-Nov. @crasshlive.bsky.social. Berlant's writing on sentimentality and the public sphere has lots to say to the current moment we're living through + anyone in Cambridge should please join us!

In an early talk about Cruel Optimism, Lauren Berlant describes their critical object: namely, the “desire”, which they perceive as endemic to capitalism, “to have a cluster of feelings in lieu of hav...

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Margaret Anstee Centre, Newnham College @ansteecentre.bsky.social · 7d

Our Term Card is out! Do join us for our Michaelmas Term 2025 events, all taking place at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social. First event is on 17 Oct to discuss Endangered Archives. Details on the website: newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-events @crasshlive.bsky.social

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Art at the Alison Richard Building @artatarb.bsky.social · 8d

We are excited to announce that in January 2026 we will welcome the Shutter Hub Open photography exhibition to our space once more, and the call for entries is now open! 📷

The call is open to everyone, enter by 30 October 2025 for a chance to show your work. buff.ly/Hk7eyf5

CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 8d

We are extremely pleased to be able to share the term card of 'Precarious Aging: Critical Concepts' at new Research Network at CRASSH https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/precarious-ageing

The first seminar 'Thinking about precarity and aging' takes place on 9 Oct at the Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 8d

• Studies in Arts, Migration and Aurality (SAMA)
• The Cambridge Housing Network: Quality, Community and Value

Great to have you back 🤗
• Ambivalent Archives
• Healthcare in Conflict
• Post-Prohibition: Research, Pedagogy, Action

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