Geoff Belknap
@curatorgeoff.bsky.social
Keeper of Science and Technology at National Museums Scotland. Historian of photography, science, museums and visual culture. He/him. Views my own.
Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh!
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh!
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
I know it often feels like yelling into the void, but at least you can yell loudly here and with occasional free text boxes if you are horrified by the proposed immigration changes.
If, like me, this utter betrayal by Labour is making your blood boil, can I ask you let them know your feelings here www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I know it often feels like yelling into the void, but at least you can yell loudly here and with occasional free text boxes if you are horrified by the proposed immigration changes.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits: fab to see the peer-reviewed results of our online mass experiment for the Manchester Science Festival with @comadork.bsky.social and his team from @westernu.ca in @plosone.org! blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/why-treadmil...
Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits | Science and Industry Museum
Detailed findings of a pioneering 'brain and body' study developed for the Manchester Science Festival have just been published, reports Science Director, and study co-author, Roger Highfield.
blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits: fab to see the peer-reviewed results of our online mass experiment for the Manchester Science Festival with @comadork.bsky.social and his team from @westernu.ca in @plosone.org! blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/why-treadmil...
Really interesting read on AL and cultural heritage
ICYMI: 11 changes historians and archivists need to make in response to generative AI. Now with a new and improved reading list.
#dh #digitalhumanities #history #archives #ai #highered #pedagogy
foundhistory.org/2025/07/gene...
#dh #digitalhumanities #history #archives #ai #highered #pedagogy
foundhistory.org/2025/07/gene...
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Really interesting read on AL and cultural heritage
🔔🔔JOB KLAXON🔔🔔🔔
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
Head of Collections Services
careers.nms.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🔔🔔JOB KLAXON🔔🔔🔔
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
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Are you doing #19thC attribution research? Do you have DH skills and nowhere to use them? YOU could be the next editor of the Curran Index! We're still accepting applications thru next week on 15 Oct. Lead this ongoing + fully supported DH project into its next iteration! rs4vp.org/curran-edito...
Lead the Curran Index as Our New Editor – RSVP
RSVP seeks a new Editor or Editors to lead the Curran Index! Applications should be sent to VP Alison Chapman by October 15.
rs4vp.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Are you doing #19thC attribution research? Do you have DH skills and nowhere to use them? YOU could be the next editor of the Curran Index! We're still accepting applications thru next week on 15 Oct. Lead this ongoing + fully supported DH project into its next iteration! rs4vp.org/curran-edito...
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Join us as Chair of The National Videogame Museum!
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Join us as Chair of The National Videogame Museum!
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
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Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
Job Klaxon!
Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Job Klaxon!
Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...
Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...
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#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10
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Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - External Relations - 81775 - Grade 10
The Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement will provide strategic leadership and oversight of the University’s cultural and public engagement initiatives, supporting the University’s S...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10
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What do all of these things have in common? Each has been embroiled in debates over censorship and moral panic in the USA. I'm going to be talking about these themes on Wednesday as part of the "Otherworldly Entertainment" workshop @ucph.bsky.social!
August 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
What do all of these things have in common? Each has been embroiled in debates over censorship and moral panic in the USA. I'm going to be talking about these themes on Wednesday as part of the "Otherworldly Entertainment" workshop @ucph.bsky.social!
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In-person tix for this #photography talk @nationalgalleries.bsky.social are nearly gone - but a livestream is available to hear Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray discuss Format, the agency est in 1983 (closed 2003) to represent women photographers. 🗃️📜📷📸🔥
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
Resistance | Format: the Women’s Photography Agency (in person) | National Galleries of Scotland
Join Resistance photographers Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray for a discussion about Format, the agency founded as a collective to represent women photographers. Format was established in 1983 and op...
www.nationalgalleries.org
August 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In-person tix for this #photography talk @nationalgalleries.bsky.social are nearly gone - but a livestream is available to hear Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray discuss Format, the agency est in 1983 (closed 2003) to represent women photographers. 🗃️📜📷📸🔥
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
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I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️
Metropolitan Science
Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development…
www.bloomsbury.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️
If you are interested in Transport collections (trains, planes, automobiles etc..) or the ethics and implications of AI in museums - this conference is for you: www.iatm.museum/conferences/...
The AI shift - IATM
REGISTER NOW Register now! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt/Main and Mannheim!From 14-17 September 2025, we will gather in Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim for the next IATM Conferen...
www.iatm.museum
August 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If you are interested in Transport collections (trains, planes, automobiles etc..) or the ethics and implications of AI in museums - this conference is for you: www.iatm.museum/conferences/...
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Two #photography jobs at the V&A London, 3-yr full-time posts to work on the Royal Photographic Society collection. Deadline July 18th. Project Archivist in link below, Project Cataloguer in the next post. 📜🗃️📷📸
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!
RPS Project Archivist - Cromwell Road, London
The V&A is a family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity. Our mission is to champion art, design and creativity in all its forms, for everyone. We share a 5,000-year-old story of creativity...
vam.current-vacancies.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Two #photography jobs at the V&A London, 3-yr full-time posts to work on the Royal Photographic Society collection. Deadline July 18th. Project Archivist in link below, Project Cataloguer in the next post. 📜🗃️📷📸
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!
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An amazing job in an Amazing city - if the commute from Wales wasn't a bit impractical I'd bite their hand off.
The brilliant Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are looking for a Curator (Science & Industry).
careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk/job/333d2a38...
The brilliant Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are looking for a Curator (Science & Industry).
careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk/job/333d2a38...
Curator (Science & Industry) - Job page - Birmingham Museums Careers
careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk
July 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
An amazing job in an Amazing city - if the commute from Wales wasn't a bit impractical I'd bite their hand off.
The brilliant Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are looking for a Curator (Science & Industry).
careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk/job/333d2a38...
The brilliant Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are looking for a Curator (Science & Industry).
careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk/job/333d2a38...
The birthday present that will keep on giving! Thanks @dreframss.bsky.social and @nannaklk.bsky.social!
June 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The birthday present that will keep on giving! Thanks @dreframss.bsky.social and @nannaklk.bsky.social!
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The Royal Historical Society is a fellowship of professional historians. We welcome applications from historians working in education and many other sectors.
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
June 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Royal Historical Society is a fellowship of professional historians. We welcome applications from historians working in education and many other sectors.
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
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With help from a lot of people, I've created a #YouTube playlist of 30 clips/promos/teasers of European #CitizenScience projects - covering more or less the last decade, including the one with @colombewarin.bsky.social & the science bus, and many more... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRt... 1/2
Citizen Science: Opening up science to society
YouTube video by EU Science & Innovation
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
With help from a lot of people, I've created a #YouTube playlist of 30 clips/promos/teasers of European #CitizenScience projects - covering more or less the last decade, including the one with @colombewarin.bsky.social & the science bus, and many more... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRt... 1/2
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News | Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director – Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’
Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director - Museums Association
Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’
www.museumsassociation.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
News | Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director – Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’
Really useful thread on why new technology doesn't have to take over our lives
As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.
June 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Really useful thread on why new technology doesn't have to take over our lives
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Still time to apply for the Head of Collections (Library, Archives & Museum) job at @antiquaries.bsky.social. Closes this Sunday night! www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
#lisjobs #museumjobs #archivejobs #heritagejobs #library #archive #museum #collections #heritage #rarebooks #specialcollections
#lisjobs #museumjobs #archivejobs #heritagejobs #library #archive #museum #collections #heritage #rarebooks #specialcollections
Vacancies & Volunteering - Society of Antiquaries of London
Current roles available: Assistant Librarian (full time)
www.sal.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Still time to apply for the Head of Collections (Library, Archives & Museum) job at @antiquaries.bsky.social. Closes this Sunday night! www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
#lisjobs #museumjobs #archivejobs #heritagejobs #library #archive #museum #collections #heritage #rarebooks #specialcollections
#lisjobs #museumjobs #archivejobs #heritagejobs #library #archive #museum #collections #heritage #rarebooks #specialcollections
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EXCITING OPPORTUNITY to come and spend up to three weeks in our natural history collections at @camunivmuseums.bsky.social to undertake humanities research on a visiting fellowship! #museums
🥁 Drum rolls needed!
Applications for the Natural History Humanities Visiting Fellowships are now OPEN!
We are so excited to offer this incredible opportunity!
Please, help us share the news!
2 online sandpits to meet #GLAM people @uniofcam.bsky.social
Info 👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
Applications for the Natural History Humanities Visiting Fellowships are now OPEN!
We are so excited to offer this incredible opportunity!
Please, help us share the news!
2 online sandpits to meet #GLAM people @uniofcam.bsky.social
Info 👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
April 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY to come and spend up to three weeks in our natural history collections at @camunivmuseums.bsky.social to undertake humanities research on a visiting fellowship! #museums