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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · 25d

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Sep 9

Art as refuge conference 19-20 September: such an important topic and a fabulous programme outsidein.org.uk/art-as-refug...

Art as Refuge Conference 2025 | Outside In

CONFERENCE:Art as Refuge 19 – 20 September, 2025 at The New Art Gallery Walsall 'Shelter Me', Lynn Cox Tickets: Places at the conference are limited. Tickets also include lunch and refreshments. Pleas...

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Sep 9

cfp for this fascinating online event Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900, 5 December, deadline 6 October. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...

Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Doctoral Open Day: Music, Sound and Vision | British Library

Our Doctoral Open Days are for current and prospective PhD students interested in working with our collections during their studies. Each Open Day showcase

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Sep 4

Spotted for PhD students: Skills training at the London archives, and music/ sound at the BL. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skills-tra... events.bl.uk/events/docto...

Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) Workshop

Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgraduate students and researchers make the most of archival collections.

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tunnock Prize: essay competition for postgraduate students and ECRs focussed on the use and interpretation of Scottish archives both within Scotland and further afield. deadline 31 October scottishrecordsassociation.org/tunnock-prize/

The Tunnock Prize

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jul 10

Great to see students signing up for our MA in Music, offered part-time over two years. We cover a wide range of music studies, and you can choose your specialism throughout. No prior formal music study required. Deadline 14 August www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

MA in Music | Open University | F99

The focus is on the methods of music research and the digital humanities to develop your critical thinking and research skills relevant to your music interests.<br /> 

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jul 13

I enjoyed three days of wonderful papers, presentations and performances as part of the NABMSA online symposium nabmsa.org/2025-online-... Now back to work and gearing up for MNCB in York

2025 Online Symposium

'2025 Online Symposium from the North American British Music Studies Association

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jul 13

It was a great paper - lots to think about! Thanks Mollie and looking forward to seeing your work published.

rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jul 10

Great to see students signing up for our MA in Music, offered part-time over two years. We cover a wide range of music studies, and you can choose your specialism throughout. No prior formal music study required. Deadline 14 August www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

MA in Music | Open University | F99

The focus is on the methods of music research and the digital humanities to develop your critical thinking and research skills relevant to your music interests.<br /> 

www.open.ac.uk

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Fiona Johnstone @drfijohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 24

Are you working in #VisualMedicalHumanities with a specific focus on art, anatomy and medicine? The BMJ Medical Humanities has just released this CFP for articles on "visuality in medical practice and history". Looking forward to seeing how this moves the field forward!

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Topic Collection: Visual Medical Humanities | Medical Humanities

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jun 18

Cfp "Who Cares? Psychiatry in the English-speaking world" Université Paris Nanterre March 19th-21st, 2026: whocares.hypotheses.org/call-for-pap...
Deadline for abstracts September 1st, 2025. [email protected]

https://whocares.hypotheses.org/call-for-paper…

rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jun 13

Registration is now open for the NABMSA symposium 10-12 July, Rethinking Landscape: Environment, Place, and Heritage in British Music Studies. We have a great set of papers and some exciting keynotes to look forward to. www.nabmsaconferences.org

North American British Music Studies Association Conferences

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jun 12

Looking forward to this conference next week - programme now available, online and in London. Creativity, Creative Arts and Neurodivergence fass.open.ac.uk/research/gro...

Creativity, Creative Arts, and Neurodivergence Conference

Co-hosted by Creative Interactions and Contemporary Cultures of Writing at The Open University, together with colleagues from Falmouth University and Northwestern University in Qatar, this event will ...

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Jun 6

The #AHR is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16. 🗃️

Special Issue Submissions - AHA

Natural light and processed MSI images of the HMML Palimpsest Project Methods for Archival Silence in Early History The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue illustrating a ra...

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jun 3

Delighted that our latest issue of Nineteenth Century Music Review is now available, with all research articles open access @CambridgeUP www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Latest issue | Nineteenth-Century Music Review | Cambridge Core

Nineteenth-Century Music Review

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations to colleagues in English, who have published exciting work on the history of bibliotherapy - access the podcast (from 11:30) podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/d... and book www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Do books have the power to heal us?

Podcast Episode · Ideas · 2025-06-02 · 54m

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · May 14

I was privileged to lead development of our distance-learning, part-time, international MA in Music, which has been really successful this year. We're now open for registration for September starts and look forward to welcoming our next cohort of students www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

MA in Music | Open University | F99

The focus is on the methods of music research and the digital humanities to develop your critical thinking and research skills relevant to your music interests.<br /> 

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Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social · May 2

Applications are open for MA studentships in Classical Studies at the Open University! Open to:
- teachers in state schools/sixth-form colleges looking to develop provision of classical subjects
- students from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background
More info: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/classi...

Funded MA Studentships in Classical Studies at the Open University | Classical Studies

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Apr 24

Chapters might focus on Historical context; Theories, debates and discourses; Narratives and representations; Practices; Modern interpretations and engagement, or any other aspect.

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Apr 24

Call for chapters: Health, Wellbeing and the Arts in the Nineteenth Century. Particularly chapters on music, dance and visual/ material arts, as well as topics from beyond Europe. Please send abstracts, expressions of interest, or queries to [email protected] by Friday 2 May.

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Apr 17

An interesting conference on neurodivergence and the arts which I am co-hosting with colleagues at
@openuniversity.bsky.social and @creativeinteract.bsky.social now open for registration fass.open.ac.uk/research/gro...

Creativity, Creative Arts, and Neurodivergence Conference

Recent research on neurodivergence and creativity posits that persons with neurodiverse traits have heightened access to creative thinking. We invite you to submit proposals for papers, panels, and ha...

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Apr 17

This looks like a super online event on the history and curation of art made in psychiatric hospitals, from the European Outsider Art Association and @outsidein_uk outsidein.org.uk/news/eoa-dig...

European Outsider Art Association digital seminar: Balancing History – The Artist, The Patient and The Clinician | Outside In

Join us on Thursday 24 April 2025 from 1–3pm for this special digital seminar with the European Outsider Art Association (EOA).

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rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social · Apr 3

#Archives30 month is celebrating #SoundandVision archives today. A great opportunity to share some of my work on music in 19th-century asylums. Most recently the amazing Crichton archives academic.oup.com/ml/advance-a...

Concerts and Cures at the Crichton Royal Institution, 1840–1860

ABSTRACT. The Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, founded in 1839, was renowned for its programme of educational and recreative activities, firmly part

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