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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 29

Join us to discover more about:
🎭 The role of arts in communicating science
💉 Questions of safety, trust and confidence in public health
♀️ The overlooked contributions of women in the history of medicine

We invite you to join the conversation and share your own perspectives during the event too!

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 29

How should we tell the stories of science?📜🧪

Hear from immunologists, a global historian and a leading composer in our new panel event - including exclusive clips from opera Dangerous Matter🎭

📍History of Science Museum, Oxford
📅9th Oct, 6.30-8.00pm
🎟️FREE tickets: www.hsm.ox.ac.uk/event/thanks...

Thanks for the Memories

A panel event exploring collective memory, music, and public health

www.hsm.ox.ac.uk

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

🖌Image 4: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu with her son, Edward Wortley Montagu, and attendants, circa 1717. Attributed to Jean Baptise Vanmour. © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

✒️ Mary's letters: Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M---e : written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa ... Which contain ... accounts of the policy and [contd]manners of the Turks / [Mary Wortley Montagu]. Source: Wellcome Collection, pp. 91-92 (abridged); title page.

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

🖌️ Image 2: Rash of pustules on the hand of a patient, probably suffering from smallpox, by R. Carswell, 1831. Wellcome Collection. wellcomecollection.org/works/hgu5jfxh
🖌️ Image 3: Mary Wortley Montagu, by Charles Jervas, 1716. The Yorck Project. commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

📷 Opera photos: @robinclewleyphotography
🖌️ Image 1: Mary Wortley Montagu, by Jonathan Richardson, 1725. The Yorck Project. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jo...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

In the first installment, meet Lady Mary: a defiant campaigner for inoculation - the purposeful infection of a patient to produce a mild and controlled case of disease - in 18th century Britain - performed by the spell-binding mezzo soprano Rosie Middleton ✨

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Aug 25

Introducing 🔬 MEMORY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 🔬- our new series examining the powerful history of vaccination and the cutting-edge immunology research behind Dangerous Matter - created by Zakiya Leeming, with libretto by @sredway.bsky.social, performed @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmprism.bsky.social ➡️

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Zakiya Leeming ctd: "in Manchester and Oxford writing their own original work inspired by immunology, this project has involved the creativity of so many. I'm grateful to everyone involved and hope projects like this continue to make space for creative interdisciplinary work.” 4/ 👏

Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Zakiya Leeming @rncmprism.bsky.social: “The past three years working with Paul on this collaborative project have been incredibly rewarding. From creating a new opera on the theme of immune memory together with a dedicated cast and creative team to working with school students... 3/

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Prof. Klenerman @ox.ac.uk: “It’s been a privilege to work on this project with Zakiya. It’s also been wonderful to see how the ideas have progressed from the early concepts, via the outreach work with schools, to the final amazing piece performed at the RNCM in Manchester last week.”

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Check out the @ox.ac.uk news piece to find out more about our world premiere of Dangerous Matter @rncmlive.bsky.social last week!
🔗https://www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/news/world-premiere-of-dangerous-matter-opera-inspired-by-vaccine-science-and-history-as-part-of-thanks-for-the-memories-project

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 26

🔗 Read the Arts Desk review of Dangerous Matter here! www.google.com/amp/theartsd...

Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 26

"Can opera contribute to better understanding of science and even help overcome the vaccine scepticism of our time? It’s not an obvious contender for the role of public educator in that way, but this attempt at pushing its boundaries is a brave one." 🎭🎵💉

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 25

The opera is the result of a 3 year collaboration between Zakiya Leeming at @rncmprism.bsky.social and Prof. Paul Klenerman @ox.ac.uk supported by @wellcometrust.bsky.social - with a huge range of support and participation from scientists and musicians across Oxford and @manchester.ac.uk 🥳

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 25

What a night! A HUGE congratulations to everyone involved in bringing Dangerous Matter to life @rncmlive.bsky.social last night - we're still buzzing from the brilliant performance!

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Oxford Road Corridor @oxrdmcr.bsky.social · Jun 24

Catch Dangerous Matter tonight at @rncmlive.bsky.social, a new opera about memory, medicine and the global fight for vaccines—told through the story of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Tickets still available.

Discover more about its making here 👇

Zakiya Leeming: Medicine, Memory, and the Music of Defiance

Composer Zakiya Leeming explores vaccines, memory, and resistance in her opera Dangerous Matter, inspired by Lady Mary’s legacy.

oxfordroadcorridor.com

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 24

Today's the day! Here's a sneak peek of the world premiere of Dangerous Matter, showing tonight at the RNCM at 7pm - grab your ticket now! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 23

Get your ticket here! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 23

lies a story of human lives, relationships, and moral conviction. Recognising our shared values and humanity creates a foundation upon which we can build meaningful conversation." Zakiya Leeming's new opera Dangerous Matter premieres TOMORROW @rncmlive.bsky.social

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · Jun 23

"The libretto, by Sam Redway after Lady Mary’s own writing, explores the deeply human dimensions of public health: fear, hope, loss, and trust. The emotional weight behind human motivations reminds us that beneath every policy or breakthrough, and every stance against it... 2/

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