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Turning Circle @turningcircle.bsky.social · 4d

Luna has obviously been watching this Sesame Street classic for inspiration... youtu.be/oRRe5GkBPjs?...

Sesame Street: "Doll House" (1970)

YouTube video by Smokey(TheBear)125

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #Caturday from Luna who has claimed this house as her own #catsofbluesky

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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 15d

I’m sorry to learn that Jonathan Lear has died. His book Radical Hope is one of the deepest and wisest books I’ve read this decade. If you’ve not read it, I’d recommend it. It’s a book for the dark times we’re in.

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · 28d

Some great events coming up in our Social Studies of Ethics, Morality, and Values Network exploring affirmative action and the judging of cat shows, the possibility of political depolarization, and values at the end of life.

All are warmly welcome!

Details and link to register:

SSEMV Network - SSEMV Events

We host regular online meetings. If you would like to find out about upcoming network meetings, you can join our JISCmail mailing list, or contact Owen Abbott [email protected] or Anna Strhan ann...

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · 28d

Enjoyed chatting with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about how and why children are growing up nonreligious, and the beliefs, feelings, and values interwoven in this for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

@princetonupress.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social

#humanism #nonreligion #atheism #sociology

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · 28d

Enjoyed chatting with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about how and why children are growing up nonreligious, and the beliefs, feelings, and values interwoven in this for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

@princetonupress.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social

#humanism #nonreligion #atheism #sociology

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · 28d

Some great events coming up in our Social Studies of Ethics, Morality, and Values Network exploring affirmative action and the judging of cat shows, the possibility of political depolarization, and values at the end of life.

All are warmly welcome!

Details and link to register:

SSEMV Network - SSEMV Events

We host regular online meetings. If you would like to find out about upcoming network meetings, you can join our JISCmail mailing list, or contact Owen Abbott [email protected] or Anna Strhan ann...

sites.google.com

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 28d

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

careers.ucalgary.ca

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 28d

Listen! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social talks to @annastrhan.bsky.social & Rachael Shillitoe about the fascinating "Growing Up Godless
Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England" newbooksnetwork.com/growing-up-g...

Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe, "Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England" (Princeton UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...

@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs

Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid

Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.

www.academictransfer.com

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · Sep 4

That's amazing news Ben!! Huge congrats 🎉

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Nicholas Witkowski @nwitkowski.bsky.social · Sep 3

SEPT 15 JOB DEADLINE: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my department at the University of San Diego (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY).

jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · Aug 17

'Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you' - Ford Madox Ford

Marshal Zeringue asked us to put Growing Up Godless to the Page 99 test @princetonupress.bsky.social

page99test.blogspot.com/2025/08/anna...

Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe's "Growing Up Godless"

Anna Strhan is reader in sociology at the University of York. She is the author of The Figure of the Child in Contemporary Evangelicalism ...

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · Aug 17

'Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you' - Ford Madox Ford

Marshal Zeringue asked us to put Growing Up Godless to the Page 99 test @princetonupress.bsky.social

page99test.blogspot.com/2025/08/anna...

Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe's "Growing Up Godless"

Anna Strhan is reader in sociology at the University of York. She is the author of The Figure of the Child in Contemporary Evangelicalism ...

page99test.blogspot.com

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · Aug 6

This research reinforces what we’ve long known to be true: that children can grow up to be kind, ethical, and fulfilled without religion playing any part in their lives. Wonderful to read about children's natural curiosity for science, capacity for compassion, and awe in the natural world.

Humanists UK @humanists.uk · Aug 6

Contrary to some media narratives which spuriously equate religious decline with social decline or unhappiness, the authors discovered that the children’s non-religious worldviews were rich with joy, wonder, and the expression of strong moral values. 🧵

humanists.uk/2025/08/06/g...

Growing up godless: research reveals a ‘pervasive humanism’ among primary school children

What does it mean to grow up without religion? A new book, Growing Up Godless: Non-religious Childhoods in Contemporary England, by Anna Strhan and Rachel Shillitoe, reveals that non-religious childre...

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Jul 27

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · Jul 23

Enjoyed doing this 3 questions interview about Growing Up Godless with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social for @ccfamilies.bsky.social on @thesocietypages.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social #atheism #humanism
thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/07/...

3 Q with Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe Growing Up Godless - Council on Contemporary Families

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · Jul 23

And it’s off! A Puffling experiencing the power of flight for the first time as it fledges off the Isle of May

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · Jul 23

Enjoyed doing this 3 questions interview about Growing Up Godless with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social for @ccfamilies.bsky.social on @thesocietypages.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social #atheism #humanism
thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/07/...

3 Q with Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe Growing Up Godless - Council on Contemporary Families

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

thesocietypages.org

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · Jul 17

Huge congrats, Lucy - really looking forward to working with you on this!

Dr. Lucy Potter @lucypotter.bsky.social · Jul 17

Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship through the @whiteroseuc.bsky.social, hosted at Uni of York!

Excited to continue my research, working with @annastrhan.bsky.social, and join a growing team of postdocs in non-religion in the department! 🥳🎉👏🏻

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · Jul 13

Makes herself at home here without fail whenever I am packing #CatsofBluesky

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Remind me why universities, charities and governments are still using X as a platform for advertising their programmes and sharing their activities? With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3Ig3H3l

Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot praises Adolf Hitler on X

Incident follows the xAI bot sharing ‘white genocide’ tropes in response to unrelated questions

www.ft.com

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’m struggling to work out why house price fluctuations are of any concern to the head of Ofsted, other than that the marketisation of everything has softened his and our brains.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

End to school rating system could play havoc with house prices, says Ofsted chief

Martyn Oliver says he knows of property values shooting up by £15,000 after schools were graded as outstanding

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Jul 3

Difficult to express how I feel about those in our politics and media who are more concerned about what some rapper said at Glastonbury than fact that, as a matter of deliberate policy, the Israeli government is paying mercenaries to murder starving civilians for fun.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians

The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has strongly denied the allegation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · Jul 1

As MPs vote on massive cuts to Universal Credit & PIP today, they should bear in mind:
- This does not have public support
- This is not the change the public voted for
- The public don't believe the only way to meet fiscal challenges is to make disabled people poorer and iller

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