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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 4h

“If you want to change the world, this is the course for you.”

Hear from Academics and Students about our Information, Data and Society BSc in our latest video - buff.ly/OYq4OOj

Think this could be the course for you? Join our UCL East Open Afternoon on 29 October. Book your place: buff.ly/7Hgpq5U

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Selfy Stories @selfystories.bsky.social · 9d

Rachel Cusk on the novelist’s job and the status of the self.

Watch more of the conversation on YouTube:

youtu.be/uhY5MR87Av8?...

Or listen to the whole conversation on Selfy Stories:

⭐️ open.spotify.com/episode/2Pya...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

on.soundcloud.com/DVm4Nw5oeaAI...

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 8d

🔊"The thing that links all these problems together is an unethical attention economy that is seeking to hold us at any cost"

Dr Kaitlyn Regehr @artshumsucl.bsky.social joins #Oprah to discuss how hate, harm and disinformation are algorithmically prioritised online.

▶️Watch from 3:00

Gen Z Tech Addiction Crisis with Oprah and Adam Alter

YouTube video by Oprah

www.youtube.com

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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 7d

Don’t miss UCL Laws' Quain Lectures in Jurisprudence with Professor Seana Shiffrin @law.ucla.edu – a rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading legal and moral philosophers live in London.

📅 20–24 October | 🏛️ UCL Laws
🎟️ Free to attend – book now: buff.ly/pi9UWE4

A close-up of the front of UCL's neo-classical Wilkins Building, which has steps leading up to six pillars that form part of the building's portico. A student is sitting on the steps leaning against one of the pillars, and there are two stone statues of male figures in shot.

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 6d

UCL Lunch Hour Lecture | How do our brains learn languages? | 16 Oct

Join this lecture where Dr. Natalia V. Parker (UCL SSEES) will examine language learning through the eyes of cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics

Book your free place now: buff.ly/bHfYXqQ

@uclssees.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 7d

@uclhjs.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 7d

Last week we welcomed new students to UCL Arts & Humanities 🎉

Highlights included a Student-to-Student welcome, lunch with faculty, and an international event with a royal cardboard guest & British snacks!

✨ Here’s to a great first week of teaching! buff.ly/eu1cMQU

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 8d

📆 Coming up on 15 October

Join us for an afternoon and evening of events and activities, centring on UCL’s museums and their unique collections, and marking the publication of Thomas Kador’s Object-based Learning book.

buff.ly/9RfLExs

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 8d

"Hate, harm and disinformation is often algorithmically prioritised"

Dr Kaitlyn Regehr features as a guest on the newest episode of The Oprah Podcast about the crisis of tech addiction among Gen Z.

Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/fQeaYYX

@ucl.ac.uk @uclnews.bsky.social

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 9d

Thinking about studying at UCL East?

Join us on Wed 29 Oct to explore our innovative undergraduate degrees:
🎨 Art & Technology BA
📽️ Creative Arts & Humanities BA
💻 Info, Data & Society BSc

Book your place: buff.ly/6OKNiuP

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 9d

Lunch Hour Lecture | The Witch in the Bible and Beyond | 18 November

Join this lecture where Dr Alinda Damsma (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) will introduce her research on the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts.

Book your free place now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 11d

What does it take to be ranked among the world’s top Arts & Humanities faculties? 🌍

Find out in our 2024/25 year in review: buff.ly/juqkVoL

#UCL #HigherEducation #UCLProud

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UCL Health of the Public @uclhealthpublic.bsky.social · 14d

🎧 New episode of Public Health Disrupted: Ageing Playfully!

Join @thewrittenro.bsky.social, Dr Carrie Ryan (UCL Arts & Sciences) and Rachel Colles (Hearts & Minds) as they explore how play can disrupt conventional narratives around ageing, and reveal its deeper meaning and joy.

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UCL European Institute @uclei.bsky.social · 13d

This book by the excellent @selenadaly.bsky.social, published with @universitypress.cambridge.org, looks really interesting. Come celebrate its launch!

@uclselcs.bsky.social, @artshumsucl.bsky.social

UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · Jul 11

IAS Book Launch: Emigrant Soldiers
15 October 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm
We are delighted to host Selena Daly and the launch of her book 'Emigrant Soldiers. Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Emigrant Soldiers

We are delighted to host Selena Daly and the launch of her book 'Emigrant Soldiers. Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War'

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 13d

If you could go back, what would you tell your first-year self? 💡

Our students and graduates share the advice they wish they’d had when starting university.

Watch the video to hear more! buff.ly/usvBqf7
@uclhjs.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 17d

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Jessie Barton Hronešová, who has won the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Article Prize for her article “The uses of victimhood as a hegemonic meta-narrative in eastern Europe".

www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

@artshumsucl.bsky.social

Dr Jessie Barton Hronešová wins the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Article Prize

The prize was awarded for an outstanding English-language research article in the social sciences by a junior scholar published in a peer-reviewed journal

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 16d

UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).

Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL

#KEF5

@uclenterprise.bsky.social

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 16d

Literature in the Age of the Self summer event 📽️

Discover the best moments of the starry literary event featuring Rachel Cusk, Brian Dillon, and Vidyan Ravinthiran.

buff.ly/HHO6zY1

The event was organised as part of the Selfy Stories podcast: buff.ly/j9hDWKd

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 16d

Shanah Tova to everyone celebrating Rosh Hashanah from UCL Arts & Humanities!

Wishing all those who observe a happy and sweet new year. ⭐

Our Hebrew and Jewish Studies department is closed to celebrate. We hope you all enjoy the holiday.
@uclhjs.bsky.social

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UCL Grand Challenges @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social · 23d

Are you an academic new to applying for funding calls or looking to sharpen your approach? Check out our latest blog: What We've Learned from Reviewing Grand Challenges Proposals — and How It Can Help You

https://shorturl.at/nNHcQ

What we’ve learnt from reviewing Grand Challenges proposals — and how this can help you

By Max Gillingham, Ethne James-Souch, Jade Hunter and James Paskins

ucldisruptivevoices.medium.com

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 17d

Welcome to UCL! 💜

Kick off Welcome Week with our Arts & Humanities Treasure Hunt. A fun way to explore campus and meet new people.

📍 Open to all new Arts & Humanities students
👉 Find out how to join here: buff.ly/VJwWt3Y

@uclhjs.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 17d

Join us for a free online event exploring 1,000 years of the English language with OED editors and UCL English academics: Dr Guyanne Wilson, Dr Kathryn Allan and Dr Amy Faulkner

🗓 23 October
🕔 5:00–6:30pm (BST)

Book your place now: buff.ly/7jmuJ3n
@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 20d

Our students are creating a student-led magazine dedicated to all things Hispanic studies at UCL, Mosaico Mag.

Submissions are open for the Winter Issue. Submissions are welcome in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Find out more and submit your piece: buff.ly/7UtDCB8
@uclselcs.bsky.social

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 20d

Huge congratulations to Professor Wendy Sims-Schouten for being elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences ⭐

Read more and find her profile piece in the Academy of Social Sciences: buff.ly/ftK9bYI
@uclnews.bsky.social

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 21d

🎨 Proud moment: The Slade School of Fine Art has been ranked #1 in the UK in Fine Art by the Guardian University Guide 2026, with a perfect score of 100!

We have multiple departments in the top 10 in Guardian’s 2026 subject tables, find out more: buff.ly/lTzRm8n

@sladeschoolucl.bsky.social

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