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Tin Cugelj
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MSCA postdoc at the University of Nottingham (soundship.uk) | PhD from University of Bern | historical sound studies | historical trombonist | co-founder of IMS Auditory History (auditoryhistory.musicology.org)
A bit of easy reading for Saturday morning, perhaps? Check out the new research blog post: soundship.uk/2025/11/15/a...
A 1453 Stop in Ragusa: Peter Rot, Musicians on Board, and Transcultural Encounters
1453 was admittedly a big year for Europe. Among numerous military and diplomatic conflicts, the Giant Bible of Mainz (or, more casually, Biblia latina) was finished in July – one of the last manus…
soundship.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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I've got a voice - might as well use it! Standing up for music and modern language departments everywhere ...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
University of Nottingham, you cannot drop Music and Modern Languages!
The above screenshot is of the University of Nottingham Music Department homepage. A flourishing department, which sadly hit the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of days ago. BBC News:- Univ…
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972.

Do consider signing the petition in the next post.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Yay! SOUNDSHIP website is now live and has a research blog — a home for all the shipboard stuff that never makes it into articles and much more: sources, sounds, awkward early modern packing lists. First post is up, new ones every fortnight. Come aboard 👉 soundship.uk
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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@medren2025.bsky.social Another excellent musical evening, including Fretwork and voices performing consort music by Orlando Gibbons, and an unexpected Lampton Worm / dragon warded off with audience performance of chants to St Cuthbert 🐉
July 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This Thursday, 15 May 2025, the IMS SG Auditory History will meet to discuss sounds of conflict, transcultural communities and liminality through three super exciting and engaging readings! 🪖 💥

ℹ️ Read more: auditoryhistory.musicology.org/event/readin...

ℹ️ Register:
forms.gle/XnZdEnrsPL7x...
May 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Coming Tuesday, I will be talking about ships, communities, the sea, sounds, and pilgrims at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb - and I am absolutely delighted to! Join us if you are around on 29 April 2025 at 18:00. 🌊🔉
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week in Athens, featuring cats, cassocks, food, stunning architecture and M. Prætorius's Polyhymnia Caduceatrix ✨
April 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm sorry to have missed all the fun on here but I failed to recover my password for way too long 🤡

Here's a couple of photos from our fabulous Sensory Histories of Water conference last week in Barcelona—it was fabulous. 🌊

Co-organised with @discantor87.bsky.social & Antonio Arnieri
April 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM