William Carruthers
@williamcarruthers.bsky.social
Lecturer in Heritage at a university near Colchester. ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. https://williamcarruthers.co.uk // williamcarruthers.wordpress.com
Bloody hell
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Bloody hell
That really is cold… -25 was bad enough!
January 23, 2026 at 7:35 PM
That really is cold… -25 was bad enough!
Academics should do a version of ‘celebrities read mean tweets’ with it all (were it not in some cases something careers get judged on).
January 23, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Academics should do a version of ‘celebrities read mean tweets’ with it all (were it not in some cases something careers get judged on).
I had someone else complain that the university no longer ran a particular degree!!!
January 23, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I had someone else complain that the university no longer ran a particular degree!!!
It’s awful (generally mine are fine, thankfully).
January 23, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It’s awful (generally mine are fine, thankfully).
Yes, twice a couple of weeks ago
January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Yes, twice a couple of weeks ago
Last year I had one module that seemed to go down like a lead balloon. ‘The problem with Will…’ the first-year’s feedback started.
January 23, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Last year I had one module that seemed to go down like a lead balloon. ‘The problem with Will…’ the first-year’s feedback started.
Wondering aloud what this might mean for TFL
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Wondering aloud what this might mean for TFL
Isn’t this growth partially due to an increase in people working at the office again?
January 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Isn’t this growth partially due to an increase in people working at the office again?
I honestly wonder whether I can plug it much more…
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I honestly wonder whether I can plug it much more…
Thank you! It’s nice that they’ve done one.
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Thank you! It’s nice that they’ve done one.
5/ Here’s a more recent interview about the book I did for the @peoplingthepast.bsky.social podcast: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/24/p...
Podcast Season 4, Episode 8: Selective Salvage: Archaeology and Hydropolitics with William Carruthers
On this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. William Carruthers, a lecturer at the school of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of E…
peoplingthepast.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
5/ Here’s a more recent interview about the book I did for the @peoplingthepast.bsky.social podcast: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/24/p...
4/ Here’s an interview I did with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: newbooksnetwork.com/flooded-pasts
William Carruthers, "Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology" (Cornell UP, 2022) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:41 AM
4/ Here’s an interview I did with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: newbooksnetwork.com/flooded-pasts