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Stay Home Stories: mapping what mattersStay Home Stories: mapping what matters

Stay Home Stories: mapping what matters

The Stay Home Stories project has been recording how children experienced life and their lived environment during the COVID crisis. Now they have released a short video highlighting some of their findings

Posted on: 16 January 2023

Come along to our Impact SurgeriesCome along to our Impact Surgeries

Come along to our Impact Surgeries

Following the success of the first Impact Surgery in December, Impact Fellows Peta Bulmer and Jacky Waldock will be running two further sessions for colleagues keen to learn more about identifying, creating and recording research impact.

Posted on: 11 January 2023

Researcher in Focus: Dr Peter HommelResearcher in Focus: Dr Peter Hommel

Researcher in Focus: Dr Peter Hommel

Our featured researcher of the month is Dr Peter Hommel from the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology. Peter is an archaeological scientist specialising in the study of ancient technologies and materials with extensive research expertise in the archaeology of northern Eurasia and a passion for public engagement.

Posted on: 1 December 2022

Researcher in Focus: Dr Lucienne LohResearcher in Focus: Dr Lucienne Loh

Researcher in Focus: Dr Lucienne Loh

This month’s researcher in focus is Dr Lucienne Loh, Reader in the Department of English. Lucienne is co-curator for 'Chinese and British', a major exhibition at the British Library, which opened on the 18th of November 2022, and celebrated the contributions of Chinese people and their communities to British society since the seventeenth-century to the present day.

Posted on: 28 October 2022

Welcome to new Fellows across the HSS FacultyWelcome to new Fellows across the HSS Faculty

Welcome to new Fellows across the HSS Faculty

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is pleased to welcome several new Fellows across various Schools and Departments this academic year.

Posted on: 28 October 2022

Being Human Festival 2022: University of Liverpool EventsBeing Human Festival 2022: University of Liverpool Events

Being Human Festival 2022: University of Liverpool Events

We’re excited to be organising several events this November in Liverpool as part of this year’s Being Human Festival. Being Human is the UK’s national festival of the humanities, led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.

Posted on: 12 October 2022

'Scale 1:43. Toys, History and Material Culture' exhibition opens in Argentina

'Scale 1:43. Toys, History and Material Culture' exhibition opens in Argentina

Jordana Blejmar and Erika Teichert share exciting news from Argentina about the opening of an exhibition as part of their AHRC-funded project 'Cold War Toys: Material Cultures of Childhood in Argentina'.

Posted on: 1 September 2022

Researcher in Focus: Dr William AshworthResearcher in Focus: Dr William Ashworth

Researcher in Focus: Dr William Ashworth

This month's researcher in focus is Dr William Ashworth, Reader in the Department of History. William is textiles lead for a major project called Congruence Engine, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council under the “Towards a National Collection” funding stream, linking the nation’s collections held by a multiplicity of organisations.

Posted on: 19 August 2022

Watch 'Creating a Wondrous Place', the 2022 Heritage Keynote Lecture with National Museums LiverpoolWatch

Watch 'Creating a Wondrous Place', the 2022 Heritage Keynote Lecture with National Museums Liverpool

In June 2022, the University of Liverpool was honoured to welcome Karen O'Rourke, Curator of Urban and Community History at National Museums Liverpool, as she presented the annual Heritage Keynote Lecture. Watch the lecture online here.

Posted on: 6 July 2022

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    Stay Home Stories: mapping what mattersStay Home Stories: mapping what matters

    Stay Home Stories: mapping what matters

    The Stay Home Stories project has been recording how children experienced life and their lived environment during the COVID crisis. Now they have released a short video highlighting some of their findings

    Posted on: 16 January 2023