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AHRC-funded project looks at DNA, public history, genealogy, family history. Lead: Jerome de Groot. #Twitterstorians

University of Manchester
Joined June 2017
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On the 20 April come and listen to amazing music by Sarah Ampil, Gulcin Bulut and Marco Woolf as they present 'Music is in our DNA', Contact Theatre, FREE, 5:30 contactmcr.com/events/music-… @OlympiasMusic @rncmlive @McrHistory @mcrhistfest
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Hello - a reminder that the Bell Curves is on 17-20 April at Contact contactmcr.com/events/the-be… - there is also stand up comedy about DNA contactmcr.com/events/bright…, FREE music about DNA contactmcr.com/events/music-… FREE Creative Writing workshop too (contactmcr.com/events/family…). ALL WELCOME!!
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Tix now available for this online conference on combatting conservative public history, and I'm excited to be sharing a bill with @corinne_fowler and @aljhlester! Thu 20 Jun 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM tickettailor.com/events/hist…
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Stand up comedy about Genetics? YES PLEASE. Feat. me (!!!!): contactmcr.com/events/bright… 17 April @ContactMcr @TheBSLS @mcrhistfest @MCRCityofLit @McrLitFest
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Workshop KLAXON!!!!!!! What is the Biomolecular Humanities? Come find out and shape this conversation, Manchester, 15 Nov: manchestersdna.co.uk/biomole… @jimalkhalili @matthewcobb @DNATodayPodcast @PLOSGenetics @TheCrick
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Biomolecular-Curious? Working at the interface of BioScience and Humanities? This workshop is for you!!!
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Good to see some push back against this category of very online man obsessed with laundering aDNA papers to make unsophisticated Far Right dog whistles. Seem to have little actual interest in the past beyond their narrow sense of identity and grievance in the present.
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Histories at Risk: Eritrea, organised with @Dr_MaiMusie FREE event explores Eritrean history and heritage from ancient Red Sea trade routes to the legacy of Italian colonisatio and discuss the safeguarding of Eritrea’s historical and cultural heritage eventbrite.co.uk/e/histories…
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Histories at Risk: Eritrea, organised with @Dr_MaiMusie FREE event explores Eritrean history and heritage from ancient Red Sea trade routes to the legacy of Italian colonisatio and discuss the safeguarding of Eritrea’s historical and cultural heritage eventbrite.co.uk/e/histories…
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JOB!!!!!!! on the Future of Human Reproduction Wellcome-funded project @GeneticsSociety @C_G_S @NatureRevGenet @matthewcobb @UoMCreativeMCR @dandavis101
If you know anyone who is working in a relevant area, please encourage them to apply to become a Research Associate for the Wellcome-funded Future of Human Reproduction project, which I’m a Co-I on. The advert is here: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.… the closing date is 4th June.
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FREE Webinar introductin new educational resources for @HistoricalTexts databases beta.jisc.ac.uk/events/intro…
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End of #BSLS2023 which is sad but looking forward to '24! It was fab fun thanks to @Emilyalder for amazing organisation! So long and thanks for the Limericks!!!!
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I asked AI to write Hamlet's speech on Yorick in the style of Harry Styles (for a teaching work thing, honest)
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We made some DNA art/ poetry in our session #bsls2023 it was fab fun! @TheBSLS @doublehelixhist @LitSciPod
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Fabulous workshop today on DNA and History today with @doublehelixhist and Lara Choksey and we made some art #BSLS2023
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Very excited to be presenting at #BSLS2023 on DNA, history, race - including printed genomes, cats, Ali Smith, epigenetics, Kendrick Lamar and many points inbetween - also making the audience write poetry!
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