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Maria Fusco’s experimental opera-film History of the Present explores how built environments shape voice, movement and lived experience in Belfast.

Screening and discussion
Wed 25 March · 11:00–12:20
Pathfoot Lecture Theatre @StirUni
In-person event · no registration required

[Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @SciPlaceMemory]

Artist talk: Toby Paterson RSA
A rare chance to hear Paterson on art, architecture and urban history — followed by a guided walk through Pathfoot to view his works in situ
University of Stirling
Hybrid event 27 Mar 13:00 (UK)

Book: https://t.co/mlAnf2W1j4

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How can oral history engage with Northern Ireland’s difficult past without forcing agreement? Historian Chris Reynolds reflects on agonistic memory and the value of keeping contested perspectives in dialogue - enlivening the academy and public impact. https://t.co/dHQ6cfGUyw

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Wed 11 Mar, 16:00 (UK)
Chris Reynolds (Nottingham Trent)Voices of ’68 and ’74: Oral history and agonistic memory in Northern Ireland. Hybrid seminar (Stirling + online).
#oralhistory #memory #NorthernIreland https://t.co/So8HaxhqGD

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Call for expressions of interest — Trans Cosmologies 2: Art, Ritual & Memory - 30 Apr–1 May
Scottish artists, researchers & activists are invited to contribute to this two-day multimedia gathering exploring memory, ritual, cosmology, resistance.
CONTACT [email protected]

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Trans Cosmologies 2: Art, Ritual & Memory
30 Apr–1 May · University of Stirling
A two-day gathering of trans, gender-nonconforming and queer artists and thinkers exploring memory, ritual and cosmology through performance, scholarship and dialogue. Registration soon.

[Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science @OxfordDemSci]

👩‍🔬🤵‍♀️👩‍⚖️ For International Women’s Day @NuffieldCollege will host Melinda Mills for a talk entitled "How to Be Brilliant Without Being Behaved".

More details:
https://t.co/z4ojXgdxj9

#IWD2026 #WomenInScience #Demography

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@CPeristianis Dr Christakis Peristianis (University of Cyprus) reflects on Cyprus’s contested past — and the questions shaping his research on memory, oral history, and farming in the Buffer Zone. https://t.co/Mi01788jCh

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Join us & #UofStirling’s Art Collection for Artist talk with Toby Paterson RSA How do artists think about architecture and the experience of place? 27 March 2026 13:00–14:00 Pathfoot Building, @StirUni Free - in person and online. Register https://t.co/bsz4Ln3Ds1

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A new paper co-authored by Centre researcher Dale Leorke rethinks the university library beyond the repository.

If the library is still the “heart of the campus”, what does it now embody?

https://t.co/lTXrMrw6KQ

[Prof. Nikolai Slavov @slavov_n]

An important reminder:

Academia is not about publishing papers.

It’s about creating knowledge and teaching it to the world.

It’s about asking big bold questions and mentioning the next generation of intellectual leaders.

The difference makes a huge difference.

[Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @SciPlaceMemory]

Place is not passive. Memory is not settled.
We work across cognitive science, social science & the arts to examine how people find their way. Understanding place and memory underpins how we locate ourselves—intellectually, socially and historically

[Decolonial Conference @decolonialconf]

Registration is filling quickly for the Decolonial Conference! Join us in building coalitions and dialogues across struggles, practicing solidarity, and putting radical thoughts into action.

#decolonialconference

[Bethlehem Tekola @Bethlehemtekola]

Ethically reflexive researchers must
be prepared for communities to say, “We do not want research. We want other interventions.” Asking communities what they want requires being ready to accept that research may not be the intervention that is needed.

[Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social @AnnaCiaunica]

We have been published on co-embodiment and co-homeostasis during pregnancy here 😊

https://t.co/fksPxyuOnC

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A new paper on a carved cement wall at Ponta dos Corvos, Portugal — co-authored by @TaniaMCasimiro1 — reads 60 years of names, dates and symbols as contemporary rock art and a layered record of collective memory.
How should we study sites like this?
https://t.co/KPqe6QTEBW

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What is it like to farm inside a UN buffer zone?
Christakis Peristianis explores the everyday micro-politics of a frozen conflict. Wed 4 Mar • 16:00–17:30 (UK) - Register Now - Stirling and Online
https://t.co/RX9KA0VHJD

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Curious about the researchers we host at the Centre? @KeithAllenYork reflects on philosophy of colour and perception — and the questions shaping his work on seeing and experiencing atmospheres. Affective Atmospheres, Civic House (Feb 2026)
https://t.co/7IIpMAC6ro

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Curious about the researchers we host at the Centre?

Visiting Speakers — In Brief brings together short introductions where speakers outline who they are, the questions guiding their work, and how they approach it.

Have a look:
https://t.co/F6sp5KylcN