Dr. Justin Williams

Professor of Music (University of Bristol)/jazz trumpet player/food lover
Pronouns: he/him

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

Calling all hip hop folks who might want to consider a book or media or event review for the journal

[Global Hip Hop Studies @GHHSJournal]

Open CFP for book 📕 and media/event 📽️ 🎙️ reviews for GHHS. Head over to https://t.co/K3SLaWb3m0 and click submissions. Open call for 2.1 and we'll also accept reviews for upcoming special issues: Hip Hop and the Internet; The Fifth Element; Breaking in the Olympics!

[Dr Ruby (she/her) jaboukies everything @PaperWhispers]

Academics have to strike for 2 months and they will not be paid, my contribution is to boost this as often as I can.

[Jillian Adge @JillAdge]

Kings fans are social experiment on how how you can keep people being basketball fans no matter how many times you punch them in the face

[Priya Satia @PriyaSatia]

Instead of worrying that humanities degrees don’t prepare students for jobs in today’s world [product managers finance consultants startups], we should worry that we’ve created a world with such little value for literature, art, philosophy—anything that expresses the human soul

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

@KLM Still waiting on claiming travel for a redirected flight from AMS to Bristol (which sent our family of four to Exeter instead) in early January. I've been chasing this up for months and have a claim which phone agents say has been referred upward but no resolution yet. Help?

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

@aliciaandrz I feel this so much

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

Britain is rejoining Erasmus+.

From 2027, thousands of students, apprentices and young people will be able to study and work across Europe, gaining international experience and new skills.

Run by the @BritishCouncil, the programme will unlock a range of opportunities for people from different backgrounds across the UK.

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

@aliciaandrz Happy birthday!

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

@t0fallasleep Great to see you today. Congratulations!

[David Kerr @DavidKerr_1]

Looking forward to AfOx insaka Friday 6th Feb 5.30pm at @KelloggOx Talks on 1) using AI to predict soil erosion risk in Tanzania 2) how women's knowledge of plants in South Africa can offer us innovative approaches to address climate change

Register here: https://t.co/APCvVE58iP

[UK Rap Map @ukhiphopmap]

Some updated UKRM in numbers. Top 5 places represented by artists on the map:
London (generic) (119)
Manchester (47)
Bristol (40)
Brixton (39)
Brighton (36)
Glasgow (35)

Honourable mentions: Hackney (34), Edinburgh (32), Nottingham (29)

[Charlie Smith @charliersmith1]

Just a reminder that if you’re struggling over the festive period, there are places you can contact:

Samaritans: 116 123
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): 0800 58 58 58
Shout (text): 85258

You’re not on your own 💙

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

@t0fallasleep Am glad you did. I have learned so much about your research

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

@t0fallasleep I will be there!

[Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) @ArtsandHums]

Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns https://t.co/qqwU1whJ6Q

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

Really sad news about Nottingham's music department, and a short-sighted decision from the University. A petition has been started by the students, please sign to have your voice heard.

https://t.co/5nKqz76ho2

https://t.co/jzJUZfeMQ9

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

https://t.co/jzJUZfef0B

Sign petition to stop suspension of ug music at university of Nottingham

[David Kerr @DavidKerr_1]

Looking forward to hearing @sowetokinch perform at @StJohnsOx @UniofOxford this Wednesday 5th Nov (7.30pm): Tickets are free, you can register here:

https://t.co/qNdT0rQD2u

[Dr. Justin Williams @jwilli7]

@aliciaandrz Yes!!!!!
Amazing

[David Kerr @DavidKerr_1]

This Thurs 30th Oct (6pm) we're screening a documentary about the history of hip-hop in Tanzania @wshed Bristol. Part of @jwilli7 @ahrcpress & @dfg_public project about hip-hop culture’s fifth element: knowledge. Free entry & food provided by @EastJikoni

https://t.co/2IayBZdOOt