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jobs.ac.uk are collaborating with Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham, Senior Lecturer at King鈥檚 College London, to bring you a webinar on 鈥楶reparing for the academic job market鈥�.

Embarking on a career in academia can be both exciting and challenging. Whether you鈥檙e an undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD researcher, postdoctoral researcher or transitioning from industry into academia, this webinar will provide actionable insights and guidance tailored to your career stage.

In this engaging session, you will gain insights into the diverse career paths in academia, from lecturer to professor roles, research fellowships, and teaching-focused positions to professional services roles in areas such as innovation and knowledge transfer.

Dr Raimi-Abraham will cover key topics:

• Building a strong academic portfolio,
• Crafting tailored applications,
• Transitioning from non-academic roles,
• Navigating the evolving academic landscape.

The webinar also includes a live Q&A.

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As the genocide against Palestinians continues, along with the accompanying scholasticide and epistemicide, it is more urgent than ever to educate ourselves and our students about Palestine. The realities of settler colonialism and systemic violence faced by Palestinians intersect with a wide range of academic fields, including international law, politics, sociology, history, literature, linguistics, media studies, health, environmental studies, and more.

This workshop will explore strategies for addressing fears and overcoming self-censorship when teaching about Palestine. It will also highlight how Palestine can serve as a powerful lens for examining diverse topics and themes across disciplines. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, share resources—including key texts, visuals, and syllabi—and develop approaches for integrating Palestine as a case study into their teaching practices.

Lunchtime Seminar: Title TBC Annual 糖心TV-Birmingham PhD Student Exchange Speaker: TBC PhD student Birmingham Week 5. Thu 5 February, 13.00–14.00 (lunch served 12.30) in TBC

Thirty seconds at Quetta: Time, Disaster and Earthquakes on India鈥檚 North-West Frontier

History Research seminar with Dan Haines, UCL

Chair: Katayoun Shafiee

Pizza served at 1pm. All welcome!

Exploring Careers in the Arts and Creative Industries

Wednesday 5th February

2pm - 4pm

Chancellors Suite, Rootes Building 

At this event you will get to meet and network with creative professionals,

listen to their expertise, insights, and advice on developing a career in the

Arts and Creative industries and learn about experiences you could gain to

enhance your employability!

Find out more at:

'A Republic in Print: Festival Books in Seventeenth-Century Venice and Monarchical Europe'

Research Seminar

Feb 5, 2.00-4.00 (OC 1.04)

鈥楬eretical Epithets in Nonnus鈥� Paraphrase of St John鈥�.

Do you find standing up in front of a group intimidating? In this interactive session, we'll explore how to be an effective presenter, how to tackle nerves and audience questions, and how to engage your audience throughout.

: "Creativity, Community, and Forms of Knowledge" by Josephine Burton, 5 February 2025, 3.30pm-5.30pm Ramphal 0.12 - there will be refreshments.

Josephine Burton is a theatre director, playwright, dramaturg, and podcast host with deep expertise in collaborating with academics to co-create innovative and socially engaged artistic work. As co-founder of Dash Arts, she has led award-winning projects that merge academic research with creative practice, producing work that is both intellectually rigorous and widely engaging.

Recent highlights include The Great Middlemarch Mystery (Coventry City of Culture 2022), a promenade performance co-created with Professor Ruth Livesey of Royal Holloway University, reimagining George Eliot鈥檚 world through a contemporary lens, and Our Public House, a forthcoming production developed with Professor Alan Finlayson of the University of East Anglia and Professor Henriette Van Der Blom of University of Birmingham, and rooted in speechwriting workshops with communities across the UK. Josephine is also co-writing The Reckoning, shaped by research with academics at the University of Cambridge into Ukrainian history and culture.

Beyond the stage, Josephine has hosted numerous Dash Caf茅s and episodes of the Dash Arts Podcast, featuring academics on topics such as ancient rhetoric, protest movements, and migration studies. These platforms offer spaces for lively, accessible exchanges that connect scholarly insights to contemporary issues.

Her work exemplifies the transformative potential of integrating academic depth with creative expression, crafting theatre and artistic projects that are as insightful as they are resonant with diverse audiences.