@aledjllthomas.bsky.social
Lecturer in Religious Studies at University of Leeds. New/minority religions. Socialist. I love cats, coffee, and off-kilter pop music. He/him. π
Aaron Hughes stood at podium.
Aaron Hughes delivers the Gary Lease memorial lecture #IAHR
25.08.2025 09:13 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
I am heading to #IAHR in Krakow today!
I started a google map for vegan friendly spots in Krakow (I have a few more spots to verify and add): www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/e... in case it is helpful for anyone!
It's official! We have confirmed a date for the book launch! Wednesday 5th November 2.30pm at OCHS, Oxford.
Who's coming? ππββοΈ
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The programme for our online conference is now live! #BASR2025 basr.ac.uk/2024/01/11/b...
01.08.2025 16:42 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
For those attending the upcoming IAHR congress, we are delighted to share details of the INFORM panel which will feature at the event!
We're very excited to present on these insightful topics and to showcase the importance of INFORM's work, and we hope to see some of you in attendance!πΊοΈπ
Powerpoint Slide for 'Moving Beyond Atrocity Stories'
Paper ready for next month's #IAHR World Congress. Looking forward to being part of the @informreligion.bsky.social panel!
24.07.2025 12:11 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0It's me with the Darbs!!!!
31.05.2025 18:03 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0I finally watched Conclave. I like that Ralph Fiennes has the same energy as Kermit the Frog trying to keep The Muppet Show from going off the rails.
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My PhD thesis βThe satanic cult conspiracy: how online conspiracy theory discourses construct moral panicβ is now up on WREO: etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/36...
21.05.2025 09:06 β π 50 π 16 π¬ 6 π 1"An island of strangers" is a racist thing to say. What makes them more 'strange' than anyone else I don't know, Starmer?
12.05.2025 11:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The ways some will defend the Stanford Prison Experiment's lack of ethical integrity simply because it fits their agenda honestly beggars belief.
11.04.2025 11:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Am I the only one reading White House tweets in Baneβs voice in my head?
10.04.2025 02:21 β π 14187 π 2033 π¬ 617 π 184Congratulations to Bethan on an excellent thesis and viva performance! Well earned! π
04.04.2025 18:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mr Brightside
30.03.2025 10:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
As is our usual custom in an IAHR year, we will be running our annual conference for 2025 over a single day. This year we have also chosen to run the conference online, in the hope of widening participation. The theme will be Religion, Space, and Place. #basr2025
basr.ac.uk/2024/01/11/b...
The latest issue of our journal, JBASR, on the theme of Environmental Endings and Religious Futures has just been published, with a lead article by Catherine Wessinger @thebasr.bsky.social www.jbasr.com/ojs/index.ph...
18.03.2025 13:34 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
*BOOKING NOW OPEN*
Booking for the forthcoming INFORM seminar is officially open! For details on how to secure your place visit the linktree in our bio!π
Information regarding speakers TBC soon. We hope to see you there!π
His This Town cover actually introduced me to Sparks in 2005, so I owe him a debt! He definitely has taste - his YouTube channel is interesting stuff. He unpacks music he finds interesting/likes (and occasionally doesn't like). Incredible live performer too.
21.03.2025 14:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They've definitely experienced a resurgence in recent years - for a number of reasons (Justin Hawkins' YouTube channel, Taylor Swift going viral singing along to IBIATCL, etc.). I've been going to The Darkness gigs for years (I'm a big fan) and the venues are getting bigger again.
21.03.2025 13:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The helicopter story always gets me.
07.02.2025 10:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You canβt invoke Thatcher in 2025, thatβs bananas. Thatβs wacky if youβre a Tory, let alone Labour. Look what sheβs done. Look at the fucking state of everything. At one point she said Blair was her greatest creation. Itβs not true anymore, her greatest creation is now Starmer.
29.01.2025 09:38 β π 471 π 84 π¬ 21 π 5The BASR is now on Bluesky!
27.01.2025 13:56 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The British Association for the Study of Religions is now on Bluesky! π¦
Stay tuned for more updates on our conferences, projects, bulletin and academic journal. All available here: www.basr.ac.uk
CARTOON OF THE DAY
23.01.2025 04:11 β π 43738 π 9717 π¬ 410 π 293She really is!!
23.01.2025 13:00 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1Lammy praises Trumpβs βincredible grace & generosityβ on #BBCR4today. His earlier verdict was more accurate (βdishonest, xenophobicβ). A man who made βcriminal effortsβ to overturn 2020 election result, who will trash climate & nature & threaten minorities. Solidarity with all who feel fear today
20.01.2025 08:42 β π 866 π 218 π¬ 85 π 37Exquisite taste.
17.01.2025 22:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our panel for the IAHR conference has been accepted! Who will I be seeing there? I've not visited KarkΓ³w before, so I'm rather excited. π₯³
15.01.2025 15:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Saw Nosferatu last night (it's great), and I think Willem Dafoe has become cinema's go-to 'weird old expert ostracised from his field for being weird' guy. He does it very well though, so I'm not complaining.
12.01.2025 15:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Never have truer words been spoken.
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