Geoff Belknap

Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh!
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...

I know it often feels like yelling into the void, but at least you can yell loudly here and with occasional free text boxes if you are horrified by the proposed immigration changes.

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care? The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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Not so surprising Sadiah - you work is always brilliant. Can't wait to read this

Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits | Science and Industry Museum Detailed findings of a pioneering 'brain and body' study developed for the Manchester Science Festival have just been published, reports Science Director, and study co-author, Roger Highfield.

Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits: fab to see the peer-reviewed results of our online mass experiment for the Manchester Science Festival with @comadork.bsky.social and his team from @westernu.ca in @plosone.org! blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/why-treadmil...

Come by NMS and say hi if you have time

Really interesting read on AL and cultural heritage

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Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.

Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025

careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754

Lead the Curran Index as Our New Editor – RSVP RSVP seeks a new Editor or Editors to lead the Curran Index! Applications should be sent to VP Alison Chapman by October 15.

Are you doing #19thC attribution research? Do you have DH skills and nowhere to use them? YOU could be the next editor of the Curran Index! We're still accepting applications thru next week on 15 Oct. Lead this ongoing + fully supported DH project into its next iteration! rs4vp.org/curran-edito...

Join us as Chair of The National Videogame Museum!⁠
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Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.⁠
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Physics World disappoints - he may indeed have had a waxed mustache, but Gabriel Lippmann and his colour photography process is an icon in the history of photography.

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065

Think you have your next tattoo inspiration sorted....

Job Klaxon!

Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.

Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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Congratulations Alex! Gotta celebrate the big things like this

Good luck! I know it's a super stressful process - hope it goes as smoothly as possible

Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - External Relations - 81775 - Grade 10 The Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement will provide strategic leadership and oversight of the University’s cultural and public engagement initiatives, supporting the University’s S...

#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10
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What do all of these things have in common? Each has been embroiled in debates over censorship and moral panic in the USA. I'm going to be talking about these themes on Wednesday as part of the "Otherworldly Entertainment" workshop @ucph.bsky.social!

Resistance | Format: the Women’s Photography Agency (in person) | National Galleries of Scotland Join Resistance photographers Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray for a discussion about Format, the agency founded as a collective to represent women photographers.  Format was established in 1983 and op...

In-person tix for this #photography talk @nationalgalleries.bsky.social are nearly gone - but a livestream is available to hear Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray discuss Format, the agency est in 1983 (closed 2003) to represent women photographers. 🗃️📜📷📸🔥

Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh

You coming up for this? The show is great - let me know if you are in town on the 12th

Metropolitan Science Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development…

I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️

The AI shift - IATM REGISTER NOW Register now! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt/Main and Mannheim!From 14-17 September 2025, we will gather in Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim for the next IATM Conferen...

If you are interested in Transport collections (trains, planes, automobiles etc..) or the ethics and implications of AI in museums - this conference is for you: www.iatm.museum/conferences/...

Two #photography jobs at the V&A London, 3-yr full-time posts to work on the Royal Photographic Society collection. Deadline July 18th. Project Archivist in link below, Project Cataloguer in the next post. 📜🗃️📷📸

Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!

An amazing job in an Amazing city - if the commute from Wales wasn't a bit impractical I'd bite their hand off.

The brilliant Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are looking for a Curator (Science & Industry).

careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk/job/333d2a38...

The birthday present that will keep on giving! Thanks @dreframss.bsky.social and @nannaklk.bsky.social!

Image of crowd with text: 'Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship. Fellowship recognizes the scholarly contribution of historians working in all sectors of professional history. Next closing date: Monday 11 August 2025'

The Royal Historical Society is a fellowship of professional historians. We welcome applications from historians working in education and many other sectors.

Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians

YouTube video by EU Science & Innovation Citizen Science: Opening up science to society

With help from a lot of people, I've created a #YouTube playlist of 30 clips/promos/teasers of European #CitizenScience projects - covering more or less the last decade, including the one with @colombewarin.bsky.social & the science bus, and many more... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRt... 1/2

Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director - Museums Association Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’

News | Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director – Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’

Really useful thread on why new technology doesn't have to take over our lives