Peter Cherry

A huge thank you to Baroness Thornton for asking an oral question in the House of Lords today.

You can watch here -

parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

(It is the first item on the agenda starting at 14:36:05)

What do you think the government needs to do?

#Dyscalculia #Dyscalculiaawarenes

A packed conference room for the first session of the first workshop held as part of the @thebiaankara.bsky.social -led, @britishacademy.bsky.social -funded ‘Researching, Writing and Publishing on Gender, Culture and Society’ project, which aims to capacity-build Turkish Early Career Researchers.

Victoria Beckham has today shared that she has both #dyslexia and #dyscalculia. It is great to hear celebrities finally opening up about dyscalculia and raising #dyscalculiaawareness! Thank you!

uk.style.yahoo.com/kids-school-...

Join me, @peterjcherry.bsky.social and @isilaygursu.bsky.social next Wednesday evening for a special webinar focused on the range of grants, scholarships and other opportunities available via @thebiaankara.bsky.social - biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...

Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…

From last week 📌📌

Amy Marie Spangler on the late Leyla Erbil's novel "What Remains", published soon by
@deepvellum.bsky.social

The book is a complex and dark vision of Istanbul's history, sweeping from the Byzantine era to 20th century Turkey

👇👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/02/a...

📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: An Arabesk Tryptych

Hybrid event

🗣 Prof Martin Stokes (King's College London)
📆Friday, 5th December 2025
⏰18:30 - 20 (London GMT)
📍Society of Antiquaries of London, London / Zoom

ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/an-ar...

Deadline : ToDAY

🚨📢 GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

The BIAA is pleased to offer a number of different funding opportunities, grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their career.

Find out more: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor...
⏰ Deadline: November 2, 2025

That’s all for the first season of Heritage Türkiye…But there will be a second season - so stay tuned!

Apply for my @britishacademy.bsky.social funded International Writing Workshop Researching, Writing and Publishing on Gender, Culture & Society: Upskilling ECRs in Türkiye! Funding available for ECRs outside of Ankara. Deadline for applications: 13 September

🚨 REMINDER
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Dr Peter Cherry, BIAA Assistant Director and PI of the Ottoman Mobilities project, reminds you to check out the project — and the upcoming application deadline!
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🔗 biaa.ac.uk/grants/postd...

Delighted to do this with @thebiaankara.bsky.social.

The Turkish experience is a harbinger for elsewhere - including the UK…..
@nottspolitics.bsky.social

Delighted to be working with my colleague @peterjcherry.bsky.social on this new @thebiaankara.bsky.social led, @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project supporting Early Career Researchers in Türkiye working in interdisciplinary gender studies: biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...

Last Wednesday, I had the privilege of sitting in on the recording of a new episode of the @thebiaankara.bsky.social’s ‘Heritage Türkiye’ podcast, hosted by my friends and colleagues @isilaygursu.bsky.social and @peterjcherry.bsky.social. All episodes available here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

HYBRID TALK: Forests, Archives, Memory: Decolonizing Environmental Humanities through Turkish Literature

🗣Dr Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim
📆Tuesday, 25th March 2025
⏰14:30 - 16:30 (London GMT) 17:30 - 19:30 (Ankara UTC+3)
📍BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1 and ONLINE
ℹ️ REGISTER at biaa.ac.uk/events/fores...

Just finished the excellent ‘Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age’ by @raphcormack.bsky.social - a highly readable account of fakirism, spiritualism and occultism in the 20th century, approached through the lives of two key figures: Tahra Bey and Dr Dahesh.

Palestinian Scholarship

Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...

Ozge Samanci on visualising Istanbul’s sociopolitical currents Turkey Book Talk #223 – Ozge Samanci, artist and associate professor at Northwestern University, on her new graphic novel “Evil Eyes Sea” (Uncivilized Books). The semi-autobiographical story i…

From the archive 🎧⌛️

Ozge Samanci on visualising Istanbul’s sociopolitical currents in her wonderful graphic novel “Evil Eyes Sea” (@unciv.bsky.social)

turkeybooktalk.com/2024/07/16/o...

🚨📢 OPPORTUNITIES TO #FUND YOUR TRAVELS AND RESEARCH 🚨📢

The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) is thrilled to announce eight grant and scholarship opportunities for students and junior and senior researchers!
Find out more at biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor...
#researchfunding #türkiyeresearch

Today is #dyscalculiaday !

Life isn’t always easy as someone with dyscalculia and there is far too little awareness of it

Today @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social launched resources for employers to support staff with dyscalculia. Proud to have been involved:

dyscalculianetwork.com/dyscalculia-in…

Brilliant article outlining policy priorities on #dyscalculia by Baroness Bull. It is hard to over emphasise how important this is. If you read one thing today on #dyscalculiaday, let it be this

What happens if Istanbul's water supplies run dry? Istanbul is one of the world's biggest cities, growing larger still every year. Its rapid expansion is putting enormous stress on its water supplies.

Great to see the BIAA, our chair James Crow, Ender Peker & Akgün İlhan featured in this article for the BBC on water sustainability in Istanbul bbc.in/3XfbfIu

For more on this topic, listen to the latest episode of Heritage Türkiye with Dr Peker on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcasts: surl.li/lwjgze

What do you think about this mornings news of potential changes to #GCSEMaths?

www.ft.com/content/85f7...

What would you like to see in place for learners with #dyscalculia #mathsdifficulties ?
@petetalksstuff.bsky.social @peterjcherry.bsky.social

Heritage Türkiye is back! In this episode, Dr Ender Peker talks about his research into sustainable water management across Türkiye.

YouTube: youtu.be/2lyPBZ_Jz0I?si…

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7l6vs8���

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/her…

Congratulations!

Wow, that project sounds fascinating!

Recorded a personal conversation with @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social about my experiences of #dyscalculia. It’s taken me time to share as it touches on how deeply dyscalculia has shaped me, as always @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social is here to help!

DyscalculiaDay is back this year bigger and better! Check out all we have going on here -

dyscalculianetwork.com/dyscalculia-...

We especially can't wait to launch our new children's pages and share our new mascot, Bloc!

YouTube video by British Institute At Ankara Conservation of Historic Sites with Aylin Orbaşlı

"Conservation of Historic Sites with Aylin Orbaşlı" with Aylin Orbaşlı, Işılay Gürsu and @peterjcherry.bsky.social via @thebiaankara.bsky.social.

Helena. Icon of a white woman with ginger hair wearing blue dungarees. A speech bubble says “Numbers look like a different language. I struggle to read, understand and work with numbers. I rely on tools, friends and family to help me use simple services.”

Interactive dyscalculia persona 👩🏻‍💼

Follow Helena as they try to pay for car mileage using an inaccessible service.

Thanks to Faye Gardner and the HMRC accessibility team.

So happy to be involved in this.