John Sabapathy
@jwwsabapathy
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History @UCLHistory & @anthropoceneUCL: institutions, rationalities, environments. Parent governor @creativetallis. Seldom here, try @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social.
London. ❤️/RT=🤔
Joined March 2020
My inaugural lecture @UCLHistory, @AnthropoceneUCL, @UCLSocHistSci, 'Goodbye Cockaigne! Working, eating, & laughing in the #Anthropocene, 1250-2023', is now available online. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 thanks to all who could come! #medievaltwitter .
ucl.ac.uk
Recap the Inaugural Lecture of Professor John Sabapathy - 'Goodbye Cockaigne! Working, eating, & laughing in the Anthropocene, 1250-2023'.
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RT @UCL_ISH: Applications are now open for 70 fully-funded @UCL @EPSRC DTP's 2024-25 studentships in @TheBartlettUCL, spanning Energy, Envi….
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The UCL EPSRC Landscape Award (UELA) has studentships available for 2025-26. Round 2 is now open and will close at 13:00 UK time on Monday 02 June 2025.
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RT @UCLHistory: 🎉@Lauren Lauret published two #OpenAccess books with @FatahBlack and @JorisvandenTol. English trans. - #slavery in the his….
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🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾to friends, students, & colleagues near & far for the lovely turnout & reception of my inaugural lecture on the lands of Cockaigne on a freezing Weds eve @UCLHistory, @AnthropoceneUCL, @UCLSocHistSci. Video coming in due course. #Anthropocene, #Cockaigne.
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RT @gsoh31: In case you missed it earlier, the President, Officers and Council of the @RoyalHistSoc have today issued a very strongly-worde….
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RT @AnthropoceneUCL: Last call for @jwwsabapathy’s inaugural lecture tomorrow 29 November @ucl, @UCLSocHistSci & @UCLHistory!.
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RT @UCL_SDGs: Unlocking the #SDGs is BACK for series 2! On ep 1 join hosts @ProfLakhanpaul & @pritiparikh73 in conversation with @JohannaZS….
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RT @UCLSocHistSci: In the run up to #COP28, Prof Lisa Vanhala’s inaugural lecture ‘Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss and….
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Consumer advisory notice: contains the #Anthropocene, Pieter Bruegel, farting as working, Douglas Adams, #medieval geo-engineering, The Legend of Zelda, edible architecture, courteous promiscuity, arguable utopias, Elon Musk, antidotes to nihilism, & history for a world in ruins.
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Just finished this in advance of my inaugural lecture 29 November 1830 GMT @ucl, @UCLHistory, @UCLSocHistSci, @AnthropoceneUCL. all welcome.
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RT @EHESS_fr: [Hommage].L'EHESS a appris avec une profonde tristesse la disparition de l'historien Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, décédé le 22 no….
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RT @EmilyCorran: The MARS MA open days are tomorrow 10am GMT, and Wednesday 4pm GMT/ 11am EST. The links for the zoom meetings can be found….
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Welcome to UCL History. Our dynamic and diverse history programmes cover over 5,000 years of history across every continent, from the ancient Middle East to twenty-first century America.
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Timely intervention by Musk in that interview as I’m thinking about past fantasies of endless leisure in the land of Cockaigne for 29th November @UCLHistory & @AnthropoceneUCL.
theguardian.com
Using AI to create less and better work would benefit society but getting rid of it altogether would be unproductive, experts say
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Typically to the point analysis from @johngapper, though I’m not sure how university strikes could target bottom lines in a more focused way that wasn’t catastrophic institutionally. ‘Interesting’ to see what Monday will bring.
ft.com
US carworkers have been cleverer with industrial action than the UK’s University and College Union
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Does the past have an expiry date?. This discussion with Georgi @Gospodinov68 and @rodel_angela organized by @BlackerUilleam @UCLSSEES with @AnthropoceneUCL & colleagues will be very exciting indeed.
I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that @UCLSSEES will host International @TheBookerPrizes winner Georgi @Gospodinov68 and @rodel_angela on 1 December. Supported by Bulgarian Cultural Institute, UCL Anthropocene, SSEES Fringe & Prolang Centres. Book now!
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RT @AnthropoceneUCL: Indigenous Ecologies and Environmental Crisis, Nov 8-9. This @UCL_IAS conference invites participants to reflect about….
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RT @UCLHistory: Join UCL History to celebrate John Sabapathy's professorship with a lecture in the Gustave Tuck followed by a reception in….
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