Grant Macaskill
@GrantMacaskill
Durham Uni (sep 2025), now at Aberdeen. Professor of New Testament. #actuallyautistic, Long Covid awareness. Also https://thechairmaker.bandcamp.com/releases
Study Shows a Need for Vigilance When Observing Long COVID Symptoms in Younger Children | Rutgers University rutgers.edu/news/study-sho…
Don’t miss your chance to read new Cambridge Element Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature by Shaily Shashikant Patel Free access available until 31 July. cup.org/4kJQNbC #cambridgeelements #religion
Clip Sarah Boothby on todays BBC Breakfast segment on the UK government's new #MECFS Delivery Plan “I was accused of fabricating Maeve’s symptoms right up to the point in which she died. Two days before she died, we were subject to safeguarding investigations.”
Clip of Dr @BinitaKane speaking on BBC Breakfast about the new #MECFS delivery plan. The plan changes nothing now. “There are no commissioned services, so clinicians can’t practice this medicine within it. That forces both doctors and patients into the private sector.”
This will happen again and again until the NHS & medical institutions learn about #MECFS #LongCovid and other energy limiting conditions. In 2022, a CAMHS psychologist told me I was causing Anna's illness by my own "anxiety". That's quite a powerful weapon I apparently wield!
Clip Sarah Boothby on todays BBC Breakfast segment on the UK government's new #MECFS Delivery Plan “I was accused of fabricating Maeve’s symptoms right up to the point in which she died. Two days before she died, we were subject to safeguarding investigations.”
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Come join our wonderful department! An exciting new postdoc opportunity to work with the history of Catholicism team, deadline 27 July. A two-year post working closely with colleagues in @CCSDham. More info here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
Come join our wonderful department! An exciting new postdoc opportunity to work with the history of Catholicism team, deadline 27 July. A two-year post working closely with colleagues in @CCSDham. More info here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
An updated call for papers for Life and Love Transfigured: Exclusive losing New Horizons in the Franciscan Tradition. A Conference to Mark the 800th Anniversary of the Death of St. Francis of Assisi. 14-16 April 2026. Bursary information for students and ECRs now attached.
We’re proud to share a powerful piece written by our founder, Nicola Lathey, on a topic close to many - autism. "We’re not seeing an epidemic of neurodivergence. We’re witnessing the correction of decades of systematic oversight." Read more below... 🦉
A Parent Told Me 'Everyone Seems To Have Autism These Days' – Here's What I Want Them To Know huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/everyone…
Lucia Luck, CCS-supported PhD researcher at @Durham_Theology has given a paper at the @CatholicRS annual conference on John Lingard, Unitarians and radical politics in Liverpool in the 19th century #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism
It is worth sharing this again, in the hope that people will appreciate that the underlying physical and physiological mechanisms of #PEM and #longcovid cannot be ignored. It is one publication within a massive body of literature on the topic. cell.com/trends/endocri…
Das dritte Webinar der @oeg_mecfs von 2024 ist nun online, mit @kahryn_hoffmann, @chris_puta, @sunsopeningband, Markus Gole und Eva Untersmayr-Elsenhuber. Thematisch geht es um PEM, immunologische, neuropsychologische Aspekte. DFP-Punkte gibt es auch ;) mecfs.at/2025-webinar/
Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. The scheme provides exceptional UK-based early-career researchers with the chance to enhance their research and teaching experience within an academic setting. Learn more and apply: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdo…
public should be aware that transmission of Borrelia Burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes #Lyme disease can happen sooner than 24-36 hours. In fact, nymph ticks (much harder to spot than full-grown) have been known to transmit Lyme to a host in under 12 hours. Furthermore, 2/
What do grand (and thus abstractified/delocalized) narratives about disciplinary change *erase* that attention to local stories--and local knowledge-making and local difference-bridging--permit us to see? This is among the questions that I here explore: humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/patristics-f…
We're delighted to have been ranked as the number one Theology and Religious Studies department in the UK in the @compuniguide 2026 rankings! The ranking is testament to the excellent work of our wonderful colleagues. thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/…