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@syperek
gender/nonhuman/display/art/design @LeverhulmeTrust fellow @lborolondon & @V_and_A. @curatingthesea formerly @counter_frames. Writing many books in my head. Mum
This is happening
Super excited to announce the publication of Oceans for the Documents of Contemporary Art series from @_TheWhitechapel and @mitpress ! mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545341/…
Not exactly news, but…
Oasis are the most damaging pop-cultural force in recent British history. (And their singer is a massive homophobe.) A column I wrote for @GuardianOpinion. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Final reminder to book for Sarah @ArtandWildlife's Founder's Day Lecture at the Linnean Society this Monday! eventbrite.co.uk/e/ecologies-of…
New pub!
'Oceanic Curating', our article for Environmental Humanities' 'In Practice' series is out now! read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-…
Final push for the 'Animal Products' symposium Thursday at V&A and online - now with the full programme! Registration ends at 2pm Wednesday vam.ac.uk/event/ON1bqVYn…

Pleased to share a recording of my talk 'Mediating Gender and Genre in the Blaschka Models' from the Museum of Unnatural History seminar series organised by @DrVerityBurke youtube.com/watch?v=om7oF2…
V&A Research Fellow @syperek has organised an amazing conference with a wild line-up @V_and_A . Animal Products: Intersections of More-Than-Human Design and Display 📅14 November vam.ac.uk/event/bXK6AoWE… 🐯🐍🦊🐞🦤
Call for PhD projects, fully funded by the fabulous @TECHNEDTP scheme @ahrcpress, to undertake innovative research with my wonderful colleagues at the Institute for Creative Futures @lborolondon @lborouniversity - please share! findaphd.com/phds/project/t…
My girl Dr Sarah Wade, Associate Professor in Museum Studies, UEA, will be delivering this year's Linnean Society Founder's Day Lecture, which will undoubtedly be excellent
In more exciting news, our own @ArtandWildlife will be delivering a lecture on 'Ecologies of Display | Contemporary Art in Natural History Collections' at the Linnaean Society, 2 December, 6pm members.linnean.org/events/6708040…
What a fabulous upcoming programme from @radarlboro @lborouniversity !
We're excited to introduce our new programme, Rehearsals (for a world we could live in), running from 2024-2026! Find out more and browse our first events here: radar.lboro.ac.uk/projects/rehea…
Huge congratulations to @Eleanormorgan_ for winning this prestigious award! You can learn more about El’s fascinating art and research at the ‘Animal Products’ symposium* at the V&A, 14 November *shameless plug
The Trust is thrilled to announce the 2024 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners. Congratulations to this year's cohort. Thirty extraordinary researchers from across a range of disciplines: leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2024PLP
Animal Products: Intersections of More-Than-Human Design and Display I am ridiculously excited for this event, and I hope you'll consider coming along. Nov 14, @V_and_A, in-person and online. Congratulations and gratitude to @syperek for all of it. vam.ac.uk/event/ON1bqVYn…
Listening to @BBCInOurTime on Benjamin Disraeli and thinking someone should write a comparative study of C19 Byron fanboys with contemporary Bob Dylan fanboys (but not me as I know nothing about either)
Excited to share the cfp for our panel at @caavisual in New York in February: SEA INSIDE: OCEANIC INTERIORITY IN ART AND VISUAL CULTURE. Please share and submit! (Deadline 29 August!) caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webpr…