Phil Dodds

You can read my review of @lindaaburnett.bsky.social and @brucealexb.bsky.social's "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820" in @global-ih.bsky.social. It's an outstanding book that grows and grows into something really powerful. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/T5CS2...

"Scalar Aesthetics and the Public Politics of Home" just out in @thegj.bsky.social I look at how scalar relations are culturally produced, transformed and contested, focusing especially on the art of Meriç Algün. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It's soon Sonic Citizens! This year I and @lmc-lu.bsky.social have been helping with the programme, and we have Kate Lacey as keynote speaker (possibly also "keynote listener"...), plus Shortwave Collective, Laura Balboa, Lilian Campesato and loads more. Register here: kulturljudzon.se/index.html

Join us this Thursday (3 Sep) for: - "The Soundscape of Genocide in Gaza" lunchtime lecture by Ellie Armon Azoulay (Durham University) [12.15-13.00, LUX:B240, Lund] fb.me/e/7kXgWLEdp - "The Sound of Democracy Dying: Listening Sessions" [17.00-19.00, Inter Arts Centre, Malmö] fb.me/e/7rIpj42zs

Join us this Thursday (3 Sep) for: - "The Soundscape of Genocide in Gaza" lunchtime lecture by Ellie Armon Azoulay (Durham University) [12.15-13.00, LUX:B240, Lund] fb.me/e/7kXgWLEdp - "The Sound of Democracy Dying: Listening Sessions" [17.00-19.00, Inter Arts Centre, Malmö] fb.me/e/7rIpj42zs

Visited @iurmalmo.bsky.social today to hear, among other interesting things, a presentation of the Gaza Soundmapping Project (ambientgaza.org). Worth checking out and supporting if you're interested in sound archives, sound mapping and the politics of listening in a Palestinian context.

Who owns sound in public space? Come and explore this question in a seminar at the Sound Wells/Frederiksberg Library in Copenhagen on 17 June: www.lmc.lu.se/en/activitie... Part of a partnership with the organisers of The Sound Of exhibition in Malmö/Roskilde: www.modernamuseet.se/en/malmo/exh...

I'm working with fantastic colleagues @sannekr-ogh.bsky.social, Leilani Hermiasih and Fernando Iazzetta on a special issue of Seismograf Peer. Proposals for textual and audio contributions on the theme of *AESTHETIC ALLIANCES* are still welcome until 15 June! See: seismograf.org/sites/defaul...

I was JUST talking with my history of technology students the other day about how Alexa and Siri are ladies but Claude and Grok are dudes and what that might tell us about our relationship with the technological worlds around us

CfA: International Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge (Lund) We invite early career/postdoctoral scholars to join us at LUCK during a period of one week between 2 November and 6 November, 2026. Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/04/13/c...

CFP from some of my colleagues in Lund: edited collection on "Historical Perspectives on Global Disinformation Campaigns and Psychological Operations" sites.google.com/view/histori...

We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum

People working on sound and cities: there are still a few days left to send an abstract for this and be part of a cool session at the Nordic Geographers Meeting in Iceland, 22-25 June. Deadline for abstract submission is this Monday (23 March).

JOB ALERT Lecturer in Scottish Literature @standrewsenglish.bsky.social seeks a scholar with a growing international research reputation within Scottish Literature ca. 1760–present. Deadline for application: 16 April www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

If you're at Lund University and want to organise an event or write a grant application related to sound and sound environments, you can apply for a grant from the Sound Environment Centre @lmc-lu.bsky.social! Deadline for application is 11 March. Details here: www.lmc.lu.se/en/research-...

Any tips on interesting empirical and theoretical work on "silence" from an arts and humanities perspective?

Any tips on interesting empirical and theoretical work on "silence" from an arts and humanities perspective?

Solidarity with students at Iranian universities bravely continuing the protests against state brutality. Among other things they remind us of the importance of universities as spaces for expressing dissent and for striving for social transformation. firenexttime.net/iranian-univ...

If you're at Lund University and want to organise an event or write a grant application related to sound and sound environments, you can apply for a grant from the Sound Environment Centre @lmc-lu.bsky.social! Deadline for application is 11 March. Details here: www.lmc.lu.se/en/research-...

Mini documentary about the SOUND+PURPOSE conference organised by the Sound Environment Centre at the end of November 2025.

Was at Simon Halberg's successful PhD defence this afternoon. His thesis is a work of rare quality, quite a page turner, with a fantastic central argument and focus. It's free to read online and should interest historical and landscape geographers + many others! portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...

Four postdoc fellowships at the Turin Humanities Programme on legacies and interpretations of the Enlightenment; applications welcome by 16 Feb 2026.

I was amazed by the quality of the contributions and discussions at this event last week. I've never heard such thoughtful Q&A questions, for example. I learnt so much and have lots to think about. It was great to host and get to know so many wonderful people. Missing you all already ❤️

If you like sound art and will be in or near Lund this Thursday, you might be interested in this event. It's the public performance session of our SOUND+PURPOSE conference, for which the very exciting programme is now online: www.lmc.lu.se/en/node/591 (NB conference is for invited contributors only)

"There was an area they called ‘the disco’, where they played loud music nonstop for two days straight. This was one of their most notorious and painful torture methods." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

For those of you in Scotland, come along to the launch of Race and the Scottish Enlightenment at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social! Bruce and I will be introducing the book, and we’re thrilled to be joined by the formidable Colin Kidd, Thomas Ahnert, Matthew D Eddy, Rosi Carr and Ian Stewart. Programme⬇️

Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla so now would be a good time to pressure your government to hold Israel to account and ensure everybody's safe return. Kieran Andrieu is one of my oldest friends and I'm worried about him. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...

There are still five days left to submit something for SOUND+PURPOSE hosted in Lund in November. Some really great proposed contributions so far showcasing the strength and variety of research in sound. Come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research!

There are still five days left to submit something for SOUND+PURPOSE hosted in Lund in November. Some really great proposed contributions so far showcasing the strength and variety of research in sound. Come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research!