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Misha Ewen was shortlisted for the Eccles Institute and Hay Festival Global Writers Award for her book Imperial Ties: An Intimate History of Women and the British Empire, to be published by Picador.  

Daniel Molto (PI) and Tony Booth (co-I) have won a grant of up to £10,000 from the Templeton Foundation from their Global Philosophy of Religion Public Engagement and Impact Funding Scheme. This will enable Sussex to host a series of public talks on Sufi Philosophy, and also an exhibition of facsimile Sufi manuscripts from the famous collection at the Ahmed Baba Institute, Timbuktu. 

Lisa Peck has been awarded Senior Fellowship of Advance HE. Awarded in recognition of advanced pedagogic practice, the Senior Fellowship celebrates work in Higher Education that influences the practice of others. 

Tom Davies and Clive Webb’s article, ‘Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights’ has been published by History Today. The article argues that women like Flemming played crucial, but often overlooked, roles in the civil rights struggle, with her lawsuit and activism predating more famous acts of resistance and underlining that the movement was a broad coalition rather than a story of a few icons.  

Misha Ewen reviewed Heiresses by Margaret Kaufmann in History Today. Misha describes the book about the British establishment's ties with Caribbean slavery as a timely contribution to the conversation around reparations.  

David Hendy, Emeritus Professor wrote an article for The Independent, ‘The BBC has crisis in its bones but this feels much darker’, which takes a historical view of accusations of bias facing the BBC. He looks at how the corporation has responded to pressures on everything from the 1926 general strike to the Suez crisis and 2003 claims of manufactured information to support the Iraq war. David’s article ‘The BBC’s reputation in the eye of the storm’, published on French website RFI, argues that in a fair and transparent process the BBC would be able to demonstrate its good faith, while Trump would have far fewer grounds for defence.  

Martin Spinelli was quoted on the popularity of podcasts in the article ‘Video podcasts become next streaming battleground’ in Japanese newspaper, Japan Today. He said video podcasts are growing much faster than older mediums and it's an attractive area for investors.  

David Tal discussed on LBC Radio the deepening security relationship between Israel and Germany, including arms cooperation and political alignment. He noted that such ties reflect long-established strategic interests rather than any historical surprise. 

Lizzie Thynne, Professor Emerita of Film gave a talk, 'Bodies on the Line: First person films about violence against women' at Docudonna film festival in Massa Marittima, Tuscany in November. This is the third year Lizzie has collaborated with the festival which foregrounds documentaries by women directors. 

Tom Wright’s article ‘How to sell a tax rise’ was published in The New Statesman, ahead of Rachel Reeves’ new budget announcement.