She/Her | PhD Researcher | MSc BioArch🦴 | BA Ancient History and Archaeology🏛 | Underrepresented Archaeologies Youth Engagement Neurodiversity Acceptance

Joined October 2015
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Oops the pinned tweet was outdated again! Hi, I'm Megan! I'm a PhD researcher and Graduate Teaching Fellow volunteering with @CIfA_EC - I'm passionate about encouraging inclusion in heritage and archaeology, and am an #ActuallyAutistic neurodiversity advocate
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I have made the move bsky.app/profile/meg-sch.bsk…

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Megan Schlanker MSc retweeted
🏆Prize announcement! #CFP #History We're excited to announce that submissions are open for our Olivette Otele Prize for Black, UK-based PhD students. This is an opportunity for academic excellence to be recognised and showcased! Please keep reading... #OlivetteOtelePrize (1)
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Looking forward to the @MuseumsAssoc conference in Leeds in a few weeks! Hopefully see some familiar faces there 😊
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Megan Schlanker MSc retweeted
Megan Schlanker will also be a Regional Rep for us! (@meg_sch)
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Marking my first full year at the University of Lincoln with an @EMDocNetwork Conference presentation with @jaynettles123 ✨️ We combined our research interests to present on "Children's Access to the Archive: Past, Present and Future" #EMDoc #PhDlife #twitterstorians
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Megan Schlanker MSc retweeted
The Archaeo-Sexism exhibition is travelling to #EAA2024 in Rome! You too? Drop by (and bring your colleagues) to learn more about this important issue 👍🏻 Great work by the organisers including BBLab's Marta Hlad. @archaeologyEAA @age_eaa @payetatruelle
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Were you aged between 5-18 years old before the year 2000? Would you like to take part in an anonymous online survey forming the basis of PhD research? Questions will relate to your childhood experiences, particularly your school life and visits to museums. (1/2)
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I am particularly seeking participants from #NorthernIreland - if you meet the criteria for this study please consider contributing or sharing with your networks! You must have been 5-18 prior to 2000, and have spent your childhood in the UK. Link: forms.office.com/e/kR0xs4TYM… (2/2)
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Please do share with your networks, I am still seeking participants for this research
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To participate you must be 18 , have been aged between 5-18 before 2000, and have spent your childhood in the UK. More information available on flyer attached. To participate, scan the QR code or follow this link: forms.office.com/e/kR0xs4TYM… (2/2)
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It was wonderful to present some of my research at the @socialhistsoc conference earlier this year - if anyone who heard my paper is interested in sharing their own childhood museum experiences, more information is available in this thread
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To participate you must be 18 , have been aged between 5-18 before 2000, and have spent your childhood in the UK. More information available on flyer attached. To participate, scan the QR code or follow this link: forms.office.com/e/kR0xs4TYM… (2/2)
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Megan Schlanker MSc retweeted
We are hugely looking forward to this event in October. It will be a fantastic opportunity to learn from experts in local & place based Black British History.
We’re delighted to announce that in collaboration with the @ihr_history & @VCH_London we’ll be running this event exploring how #local & #place-based research could more effectively engage with #BlackBritishHistory - all welcome to join us online - history.ac.uk/events/local-p…
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To participate you must be 18 , have been aged between 5-18 before 2000, and have spent your childhood in the UK. More information available on flyer attached. To participate, scan the QR code or follow this link: forms.office.com/e/kR0xs4TYM… (2/2)
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Megan Schlanker MSc retweeted
If you can't make the conference, our papers will be available on our YouTube channel and we have a selection of papers already available 👉youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… #ECArch2024 🧵2/2
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Some great papers in panel 3 of #ECArch2024 today, on the theme of Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities in archaeology and heritage @CIfA_EC #FestivalOfArchaeology
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The final panel 2 presenter is Jillian Reid on seal matrices and medieval women #ECArch2024 @CIfA_EC
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Megan Schlanker MSc retweeted
Are you a Masters student, PhD or ECR in the field of medieval art history, architecture, or archaeology? Send over an abstract for a paper for the 2024 postgrad conference! Deadline for submissions: 31st August 2024  wp.me/p3HrnP-5Fx
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The next panel 2 presentation is from Jenny Carey Mikkelsen - "Que(e)rying boy body research: the bog beyond the human" #ECArch2024 @CIfA_EC
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In spite of wifi issues, Kirsty Turnbull is here to present the paper "A Womb with a (Re)View", a re-evaluation of the Central Italian uterus votive #ECArch2024 @CIfA_EC
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Cameron Bernard's paper "The Graves Speak" focuses on how Bronze Age Cretan burials represent Minoan Women #ECArch2024 @CIfA_EC
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Panel 2 starting off with Jess Hornby on Iron Age identity #ECArch2024 @CIfA_EC
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