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UVic Humanities @uvichumanities.bsky.social Open your mind, transform our world. The Faculty of Humanities at UVic includes studies in English, philosophy, history, gender, languages, religion & culture.
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Harvard Medieval Studies @harvardmedieval.bsky.social For in this regioun, certein,
Dwelleth many a citezein,
Of which that speketh dan Plato.
These ben the eyrish bestes, lo!
UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social SEOS has pioneered, in Canada, the establishment of a research focus in Earth System Science. Our core disciplines are geology, geochemistry, geophysics, oceanography & atmospheric science https://www.uvic.ca/science/seos
UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social We are the University of Victoria's Faculty of Fine Arts in British Columbia, Canada: BC's only stand-alone fine arts faculty with departments of Art History & Visual Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts, Writing + School of Music. https://www.uvic.ca/finearts/
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