Dan Hicks

💥 EVERY MONUMENT WILL FALL PAPERBACK TOUR SPRING 2026 💥 💫 Siena, Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester, London, Bristol, Toronto, Pristina, Clevedon 💫 🔥 Tickets >> www.danhicks.uk/talks 🙏

Join me at Princeton University when I deliver the 2027 Haley Lecture at Princeton University on Thursday 25 Feb 2027 — for an early preview of my forthcoming book WORLD WAR ZERO: HOW COLONIAL WARS MADE OUR WORLD - link to sign up here >> linktr.ee/danhicks

a protest against the "250 years of the USA" theme of a fundraising ball at the British Museum this evening — joining the dots between settler colonialism across the centuries and the ethics of corporate sponsorship today

💥delighted to be in Chicago for this major international symposium on Religion, Art and Provenance at the Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago especially looking forward to our panel on ethical considerations for provenance research and restitution smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/events/sympo...

Chronicle Heritage, the largest cultural resources management firm in the US, abruptly shuttered its operations last week. The sudden closure leaves many archaeologists without work just as the US field season is coming to a close. This is a developing story. 🧪🏺 #Archaeology at @science.org

💥Princeton! See you in February for a preview of my next book - when I deliver the 2027 Haley Lecture #worldwarzero artandarchaeology.princeton.edu/whats/events...

I checked my pigeon hole in college today, and was thrilled to discover that the Chinese edition of #brutishmuseums has arrived — complete with a very special bookmark which I will treasure. (not least because my next book has a chapter on the 1860 sacking of the Summer Palace in Beijing)

#readinglist for next summer. What a fabulous title.

like many that conference speech brought tears to my eyes, in a good way—thank God we finally have some real leadership in this country #Burnham

As the academic year begins, I’m happy to report it’s been a very productive summer. Yesterday I finished a very intense round of edits for my next book, my most ambitious to date. I can’t wait to share it — out next June 💫

💫 www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Today, 18.00, Berlin — Looking forward to giving my keynote talk at the Ecommemoration Transgressive Memory Festival—free entry, details >> www.transgressivememoryfestival.com#programme

A real triumph @1972shp.bsky.social this summer, Dan, I agree! Like you, I'll still thinking through the very powerful ideas that the conference shared (I'm blown away by @profdanhicks.bsky.social book, not least!). Thank you for curating this powerful learning experience for us all so expertly!

Dear BBC News, If you'd like to actually fulfill your mandate to inform the public of the reasons people take small boats please feel free to invite me onto any of your shows. I'm a world expert in this with an award winning book on the topic. Or you can just have a man stood shouting in the sea.

👀 www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

#Academics let's celebrate the edited book chapter! What is an edited book chapter that you're particularly proud of, or one you think deserves more readers? Mine is this one... The Money Shot: falling, burning, vanishing in manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719096259/

this is an excellent and clear piece from @stephenkb.bsky.social on Jason Arday

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

we need to talk about the limits to academic freedom in our national museums any culture of closing down the full range of debate about legacy colonial museums and their collections would always have no place in a bona fide research institution www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/h...

@danlyndon.bsky.social speaking to @profdanhicks.bsky.social about his route into history. Highlighting the interdisciplinarity which has underscored so much of this #SHP26 conference. #historyteacher @1972shp.bsky.social

👀 www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi...

Brilliant journalism here from @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social: www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/ex... I hate to say I told you so but I told you so. Many, many times and in the face of enormous criticism. It was historical accuracy, it was audience testing… as I said all along: it was Zionism.

Exclusive: @britishmuseum.bsky.social director Nick Cullinan made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays | Middle East Eye www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/ex...

Exclusive: How British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays - https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/exclusive-how-british-museum-made-false-claims-about-its-removal-palestine-displays

“Dan Hicks said, ‘A clear, substantive, comprehensive, and fully transparent statement about the timeline, rationale, and process for these changes to public-facing signage is now urgently needed.’. “What could there possibly be to hide?’” full story >> www.middleeasteye.net/news/campaig...

a little louder for those at the back — the issue addressed here is one of the most important arts, culture and museums stories in 2026, exposing crucial and unanswered questions about process, transparency, and influence

Coming 10th September - the FIFTH book in our Writing... series for Dead Ink Books! This one's on creative non-fiction, including memoir, autofiction and personal essays, from the likes of Kit de Waal, Kirsty Logan, Nikesh Shukla & many more Open for preorders now: deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

NOOOOOO! Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv‑Pechersk Lavra — a UNESCO World Heritage site and priceless cultural landmark — has been struck and is burning.

Thank you Toronto! An amazing few days giving four talks in five days about #everymonumentwillfall, culminating in a wonderful at-capacity talk at Toronto Public Library last night 💥💫

💥 TORONTO and PRISTINA—three upcoming #everymonumentwillfall book events ✨ Wed June 3 Toronto's Type Books with Ilana Shamoon 💫 Fri June 5 Toronto Public Library with Sameer Farooq & Tandazani Dhlakama 🔥 Wed 10 June Pristina National Library of Kosovo with Francoise Vergès 👉 www.danhicks.uk/talks

💥 TORONTO and PRISTINA—three upcoming #everymonumentwillfall book events ✨ Wed June 3 Toronto's Type Books with Ilana Shamoon 💫 Fri June 5 Toronto Public Library with Sameer Farooq & Tandazani Dhlakama 🔥 Wed 10 June Pristina National Library of Kosovo with Francoise Vergès 👉 www.danhicks.uk/talks

The far right is being racist. Here's why it's the left's fault. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

💥Toronto! See you there www.eventbrite.ca/e/sameer-far...

💥 Every Monument Will Fall is an experiment that asks the question: Is it possible to build a community by writing a book? 💫 tonight in Bristol that felt possible 🙏 thank you so much to @drmaimusie.bsky.social and everyone who came to our sold-out event in Bristol tonight ✨ links in my bio

It is with deep sadness that Dr Marianne Moen and I resigned our positions as Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Archaeology this morning. What follows is the letter we sent to the EAA's executive board, outlining the reasons for our resignation 1/n

crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house