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Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · 12h

Listen to our new podcast: @benbgdalton.bsky.social and @drmariatomlinson.bsky.social discuss our special issue on the BUMIDOM with @awimbush.bsky.social and Jennifer Boum Make.
@asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Modern & Contemporary France podcasts | MCF

This series of podcasts accompanies special issues of our journal.

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asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · 7h

Our Initiative Fund is open for applications until 𝟯𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: a small grant to help defray the costs of research events intended to benefit a wide public, such as conferences, study days, workshops & support for postgraduate activities.

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 6h

Please check out our wonderful new website and join in the activities of the association by renewing/taking out membership for 2026!

asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · 7h

asmcf.org has a fresh look!

Follow the link to find all our news, the details and application forms for our prizes and funds, and information about our journal @francemodern.bsky.social

Have a peek at our brand new website here:

Home | ASMCF

We exist to promote, support and share new research into modern and contemporary France and the French-speaking world, focusing on history, cinema and…

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 6h

Pleased to have established the new *Global Cultures of Health and Illness* research centre at QUB.

Watch this space for future plans and do get in touch if you’d like to collaborate.

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Claire Dubois @clairedubois.bsky.social · 1d

Check out this piece on the multilingual skills of the Irish revolutionary generation authored with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social and Mark O’Rawe!
And our digital exhibition tracing the history of visual representations of the Irish revolution in France!

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How Irish revolutionaries used French language to secure support

The multilingual skills of the revolutionary generation helped them to amplify Ireland's cause on the world stage

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 1d

Today's most read on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Check out our new digital exhibition tracing the history of visual representations of the Irish revolution in France: @clairedubois.bsky.social
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...

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How Irish revolutionaries used French language to secure support

The multilingual skills of the revolutionary generation helped them to amplify Ireland's cause on the world stage

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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 2d

Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages

www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...

Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages - HEPI

This guest blog was kindly authored by Dr Charlotte Ryland, Director of the Translation Exchange. ‘Languages are not just a skillset, they’re a mindset.’ I still remember where I was when a teacher ...

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 1d

A treat to receive the hard copy of @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @oliviaglaze.bsky.social’s special issue, ‘Reading bodies: Narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s-1960s&beyond)’. Looking forward to reading all the articles. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/jrs/25/3

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 16d

Sorry to hear this news. Nigel was a very supportive external examiner with us at QUB for several years.

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you!

Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 29d

A very interesting approach to Jean-Paul Sartre’s screenplay Typhus, by Steven Wilson liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944): Journal of Romance Studies: Vol 25, No 3

Moving beyond an understanding of colonialism as a metaphor for individual doctor–patient relationships and towards an analysis of the political consequences of colonialism for the operation of disease on specific communities, this article analyses ...

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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 21d

21 November ILCS event on thinking strategically about the challenges faced by language educators.
Don't miss it, sign up now!
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Thinking Strategically: Challenges Facing Language Educators – ILCS

An online event with the ILCS focussing on issues faced by language educators will take place on 21st November 2025, featuring Megan Bowler (Oxford), Emma Cayley (Leeds and UCFL), and Charles Forsd…

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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 25d

Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England

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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England

This Special Collection comprises contributions to the debate on languages across the school curriculum from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. It aims to support the strengthening...

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 27d

The latest JRS special issue explores multilingual & transcultural narratives of health and illness in European literatures (1870s–1960s+).
Read the introduction to the issue #OpenAccess.
➡️ bit.ly/JRS-Reading-Bodies
@ilcs.bsky.social @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @profstevenwilson.bsky.social

Cover image for the Journal of Romance Studies, Volume 25, Number 3, Autumn 2025. The left side shows the journal cover with a decorative tile motif. On the right, text reads: Reading Bodies: Narrating Illness in European Literatures and Cultures (1870s to 1960s and beyond), edited by Katharine Murphy and Olivia Glaze. Logos of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, the School of Advanced Study (University of London), and Liverpool University Press are also displayed, with a green banner at the bottom reading “Special Issue.”

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · Sep 16

Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm

Contents | Journal of Romance Studies 25, 3

This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · Sep 16

Hot off the press! So happy to share our extended special issue of JRS on 'Reading bodies: narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s to 1960s and beyond)'. 🩺📖 @profstevenwilson.bsky.social @ryanlor.bsky.social @nicolasfmedina.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · Sep 16

Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm

Contents | Journal of Romance Studies 25, 3

This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · Sep 15

New publication: ‘Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944)’, in Journal of Romance Studies special issue Reading bodies: Narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s-1960s & beyond) liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944): Journal of Romance Studies: Vol 25, No 3

Moving beyond an understanding of colonialism as a metaphor for individual doctor–patient relationships and towards an analysis of the political consequences of colonialism for the operation of disease on specific communities, this article analyses ...

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · Sep 15

New publication: ‘Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944)’, in Journal of Romance Studies special issue Reading bodies: Narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s-1960s & beyond) liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944): Journal of Romance Studies: Vol 25, No 3

Moving beyond an understanding of colonialism as a metaphor for individual doctor–patient relationships and towards an analysis of the political consequences of colonialism for the operation of disease on specific communities, this article analyses ...

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · Sep 7

This whole thread.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Honoured, humbled and slightly daunted to have been elected President of @asmcf.bsky.social at the Canterbury conference (and to have delivered a keynote…). Thanks to members for your confidence. To all in French studies, including PGs and ECRs: come and join us!

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · Aug 30

Poppy, 14, loving summer nights on the beach

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · Aug 28

Rice University is seeking to appoint a

✅Tenure-track
✅Assistant or Associate Prof of #MedicalHumanities
💻Specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine & health in the 20th-21st centuries

Apply by 31 Oct to work with this amazing group! apply.interfolio.com/172836

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · Aug 28

Terrific first visit to Bern. Hope to have many opportunities to return to this beautiful, fascinating city🇨🇭

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · Aug 26

The glorious, breathtaking Swiss Alps. Could stay here forever!

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · Aug 22

Current status: Unavailable.

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢 Introducing LUP Open Languages – a Subscribe to Open initiative supporting access to research in languages, literatures & cultures.
From French & Catalan to Hispanic & Francophone studies, explore journals with archives dating back to 1923.
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