@a-niloingsigh.bsky.social
Independent researcher working on environmental humanities. Figuring out what the hedgeland, the commons, the garden, the woods can teach us about pasts and presents.
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The Higher Education sector has to get out there and defend itself, on the front foot, fighting fire with fire. Its enemies are coming at it. But it's just asleep at the wheel.
Bangor is a truly great university - one of our best. It's got a fantastic student experience and wonderful teaching. Anyone would be proud to go there. (1/2)
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
About the University
www.bangor.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The Higher Education sector has to get out there and defend itself, on the front foot, fighting fire with fire. Its enemies are coming at it. But it's just asleep at the wheel.
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Hommage à Martin de La Soudière, ethnologue du rural, arpenteur des lieux de peu
La chercheuse Anouchka Vasak se souvient d’un poète sensible aux lisières, aux seuils, aux transitions de paysages.
La chercheuse Anouchka Vasak se souvient d’un poète sensible aux lisières, aux seuils, aux transitions de paysages.
Hommage à Martin de La Soudière, ethnologue du rural, arpenteur des lieux de peu
Le spécialiste des paysages ruraux et des saisons est mort le 2 février. La chercheuse Anouchka Vasak se souvient d’un poète sensible aux lisières, aux seuils, aux transitions de paysages.
www.liberation.fr
February 8, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Hommage à Martin de La Soudière, ethnologue du rural, arpenteur des lieux de peu
La chercheuse Anouchka Vasak se souvient d’un poète sensible aux lisières, aux seuils, aux transitions de paysages.
La chercheuse Anouchka Vasak se souvient d’un poète sensible aux lisières, aux seuils, aux transitions de paysages.
Burnout: a topic that needs urgent addressing in my crisis-ridden profession (academia) as well as the health professions discussed here. (For a political history, Hannah Proctor's 'Burnout: the Emotional Experience of Political Defeat' is great.) bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis...
Burnout Free Working - Bedside Reading
I'm really pleased today to welcome Dr Richard Duggins to Bedside Reading to talk about his book, Burnout Free Working.We know that burnout is incredibly common in all professionals, particularly in h...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Burnout: a topic that needs urgent addressing in my crisis-ridden profession (academia) as well as the health professions discussed here. (For a political history, Hannah Proctor's 'Burnout: the Emotional Experience of Political Defeat' is great.) bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis...
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Important! AHRC is looking for a new Executive Chair. A critical role for arts and humanities. £160k - £170k. Please share widely to help get the best possible field!
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February 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Important! AHRC is looking for a new Executive Chair. A critical role for arts and humanities. £160k - £170k. Please share widely to help get the best possible field!
fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Reading = a superpower. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign
The musician is championing the annual Quick Reads initiative, which will release six short, digestible titles for ‘nonreaders and lapsed readers’ in April for £1 each
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Reading = a superpower. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
"Never mind the jobs you had, five classes you took in college."
1. Late nineteenth/early twentieth-c German working-class poetry
2. Avant garde Belgian theatre (esp Michel de Ghelderode!)
3. French Algerian literature
4. History of the French language
5. European Romanticism
1. Late nineteenth/early twentieth-c German working-class poetry
2. Avant garde Belgian theatre (esp Michel de Ghelderode!)
3. French Algerian literature
4. History of the French language
5. European Romanticism
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Never mind the jobs you had, five classes you took in college.
1. Philosophy of Education (Education Dept)
2. French Novel (French Dept).
3. Professional Irish (Irish Dept)
4.Performance Analysis (1 & 4) Drama Dept.
4. Scenarios/Cinema. (Dept. Arts et Spectacles)
Never mind the jobs you had, five classes you took in college.
1. Philosophy of Education (Education Dept)
2. French Novel (French Dept).
3. Professional Irish (Irish Dept)
4.Performance Analysis (1 & 4) Drama Dept.
4. Scenarios/Cinema. (Dept. Arts et Spectacles)
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Never mind the jobs you had, five classes you took in college
1. Differential Calculus
2. Advanced Organic Chemistry
3. Marxist Cultural Criticism (English dept.)
4. Postwar Black Drama (Theatre dept.)
5. Postmodernism and Postructuralism (Art History dept.)
Never mind the jobs you had, five classes you took in college
1. Differential Calculus
2. Advanced Organic Chemistry
3. Marxist Cultural Criticism (English dept.)
4. Postwar Black Drama (Theatre dept.)
5. Postmodernism and Postructuralism (Art History dept.)
February 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
"Never mind the jobs you had, five classes you took in college."
1. Late nineteenth/early twentieth-c German working-class poetry
2. Avant garde Belgian theatre (esp Michel de Ghelderode!)
3. French Algerian literature
4. History of the French language
5. European Romanticism
1. Late nineteenth/early twentieth-c German working-class poetry
2. Avant garde Belgian theatre (esp Michel de Ghelderode!)
3. French Algerian literature
4. History of the French language
5. European Romanticism
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Jobs! Incredible stuff. Good to see.
Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
Current Vacancies - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Jobs! Incredible stuff. Good to see.
The African American Read-In (month of February) was launched by US English teachers to create a bigger audience for African American authors. Easy to make it part of the UK national year of reading ncte.org/get-involved...
African American Read-In
African American Read-In
ncte.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The African American Read-In (month of February) was launched by US English teachers to create a bigger audience for African American authors. Easy to make it part of the UK national year of reading ncte.org/get-involved...
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Scotland based people!
@pbresnihan.bsky.social will be coming to Edinburgh to discuss his new book From the Bog to the Cloud: Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland, co-authored with Patrick Brodie. 17 February, 3.30pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: From the Bog to the Cloud, with Patrick Bresnihan
Patrick Bresnihan, co-author of From the Bog to the Cloud: Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland, joins us to discuss his new book.
www.eventbrite.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Scotland based people!
Postgrads in French-language related postcolonial studies: come to Cork on June 12th to deliver your paper on 'Common Ground: Locating Solidarities in the Francophone Postcolonial World'. Call for papers below, abstract deadline 2nd March.
SFPS PG and ECR Study Day 2026 – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
sfps.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Postgrads in French-language related postcolonial studies: come to Cork on June 12th to deliver your paper on 'Common Ground: Locating Solidarities in the Francophone Postcolonial World'. Call for papers below, abstract deadline 2nd March.
History teaches the warning signs and also how to respond, again and again. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/10-r...
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 AM
History teaches the warning signs and also how to respond, again and again. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/10-r...
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Our next French Presse is this Sunday at 3pm ET! Join Alice Conklin and Dan Sherman in conversation about Dan's new book Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890-1940 (Chicago, 2025). Register at Eventbrite here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/french-pre...
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French Presse: Dan Sherman and Alice Conklin on Sensations!
Alice Conklin in conversation with Dan Sherman about his book Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890-1940
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January 22, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Our next French Presse is this Sunday at 3pm ET! Join Alice Conklin and Dan Sherman in conversation about Dan's new book Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890-1940 (Chicago, 2025). Register at Eventbrite here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/french-pre...
www.eventbrite.com/e/french-pre...
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Minneapolis CWA Prez talks about how they built momentum for the General Strike.
Mobilizing non-union workers & small-business supporters to shut down the city through community & online tactics involves tactics unions normally don't use.
Do read!
paydayreport.com/minnesota-la...
Mobilizing non-union workers & small-business supporters to shut down the city through community & online tactics involves tactics unions normally don't use.
Do read!
paydayreport.com/minnesota-la...
Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National
“Flexibility is important. I also think having initiative and decentralizing the campaign, letting different people put their own sort of stamp on it, is just a normal way movements exist,” says Knuts...
paydayreport.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Minneapolis CWA Prez talks about how they built momentum for the General Strike.
Mobilizing non-union workers & small-business supporters to shut down the city through community & online tactics involves tactics unions normally don't use.
Do read!
paydayreport.com/minnesota-la...
Mobilizing non-union workers & small-business supporters to shut down the city through community & online tactics involves tactics unions normally don't use.
Do read!
paydayreport.com/minnesota-la...
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TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
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Wondering how you can help folks in Minnesota? Here's a site aggregating resources: www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Wondering how you can help folks in Minnesota? Here's a site aggregating resources: www.standwithminnesota.com
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Check out the CFP for our PG and ECR study day! Friday 12th June 2026, University College Cork. In-person and online- and the deadline for abstracts is March 2nd!
sfps.org.uk/2026/01/13/s...
sfps.org.uk/2026/01/13/s...
SFPS PG and ECR Study Day 2026 – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
sfps.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Check out the CFP for our PG and ECR study day! Friday 12th June 2026, University College Cork. In-person and online- and the deadline for abstracts is March 2nd!
sfps.org.uk/2026/01/13/s...
sfps.org.uk/2026/01/13/s...
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Delighted to share the CFP for the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate and ECR Study Day, happening on Friday 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social. This year we are also opening the call up to final-year UG students and MA students. Please share widely!
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Delighted to share the CFP for the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate and ECR Study Day, happening on Friday 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social. This year we are also opening the call up to final-year UG students and MA students. Please share widely!
'The intensity of Big Tech’s insistence on the inevitability and superiority of LLM technology, [...], indicates not the truth of their claim, but their eagerness for it to be accepted as true without debate or critique.' pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf...
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
'The intensity of Big Tech’s insistence on the inevitability and superiority of LLM technology, [...], indicates not the truth of their claim, but their eagerness for it to be accepted as true without debate or critique.' pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf...
"To translate is not just to haul stories across languages, but to help them remain when everything else falls away. It is a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated
The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
"To translate is not just to haul stories across languages, but to help them remain when everything else falls away. It is a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
January 6th. Nollaig na mBan. Women's Christmas in Ireland. Women mustn't lift a finger and should gather together to party.
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM
January 6th. Nollaig na mBan. Women's Christmas in Ireland. Women mustn't lift a finger and should gather together to party.
"How universities can cultivate arts and humanities in practical, affordable ways." That we need articles like this says so much. Good read with good practical ideas. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-u...
How universities can cultivate arts and humanities in practical, affordable ways
Are the arts and humanities still needed as universities retrench staff and cut costs? Patty Raun explains why curtailing or eliminating these disciplines is an egregious mistake
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
"How universities can cultivate arts and humanities in practical, affordable ways." That we need articles like this says so much. Good read with good practical ideas. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-u...
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'One of the most consequential changes [in the September 2025 Immigration White Paper] is the reduction of the Graduate Visa route from 24 to 18 months, which directly undermines the ability of international trainees to complete their Early Career Teacher (ECT) induction.'
WEEKEND READING: The 2025 Immigration White Paper and its impact on international teacher recruitment and retention in MFL and Physics - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Juliette Claro, Lecturer in Education at St Mary’s University Twickenham and Co-chair of the UCET Special Interest Group in Supporting International Trainee Teachers i...
www.hepi.ac.uk
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
'One of the most consequential changes [in the September 2025 Immigration White Paper] is the reduction of the Graduate Visa route from 24 to 18 months, which directly undermines the ability of international trainees to complete their Early Career Teacher (ECT) induction.'
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Pleased to close off the year with my review of Leyla Bouzid's Une histoire d'amour et de désir (2021) appearing in Imaginaries: a film that has the distinction of being among the few I know to largely be structured around a semester of comp lit seminars! Link below:
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
Confronting Banlieue Stereotypes in Leyla Bouzid’s Une histoire d’amour et de désir/ A Tale of Love and Desire | Imaginaries
h-france.net
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Pleased to close off the year with my review of Leyla Bouzid's Une histoire d'amour et de désir (2021) appearing in Imaginaries: a film that has the distinction of being among the few I know to largely be structured around a semester of comp lit seminars! Link below:
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
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Unions have been in decline in the UK for 50 years. A new law could begin to reverse that trend | NEW in @uk.theconversation.com from Steven Daniels in HSIR.
Read the full article online: bit.ly/Daniels-The-Conversation
@gftuet.org.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
Read the full article online: bit.ly/Daniels-The-Conversation
@gftuet.org.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Unions have been in decline in the UK for 50 years. A new law could begin to reverse that trend | NEW in @uk.theconversation.com from Steven Daniels in HSIR.
Read the full article online: bit.ly/Daniels-The-Conversation
@gftuet.org.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
Read the full article online: bit.ly/Daniels-The-Conversation
@gftuet.org.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social