Kate Ashley
@kmans.bsky.social
Academic. Nova Scotia. Lover of books, beaches, baking, end-of-the-world movies, the 19th century, France, and Scotland. Dix-neuviémiste. Victorianist. Law. RLS.
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Kate Ashley
@kmans.bsky.social
· Nov 17
French Literature starter pack. A work in progress: suggestions welcome! go.bsky.app/8aK9TdE
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This is another routine reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking proposals for themed issues. Do get in touch with me directly if you are interested in submitting a proposal.
Journal details 👇
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Journal details 👇
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...
Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research
Explore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.
www.tandfonline.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This is another routine reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking proposals for themed issues. Do get in touch with me directly if you are interested in submitting a proposal.
Journal details 👇
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...
Journal details 👇
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...
What's this!?
An online conference!?
Dedicated to the ghostly and weird tales! Celebrating 100 years of M R James 'A Warning to the Curious'?
With fantastic authors! Incredible panels! Writing workshops! Fantastic keynote speakers!
Check it out!!
buytickets.at/romancingthe...
An online conference!?
Dedicated to the ghostly and weird tales! Celebrating 100 years of M R James 'A Warning to the Curious'?
With fantastic authors! Incredible panels! Writing workshops! Fantastic keynote speakers!
Check it out!!
buytickets.at/romancingthe...
Buy tickets – A Warning to the Curious: A Ghostly Online Conference – Zoom
Romancing the Gothic presents its fifth annual online conference over two days - 23rd and 24th August. The conference celebrate...
buytickets.at
July 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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British Academy report 'emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs – as essential infrastructure that contributes directly to economic growth and the reduction of social inequalities.'
Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making' without new measurement framework, British Academy report argues
A new report commissioned by the British Academy emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
British Academy report 'emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs – as essential infrastructure that contributes directly to economic growth and the reduction of social inequalities.'
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Looking for a place to shop on Indie Bookstore Day and everyday in Canada? Let me know if I missed ya (sorry not intentional) or if you know a shop that needs to be added! #ShopLocal #IndieBookstores #IndependentBookstores go.bsky.app/VMTA1Qu
April 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Looking for a place to shop on Indie Bookstore Day and everyday in Canada? Let me know if I missed ya (sorry not intentional) or if you know a shop that needs to be added! #ShopLocal #IndieBookstores #IndependentBookstores go.bsky.app/VMTA1Qu
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I'd just like to encourage everyone, but especially ECRs to consider submitting to the North American Journal of Cetlic Studies. I can say from experience that the journal gets fast and effective peer review, which can be a boon for junior scholars.
The North American Journal of Celtic Studies
The North American journal of Celtic studies is the official journal of the Celtic Studies Association of North America
ohiostatepress.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'd just like to encourage everyone, but especially ECRs to consider submitting to the North American Journal of Cetlic Studies. I can say from experience that the journal gets fast and effective peer review, which can be a boon for junior scholars.
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(📣) PROOF UNLOCKED: The first massive report in the three-report PROOF series on The Trump-El Salvador Scandal is now free to the public.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
BREAKING NEWS: America Is Back in the International Slave Trade
A Trump administration filing in federal court in Maryland may be the most shocking confession any presidential administration has made in generations—as it signals a reinstitution of the slave trade.
sethabramson.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
(📣) PROOF UNLOCKED: The first massive report in the three-report PROOF series on The Trump-El Salvador Scandal is now free to the public.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
La vie est meilleure quand la littérature se fait voir.
📚✨ Et si la littérature sortait du livre pour investir la rue ?
Cet article explore comment des projets comme Mes mots, mon quartier et La Rue de la poésie transforment notre rapport à la lecture et à l’écriture. 🌆✍️
doi.org/10.7202/1114...
#littératureurbaine #poésiedequartier #créationcitoyenne
Cet article explore comment des projets comme Mes mots, mon quartier et La Rue de la poésie transforment notre rapport à la lecture et à l’écriture. 🌆✍️
doi.org/10.7202/1114...
#littératureurbaine #poésiedequartier #créationcitoyenne
April 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
La vie est meilleure quand la littérature se fait voir.
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Another day wasted when university presidents & chancellors could have been in front of microphones. The total lack of loud public collective action condemning this & explaining to Americans why this is a complete disaster is utterly maddening.
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bsky.app/profile/mcop...
April 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Another day wasted when university presidents & chancellors could have been in front of microphones. The total lack of loud public collective action condemning this & explaining to Americans why this is a complete disaster is utterly maddening.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Happy to see this book on Education Law in Canada come to fruition. All three authors are Schulich alumni! #education #teachers #law
April 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Happy to see this book on Education Law in Canada come to fruition. All three authors are Schulich alumni! #education #teachers #law
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Us finding out about the tariffs yesterday.
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Us finding out about the tariffs yesterday.
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
DOGE Descends on the Institute for Museum and Library Services
DOGE employees and a new acting director showed up at the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on Thursday for an intended 'raid'
news.artnet.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
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How many signs of democratic collapse do we need?
A push to impeach judges not for misconduct but defying Trump? Refusal to honor a court order to turn around planes? Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act outside wartime? A budget clearing him to ignore Congress? Jailing students?
The list goes on.
A push to impeach judges not for misconduct but defying Trump? Refusal to honor a court order to turn around planes? Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act outside wartime? A budget clearing him to ignore Congress? Jailing students?
The list goes on.
March 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
How many signs of democratic collapse do we need?
A push to impeach judges not for misconduct but defying Trump? Refusal to honor a court order to turn around planes? Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act outside wartime? A budget clearing him to ignore Congress? Jailing students?
The list goes on.
A push to impeach judges not for misconduct but defying Trump? Refusal to honor a court order to turn around planes? Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act outside wartime? A budget clearing him to ignore Congress? Jailing students?
The list goes on.
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Fellowship opportunity here at Edinburgh for unaffiliated ECRs in C19 studies. Very happy to chat to anyone who’s interested in applying.
We're delighted to announce that applications for the 2025-26 BARS/BAVS Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellowship are now open!
Deadline for applications: Monday 12 May 2025.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Deadline for applications: Monday 12 May 2025.
We look forward to hearing from you!
March 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Fellowship opportunity here at Edinburgh for unaffiliated ECRs in C19 studies. Very happy to chat to anyone who’s interested in applying.
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🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
March 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
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A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
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A reporter asks Trudeau about Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly’s characterization of the current U.S. situation which she called a "psychodrama."
"How would you characterize it?"
Trudeau, speaking for a weary nation, “Thursday."
"How would you characterize it?"
Trudeau, speaking for a weary nation, “Thursday."
March 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A reporter asks Trudeau about Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly’s characterization of the current U.S. situation which she called a "psychodrama."
"How would you characterize it?"
Trudeau, speaking for a weary nation, “Thursday."
"How would you characterize it?"
Trudeau, speaking for a weary nation, “Thursday."
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All national teams should start threatening a boycott of World Cup USA 2026.
The world is coming to America for next summer’s World Cup. There are big concerns over whether the US is ready | CNN
The 2026 World Cup is still more than a year away, but top travel executives are warning the US could struggle to effectively stage the tournament unless big changes are made quickly.
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
All national teams should start threatening a boycott of World Cup USA 2026.
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🍁 Calling all Canadians!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
March 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🍁 Calling all Canadians!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
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‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
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Keeping it together while fighting for the survival of your country in your 3rd language all while being attacked and bullied by two native, monolingual speakers wins best language learner accomplishment of the year
#langsky
#langsky
Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.
February 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Keeping it together while fighting for the survival of your country in your 3rd language all while being attacked and bullied by two native, monolingual speakers wins best language learner accomplishment of the year
#langsky
#langsky
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L’autrice Antonine Maillet, première Goncourt non européenne et figure de l’Acadie, est morte à 95 ans
L’autrice Antonine Maillet, première Goncourt non européenne et figure de l’Acadie, est morte à 95 ans
Elle a été la première francophone hors d’Europe à être lauréate en 1979 du prix Goncourt pour son roman « Pélagie-la-Charrette » et reste, à ce jour, la seule Canadienne à avoir obtenu le prestigieux prix littéraire français.
www.lemonde.fr
February 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
L’autrice Antonine Maillet, première Goncourt non européenne et figure de l’Acadie, est morte à 95 ans
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It’s a cliché to say it—and no two historical scenarios offer a perfectly compelling analogy—but what each American is doing now is what they’d be doing were they a German living in Germany and were it 1936-38
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
February 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It’s a cliché to say it—and no two historical scenarios offer a perfectly compelling analogy—but what each American is doing now is what they’d be doing were they a German living in Germany and were it 1936-38
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now