Sarah Colvin
@sarahcolvin.bsky.social
Professor / literature / social justice / prisons / Germany / and things. Representing myself not my institution. Mostly reading & reposting here.
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Sarah Colvin
@sarahcolvin.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel
A vital resource for anyone interested in literature and politics, this is the first in-depth study of epistemic injustice as a concept for literary studies. Focusing on contemporary fiction in an age...
www.routledge.com
Publication day! How writers respond to authoritarians www.routledge.com/Literature-a...
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
FAO every university I’ve ever worked at
HEEEEEEEY guess whose employer has had official notice of contravention from the Health & Safety Executive for systematically failing to monitor and manage work place stress??? Happy xmas all!
drive.google.com/file/d/1L1sl...
drive.google.com/file/d/1L1sl...
Notification of Contravention letter- University of Birmingham - Final Draft 11.12.25.pdf
drive.google.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
FAO every university I’ve ever worked at
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52825/ University post in Modern German Studies, Cambridge UK
Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52825/ University post in Modern German Studies, Cambridge UK
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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Demokratie ohne Moral - können wir uns das leisten? Diese Frage stellt Bestsellerautorin Anne Rabe in der diesjährigen Theodor-Heuss-Gedächtnis-Vorlesung, gemeinschaftlich organisiert von der #UniStuttgart & der @heusshaus.bsky.social. Jetzt bis zum 07.12. anmelden & mitdiskutieren sohub.io/chum
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Demokratie ohne Moral - können wir uns das leisten? Diese Frage stellt Bestsellerautorin Anne Rabe in der diesjährigen Theodor-Heuss-Gedächtnis-Vorlesung, gemeinschaftlich organisiert von der #UniStuttgart & der @heusshaus.bsky.social. Jetzt bis zum 07.12. anmelden & mitdiskutieren sohub.io/chum
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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"A @nytimes.com investigation has finally decided to admit that prisoners who have reported routine, ongoing abuse by state prison guards for decades were maybe not lying all that time."
FIFY
FIFY
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"A @nytimes.com investigation has finally decided to admit that prisoners who have reported routine, ongoing abuse by state prison guards for decades were maybe not lying all that time."
FIFY
FIFY
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"Meta soll Studie zu psychischen Schäden vertuscht haben: Weniger Depression, Angst, Einsamkeit, schon nach einer Woche Social-Media-Abstinenz. [...] Anstatt die Ergebnisse zu veröffentlichen, habe Meta das Projekt jedoch beendet."
www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/fac...
www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/fac...
Meta soll Studie zu psychischen Schäden vertuscht haben
Weniger Depression, Angst, Einsamkeit, schon nach einer Woche Social-Media-Abstinenz: Das geht laut Gerichtsakten aus einer Studie hervor, die Meta abgebrochen hat. Der Konzern weist die Vorwürfe zurü...
www.spiegel.de
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Meta soll Studie zu psychischen Schäden vertuscht haben: Weniger Depression, Angst, Einsamkeit, schon nach einer Woche Social-Media-Abstinenz. [...] Anstatt die Ergebnisse zu veröffentlichen, habe Meta das Projekt jedoch beendet."
www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/fac...
www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/fac...
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From French and Spanish to Albanian and Farsi, languages have opened doors for me, grown understanding and taught me to see the world in full colour. Cutting them from schools and universities doesn’t just shrink the curriculum, it shrinks the life choices that all students should enjoy.
Languages: The Educational Superpower We Can’t Afford to Lose
Across schools and universities, language departments are under threat. Courses are being cut, departments downsized, and opportunities to learn languages are diminishing. The justification? Langua…
albarolanguages.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
From French and Spanish to Albanian and Farsi, languages have opened doors for me, grown understanding and taught me to see the world in full colour. Cutting them from schools and universities doesn’t just shrink the curriculum, it shrinks the life choices that all students should enjoy.
Next one soon!
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Next one soon!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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This was 🔥🔥🔥 What an honour to be there in person 🙏🏽💜
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This was 🔥🔥🔥 What an honour to be there in person 🙏🏽💜
"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes"
New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Podiumsdiskussion: Rechte Hochburgen in West- und Ostdeutschland — Geschichte und Gegenwart
Mit
Julia Reuschenbach (FU Berlin)
Sabine Volk (Universität Tübingen)
Gideon Botsch (Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam)
Moderation: Frank Bösch (ZZF Potsdam)
11. Dezember 2025
#il_liberal
Mit
Julia Reuschenbach (FU Berlin)
Sabine Volk (Universität Tübingen)
Gideon Botsch (Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam)
Moderation: Frank Bösch (ZZF Potsdam)
11. Dezember 2025
#il_liberal
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Podiumsdiskussion: Rechte Hochburgen in West- und Ostdeutschland — Geschichte und Gegenwart
Mit
Julia Reuschenbach (FU Berlin)
Sabine Volk (Universität Tübingen)
Gideon Botsch (Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam)
Moderation: Frank Bösch (ZZF Potsdam)
11. Dezember 2025
#il_liberal
Mit
Julia Reuschenbach (FU Berlin)
Sabine Volk (Universität Tübingen)
Gideon Botsch (Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam)
Moderation: Frank Bösch (ZZF Potsdam)
11. Dezember 2025
#il_liberal
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Sehen wir uns morgen Abend in Soltau? Ich hoffe schon.
Am Mittwochabend bin ich in Soltau. Es wird schon dafür geworben. Schauen Sie doch vorbei. Ich würde mich freuen.
Details: heide-kurier.de/soltau-erinn...
Details: heide-kurier.de/soltau-erinn...
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sehen wir uns morgen Abend in Soltau? Ich hoffe schon.
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We are delighted to welcome @sarahcolvin.bsky.social (Cambridge) to the HI for a talk, ‘Haunting Times: Ghosted Memory & Epistemic Revenants in Zhadan’s Ukraine (Voroshilovgrad, 2010) & Bulawayo’s Zimbabwe (Glory, 2022)’ | Fri 21 Nov 2025 @ 11am | Free event; register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/4nOqwul
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We are delighted to welcome @sarahcolvin.bsky.social (Cambridge) to the HI for a talk, ‘Haunting Times: Ghosted Memory & Epistemic Revenants in Zhadan’s Ukraine (Voroshilovgrad, 2010) & Bulawayo’s Zimbabwe (Glory, 2022)’ | Fri 21 Nov 2025 @ 11am | Free event; register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/4nOqwul
🚨The BBC is under attack 🚨 Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
38d.gs
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨The BBC is under attack 🚨 Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
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„Mopsas unbedingte Schwere“
19 Jahre lang hat Dorothea Sternheim an ihrem Roman über die NS-Zeit gearbeitet. 70 Jahre nach Vollendung ist „Im Zeichen der Spinne“ nun im @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social erschienen.
Von Frank Keil für die @taz.de.
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taz.de/Wiedergefund...
„Mopsas unbedingte Schwere“
19 Jahre lang hat Dorothea Sternheim an ihrem Roman über die NS-Zeit gearbeitet. 70 Jahre nach Vollendung ist „Im Zeichen der Spinne“ nun im @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social erschienen.
Von Frank Keil für die @taz.de.
.
taz.de/Wiedergefund...
Wiedergefundener Roman über die NS-Zeit: Mopsas unbedingte Schwere
19 Jahre lang hat Dorothea Sternheim an ihrem Roman über die NS-Zeit gearbeitet. 70 Jahre nach Vollendung ist „Im Zeichen der Spinne“ nun erschienen.
taz.de
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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„Mopsas unbedingte Schwere“
19 Jahre lang hat Dorothea Sternheim an ihrem Roman über die NS-Zeit gearbeitet. 70 Jahre nach Vollendung ist „Im Zeichen der Spinne“ nun im @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social erschienen.
Von Frank Keil für die @taz.de.
.
taz.de/Wiedergefund...
„Mopsas unbedingte Schwere“
19 Jahre lang hat Dorothea Sternheim an ihrem Roman über die NS-Zeit gearbeitet. 70 Jahre nach Vollendung ist „Im Zeichen der Spinne“ nun im @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social erschienen.
Von Frank Keil für die @taz.de.
.
taz.de/Wiedergefund...
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"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes"
New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes"
New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
#swordfighting Check out the fabulous Yellowhammer rashguards, tees and hoodies hematees.co.uk/products/wom...
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Yellowhammer Secondskin Bladewear Rashguards are the perfect base layer to wear beneath a fight jacket, or on its own for training. Moisture wicking keeps you cool in the heat of battle, whilst the lo...
hematees.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#swordfighting Check out the fabulous Yellowhammer rashguards, tees and hoodies hematees.co.uk/products/wom...
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Huge congratulations and happy publication day! 💜🙌🏽💜
Publication day! How writers respond to authoritarians www.routledge.com/Literature-a...
Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel
A vital resource for anyone interested in literature and politics, this is the first in-depth study of epistemic injustice as a concept for literary studies. Focusing on contemporary fiction in an age...
www.routledge.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Huge congratulations and happy publication day! 💜🙌🏽💜
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Congratulations dear Sarah! ✨️🎊🙌🏾
Publication day! How writers respond to authoritarians www.routledge.com/Literature-a...
Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel
A vital resource for anyone interested in literature and politics, this is the first in-depth study of epistemic injustice as a concept for literary studies. Focusing on contemporary fiction in an age...
www.routledge.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congratulations dear Sarah! ✨️🎊🙌🏾
#booksky Free and open access
Publication day! How writers respond to authoritarians www.routledge.com/Literature-a...
Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel
A vital resource for anyone interested in literature and politics, this is the first in-depth study of epistemic injustice as a concept for literary studies. Focusing on contemporary fiction in an age...
www.routledge.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#booksky Free and open access
Publication day! How writers respond to authoritarians www.routledge.com/Literature-a...
Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel
A vital resource for anyone interested in literature and politics, this is the first in-depth study of epistemic injustice as a concept for literary studies. Focusing on contemporary fiction in an age...
www.routledge.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Publication day! How writers respond to authoritarians www.routledge.com/Literature-a...
A terrible idea @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is proposing to cut languages degrees www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A terrible idea @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is proposing to cut languages degrees www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...