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Emma Wagstaff

@erhwagstaff1.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of French at the University of Birmingham writing and teaching on poetry, translation, and art.

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Nina Parish @ninaparish.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It's really sad. He had such a big influence on the academic path I ended up taking. It was a real pleasure to welcome him to London all those years ago.
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Emma Wagstaff @erhwagstaff1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Sad to hear of the death of Jean-Marie Gleize, and remembering his warm and witty presence at a poetry event back in 2013 with @ninaparish.bsky.social.
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Staggering harm is being done to #language learning in Higher Ed. No oversight or strategic thinking, with cold spots now present. Petitions alone this week in response to closures: Nottingham · Change.org Leicester · Change.org #edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
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wendya-b.bsky.social @wendya-b.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
What does it mean to think like a linguist? And how can we bring creativity and inclusive culture into language learning? Read Charlotte Ryland's fascinating piece in our LSP edited collection www.lspjournal.com/post/think-l... @cforsdick.bsky.social
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Think Like a Linguist: Community and collaboration for a new languages curriculum
In this article, Charlotte Ryland reflects on how the learning from creative translation and languages advocacy projects can feed into languages curriculum reform. By focusing in particular on the lin...
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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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University of Nottingham cuts target language teaching staff
The University of Nottingham cuts all casual staff at its Language Centre, with evening classes going.
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lawrence jones @lawrentian.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Opening next week (& running till Nov) at London's Senate House Library is the "Spineless Wonders" exhibition. This free exhibition focuses on works without a bound spine & presents "rarely-seen printed materials spanning five centuries." www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
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Spineless Wonders: The Power of Print Unbound
Senate House Library to open Spineless Wonders exhibition charting the history of unconventional publishing
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Thomas J. Kitson @thatiliazdguy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Saw about half of "After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960-2025," curated by Granary Books's Steve Clay and M.C. Kinniburgh, at The Grolier Club. This translation of Queneau, _One Hundred Million Million Poems_ (Kickshaws, 1983) was in the first case.
Translation of Raymond Queneau's book of sonnets in which lines appear on strips of paper that can be combined in one hundred million million combinations. Book is displayed with one sonnet composed on the right hand page and multiple strips sticking up up from the gutter.
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The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
How do you translate a poem? Find everything you need in our NEW collection of poetry translation resources! Including worksheets for #teachers and top tips from former winner Gabi Reigh: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen... Submit your entry by 31 July! #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight
Yellow background. Brightly coloured cartoon of stacked books, brightly coloured cartoon people sitting on the books reading, white clouds above, yellow hot air balloon on the left. Image heading reads “Categories 2025”. Image text lists the categories: “Schools Laureate Prize; Individual Youth Entry for under 18s; Portuguese Spotlight; Teacher Laureate Prize.” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in yellow bottom left
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Emma Wagstaff @erhwagstaff1.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The interview in this volume with endlessly inventive French poet Philippe Beck, conducted by @markrobsoninfo.bsky.social and Elodie Laügt, is a fascinating dialogue on poetry and prose.
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Emma Wagstaff @erhwagstaff1.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A really interesting response by @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social to @ftnetwork.bsky.social's brilliant project:
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Jonathan Ervine @jonathanervine.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9vtymFBVFh
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The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Not sure what to translate for #SSTPoetryPrize2025? Don’t forget our new collection of resources and top tips on how to choose a poem: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen... Enter by 31 July for your chance to join the Stephen Spender Prize hall of fame! #SSTPoetryPrize #PortugueseSpotlight
Yellow background. Image text reads “Resources for choosing a poem”. A brightly coloured cartoon on the right: person holds a magnifying glass in front of a screen as big as they are, colourful leaves burst from behind it, a small pile of books are on the right of it. Clouds and stars are above it and above the text. Image footnote reads "We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ” SST logo in yellow bottom left.
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Emma Wagstaff @erhwagstaff1.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I didn't know about this study when I visited Kettle's Yard at the weekend for the first time in years, but can confirm that being there helps with stepping away from the to-do list treadmill.
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Mercedes Durham @drswissmiss.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This is just awful (on top of the outrage of ancient history and religion and theology degrees going completely). How can you study a language at degree level without learning about the cultures, literatures and histories of that language?
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The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The Stephen Spender Prize 2025 is now open for entries! Find all the details about this year's categories for schools, teachers, individual youth entrants and the 2025 #PortugueseSpotlight in our special launch newsletter: mailchi.mp/b7741de96744... #SSTPoetryPrize2025
Yellow background. Brightly coloured cartoon of stacked books, brightly coloured cartoon people sitting on the books reading, white clouds above, yellow hot air balloon on the left. Image heading reads “Categories 2025”. Image text lists the categories: “Schools Laureate Prize; Individual Youth Entry for under 18s; Portuguese Spotlight; Teacher Laureate Prize.” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in yellow bottom left.
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Heather Williams @heatherhmw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Please read this
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Emma Wagstaff @erhwagstaff1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Really interesting interview in which Ian Maclachlan weaves together life writing, landscape and language, and advocates for poetry.
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Laurel Plapp @laurelplapp.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
LAST CALL Don't miss your chance to win a Gold #OpenAccess book contract in #PeterLangPublishing 2025 Emerging Scholars Competition. Closes 30 April 2025. ow.ly/NORO50VAPZJ #QueerStudies #CallForSubmissions #EmergingScholars #PeterLang #DEI #LGBTQIA
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2025 Emerging Scholars Competition
Enter the 2025 Emerging Scholars Competition in Queer Studies for the chance to win a publishing contract with Gold Open Access.
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Emma Wagstaff @erhwagstaff1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...
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‘Too original for just one medium’: Agnès Varda’s Paris photographs go on show
Esteemed film-maker Varda began work as a photographer, capturing the postwar freedom of Paris, where a new exhibition presents her as a vital part of the city’s creative history
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Professor Sara Jones @profsarajones.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Join us Wednesday 5 March from 5.30 p.m. in Centrala for launch of our guidance packs in support of displaced Ukrainians - co-created with Ukrainians in Brum. We will also talk about our ongoing work on visa precarity for Ukrainians in the UK. Everyone welcome: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-lau...
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Report Launch & Cultural Evening – 5th March 2025
Support for Displaced Ukrainians and Mental Health Support for Central and Eastern European Communities in Birmingham
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Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University: chng.it/Hmtvvdtptg
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Save MLANG at Cardiff University!
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Prof. Francesca Berry (she/her) @francescaberry.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I’d love to be invited in 2025 to talk about it. And, if anyone would like to review it that’d be very much welcomed. Do please repost, thank you.🙏🏼
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Prof. Francesca Berry (she/her) @francescaberry.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I am delighted to announce that today is my book’s publication day!!! 🎉 📕 Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity is in print (and ebook) with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social It looks gorgeous. It feels chunky. I couldn’t be happier! 😊
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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Applications for this year's Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant are now open. The closing date is 4th April 2025. For more information about eligibility criteria and how to apply, see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/the-...
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The Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Still a couple of travel bursaries left for the feminist translation slam/symposium on teaching feminist translation, 6-7 Feb, Oxford, organised w/ @stephenspender.bsky.social and the Queen's Translation Exchange. More bursary info on FTN website: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/events/
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Events – Feminist Translation Network
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Emma Wagstaff @erhwagstaff1.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Many congratulations to students and staff @unibirmingham.bsky.social School for their awards in the @stephenspender.bsky.social translation prize competition www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/un...
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University of Birmingham School students and teacher win poetry translation awards - University of Birmingham
The Stephen Spender Prize provides a platform for poets and translators of all ages to share their love for languages and literature with a wider audience.
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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Young Francophone Africans pack out poetry slams as region’s woes pile up Resurgence of poetry culture among west African youth amid political instability, economic insecurity and jihadist threat www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Young Francophone Africans pack out poetry slams as region’s woes pile up
Resurgence of poetry culture among west African youth amid political instability, economic insecurity and jihadist threat
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