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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 6h

New book: "Dans l'atelier de Léopold Sédar Senghor" by Claire Riffard (Éditions Hermann): www.editions-hermann.fr/livre/dans-l... #Senghor #LéopoldSédarSenghor

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 6h

📢 Job alert: The Language & Culture Program at @sokauniversity.bsky.social invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of French Language & Culture beginning August 1, 2027. Review of applications begins on October 19. Details: www.soka.edu/jobs #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Deeply humbled and grateful to Moroccan writer, translator, and curator Omar Berrada for his words about my monograph "Nostalgic Rebels: Politics, Aesthetics, and Selfhood in Postcolonial Morocco", published last year by @livunipress.bsky.social. The paperback version is coming in 2027 #monograph

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The PhD program in French & Francophone Studies in the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at UChicago now welcomes applications for Autumn 2027 admission! Applications are due December 1, 2026. Details: rll.uchicago.edu/graduate/gra... #graduateadmissions #phdprogram #francophonestudies

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Last July in Edinburgh, I stopped by the beautiful Blackwell's Bookshop to sign copies of my novel "Venice Requiem", trans. by @rosschwa.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Many thanks to the bookshop team for their warm welcome & for giving my book a place among their selection #VeniceRequiem

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📢 Job alert: @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor in the Department of History. Deadline: September 27. Details: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05494 #Africanhistory #history #Africa

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just published by Riveneuve Editions in Paris: "La Quête de la toison d'argent", the French translation of W. E. B. Dubois's novel "The Quest of the Silver Fleece" (1911). The book is translated by Florence Canicave www.riveneuve.com/catalogue/la... #WEBDuBois #translation #literatureintranslation

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In Other Words @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We loved having @khalidlym.bsky.social in the bookshop! You can read our interview with Ros Schwartz here: inotherwordsbooks.substack.com/p/from-the-a...

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From the Archive: Talking with Ros Schwartz

Re-translations, Hospitality as a Translator, and Khalid Lyamlah’s Venice Requiem

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

📢 Job alert: The Departments of Romance Languages & Literatures and Anthropology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor @umich.edu invite applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. Deadline: October 30. Details: apply.interfolio.com/192931

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The deadline for proposals for the 44th Annual 20th- and 21st-Century French & Francophone Studies International Colloquium extended to September 30, 2026. Keynote speakers: #FaïzaGuène, @mamefatouniang.bsky.social, #OliviaRosenthal. The call for papers is available here: voices.uchicago.edu/ffsc

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGS) at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, beginning August 10, 2027, in the areas of gender & sexuality studies. Details: apply.interfolio.com/190665

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Another major highlight of my visit to Edinburgh last July was my stop at Topping & Company, where I signed copies of my novel "Venice Requiem", tr. @rosschwartz.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Many thanks to the brilliant @zainrishi.bsky.social for the warmest welcome ever! #VeniceRequiem

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dans "En Attendant Nadeau" ma recension de "Ici commence la terre", quatrième roman de l'écrivain franco-palestino-libanais Jadd Hilal, paru chez #elyzad. Une vie palestinienne portée par le récit bouleversant d'une femme et d'une nation en exil www.en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2026/09/05/u... #JaddHilal

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of French at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose scholarship is anchored in French & Francophone global literature & culture from 1500-1700. Deadline: November 1st. Details: apply.interfolio.com/192507 #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📢 Reminder: 8 days left to submit proposals for the 44th Annual 20th- & 21st-Century French & Francophone Studies International #Colloquium, which Alison James and I are delighted to host at UChicago/InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile on April 1–3, 2027. Details > voices.uchicago.edu/ffsc

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

‘Lyrical and harrowing, Venice Requiem is an urgently contemporary and deeply human meditation on exile and loss.’ - Professor Doyle D. Calhoun Venice Requiem, by @khalidlym.bsky.social , translated from the French by @rosschwa.bsky.social , is out now.

Quote from Venice Requiem over view of Venice

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas) invites applications for the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of French Studies. Details > trinity.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Trinit... #teachingjobs #frenchstudies

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of French and Francophone Studies at @batescollege.bsky.social invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in French and Francophone Studies beginning July 1, 2027. Details: apply.interfolio.com/192246 #francophonestudies #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at Furman University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Professor of African Francophone Studies to begin August 1, 2027. Details: bit.ly/46DdvgF #francophonestudies #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of Language & Culture Studies @trinitycollege.bsky.social invites applications for a TT Assistant Professor with a specialization in postcolonial Francophone Studies, beginning July 1, 2027. Details: trincoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/3766 #francophonestudies #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Forthcoming in December: "Haunting Energies in the Arabic Novel: Oil, Ecology and the Spectral" by Charis Olszok @edinburghup.bsky.social - Engages with key works by #TayebSalih, #AbdalrahmanMunif, #IbrahimalKuni, and #SalimBarakat edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hauntin... #Arabicnovel #ecology

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Great to see that some of Abdelrahman Munif's nonfiction writings are finally available in English! Translated by Mariam Younes, Edited by Maher Jarrar, Foreword by @sinanantoon.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social plutobooks.com/product/outs... #AbdelrahmanMunif #Munif #nonfiction

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Small Boat in Canada, Venice Requiem in Paris and a whole HopeRoad display at South Kensington Books!

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful Till's #Bookshop in #Edinburgh and signing some copies of my novel #VeniceRequiem @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Many thanks to Georgia & Kate who recently interviewed my translator @rosschwartz.bsky.social for @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New book: "Triangulating Édouard Glissant, Jacques Derrida, and Albert Memmi" by Grant Farred, Sophia Jahadhmy, and Alex van Biema @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/triangula... #EdouardGlissant #JacquesDerrida #AlbertMemmi #Derrida #Memmi #Glissant

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Forthcoming on August 20: "À en perdre la raison: Folies et colonisation à Madagascar" by Raphaël Gallien @edladecouverte.bsky.social www.editionsladecouverte.fr/a_en_perdre_... #Madagascar #colonialism #colonialhistory #Frenchcolonialism

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Passed away yesterday: Moroccan #poet Mohamed Serghini. Born in Fes (1930). Studied in Fes, Baghdad, Rabat, Paris. First poetry collection in 1987. Contributed to several journals including "Aqlam". Published on Salah Stétié. Translated Arrabal. Awarded the Argana International Poetry Prize (2004).

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of French & Francophone Studies at @vassar.bsky.social invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning Fall 2027. Details > vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar... #francophonestudies #teachingjobs #Mediterraneanworld

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of French, Francophone and Italian Studies at @wellesley.edu invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in French & Francophone Studies beginning July 1, 2027. Details > wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui... #francophonestudies #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Requiem invokes the solemn sung Mass pleading that the dead beloved person may rest in peace, and this book's prose, fluently, elegantly and subtly translated by Ros Schwartz, has a matching dignity and solemn poetry" - My novel reviewed in @thetablet.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Forthcoming in November @degruyterbrill.bsky.social : "Les nouveautés littéraires du Maghreb au 21e siècle", ed. by Ramona Mielusel. Chapters on Algerian literature, Moroccan novelists Mohamed Nedali & Rania Berrada, Tunisian writer Ahmed Mahfoudh, and the Amazigh novel brill.com/display/titl...

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Collateral @collateralrevue.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Dans Collateral, programmation estivale oblige, les dits du mercredi sont signés cette semaine de Khalid Lyamlahy qui explore le très beau "Ne me croyez pas si je vous parle de la guerre" d'Asmaa Azaizeh ou un Journal d’un corps en temps de guerre. www.collateral.media/post/asmaa-a...

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Asmaa Azaizeh : Journal d’un corps en temps de guerre (Ne me croyez pas si je vous parle de la guerre)

Dans la postface de sa traduction du troisième recueil d’Asmaa Azaizeh, l’universitaire et traducteur marocain Chakib Ararou a raison d’inviter le lectorat à ne pas réduire ce livre à « un texte de ci...

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Passed away last Friday: Moroccan historian & Professor at Mohammed V University (Rabat), Lotfi Bouchentouf. He was widely recognized for his influential book "The Scholar and the Sultan: A Study of the Transfer of Power and the Foundations of Legitimacy - The First Saadian Period" (2004) #historian

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Passed away yesterday: Moroccan poet, activist, and former political prisoner Tahar Mahfoudi. In 2004, he published "أفول الليل"/"The Fading of the Night", a memoir about his experience and incarceration during the Years of Lead.

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies (FIGS) of @upenn.edu invites applications for part-time Lecturers to teach Elementary and Intermediate French courses. Details: apply.interfolio.com/190408 #languageteaching #teachingfrench #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📢 Job alert: The French section of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Cultures at the University of Amsterdam seeks to appoint a Lecturer in French Language and Culture (4-year fixed term). Deadline: 3 August. Details > werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... #Frenchstudies #teachingjobs

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Forthcoming in August: "Ce que nous devons à Haïti : Réflexions philosophiques sur la justice réparatrice" by Magali Bessone @edladecouverte.bsky.social editionsladecouverte.fr/ce_que_nous_... #Haïti #HaitianStudies

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Forthcoming in February 2027: "Magical Realism in Palestinian Literature and Folktale: Reading the Distorted Spaces of the Nakba" by Sanabel Abdel Rahman @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/magical-r... #magicalrealism #palestinianliterature

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Remembering the pioneering Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi, who would have turned 100 today. One of the most inspiring writers whose work continues to resonate with us. A few covers from different language editions of his seminal novel, "Le Passé simple" (1954) #DrissChraïbi @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Appel à candidatures : Contrat doctoral dans le programme des études théâtrales en arabe @inalco.fr. Délai des candidatures : 30 juillet 2026. Détails > inalco.fr/institut/con... #théâtre #doctorat #contratdoctoral #étudesthéâtrales #theatrestudies #arabtheater #arabictheater #arabtheatre #inalco

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The recent issue of the Journal of North African Studies includes both my review of Hélé Béji's "We, the Decolonized" @politybooks.bsky.social & Ninon Vessier's review of my monograph "Nostalgic Rebels" @livunipress.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/toc/fnas20/3... #bookreviews #NorthAfricanStudies

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Passed away last Tuesday: Moroccan writer, journalist, and translator Abdeslam Touil. Born in 1963 near Asilah. Studied philosophy in Rabat. Worked as a teacher. Joined the Moroccan Writers Union in 1992. Contributed to local periodicals and published several cross-genre works.

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

On ambiguity in reading, awareness of one's own biases, and the virtues of humility and flexibility in the practice of #translation - Fascinating conversation between @annmorgan.bsky.social & the codirectors of @oxfordtranslates.bsky.social @rosschwa.bsky.social & @hollylangstaff.bsky.social

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

New book: "La Langue arabe en Europe: histoire de politiques linguistiques" by Tarek Abouelgamal (preface by Frédéric Lagrange) @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social - A study of Arabic language textbooks and the teaching of #Arabic in Europe (16th to 19th century) classiques-garnier.com/la-langue-ar...

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Five months since the publication of the English translation of my second novel @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Deeply grateful to my translator @rosschwa.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the readers & reviewers. The photo is from the London book launch held on Feb. 5th at Veranda Books #VeniceRequiem

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My colleague Alison James and I are delighted to host the 44th Annual 20th- & 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies International #Colloquium at UChicago on April 1–3, 2027. The call for papers on this year’s theme, “Space” is here: voices.uchicago.edu/ffsc - Deadline: September 15, 2026.

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