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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I spent a few hours yesterday reading this double issue -- and am even more delighted, after reading it, to be included in the list of contributors. Thank you to guest editors @cherylperfume.bsky.social, @rmesch.bsky.social and Masha Belenky, and to the Dix-Neuf editors

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is a brave piece of writing. When a person has received a notification that they are in the redundancy pool, as I and most of my colleagues have, and when the thinking behind the process is opaque, the temptation is to keep your head down.

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Dr. Niall Allsopp @niallallsopp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My amazing colleague @lizzywilliamson.bsky.social on redundancies at Exeter

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Muireann Maguire @muireanndinosaur.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Please support and share this petition to prevent destructive cuts to Humanities staff at the University of Exeter, where my own job and those of hundreds of other hard-working colleagues are under threat. c.org/kVjf6dQJWB

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This has all happened in one day. A planned all-staff meeting this morning, an impromptu faculty-wide live Teams announcement, then emails to staff in affected disciplines, to let us know we are at risk. This comes almost completely out of the blue for most of us. I suppose this is how it happens.

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Hannah Scott @drhannahlscott.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Happy to see this Special Issue out in the world - Cultural Histories of Medicine & Health in the Long 19th Century - edited by Larry Duffy & myself @uksdn.bsky.social Great contributions from Jacob Meister, Kaat Wils, Sun-Young Park, Kathryn Bryan & Aine Larkin with several chapters open access!

Special issue: Cultural Histories of Medicine & Health in the Long 19th Century - issue 29:4, Winter 2025.
Edited by Larry Duffy and Hannah Scott.

Jacob Meister, Vidangeant la ville insalubre: Literary Recycling in Sketches of Montfaucon
Kaat Wils, Catholic Engagement with Animal Magnetism, Spiritism and Therapeutic Hypnotism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
Sun-Young Park, Forming the Deaf Citizen in Third Republic France: Health and Education at the Institut d’Asnières
Kathryn Bryan, ‘Les Avorteuses de Paris’: Abortion in the fin-de-siècle Press
Aine Larkin, Contested Medical Authority in Proust's À la Recherche du Temps Perdu

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

One of our fabulous executive committee members, Susan McCready, will be talking about her new book, Commemorative Acts: French Theatre and the Memory of the Great War, at the next NCFS Unbound session on 20 March. Register here: southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NCFS Unbound 6_6 Susan McCready with Leon Sachs. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Susan McCready talks about her book Commemorative Acts: French Theatre and the Memory of the Great War with Leon Sachs

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Our wonderful NCFS colleagues are accepting proposals for their 52nd annual conference, which will be on the theme of ‘Voice and Silence’. Deadline for abstracts is 15 March and you can find more info here: cpe.vt.edu/ncfs2026.html

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I'm very proud to have written this article about two newly identified photographs, or card portraits, of Baudelaire's long-term mistress, Jeanne Duval. The first (left, below) was discovered by American writer Summer Brennan, and published on her brilliant Substack A Writer's Notebook in 2021.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This beautiful delivery has just arrived, thanks to the SERD (Société des etudes romantiques et dix-neuviémistes). Season-themed, original articles by many well known 19C scholars. Comes free with membership, postage included, and SERD membership costs only £10 if you are a UK SDN member already.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Today is the deadline! It's not too late to get your proposal in for "Health and Happiness" (in a 19th-century French context) in Cardiff...

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Only a few days till the deadline! Still time to get your proposal in...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🚨 One week until the deadline! 🚨

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The SDN has written to Senior Management at the University of Nottingham to urge them to reconsider their threatened suspension of Modern Languages. #SaveNottinghamLanguages #WeAreUoN @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Please sign, comment on, and share, the linked petition: x.com/uk_sdn/statu...

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SDN on X: "https://t.co/ns3doOek9I" / X

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The second session on Impact will take place on 14th November, 4pm GMT. It will be hosted by Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle). Sign ups will open in October for this event.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The first session will be on Alt-Ac Careers on 26th September at 4pm BST, delivered by Dr James Illingworth (IFSA) and Dr Stacie Allan (Translator and Consultant) To sign up for this session, please register with eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn-2025-a...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

It’s mid-September and we are fully feeling those “back-to-school” vibes here at SDN. Start the new academic year on a high by sending us your abstract for #SDNCardiff2026, on the theme of health and happiness. More details here: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...

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Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur (Cardiff University, 2026)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Déjeuner des canotiers, 1881. TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur Cardiff University, 8–10 April 2026 …

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Very excited for this semester's NCFS Unbound events (@ncfsassn.bsky.social). This is a great chance to hear from lots of fantastic 19th-century scholars who’ll be discussing their new books! Find out more here: ncfs-assn.byu.edu/ncfs-in-capt...

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NCFS Unbound - Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association

A series of virtual book dialogues Fall 2025 Friday, October 3, 2PM EasternBetween the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in FranceHannah Frydman in conver...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Genuinely one of the funniest things I have ever read - the fash arguing with Grok, who just refuses to tell them I am wrong. "I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."

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Police are "overwhelmed by the numbers"
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says. Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.

They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs.

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@grok
is this true

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The claims use approximate figures, but let's check estimates:

- Today's "Unite the Kingdom" rally: Police say ~110k attendees, with clashes & 25 arrests (Sky News, Al Jazeera).

- Pro-Gaza rallies: Up to 300k+ (e.g., Nov 2023, NPR) – roughly 2-3x.

- Anti-Brexit marches: ~1M (2019, BBC) – about 9x.

- London Pride: ~1.5M (recent years) – about 14x.

Larger events were managed with less reported violence. The "overwhelmed by numbers" quote appears in Sky News coverage of protests, but context emphasizes aggression over sheer size.
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Are sky and BBC lying about the amount of people there as opposed to the Ariel footage of people

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Based on today's reports, Sky News estimates 110,000-150,000 at the Unite the Kingdom rally, while BBC reports over 100,000. Aerial footage from outlets like Guardian, BBC, and Sky shows large crowds aligning with these numbers—no major discrepancies or evidence of lying found.

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I call bullshite, Ariel footage showed way more than 150k everyone can see it
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Multiple outlets (BBC, Guardian, Al Jazeera, CBS) report Met Police estimates of 100k-110k at the Unite the Kingdom rally. Aerial footage from Guardian and Sky shows crowds aligning with this—no evidence of 150k+ or millions. Tommy Robinson claimed higher, but official figures differ.

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Again I call bull, as sky and BBC are not credible news outlets anymore

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Diverse sources align on Met Police estimates of 100k-150k for the rally: Reuters (~100k), Guardian (110k), NYT (tens of thousands), Al Jazeera (110k), NBC (110k), Le Monde (110k+). No major outlets report higher figures from aerial footage. If you have specific footage links, I can review.

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I don't care what anyone said , we can see there is way more than that, on the Ariel footage

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I reviewed the main aerial footage shared on X (e.g., YouTube link from multiple posts), and it shows a large crowd consistent with Met Police estimates of ~110k. Visuals depict tens of thousands marching, no signs of millions. If you share a specific link to different footage, I'll analyze it.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Ok it's probably nearly 20 years since I last used it regularly but god the staff in the BnF café have changed their approach. Helpful, friendly, warm. I *think* I like it.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Anyone have suggestions for a v. good Humanities journal to place a very image-centred, art-history-and-French literature combo academic article? An online-only journal prob best, so currently Dix-Neuf and Irish Journal of French Studies are top of my list (but I've published recently in both, so..)

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This deadline is fast approaching, if you are an ECR SDN member...

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Is it normal, when you've bought a RER ticket via Bonjour RATP app, to open your Navigo app and see only the home screen? I am told my ticket is stored on this app, but... nothing showing.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Really enjoyed this excellent and long-delayed inaugural lecture (on Hugo and stars) by a wonderful colleague, Head of Department, scholar, and human being, Prof Fiona Cox -- it was a few weeks ago now, but I am still thinking about it. What a privilege it was to be there.

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Dr. Justine De Young @addressingart.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

See a comparison fashion plate for the Jeanne Duval photo in replies to this thread (and in my book).

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Some thoughts about this photo of Jeanne Duval, which I have been obsessing over since seeing it for the first time at the weekend. Thanks again, SO much, to @summerbrennan.bsky.social who discovered it, and please do go to her substack for more on this www.awritersnotebook.org/p/jeanne-duv... 1/12

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

A really exciting find!

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

So, this seems totally legitimate -- what an amazing, incredible find by writer and investigative journalist Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social, who found it in a box of photo archives in the Richelieu library. For a sense of why this is so important, see Therese Dolan's 1/5

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Does anyone recognise this photo? Saw it for the first time yesterday, in the Wikipedia entry for Jeanne Duval, uploaded in late April. If it's really her, I can't believe it isn't better known. Date (1862) rings true.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Susan Hiner is about to start speaking now...

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Start thinking about health and happiness for your SDN conference proposal for 2026...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Congratulations to the winner of our 2025 Postgraduate Prize, Abigail Fields, for her paper, ‘Vous, les agriculteurs, hommes de progrès et de moralité!’; or, Flaubert and the Politics of the Comices Agricoles’ 🥳

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Stephanie Davidson @stephdavidson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Oh good grief. This is what happens when we devalue expertise. Journalists, Librarians, Booksellers, Writers, literally ANYONE WHO READS could have made a real list of real books that actually exist.

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Helen Smith @wordsmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I regularly measure gender distribution of citations. Once you see the problem it's hard to stop.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

If General Aupick was really the Head of the Ecole Polytechnique in the middle of a révolution democratique then how come his stepson never wrote a poem about this?

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Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I am so delighted to announce that we are #hiring! A two year full-time teaching and research post in French 🇫🇷 Come and join our big and beautiful School of Languages, Cultures and Societies in leafy Leeds! Please post to your networks. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @lcsleeds.bsky.social

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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in French & Francophone Studies (Teaching and Research)

Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out cutting-edge teaching and research in French and Francophone Studies? Could you deliver quality teaching in French and Francophone Studies in the...

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Amy Rigby nailed it in 2018. "They say the best is yet to come and there's no shame in being dumb." youtu.be/tIIffRN9APQ?...

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Amy Rigby - The President Can't Read - 9/27/2018 - Paste Studios - New York, NY

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Been thinking for a while that Baudelaire must have been reading the amazing Sophie de Grouchy for one of his poems (have already published an article about how Stendhal's De l'Amour rips her off) and learned just now that Baudelaire's dad probably had an affair with her, and he probably knew.

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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

“The lack of viewpoint diversity can be a real issue. The solutions proffered, though, often threaten to make the problem worse.” My @observeruk.bsky.social column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Trump’s political bullying of Harvard will do nothing to foster diversity of thought | Kenan Malik

Substituting liberal biases with conservative will only serve to subvert academic objectivity

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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

“To take equality seriously, we must accept that rights matter in relation to both sex and gender… We must accept, too, that we need to defend rights for all individuals whether they define themselves by sex or gender.” My new Observer column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

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‘MPs are outsourcing their morals’

Thinking through the relationship between sex, gender and rights doesn’t require supreme court guidance

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Macron shook one hand.

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