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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Some fantastic critical papers so far during PolTec’s “Epidemiological Turn” event - by Patrick ffrench, Evelien Geerts (@egeertsphd.bsky.social), Cian O’Mahony, Oliver Davis (@oliverjdavis.bsky.social), and Órla Murphy (@omurphy.bsky.social). @uccresearch.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dr Sinan Richards @maybenansi.bsky.social introducing the Political Technologies “Epidemiological Turn” workshop’s theme & speakers happening @ucc.ie today. @uccresearch.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @oliverjdavis.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social

Sinan Richards presenting at the PolTec workshop

Poster of the PolTec workshop on “The Epidemological Turn”

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

To celebrate la rentrée, we are delighted to announce our Research Seminar series for the new academic year! All welcome, online or in person. You can find more information about it here: www.ucc.ie/en/french/re...

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Fantastic Political Technologies event on "The Epidemiological Turn" under the auspices of @maybenansi.bsky.social on September the 11th. See: shorturl.at/Y4Ny9 #conspiracy #misinformation #politicalttechnologies @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

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Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Our 34.3 August issue is now available online ! @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My ‘Ten theses on the politics of psychedelics’: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Thanks to new colleagues at UCC and the other interlocutors who helped shape this work.

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Ten theses on the politics of psychedelics

This article liberates discussion of the politics of psychedelics from its present impasse. Across ten theses, it asserts that psychedelics are interr…

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

***History at the "End of History"*** Prof Toby Green will be giving the 2026 Hobsbawm Memorial Lecture on Thurs, June 18th at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, discussing the general crisis, political assaults on the discipline and the impact of AI. Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

The 2026 Eric Hobsbawm
Memorial Lecture
History at
the 'End of
History':
Inequality and
Discourse in
the Age of
Reimperialism
Professor
Toby Green
Three decades after Fukuyama challenged Eric
Hobsbawm’s Marxist history, a new ‘end of history’
is on the horizon. The rise of Artificial Intelligence,
the assault on reading and thought independent of
computation, and on the other hand the production
of endless deepfakes all challenge the future of the
historical profession. This lecture places this juncture
of crisis within the historical frame of the last three
decades. The expansion of mass inequalities, on
national and global levels, has shaped a frame in which
institutionalised history is inevitably now deemed
a threat to the consolidation of these economic
‘gains’ in an era of reimperialisms of all kinds

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Williamson Sinalo’s paper introduced the concept of ‘syndemic witnessing’ to reflect on the ways African journalistic storytelling articulated agency, solidarity and leadership in the face of the complex health challenges around the 2024 Mpox syndemic from an African cultural perspective.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Fantastic to have our wonderful colleague Dr Caroline Williamson Sinalo represent the department at the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences Research Showcase today!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Thanks to the Journal of Simone de Beauvoir Studies for inviting me to review historian Tamara Chaplin's Becoming Lesbian: A Queer History of Modern France (Chicago, 2024): brill.com/view/journal...

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Please join us in person in Cork on Bealtaine, Friday 1st May, for a research workshop on Psychedelic Mysticism. Speakers include Julian Vayne, Sophie Casey, Timmy Davis, Mark Elliott, Danny Forde, Jenny Butler, Patrick Everitt, Chris Read and me. To book: www.eventbrite.com/e/psychedeli...

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Thanks to Amy and the other organisers for a very well planned and stimulating day of papers!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

listening to a great keynote paper on harmony in late 19th c. French visual culture by @rcoombes.bsky.social at @asmcf.bsky.social and SSFH study day - lots of esotericism and occulture in the mix! @francemodern.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Please join us in person in Cork or online for this talk - delighted to be able to welcome Professor Nidesh Lawtoo to UCC!

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Women's Studies, UCC @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

On this #IWD, check out @ucc.ie’s Women’s Studies MA program and that through the eyes of two of our international students, Izzy & Sharon. Feminist pedagogy lies at the heart of what we do in our MA (and also PhD) program: youtu.be/c9kF68Lw5yE?... Want to know more? www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/

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Discover Women’s Studies at UCC - Student voices

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Research Master’s scholarship in French available at UCC for 2026-7, covering fees and a contribution to maintenance. Please get in touch with any queries. @francemodern.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Fantastic to hear from these high-flying recent graduates of ours in French at UCC. Inspiring talks from inspiring individuals! Thanks to all three!

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Warwick_SMLC @warwick-smlc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Excellent work from our own @airelleamedro.bsky.social who has guest edited an issue of @francemodern.bsky.social !

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Great to see this magnificent special issue published on criminal barrister turned writer Constance Debré, one of the most incisive and uncompromising new queer voices in French contemporary literature. Congratulations to guest-editor @airelleamedro.bsky.social and to all of the authors featured!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

@frenchdeptucc.bsky.social research seminar in conjunction with the Political Technologies group, Tues 10th Feb, 4-5pm Irish time, online. Teams link on this page: www.ucc.ie/en/casilac/r... Please join us! @egeertsphd.bsky.social @maybenansi.bsky.social

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Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 30/01/2026

Nice review of INVERSION in The Berliner.

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Amazing opportunity to undertake funded PhD study for graduates of National University of Ireland institutions. A special focus on French Studies too this year! Please get in touch to discuss if you are considering applying through UCC. www.ucc.ie/en/french/re... @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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NUI Travelling Doctoral Scholarships | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The Political Technologies research cluster and Department of French will welcome Professor Didier Bigo to UCC on Tues 27 January. Join us in person or online! Links here: www.ucc.ie/en/casilac/r... @uccresearch.bsky.social @egeertsphd.bsky.social @maybenansi.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Last update of the year - but do come and take a look at our Political Technologies research cluster website & our upcoming events! Co-convened with the brilliant Prof @oliverjdavis.bsky.social & Dr @maybenansi.bsky.social: www.ucc.ie/en/casilac/r...

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Political Technologies | University College Cork

This is the homepage of the Political Technologies research cluster of CASiLaC, the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures at UCC

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Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 16/12/2025

Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social is a professor of French at University College Cork and co-author, with Tim Dean, of Hatred of Sex, a critique of queer theory’s forgetting of sex and the wider culture’s obsession with trauma.

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Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 16/12/2025

Read Oliver’s essay in INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual Out now in paperback and eBook. Order at buff.ly/MbsI3BS @oliverjdavis.bsky.social

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Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 16/12/2025

Oliver Davis: The Great Gay Replacement What should we do with bad gays? Reading the one-time cult erotica author Renaud Camus, Davis discovers the roots of the writer’s turn to immigration conspiracy theory in his homosexuality. @oliverjdavis.bsky.social

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I heard Sinan present this wonderful paper at UCC this week. Read, read, read

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Maybe: Sinan @maybenansi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

@oliverjdavis.bsky.social delivers a terrific paper at Social Pathologies conference at UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Such a fantastic handbook!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This is an amazing opportunity for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher. Here @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social we’re keen to support at least one applicant. It’s a 4-year award incorporating a PhD studentship and experience at co-supervision. @francemodern.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social

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Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 19/11/2025

Trending with Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Yes really terrific talk - thank you so much!

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Feel welcome to attend the online seminar by our next Political Technologies cluster speaker, Dr Kevin Guyan, and that on Tuesday 18/11 from 4-5PM. For more details, see the poster below! @oliverjdavis.bsky.social @maybenansi.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social

Poster for the online event with Dr Kevin Guyan

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Pierre d’Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur.in · 01/09/2025

Announcing: INVERSION, Gay Life After the Homosexual Out 12 November. Pre-order now: buff.ly/cYWH4jK With Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, Marcas Lancaster.

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Tomorrow! Come join us!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Campus is looking beautiful for the UCC open day - make sure to come visit us!

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Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Fantastic to see so much interdisciplinary research on the BUMIDOM- congratulations to all contributors!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Please join us tomorrow at 5pm Cork time for this research paper by Professor Arthur Bradley: 'Genet's dying words: forty years in Shatila'. @maybenansi.bsky.social @egeertsphd.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

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Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Pleased to see the introduction to our special issue of @francemodern.bsky.social 'The BUMIDOM and its legacy: an interdisciplinary approach', written with Malika Danican! Can't wait to see the rest of the issue & congratulations to all contributors! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The BUMIDOM and its legacy: an interdisciplinary approach/Le BUMIDOM et son héritage: une approche interdisciplinaire

This introduction to the special issue of ‘The BUMIDOM and its Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Approach/Le BUMIDOM et son héritage: une approche interdisciplinaire’ provides historical context to the ...

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

together with @egeertsphd.bsky.social and @maybenansi.bsky.social I am convening a new research cluster @ucc.ie on Political Technologies. Here is our first year's seminar programme. Please join us online for these talks - links to follow. @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A great start indeed to our research year @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social ! Thanks to Madeleine for a wonderful paper brimming with ideas about the ways in which theorists of LLMs borrow - very selectively - from the French philosophical tradition. Thanks too to those who joined online.

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