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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions! These summaries are impact-led and a great way to increase the visbility of your research.

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Great to see this initiative! The Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025 includes The Burnout Booklet, created for @readingbodies.bsky.social with @oliviaglaze.bsky.social.

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This is a great opportunity for ECAs to gain experience in leadership, event organisation, and advocacy. We are a very nice bunch (🫶) and given the challenges in the field, it is more important than ever to have strong representation across different languages in the SIG! 💙

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

@katharinemurphy.bsky.social and I are very grateful to @cforsdick.bsky.social for wrapping up our takeover of @the-polyphony.bsky.social and for his generous words about the @readingbodies.bsky.social project 💙

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Exceptionally bleak, but painfully familiar.

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

As part of our Special Issue, I wrote my first article engaging with Disability Studies & crip theory (eek) and discovered the brilliant work of @sunaura.bsky.social, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril & @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social, among others. I couldn’t recommend their work more! 🔗 tinyurl.com/2emhnz7w

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm

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Contents | Journal of Romance Studies 25, 3

This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

So excited to share this open-access resource, shaped by real stories of burnout from our creative writing workshops & anthology. Hoping it shows how languages research can make a difference in healthcare spaces!

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

And you get to co-chair the ECA Special Interest Group with @llewelynhopwood.bsky.social and me, helping to improve the current challenges faced by ECAs in Modern Languages (spoiler alert: the job market...) 💙

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Looking forward to Marie Martine’s upcoming workshop with @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social: 'Policy Engagement and the Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) – Workshop for Languages Researchers’ - Tuesday 15 July @ 16.00-17.30. Open to researchers at any level! Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/ymAexCJxAA ✍️

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UCFL Early Career Academics Special Interest Group @ucfl-eca.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

An important call for evidence on the current state of Higher Education - in particular the impact of Government policy on international students and higher education insolvency protections. Do consider contributing if you can 💪

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

A great lineup of speakers for our next UCFL ECA event - come along!

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

As co-chairs of the ECA Special Interest Group, feel free to ask me, @llewelynhopwood.bsky.social or @ashleyscottharris.bsky.social any questions about this role!

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Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Come and join the @ucflangs.bsky.social family! Hiring a new Vice Chair Research, Vice Chair External Engagement and Comms, Slavonic Rep, Early Career Rep, & Project Coordinator! Make a difference at a crucial time for UK languages in HE! @ucflangs.bsky.social @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

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UCFL Early Career Academics Special Interest Group @ucfl-eca.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Register now to join our online event - ‘An Introduction to Policy Engagement & Languages Research’ - 5th June, 16:00. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers who will be sharing their experiences engaging with policy and policymakers. All are welcome: tinyurl.com/y3er47es

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Very happy to see my article - 'Black and White Memories: Reframing Childhood Colonial Images in Caderno de Memórias Coloniais' - out in the world. This Special Issue has been several years in the making, so a huge thank you goes to our fantastic co-editors Maria Luísa Coelho and Daniela Omlor 💙

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Reading Bodies Multilingual Network @readingbodies.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who attended this event last week, and in particular Sarah Moss, @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @laurasalisbury.bsky.social. If you couldn’t attend - fear not! - you can find a recording of the conversation on our website: readingbodies.exeter.ac.uk/2025/05/16/w...

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Writing Bodies: In Conversation with Sarah Moss – Reading Bodies

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Are you a languages researcher keen to get involved in policy engagement but not sure where to start? Join my online talk tomorrow at 12:00 - part of the @ilcs.bsky.social Thinking Strategically Seminar Series - to find out how and where to begin! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/yc298jvw

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Thinking Strategically: Developing the Policy Dimensions of Research

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Happening next Wednesday - everyone welcome!

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Very happy to be interviewed with @wendya-b.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social about our project to create a database of impact-focused summaries of languages research for policymakers - thank you to @themhra.bsky.social for their support, and stay tuned for updates! tinyurl.com/bdzner29

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Making Languages Research Accessible to Policymakers

Interviewing Dr Liv Glaze, MHRA Languages and Policy Postdoctoral Researcher, and her mentors Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Professor Charles Forsdick.

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A great read to learn more about Wendy and Charles' fantastic work on language, policy, and education at Murray Edwards College 💬 @wendya-b.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Very happy to represent Portuguese Studies at the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social conference in sunny Edinburgh this week. I presented my work on crip theory and Fernando Pessoa on a panel with the fantastic @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @petehr.bsky.social and Álvaro González Montero 💙

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Join us for the final public event of the Reading Bodies project, where @katharinemurphy.bsky.social will be in conversation online with bestselling author Sarah Moss, discussing all things writing, health and the body. Our Q&A will be chaired by @laurasalisbury.bsky.social 📣💬 shorturl.at/eSnpY

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Looking forward to presenting alongside @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @petehr.bsky.social and Álvaro Gonzalez Montero for our panel 'Cultural Portrayals of Illnesses and Disabilities in the Modern Luso-Hispanic World’. Taking place on April 8 @ 9.00 - come along! 💬🩺

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wendya-b.bsky.social @wendya-b.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Launching the opinion articles in our LPS collection @cforsdick.bsky.social , a great piece by John Worne. He argues the UK’s national narrative needs to evolve: rather than focusing only on 'fluency', a more appropriate measure is proficiency and utility. www.lspjournal.com/post/the-uk-...

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The UK's Languages Crisis: Time to Embrace Our Imperfection?

John Worne | 24th March 2025 | Opinion ArticlesIn the following opinion article John Worne argues that the UK’s national narrative needs to evolve to encourage regular engagement with languages at all...

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you're interested in public engagement, check out @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my interview with the Public Engagement with Research (PER) team at @exeter.ac.uk, where we share our insights and top tips from our recent work on the Reading Bodies project: tinyurl.com/3mbtnyde 💬

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Interdisciplinary Public Engagement: The Reading Bodies Project

Catherine Hurcombe, Regional Engagement Assistant, interviews Associate Professor Katharine Murphy and Dr Liv Glaze on their Reading Bodies project. This project demonstrates the benefits of an interd...

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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

'We must not let advanced linguistic and cultural skills slip away out of a misinformed sense that technology will solve all our problems or that colonialism’s legacy will always fatally undermine efforts to promote better transnational understanding'

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Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete

Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The latest episode of the Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health podcast has me and the excellent Stuart Murray talking about uncertainty - as a critical approach, in #MedHums, and in HE more broadly. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/con...

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Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health • A podcast on Spotify for Creators

This podcast is part of the project 'Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health', a series of free online events where scholars, health professionals, and the public discuss how arts and humaniti...

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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

On Cardiff’s proposals regarding the teaching of languages and cultures The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...

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Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities

The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Hannie Lawlor and @raquelmenendez.bsky.social have done an amazing job organising this five-week series (!!) on women’s life writing at the @ilcs.bsky.social - you can check out the full programme here: shorturl.at/hybxs 💙

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Portuguese Studies @portuguesemhra.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

40.2 is out! 'Filmed Representations of Former Portuguese Asia & The Indian Ocean', special issue ed. Maria do Carmo Piçarra. Articles by Yuxuan Liu, Maria do Carmo Piçarra, Paulo Cunha, Jessica Falconi, Ana Isabel Soares, Lurdes Macedo, H. Benedito Ferrão + reviews. www.mhra.org.uk/publications...

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Very happy to announce that the Reading Bodies x Riptide Anthology is now available! Made up of creative writing contributions from the public (and a few familiar faces! 👀) exploring the theme of burnout, overload and resilience 💙 Flipbook: tinyurl.com/4xjbrz8t / Download: tinyurl.com/readingbodies

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Reading Bodies Anthology

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UCFL Early Career Academics Special Interest Group @ucfl-eca.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We've arrived! 📣 Follow along and find out about our upcoming 2025 events, much-welcomed job alerts (!), and general languages-related content. Plus feel free to familiarise yourself with our ever-growing list of languages reps: university-council-for-languages.org/early-career...

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who came to the O Movimento das Coisas screening last night as part of the 13th UTOPIA Portuguese Film Festival, and to the leadingwomenproject.com for inviting me to give the introduction. You can still grab tickets here! www.festival-utopia.org/programme

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Now in the second year of my AHRC Fellowship on multilingual medical humanities, @oliviaglaze.bsky.social and I have decided to launch a Reading Bodies Multilingual Network to connect with others in the field. Find out more here: @readingbodies.bsky.social

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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

New issue of the Languages, Society and Policy journal launched, with a special guest-edited collection on Languages in UK Education. First papers available now, with an introduction by Wendy Bennett and Charles Forsdick. Keep your eyes open for more! x.com/LSPjournal/s... @ilcs.bsky.social

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

As part of our AHRC project, Katharine Murphy and I are launching the Reading Bodies Multilingual Network 🎉 If you're interested in a Medical Humanities network that connects different languages, cultures, and geographies, then this is the spot for you! Come and join in! @readingbodies.bsky.social 💙

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