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Professor Sara Jones

@profsarajones.bsky.social
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Professor of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Birmingham. Interested in memory studies, migration, and cross-sector partnerships.

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Dr Tara Talwar Windsor @ttw1984.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some bank holiday / end of summer reading for you all! A blog about a book that’s been a long time coming - and we’re pretty proud of it! Thanks to @profsarajones.bsky.social & Betiel Wasihun for all the hard work and collegiality while writing and for keeping us going when times were tough 🙏🏽🤓
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Dr Tara Talwar Windsor @ttw1984.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Good week for books! 📚 In chronological order: 1) Mon: exciting haul from Afrori Books 😎 2) Tues: @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social’s latest 🫶🏽 3) Weds: Stasi monograph co-written with @profsarajones.bsky.social& Betiel Wasihun 🤓 4) Fri: my first trip to The Bookish Type in Leeds 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Collection of books with bright coloured covers, authored by Maaza Mengista, Bernadine Evaristo, Emma Slade Edmondson & Imani ThompsonA hand holding up a copy of Sharon Dodua Otoo’s new novel So in etwa ist es geschehen, with a postcard tucked into the book and a window and church in the background. A photo of me wearing a blue and yellow spotty dress holding a copy of Knowledge About the Stasi in the East German Literary SphereA photo of me standing in front of the queer indie bookshop The Bookish Type in Leeds. Pink window frames and trans pride flags hanging in the window.
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Today begins the annual meeting of the #MSA2025 (‪‪ @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social‬)! We're highlighting our series WORLDS OF MEMORY, published in collaboration with the #MemoryStudiesAssociation: bit.ly/3ZGRhYq authors incl. @jennywustenberg.bsky.social @profsarajones.bsky.social #MemoryStudies
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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
♀️What does International Women's Day mean in different contexts and in different times? Check out our Slow Memory Podcast episode on *March 8 as Slow Commemoration* (made by @profsarajones.bsky.social and Maija Spurina). www.slowmemory.eu/podcast-2/ ♀️
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Podcast – SlowMemory – CA20105
The Slow Memory Podcast is among the most important deliverables of this COST Action. It is an ongoing project that seeks to bring together the different voices, projects, positions and methodologies we use and explore in relation to the concept of Slow Memory. It will enable us to reach audiences beyond the academic field. As a collaborative undertaking, the Podcast will be produced by Action members and stakeholders in tandem. Future episodes will feature insights in to the research of our various Working Groups, highlighting how Slow Memory can be put into action in work, conflict, politics, the environment, welfare and beyond.
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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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Professor Sara Jones @profsarajones.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Please do sign this petition we've been working on with Birmingham for Ukraine. Our initial research suggests roughly 30% of Ukrainians in the UK have had problems renewing/getting tenancy agreements and/or job contracts because of difficulties with visas. postsocialistbritain.bham.ac.uk/ukraine/
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Post-Socialist Britain?
Post-Socialist Britain? research project website
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Professor Sara Jones @profsarajones.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Our Holocaust Education competitions close on 27 Jan. Students submit a creative cartography relating to 1 of 3 events in Europe's East. Teachers submit a lesson plan on 1 of 7 topics. £250 prize for top student; internship at National Holocaust Centre for best teacher. Info @ shorturl.at/EDTdr
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Europe’s East, the Second World War, and the Holocaust - University of Birmingham
Embed the experiences of the Second World War and the Holocaust in Europe’s East – especially in Ukraine, Poland and Romania.
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Professor Sara Jones @profsarajones.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Moving over from the other place. Follow me for research and reflections on memory, migration, diversity, identity and how we can work together across sectors to make changes for the good :-)
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