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Will Rossiter

@satyrane.bsky.social
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Professor at UEA. Medievalist, Early Modernist, Italianist. Views are very much not those of my employer, by some measure. Inglese italianato.

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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Where was the safeguarding? Aren’t we supposed to be trained in this? To protect all kinds of vulnerabilities? Where was the collegiality?
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“And you in ruff of your opinions clothed; What had you got? […] by this pattern Not one of you should live an agèd man, For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought, With self same hand, self reasons, and self right, Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes Would feed on one another…”
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Fielding and supporting the English PGR Essay Prize is always one of the highlights of the year, and reminds me what a privilege it is to edit the journal of the @englishassociation.bsky.social. Follow the link for details of the winners!
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It might not be anything new under the sun, but I’m again compelled to express my gratitude as a journal editor to colleagues across the field who, despite facing many challenges within their own institutions and more systemically across the sector, take the time to peer-review, & do so with care.
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Society for Iberian Global Art @siga.spainculture.us · 03/06/2026
🎨📚 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Art & Religion | London, UK The National Gallery, London is recruiting two Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellows in Art and Religion for a 22-month full-time postdoctoral fellowship based in its newly established Research Department. (1/7)
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Addressing the burning issues…
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
MAP is brilliant. Do apply!
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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our conference 'Teaching with Ovid' kicks off today! 2 days of sharing pedagogical insights, theories, and practical exercises from 30 educators who teach Ovid, or teach with Ovid. Here's the programme, and be in touch if you'd like to join! drive.google.com/file/d/1nbLa...
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Programme: Teaching With Ovid 2026
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Job Opportunity! Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) University of Limerick - School of History and Geography www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a...
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Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) at University of Limerick
Discover Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 10/06/2026
Nice-looking job in the other great history dept of our city
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It’s that time of year again, when university-educated journalists whose children all go to university tell their readers that nobody should go to university. These three pieces are from the last 24 hours alone.
Independent headline against going to university FT headline against going to university Telegraph headline against university
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Bernhard Huss @bernhardhuss.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Just published: New issue of Le Tre Corone #boccaccio #medievalsky #earlymodern @intbocced.bsky.social
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The Bach piece for three keyboards that was just on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social was so exhilarating that it merits a public announcement. Just thrilling.
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Please do share far and wide. We are committed to supporting PGRs through the entire process of submitting work and getting it published. Since taking over as Editor of English this has been one of my core commitments, and I will happily field any queries you might have about submitting your work.
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The first Sunday of Advent as marked in a Roman missal (Missale secundum morem Romane curie, c. 1486) held @norwichcathedral.bsky.social library. The introit, “Ad te levavi animam meam” is taken from Ps. 24 (25) and there is a cracking version of it set by Palestrina. #advent #christmas
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
‘A lot of people know I did two degrees: one in engineering, one in law. But while I can’t remember how to do parallel integration, I can remember how to fix a broken computer—which I learned on my apprenticeship.’ So Badenoch’s capacity to remember some things & not others determines her HE policy?
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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
University of California Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Italian Renaissance Literature: memorients.com/news/univers...
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University of California Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Italian Renaissance Literature | MEMOs
Assistant Professor -- Italian Renaissance Literature -- Department of Italian Studies
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Delighted to have this splendid volume arrive in the post today. Am humbled to be in such learned company. Hats off to @mbelle4912.bsky.social, Riccardo and Francesco on doing such a sterling job of bringing this all together.
Cover of Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain, ed. by Belle, Raimondo and Francesco. Contents page of Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain. 1/2Contents page of Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain. 2/2First page of Rossiter’s contribution to the Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain volume.
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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Thank you to everyone who submitted to our CfP – we're delighted by your abstracts and can't wait to put the program together! Registration link coming soon ... keep yer eyes peeled 🥰🥰
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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
You’ve seen the Call for Papers for our second annual conference (if not, check it out below) but now it’s time for conference teasers! Each image relates to one of the activities we’ve got planned for attendees… can you guess what they are before we release the schedule? Let us know your thoughts!
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Congratulations on all receiving A-level English Language, Lang & Lit, Literature results! 💫 And to all their teachers ! We commend the fantastic opportunities that study of these subjects offer 🥳. Find out what English studies brings ! englishassociation.ac.uk/case-studies/
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Case studies | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The English Association congratulates every student who has received results for an A-level in English. 👏🏽 English remains a v. popular A-level choice, the 5th most popular A-level- *not always well-known as entries split across the 3 qualifications – English Lit, English Lang, English Lang & Lit.*⬇️
Results data, available on our website Results data available on our website Results analysis available on our website
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Could you be the next editor of our journal, The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory? @oupacademic.bsky.social #criticaltheory #culturaltheory #literarytheory Take a look and apply: englishassociation.ac.uk/opportunity-...
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Opportunity to join the editorial team of The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
BIG NEWS! We are delighted to share the dates for our second annual in-person Winter Conference. Join us from the 14th - 16th of November at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and online. The Call for Papers is available via the MEMRN website and our social media. We look forward to seeing you!
BIG NEWS! We, the MEMRN committee, are delighted to share the dates for our second annual in-person Winter Conference. 

Join us from the 14th - 16th of November at the University of East Anglia and online for three days of panels, social events, workshops, networking sessions, and adventure in the historic city of Norwich. 

The Call for Papers and details on how to apply to speak at the event are available via the MEMRN website and our social media. The deadline for submitting an abstract is Friday 12th September. 

We look forward to seeing you there!
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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
CALL FOR PAPERS!!! The MEMRN Committee are delighted to share the call for papers for our second annual Winter Conference: Fragmented Worlds, Shared Histories. Please share widely! Sponsored by @chase-dtp.bsky.social
We, the committee of the CHASE Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN), are overjoyed to announce the return of our Winter Conference this year between the 14th and 16th November.

Join us at the University of East Anglia and online for three exciting days of workshops, papers, social events, and adventure through the historic cathedral city of Norwich.
We welcome papers on a range of topics within medieval and early modern studies for this interdisciplinary conference, including:

*   History and politics
*   Philosophy and theology
*   Literature, drama, performance culture and music
*   Latin and vernacular languages
*   Art history, architecture and archaeology
*   Manuscript studies and book history

For this year's conference, we particularly encourage papers engaging with marginalised histories and communities, global intercultural contact and exchange, or conflict and diplomacy.We invite abstracts of up to 250 words for individual research papers of twenty minutes in length (or 700 words for a panel of three people presenting on a particular subject or sub-theme).

The CHASE MEMRN conference remains open to all UK and overseas postgraduates. This includes independent scholars who are unaffiliated at this time. When submitting your abstract, please include your institution (if applicable) and, if from a CHASE-affiliated university institution, whether or not you are directly funded by CHASE.
All proposals should be emailed to chasememrn@gmail.com by Friday
12th September with the subject line 'Conference Paper Submission' and your name. Priority will be given to those available to present in-person, but remote presentation applications will also be considered.

Please feel free to contact the MEMRN team via email or social media DM with any questions you may have. We look forward to welcoming you to Norwich as part of this proudly CHASE-funded event.
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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Stop doing this! Whoever is paying @timeshighered.bsky.social‬ for story after story is also funding environmental vandalism on a catastrophic scale. This isn't journalism, it's naive ethical bankruptcy - and intellectually and pedagogically obtuse.
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Over 1000 signatories in 36 hours! Let's make it 2000 by the weekend 👇 Please sign 👇 Please circulate 👇
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
So random “free speech campaigners” now get to determine our syllabi? This explains the recent FOI request re trigger warnings. It would be nice to say unis should reject such nonsense but the threat of fines cf. Sussex means Uni Execs are scared. Primarily this is a stick to beat Arts&Hums. Again.
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Jay Rubenstein @medievaljay.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Medieval History Job Alert! University of Tennessee, where I used to work. Unbelievably strong medieval studies. Unbelievable that they are hiring in this climate! Please share this post. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37862790...
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Assistant/Associate Professor of Medieval History (1100-1500) - University of Tenn, Knoxville job with University of Tennessee Department of History | 37862790
The Department of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track professor of medieval history (1100-1500).
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Marsely Kehoe @marselykehoe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Awesome new tenure-track position posted at Middlebury: early modern Mediterranean art history plus digital art history/digital humanities/data #dh #dah #earlymodern apply.interfolio.com/170982
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
#EarlyModern history PhD students around London: the 'Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800' seminar @ihrscb.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social is looking for a postgrad convenor for 2025/26. Stipend of £300/yr and a chance to get involved in a great seminar!
The ‘Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800’ seminar at the Institute for Historical Research would like to appoint a doctoral student as a stipendiary postgraduate seminar convenor for 2025/26. You would be an active member of our lively, friendly seminar. Your main responsibilities would be to contribute to our social media presence, encourage other postgrads to attend the seminar, and occasionally assist with minor administrative tasks to help the seminar run smoothly. The expectation would be that you would come to the seminar as often as possible.

We normally host nine seminar talks over the course of the academic year. In 2024/25, we hosted talks by Rachel Winchcombe (Manchester), Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton), Will Tullet (York), Tiéphaine Thomason (Cambridge), Nikki Clarke (Birkbeck), and Juliet Atkinson (Leeds).

The Institute will provide you with a stipend of £300 (£100/term) and will cover the cost of your meals if you attend post-seminar dinners.

The current convenors are Holly Fletcher (UCL), Laura Gowing (KCL), Kate Hodgkin (East London), Eva Johanna Holmberg (Queen Mary), Tiéphaine Thomason (Cambridge), Emily Vine (Exeter), Brodie Waddell (Birkbeck) and Roisin Watson (Open University).

To apply, please send a cover letter (max one page) indicating why this opportunity is of interest and a CV (1-2 pages) to b.waddell@bbk.ac.uk by September 1st.
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The new Writing Framework from the DfE marks a significant moment in the conversation around writing pedagogy in England. Its publication invites considered reflection—not only on its specific content, but on the broader values & assumptions that underpin it. englishassociation.ac.uk/the-eas-resp...
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The EA's response to the Department for Education's Writing Framework | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We are signatories to this important letter organised by @voice21oracy.bsky.social “calling on him to establish oracy as a core part of Labour’s revised national curriculum & make it the 4th ‘R’ in education, alongside reading,writing & arithmetic. “ www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Keir Starmer urged to honour pledge to embed speaking skills in England’s schools
Alastair Campbell and children’s author Michael Rosen among advocates calling for oracy to be in curriculum
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Look 👀👀 Take this brilliant opportunity to showcase your work ! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Delighted to share the news of our winner for the *special* 2025 Fellows Award: Kathy Halliday #FE English teacher from Barnsley College. Outstanding inspirational work that we are pleased to celebrate! 🙌👏🥳🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟⬇️
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Dr Amanda Blake Davis 🌱 @abdavis.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
✨️Job Alert✨️ Research Associate, 21st Century Oxford Authors Edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Fixed-term, University of Sheffield, closing date 18 August. Please share with ECRs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
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Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Buxi Duan @buxiduan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My article on Nancy Pearn’s editorial contribution to D. H. Lawrence’s late journalistic essays is out in @englishjournaloup.bsky.social - big thanks for peer reviewers’ insightful feedback and editors’ kind support throughout! (1/2 doi.org/10.1093/engl...
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The ‘Golden … Magazine Girl’ of D. H. Lawrence: Nancy Pearn’s Neglected Editorial Role in Lawrence’s Late Journalistic Writing
Abstract. D. H. Lawrence’s non-fiction, particularly his late journalistic work composed in the last three years of his life (1928–30), has increasingly dr
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
1/2 A superlative, benevolent & generous scholar, whom we lost this year, in his last email to me, said “Supporting rising talent, I have come to understand, whether through direct teaching or indirect support and mentoring, is ultimately more important than anything I’ve published. …
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English: Journal of the English Association @englishjournaloup.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
If you are a PGR or postdoc looking to showcase your work, & receive expert feedback en route, then do get in touch as @englishassociation.bsky.social and our publishers @oxfordunipress.bsky.social are committed to supporting ECRs. One way we can do so is by offering a platform for your voices.
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English: Journal of the English Association @englishjournaloup.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Our latest issue is a celebration of the brilliant work being carried out by Early Career Researchers across our discipline(s), containing scintillating studies from Old English to postmodernity. Link here: academic.oup.com/english/issu...
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Volume 73 Issue 283 | English: Journal of the English Association | Oxford Academic
An official journal of The English Association. Publishes literary criticism, essays, original poetry, and review articles on a wide range of authors and literary texts in English.
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Thoughts and prayers to everyone and their deadlines whose children break up from school today.
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Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Workshop: Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850, 3/4 September 2025, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. With @rhammersley99.bsky.social @ebuchetmann.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social et al. The programme is now online @ www.hab.de/event/transl...
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Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850 – HAB
Herzog August Bibliothek
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Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network @earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter. Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️
Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October.  

We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries.

We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. 

Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: 
Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare.
Martial identities, values and motivations.
Notions of gender, race, class and religion.
Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict.
The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war.
Popular allegiance in early modern conflict.
Maritime violence and naval warfare.
The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law.

Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.
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Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
In case you haven't seen it, here's our call for the upcoming Forum in Early Modern Women. Consider submitting a short piece on the theme of migrancy! #EarlyModern
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
One of the manifold benefits of living, working & studying literature in Norwich & Norfolk are the superb independent bookshops. I have just picked up NINE volumes of the journal of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society for just £3(!). Thank you City Bookshop! www.citybookshopnorwich.co.uk
Copies of the journal Norfolk Archaeology, the journal of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society.
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Final Reminder that today is the last day to register for next week’s @chase-dtp.bsky.social Bookscapes event! @ueahistory.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #Twitterstorians
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The ability to attract and retain global talent and international students is fundamental to the UK’s research and innovation excellence. We have today published our response to the Government’s Immigration White Paper. Read it here: buff.ly/0TEPdtz
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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
A Monday repost for the next Bookscapes event on 16 July. Deadline for registration is this Friday. Please do share hither and yon.
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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
PhD SCHOLARSHIP! TCD is looking for an outstanding scholar keen to research materials broadly related to a project on the dramatic representation of Romani people, Ottomans, and “Moors” in Renaissance Italian comedies Deadline 4 August all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/ucd-sc... #EarlyModern
UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics PhD Scholarship Opportunity in Italian
University College Dublin
Deadline for submission/application: August 4, 2025

The Italian Section at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at University College Dublin, Ireland is pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates for a PhD Scholarship, starting in September 2025. The candidate will develop research broadly related to a project on the dramatic representation of Romani people, Ottomans, and “Moors” in Renaissance Italian comedies and their Western European translations funded by Research Ireland Pathway programme. They will be supervised by the PI and co-PI of the project, Dr Matteo Leta and Dr Serena Laiena. Successful candidates should demonstrate an interest in at least one of the following areas: Italian Renaissance Theatre, Early Modern History of Minorities, Transnational Approaches to Italian Theatre, Mediterranean Studies, Cultural History, Premodern Critical Race Studies, as well as proficiency in Italian and English. Ability to work in another Romance language will also be considered.

The Scholarship lasts for four years and comprises an annual stipend of €25,000, a contribution to fees, including non-EU fees, of €5,750 per annum and an allowance of €4,500 for research and travel costs. The successful candidate is expected to participate in professional development activities, including some teaching activities.
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