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Solange Manche

@smanche.bsky.social
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Researcher in French Literature and Thought, including the history of economics II very into Class in a myriad of ways II Assistant Editor @French Studies Bulletin

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
German broadcast. Nailed it
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Delighted to share that I've joined French Studies Bulletin as Assistant Editor. I look forward to contributing to FSB, supporting early-career researchers, and helping to publish bold new ideas.
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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We are pleased to announce the CFP for next year's annual conference which will take place at the University of Galway. The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2026. For more information see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/...
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2027 Annual Conference
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
NEOBANKS: any good articles on neobanks, especially in the EU?
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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Another great day at the SFS Annual Conference in Leicester with keynotes by Mary Harrod and Camille Robcis
Mary Harrod speakingCamille Robcis speaking
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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Our 2026 Annual Conference kicks off with a welcome by Society President Nicholas Harrison and a plenary lecture by Patrick Crowley on 'Literary Criticism in a Time Before "After"'
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 20/06/2026
Germany, hotbed of AI accelerationism. We're hoping to leapfrog the digital democracy phase – straight from fax-based government to rule by AGI.
Chart showing that most people in the US think effective regulation of AI is more important than developing the technology faster. Germany and Romania at the bottom of the list.
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I'm very please to share that I've been invited to share a poetic performance for the "It's A Merciless Format" gathering taking place in Brussels end of this month. Read more here: solangemanche.substack.com/p/its-a-merc...
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It's A Merciless Format: programme
I'll be performing in Brussels, on Sunday the 28th of June
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
housing is everything rise up “to the younger generation the housing squeeze is personal, and so is the policy response. While most lawmakers are homeowners — 80%, by one count — the youngest politicians are often renters,like the vast majority of Americans under 35” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...
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A Youthful Crop of Politicians Run on Housing, and Their Own Rent
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A week ago, on the third of June, the Dutch poet Lieke Marsman passed away after years of fighting cancer. Her work meant a lot to me. solangemanche.substack.com/p/lieke-mars...
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Lieke Marsman (1990-2026)
in memoriam
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Although it will still take at least nine months to appear, I had to write about finishing the manuscript of my first monograph! I am extremely grateful to @frenchstudies.bsky.social who enabled this. Very excited about what's next. solangemanche.substack.com/p/the-new-fi...
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The New Financial Subject
on finishing my manuscript, Butler, and Malabou
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I started a substack to write about my recent archival research trip to IMEC, Caen. open.substack.com/pub/solangem...
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
It's a bit the Homo Academicus moment of Marxism right now...
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
As a library dweller and former resident of the city, I really enjoyed this article on Berlin's libraries by Laney Lenox. I'd definitely recommend anyone with a connection to the city to dig into the @slowberlin.bsky.social literary archives 👌 www.slowtravelberlin.com/berlins-best...
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Berlin’s Libraries: More Than Just Books
Laney Lenox dives into Berlin’s libraries, discovering much more than just glorious books… on Slow Travel Berlin
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Danish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS🚨 We are proud to announce the call for abstracts for our 11th annual conference: FREEDOM. The conference takes place at Copenhagen Business School on October 2-3 2026. Read the full call here 👇 and submit before 1 May 2026 💌 marxistiskestudier.com/2026/03/03/c...
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Call for Abstracts: 11th annual conference
Freedom Eleventh annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies Copenhagen Business School, Denmark2-3 October 2026 Open call While we particularly encourage engagements with the theme…
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Very disappointing to read a well-established literary scholar’s article about François Bon and see that he paid very little attention to the spelling of women’s names. Published in 2005, Akerman was hardly a niche filmmaker...
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Heather Williams @heatherhmw.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Important interview free to read here. Congratulations to both Martin and Dave @frenchstudies.bsky.social liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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Whither French Studies? An Interview with Martin Crowley and David Evans | French Studies Bulletin
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Maybe: Sinan @maybenansi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A wonderful initiative
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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The Society is delighted to announce the five shortlisted entries for this year's R. Gapper Book Prize:
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Most read in French Studies this week: Hauntology, Spectres and Phantoms by Colin Davis. Read it in the French Studies online archive: bit.ly/FS-Hauntology @frenchstudies.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #SubscribetoOpen
Promotional banner for French Studies: A Quarterly Review. On the left, blue text reads: “Publishing articles and reviews spanning all areas of the subject, including language and linguistics, literature, thought and the history of ideas, and cultural studies.” The background features a subtle abstract pattern in pale lavender tones. Along the bottom are the Liverpool University Press logo (Founded 1899) and the Society for French Studies (SFS) logo. On the right is the cover of French Studies.
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"no a la guerra" 🙏
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Jimmy Dijk @jimmydijk.sp.nl · 25/02/2026
Stop de verhoging van de AOW-leeftijd. Na de vakbonden zeggen zelfs werkgeversorganisaties dat de AOW-leeftijd niet verder moet stijgen. Afspraak is afspraak. Hoe betrouwbaar zijn D66, CDA en VVD eigenlijk?
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 19/02/2026
NEW: A simple digital treatment involving gameplay has been shown to dramatically reduce intrusive trauma memories within one month. Six months on, some participants were symptom-free. Find out more ⬇️
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Study shows that digital treatment with Tetris gameplay can
New research involving Oxford researchers has shown that a simple digital intervention that includes gameplay can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New article! Far-right fossil fuel ignorance: the nostalgia of national-industrial modernity by Kjell Vowles. @kvowles.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2026.2620920
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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 31/01/2026
Ok we all need some silliness right now, so I'll tell you that there is a polish rapper called "Taco Hemingway" who produced a song called "I fell in love next to a pharmacy", in which he raps about a specific painkiller - so now his fans are emptying Polish pharmacies because they see it as merch.
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My level of exhaustion can be interpreted from my posts: commenting articles from the Guardian means "exhausted"
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Another reason to dislike Tarantino... www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
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Paul Dano reacts to Tarantino criticism: ‘I was incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me’
Actor says the defence of his peers and fans was ‘really nice’ after Quentin Tarantino’s scathing assessment calling Dano ‘a weak, weak, uninteresting guy’
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
getting some help rereading my applications, and fact checking pretty much everything I print
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
As Honnold himself would say: this is extremely low risk for a climber like him. It is an easy climb when trained at the level H is. It is a bit like when I go to the climbing gym and I know I can easily climb a certain grade. I know I will not fall. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘The most stressful TV experience on record’: Alex Honnold and the rise of potential death as live entertainment
Witnessing the free climber’s ascent of the Taipei 101 without ropes on Skyscraper Live was an astonishing experience. But beneath panicked viewers’ sweaty palms, there was a queasy truth about the fu...
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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 24/01/2026
#Emploi | Mediapart recrute un·e journaliste réseaux sociaux (CDI) 🔎 Pour produire et diffuser des contenus éditoriaux, animer les communautés et participer à la stratégie du journal. 🗓 Fin de candidature : 29 janvier 2026 ✉️ Réponse à l'annonce : Notion 📍 Date de prise de poste : avril 2026
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Journaliste réseaux sociaux (CM) | Notion
Mediapart recrute un·e journaliste réseaux sociaux en CDI
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A little bit of Breton working-class history, taking you back to 1924! Tonight, my partner is celebrating their birthday and I picked this card from my collection for the occasion. It portrays the failed assassination attempt of the communist mayor of Douarnenez, Daniel le Flanchec.
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 22/01/2026
This UK university finance dashboard is so good. Incredible public service.
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Writing a non-academic cover letter today: it's actually refreshing.
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
go.bsky.app/BAvY9c9
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
this definitely reflects what I see around me: so many friends on universal credit (including myself), and these are friends with degrees of which no one thought you'd ever be on UC, chemical engineering, structural biology...
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Nick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Out now! I've edited a special issue of New Political Economy on 'Centring exploitation in global political economy'. Link to the intro: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Other articles (all brilliant!) and a short summary 👇 1/
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
With the rise of extreme wealth, there's also a growing resistance to it. I don't doubt this is a good development, but it is also extremely limited view of why extreme wealth is possible in the first place, www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...
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Limitarianism: why we need to put a cap on the super-rich
In this extract from her new book, Dutch political philosopher Ingrid Robeyns proposes a three-pronged plan of action to tackle extreme wealth concentration and reduce inequality
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States…. gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Delighted to share the CFP for the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate and ECR Study Day, happening on Friday 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social. This year we are also opening the call up to final-year UG students and MA students. Please share widely!
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Some prices matter much more than others for livelihoods, production and distribution. They are systemically significant and key in the fight for affordability and against inflation. So proud to win the Nelson & Freeman Prize for our paper! Thank you ICC! 🥳 academic.oup.com/icc/article/...
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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Very excited we have five funded PhD fellowships, open to all fields of political science and economics, so please do spread the word to prospective political theory students! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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PhD Studentships in Political Economy at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Programme - PhD Studentships in Political Economy at King’s College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
'we're too civilised for this banana republic behaviour' is such neocolonial language.
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
bet you didnt have BlackRock presiding over Trump's destruction of Fed independence on your bingo cards
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
In NLR 156: History’s Shadow. Why is South Africa stuck in forms of social and economic segregation, 30 years after apartheid? Kevin Cox unpacks the white regime’s class-making processes. newleftreview.org/issues/ii156...
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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
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Solange Manche @smanche.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Trinity Hall, also the college that has been trying to hide years of sexual harassment cases. What is going on at this college? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students
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