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Saskia Huc-Hepher

@svshh.bsky.social
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French Studies, Migration, Translation, Digital Humanities, Health Humanities, Citizen of Europe and bonne… maman. Views my own. She/her/elle

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great piece - do have a quick read and then share. Essentially, Labour putting Rejoin in its next manifesto is the single move that gives Labour the best chance at winning (possibly with a coalition) at the next General Election. 🌹🇪🇺
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Have you read our latest Special Issue? Special Issue: The Global Configurations of Whiteness Guest Edited by Ipek Demir & Karim Murji Now published in #Identities, 33.3: www.tandfonline.com/... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Saskia Huc-Hepher @svshh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
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Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Indigenous Mexican poet Irma Pineda writes in Didxazá, one of the variants in the Zapotec language family. Read four of her poems in Didxazá and Spanish on our website, translated by @wendycall.bsky.social. They are accompanied by an additional translator's note.
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Blue Longing: Four Poems by Irma Pineda, trans. by Wendy Call
Indigenous Mexican poet Irma Pineda writes both in Spanish and Didxazá, one of the variants in the Zapotec language family.
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Michèle Plott @micheleplott.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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France Culture @franceculture.fr · 14/04/2026
Simone de Beauvoir nous quittait il y a 40 ans, mais son héritage continue de traverser les générations. Figure majeure de la pensée du XXe siècle, elle a marqué la lutte pour les droits des femmes, qu’elle n’a jamais considérés comme acquis. ➡️ l.franceculture.fr/4hg
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asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
We have extended the Call for Papers for our conference 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚 to 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 20𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, giving some extra time for submissions after the Easter break. We welcome submissions from colleagues at every career stage, and especially postgraduates.
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Lots of great links on open cultural data, AI in GLAMs, publishing, etc
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Sarah Arens @saraharens.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The new issue of the @sfps.bsky.social Bulletin has just been published! Featuring the joint winners and the runner-up to the 2025 SFPS Essay Prize, as well as the usual range of reviews of new books in the field. Bonne lecture! 1/ sfps.org.uk/bulletin-of-...
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Current Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies (2025/26) – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Maruja Torres @marujatorres.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
NO A LA GUERRA elpais.com/espana/2026-...
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El grito del “no a la guerra” vuelve a sonar en las calles españolas
Miles de manifestantes se congregan en Madrid para protestar por los ataques en Irán y Gaza, en un día de protestas también en Barcelona, Bilbao o Valencia
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Saskia Huc-Hepher @svshh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI
As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large
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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📢 Calling all students working in French history and Francophone studies! "ASMCF-SSFH Postgraduate Study Day: Resonances and Dissonances". Moments of echo and reverberation, rupture and interruption. 📅 10 April, 9-5pm 📍 Hybrid Free for all to attend. Full programme & registration 👇
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ASMCF-SSFH Postgraduate Study Day: Resonances and Dissonances
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Migration is part of what makes this country great. We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours. The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
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QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Book launch 2. Andrew Smith's @smidbob.bsky.social ky.social Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France, 9pm, 5.30pm at @ihr.bsky.social in conversation with @alisoncarrol.bsky.social, @vbivar.bsky.social & Sarah Farmer : www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Book Launch for Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France
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Saskia Huc-Hepher @svshh.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Mondes ruraux, une histoire de femmes : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture
Qui sont ces femmes en sabots, oubliées de l’histoire vers lesquelles historiennes et historiens portent aujourd’hui leur attention ? Elles sont nourrices, filles des champs qui veillent sur les enfan...
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation. Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.
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Digital Humanities Research Hub @dh-researchhub.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The next session in our seminar series, ‘The Fragile Record’, explores gaps and silences in cultural heritage collections. Join us online at 4pm on 17 February as we examine uncertainty, privilege and power in digital archives. www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
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Gaps and Silences in Cultural Heritage Collections
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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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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Join us for our book launch!! birmm.research.vub.be/virtual-book...
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Virtual Book Launch: 'A New Wave' of Anti-Racism in Europe?
We are delighted to invite you to the launch of the book: A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe?
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Sarah Arens @saraharens.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
An imperial textbook classic: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘I didn’t know how to shoot’: how African men have been tricked into fighting for Russia
Exclusive: Lured by false job adverts, they are unknowingly enlisted on arrival and put in mortal danger
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16/01/2026
The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being referred to the National Referral Mechanism? @centralbylines.co.uk
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The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking
At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being refered to the National Referral Mechanism?
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Constance Bantman @constancebantman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Finally some good news!!
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
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Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Very welcome news — and not before time!
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asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Hello and welcome to our Francophone Friday thread, where we come together to highlight research being conducted in or about the Francophone world! These threads are created with help of our members, so if you want to advertise events, publications, etc about Francophone research, do reach out! 1/9
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
"If I talk about myself, it has been seven years since I last met my mother. I always dream about reuniting with her and think about how and when it can happen. Under the new law, family reunions now seem impossible."
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New changes in the immigration system: scapegoating asylum seekers?
New UK migration rules double settlement time, risking decades of family separation and leaving asylum seekers in prolonged fear and heartbreak
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities. Apply by 30 Jan:
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Practice Research Fellowship Scheme
Announcing our Medical Humanities In Practice Research Fellowship Scheme
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
A very comprehensive and informed analysis (as usual) from the Wonkhe team, helpfully putting the pieces of the English jigsaw in one place.
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Budget 2025 for universities and students
Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial ...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
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Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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Saskia Huc-Hepher @svshh.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
RIP. A legend gone, but the music lives on…
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
What's available online from the British Library? This guide lists resources including digitised books at Google Books, items from the Endangered Archives Programme, International Dunhuang Programme and the Qatar Digital Library bl.libguides.com/currently-available
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Guides: What's currently available: Introduction
This guide provides up to date details of which services are currently available following a cyber-attack, and which aren't.
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School of Humanities, University of Westminster @wminhumanities.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Why study Humanities? Delving deep into the complexities of the human makes you more likely to understand the needs of others and be empathetic to their concerns. Think of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: in the end, do you empathise with the charismatic scientist, or the revenge-seeking Creature?
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Saskia Huc-Hepher @svshh.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Grokipedia : l'encyclopédie parasite d'Elon Musk !
Depuis une semaine, Elon Musk a lancé une encyclopédie alternative à Wikipedia, entièrement nourrie par l'IA, elle cherche à nuire à Wikipedia, considérée comme trop "woke".
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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
What effect do school policies have on uptake and achievement in languages at Key Stage 4? If you are interested to learn more, read @karenforbes.bsky.social article as well as Zhu Hua, Elin Arfon and Ann-Marie Hunter’s article www.tandfonline.com/journals/rll...
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Language Education in the Curriculum
Explore the article collection: Language Education in the Curriculum. Published in The Language Learning Journal.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
AI is reshaping how we get news – but not always how we want. A BBC/EBU study found AI assistants often blur fact and opinion, invent quotes, or get context wrong. New standards aim to fix that.
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Artificial Intelligence and the news: ‘could do better’
Growing numbers of people are getting their news from artificial intelligence assistants. A new international study raises some concerns.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 27/10/2025
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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Naushabah Khan MP @naushabahkhanmp.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The conversation about immigration has taken a sinister turn. It’s no longer just about policy; it’s about race. I won’t stand for it. We can’t let hate and division decide who belongs in Britain. This country is stronger, kinder, and better than that 🇬🇧 #immigration #race #sarahpochin #british
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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM sshm.org/sshm-2026/
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SSHM 2026: In/Out
Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…
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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · 06/10/2025
Cambridge University Press and the @lingsocam.bsky.social are proud to announce the new Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC), launching in 2027. JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation through a global, diasporic lens. 📢 Learn more: cup.org/3KA2i9a #linguistics #LangSky
coming soon in Language and Linguistics
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CTIS Manchester @ctis-manchester.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Ready for a new academic year? Let's start on a high note by kicking off the brand-new CTIS Research Seminar Series 2025-26 together! Here is the Semester 1 programme. Zoom links for individual sessions will be shared in the comments.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The situation with Blackboard - now its owner is bankrupt and it's coming under new private equity ownership and control - is serious enough the UK agency for HE tech is advising all affected universities to seek assurances regarding data security inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/s...
Data protection (UK GDPR)
Obtain confirmation that Anthology will continue to meet its UK GDPR Article 28 obligations as your data processor throughout the process.
Get clarification of sub processor stability (no changes planned; if changes are anticipated, please provide advance notice and details).
Confirm that no organisational changes arising from the restructuring will alter how your personal data is accessed, processed, or transferred; if any changes are envisaged, please outline controls, locations, and safeguards.
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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’
In 2004, language learning ceased to be compulsory at Key Stage 4, aged 14 to 16.
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I made a lil game inspired by the Wordle universe. It's called Versedle (pronounced Verse-a-dle). You guess who wrote famous lines of literature. As my parents can attest, it's hard! I made them an Easy Mode, but it's still kinda hard. Maybe you'll like it! ▶️ 📚: melaniewalsh.github.io/versedle/
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VERSEDLE
Test your literary knowledge with Versedle!
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 02/10/2025
📢 The #InternetArchive is celebrating an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved by the #WaybackMachine. 🎉 Join us! 📆 Weds, Oct 22 🎟️ IN-PERSON: 5–10 PM PT (SF) ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133... 💻 ONLINE: 7–8 PM PT ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011... #Wayback1T
Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
21 November ILCS event on thinking strategically about the challenges faced by language educators. Don't miss it, sign up now! university-council-for-languages.org/2025/09/24/t...
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Thinking Strategically: Challenges Facing Language Educators – ILCS
An online event with the ILCS focussing on issues faced by language educators will take place on 21st November 2025, featuring Megan Bowler (Oxford), Emma Cayley (Leeds and UCFL), and Charles Forsd…
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Politicians may avoid mentioning it – but the people know what's up. "When Labour voters were asked why they believed things were getting worse, they overwhelmingly cited Brexit, with 69 per cent naming the decision to leave the European Union as the main reason behind the country’s problems."
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Britain is going backwards under Starmer, Labour voters say
Disappointing figures come on the eve of a crucial Labour Party Conference
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A very interesting approach to Jean-Paul Sartre’s screenplay Typhus, by Steven Wilson liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944): Journal of Romance Studies: Vol 25, No 3
Moving beyond an understanding of colonialism as a metaphor for individual doctor–patient relationships and towards an analysis of the political consequences of colonialism for the operation of disease on specific communities, this article analyses ...
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The latest JRS special issue explores multilingual & transcultural narratives of health and illness in European literatures (1870s–1960s+). Read the introduction to the issue #OpenAccess. ➡️ bit.ly/JRS-Reading-Bodies @ilcs.bsky.social @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @profstevenwilson.bsky.social
Cover image for the Journal of Romance Studies, Volume 25, Number 3, Autumn 2025. The left side shows the journal cover with a decorative tile motif. On the right, text reads: Reading Bodies: Narrating Illness in European Literatures and Cultures (1870s to 1960s and beyond), edited by Katharine Murphy and Olivia Glaze. Logos of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, the School of Advanced Study (University of London), and Liverpool University Press are also displayed, with a green banner at the bottom reading “Special Issue.”
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Popular this week: 'Ethnography and Modern Languages' by @naswells.bsky.social, @cforsdick.bsky.social, Jessica Bradley, Charles Burdett, Jennifer Burns, Marion Demossier, Margaret Hills de Zárate, @svshh.bsky.social, Shirley Jordan, @theapitman.bsky.social & Georgia Wall ⬇️
'Ethnography and Modern Languages' by Naomi Wells, Charles Forsdick, Jessica Bradley, 
Charles Burdett, Jennifer Burns, Marion Demossier, Margaret Hills de Zárate, Saskia Huc-Hepher,                  Shirley Jordan, Thea Pitman, and Georgia Wall on a series of light and mid blue banners.
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