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Lorraine Ryan

@ryanlor.bsky.social

Senior Ruhr Alliance Research Fellow

88 Followers  |  77 Following  |  22 Posts  |  Joined: 02.05.2025  |  1.7389

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Polémica por el cierre de la librería Tipos Infames: ¿tiene la culpa el capitalismo? Lo que motiva, en último término, el odio que tienen los intelectuales al capitalismo es el resentimiento.

So sad to learn of the closure of one of my favourite bookshops in Madrid, Tipos Infames.

www.libertaddigital.com/libremercado...

25.01.2026 20:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks.you

23.01.2026 19:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Collage with a portrait photo of Lorraine Ryan and a quotation: "I am enthused by the idea that my research can make a difference, deepening both the public and academic understanding of issues that are socially pertinent, like memory, gender and immigration."

Collage with a portrait photo of Lorraine Ryan and a quotation: "I am enthused by the idea that my research can make a difference, deepening both the public and academic understanding of issues that are socially pertinent, like memory, gender and immigration."

#FellowFriday: Meet @ryanlor.bsky.social, Asst. Prof. of #HispanicStudies at the Univ. of Birmingham (UK). During her #fellowship, she is investigating Spanish #MemoryCulture with Prof. Zepp-Zwirner @unidue.bsky.social.
Learn more about her research & motivation in this Q&A (LinkedIn): t1p.de/b6lum

23.01.2026 09:18 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Looking forward to giving this talk in the University of Wuppertal next week.
www.romanistik.uni-wuppertal.de/de/aktuelles...

21.01.2026 16:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fascinating second day of our Ordinary Men conference

05.12.2025 11:05 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
College UA Ruhr: Ordinary Men. Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture | Conference

Only one day to go for our conference on perpetrator memory. Please see the full program here.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

03.12.2025 13:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
group photo: Prof. Martin Paul (Rector of Ruhr University Bochum), Ina Brandes (Minister of Culture and Science of North-Rhine Westphalia), Prof. Julika Griem (Director of the College), Prof. Barbara Albert (Rector of University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Ute Schneider (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Friedrich Balke (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Maximiliane Wilkesmann (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Manfred Bayer (Rector of TU Dortmund University)

group photo: Prof. Martin Paul (Rector of Ruhr University Bochum), Ina Brandes (Minister of Culture and Science of North-Rhine Westphalia), Prof. Julika Griem (Director of the College), Prof. Barbara Albert (Rector of University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Ute Schneider (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Friedrich Balke (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Maximiliane Wilkesmann (Scientific Board member of the College), Prof. Manfred Bayer (Rector of TU Dortmund University)

Yesterday, we celebrated the successful establishment of the College for Social Sciences and Humanities of the #UniversityAllianceRuhr in Essen at the ceremonial opening with the Minister of Culture and Science of NRW Ina Brandes and around 100 guests.
👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
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02.12.2025 10:20 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2
graphic with a portrait photo of Rashed Uz Zaman and a quotation: "In my project, I seek to understand how countries contributing troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions engage with issues such as gender equality and civil-military relations."

graphic with a portrait photo of Rashed Uz Zaman and a quotation: "In my project, I seek to understand how countries contributing troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions engage with issues such as gender equality and civil-military relations."

#FellowFriday: Meet Rashed Uz Zaman, a researcher in the field of #InternationalRelations at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research focuses on strategic and international security issues & civil-military relations in #Bangladesh.
Learn more about him in this Q&A (LinkedIn): t1p.de/hsutf

28.11.2025 09:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Find all info about our conference on perpetrator memory here.

19.11.2025 13:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
graphic with a portrait photo of Tülin Sener and a quotation: "Ethnic-racial socialisation plays a vital role in fostering a positive self-identity among children in multicultural societies."

graphic with a portrait photo of Tülin Sener and a quotation: "Ethnic-racial socialisation plays a vital role in fostering a positive self-identity among children in multicultural societies."

#FellowFriday: Our Senior Fellow Tulin Sener is Prof. of #EducationalPsychology at Ankara University, Turkey. An expert in developmental #psychology, she focuses on culturally contextualised perspectives.
Learn more about her research & her motivation in the Q&A on LinkedIn: t1p.de/h54fm
#Devpsy

14.11.2025 08:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

@memstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@mnemonics.bsky.social
@hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social

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@ilcs.bsky.social

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@memstudiesassoc.bsky.social

07.11.2025 20:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The program for the international conference, Ordinary Men:Perpetrator Memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture, is now available. Registration has also opened.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

07.11.2025 15:50 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

The program for the international conference, Ordinary Men:Perpetrator Memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture, is now available. Registration has also opened.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

07.11.2025 15:50 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Gender and Immigration in Elvira Navarro’s La ciudad feliz The representation of the Chinese immigrant in Spanish culture has mainly hewed to hackneyed stereotypes of machine-like and constant productivity, as well as homogeneity. In Alejandro González Iñá...

My New article on Elvira Navarro's La ciudad feliz, is out now.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KYSVV...

27.10.2025 11:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social . Please read this call for papers for a conference on perpetrator memory in Spanish Culture.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

18.09.2025 20:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Please join is on December 4th and 5th to discuss perpetrator memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture.

18.09.2025 19:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Delighted to be a part of this cohort.

18.09.2025 19:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was honoured to be part of the Reading Bodies project. I am looking forward to reading this special issue.

18.09.2025 19:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations, Rebecca

08.07.2025 08:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Spanish Food Studies on fire in el Ateneo.

20.05.2025 09:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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La obra cuentística de J. M. Merino - Zenda Ángeles Encinar escribe acerca de 'De mundos inciertos', el volumen de cuentos de José María Merino que ha editado para Cátedra.

"Merino ha afiliado su cuentística, con frecuencia, al ámbito de lo fantástico, tendencia donde su nombre destaca".

Ángeles Encinar escribe acerca de "De mundos inciertos", el volumen de cuentos de José María Merino. 

19.05.2025 12:28 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Looking forward to introducing this fantastic session tomorrow.

19.05.2025 09:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Promises to be a great event

19.05.2025 09:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’ Proposed scheme involves talent scouts offering attractive packages to tempt academics and lecturers from abroad

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

14.05.2025 08:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Interesantísima sesión sobre El exilio interior esta noche en Tipos Infames. Gracias a Isabelle Touton, Germán Labrador y Juana Salabert.

12.05.2025 19:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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El lunes que viene, 12M, presentamos #elexiliointerior en la librería #TiposInfames, Madrid
Una ocasión de lujo, con los responsables de la edición, Isabelle Touton y Germán Labrador, y con Juana Salabert, hija del autor y Premio Nacional de Narrativa.
www.todostuslibros.com/libros/el-ex...

07.05.2025 18:20 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The conference logo. On the right is a matrix of interconnected black lines with a mixture of orange, teal and pink circles marking the insertions. On the left is the text 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions, Intersections, Contradictions'.

The conference logo. On the right is a matrix of interconnected black lines with a mixture of orange, teal and pink circles marking the insertions. On the left is the text 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions, Intersections, Contradictions'.

Registration for the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions is now open!

🗓️ 24-26 June 2025 (single day tickets available)

📍In-person at Durham University, or online

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critical-n...

07.05.2025 10:38 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Convergencias literarias: género, narrativa y fandom en la literatura española contemporánea | Literary convergences: Gender, genre and fandom in contemporary Spanish literature

The Centre for the Study of Women´s Writing will host this fantastic New Seminar Series on Female-authored science fiction in Spain. Book now.

ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

05.05.2025 07:48 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

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