Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.
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Thank you to all the speakers for your fascinating papers!
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Currently listening to Nat Reeve talking about fungi as narrators in historical fictions.
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Fascinating talk by Elena Ippendorf on 'The Rush'. Another item to add to the reading list.
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Thank you to Maliha Iqbal, Jacob Mettin and Ashish Kumar Pandey for starting us off with three great talks.
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The 2025 Winter Online Workshop is now live!
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Quick reminder: The registration for the HFRN Annual Conference 2026 at Erlangen closes soon.
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Just a quick reminder that our Online Winter workshop on historical fictions and the climate crisis is this Saturday!
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2 days at the annual #BritCult2025 conference. There was a sense of urgency among those of us who practice queer studies not only but perhaps especially as queer individuals in times where our fellowsβ mere being is perceived as a threat (to what exactly, though?) in many parts of the world.
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Please find here another CfP for a conference entitled "Γ nous lβhomme et ses passions ! Pour une rΓ©habilitation de lβΓ©lan romanesque du roman historique." You can find the link here: www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
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Just a quick reminder: HFRN is offering 10 fee waivers to MA- and PhD-students to take part in the HFRN Conference 2026 at Erlangen. Send us an informal email to apply.
(Deadline: 15 November).
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The University of Salzburg is orgainising a conference on βHistory up for Debate: Literature, Storytelling and the Imagined Past | SEC26β in early July 2026. Please find here the call for papers: www.plus.ac.at/anglistik-un...
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The preliminary programme for the HFRN Winter workshop is out now on our website.
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Thank you to Kelly, Catherine and Stephanie for a wonderful talk on Austrialian historical fiction!
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Don't forget to join us for Friday's online lecture. Catherine Padmore, Stephanie Downes and Kelly Gardiner (University of La Trobe) will be talking about historical novels in Australia. You can register here: historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-lectu...
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Thank you to Emi for last night's fascinating lecture!
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Don't forget to join us for the HFRN Online Lecture on Japanese historical novels. The Zoom room opens in 40 minutes.
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On 7 November 2025, Catherine Padmore, Stephanie Downes and Kelly Gardiner (University of La Trobe) will be talking about the historical novel in Australia. We start at 9:30 am (GMT), online in Zoom. Guests welcome!
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If you would like to know more about Japanese historical novels and Samuraim join us on 29 October at 4 pm (GMT) for Emi Tozawa's HFRN talk. Registration is free.
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Registration for our Online Workshop on Historical Fictions in / and the Anthropocen is now open:
www.tickettailor.com/events/histo... The programme will be available soon. Please note that if you have already paid the membership levy for this year, you can join for free. Just drop us a line.
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Good morning! Registration for the #HFRN2026 Conference at Erlangen is now open. historicalfictionsresearch.org/hfrn-confere...
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3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)
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JOB AD: 3 3-year postdocs available at the Bonn Center for Slavery and Dependency Studies (BCDSS) @dependencybonn.de: I can highly recommend it as a place to spend (some of) your postdoc phase -- a deeply interdisciplinary environment with wonderful colleagues. shorturl.at/69hMY
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ESSE Book Awards 2026 β ESSE
The the call for the ESSE Book Awards 2026 has been published.
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Call for Contributions. Conference and workshops: History up for Debate: Literature, Storytelling and the Imagined Past. Location and dates: University of Salzburg. 12 July 2026. Deadline for proposal submissions: 2nd February 2026. #essecfp.
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The call for papers for the HFRN Online Winter Workshop is now closed. We are currently reviewing the very interesting submissions and will be in touch.
06.10.2025 10:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Last chance to submit a proposal to our 2025 Online Workshop on Historical Fictions and the Anthropocene. The CfP closes tomorrow. historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-works...
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"Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten"
Edited by Ben Fletcher-Watson, Jo Shaw
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-w...
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A big 'thank you' to Yolanda Rodriguez Perez for her fascinating talk on the Spanish historical novel!
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To learn more about the Network and our activities, do sign up for our Newsletter if you haven't done so yet. newsletter.historicalfictionsresearch.org/subscri...
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Don't forget to join us for tonight's lecture on Spanish historical fictions!
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A forum for everyone interested in #Victorian and #Neovictorian popular fiction and culture. Hosts VPFJ Journal and Third Sex and Short Story Reading Groups πhttps://victorianpopularfiction.org/
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website: https://www.jenniferleetsch.com/
βsoar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb."
Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
After 30 years working in human rights have turned to writing historical fiction. First novel, 'The Bratinsky Affair' out on Amazon with Sharpe Books Second book 'Syracuse Must Burn' at first cut. Love all things French (and Spanish) and ancient history.
π MBA HR | π B.Sc. BA Mgmt | Journeying through UK, France, Italy, Greece & Egyptβimmersed in history, art, theater & journals of timeless beauty
ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu
An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond.
Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
APE is the largest online portal of archival heritage related to Europe - dive deep into 10000s of archival descriptions and connect with archivists and researchers all over the world through our search engine - www.archivesportaleurope.net
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Academic books, journals and news from the Library and Information Science department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
Leibniz Research Alliance "Value of the Past"
Website: https://www.leibniz-wert-der-vergangenheit.de
Blog: https://valuepast.hypotheses.org
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the global voice of the library and information profession.
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) is a scholarly organization devoted to the study of the fantastic (broadly defined) as it appears in literature, film, and the other arts.
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Library of Anglo-American Culture & History #FIDAAC
Resources for British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, American & Canadian Studies
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Educational charity dedicated to advancing knowledge of #ThomasHardy by promoting his appreciation in every part of the world.
Canadian historian and novelist passionate about the craft of narrative. Author of The Bittersweet Year, non-fiction books, and the nationally recognized short story The Dance. Published in Canadian Geographic, Northwest Palate, and elsewhere.
Sociologist University of Manchester, co-Director Morgan Centre, Vice Director NCRM; co-editor Journal of Creative Research Methods, researches material culture, dormant things, fashion, wardrobes, gender and feminism.
Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
Writer of mystorical fiction (historical mystical realism), mom of four (wut?), and a real low-key mystic. Follow along for simple daily meditations.
