Dr Julia Ribeiro Thomaz

Almost exactly 20 years later, that friend is my partner, we are embarking on the hugest project ever together, and I get to do cool stuff like that for a living. Black Sabbath has definitely shaped my life, and it was a privilege to see them one last time!

It was obviously Baudelaire. I can't remember which poem I presented, but the song was Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. It was also the first project my then best friend and I did together.

I would therefore have to present the main characteristics of symbolism to the whole class. I looked it up - it screamed Black Sabbath. I figured it would be a great opportunity to force some good music upon my classmates, who hated metal. I just had to find a symbolist poet to compare with Sabbath

Not a story I tell very often, but my first contact with French poetry, which I now study for a living, happened through Black Sabbath. I had just turned 15, it was the year before the last at school. I skipped a few days and when I came back the literature teacher said I had missed an assignment...

YouTube video by history hub Julia Thomaz - “Unlikely heroes” in bomber planes: representations of female warrior in Heavy Metal

And if gender and representations of women warriors is more your thing, check this one out: youtu.be/dtMcAjCMQzg?...

Having a blast at Back to the Beginning, Black Sabbath's final gig! And since today is all about celebrating the birth of Heavy Metal, you can catch me talking about the genre and the First World War here ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk/podcast/heav...

Thanks! I haven't really "announced" it, but felt like SFS needed a shout out :) baby should be here next month, so not long to go now!

Pregnancy mostly impacts early and mid-career female scholars, precisely the demographics for whom conferences like SFS can be career-defining, and I am glad their inclusive ethos allowed me to present a project I'm passionate about while also prioritising my family!

We've reached a point where baby can come at any time so I thought about withdrawing but wonderful Conference Officer Kate Foster allowed my partner to come with me for support and 'just in case', found a room for him to have meetings and was just generally awesome!

@frenchstudies.bsky.social conference looked a bit different for me this year, but left with so many ideas of where to go with my project on the tirailleurs sénégalais! Also, I have to say SFS were a 10/10 for being inclusive and accommodating my heavy pregnancy!

couldn't have done it without you!

Book proofs and indexing finally done and this baby is now back with the editor for printing! Hoping for a publicatin in early 2026 🤞

Very excited for the @frenchstudies.bsky.social conference next week, where I'll be presenting my new project about poetry by tirailleurs sénégalais! Here is a teaser in case you're there and want to come to the Coloniality and Commemoration panel (4.6) on Tuesday!

Out of everything that is wrong with the academic publishing industry, surely the fact that T&F's paper can't even handle highlighters is one to be complained about...

Been dying to write about Nakamura's gig at the Paris Opening Ceremony and about rap galsen about the tirailleurs, and now it's finally happening! Not that my brain is in any capacity to do it, but having fun anyway!

In spite of myself, I seem to be engaging quite a lot with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - currently writing my third piece in this area 😱 two of them were edited by Ann-Marie Einhaus and Catriona Pennel, and I can't thank them enough for their support!

Finally went to see I'm Still Here. It is a beautiful portrayal of how the military dictatorship in Brasil invaded households and impacted families. This is a film to bring ppl together: if you are pro-family/conservative, you are on our side: to protect families is to fight against dictatorships!

It is indeed, I love the pattern on it, must have been hard work!!!
And always happy to supply friends with their very own WMDs 😉

This was just such a wonderful event in the end. Hopefully the audience got as much out of it as myself, @juliarsct.bsky.social & @amfoster.bsky.social did!

Heading home from this and it was amazing!
It is a privilege to be able to discuss Chris's work but we also covered some serious historiographic questions.

Meeting up with friends to talk about Star Wars, History and writing and still being able to call it work? Definitely a win!

So far no plans for recording or livestreaming unfortunately :( but will keep you updated in case that changes!

Very much looking forward to this next week! We'll be talking writing practices, archives, and positionality - with a reflexive freedom that only a galaxy far far away allows! Public historians and those interested in historiography, this one is for you! SW fans welcome, of course!

My role combines my expertise in Digital Humanities and in the early 20th century: I'll be doing computational analysis of W.E.B. DuBois's articles in The Crisis, especially 1910-1934. As you can see from the picture, project management geek me is loving the first day in the new job!

Projets de recherche: UMR 8026 Enseignants chercheurs Université Université de Lille

Delighted to announce that today is my first day as a postdoctoral research associate of the TACTICS project at Lille! The project focuses on antiracist strategies in the US from the 19th c. to the present. You can learn more about it here: ceraps.univ-lille.fr/recherches-e...

This is fantastic!! I am currently starting a new (unrelated) postdoc, so that research project has been put on hold until 2026, but would love to work together in the new year!!

Let's see if this network can work its magic. I know someone in France doing a translation MA English-French, and he needs to complete a 1-month unpaid internship in an English-speaking country this summer, not necessarily related to translation, but in the general cultural/academic sector. Leads?

none of this would be possible without the support of the @asmcf.bsky.social, who funded this trip via their Early Career Award. This is an excellent opportunity for ECRs and it in itself a reason to become a member, in addition to many other benefits! Do check it out!

Heading back home with nearly 7.5k archive photos and a warm and fuzzy feeling having seen so many friends and colleagues! That's a wrap on my 2 weeks in Paris - next up I'll be presenting my research at Derby Quad's Research Cafe in January!

Exactly one year ago today I passed my viva. Today, I'm back on campus and at La Contemporaine for the first day of a new research project, thanks to the @asmcf.bsky.social Early Career Award

Done! btw, I'm also starting a new postdoc research project focusing on Senegal, would love to have a chat about that one of these days!