Olivia Glaze

Thank you so much for your contribution! 💙

The Netias site is pretty good in rounding up most of the open European fellowship calls: netias.science/calls-for-ap...

Exceptionally bleak, but painfully familiar.

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As part of our Special Issue, I wrote my first article engaging with Disability Studies & crip theory (eek) and discovered the brilliant work of @sunaura.bsky.social, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril & @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social, among others. I couldn’t recommend their work more!
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@garethjwood.bsky.social @nicolasfmedina.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social @profstevenwilson.bsky.social 💙

Contents | Journal of Romance Studies 25, 3 This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm

So excited to share this open-access resource, shaped by real stories of burnout from our creative writing workshops & anthology. Hoping it shows how languages research can make a difference in healthcare spaces!

And you get to co-chair the ECA Special Interest Group with @llewelynhopwood.bsky.social and me, helping to improve the current challenges faced by ECAs in Modern Languages (spoiler alert: the job market...) 💙

@katharinemurphy.bsky.social

What a trio 💙

Looking forward to Marie Martine’s upcoming workshop with @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social: 'Policy Engagement and the Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) – Workshop for Languages Researchers’ - Tuesday 15 July @ 16.00-17.30. Open to researchers at any level! Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/ymAexCJxAA ✍️

An important call for evidence on the current state of Higher Education - in particular the impact of Government policy on international students and higher education insolvency protections. Do consider contributing if you can 💪

A great lineup of speakers for our next UCFL ECA event - come along!

As co-chairs of the ECA Special Interest Group, feel free to ask me, @llewelynhopwood.bsky.social or @ashleyscottharris.bsky.social any questions about this role!

Postdoctoral Researcher Opportunity: Building Policy-Research Bridges in Languages Thanks to the very generous award of a Special Research Grant by the MHRA, UCFL is in a position to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to take forward recommendations from the Languages and Policy: …

@themhra.bsky.social is hiring another Policy Postdoctoral Researcher 🎉 This is an amazing opportunity for ECAs to gain policy experience, and I couldn’t recommend working with @wendya-b.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social more highly! Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mvzce4nt

Come and join the @ucflangs.bsky.social family! Hiring a new Vice Chair Research, Vice Chair External Engagement and Comms, Slavonic Rep, Early Career Rep, & Project Coordinator! Make a difference at a crucial time for UK languages in HE! @ucflangs.bsky.social @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Register now to join our online event - ‘An Introduction to Policy Engagement & Languages Research’ - 5th June, 16:00. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers who will be sharing their experiences engaging with policy and policymakers. All are welcome: tinyurl.com/y3er47es

Very happy to see my article - 'Black and White Memories: Reframing Childhood Colonial Images in Caderno de Memórias Coloniais' - out in the world. This Special Issue has been several years in the making, so a huge thank you goes to our fantastic co-editors Maria Luísa Coelho and Daniela Omlor 💙

Thank you so much to everyone who attended this event last week, and in particular Sarah Moss, @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @laurasalisbury.bsky.social. If you couldn’t attend - fear not! - you can find a recording of the conversation on our website: readingbodies.exeter.ac.uk/2025/05/16/w...

Thinking Strategically: Developing the Policy Dimensions of Research

Are you a languages researcher keen to get involved in policy engagement but not sure where to start? Join my online talk tomorrow at 12:00 - part of the @ilcs.bsky.social Thinking Strategically Seminar Series - to find out how and where to begin! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/yc298jvw

Happening next Wednesday - everyone welcome!

Making Languages Research Accessible to Policymakers Interviewing Dr Liv Glaze, MHRA Languages and Policy Postdoctoral Researcher, and her mentors Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Professor Charles Forsdick.

Very happy to be interviewed with @wendya-b.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social about our project to create a database of impact-focused summaries of languages research for policymakers - thank you to @themhra.bsky.social for their support, and stay tuned for updates! tinyurl.com/bdzner29

A great read to learn more about Wendy and Charles' fantastic work on language, policy, and education at Murray Edwards College 💬 @wendya-b.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social

Very happy to represent Portuguese Studies at the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social conference in sunny Edinburgh this week. I presented my work on crip theory and Fernando Pessoa on a panel with the fantastic @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @petehr.bsky.social and Álvaro González Montero 💙

@hass-cornwall.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social @literatureworks.bsky.social

Join us for the final public event of the Reading Bodies project, where @katharinemurphy.bsky.social will be in conversation online with bestselling author Sarah Moss, discussing all things writing, health and the body. Our Q&A will be chaired by @laurasalisbury.bsky.social 📣💬 shorturl.at/eSnpY

Looking forward to presenting alongside @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @petehr.bsky.social and Álvaro Gonzalez Montero for our panel 'Cultural Portrayals of Illnesses
and Disabilities in the Modern Luso-Hispanic World’. Taking place on April 8 @ 9.00 - come along! 💬🩺

The UK's Languages Crisis: Time to Embrace Our Imperfection? John Worne | 24th March 2025 | Opinion ArticlesIn the following opinion article John Worne argues that the UK’s national narrative needs to evolve to encourage regular engagement with languages at all...

Launching the opinion articles in our LPS collection @cforsdick.bsky.social , a great piece by John Worne. He argues the UK’s national narrative needs to evolve: rather than focusing only on 'fluency', a more appropriate measure is proficiency and utility. www.lspjournal.com/post/the-uk-...

Interdisciplinary Public Engagement: The Reading Bodies Project Catherine Hurcombe, Regional Engagement Assistant, interviews Associate Professor Katharine Murphy and Dr Liv Glaze on their Reading Bodies project. This project demonstrates the benefits of an interd...

If you're interested in public engagement, check out @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my interview with the Public Engagement with Research (PER) team at @exeter.ac.uk, where we share our insights and top tips from our recent work on the Reading Bodies project: tinyurl.com/3mbtnyde 💬