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UK Research and Innovation Arts and Humanities Research Council Executive Chair Candidate Prospectus January 2026

Important! AHRC is looking for a new Executive Chair. A critical role for arts and humanities. £160k - £170k. Please share widely to help get the best possible field!
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Mapping Post-War Italian Literature - University of London Press In the aftermath of the reconstruction period immediately after the Second World War, Italy experienced an unprecedented and unexpected phase of economic development, which transformed it from a tradi...

'In this important contribution to Italian studies, Brecciaroli successfully puts heterogeneous literary sources and critical approaches in dialogue'

Thanks to Italica 102:1 (Spring 2025) for this review of Mapping Post-War Italian Literature, available #OpenAccess:

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Thinking Strategically: Working in Partnership with Local Schools This session explores the possibilities of universities working in multi-year partnerships with local schools, drawing on the impact from the LFA project in Hounslow.

Last week we held a fantastic 'Thinking Strategically' event, exploring the possibilities of universities working in multi-year partnerships with local schools, drawing on the impact from the LFA project in Hounslow.

Catch up now with the recording 👇

@ucflangs.bsky.social @rhemus.bsky.social

Thank you for hosting us! This partnership is a real joy for me and the whole Royal Holloway languages team @llc-rhul.bsky.social

Open letter from Ian Chapman to research and innovation community UKRI Chief Executive outlines changes to UKRI investment approach, addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC.

Hot off the press - a letter from the Exec Chair of @ukri.org explaining his plans and in particular the financial position of STFC. It notes curiosity driven research is protected and will make up around half of UKRI spend over the coming period
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@michaelslav.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social @llc-rhul.bsky.social

Thinking Strategically: Working in Partnership with Local Schools This session explores the possibilities of universities working in multi-year partnerships with local schools, drawing on the impact from the LFA project in Hounslow.

Last week we held a fantastic 'Thinking Strategically' event, exploring the possibilities of universities working in multi-year partnerships with local schools, drawing on the impact from the LFA project in Hounslow.

Catch up now with the recording 👇

@ucflangs.bsky.social @rhemus.bsky.social

The 2026 Free Issues: Read a free issue of each journal We are pleased to share the 2026 Free Issues. Each year, we make one issue from each of our journals free to read, showcasing the range of disciplines, approaches, and scholarly communities represe…

📣 We’re pleased to share the 2026 Free Issues.

Each year, we make one issue from each of our journals free to read, showcasing the range of disciplines, approaches, and scholarly communities represented across the Press.

Explore the free issues ⬇️
#AcademicSky

How do languages and cultures shape diplomacy, and how do we show it?

On 20 February, join @monjast96.bsky.social (KDP), @ezolotariov.bsky.social (MAHP), and @charlottefaucher.bsky.social (@bristoluni.bsky.social) for Putting the Humanities on the Knowledge Diplomacy Map.

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A welcome & nourishing intellectual discussion this evening on decolonisation, Aimé Césaire & Derek Walcott from an interdisciplinary perspective w/ @rsazzad.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social Fantastic chairing @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social colleagues Deanna Lyncook & Renée Landell @ilcs.bsky.social

'Our lives have become so impoverished&devoid of all foundations that one staggers, as it were, from one farewell to the next, can no longer distinguish the permanent from the temporary,&, as far as the continuation of our closest human relationships is concerned, dares no more than merely to hope.'

Bridging Generations – Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, Miller Archivist Kat Hubschmann highlights some of the difficulties faced by those who tried to flee Nazi oppression in Austria.

A collection of letters in the Adolf Placzek and Ernst Philipp Archive offers a rare insight into the practical difficulties & hardships faced by those seeking to escape Nazi oppression just before WWII.

@sas-news.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social

#HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay

CfP. Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices

@a-rfa.bsky.social have you seen this? Might be of interest?

Looking forward to Austrian author Kaśka Bryla’s residency at the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre (ILCS) in June and to discussing her latest novel “mein vater, der gulag, die krähe und ich” with her and translator Sheridan Marshall at the Austrian Cultural Forum

#ShoutOutForGerman

National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies Launched in February 1987 at the then Institute of Germanic Studies (forerunner of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies)

The 78th National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies is coming up on 14 and 15 May, at ILCS. Do join us and tell us about your research!

See the call for papers here – the closing date is 14 February! 👇

#ShoutOutForGerman

Awards and Prizes Awards and prizes

📢 Calling all PhD students in German Studies!

It’s still time to submit your proposal for the annual Sylvia Naish Postgraduate Student Lecture. Application deadline: 31 January 2026.

The Lecture, to be held at ILCS on 14 May, comes with a prize of £400.

Further details 👇

#ShoutOutForGerman

Awards and Prizes Awards and prizes

📢 Calling all PhD students in German Studies!

It’s still time to submit your proposal for the annual Sylvia Naish Postgraduate Student Lecture. Application deadline: 31 January 2026.

The Lecture, to be held at ILCS on 14 May, comes with a prize of £400.

Further details 👇

#ShoutOutForGerman

REMINDER! Deadline for Call for Papers coming up on 30 Jan.

"Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices"

Still time to submit your proposal 👇

Ten more days to apply for our Postgraduate Study Day with the Society for the Study of French History on "Resonances and Dissonances", which will take place on 10/04 at the @ilcs.bsky.social. More details here: www.asmcf.org/events/postg...

J.B. Schmidt and Jamie Lee Searle in Conversation

#ShoutOutForGerman

Come and meet author Joachim Schmidt and translator Jamie Searle, talking about the wonderful Icelandic crime novels featuring Kalmann, the ‘Forrest Gump of Iceland’!

📅 19 Feb, 5pm
📍 ILCS, London

Very much looking forward to this! A d hopefully some more First World War studies friends can come to the ASMCF conference as well!

Friends! The deadline is approaching. Our Antifascist Pedagogies workshop promises to be a winner, with some fascinating proposals already in and some excellent talks lined up.

Instead of our traditional Members' Research Monday, we are delighted to share the CFP for our annual conference "Crisis or Catastrophe?", which will take place at the @ilcs.bsky.social on 2-3 September.

We've updated our training hub! You can now find it in our website's main menu, & all of the documents have been updated to improve their accessibility.

We've added resources & rearranged the pages to make it easier to find the (free!) #publishing #training you want:

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👉 How has learning German enriched your life?
👉 What's your favourite German word or expression?
👉 What do you love about the German language?

It's Shout Out For German Week! If you're passionate about German, use #ShoutOutForGerman and join our week-long celebration of German!

Goethe's Tact and Austen's Delicacy, or: Theory as Practice

Join us for a hybrid lecture – open to all – on ‘Goethe’s Tact and Jane Austen’s Delicacy’, on 29 January, 5.45 pm GMT at ILCS, London. Speaker: Katja Haustein (Kent)

#ShoutOutForGerman

@daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

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REMINDER! Deadline for Call for Papers coming up on 30 Jan.

"Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices"

Still time to submit your proposal 👇

Online Open Day: University of London MA Languages and Cultures Across Borders

Did you know we have bursaries available for our MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders?

Come along to one of our open days, either online or in person, and find out more about the programme and funding possibilities!

📅 4 Feb online
📅 4 March in person (details at bottom of linked page)

#ShoutOutForGerman

Reading this fantastic novel by @kaska-bryla.bsky.social and looking forward to her visit at @ilcs.bsky.social and the Austrian Cultural Forum next term. @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social @uk.diplo.de @ags-gbi.bsky.social

Caribbean Studies Seminar

Register now for our 2026 CLACS Caribbean Seminars, @ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

🗓️ Aimé Césaire & Derek Walcott Discussion

🗓️ Cricket, Caribbean Migration & Postwar England

🗓️ Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands

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