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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds

My island of strangers: a poem by Michael Rosen www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Uni of Barcelona invites researchers from sub-Saharan Africa to apply for 40 scholarships under EU co-funded MAPS project on migration & forced displacement. Research focuses include climate change, vulnerability, &socio-political dynamics across 10 African countries. aegis-eu.org/news/call-ap...

Venez nombreux/-euses! Please do join us for this online roundtable discussion.

🎉 We’re delighted to present our new LSP series: Languages in UK Education, guest-edited by @cforsdick.bsky.social and Wendy Ayres-Bennett.

The series explores how the UK can better support linguistic diversity and respond to the languages crisis. 🌍📘

📖 Read more: lspjournal.com

(Funded) PhD opportunity in African diasporas and the transcultural. Bordeaux. Deadline 4 June 2025. www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/luniversite-...

PhD position in Literary Studies on ERC project 'AFROPRESS' (Congo). Deadline 30 May. jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

Rupture and reconciliation: the neoliberal logics of Emmanuel Macron’s colonial memory policies First as candidate and then as President, Emmanuel Macron has elevated colonial memory policy as a key site for the performance and enactment of the dual values of rupture and reconciliation that u...

This piece I wrote may be useful to those seeking to understand President Macron's recent announcement of a 'commission of historians on Haiti' that, of course, does not engage with any of the structural legacies of colonialism. Symbolism short on substance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

There is still time to send your abstracts in for the
@sfps.bsky.social postgraduate study day, on colonial toxicity and ecologies of empire, happening Friday 23rd May in University of Cambridge. Full CFP can be found here: sfps.org.uk/2025/03/18/c...

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So deserved, @donalh.bsky.social ! Everybody would benefit from reading this award-winning article.

Deadline 22 April if you are thinking about applying!

Apply Now for PhD Studentships 2025 We are recruiting 6 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales a…

6 fully funded PhD studentships (starting Oct 2025) available @stir.ac.uk in our new Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory placememory.net/apply-now-fo... Apply!

Towards a common library: A conversation with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Join Mohamed Mbougar Sarr to discuss Présence Africaine, the politics of literary recognition, and writing in search of a common library.

Join us at the University of London in Paris @londonu.bsky.social on 13th March 18h-20h: 'Towards a common library: In conversation with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr'. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-a-.... We'll talk Présence Africaine, transnational literature, and writing in search of a common library.

SFPS Essay Prize 2025 @sfps.bsky.social invites PhD students and early-career academics to submit a contribution for the annual SFPS Essay Prize. Submissions (5,000 words) must respond to the theme ‘The End(s) of Empire’ sfps.org.uk/sfps-essay-p...

Brilliant look at such a rich archive. Thanks ‪Dónal.

Going to start my day by reading this tomorrow!

Getting to read brilliant publications by people I get to call colleagues is such a joyous way to end the week.

Please share this important survey on how graduates perceive the value of doctoral degrees in languages, aimed at those who have moved into different areas of research or work: forms.office.com/pages/respon... @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social @ucfl-eca.bsky.social

The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Ca...

The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts

Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Most of this new special issue of Ipotesi by my colleagues is in Portuguese, but my article is in English and OA. 'Tidalectic Memories of the Black Atlantic: Monénembo’s approaches to a past that is not past in Pelourinho and Les Coqs cubains chantent à minuit' periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ip...

'Musk and his Silicon Valley acolytes are acting on a long-held fantasy of approaching the federal government like a software company and running it like a venture-backed tech start-up during the days of zero-percent interest rates.'

Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University:

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Visiting International Fellowships The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

We are currently accepting applications for the annual Visiting International Fellowship scheme, which includes a grant of up to £5,000. Applications close on 31 March 2025. 👩‍🎓 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🏛️

For more information about eligibility and how to apply, see the link below:

www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/visi...

Good to hear about this special "Theories & Methodologies" section of #PMLA on Mariama Bâ’s "Memories of Lagos", ed. by Tobias Warner. Essays by Tsitsi Jaji, Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel, Stéphane Robolin, Grace A. Musila, Merve Fejzula, Ainehi Edoro-Glines, Akua Banful bit.ly/4aej3ze #MariamaBa

Contents | Francosphères 13, 2

Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie!
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2

The ASMCF is happy to share the Call for Papers for this year’s conference on ‘Nomadismes’ at the University of Kent on 2-3 September 2025.

👉The deadline for submission is 14 February 2025.

Une ressource exceptionnelle sur les monuments liés à l’esclavage, la colonisation et leur contestation Entretien avec Julie Marquet et Emmanuelle Sibeud sur la très riche base de donnée franco-britannique en ligne "Cast in Stone/Gravé dans le marbre".

Une ressource exceptionnelle sur les monuments liés à l’esclavage, la colonisation et leur contestation. Entretien avec Julie Marquet et Emmanuelle Sibeud sur la très riche base de donnée franco-britannique en ligne "Cast in Stone/Gravé dans le marbre".
histoirecoloniale.net/une-ressourc...

Being in a scheme like this transformed my education!

Background is a dark and bright blue image of marbleised paint. Journal cover in a rich blue overlaid for the journal 'Contemporary French Civilization'. LUP 125th anniversary logo sits in the bottom left corner, featuring an illustration of the Georgian townhouse that houses the press. White sticker with red text reads 'new issue'.

NEW ISSUE | Featuring critical explorations of #postcolonial and political themes in Francophone literature and art. Including Sammy Baloji's 'L’Autre mémorial', Jean-Claude Charles's 'Manhattan Blues', and Boualem Sansal’s '2084: The End of the World'. Online🔗 bit.ly/CFC-Vol-49-4
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'This is more than an institutional failure. It signals a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic and intellectual tools provided by literature.'