The online launch of the volume 'Postcolonial Publics: Art and Citizen Media in Europe', with Gabriele Lazzari 's chapter 'Methodologies of Blackness in Italy: Past, Present, and Futures', will take place on 9 May. Book your place: unive.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

On Thursday 4 May at the University of Surrey, we will be hosting Prof. Ivan Jablonka's talk 'Female Bodies and Male Violence. Documenting the Short Life of Laetitia Perrais (1992-2011)', building on his landmark book 'Laetitia'. Information & booking: eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-…

Congratulations to all our new #Mobilities/ Literature and Creative Writing Doctors! We wish you every success going forward.

Excited to be taking part in Pint of Science UK #pint23 next month! I’ll be talking about the history of sun care- from homemade remedies to early commerical products- on the evening of 23 May in Guildford. Tickets here: pintofscience.co.uk/event/too-hot-… Surrey Lit & Langs MobilitiesSLL

So grateful for being part of the lovely team of MobilitiesSLL The best moments, lovely people, and above all, memorable conversations and invaluable discussions🌹🌹🌹🌹

Another wonderful event announced by our friends The Refugee Tales. Scroll down the page for further events, including the 2023 Walk. "An Evening with Refugee Tales: Brighton" eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-w… @Eventbrite

**Registration is now open** for the Cultures of Skin conference, 7-8 July at the University of Surrey - we have a fantastic and fully hybrid programme of 28 international speakers lined up. Details and registration here: culturalskinstudies.com/257-2/

It’s here 🎊🥁🥳 CFP World Congress 2025: Translation, Transposition, & Travel in the Global Nineteenth Century Plenaries: Marwan Kraidy, Northwestern Qatar Regenia Gagnier, Exeter Arthur Asseraf, Cambridge Sarga Moussa, Sorbonne Nouvelle Join us! sgncscongress.com/call-for-papers

Fantastic symposium on international and interdisciplinary early careers - happening today but not too late to attend!

We are thrilled to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MoHu DiSSGeA UNIPD, which is a world-leading centre of excellence in Mobilities research. More news to follow very soon on joint events and projects!

With our very own Dr Charlotte Mathieson, a hybrid panel on 'Interdisciplinarity in the Humanities', on Oct. 4th, 2-3.30pm.

A fantastic immersive walk into queer and trans 18thC London, organised by @Lena_Mattheis ! Check out "Queer Rhymes with "Always Here": Meet 18th-Century Queer & Trans Londoners" eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-rhymes… Eventbrite

We are looking forward to hosting Dr Elsa devienne (Northumbria University) on Weds. 6 December, 10-11.30am, to discuss both her award-winning book 'The Sand Rush' and her new project on the school gates and everyday mobilities. The meeting is online so DM if you'd like to join.

A real treat to wrap up our term with two remarkably engaging and interesting talks by Elsa Devienne, on the history of LA beach culture and the school run, the so-called 'war on motorists' and the need to create and share counter-narratives of cycling and walking school runs.

Alicia Barnes’s “Railways, Disjointed Mobility, and National Decline: Navigating George Chesney’s ‘The Battle of Dorking’” considers depictions of railway infrastructure in ‘the first example of invasion-scare fiction’. You can read it here: 19.bbk.ac.uk

Our next online meeting is on Wednesday 14 February, 10.30-12 UK time; we will discuss two texts on borders, queer migration and border abolitionism. This is open to external participants - please DM if you wish to take part.

Mobilities, Literature, Culture is now in Korean translation! Published in the Mobility Humanities series of the Academy of Mobility Humanities, Konkuk University. It’s really exciting to see this and to extend the international reach of the collection in this way!

Migrant Writing: Redefining Place and Belonging An evening of storytelling and photography, hosted by our very own Gabriele Lazzari Sat. 27 July, 6-9pm, Upstairs at the Ritzy in Brixton Free but booking required: eventbrite.com/e/migrant-writ…

We’re off to a fantastic start at the The British Academy #SummerShowcase after a busy private view last night and schools morning today! Looking forward to the public opening this evening and a full day tomorrow! Surrey Lit & Langs