EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS - call for applications open!

Now accepting applications for our 5-month fellowships in Inclusion, Participation and Engagement, in association with IES Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) Institute of Commonwealth Studies!

Deadline: 19 June

Full details 👇👇

ilcs.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/vi…

We've had a terrific response to our open letter to SMT calling for action on Palestine, but we'd like to get even more names on there before we submit it this Friday, May 24. If you haven't already done so, please sign and amplify! docs.google.com/document/d/1bZ…

Featuring work by my excellent colleagues Rémi Korman & François Robinet & well worth a read online

#Exposition 'Rwanda 1994. Traces du génocide des Tutsi'. Rigoureuse et pédagogique, cette exposition trilingue s'appuie sur des archives inédites et voyagera au Rwanda à la rentrée.
📌La Contemporaine, Nanterre université
📆Jusqu'au 12 juillet - gratuite
fondationshoah.org/memoire/rwanda…

Get there if you can! So proud of my colleagues Rémi Korman & François Robinet

Stirling Staff, Students, Alumni, and supporters: please sign and circulate this open letter calling on our University management to speak out and take action in support of colleagues & students undergoing genocide & educide in Gaza

A fab writing day with Literature&Languages colleagues at University of Stirling today #amwriting #researchculture

Really worth a read. I see this in our students' bibliographies. And it's why I teach one seminar a year in the library.

Très riche et passionnante exposition à venir La Contemporaine

Félicitations François Robinet et Rémi Korman

Beyond images of war: Sammy Baloji’s work captures DR Congo’s vibrant arts and culture, challenging western views theconversation.com/beyond-images-… via The Conversation Africa Thabo Leshilo Reuben A. Loffman Modern & Contemporary France French Studies SFPS

“The decline in humanities and social science enrolments at English universities and department closures are not mere coincidence. The state of affairs is a consequence of the business-focused policy frameworks in which universities operate.”– Dr Zahid Naz
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'The fellowship welcomes applications from across the Global South for a grant of up to $5,000 to complete translations of works from the African continent and its diaspora, into English or Arabic.'

We are hiring! Opening for Lecturer in African Studies & International Development, 2 year post starting in September. Stunning city, supportive department, and engaged students. Details below. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

'It is impossible to be a top-line manager& administrator & mentor& researcher& writer& outreach officer & IT expert& online instructor& pedagogical innovator& recruiter & teacher& marker & external examiner & press pundit & grant bidder & editor & look after your own wellbeing.'

This makes for concerning reading. Time for a proper gov-lead languages strategy involving education, business and diplomatic stakeholders (see 🇮🇪), rather than local authorities just acting with no overall strategy in mind. Jenny Gilruth Scottish Government

Rancière and Latin America: A Dialogue on Politics, Culture, and Social Struggle

University of Stirling (Campus Central 3.04)

A funded event of the Society of Latin American Studies (SLAS)

in our latest podcast, guest-editor Prof Nina Parish discusses our recent special issue on Memory Studies in the French-speaking world with Charles Forsdick and presenters Dr. Maria Tomlinson and Benjamin Dalton podbean.com/ep/pb-38nwt-15…

La Grande Dame des Lettres mondiales, Maryse Condé, tire sa révérence, nous léguant une œuvre portée par la quête d’un humanisme fondé sur les ramifications de nos identités et les fêlures de l’Histoire. RIP.

Are you a researcher at a UK-based university? Language Acts and Worldmaking, based at King’s College London, is looking for researchers to complete their survey for a British Academy-funded project on the role language skills play in academic research:

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/kings/ba-pro…