Thomas Wynn (@drthomaswynn) 's Twitter Profile
Thomas Wynn

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Emily Rowe (@emi_rowe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My wonderful friend, PhD peer, and now editor at Oxford Academic, Dr Sam Bailey, has written an incredibly useful article on turning your PhD into a monograph. Check it out here and please share widely — blog.oup.com/2024/06/how-to…

Durham Modern Languages and Cultures (@mlacdurham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to our colleague Zoe Roth on the award of a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for a project called ‘The Anaesthetics of Politics’, a major reappraisal of the relation between fascism and aesthetics. Image: R.B. Kitaj (If Not, Not (1975-6))

Congratulations to our colleague Zoe Roth on the award of a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for a project called ‘The Anaesthetics of Politics’, a major reappraisal of the relation between fascism and aesthetics. 

Image: R.B. Kitaj (If Not, Not (1975-6))
Thomas Wynn (@drthomaswynn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#twitterstorians of slavery and indenture in 19c Cuba: guy at a Menorcan flea market is selling LOTS of original documents. They look authentic. Really should be in public archives.

Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social (@catrionaseth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From a low income family? Thinking of applying to University of Oxford to read languages with us at Oxford Modern Languages? You could be eligible for a means-tested Crankstart Scholarship. Check this out: ⬇️ ox.ac.uk/admissions/und…

Durham Modern Languages and Cultures (@mlacdurham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

MLAC's Tina Kover will be discussing her translation of the Postcard by Anne Berest with our former Translator in Residence, Ruth Clarke, at our wonderful local bookstore, Collected Books Durham 14 August, 6.30pm, free but sign-up at the link below. collectedbooks.co.uk/collections/ev…

MLAC's Tina Kover will be discussing her translation of the Postcard by Anne Berest with our former Translator in Residence, Ruth Clarke, at our wonderful local bookstore, <a href="/CollectedDurham/">Collected Books Durham</a>  

14 August, 6.30pm, free but sign-up at the link below.

collectedbooks.co.uk/collections/ev…
Piers Torday (@pierstorday) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Strange to believe that after many years in the making, #MIDNIGHTTREASURE will be published in the UK in a month! To celebrate, I have 5 of these exclusive samplers from Hachette Children's Group to give away. First come, first served, *if* you can tell me what 'Dracula' means in Romanian?

Strange to believe that after many years in the making, #MIDNIGHTTREASURE will be published in the UK in a month! To celebrate, I have 5 of these exclusive samplers from <a href="/HachetteKids/">Hachette Children's Group</a> to give away. First come, first served, *if* you can tell me what 'Dracula' means in Romanian?
Durham Modern Languages and Cultures (@mlacdurham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are hiring! The School is looking to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Visual Studies and French Language on a twelve-month post. For more information, see this link: durham.taleo.net/careersection/…

Durham Modern Languages and Cultures (@mlacdurham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out this interview with Amaleena Damlé, discussing her interests in embodiment, affect, gender, sexuality, and race in 20th- and 21st-century French and francophone literature and philosophy. Amaleena also offers advice for prospective students. youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5Ltx…

Durham Modern Languages and Cultures (@mlacdurham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out this new interview with our colleague Luca Malici. Luca is particularly interested in how aspects of equality, diversity, and inclusion relate to language teaching and learning. He discusses Italian teaching at Durham and the year abroad. youtube.com/watch?v=FgKa75…

Thomas Wynn (@drthomaswynn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#twitterhive. Anyone know what happened to collection of Ecole normale de Cluny when it closed in 1891? Where did all objects end up? Arts et métiers? I'm stumped! All suggestions welcome.

#twitterhive. Anyone know what happened to collection of Ecole normale de Cluny when it closed in 1891? Where did all objects end up? Arts et métiers?  I'm stumped! All suggestions welcome.
Voltaire Foundation (@voltaireoxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What does the Voltaire Foundation actually do? Mystery unveiled next Friday, 8 Nov, from 9.15 at St Luke's Chapel Humanities Division, when some of our projects will be presented at a research showcase. All welcome; free coffee & refreshments! voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/voltaire…

Durham Institute for Medical Humanities (@durhamimh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Workshop alert! Join the Affective Experience Lab on November 13 (12.30-1.30PM) for the first of their 'Making Sense' sessions, which brings together colleagues from across disciplines to reflect on the concept of ‘Immediacy’. Find out more👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/107299618346…

Mr E 🇬🇧 (@veverettmfl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In case you thought severe grading in languages was a bit of a statistical blip around the edges. Have a look and see how real it is and what impact it has: whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/01/one-th… HelenMyers

Voltaire Foundation (@voltaireoxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reading Voltaire's entire correspondence (over 20,000 letters in 45 vols) has its disadvantages and rewards, says Gillian Pink (Gillian Pink). Read her blog post on one of the latter - a 1753 letter containing elements of Voltaire's Candide (1759): voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/fin…