What role do social movements play in recent literary history? Francisco Robles and I gathered some brilliant scholars to debate Jeffrey Lawrence's essay, "Mobilizing Literature," published last fall. post45.org/2025/03/introd…

And the last speaker of our conference on “Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism”: Aidan Jones! Aidan is presenting on “The Death Penalty, Humour, and the United States.”

A wonderful conference comes to an end. We laughed, we learned, we ranged across media, languages, and periods. It was such a pleasure to listen to our participants and their groundbreaking research. Deep thanks to them, to our audience, to Durham University and Durham History!

Thank you so much Benedetta Carnaghi Helen Roche ([email protected]), and Ben Fried for such a wonderful conference! I’ve learned a lot and met amazing people.

Happy Registration Day, Bulls! Our updated Course Offerings page contains links to the Department of English's Course Bulletins for Summer and Fall 2025. If needed, please don't hesitate to attend a drop-in appointment with our Advisor. Check the link in our bio for more info.

My first book, Olympic Opening Ceremonies: Memory and Modernity, is now available for purchase! Official release: April 25 routledge.com/.../Malanski/p… Grateful to Research Ireland Research Ireland, mentors, and colleagues who made this possible Routledge Books Université Lyon 1 UCD History

One last tempo session with the lovely #AdidasRunners bunch yesterday and… I am marathon ready! I am so excited to run the Manchester Marathon for #TeamMND MND Association. Here is the link to my fundraiser: justgiving.com/page/benedetta… We’re at 82% of the goal. I truly appreciate your help! 🙏

Digital galleys are HERE for Close Reading for the 21C, which I co-edited with Johanna Winant. You know you want it, want to review it. Write to barbara_tonetti [at] press [dot] princeton [dot] edu. Look at that gorgeous slate of contributors! Get it.

What is close reading? Dan Sinykin in @booksandthearts on the history and future of close reading. bit.ly/43qRYag

Delighted to present my research on ‘Persecuted Satirists: How Anti-Fascist Laughter Could Get You in Trouble, 1922-45’ at the ‘Power of Laughter. Laughing about Power’ conference at the Centre Marc Bloch. We even have a box of jokes that is going around! #twitterstorians

Wonderful to speak about antifascist satire in Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany & Vichy France, in conversation with Olga Galanova’s paper on political laughter in the GDR, contemporary Russia, Belarus & China. Humor makes the unbearable bearable Centre Marc Bloch #twitterstorians

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be in conversation with Banu Mushtaq, winner of the 2025 International The Booker Prizes for HEART LAMP (And Other Stories), on 16 June Waterstones Islington Get your ticket here: waterstones.com/events/heart-l…

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition to remind the UK Government: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen…

The PENGUIN BOOK of POEMS on the INDIAN CITY is out for pre-orders now! Profoundly grateful to the poets, translators, estates and Penguin India Ramachandra Guha Alicia E. Stallings Manasi Subramaniam Archana Nathan for helping make this mammoth book a reality! amazon.in/dp/014347068X

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. A leading light of African and world literature, he was a distinguished Kenyan writer, scholar, and playwright, who served on Wasafiri's Advisory Board for several years. Please join us in remembrance 🕊️

Huge thanks to Amanda Hsieh and Friedemann Pestel for inviting me to participate in a workshop that brings together historians and musicologists! We reflect on the recent global turn in fascism studies, and we do it in the most beautiful place! #Tübingen #twitterstorians

Join us in London to celebrate the launch of Wasafiri 122: The UAE Issue! Tuesday, 15 July, 2025, 7-11pm Where: Reference Point, 2 Arundel St, London, WC2R 3DA Tickets: Full price £12, with a Pay what you can option. buff.ly/L3kdNSS

I’m thrilled to announce the UK edition of Dictionary of Fine Distinctions! Pre-orders are now available (link below) and are the best way, I'm told, to kickstart a book's success. Huge shoutout to Profile Books for their support! #FineDistinctions #Books waterstones.com/book/dictionar…