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Last week on Wonkhe: After treading through the darkness of R&D consultations James Coe finds a light over in Australia

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My Sunday is sorted. This is a great book, very enjoyable read. Buettner, B. (2022) The mineral and the visual: Precious stones in Medieval secular culture. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press. #MedievalSky

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‘We teach each other how to live’ - Anne Michaels. ‘Each language [is] a powerful transporting river bearing its own rich history, its own literature, its kitchens and songs.’ A little corner of multilingual reflection on the university campus in Toronto. 🍁🇨🇦

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Light amidst significant gloom: £10m towards Temple Works being turned into British Library premises £5m towards National Poetry Centre news.leeds.gov.uk/news/stateme... #regeneration #culture #heritage

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Medievalism/games your thing? Do we have the event for you!

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We are very sorry to announce the death of brilliant Classical scholar, Malcolm Heath, peacefully at home on 13th February. He was lecturer then Professor of Greek Language & Literature for 34 years at Leeds (1988-2022). Sincere condolences to family and friends. Funeral details here in due course.

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Have read⬇️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write @theapitman.bsky.social and @emmacayley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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In a world of diverse cultures and languages you cannot do global humanities with integrity in English only. As the chair of @englishassociation.bsky.social l stand with colleagues in Modern Languages @cardiffuniversity.bsky.social and across the UK.

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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...

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My PhD was supervised 50/50 between politics and modern languages at Cardiff and it made the whole experience so much richer. The proposal to close MLANG is incredibly short-sighted and detrimental to all at CU. The importance of languages and understanding global cultures can't be overstated!

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Please help support our colleagues in languages at Cardiff by challenging the decision to exclude them from the category of ‘global humanities’ @ucflangs.bsky.social @artsandhums.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...

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A combination of AI, the particle accelerator @diamondlightsource.bsky.social & colleagues from Oxford’s Classics Faculty is helping us to see the unseen inside a scroll @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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So many incredible encounters today! Prof David Olusoga gave the inaugural National Humanities Lecture at the School of Advanced Study @SASNews on the value of the Humanities and the role of the public scholar. And I also met rock star of Languages advocacy, Michael Worton!

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This is an important letter from bodies representing Arts and Humanities in the UK. Please share widely

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Putting the situation at Cardiff into context. 💪 CUCD is proud to be an affiliate member of the @artsandhums.bsky.social 👇Please read and share their open letter concerning the devastating cuts across the Humanities sector …

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@artsandhums.bsky.social is doing essential work defending the work of arts and humanities disciplines in these dangerous times. This letter is requesting an urgent review of arts and humanities provision across the UK. I strongly second that.

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The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.

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An emotional evening celebrating our late colleague, Martin Thomas @lcsleeds.bsky.social with the première of Joanna Byrne’s astonishing memorial film, To remember…/ 记得 - Film streaming until 28.02.2025 at: vimeo.com/joannabyrne/...

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#DH job! Maternity cover (for me!) until end of 2025 in @dcch-leeds.bsky.social. Based in Faculty of Arts Humanities & Cultures/Library w emph on interdisciplinary & cross-service working, to grow DH research & digital creativity. Deadline 24 Feb @ukiedh.bsky.social jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

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Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University: chng.it/Hmtvvdtptg

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‘poetry of resistance against oppression’ - @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Ukraine WE WERE HERE By Artur Dron' Translated by Yuliya Musakovska Available in selected bookshops or direct, postage-free, from the publisher www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page... #Paypal

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📢 Our Spring programme of events in the 'Thinking Strategically' series kicks off next month! First up is 'The Languages Gateway' - find out more about its development and intended purpose, and how it can function in the most effective way possible 🎙️ Charlotte Ryland 📅 14 Feb, 12-1:15 pm GMT

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Tomorrow: our online Winter Plenary starts 10am! Join us in the afternoon for panels on Using AI to support the future of language learning (with representatives from Duolingo), on current priorities for languages, & on languages in HE in Wales. university-council-for-languages.org/events/ucfl-...

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We are holding a conference on 22 January on the European research context for the humanities and social sciences. We’ll share insights on the ERC grant application process, researcher mobility, and the values underpinning European research initiatives www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-europe...

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"for this country, raving with hunger, carefully tears itself to pieces with its own hands, this country is divided from itself, a rent, an inwardly divided heart senselessly ticking, a bomb made of flesh, a wet, an absent wound" man spricht deutsch tr. Michael Hamburger [Not just Germany, alas]

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Remembering our colleague Martin Thomas three years after his untimely death on this day. Sleep peacefully at last.

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Even in the 16th century, London was a diverse city where many languages and cultures came together. @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social spoke to the History Extra podcast about what life was like for Elizabethan London's migrant population. 🎧Listen to learn more ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/65T4...

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We've just listened to our colleague @foziabora.bsky.social 's www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... fascinating podcast on Rediscovering Bradford's Somali Village, and highly recommend it. You can also read about her project on our website. lahri.leeds.ac.uk/the-sapling-...

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Some members of the Richard III Society of Canada will be attending this talk in Toronto on Tuesday the 21st. It looks fascinating. arthistory.utoronto.ca/events/peter... @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social

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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...

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Colleagues fascinating work on the stone of destiny fragments! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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It’s out! Today is publication day for Gender and the Book Trades, from the conference of the same name in June 2021. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed and read drafts of this behemoth's xxii + 492 pages. We are so proud of it and hope you enjoy. brill.com/edcollbook/t...

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Insightful article by @ednewtonrex.bsky.social . There's simply no need for the govmt to sell out UK creative industries: "Lots of AI – the type the government cares about, such as in healthcare, science and defence – is not trained on the work of the world’s creators." 1/2

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Hello, Bluesky👋 Policy Leeds is the University of Leeds' research-policy engagement hub. We share policy relevant research, news and activity at Leeds via our: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/poli... Website: leeds.ac.uk/policy-leeds Medium blog: medium.com/policy-leeds …and now here too!

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Great to be at the launch of the Soft Power Council tonight with David Lammy and Lisa Nandy. I’m not sure I’d have called the SPC the SPC but it is great that the Government understands the value that British creative industries, heritage, universities & research have news.sky.com/story/foreig...

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⭐ ICYMI: @profarlenehh.bsky.social recent interview in The Guardian on her mission to get more people learning about the ancient world. https://buff.ly/3Wmqejd 👉 Also celebrating the launch of Durham Centre for Classics Education Research and EngagementS (CERES) https://buff.ly/40u7elo

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Always a great honour to welcome the West Yorkshire language assistants to @lcsleeds.bsky.social and remember what it was like to experience this in the opposite direction oh so many years ago! Thanks in particular to the volunteers who put the programme of events together.

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Our drama schools are facing a financial crisis, shutting down opportunities for the next generation. On @theguardian.com today, Campaign for the Arts trustee Samuel West calls for "urgent action to protect and expand everyone’s access to the arts". www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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We are very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has dropped a proposal, made by the previous govt, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation: bit.ly/3WaXud8 This follows submissions from 100s of historians, and others, opposing the proposal. #Skystorians

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Interested in interdisciplinary approaches to health and healthcare across the arts, humanities and social sciences? Come along to this event to find out more about our MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities 🌎🩺 Sign up via the Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ma-in-glob...

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NEH Advanced Institute in the Digital Humanities Please see the below announcement for an NEH institute on multispectral imaging and document recovery that we will be holding at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs this upcoming summer. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/neh-advanced...

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I was pleased to speak today at this symposium on the role a national academy can play in improving research culture. I spoke about several things we are doing at @britishacademy.bsky.social but just to pick out a few www.kcl.ac.uk/events/kings...

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Finding the language to talk to each other about our research. Check out the work of Leeds Horizons Institute, run by Professor Stuart Taberner from LCS.

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Good morning, Bluesky, from snowy Leeds! The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds is now posting here! We are looking forward to hearing what our followers are passionate about in 2025 and keeping you up to date with our activities! ❄️

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Applications for this year's Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant are now open. The closing date is 4th April 2025. For more information about eligibility criteria and how to apply, see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/the-...

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