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This new book by @uolpress.bsky.social is nothing short but a monumental achievement on Latin American #liberationtheology! Among the most interesting (English) surveys in recent years! The chapter on Fals Borda by Díaz-Arévalo @sheffielduni.bsky.social is a gem. Foreword by M. Zechmeister at UCA.

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Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic. This is truly shocking read. The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

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📢 'Developing Anti-Fascist Pedagogies' Join us in our upcoming workshop, with speakers @amycking.bsky.social, @georgenewth.bsky.social, Charles Burdett & Angelica Pesarini 📅 12 May, 11-3:30pm 📍 In person, Senate House, London Further details and registration below 👇

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There's still time to sign up for our CLACS seminar 'Soldiers of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture' - w/ Prof David Lambert, co-Director of the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies. @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib...

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The University of London Press 2025 catalogue is now available! Browse all of our new titles, many of which are #OpenAccess, published across the #Humanities: uolpress.co.uk#flipbook-df_...

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Great report by MRes — now PhD! — student @emonroe02.bsky.social on ‘French Studies and the Medical Humanities’ @ilcs.bsky.social, featuring Anna Elsner and @benbgdalton.bsky.social among others. Emily’s participation was funded by the research initiation scheme we run in QUB Modern Languages.

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"From migration routes that redraw the map to the traces of erased histories, from the margins of a poem to the frontlines of protest, we invite researchers to explore boundaries, crossings, and intersections—and the spaces in between, where meaning is made and remade."

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Our festival theme in 2025 is 'Between the Lines' —a space of hidden histories, shifting borders, and unspoken meanings. Read more: www.beinghumanfestival.org/news/between...

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The call for applications for Being Human 2025 is now open!💥 We've got funding grants of up to £8,000 available for researchers to hold events as part of this year's national festival of the humanities. Find out more: www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved

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New cross University of London MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders - Open Days on 5th March (in person) and 10th March (online) 👇check out our website for more info and funding opportunities: www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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With university departmental closures are we seeing the emergence of geographical 'cold spots' for social science/humanities/arts (SHAPE) subjects? We've developed a new beta mapping tool using HESA data to enable you to explore the situation by subject www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

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Forthcoming #ICwS event: Global Activism for #IndigenousPeoples Rights: Challenges and Opportunities in the #Anthropocene, 12 March 2025, 17:30-19:00, Council Chamber, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/globa...

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📢 'Developing Anti-Fascist Pedagogies' Join us in our upcoming workshop, with speakers @amycking.bsky.social, @georgenewth.bsky.social, Charles Burdett & Angelica Pesarini 📅 12 May, 11-3:30pm 📍 In person, Senate House, London Further details and registration below 👇

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I'm horrified by Cardiff's VC here: ‘the idea that Wales cannot be global without modern languages, I'm less clear about’. This reveals an appalling lack of understanding of Modern Languages research across the UK, not just in Cardiff wydandiebailey.substack.com/p/in-defence...

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#MaterialDH seminar: Skulls, skin and names: The ethics of managing heritage collections data online. Rebecca Kahn (Vienna). March 5, 2025, 15:00 GMT. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Delighted to share news of a free in-person workshop I've co-organised in May at the ILCS (@ilcs.bsky.social) to discuss the need for explicitly antifascist pedagogies against the rising tide of far-right support and what that practice would look like. Info here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/devel...

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"The Welsh government has announced that it will provide £19 million in extra funding for its universities after several institutions announced wide-ranging cuts...The bulk of the money – £18.5 million – will be used to support universities to fund estate maintenance and digital projects"

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There’s still time to apply! Closing date 24 Feb #DigitalHumanities

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We're excited to have started receiving proposals for our #HumanitiesFutures book series! Please get in touch if you have an idea for this new #OpenAccess initiative on topics like the value of the humanities and the future of humanities disciplines. uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...

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🎉 Exciting news! 🎉 LAGB has officially made the move from X to BlueSky! While we’ll always appreciate more than two thousand followers we had before, we’re delighted to have already connected with 173 amazing linguistics enthusiasts here and look forward to growing this community! 🤩

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📢OPEN DAY! MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders! Come along to one of our open days to meet the course convenors and learn more about this unique MA, taught at ILCS by academic staff across the University. 📅 5 March in person at Senate House, London 📅 10 March online Register here 👇

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UCFL has written to senior management at Cardiff University to emphasize the critical role and importance of its language degree programmes, and with a request to halt the current proposals for cuts 👇 university-council-for-languages.org/2025/02/14/u...

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'Ending Modern Languages at Cardiff would be a colossally short-sighted & counter-productive move. Wales has a proud record of commitment to linguistic pluralism, & the excellent work of Modern Languages at Cardiff is a critically important contribution to that. Please rethink urgently.' Sign here 👇

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An excellent and informative website in defence of the Modern Languages department at @cardiffuni.bsky.social. Well done to the team behind this ✊✊ #SaveCardiffLanguages

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I am recruiting survey participants!! Have you (or do you know anyone who has) completed a doctoral degree in languages (Arabic, BSL, French, German etc.) and then moved into a different field of research or employment? 🧑‍🎓➡️👨‍🎨🧑‍🏫👩‍🚀

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"The research produced there is world-leading. If we lose these courses, we will lose more than thousands of devoted and pioneering academics. We will create a system where only the wealthy and privileged get to study the very subjects that make Britain what it is."

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Please share this important survey on how graduates perceive the value of doctoral degrees in languages, aimed at those who have moved into different areas of research or work: forms.office.com/pages/respon... @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social @ucfl-eca.bsky.social

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Please join us for this #PROLang discussion with author Viorica Marian to hear more about the consequences of bilingualism for cognition, language & the brain. Co-organised with the Institute for Languages Cultures and Societies. 🗓️ 28 March at 5pm ➡️ buff.ly/4huFFOZ

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'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.' We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures: uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...

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Hallo zusammen! 👋👋 The Associate of German Studies is now on BlueSky! Follow us for updates on all things German Studies in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Looking forward to building a vibrant community together here! #GermanStudies #BlueSkyLaunch

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From today’s BBC, our UEA UCU branch chair Dr Nadine Zubair “students and staff are affected by the cuts "in every aspect of their experience here: their morale, their workloads - everything is taking a hit”. Staying positive at the moment is beyond us

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"For Cardiff University final-year languages student Darcie James, 23, the headlines hit close to home after her university last month announced plans to cut 400 jobs and close some courses."

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‘Any reduction to these degree subjects would undermine economic potential and social cohesion for the whole of Wales’ www.learnedsociety.wales/cardiff-univ...

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Institute of Translation and Interpreting raises serious concerns over University of Cardiff plans to close modern languages and translation courses, and warns of the serious economic, cultural and educational risks of such a move www.iti.org.uk/resource/iti...

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"The future economic and cultural success of Wales depends significantly on the ability to engage effectively with the wider world, and this requires maintaining and developing language and translation capabilities"

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The SDN calls on the leaders of Cardiff University to reverse its damaging proposal to shut its School of Modern Languages. #SaveCardiffLanguages 1/11

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If you are able and willing to do so, could you please add your voice to our wall of support at the Save Cardiff Modern Languages website: www.savecardifflanguages.org The more voices we have on there from across the world, the better! Thanks and love to all.

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Learn more about why modern language degrees at Cardiff University should be saved at www.savecardifflanguages.org #Languages #SaveCardiffLanguages #CardiffUniversity #Japanese #JapaneseStudies #French #German #Italian #Portuguese #Chinese #Spanish #Translation #TranslationStudies

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This ITV Wales piece is really strong on the Cardiff Uni cuts crisis. Lots of angry Cardiff UCU members & lots of angry students speaking against these callous and unnecessary cuts. #CUFightback youtu.be/KZy7_8Yapys?...

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The planned MFL cuts placed the university in “direct contradiction” with Welsh govt policy and international strategy. The cuts undermine Cardiff’s role in supporting the linguistic diversity that is critical for the regional economy, the teacher pipeline, and for international partnerships.

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"The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level." An excellent article on the threatened closure of #languages and #translation at Cardiff and on the importance and value of degree courses in languages for UK HE. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...

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The planned MFL cuts placed the university in “direct contradiction” with Welsh govt policy and international strategy. The cuts undermine Cardiff’s role in supporting the linguistic diversity that is critical for the regional economy, the teacher pipeline, and for international partnerships.

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www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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"Cardiff has embraced the entirely bizarre proposition that the global and transtemporal examination of culture is possible even without the provision of languages at degree level. There are very many reasons why this is alarming." 👇👇

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