Tori Holmes
@toririo.bsky.social
Researching digital culture, data activism, documentary - in Brazil. Fan of places where the mountains meet the sea.
http://go.qub.ac.uk/toriholmes
Also at https://bsky.app/profile/rebracweb.bsky.social
http://go.qub.ac.uk/toriholmes
Also at https://bsky.app/profile/rebracweb.bsky.social
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‘Rather than recreating a replica of the past Mendonça wanted to evoke the period’s “fumes”. That goes some way towards explaining what it feels like to watch the result: you’re inhaling an atmosphere, smelling a memory.’
Gaby Wood watches ‘The Secret Agent’.
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Gaby Wood watches ‘The Secret Agent’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Gaby Wood · At the Movies: ‘The Secret Agent’
Like Walter Salles’s I’m Still Here, which had a similarly successful run last year, The Secret Agent is set during...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
‘Rather than recreating a replica of the past Mendonça wanted to evoke the period’s “fumes”. That goes some way towards explaining what it feels like to watch the result: you’re inhaling an atmosphere, smelling a memory.’
Gaby Wood watches ‘The Secret Agent’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Gaby Wood watches ‘The Secret Agent’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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‘Couriers communicated gossip, rumour and political intelligence between cities and states, labourers in a vast information infrastructure that worked across languages and borders.’
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on early modern news.
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@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on early modern news.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher · Quickly Quickly Quickly: Early Modern News
In early modern Europe, couriers represented the increased connectivity of the Continent. They travelled faster and...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
‘Couriers communicated gossip, rumour and political intelligence between cities and states, labourers in a vast information infrastructure that worked across languages and borders.’
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on early modern news.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on early modern news.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Showing in Belfast, 6 March "Searching Heleny [..] follows Heleny Guariba, who disappeared in 1971 under the Brazilian dictatorship. Using textile art, Esther Vital stitches together memories of her loved ones to show what words couldn't hold."
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belfastfilmfestivalevents.eventive.org/schedule/698...
Belfast Film Festival Events
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February 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Showing in Belfast, 6 March "Searching Heleny [..] follows Heleny Guariba, who disappeared in 1971 under the Brazilian dictatorship. Using textile art, Esther Vital stitches together memories of her loved ones to show what words couldn't hold."
belfastfilmfestivalevents.eventive.org/schedule/698...
belfastfilmfestivalevents.eventive.org/schedule/698...
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Fortieth Anniversary Issue of Portuguese Studies
In 2025, the journal Portuguese Studies marked forty years of publication and this milestone is being commemorated with a Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue.
👉 www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
Follow them here 👉 @portuguesemhra.bsky.social
In 2025, the journal Portuguese Studies marked forty years of publication and this milestone is being commemorated with a Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue.
👉 www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
Follow them here 👉 @portuguesemhra.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Fortieth Anniversary Issue of Portuguese Studies
In 2025, the journal Portuguese Studies marked forty years of publication and this milestone is being commemorated with a Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue.
👉 www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
Follow them here 👉 @portuguesemhra.bsky.social
In 2025, the journal Portuguese Studies marked forty years of publication and this milestone is being commemorated with a Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue.
👉 www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
Follow them here 👉 @portuguesemhra.bsky.social
This book sounds very interesting!
"Boutros shows the different ways activists produced evidence about policing and racial inequalities: collecting quantitative data, documenting lived experiences of police targets, or victims coming together to analyze patterns of oppression."
"Boutros shows the different ways activists produced evidence about policing and racial inequalities: collecting quantitative data, documenting lived experiences of police targets, or victims coming together to analyze patterns of oppression."
The Police, Activists, and Knowledge by Magda Boutros is out now
"Boutros' exemplary fieldwork lays bare the cracks in the armor of systemic, racialized, and discriminatory policing in France."
—Trica Keaton, Dartmouth College
https://ow.ly/3yRa50Yc3N2
"Boutros' exemplary fieldwork lays bare the cracks in the armor of systemic, racialized, and discriminatory policing in France."
—Trica Keaton, Dartmouth College
https://ow.ly/3yRa50Yc3N2
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 AM
This book sounds very interesting!
"Boutros shows the different ways activists produced evidence about policing and racial inequalities: collecting quantitative data, documenting lived experiences of police targets, or victims coming together to analyze patterns of oppression."
"Boutros shows the different ways activists produced evidence about policing and racial inequalities: collecting quantitative data, documenting lived experiences of police targets, or victims coming together to analyze patterns of oppression."
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
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Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
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February 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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Two pieces relating to REBRAC published in Portuguese Studies Fortieth Anniversary Issue @portuguesemhra.bsky.social
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Two pieces relating to REBRAC published in Portuguese Studies Fortieth Anniversary Issue
At the recent REBRAC 10th anniversary conference held at King’s College London, an informal celebration was held to mark the publication of a Special Issue of Portuguese Studies to mark forty…
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February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Two pieces relating to REBRAC published in Portuguese Studies Fortieth Anniversary Issue @portuguesemhra.bsky.social
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rebracweb.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/t...
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New blog post published on the @themhra.bsky.social website about the Fortieth Anniversary Issue of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social and a recent celebration of this milestone at the @rebracweb.bsky.social conference held at King's College London.
www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
Fortieth Anniversary Issue of Portuguese Studies
Our journal Portuguese Studies celebrates its fortieth anniversary with a special issue.
www.mhra.org.uk
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
New blog post published on the @themhra.bsky.social website about the Fortieth Anniversary Issue of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social and a recent celebration of this milestone at the @rebracweb.bsky.social conference held at King's College London.
www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...
Kleber Mendonça Filho's 'The Secret Agent' showing 20 February 2026 until 26 February 2026 at Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast
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The Secret Agent showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.
Kleber Mendonça Filho navigates Brazil’s painful past to paint a loving portrayal of a place and its people in this slow-burning and ridiculously entertaining political thriller.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Kleber Mendonça Filho's 'The Secret Agent' showing 20 February 2026 until 26 February 2026 at Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast
queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/The...
queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/The...
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📣 Exciting NEW funding opportunity! 📣
The recently created SLAS Research Development Award offers up to £10,000 to support groundbreaking Latin American Studies research.
More information about the scheme and the application below.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
The recently created SLAS Research Development Award offers up to £10,000 to support groundbreaking Latin American Studies research.
More information about the scheme and the application below.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
SLAS Research Development Award 2026
Value: Up to £10,000
Deadline: 20 Mar 26
A prestigious award designed to support significant research projects and impactful collaborations within the field of Latin American Studies.
MORE INFO: www.slasuk.org/research-dev...
SLAS Research Development Award 2026
Value: Up to £10,000
Deadline: 20 Mar 26
A prestigious award designed to support significant research projects and impactful collaborations within the field of Latin American Studies.
MORE INFO: www.slasuk.org/research-dev...
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 AM
📣 Exciting NEW funding opportunity! 📣
The recently created SLAS Research Development Award offers up to £10,000 to support groundbreaking Latin American Studies research.
More information about the scheme and the application below.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
The recently created SLAS Research Development Award offers up to £10,000 to support groundbreaking Latin American Studies research.
More information about the scheme and the application below.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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(3/3) The second reflection piece in the issue with a REBRAC connection is Sara Brandellero, Stephanie Dennison and Tori Holmes's 'Building a Brazilian Cultural Analysis Network in Europe and Beyond: Reflections on a Ten-year Milestone and Future Plans for REBRAC' muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
(3/3) The second reflection piece in the issue with a REBRAC connection is Sara Brandellero, Stephanie Dennison and Tori Holmes's 'Building a Brazilian Cultural Analysis Network in Europe and Beyond: Reflections on a Ten-year Milestone and Future Plans for REBRAC' muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
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(2/3) The first reflection piece in the issue with a REBRAC connection is David Treece's 'A Special Case? Exceptionalism and Interdisciplinarity in Brazilian Cultural Studies' (originally prepared as the keynote for REBRAC's inaugural conference held in London in 2015): muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
(2/3) The first reflection piece in the issue with a REBRAC connection is David Treece's 'A Special Case? Exceptionalism and Interdisciplinarity in Brazilian Cultural Studies' (originally prepared as the keynote for REBRAC's inaugural conference held in London in 2015): muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
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🧵(1/3) We're delighted that the Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social includes two texts with a REBRAC connection. And also that we were able to help celebrate this milestone in the journal's history at the recent #rebrac10anos conference in London (on which more soon).
41.2 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out: our Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue 🎉🥳. It combines reflection pieces on the history of the journal & the field of Portuguese and Brazilian studies + seven research articles chosen via call for papers. ToC muse.jhu.edu/issue/55394
@themhra.bsky.social
@themhra.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
🧵(1/3) We're delighted that the Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social includes two texts with a REBRAC connection. And also that we were able to help celebrate this milestone in the journal's history at the recent #rebrac10anos conference in London (on which more soon).
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41.2 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out: our Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue 🎉🥳. It combines reflection pieces on the history of the journal & the field of Portuguese and Brazilian studies + seven research articles chosen via call for papers. ToC muse.jhu.edu/issue/55394
@themhra.bsky.social
@themhra.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
41.2 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out: our Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue 🎉🥳. It combines reflection pieces on the history of the journal & the field of Portuguese and Brazilian studies + seven research articles chosen via call for papers. ToC muse.jhu.edu/issue/55394
@themhra.bsky.social
@themhra.bsky.social
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And that's a wrap on an excellent #rebrac10anos conference. Thanks to panellists, participants, session chairs, organisers, partner organisations, and funders. 🥳🥳
If you're interested in seeing the programme for the #rebrac10anos conference (the 7th international conference of the European Network of Brazilianists Working in Cultural Analysis which also celebrates 10 years of the network), you can find it here: rebracweb.wordpress.com/congressos/2....
Programa / Programme
Programme (last updated 12 January 2026) REBRAC 10th Anniversary Conference Booklet_FINAL_WEBDownload For any enquiries please contact [email protected]
rebracweb.wordpress.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
And that's a wrap on an excellent #rebrac10anos conference. Thanks to panellists, participants, session chairs, organisers, partner organisations, and funders. 🥳🥳
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
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We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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Opening panel at #rebrac10anos conference is Brazilian Culture and Society in Historical Perspective. First paper by Jane-Marie Collins (University of Nottingham) speaking on "Racialisation in Brazilian historiography: A revisionist approach to race miscegenation and manumission, Bahia 1830-1888".
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Opening panel at #rebrac10anos conference is Brazilian Culture and Society in Historical Perspective. First paper by Jane-Marie Collins (University of Nottingham) speaking on "Racialisation in Brazilian historiography: A revisionist approach to race miscegenation and manumission, Bahia 1830-1888".
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The second paper in panel 1 at the #rebrac10anos conference is from Beatriz Virginia Gomes Belmiro (Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ), speaking on '“Cuja escrava fica aqui em tratamento”: maternidade, escravidão e desigualdades na Santa Casa do Rio de Janeiro (1873–1884) e os ecos na contemporaneidade'
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The second paper in panel 1 at the #rebrac10anos conference is from Beatriz Virginia Gomes Belmiro (Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ), speaking on '“Cuja escrava fica aqui em tratamento”: maternidade, escravidão e desigualdades na Santa Casa do Rio de Janeiro (1873–1884) e os ecos na contemporaneidade'
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Panel 2 @ #rebrac10anos: Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture. First paper: Jade Nogueira (Universidade do Porto)/Cimara Valim de Melo (Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul): 'The Japanese in the Amazon: Rediscovering the Kōtakusseis and new paths for Brazilian literary and cultural studies'
January 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Panel 2 @ #rebrac10anos: Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture. First paper: Jade Nogueira (Universidade do Porto)/Cimara Valim de Melo (Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul): 'The Japanese in the Amazon: Rediscovering the Kōtakusseis and new paths for Brazilian literary and cultural studies'
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Second paper in panel 2 on Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture @ #rebrac10anos conference is Olga Baginska-Shinzato (University of Warsaw) presenting on 'Tradução literária e os estudos culturais brasileiros na Polônia: desafios, oportunidades, perspectivas'.
January 15, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Second paper in panel 2 on Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture @ #rebrac10anos conference is Olga Baginska-Shinzato (University of Warsaw) presenting on 'Tradução literária e os estudos culturais brasileiros na Polônia: desafios, oportunidades, perspectivas'.
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The third paper in panel 2 on "Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture" is from Frans Weiser (University of Georgia) on 'The Carandiru effect: Literary adaptation, entertainment, and the ethics of social memory'. #rebrac10anos
January 15, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The third paper in panel 2 on "Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture" is from Frans Weiser (University of Georgia) on 'The Carandiru effect: Literary adaptation, entertainment, and the ethics of social memory'. #rebrac10anos
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Final paper in panel 2 on 'Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture' at #rebrac10anos conference is by Claire Williams (University of Oxford). She will speak on 'Writing women’s lives into Brazilian history: The Coleção Brasileiras'.
January 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Final paper in panel 2 on 'Literary Perspectives on Brazilian Culture' at #rebrac10anos conference is by Claire Williams (University of Oxford). She will speak on 'Writing women’s lives into Brazilian history: The Coleção Brasileiras'.
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If you're interested in seeing the programme for the #rebrac10anos conference (the 7th international conference of the European Network of Brazilianists Working in Cultural Analysis which also celebrates 10 years of the network), you can find it here: rebracweb.wordpress.com/congressos/2....
Programa / Programme
Programme (last updated 12 January 2026) REBRAC 10th Anniversary Conference Booklet_FINAL_WEBDownload For any enquiries please contact [email protected]
rebracweb.wordpress.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 AM
If you're interested in seeing the programme for the #rebrac10anos conference (the 7th international conference of the European Network of Brazilianists Working in Cultural Analysis which also celebrates 10 years of the network), you can find it here: rebracweb.wordpress.com/congressos/2....
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Our 10th anniversary conference got off to a great start tonight with an online Q&A: Nuno Ramos in conversation with Peter Schulze moderated by @stephdennison.bsky.social. In collaboration with @mecila.bsky.social. Full conference programme at
rebracweb.wordpress.com/congressos/2... #rebrac10anos
rebracweb.wordpress.com/congressos/2... #rebrac10anos
Programa / Programme
Programme (last updated 12 January 2026) REBRAC 10th Anniversary Conference Booklet_FINAL_WEBDownload For any enquiries please contact [email protected]
rebracweb.wordpress.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Our 10th anniversary conference got off to a great start tonight with an online Q&A: Nuno Ramos in conversation with Peter Schulze moderated by @stephdennison.bsky.social. In collaboration with @mecila.bsky.social. Full conference programme at
rebracweb.wordpress.com/congressos/2... #rebrac10anos
rebracweb.wordpress.com/congressos/2... #rebrac10anos
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Wagner Moura won the Golden Globe for best male actor in a drama film for his role in "The Secret Agent."
Catch up on more highlights from the Golden Globes: bit.ly/4jCkNaq
Catch up on more highlights from the Golden Globes: bit.ly/4jCkNaq
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Wagner Moura won the Golden Globe for best male actor in a drama film for his role in "The Secret Agent."
Catch up on more highlights from the Golden Globes: bit.ly/4jCkNaq
Catch up on more highlights from the Golden Globes: bit.ly/4jCkNaq