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Britta C. Jung @brittajung.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to receive my copy of #Metzler's compendium of the #German #CampusNovel by Helmut Grugger & Stefan Neuhaus. It includes not only three chapters by yours truly but also by my cherished #MICcolleagues @deirdreflynn.bsky.social, Sabine Egger, Hanna Rompf & -of course- Helmut himself.

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Two roles - University of Antwerp

Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Joyce Studies

Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Virginia Woolf Studies

Full time - 3 years

Joyce:
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

Woolf:
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Joyce studies | University of Antwerp

YUFE vacancies

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Mary M. Burke @maryburke.bsky.social · 3d

Paris Review Visiting Professor of Literature at BPI

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities jrnl.ie/6835415

Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities

Some 443 flotilla participants were arrested by Israeli forces, organisers said, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 4d

Lecturer in English, specialising in the long nineteenth century

Permanent position commencing before Semester 1, 2026

University of Auckland

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Lecturer - English at University of Auckland, New Zealand

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 5d

plus ça change

Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 5d

From The Times, 4 April, 1974

Newspaper article from UK Times, 4 April, 1974

‘Universities “Exploiting Students as Cheap Staff”’

from Tim Devlin, Education Correspondent, Liverpool, April 3

Postgraduate students, it was alleged here today, are being exploited as cheap labour by the universities and their ‘appalling’ rates of pay are being used to keep down the wages of other staff, particularly laboratory technicians

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 5d

Thinking of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and the other Irish citizens who are part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters.

Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d

Israeli forces attacked Doctors Without Borders workers—who were all wearing marked medical vests.

They killed Omar, a 42-year-old occupational therapist and sole provider for his family.

He was killed at a bus stop, on his way to take care of other people bombed by Israel.

This morning, 2 October 2025, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others.
The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces in Deir Al Balah.
Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
Omar was a quiet man of profound kindness and utter professionalism. Since June 2018, he had worked as an occupational therapist at an MSF clinic in Gaza City, dedicating his life to restoring strength and dignity to thousands of patients.
He remained in Gaza City before finally evacuating south on 13 September due to relentless attacks and forced displacement from Israeli forces, who claimed people would find safety there. Instead, he was killed at a bus stop on his way to work.
Omar was the sole provider for his family since his father passed away and his young brother was killed.
Multiple healthcare workers, MSF family members and MSF staff were also seriously injured in the attack this morning, including a physiotherapist, orthopaedic surgeon, supply officer and a finance assistant. One of our staff is in critical condition with shrapnel wounds.
In the moment of the attack, our colleagues were on their way to work amidst the ongoing relentless Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Health workers in Gaza have been killed, threatened or detained, including Dr Mohamed Obeid, an MSF surgeon still in detention with no formal charges.
While hundreds of thousands of people continue to be pushed from north Ga…

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 6d

I'll have to take your beginners German class!

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 6d

My first publication in German!

Der Campusroman in Irland
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Delighted to be part of this extensive publication on Campus Novels Der Campusroman: Texte, Theorien, Traditionen (97 chapters!) edited by Helmut Grugger&Stefan Neuhaus

Helmut also translated the chapter

Der Campusroman in Irland

Der Campusroman hat sich erst in jüngerer Zeit zu einem festen Bestandteil der irischen Belletristik entwickelt. Im 20. Jahrhundert rückten nur wenige Romane den Universitätscampus ins Zentrum, doch seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts spielt das...

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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 8d

Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)

IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 8d

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person

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Jenny Leetsch @jennyleetsch.bsky.social · 7d

JOB AD: 3 3-year postdocs available at the Bonn Center for Slavery and Dependency Studies (BCDSS) @dependencybonn.de: I can highly recommend it as a place to spend (some of) your postdoc phase -- a deeply interdisciplinary environment with wonderful colleagues. shorturl.at/69hMY

3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)

full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152

www.uni-bonn.de

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Maebh Long @maebhlong.bsky.social · 13d

The first article in the Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies 9.1 is out! Zan Cammack’s work is great start to the issue on Flann and the Radio, which features a truly excellent cover. A+ work guest editors @tobias-w-harris.bsky.social and Joseph LaBine!

parishreview.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...

The Cover for 9.1 Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies features a cartoon by Micheal O Nuallain. It shows a man under a tree about to smash a radio with an axe.

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Ola Majekodunmi @olamajekodunmi.bsky.social · 11d

Beidh agallamh le cloisteáil amárach ar Afra-Éire ar @raidionalife.bsky.social ón Stiúrthóir Oideachais, Fighting Words Nóra Nic Con Ultaigh, maidir leis an togra World Vision Ireland 🌍

Éistigí isteach amárach idir 16:00 - 17:00 🫂

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 11d

Senior Research Funding Specialist

One of three roles at Trinity College Dublin for research funding specialists

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Senior Research Funding Specialist - (focus on inter- and transdisciplinary research programme) | University Vacancies Ireland

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 11d

Research Chair in Transgender Studies

University of Victoria, BC Canada

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Research Chair in Transgender Studies - Victoria, British Columbia (CA) job with UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA | 398896

The University of Victoria invites applications for a Research Chair in Transgender Studies, a prestigious academic ...

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 11d

Senior Lecturer in English Literature
University of Worcester

Permanent

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT377/s...

Senior Lecturer in English Literature at University of Worcester

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Senior Lecturer in English Literature on jobs.ac.uk!

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 11d

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Film Studies - 5 years

University College Dublin

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU194/l...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Film Studies - 5 years at University College Dublin

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Film Studies - 5 years on jobs.ac.uk!

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 11d

Assistant Archivist,

Dublin City Libraries & Archive,
Dublin City Council

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Job Details

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 11d

A super one!

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · Aug 26

We're delighted to share that the CFP for the joint @modernistudies.bsky.social and @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2026 conference, Weird Modernisms, is now live!

1-4 July, Loughborough University @lborouniversity.bsky.social

More info here: moderniststudies.org/conference/MSA2026/CFP/

Image of 'The Empress' tarot card by Pamela Coleman Smith, depicting a figure with long hair, crown, and sceptre. Text: Weird Modernisms, BAMS/MSA 26, 1-4 July 2026, Loughborough University, UK.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 16d

From the Irish Times article on Irish writers published in The New Yorker: Number of stories published to date by deceased and living authors.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 16d

Haruki Murakami to be celebrated with an evening of words and music in New York

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Haruki Murakami to be celebrated with an evening of words and music in New York

Japanese author Haruki Murakami will be honored this December in Manhattan with an evening of words and music. The Japan Society and The Town Hall are presenting “The Murakami Mix Tape,” which will in...

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 17d

Super thanks tim!

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!

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