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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · May 20

My island of strangers: a poem by Michael Rosen www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen

The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · May 20

Uni of Barcelona invites researchers from sub-Saharan Africa to apply for 40 scholarships under EU co-funded MAPS project on migration & forced displacement. Research focuses include climate change, vulnerability, &socio-political dynamics across 10 African countries. aegis-eu.org/news/call-ap...

Call for Applications: MAPS PhD Scholarships & African Politics Summer School | AEGIS - African studies in Europe

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Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · May 13

Venez nombreux/-euses! Please do join us for this online roundtable discussion.

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Languages, Society and Policy @lspjournal.bsky.social · May 6

🎉 We’re delighted to present our new LSP series: Languages in UK Education, guest-edited by @cforsdick.bsky.social and Wendy Ayres-Bennett.

The series explores how the UK can better support linguistic diversity and respond to the languages crisis. 🌍📘

📖 Read more: lspjournal.com

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Apr 28

(Funded) PhD opportunity in African diasporas and the transcultural. Bordeaux. Deadline 4 June 2025. www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/luniversite-...

L’Université Bordeaux Montaigne recrute Un·e doctorant·e « Diasporas africaines et transculturalité » – Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)

www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr

Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Apr 28

PhD position in Literary Studies on ERC project 'AFROPRESS' (Congo). Deadline 30 May. jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

PhD position in Literary Studies on ERC project 'AFROPRESS' (Congo)

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Apr 18

This piece I wrote may be useful to those seeking to understand President Macron's recent announcement of a 'commission of historians on Haiti' that, of course, does not engage with any of the structural legacies of colonialism. Symbolism short on substance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Rupture and reconciliation: the neoliberal logics of Emmanuel Macron’s colonial memory policies

First as candidate and then as President, Emmanuel Macron has elevated colonial memory policy as a key site for the performance and enactment of the dual values of rupture and reconciliation that u...

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · Apr 14

There is still time to send your abstracts in for the
@sfps.bsky.social postgraduate study day, on colonial toxicity and ecologies of empire, happening Friday 23rd May in University of Cambridge. Full CFP can be found here: sfps.org.uk/2025/03/18/c...

Please share widely!

CFP: Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate Study Day – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Apr 10

So deserved, @donalh.bsky.social ! Everybody would benefit from reading this award-winning article.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Apr 10

Honoured to have been awarded Best Article of 2024 in @francemodern.bsky.social for this piece (now Open Access). Writing this was a tortuous process and so many colleagues helped me. Special thanks to @ninaparish.bsky.social and Hannah Grayson for their support: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Rupture and reconciliation: the neoliberal logics of Emmanuel Macron’s colonial memory policies

First as candidate and then as President, Emmanuel Macron has elevated colonial memory policy as a key site for the performance and enactment of the dual values of rupture and reconciliation that u...

www.tandfonline.com

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Apr 8

Deadline 22 April if you are thinking about applying!

Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Mar 6

6 fully funded PhD studentships (starting Oct 2025) available @stir.ac.uk in our new Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory placememory.net/apply-now-fo... Apply!

Apply Now for PhD Studentships 2025

We are recruiting 6 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales a…

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Mar 6

6 fully funded PhD studentships (starting Oct 2025) available @stir.ac.uk in our new Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory placememory.net/apply-now-fo... Apply!

Apply Now for PhD Studentships 2025

We are recruiting 6 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales a…

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Joanne Brueton @joannebrueton.bsky.social · Mar 5

Join us at the University of London in Paris @londonu.bsky.social on 13th March 18h-20h: 'Towards a common library: In conversation with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr'. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-a-.... We'll talk Présence Africaine, transnational literature, and writing in search of a common library.

Towards a common library: A conversation with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Join Mohamed Mbougar Sarr to discuss Présence Africaine, the politics of literary recognition, and writing in search of a common library.

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Mar 5

SFPS Essay Prize 2025 @sfps.bsky.social invites PhD students and early-career academics to submit a contribution for the annual SFPS Essay Prize. Submissions (5,000 words) must respond to the theme ‘The End(s) of Empire’ sfps.org.uk/sfps-essay-p...

SFPS Essay Prize – Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Feb 20

Brilliant look at such a rich archive. Thanks ‪Dónal.

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Feb 19

Going to start my day by reading this tomorrow!

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Feb 14

Getting to read brilliant publications by people I get to call colleagues is such a joyous way to end the week.

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Naomi Wells @naswells.bsky.social · Feb 12

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

Microsoft Forms

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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · Feb 5

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...

The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters

Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Ca...

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Feb 6

Most of this new special issue of Ipotesi by my colleagues is in Portuguese, but my article is in English and OA. 'Tidalectic Memories of the Black Atlantic: Monénembo’s approaches to a past that is not past in Pelourinho and Les Coqs cubains chantent à minuit' periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ip...

v. 28 n. 2 (2024): “UMA NOVA REGIÃO DO MUNDO”? AS LITERATURAS FRANCÓFONAS PÓS-COLONIAIS E O BRASIL | IPOTESI – REVISTA DE ESTUDOS LITERÁRIOS

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Feb 4

'Musk and his Silicon Valley acolytes are acting on a long-held fantasy of approaching the federal government like a software company and running it like a venture-backed tech start-up during the days of zero-percent interest rates.'

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Feb 3

I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)

Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup

Welcome to the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of the United States government.

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Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · Jan 29

Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University:

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Sign the Petition

Save MLANG at Cardiff University!

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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social · Jan 17

Super helpful!

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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · Jan 16

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...

Visiting International Fellowships

The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

www.sfs.ac.uk

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · Jan 14

Good to hear about this special "Theories & Methodologies" section of #PMLA on Mariama Bâ’s "Memories of Lagos", ed. by Tobias Warner. Essays by Tsitsi Jaji, Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel, Stéphane Robolin, Grace A. Musila, Merve Fejzula, Ainehi Edoro-Glines, Akua Banful bit.ly/4aej3ze #MariamaBa

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 19

Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie!
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Contents | Francosphères 13, 2

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