Prof Sarah Dillon
@profsarahdillon.bsky.social
Academic, Writer and Broadcaster. Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities, University of Cambridge. Author of Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning (2021) and of Turing's Literature (currently writing).
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Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press
Routledge & CRC Press Series: Originally published with Gylphi from 2011-2022, the Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays series has pioneered a unique approach to the academic study of livin
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CFP: Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays Series open for submissions: www.routledge.com/Contemporary.... Volumes out or forthcoming with Routledge on Benjamin Markovits, Jackie Kay, Ali Smith, Bernardine Evaristo, Naomi Alderman. If you have an idea for a conference and volume, reach out!
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#EnglishCreates: Futures kicks off with the first in a series of brilliantly insightful blogs by Professor Ralph Pite on the subject of English Studies and 'environments'
These will prove how important English studies are in the current polycrisis: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
These will prove how important English studies are in the current polycrisis: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
#EnglishCreates Blog: ENGLISH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
universityenglish.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
#EnglishCreates: Futures kicks off with the first in a series of brilliantly insightful blogs by Professor Ralph Pite on the subject of English Studies and 'environments'
These will prove how important English studies are in the current polycrisis: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
These will prove how important English studies are in the current polycrisis: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
Reposted by Prof Sarah Dillon
New series of #EnglishCreates beginning now. @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @profsarahdillon.bsky.social @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @jennyrichards.bsky.social
#EnglishCreates: Futures kicks off with the first in a series of brilliantly insightful blogs by Professor Ralph Pite on the subject of English Studies and 'environments'
These will prove how important English studies are in the current polycrisis: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
These will prove how important English studies are in the current polycrisis: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
#EnglishCreates Blog: ENGLISH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
universityenglish.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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So kid, in your heart you want to study humanities but you worry about your job prospects? Let’s play a game.
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So kid, in your heart you want to study humanities but you worry about your job prospects? Let’s play a game.
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
Reposted by Prof Sarah Dillon
The Centre for Uses of Literature at the University of Southern Denmark is inviting applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 (MSCA-PF). www.sdu.dk/en/forskning... @bacls.bsky.social @c21literature.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc
The Centre for Uses of Literature at the University of Southern Denmark is inviting applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 (MSCA-PF).
www.sdu.dk
December 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Centre for Uses of Literature at the University of Southern Denmark is inviting applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 (MSCA-PF). www.sdu.dk/en/forskning... @bacls.bsky.social @c21literature.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social
CFP: Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays Series open for submissions: www.routledge.com/Contemporary.... Volumes out or forthcoming with Routledge on Benjamin Markovits, Jackie Kay, Ali Smith, Bernardine Evaristo, Naomi Alderman. If you have an idea for a conference and volume, reach out!
Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press
Routledge & CRC Press Series: Originally published with Gylphi from 2011-2022, the Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays series has pioneered a unique approach to the academic study of livin
www.routledge.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
CFP: Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays Series open for submissions: www.routledge.com/Contemporary.... Volumes out or forthcoming with Routledge on Benjamin Markovits, Jackie Kay, Ali Smith, Bernardine Evaristo, Naomi Alderman. If you have an idea for a conference and volume, reach out!
Reposted by Prof Sarah Dillon
My latest column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is based on the recent meeting at the Royal Society celebrating 50 years of the Turing Test, at which several folks suggested it was time to retire it.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
Was the Turing Test always meaningless?
A meeting to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Alan Turing’s famous paper drew a fairly unanimous judgment from the expert speakers
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My latest column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is based on the recent meeting at the Royal Society celebrating 50 years of the Turing Test, at which several folks suggested it was time to retire it.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
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Where do the world famous LLM sceptic @garymarcus.bsky.social & his bud Laurence Fishburne (AKA Morpheus) like to hang out? The Royal Society of course! 🧪🤖
Here's my write up from @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test event www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's my write up from @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test event www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?
Chatbots now ace the mathematician's famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Where do the world famous LLM sceptic @garymarcus.bsky.social & his bud Laurence Fishburne (AKA Morpheus) like to hang out? The Royal Society of course! 🧪🤖
Here's my write up from @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test event www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's my write up from @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test event www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Prof Sarah Dillon
Tomorrow 17 Nov we are welcoming Prof Sarah Dillon of the Cambridge English Faculty for a talk ""Pryce's Buoy": Alan Turing's Short Story and Homosexual Literature." All welcome to join us in person in ARB S1 at 12:30 or online at the link in the poster!
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Tomorrow 17 Nov we are welcoming Prof Sarah Dillon of the Cambridge English Faculty for a talk ""Pryce's Buoy": Alan Turing's Short Story and Homosexual Literature." All welcome to join us in person in ARB S1 at 12:30 or online at the link in the poster!