Senior lecturer @ILCS_SAS and @DH_ResearchHub in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities, and Co-Director of the Doctoral Centre @SASNews

Joined October 2014
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17 Dec 2021
"We hope the Collection can contribute to dramatically expanding research in this area by giving those working in Modern Languages a deeper understanding of the wide range of digital approaches and texts or objects of study they could incorporate into their own future research"
We are pleased to introduce the Digital Modern Languages Section Launch Issue. The guest editors of the collection, @NASWells and @politonaiz, joined us for a Q&A to explain how the issue came about and what it aims to achieve➡️bit.ly/DMLLAUNCH-QANDA #OpenAccess #ModernLanguages
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21 Jul 2023
2 lecturer posts in Modern Languages and Digital Humanities @StAModLangs, great to see more of these interdisciplinary roles being advertised! #MultilingualDH
School of Modern Languages is looking to appoint two lecturers in Digital Humanities - for full details of the positions and how to apply visit vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V…
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11 Jul 2023
We are seeking input into the new @instclasstudies Researcher Training programme 🚨 Help us by completing this quick survey on your experiences and future needs 📝 👉 forms.office.com/e/5MZK3mm6S…
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11 Jul 2023
Still time to sign up to join the first online meeting of the #MultilingualDH in the UK and Ireland Community Interest Group (@UKIE_DH) this Monday from 10-11.30am BST: forms.office.com/e/bVWBfTBpV… @politonaiz @PFDorado #DigitalHumanities

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The meeting will be an informal space for collective brainstorming on how we can best support and expand multilingual digital research within the UK and Ireland’s community of digital humanities researchers and related practitioner: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/…

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Join us for the @UCML Summer Plenary on 14 July, hosted at @ILCS_SAS! We look forward to a range of panels on the new #NCLE initiative, the value of Translation Studies today & special interest conversations Info & Registrations: university-council-modern-la… @LangsGateway @UCML_ECA

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"This book is a bold and timely contribution to debates about the role of power, privilege and perspective in the creation of knowledge [...] This volume is a generously provocative intervention that provides a compass for future journeys in the field." bit.ly/3CoPjQ7
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16 Jun 2023
Our final panel of really thought provoking papers from our @SASNews PhD students, with a fantastic keynote from Prof. Anna Snaith (KCL) coming up at 5.30pm: sas.ac.uk/events/noisescapes…

16 Jun 2023
Replying to @IALS_law @SASNews
From law to politics! This is it, folks, we are wrapping up our first postgraduate conference #Fragments2023 🧩 with the vibrant John Duncan, phd candidate of @ICwS_SAS, who is looking into fragmented subjectivities and neoliberalism. Evening keynote incoming after coffee break!!
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16 Jun 2023
Panel 1 “Fragmented Identities: new perspectives on race, religion & representation” is underway! @ILCS_SAS PhD student Mona Habeb is giving her first in person paper on “Arab Identity in Transit” showing how to navigate fragments in her research on Arab Diaspora #Fragments2023
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16 Jun 2023
Vice Dean and @IES_London director @clarealees starts us off with her morning keynote on “Piecework: What does research tell us about the arts and humanities” illustrating how diverse objects, art works and research can make up an interconnected picture
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16 Jun 2023
With a brilliant and inspiring welcoming speech @SASNews dean Jo Fox gets Day 2 of #Fragments2023 off the ground!
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🧵 Today we launch our new DIALOGUE collection – FOUR articles centred on the theme of ‘Research in LANGUAGES, SOCIETIES and CULTURES’. This work stems from three @ahrcpress-funded Future of Languages Research Fellowships. (1/6) lspjournal.com/post/research…
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15 Jun 2023
Brilliant first day of #Fragments2023 showcasing the fantastic research taking place across @SASNews. Really looking forward to tomorrow! @SaSiety
15 Jun 2023
We have just wrapped up day one of @SASNews #Fragments2023 ✅ We are extremely thankful for everyone's contributions. We cannot wait for tomorrow! 🌞 There'll be coffee, biscuits, and cake, as well as a lunch and an evening reception so we can't wait to see you all there! ✨
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15 Jun 2023
We have kicked off our conference #Fragments2023 with a round table discussion on the mapping humanities project! A great start that set the tone for our interdisciplinary conference exploring the diverse research here at @SASNews
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"UK universities now operate in a market economy. Institutions are placed in direct competition, with income generation via intake the principal measure of success. The lifting of the student cap in 2015 has established an environment of ‘feast and famine’ across the sector."
This morning @RoyalHistSoc issues 'History in UK Higher Education: A Statement from the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/3qGTF2J The statement addresses the extent, consequences and causes of ongoing cuts and closures at UK #History departments. #twitterstorians
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7 Jun 2023
💥Superstar SASiety committee member & distance learner, Conny Kaufmann (@ILCS_SAS) shares her perspective on the virtual portion of FRAGMENTS. 🤔 Have you booked your tickets yet? You can do so here: sas.ac.uk/events/fragments-s… 📖Read Conny's article 👇sasiety.co.uk/connecting-pie…

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Naomi Wells retweeted
13 Jun 2023
☝️If you can't join us for the whole two days, you can choose to join us for either the 15th (virtual), or 16th (in-person), alternatively you can book separately for the evening keynote: sas.ac.uk/events/noisescapes…

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13 Jun 2023
🚨TWO DAYS LEFT UNTIL @SASNews FRAGMENTS CONFERENCE 🚨 🤔 Have you booked your tickets yet? 🙏 We will be showcasing the amazing research that postgraduate students have been doing at SAS. ☝️ Free, but booking is required! 🎟️tickets 👇 sas.ac.uk/events/fragments-s…

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5 Jun 2023
📢 'Acting on the Voices of the Research Community' 🗓️ 30 June, 2-4pm 📍 Online Don't miss this upcoming event, discussing the findings of the three AHRC Future of Languages Research Fellows ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/thinki…
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New to MLO: @KAHarrison_ & @McLellandNicola present finding from a 2022 survey of the UK languages research community across all career stages, as part of a Future of Languages Research Fellowship funded by @ahrcpress. Available #OpenAccess at: bit.ly/Voices-of-Researchers… @ILCS_SAS
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Congratulations to our @SaSiety/@SASNews students who have brought together a fantastic programme showcasing the fascinating cross-disciplinary research of our students: sas.ac.uk/events/fragments-s…

5 Jun 2023
✍️ The co-organizers and the publicity officer of FRAGMENTS (@SASNews) talk on the SASiety blog about the process of putting together a conference from scratch. 🎟️Book your free tickets here: sas.ac.uk/events/fragments-s… 📖Read more here: sasiety.co.uk/assembling-fra…
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