Delighted to have recently signed an advance contract for my next book with @northwesternup and to be working with the very brilliant @fewstein. CURATING WORLDS will be out in the world in Fall 2024!
The Migration Museum is hiring a Collections Researcher!
Join us in developing a ‘dispersed collection’ around migration themes as we prepare for our new permanent home ✨
This is an outstanding opportunity for a researcher with significant experience working with museum collections to help us gain a better understanding of migration related collections and materials held by other museums, including those that are underused or forgotten, and to help us develop a physical collections strategy for the Migration Museum.
💼Salary: £35,000
📍Location: Lewisham, South London (hybrid)
📅Deadline: 20 October 2024 (11.59pm)
View the full job description and apply here: bit.ly/3XOyGYE
The British Academy is delighted to welcome 86 new Fellows!
We are first and foremost a Fellowship organisation, going all the way back to our founding by Royal Charter in 1902 - our Fellows truly are the heartbeat of the Academy. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
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We are first and foremost a Fellowship organisation, going all the way back to our founding by Royal Charter in 1902 – our Fellows truly are the heartbeat of the British Academy. Our work – mobilising the social sciences and humanities in order to understand the world and shape a brighter future – is guided by the expertise and contributions of our Fellowship.
Our Fellows enable us to support the leading researchers of the future. They mentor and support the next generation of leading scholars and provide crucial governance and guidance across all the work that we do.
Over 300 faculty and staff, and counting, have signed a letter supporting the action for the Palestine Solidarity Encampment.
Check out the statement here, and send it to faculty and staff you know to support the action: oxfordgazastaffsolidarity.wo…
NEW ARTICLE:🗣️ @Elise_H_L examines how the disciplines of Creative Writing and Modern Languages can enrich one another through translingual writing processes and frameworks. (@StAModLangs). Read the article #OpenAccess over at MLO: bit.ly/TCWBML
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Grateful for the last week of conversations around word literature and museums at @ACLAorg and @DukeU. Highlight was this amazing panel with @AnnetteJosephG @FelwineSarr and @rubenmcloop (and the cherry blossom!). Thanks @SaskiaZio for the invite!
NEW @thegaudie POLL:
94.4% of students believe that language programmes should be kept
If programmes are cut, 95.8% say that their perception of UoA will get worse.
79.2% will be less likely to recommend the University to others.
Congratulations to my brilliant colleague Simon Gilson @OxfordModLangs who has been awarded a @LeverhulmeTrust major fellowship for a project on reading, interpreting and printing Petrarch in early modern Italy! @Soc4ItalStudies
The Trust has awarded over £5 million to 30 exceptional academics across the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to our 2023 Major Research Fellows! leverhulme.ac.uk/listings?fi…
Keep an eye out for upcoming features on our website and in the February 2024 Newsletter.
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Supporting distinguished researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research
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Things are pretty grim for Modern Languages in Aberdeen. We have a petition (that anyone can sign) with a lot of links and additional information; we'd really appreciate your support. change.org/p/save-language-t…
Sending solidarity to all colleagues in Modern Languages @UoA_LLMVC and thanks to @PerformtheEast for all the work she’s doing to help fight these disastrous planned closures!
The more international attention the case gets, the more likely the HO is to overturn it - please share if you can, international friends and colleagues
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University of Oxford - St Hugh's College
Salary: £52,815 to £70,918 pa
Permanent
Closes: 19th January 2024
Salary: within the range £52,815 to £70,918 p/a according to experience (plus £10,492 p/a taxable and pensionable housing allowance or free College accommodation, plus other benefits). An allowance of £3,078 p/a would be payable upon award of the title of Full Professor.
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages in the University of Oxford is seeking to appoint a full-time Associate Professor (or Professor) of German. The successful applicant will also be elected to a Tutorial Fellowship at St Hugh’s College and a Stipendiary Lecturership at St Anne’s College.
We intend to appoint a candidate with research interests in modern (post-1770) German, with a preference for expertise in Performance, broadly defined.