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Catriona Seth
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18th-century cultural history, French literature, art etc. Currently Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature, University of Oxford/All Souls College

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Catriona Jane Seth, FBA is a British scholar of French literature and the history of ideas. Since 2015, she has been Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. .. more

Political science 39%
Philosophy 16%
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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 1d
Ah yes, I wrote about French Enlightenment approaches to this debate, some years ago:
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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 1d
For obvious reasons I have a soft spot for this one which came out a few years ago...
Stamp with a picture of a man in spectacles and hat reading a book called Clyde Fans, by Ontario graphic artist Seth

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d
Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.

Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.

Thankful to everyone who stands with us!

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · 2d
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Adam Smyth | Like No One in Existence
In September, I invited people to record themselves reading a short passage from an English translation of Rousseau’s...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 3d
AI translation is replacing interpreters in GP care – here’s why that’s troubling
AI translation is replacing interpreters in GP care – here’s why that’s troubling
Across GP surgeries and hospitals, as migration increases and health systems strain, doctors are turning to an untested helper: Google Translate.
theconversation.com

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 3d
A hoard of 21 silver pennies, dating back to the mid-7th to 8th centuries, has been saved for Oxfordshire’s museums following a successful community fundraiser. Villagers from Stoke Row, together with local businesses, raised £1,300 to acquire the treasure. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/stoke-row-co...
Stoke Row community unite to bring unique treasure to the Oxfordshire Museum
An early medieval treasure hoard is now in the hands of Oxfordshire County Council’s museum service to go on display following a successful fundraising campaign by residents in Stoke Row.Dating back t...
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 4d
UCFL is seeking nominations for six roles. Deadline: 16 January.

More information here: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/12/ucfl...

➡️ Chair of Wales
➡️ Early Career Academic Rep
➡️ French Studies Rep
➡️ Linguistics Rep
➡️ Lusophone Studies Rep
➡️ Slavonic and Eastern European Studies Rep

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 6d
Honestly, Dinah, when have you known Magdalen not to look ravishing!

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 8d
*been*

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 8d
What you have all be waiting for...interesting stories from and about languages students. Enjoy reading them!
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/oxford-polyg...
Michaelmas Term 2025
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 8d
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/12...
UNIQ Summer School applications now open!
UNIQ is Oxford’s free access programme for UK state school students. Featuring a sustained contact programme and in-person summer residential, you’ll be taught by Oxford academics and explore subjects...
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 8d
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/12...
2026 Flash Fiction Competitions now open!
Our annual creative writing competitions for school pupils are now open for submission
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

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The Art Exhibitions Blog @blogexhibitions.bsky.social · 8d
Félix Vallotton's landscapes often have a slightly unreal, somewhat disquieting feel. Just two tiny figures walk along the sand on the Normandy coast in La grève blanche, Vasouy (1913, Private collection). In the stunning Vallotton show at MCBA Lausanne: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2025/12/thro...

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 8d
Cambridge University Press has launched a new grant to support under-represented early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations, including first generation scholars 👇 #BookSky
Cambridge University Press opens funding scheme for under-represented early career scholars
ebx.sh

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 9d
Possible announcement on rejoining Erasmus tomorrow. It’s something we have called for as it helps language learning and more. It would be an improvement on the current Turing scheme (see details of the evaluation of the scheme at the top of this thread)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 9d
EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com

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Leeds City of Languages @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social · 10d
#Languages and #cultures matter - to education, communities and regions.
This quote from Professor Emma Cayley captures why Leeds City of Languages is such a powerful civic initiative. @lcsleeds.bsky.social @emmacayley.bsky.social

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Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 10d
Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com is pleased to announce that the First Book Prize will open for submissions in Jan 2026. The prize offers up to 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to publish their first academic book fully open access on Oxford Academic, with the full OA fee waived.
A banner that reads: Early Career Researcher: First Book PrizeOxford University Press proudly announces that submissions for the annual First Book Prize for Early Career Researchers will be open between 1-31 January 2026.Explore the information page for submission details.

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 10d
It should sound like 'ba r-lyef' (nothing to do with fish...)

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10d
'That Russia is winning the war is the greatest disinformation campaign Putin’s regime has ever launched.' @sianushka.bsky.social
sianushka.substack.com/p/russias-gr...
Russia's greatest disinfo campaign
They're not winning the war. And some other thoughts about where we are.
sianushka.substack.com

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 11d
The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.

Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
A Tribute to John Carey (1934-2025), Merton Professor of English Literature, 1975-2002
english.web.ox.ac.uk

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 11d
Do you have what it takes to be a Franco-British Young Leader? Could you contribute to the relationship between France and the UK and benefit from joining a cohort of talented individuals from all walks of life? It could be the chance of a lifetime!
francobritish.org/en/young-lea...
Logo in French and English for the Franco-British council

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Mary M. Burke @maryburke.bsky.social · 13d
Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Modern Irish, UCD

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU456/l...
Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Modern Irish at University College Dublin
Recruiting now: Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Modern Irish on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 13d
Poignant comment on what we lose from the demise of the letter - as sparked by the news that Denmark’s postal service will stop carrying letters from the end of the year www.ft.com/content/feca...
There are other reasons to rue the letter's slow demise - including the potential loss to historians, biographers and archives. Letters convey personality and motivations, offering a contemporary record of events without the distortions of hindsight or edited memoirs. The deceased in future may leave behind troves of electronic correspondence. Compared with today's popular Letters Live charity events, though, where actors read out remarkable letters of the past, it is hard to see future audiences being as enthralled by live readings of WhatsApp messages.

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Dr Helen Williams @drwilliams.bsky.social · 14d
We have two vacancies on the Council of the *British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies*:

1. Postgraduate Representative
2. Communications Officer

Happy to answer any questions about @bsecs.bsky.social Council life!

More info here: www.bsecs.org.uk/the-society/...
Vacancies - BSECS
Vacancies on the Council This page gives details of any current vacancies on the BSECS Council. Vacancies are normally advertised in the autumn of the year and appointments are made or elections held ...
www.bsecs.org.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14d
We've just published the Biographical Memoir (a kind of extended obituary that we provide for all Fellows of the Academy) for Dame Rosalind Savill FBA who ran the Wallace Collection for two decades
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/m...
Savill, Rosalind, 1951-2024
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 14d
The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre
University of Oxford - St Antony’s College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU914/t... #skystorians 🗃️
The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre at University of Oxford
An opportunity for an academic position as a The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job ...
www.jobs.ac.uk

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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 15d
Are you a student who has read all the books on the 2025 Booker and/or international Booker longlists? If so I want to hear from you for a fun reading project. Please DM me.
Shelves full of books

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Ingrid De Smet @i-de-smet.bsky.social · 15d
Lovely response from a student in a class on Early Modern France I was observing last week, when I asked why she liked the module: "Culture makes my brain work..." Let's start a range of T-shirts with that slogan!

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 15d
The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain?  Do you have advanced knowledge of Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin?  If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time post...
jobs.kent.ac.uk