Sarah Colvin

@sarahcolvin.bsky.social

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Professor / literature / social justice / prisons / Germany / and things. Representing myself not my institution. Mostly reading & reposting here.

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Sarah Jean Colvin is a British scholar of German, literary theory, and gender studies. Since 2014, she has been Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge. She previously held the Eudo C. Mason Chair of German at the University of Edinburgh (2004–2010), and was Professor in Study of Contemporary Germany at the University of Birmingham (2010–2012), then Professor of German at the University of Warwick (2013–2014). .. more

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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Nov 12

Publication day! How writers respond to authoritarians www.routledge.com/Literature-a...

Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel

A vital resource for anyone interested in literature and politics, this is the first in-depth study of epistemic injustice as a concept for literary studies. Focusing on contemporary fiction in an age...

www.routledge.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24d

What the hell @patagonia.com? There's no way their drag name would cause confusion under the Lanham act. This is purely vindictive.

I'll keep shopping at The North Face instead and I suggest others find a different brand.

nypost.com/2026/01/22/u...

Patagonia sues drag queen ‘Pattie Gonia’ claiming ‘irreparable harm’

“The harm Pattie Gonia has caused and will cause to the Patagonia brand is irreparable,” according to the lawsuit.

nypost.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Jan 16

Important event in Westminster today with UCU Union: A 25% cut in FE salaries since 2009 -this cannot go on: we need a new deal for FE

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Dec 17

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Dec 15

FAO every university I’ve ever worked at

Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Dec 14

HEEEEEEEY guess whose employer has had official notice of contravention from the Health & Safety Executive for systematically failing to monitor and manage work place stress??? Happy xmas all!
drive.google.com/file/d/1L1sl...

Notification of Contravention letter- University of Birmingham - Final Draft 11.12.25.pdf

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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Dec 15

Jenny Skeldon is my new hero

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Dec 14

Notification of Contravention letter- University of Birmingham - Final Draft 11.12.25.pdf

drive.google.com

Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Dec 9

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52825/ University post in Modern German Studies, Cambridge UK

Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Jeff Youngblood @jeffyoungblood.bsky.social · Dec 5

The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.

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Universität Stuttgart @unistuttgart.bsky.social · Dec 1

Demokratie ohne Moral - können wir uns das leisten? Diese Frage stellt Bestsellerautorin Anne Rabe in der diesjährigen Theodor-Heuss-Gedächtnis-Vorlesung, gemeinschaftlich organisiert von der #UniStuttgart & der @heusshaus.bsky.social. Jetzt bis zum 07.12. anmelden & mitdiskutieren sohub.io/chum

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Christopher Hughes MBE @chrislinguist.bsky.social · Nov 24

From French and Spanish to Albanian and Farsi, languages have opened doors for me, grown understanding and taught me to see the world in full colour. Cutting them from schools and universities doesn’t just shrink the curriculum, it shrinks the life choices that all students should enjoy.

Languages: The Educational Superpower We Can’t Afford to Lose

Across schools and universities, language departments are under threat. Courses are being cut, departments downsized, and opportunities to learn languages are diminishing. The justification? Langua…

albarolanguages.com

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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · Nov 24

A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.

Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows

www.nytimes.com

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Jan Skudlarek @janskudlarek.bsky.social · Nov 24

"Meta soll Studie zu psychischen Schäden vertuscht haben: Weniger Depression, Angst, Einsamkeit, schon nach einer Woche Social-Media-Abstinenz. [...] Anstatt die Ergebnisse zu veröffentlichen, habe Meta das Projekt jedoch beendet."

www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/fac...

Meta soll Studie zu psychischen Schäden vertuscht haben

Weniger Depression, Angst, Einsamkeit, schon nach einer Woche Social-Media-Abstinenz: Das geht laut Gerichtsakten aus einer Studie hervor, die Meta abgebrochen hat. Der Konzern weist die Vorwürfe zurü...

www.spiegel.de

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Nov 23

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign

BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...

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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Nov 20

Post-narrative. Always scary

Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Nov 19

Next one soon!

Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · Nov 13

#Zürich

Heute Abend geht es weiter.
Und wie letztes Mal - auch online ⬇️

#ImVertrauern

Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Nov 19

@uniofnottingham.bsky.social @uniofleicester.bsky.social

Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · Nov 14

"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes"

New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.

@ucflangs.bsky.social

The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas

Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · Nov 19

Podiumsdiskussion: Rechte Hochburgen in West- und Ostdeutschland — Geschichte und Gegenwart

Mit
Julia Reuschenbach (FU Berlin)
Sabine Volk (Universität Tübingen)
Gideon Botsch (Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam)

Moderation: Frank Bösch (ZZF Potsdam)

11. Dezember 2025

#il_liberal

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · Nov 17

We are delighted to welcome @sarahcolvin.bsky.social (Cambridge) to the HI for a talk, ‘Haunting Times: Ghosted Memory & Epistemic Revenants in Zhadan’s Ukraine (Voroshilovgrad, 2010) & Bulawayo’s Zimbabwe (Glory, 2022)’ | Fri 21 Nov 2025 @ 11am | Free event; register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/4nOqwul

Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Nov 17

🚨The BBC is under attack 🚨 Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8

Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster

🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...

38d.gs

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Ingo Grollmus @grollmus.bsky.social · Nov 15

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„Mopsas unbedingte Schwere“

19 Jahre lang hat Dorothea Sternheim an ihrem Roman über die NS-Zeit gearbeitet. 70 Jahre nach Vollendung ist „Im Zeichen der Spinne“ nun im @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social erschienen.

Von Frank Keil für die @taz.de.
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taz.de/Wiedergefund...

Wiedergefundener Roman über die NS-Zeit: Mopsas unbedingte Schwere

19 Jahre lang hat Dorothea Sternheim an ihrem Roman über die NS-Zeit gearbeitet. 70 Jahre nach Vollendung ist „Im Zeichen der Spinne“ nun erschienen.

taz.de

Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Nov 15

Thank you Kirstin 🙏🏼💜

Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Nov 14

Thank you, Sigrid!

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Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · Nov 14

Am Mittwochabend bin ich in Soltau. Es wird schon dafür geworben. Schauen Sie doch vorbei. Ich würde mich freuen.
Details: heide-kurier.de/soltau-erinn...