Heather Williams
@heatherhmw.bsky.social
Literature in French and Welsh/Cymraeg, travel writing, translation studies, comparative literature, minority studies, nineteenth century, Brittany/Breizh, Society of Dix-neuviémistes
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Find out what French and German travel writers made of the Menai Bridge when it was new
footsteps.bangor.ac.uk/en/location/...
footsteps.bangor.ac.uk/en/location/...
Menai Suspension Bridge – Journey to the Past
footsteps.bangor.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Find out what French and German travel writers made of the Menai Bridge when it was new
footsteps.bangor.ac.uk/en/location/...
footsteps.bangor.ac.uk/en/location/...
Diddordeb mewn cysylltiadau Cymru-Llydaw? Erthygl yn Saesneg am Joseph Loth a Chymru gan Elisabeth Chatel:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11477
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11477
Figures and sources, a first look at Joseph Loth and Wales
This article is the combined result of two talks given during the DreAM seminars, entitled “Joseph Loth et le pays de Galles, premières approches”, in February 2024, and “To Send or not to send bir...
journals.openedition.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Diddordeb mewn cysylltiadau Cymru-Llydaw? Erthygl yn Saesneg am Joseph Loth a Chymru gan Elisabeth Chatel:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11477
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11477
Interested in Pan-Celtic relations? My article on Cochfarf and Brittany is out here:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11337
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11337
Edward Thomas (Cochfarf) « premier ami de la Bretagne »
Introduction Dans les relations interceltiques, l’Eisteddfod de Cardiff en août 1899 est un phénomène incontournable. Nul ne nierait que cet évènement qui a fait venir une délégation de vingt-cinq ...
journals.openedition.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Interested in Pan-Celtic relations? My article on Cochfarf and Brittany is out here:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11337
journals.openedition.org/lbl/11337
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Cyhoeddiad newydd sy’n ffrwyth y gweithdai ar brosiect archifau Cymru-Llydaw. New publication from the Wales-Brittany Project @heatherhmw.bsky.social @crbcbrest.bsky.social 👇
journals.openedition.org/lbl/?lang=en
journals.openedition.org/lbl/?lang=en
La Bretagne Linguistique
Revue consacrée aux pratiques linguistiques en Bretagne - Journal dedicated to linguistic practices in Brittany
journals.openedition.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Cyhoeddiad newydd sy’n ffrwyth y gweithdai ar brosiect archifau Cymru-Llydaw. New publication from the Wales-Brittany Project @heatherhmw.bsky.social @crbcbrest.bsky.social 👇
journals.openedition.org/lbl/?lang=en
journals.openedition.org/lbl/?lang=en
The proceedings of the DreAM project www.openedition.org/47425 on Welsh-Breton archives are out, and available here open access:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/index.ht...
journals.openedition.org/lbl/index.ht...
La Bretagne Linguistique
Revue consacrée aux pratiques linguistiques en Bretagne - Journal dedicated to linguistic practices in Brittany
journals.openedition.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The proceedings of the DreAM project www.openedition.org/47425 on Welsh-Breton archives are out, and available here open access:
journals.openedition.org/lbl/index.ht...
journals.openedition.org/lbl/index.ht...
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Submissions for the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Submissions for the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday!
This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year.
More details below:
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💫 Mentorship opportunity 💫
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
January 21, 2026 at 8:08 PM
💫 Mentorship opportunity 💫
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme.
The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.
Important interview free to read here. Congratulations to both Martin and Dave @frenchstudies.bsky.social
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Whither French Studies? An Interview with Martin Crowley and David Evans | French Studies Bulletin
If the article has an Altmetric Attention Score, you will find this displayed below.
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Important interview free to read here. Congratulations to both Martin and Dave @frenchstudies.bsky.social
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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The Society for French Studies is now on LinkedIn! 🖇️ You can find us and join our new SFS LinkedIn Group via the link below. We will post SFS news on LinkedIn as on here, but you can also use the group to advertise events and opportunities related to the discipline.
www.linkedin.com/groups/16713...
www.linkedin.com/groups/16713...
LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn
Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The Society for French Studies is now on LinkedIn! 🖇️ You can find us and join our new SFS LinkedIn Group via the link below. We will post SFS news on LinkedIn as on here, but you can also use the group to advertise events and opportunities related to the discipline.
www.linkedin.com/groups/16713...
www.linkedin.com/groups/16713...
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Our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
🚨 Postponed 🚨
Unfortunately we have to postponed this afternoon’s ECR training session. A new date will be circulated in due course.
Unfortunately we have to postponed this afternoon’s ECR training session. A new date will be circulated in due course.
Sign up for our ECR training session on impact: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im....
This session will consider how to engage non-academic audiences by designing and implementing effective impact, and escaping the ivory tower.
This session will consider how to engage non-academic audiences by designing and implementing effective impact, and escaping the ivory tower.
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) who will discuss their experience of working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.
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Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library
Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning
www.standard.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
Congratulations Max and Michael. I would love to get my hands on this one!
My co-editor, Michael Cronin, and I are pleased to announce the publication of The Irish Proust: Cultural Crossings from Beckett to McGahern with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. @uksdn.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/irish-pro...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/irish-pro...
The Irish Proust
This collection of essays is the first book devoted to exploring Marcel Proust's influence on Irish literature and Irish themes within his work. Featuring contr…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Congratulations Max and Michael. I would love to get my hands on this one!
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Calling all of our members interested in women in/and musical history! This promises to be a very exciting few days!
CfP: Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914 | Royal Academy of Music
Find out more about the Academy's upcoming research conference: Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914.
www.ram.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Calling all of our members interested in women in/and musical history! This promises to be a very exciting few days!
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If confirmed, this is great news, offering thousands of young people in the UK and EU the life-changing opportunity to immerse in the language and culture of another country by studying there. Would make good a highly damaging consequence of Brexit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
The UK ended its participation in the scheme in 2020 after agreeing a Brexit deal with the EU.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If confirmed, this is great news, offering thousands of young people in the UK and EU the life-changing opportunity to immerse in the language and culture of another country by studying there. Would make good a highly damaging consequence of Brexit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'I am less inclined to call on the Government for a solution to the British Library’s ongoing issues since, despite repeated calls for action, the UK Government has largely ignored the similar crisis within UK Higher Education.' 1/3
Don’t rely on government to save the British Library - Impact of Social Sciences
Following a catastrophic hack British Library remains in crisis. Can it recover by refocusing on the people, skills and systems that enable it to function?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
'I am less inclined to call on the Government for a solution to the British Library’s ongoing issues since, despite repeated calls for action, the UK Government has largely ignored the similar crisis within UK Higher Education.' 1/3
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The CFP for the 2026 Society for the Study of French History conference has just been launched. Come join us in Groningen! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/conference2/
Conference2 – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The CFP for the 2026 Society for the Study of French History conference has just been launched. Come join us in Groningen! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/conference2/
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Today is the deadline! Send us those last minute abstracts!
We are delighted to announce that our call for papers for the next annual SDN conference, on the theme of 'Health and happiness/La santé et le bonheur', to take place in Cardiff 8-10 April, is now online, and our new abstract submission form is open for business!
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today is the deadline! Send us those last minute abstracts!
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Anonymised submissions should be sent by email by 5pm on Friday 30 January 2026 to Heather Williams (h.williams@wales.ac.uk).
Full details are available on our website: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-publicat...
Full details are available on our website: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-publicat...
SDN Publication Prize
Society of Dix-Neuviémistes (SDN) Publication Prize 2026 The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. About the prize One of the chief aims of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes is to promo…
uksdn.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Anonymised submissions should be sent by email by 5pm on Friday 30 January 2026 to Heather Williams (h.williams@wales.ac.uk).
Full details are available on our website: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-publicat...
Full details are available on our website: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-publicat...
Reposted by Heather Williams
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
💫SDN Publication Prize 2025 💫
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
The 2026 SDN Publication Prize is now open for entries. The Society awards an annual prize for the best journal article published by a PG student, or an early-career researcher who has not yet entered her or his first permanent full-time post.
Reposted by Heather Williams
We would be particularly delighted to see Postgraduate and Early Career colleagues submitting abstracts for this conference - from training sessions to a specific reception and just good company, there is plenty for you at SDN!
We are delighted to announce that our call for papers for the next annual SDN conference, on the theme of 'Health and happiness/La santé et le bonheur', to take place in Cardiff 8-10 April, is now online, and our new abstract submission form is open for business!
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We would be particularly delighted to see Postgraduate and Early Career colleagues submitting abstracts for this conference - from training sessions to a specific reception and just good company, there is plenty for you at SDN!
Reposted by Heather Williams
Only a few days till the deadline! Still time to get your proposal in...
We are delighted to announce that our call for papers for the next annual SDN conference, on the theme of 'Health and happiness/La santé et le bonheur', to take place in Cardiff 8-10 April, is now online, and our new abstract submission form is open for business!
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Only a few days till the deadline! Still time to get your proposal in...
Reposted by Heather Williams
The SDN has written to Senior Management at the University of Leicester to urge them to reconsider their threatened closure of Modern Languages. #SaveLeicesterML.
Please consider signing this petition shared by a member of our nineteenth
C19 French studies community: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Please consider signing this petition shared by a member of our nineteenth
C19 French studies community: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Sign the Petition
Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
www.change.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The SDN has written to Senior Management at the University of Leicester to urge them to reconsider their threatened closure of Modern Languages. #SaveLeicesterML.
Please consider signing this petition shared by a member of our nineteenth
C19 French studies community: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Please consider signing this petition shared by a member of our nineteenth
C19 French studies community: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
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What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️