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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
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The national centre for research in languages, cultures and societies, at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/

Starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies: https://go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2
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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · Nov 13
Our new MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders is now open for applications!

Taught by experts across the University of London in UCL, RHUL, KCL, QMUL, ULIP & ILCS, it delivers a unique interdisciplinary degree.

And 3 bursaries are available!

Find out more 👇

ilcs.sas.ac.uk/graduate-stu...
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Caribbean Studies Seminars 2026 @ilcs.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

27 Jan Aimé Césaire & Derek Walcott shorturl.at/iWnlI

24 Feb Cricket, Caribbean Migration, & Remaking of Postwar England shorturl.at/YvyM6

24 Mar Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands shorturl.at/3o1CZ
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
One of the reasons that emergence of ‘cold spots’ of subject provision matters: 52% of 18 year olds from the most disadvantaged backgrounds (the most deprived quintile in the Indices of Multiple Deprivation) plan to live at home when they go the university
www.thetimes.com/article/22cc...
Nearly a third of university 18-year-olds will live at home
According to figures from Ucas, a record 89,510 18-year-olds with university offers plan to live at home when they begin their studies this autumn
www.thetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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sfps.bsky.social
Another successful conference in the books! Thanks to organisers @laurapkennedy.bsky.social and Sonia Lamrani, to @ilcs.bsky.social for hosting us in style, to @livunipress.bsky.social for their sponsorship, and especially to all the panelists for two days of thoughtful engagement w Fanon’s legacy
Image with the conference title “Fanon at 100: revolutionary afterlives - SFPS Conference 2025” with the label “this is a past event” at the top
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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The Institute of Languages, Cultures, and Societies' MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders explores how research methods of cultural and translation studies, linguistics, and area studies can be combined to offer new insights into complex societal issues. https://bit.ly/3O2gR3u
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Thank you to the @ciol-linguists.bsky.social for sharing @drjoeford.bsky.social's recent article for @theconversation.com on the CIOL Voices blog.

"Learning languages promotes cross-cultural understanding and tolerance of ambiguity in an increasingly ambiguous world."

Read more: bit.ly/3XCKRIh
| CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
By Dr Joseph FordThe decline of languages education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009-10 to 18% in 2024-25. German has halved in the sam...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Back in the golden age of academic Twitter I used to say I'd never be a vanilla online academic who posted 'excited to be at a conference' every 6 months. I would live & die as a shitpost goblin. Look at me now: posting that I'm excited to be in London for this year's SFPS conference on Fanon at 100
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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laurapkennedy.bsky.social
Ready to go for our annual SFPS conference, on Fanon at 100! Really looking forward to catching up with colleagues, meeting new ones, and hearing so many wonderful interventions, particularly keynote paper from my @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social colleague @maybenansi.bsky.social
#SFPS2025
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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sfps.bsky.social
Lovely setup here at @ilcs.bsky.social for the "Fanon at 100: Revolutionary Afterlives" conference - with a side of spectacular holiday decorations
A stage with four chairs, a podium to the right, and a screen in the back that says "Fanon at 100 Revolutionary Afterlives" Large stairway leading up to a decorated christmas tree, with green garlands along the railings
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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rsazzad.bsky.social
An exciting conference on Fanon is happening this week at @ilcs.bsky.social : ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Fanon at 100: revolutionary afterlives - Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Conference 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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uolpress.bsky.social
📣Transforming your PhD thesis into a monograph? Our next training session is 'Revising your PhD Thesis for Publication'.

🧑‍💻Session leaders: @drjoeford.bsky.social & @emmagallon.bsky.social

⏰Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30

🔗https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/revising-phd-thesis-publication-3
Revising Your PhD Thesis for Publication
www.sas.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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At the School of Advanced Study, our students learn directly from sector-leading experts who bring cutting-edge research and real-world experience into the classroom.

Join us and become part of a community where research meets opportunity: sas.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ilcs.bsky.social
Delighted to see that Maria Delgado, Vice Principal at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and Honorary Fellow of ILCS, has been given this year's Premio Ñ by the Instituto Cervantes. The award will be given by the King of Spain on 9 December.

Very many congratulations!
El Instituto Cervantes otorga a la crítica e investigadora Maria Delgado el Premio Ñ 2025
El Instituto Cervantes otorga a la crítica e investigadora Maria Delgado el Premio Ñ 2025. Noticia del Instituto Cervantes. 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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themhra.bsky.social
Training: Engaging with Policy and Policy Papers from a Languages, Cultures and Societies Perspective, hosted by @ilcs.bsky.social
3 Dec, 2pm GMT
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Training: Engaging with Policy and Policy Papers from a Languages, Cultures and Societies Perspective
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November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
‘linking much-needed support for students to international recruitment – an unstable and overworked income stream - is risky and unsustainable. This measure could further weaken universities’
Read our Budget response here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...
The British Academy's response to the Autumn Budget
The British Academy has responded to the Autumn Budget (26 November 2025)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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uobrisceh.bsky.social
Our fabulous Environmental Humanities Summer School is open for applications for 2026! Together, we examine human relationships with nature on a Global scale, and with the city of Bristol. According to 2025 cohort student Choon Woi “Bristol itself became part of the classroom…
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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lagbling.bsky.social
Today is Linguistics Day! CLiE, LAGB, BAAL & CUP are launching the “Why Linguistics” video competition. UG, PG, and ECR linguists can submit a 1-minute video on what linguistics is and why it matters by 1 Feb 2026 for a chance to win cash prizes and a CUP book voucher.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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livunipress.bsky.social
New Special Issue of JRS 🎶
Edited by Hannah Scott & Jennifer Rushworth, it explores how real and fictional songs shape modern and contemporary French narrative across diverse francophone contexts.
Browse the issue online at: bit.ly/JRS-Vol25-4
@drhannahlscott.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
Cover graphic for the Journal of Romance Studies, Volume 25, Number 4 (Winter 2025). On the left is the journal cover, featuring a decorative floral tile design. On the right, text reads: “Song in Modern and Contemporary French Narrative – Edited by Hannah Scott and Jennifer Rushworth.” Logos of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, and Liverpool University Press appear above. A green banner at the bottom says “Special Issue.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Call for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents

University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025

Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).

More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Opinion: “More than ever before, we need British diplomats, spies and soldiers to speak the language of our adversaries. We need universities like Nottingham to be pumping out Russian and Mandarin graduates each year, to work across Whitehall.”

🖊️ Ian Proud

https://ow.ly/N6yw50XwM3X
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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drjoeford.bsky.social
**New article** on The Conversation UK about languages and the government's national curriculum review - theconversation.com/englands-nat... - @uk.theconversation.com @ilcs.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social
England’s national curriculum review misses opportunity to revitalise language learning
Capitalising on children’s existing multilingualism would be beneficial.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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amycking.bsky.social
Friends! I’m so pleased to share the Call for our Antifascist Teaching Network event next year in London ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

with keynotes from the curators of the Berlin exhibition, Global Fascisms, Hope Not Not Hate, and Igiaba Scego, writer and activist.

Join us & bash the Fash?
CfP. Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices
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November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns.

AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.

#SaveNottinghamLanguages
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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leedscitylanguages.bsky.social
Chinese Dragon Dance and language tasters! Lots of fun for a November Sunday 😊 More information on: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/ca... @lccs1966 @lcs_leeds
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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uonucu.bsky.social
Colleagues and UCU members from UoN's Department of Modern Languages have put together this wonderful guide on supporting their programmes. A lot of what they suggest is also helpful in challenging the 48 courses at risk across the university

www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
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The University of Nottingham has suspended applications to all languages degree programmes, with a view to permanent closure of all of its undergraduate languages degrees. Under the proposals, it…
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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ies-sas.bsky.social
✨ Booking is now open for the 2026 London Rare Books School! ✨

EARLY BIRD OFFER
21 November - 23 January: Use code LRBS10 to receive 10% off the booking fee at the checkout

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London Rare Books School
The London Rare Books School (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London runs a series of intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects
ies.sas.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM