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Naomi Wells
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Senior Lecturer in Languages and Digital Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Naomi Wells @naswells.bsky.social · Sep 27
Our report "Multilingual DH in the UK and Ireland: Summary Report and Recommendations" is now available at zenodo.org/records/1368... co-authored with @pnilsson.bsky.social + @politonaiz.bsky.social. Many thanks to those who contributed to the report and for the support of @ukiedh.bsky.social
Multilingual DH in the UK and Ireland: Summary Report and Future Recommendations
This report presents a summary of the work of the Multilingual Digital Humanities in the UK and Ireland Community Interest Group (CIG), an initiative belonging to the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Ass...
zenodo.org
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emmacayley.bsky.social
Every university should renovate the disciplinary framework of its courses and ask whether it is responding to its global responsibilities. But no university should recognise any merit in withdrawing from the study of other languages, cultures & societies
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
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
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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dh-researchhub.bsky.social
Join us in person on 18 November for an Introduction to Responsible AI (RAI): www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
Taster Session: Introduction to Responsible AI
www.sas.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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ucflangs.bsky.social
You might have heard that the University of Nottingham plans to suspend all languages courses. This is very disappointing and heartbreaking.

Here you can find their petition aimed at protecting Modern Languages at Nottingham. You can show your support by signing it.
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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jfwinters.bsky.social
Join us online on 2 Dec for ‘Old, New, Precarious Data’, the 1st event of the 2025-6 @dh-researchhub.bsky.social seminar series on incompleteness & loss in digital cultural heritage collections. Speakers include @beatricecannelli.bsky.social, @heatherfro.bsky.social, Leontien Talboom & Amelia Acker
Old, New, Precarious Data
Old, New, Precarious Data is the first event of the 2025-2026 DHRH flagship seminar series on incompleteness and loss in digital cultural heritage collections.
www.sas.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
Screenshots of the following text: Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025. Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy. Screenshots of the following text: The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally 1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.

The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens.
  2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.

Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own. If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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uolpress.bsky.social
🪧A date for your diaries if you'd be interested in our training session, 'Revising your PhD Thesis for Publication', led by @drjoeford.bsky.social from @ilcs.bsky.social and our Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social.

📅 Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30

👉 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#AcademicPublishing
Revising Your PhD Thesis for Publication
www.sas.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Our thanks go to @amsichani.bsky.social, co-editor of forthcoming #OpenAccess book, Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, who says:

‘The UoLP team is setting the standard for me for present and future academic publishing: quality-focused, human-driven, and open.’

uolpress.co.uk/publish-with...
October 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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ucflangs.bsky.social
Have you seen that the Language & Society Journal special issue on the Curriculum & Assessment Review editorial by Norbert Pachler, Zhu Hua, Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Charles Forsdick is now online?
Definitely worth a read:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England
This Special Collection comprises contributions to the debate on languages across the school curriculum from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. It aims to support the strengthening...
www.tandfonline.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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ukiedh.bsky.social
We are excited to be hiring for a Community and Advocacy Manager! The role, based in the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study, will lead on developing and delivering a programme of community engagement and advocacy for the Association. www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Community and Advocacy Manager, UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association:London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is a leading UK provider of distance and digital education internationally, offering programmes to 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world. Although proudly rooted in London, our community and impact are global.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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miaout.bsky.social
Call for HEI Partners/Academic Supervisors to supervise a PhD with BL European collections curators on 'Yugoslav socialism, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Global South' - includes support from us in @bldigischol.bsky.social www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Yugoslav socialism, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Global South
Learn how Yugoslavia forged a unique path between East and West.
www.bl.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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ukiedh.bsky.social
It's been another busy year for the Association! We are delighted to share some highlights of our activities, including updates on advocacy, Community Interest Groups, the Association’s governance, and our Annual Event. digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2025/10/21/2...
2025 Members’ Briefing | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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jfwinters.bsky.social
Come and work with us! We have a two-year, half-time postdoctoral research associate position working on the @storymachine-ht.bsky.social project www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai.... If you’re interested in #DigitalHumanities and/or folklore, we’d love to hear from you. Closing date 27 October.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Project StoryMachine:London Senate House - Hybrid
The School of Advanced Study (SAS) comprises eight internationally renowned research institutes as well as centres in Digital Humanities and Public Engagement. It has four nationally and internationally recognised specialist research libraries. An important component of the humanities national infrastructure and part of the University of London, this is a really exciting time to join the School of Advanced Study as we are at the start of a new strategic plan.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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wasafirimag.bsky.social
We're delighted to announce four curated online writing workshops tutored by our inaugural International Translator in Residence, the International Booker Prize winning writer-translator, Deepa Bhasthi.

The first pair of workshops will be held in autumn 2025.

Registration: buff.ly/Gguo10u
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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jfwinters.bsky.social
Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!
When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age
Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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emmacayley.bsky.social
Please do sign up to join in our online conversation event on 21st November, 12 noon, about the recent report on language education in the UK from the @hepi-news.bsky.social by @meganlbowler.bsky.social, sponsored by #Duolingo Thanks to @ilcs.bsky.social
for hosting ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol...
Thinking Strategically Seminar Series
Bringing together researchers to discuss issues of major concern and to ensure joined-up action for the future development of the study of languages and cultures.
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England
This Special Collection comprises contributions to the debate on languages across the school curriculum from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. It aims to support the strengthening...
www.tandfonline.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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uolpress.bsky.social
A reminder about our new Digital Cultural Heritage series. We're working on the design for this exciting new short-form #OpenAccess series.

See the details incl the full editorial advisory board:

uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...

#DigitalHumanities #Publishing #OpenResearch #DigitalCulturalHeritage
Digital Cultural Heritage Archives - University of London Press
uolpress.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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ucfl-eca.bsky.social
The call for a new ECA representative on the @ucflangs.bsky.social Executive Committee is still open!
This role is a fantastic development opportunity, offering visibility and collaboration with senior academics, and the chance to strengthen your leadership skills. Please share and apply!
September 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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niallrcurry.bsky.social
At @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social, we are hosting "The Transforming Research into Practice (TRiP)". Supported by the EuroSLA, the programme is dedicated to developing pathways for collaboratively transforming research findings into practical teaching resources and practices.
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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ukiedh.bsky.social
We are delighted to welcome Vicky Garnett, Graeme Kemp, Valentina Vavassori and Sharon Webb to our governing collective 🎉 We look forward to working with Vicky, Graeme, Valentina and Sharon over the next 3 years. digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2025/09/02/w...
digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/people/
Welcome to New Members of the Association Collective | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now.

www.weherepress.org
Book cover. The top of the image is covered in overlapping black&white and sepia photographs of Black pas from the early to mid 20th century. Below that, against a seafoam green or robin's egg blue (depends on your view I suppose!), the book's title "The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is printed in black. There is a small white rectangle inset that reads "Dorothy Berry"
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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uolpress.bsky.social
We've published a new blog post outlining the free training sessions we have on our website.

If you're a researcher in the #humanities interested in #publishing and #OpenAccess, there may be something useful for you in there!

👇
uolpress.co.uk/2025/08/navi...
Navigating publishing and open access: Resources for researchers - University of London Press
Whether you’re preparing your first book proposal or exploring the world of open access, the University of London Press Training Hub can support you. Designed for humanities researchers at all career ...
uolpress.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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drjoeford.bsky.social
Tomorrow is the *final opportunity to apply for our MA in Languages, Cultures and Societies* - co-delivered with RHUL, UCL, QMUL, ULIP and KCL Language Centre! www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate...
MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders
This interdisciplinary MA brings together teaching and resources from several University of London federation members, offering a unique breadth of expertise.
www.sas.ac.uk
July 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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dh-researchhub.bsky.social
We are inviting proposals for the 2025 round of the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme. Please submit your expression of interest by Monday 4 August! More information: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
July 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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wasafirimag.bsky.social
Celebrate South Asian Heritage Month with writing, interviews, and art from across the continent, specially curated from our decades-long archive – including names like Anita Desai, Vikram Seth, V S Naipaul, Afsan Chowdhury, Abeer Hoque, and many more.

Just £30 for all four issues:
South Asian Literature
To celebrate South Asian Heritage Month in the UK, we are offering four issues of Wasafiri showcasing the best writing from the region.
buff.ly
July 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM