Karen Boyle
@profkarenboyle.bsky.social
Feminist Media Studies, Head of Humanities University of Strathclyde.
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#MeToo and Feminism
In this second edition, Boyle argues for the importance of understanding #MeToo in relation to an on-going history of feminist activism in the US and UK
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New book alert! #MeToo & Feminism, second edition with three new chapters & updated/expanded throughout. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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1/ We're delighted to be welcoming @profkarenboyle.bsky.social for our next SCS seminar, taking place on Wednesday, 5th November, from 3.30 to 5.00pm in Room 432, St Andrews Building. Please do join us if you can...
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
1/ We're delighted to be welcoming @profkarenboyle.bsky.social for our next SCS seminar, taking place on Wednesday, 5th November, from 3.30 to 5.00pm in Room 432, St Andrews Building. Please do join us if you can...
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📣New research from Gender Studies colleagues! Melanie, @profkarenboyle.bsky.social and Melody discuss ‘safety work’ in HE classrooms and the need to move beyond the illusion of safety to instead create conducive learning spaces for all. Read open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣New research from Gender Studies colleagues! Melanie, @profkarenboyle.bsky.social and Melody discuss ‘safety work’ in HE classrooms and the need to move beyond the illusion of safety to instead create conducive learning spaces for all. Read open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
September 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
Following on from mentoring session with @meccsawomensnet.bsky.social I thought it would be useful to share this 🧵 on academic job applications again.
I am reading a *lot* of job applications atm so here’s a thread of my dos and donts for academic job applications. My experience is Humanities in UKHE so may play out differently elsewhere. 🧵
September 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Following on from mentoring session with @meccsawomensnet.bsky.social I thought it would be useful to share this 🧵 on academic job applications again.
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The names of panel members for the criteria-setting phase of REF 2029 have now been announced on our panels pages. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...
Expert panels appointed for REF 2029 – REF 2029
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September 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The names of panel members for the criteria-setting phase of REF 2029 have now been announced on our panels pages. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...
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It’s arrived. The best theoretical text I’ve ever read on the figure and experience of the refugee.
Congratulations @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Order here for your library www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Congratulations @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Order here for your library www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
August 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s arrived. The best theoretical text I’ve ever read on the figure and experience of the refugee.
Congratulations @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Order here for your library www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Congratulations @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Order here for your library www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
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For those attending the MeCCSA conference in September - you can now see further information on the schedule at screenacademyscotland.ac.uk/meccsa/confe...
we look forward to welcoming you!
#MeCCSA25 #MeCCSAConference
we look forward to welcoming you!
#MeCCSA25 #MeCCSAConference
Conference Programme - Screen Academy Scotland
*Please note this is the draft programme and is subject to change - draft Wednesday 6th August
screenacademyscotland.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
For those attending the MeCCSA conference in September - you can now see further information on the schedule at screenacademyscotland.ac.uk/meccsa/confe...
we look forward to welcoming you!
#MeCCSA25 #MeCCSAConference
we look forward to welcoming you!
#MeCCSA25 #MeCCSAConference
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📢 Article Alert!
"To warn or not to warn? Trigger warnings in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK HE", by JMC researchers @profkarenboyle.bsky.social, Melanie McCarry & Melody House, has been selected for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence Editors’ Collection Choice! 👏
🆓 Free access here:
"To warn or not to warn? Trigger warnings in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK HE", by JMC researchers @profkarenboyle.bsky.social, Melanie McCarry & Melody House, has been selected for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence Editors’ Collection Choice! 👏
🆓 Free access here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📢 Article Alert!
"To warn or not to warn? Trigger warnings in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK HE", by JMC researchers @profkarenboyle.bsky.social, Melanie McCarry & Melody House, has been selected for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence Editors’ Collection Choice! 👏
🆓 Free access here:
"To warn or not to warn? Trigger warnings in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK HE", by JMC researchers @profkarenboyle.bsky.social, Melanie McCarry & Melody House, has been selected for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence Editors’ Collection Choice! 👏
🆓 Free access here:
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This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @mike-salter.bsky.social @ruthbeecher.bsky.social @amybeddows.bsky.social @profkarenboyle.bsky.social @joannabourke.bsky.social @victoriabates.bsky.social
Join us for the CSAReps project online launch event Apr 29th & 30th
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
April 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @mike-salter.bsky.social @ruthbeecher.bsky.social @amybeddows.bsky.social @profkarenboyle.bsky.social @joannabourke.bsky.social @victoriabates.bsky.social
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Delighted to learn that my book, Vichy's Double Bind: French Collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, is now available in paperback. @strathhumanities.bsky.social
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March 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Delighted to learn that my book, Vichy's Double Bind: French Collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, is now available in paperback. @strathhumanities.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Hello #AcademicSky! We are the team behind the Applied Gender Studies masters course @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Follow for updates on our amazing students, faculty projects, groundbreaking research, events and more! 📣📚
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hello #AcademicSky! We are the team behind the Applied Gender Studies masters course @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Follow for updates on our amazing students, faculty projects, groundbreaking research, events and more! 📣📚
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📣 Upcoming Event with Strath's Feminist Network! 📣
Join us as we welcome Professor Emeritus Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths) for a discussion on 50 years of the feminist sociology of girlhood.
Wednesday, 2 April | 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 Room TL 455, Strathclyde
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/angela-mcr...
Join us as we welcome Professor Emeritus Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths) for a discussion on 50 years of the feminist sociology of girlhood.
Wednesday, 2 April | 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 Room TL 455, Strathclyde
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/angela-mcr...
Angela McRobbie - What Is a/the Girl Today?
Eminent feminist scholar Angela McRobbie discusses the feminist sociology of girlhood over the last fifty years.
www.eventbrite.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
📣 Upcoming Event with Strath's Feminist Network! 📣
Join us as we welcome Professor Emeritus Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths) for a discussion on 50 years of the feminist sociology of girlhood.
Wednesday, 2 April | 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 Room TL 455, Strathclyde
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/angela-mcr...
Join us as we welcome Professor Emeritus Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths) for a discussion on 50 years of the feminist sociology of girlhood.
Wednesday, 2 April | 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 Room TL 455, Strathclyde
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/angela-mcr...
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Journalist Billy Sloan gave a lecture to Journalism students, he regaled the group with tales of celebrity interviews with The Who, Paul McCartney, David Bowie & Rod Stewart. Billy said: “It was a pleasure to meet & chat with the students. I enjoyed the experience, & I hope they found it useful.”
March 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Journalist Billy Sloan gave a lecture to Journalism students, he regaled the group with tales of celebrity interviews with The Who, Paul McCartney, David Bowie & Rod Stewart. Billy said: “It was a pleasure to meet & chat with the students. I enjoyed the experience, & I hope they found it useful.”
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The following articles were published as a result of our Languages Symposium on 28th February:
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2500934...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2500934...
What is the future for languages in Scotland?
Reversing the decline in languages can benefit the country as a whole - and schools have a pivotal role to play in providing opportunities, say Kerry Roberts and Lidia Acosta
www.tes.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The following articles were published as a result of our Languages Symposium on 28th February:
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2500934...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2500934...
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Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House.
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House.
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
First Bus Glasgow app and bus stop displays are so far beyond useless they might as well not exist. So far this evening three promised buses have disappeared without trace. This is not a rare occurrence. Public transport here is a joke.
February 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
First Bus Glasgow app and bus stop displays are so far beyond useless they might as well not exist. So far this evening three promised buses have disappeared without trace. This is not a rare occurrence. Public transport here is a joke.
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Today @womenslibrary.bsky.social launches its new Spring events programme, taking us all the way into June. What a lovely thought. There will also be things to do, to see, lovely people to chat to, a book sale, tea and cake - wall to wall joy, in fact. Join us! womenslibrary.org.uk/event/spring...
Spring 2025 Programme Launch | Glasgow Women's Library
Be the first to hear about our new programme of events coming up this Spring.
womenslibrary.org.uk
February 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Today @womenslibrary.bsky.social launches its new Spring events programme, taking us all the way into June. What a lovely thought. There will also be things to do, to see, lovely people to chat to, a book sale, tea and cake - wall to wall joy, in fact. Join us! womenslibrary.org.uk/event/spring...
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What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it
If you’re in St Andrews check out this exhibition co curated by Camila Cavacante-Pereira who is a SGSAH funded PhD student working with Catherine Spencer in Art History at St Andrews & me @strathjmc.bsky.social. Great supervision mtg today followed by exhibition tour. Heading back home energised.
February 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you’re in St Andrews check out this exhibition co curated by Camila Cavacante-Pereira who is a SGSAH funded PhD student working with Catherine Spencer in Art History at St Andrews & me @strathjmc.bsky.social. Great supervision mtg today followed by exhibition tour. Heading back home energised.
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What a shitshow of a decade this month was
January 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
What a shitshow of a decade this month was
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This article underestimates the number of job losses (already reported elsewhere to have exceeded 10,000) and employs the misleading adjective 'leading' universities (meaning what, to whom?), but if you've been living under a rock and need a quick introduction to the topic, you could start here.
Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls
Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This article underestimates the number of job losses (already reported elsewhere to have exceeded 10,000) and employs the misleading adjective 'leading' universities (meaning what, to whom?), but if you've been living under a rock and need a quick introduction to the topic, you could start here.
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Sarah Cowan at the British Academy: “We have called and continue to call on the government to trigger an urgent review of higher education funding to deliver a sustainable model that delivers a wide breadth of subjects and is resilient to regional inequalities in provision."
The financial crisis in higher education can feel like a slow drip of bad news, but the scale of job losses in the last fortnight (1000+) has been stark
Research funders and learned societies are making increasingly urgent calls for ministers to act
So far, there's not been much response
Research funders and learned societies are making increasingly urgent calls for ministers to act
So far, there's not been much response
Calls for ministers to act as university job losses accelerate - Research Professional News
Funding bodies and learned societies weigh in as over 1,000 redundancies announced within a fortnight
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Sarah Cowan at the British Academy: “We have called and continue to call on the government to trigger an urgent review of higher education funding to deliver a sustainable model that delivers a wide breadth of subjects and is resilient to regional inequalities in provision."
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January has been a hell of a year
January 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
January has been a hell of a year