Ruth Hemus
@rhemus.bsky.social
Head of Department, Languages, Literatures & Cultures at Royal Holloway. Researcher of the avant-garde. Views my own, not those of my employer.
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To showcase research projects at Master’s and PhD level, we are pleased to invite expressions of interest in this year’s Postgraduate Poster Competition, which will be held at this year's annual conference in Leicester. See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/postg...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/postg...
Postgraduate Poster Competition
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
To showcase research projects at Master’s and PhD level, we are pleased to invite expressions of interest in this year’s Postgraduate Poster Competition, which will be held at this year's annual conference in Leicester. See link below for more info:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/postg...
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/postg...
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Last week we held a fantastic 'Thinking Strategically' event, exploring the possibilities of universities working in multi-year partnerships with local schools, drawing on the impact from the LFA project in Hounslow.
Catch up now with the recording 👇
@ucflangs.bsky.social @rhemus.bsky.social
Catch up now with the recording 👇
@ucflangs.bsky.social @rhemus.bsky.social
Thinking Strategically: Working in Partnership with Local Schools
This session explores the possibilities of universities working in multi-year partnerships with local schools, drawing on the impact from the LFA project in Hounslow.
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Last week we held a fantastic 'Thinking Strategically' event, exploring the possibilities of universities working in multi-year partnerships with local schools, drawing on the impact from the LFA project in Hounslow.
Catch up now with the recording 👇
@ucflangs.bsky.social @rhemus.bsky.social
Catch up now with the recording 👇
@ucflangs.bsky.social @rhemus.bsky.social
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A reminder that nominations for the 2025 Malcom Bowie Prize, for the best article published in 2025 by an ECR in the broader discipline of French Studies, is currently open and will close on 27 February 2026. 🖇️📚
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...
January 19, 2026 at 10:33 AM
A reminder that nominations for the 2025 Malcom Bowie Prize, for the best article published in 2025 by an ECR in the broader discipline of French Studies, is currently open and will close on 27 February 2026. 🖇️📚
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...
For more information see the link below:
www.sfs.ac.uk/prizes/malco...
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Happy #ShoutOutForGerman week! Learning #German has lots of benefits, it’s fun and not as hard as some may think: theconversation.com/learning-ger... @uk.theconversation.com @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social @uk.diplo.de @ags-gbi.bsky.social @britgerassoc.bsky.social
Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
Learning a language gives you unique insights into different cultures, societies and perspectives.
theconversation.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Happy #ShoutOutForGerman week! Learning #German has lots of benefits, it’s fun and not as hard as some may think: theconversation.com/learning-ger... @uk.theconversation.com @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social @uk.diplo.de @ags-gbi.bsky.social @britgerassoc.bsky.social
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Did you know we have bursaries available for our MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders?
Come along to one of our open days, either online or in person, and find out more about the programme and funding possibilities!
📅 4 Feb online
📅 4 March in person (details at bottom of linked page)
Come along to one of our open days, either online or in person, and find out more about the programme and funding possibilities!
📅 4 Feb online
📅 4 March in person (details at bottom of linked page)
Online Open Day: University of London MA Languages and Cultures Across Borders
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Did you know we have bursaries available for our MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders?
Come along to one of our open days, either online or in person, and find out more about the programme and funding possibilities!
📅 4 Feb online
📅 4 March in person (details at bottom of linked page)
Come along to one of our open days, either online or in person, and find out more about the programme and funding possibilities!
📅 4 Feb online
📅 4 March in person (details at bottom of linked page)
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Good afternoon from a very ordinary American bookshop at which I must write business emails in French and in Italian today.
Madame Schönhorst, merci d'avoir rendu cela possible.
And a big "so there" to the guidance counselor who told me I didn't need two semesters of another language to graduate.
Madame Schönhorst, merci d'avoir rendu cela possible.
And a big "so there" to the guidance counselor who told me I didn't need two semesters of another language to graduate.
January 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Good afternoon from a very ordinary American bookshop at which I must write business emails in French and in Italian today.
Madame Schönhorst, merci d'avoir rendu cela possible.
And a big "so there" to the guidance counselor who told me I didn't need two semesters of another language to graduate.
Madame Schönhorst, merci d'avoir rendu cela possible.
And a big "so there" to the guidance counselor who told me I didn't need two semesters of another language to graduate.
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Helping make museums more accessible
Co-developed by Professor Hannah Thompson from @llc-rhul.bsky.social, The Sensational Museum was designed to make the experience of visiting museums more inclusive by creating exhibits which engage the broadest range of senses.
Read more: ow.ly/SW4X50XM8xG
Co-developed by Professor Hannah Thompson from @llc-rhul.bsky.social, The Sensational Museum was designed to make the experience of visiting museums more inclusive by creating exhibits which engage the broadest range of senses.
Read more: ow.ly/SW4X50XM8xG
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Helping make museums more accessible
Co-developed by Professor Hannah Thompson from @llc-rhul.bsky.social, The Sensational Museum was designed to make the experience of visiting museums more inclusive by creating exhibits which engage the broadest range of senses.
Read more: ow.ly/SW4X50XM8xG
Co-developed by Professor Hannah Thompson from @llc-rhul.bsky.social, The Sensational Museum was designed to make the experience of visiting museums more inclusive by creating exhibits which engage the broadest range of senses.
Read more: ow.ly/SW4X50XM8xG
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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
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
savenottinghamlanguages
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
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
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
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**Open Day next Weds 26th Nov, 2-4pm at Senate House** for the 2026-7 intake on the intercollegiate MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders. Register your place: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @llc-rhul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
Open Day: University of London MA Languages and Cultures Across Borders
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
**Open Day next Weds 26th Nov, 2-4pm at Senate House** for the 2026-7 intake on the intercollegiate MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders. Register your place: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @llc-rhul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
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A terrible idea @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is proposing to cut languages degrees 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 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A terrible idea @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is proposing to cut languages degrees www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
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Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Please consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Please consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx
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Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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An adventure in the art of not seeing.
Joseph Rizzo-Naudi, a postgraduate student in our Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has written a radio programme exploring how blind approaches to describing art can bring galleries to life for everyone.
BBC Radio 4 at 4pm: ow.ly/F8pr50X726y
Joseph Rizzo-Naudi, a postgraduate student in our Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has written a radio programme exploring how blind approaches to describing art can bring galleries to life for everyone.
BBC Radio 4 at 4pm: ow.ly/F8pr50X726y
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
An adventure in the art of not seeing.
Joseph Rizzo-Naudi, a postgraduate student in our Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has written a radio programme exploring how blind approaches to describing art can bring galleries to life for everyone.
BBC Radio 4 at 4pm: ow.ly/F8pr50X726y
Joseph Rizzo-Naudi, a postgraduate student in our Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has written a radio programme exploring how blind approaches to describing art can bring galleries to life for everyone.
BBC Radio 4 at 4pm: ow.ly/F8pr50X726y
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📢 Tune into LBC tomorrow morning (Sat) at 10.50 to hear ILCS Director Charles Burdett talk to Matt Frei about languages and the decline in uptake.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
@ucflangs.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📢 Tune into LBC tomorrow morning (Sat) at 10.50 to hear ILCS Director Charles Burdett talk to Matt Frei about languages and the decline in uptake.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
@ucflangs.bsky.social
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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
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...
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Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière.
The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Molière
The great French playwright and comic actor who flourished at the court of Louis XIV.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière.
The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
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In case of interest to London people - tickets (£6.50) now on sale for my talk / book launch at the BFI Reuben Library on Monday 14 April: 'New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin'.
Buy cinema tickets for New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin with Dr Jon Hughes | BFI Southbank
2025-04-14T18:30:00.000
whatson.bfi.org.uk
March 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In case of interest to London people - tickets (£6.50) now on sale for my talk / book launch at the BFI Reuben Library on Monday 14 April: 'New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin'.
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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...
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...
November 13, 2024 at 7:55 AM
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...
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...