Solange Manche
@smanche.bsky.social
Postdoc on colonialism, ecological planning & French Marxism, University of Cambridge II Philosophy, Finance, Dependency Theory II Now making art and writing about not having a job, homelessness, and all the stuff we can do better collectively II
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Solange Manche
@smanche.bsky.social
· Nov 11
🧵 PAST & CURRENT WORK 🧵
As my research is going into a different direction, the work that I did as a doctoral student is gradually getting published. This is a thread on my work so far & on what is already out there to read!
As my research is going into a different direction, the work that I did as a doctoral student is gradually getting published. This is a thread on my work so far & on what is already out there to read!
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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/
I'd be curious to read more about Maria Corina Machado, who seems to be a dubious Nobel Peace Prize pick, especially given how recently it's been awarded...
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I'd be curious to read more about Maria Corina Machado, who seems to be a dubious Nobel Peace Prize pick, especially given how recently it's been awarded...
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Scientific funding is a net negative: "European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
www.nature.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Scientific funding is a net negative: "European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The logic that connects my research: showing that ideas are not free floating and that they relate to real things happening in the world, to people who are no necessarily producing those ideas, whether this is in philosophy, economics or literature.
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The logic that connects my research: showing that ideas are not free floating and that they relate to real things happening in the world, to people who are no necessarily producing those ideas, whether this is in philosophy, economics or literature.
Social History: any recommendations on literature regarding the status of the discipline?
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Social History: any recommendations on literature regarding the status of the discipline?
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What's this thing about people being active on LinkedIn? Did I miss anything?
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What's this thing about people being active on LinkedIn? Did I miss anything?
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Interested in conducting original research with our internationally significant collections? ✍️📚
Applications for Library Visiting Research Fellowships at @glasgow.ac.uk are open!
Apply here: gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
Closing date: 5/01/2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
Applications for Library Visiting Research Fellowships at @glasgow.ac.uk are open!
Apply here: gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
Closing date: 5/01/2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Interested in conducting original research with our internationally significant collections? ✍️📚
Applications for Library Visiting Research Fellowships at @glasgow.ac.uk are open!
Apply here: gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
Closing date: 5/01/2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
Applications for Library Visiting Research Fellowships at @glasgow.ac.uk are open!
Apply here: gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
Closing date: 5/01/2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
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Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions.
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026
Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union
www.sciencespo.fr
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions.
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members:
– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social
– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members:
– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social
– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social
Sincerely hope my supervisor, mentor and examiners think the same, because the job market is not improving...
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sincerely hope my supervisor, mentor and examiners think the same, because the job market is not improving...
2007: and definitely a way of seeing things...
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
2007: and definitely a way of seeing things...
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Y a-t-il des travaux sur la transformation du métier de conseiller bancaire ? Il y a l'exemple célèbre de Bessen sur cmt les distributeurs de billets n'ont pas supprimé d'emplois chez les guichetiers, car ils sont devenus conseillers. Mais il s'arrête en 2015... Il y a des choses nouvelles ? 🤔🤔
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Y a-t-il des travaux sur la transformation du métier de conseiller bancaire ? Il y a l'exemple célèbre de Bessen sur cmt les distributeurs de billets n'ont pas supprimé d'emplois chez les guichetiers, car ils sont devenus conseillers. Mais il s'arrête en 2015... Il y a des choses nouvelles ? 🤔🤔
I'm not surprised he's French and I'm not surprised he's a dude. This is the symptom of everything that is wrong in French academia where your worthiness is measured in: 1. how critical and (violently) negative you are about your colleagues' work, 2. how many pages you can write.
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm not surprised he's French and I'm not surprised he's a dude. This is the symptom of everything that is wrong in French academia where your worthiness is measured in: 1. how critical and (violently) negative you are about your colleagues' work, 2. how many pages you can write.
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Happy to finally launch Disjunctions with an article from the editorial team! Stay tuned for our first issue, which we will start publishing in the new year.
Disjunctions Magazine
Disjunctions is a magazine dedicated to analysis and critique of contemporary developments in science and technology.
disjunctionsmag.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy to finally launch Disjunctions with an article from the editorial team! Stay tuned for our first issue, which we will start publishing in the new year.
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We have a cover! Will be out with Verso Books in June.
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We have a cover! Will be out with Verso Books in June.
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Weer een prachtig opgemaakt nummer op van @jacobinnl.bsky.social de mat, met klinkende koppen zoals 'Van Marx tot Musk' 😎
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Weer een prachtig opgemaakt nummer op van @jacobinnl.bsky.social de mat, met klinkende koppen zoals 'Van Marx tot Musk' 😎
A positive experience with research applications today: it appears that more research bodies and units are questioning quantity-driven publications and are changing the way they evaluate academic relevance 👏
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A positive experience with research applications today: it appears that more research bodies and units are questioning quantity-driven publications and are changing the way they evaluate academic relevance 👏
Favourite spot of this little monster
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Favourite spot of this little monster
Speakers of French: the professional categorie of "cadre" I find tricky to translate. I'd say that this could be translated as the professional managerial class, but this feels anachronistic. What do you do?
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Speakers of French: the professional categorie of "cadre" I find tricky to translate. I'd say that this could be translated as the professional managerial class, but this feels anachronistic. What do you do?
My best rejection so far
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My best rejection so far
applying for funding or writing a new article that is the question
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
applying for funding or writing a new article that is the question
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📖 Most read in Francosphères this week: 'Leïla Slimani’s Chanson douce: Paradoxes of identity and visibility in the littérature-monde paradigm' by Lorenza Starace
Read it #OpenAccess on the LUP website: bit.ly/Franc-Starace @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #intersectionality
Read it #OpenAccess on the LUP website: bit.ly/Franc-Starace @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #intersectionality
July 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📖 Most read in Francosphères this week: 'Leïla Slimani’s Chanson douce: Paradoxes of identity and visibility in the littérature-monde paradigm' by Lorenza Starace
Read it #OpenAccess on the LUP website: bit.ly/Franc-Starace @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #intersectionality
Read it #OpenAccess on the LUP website: bit.ly/Franc-Starace @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #intersectionality