Ben Schofield
@benschofield.bsky.social
Germanist | Comparatist | Americanist | Modern Linguist | Bluesky in a private capacity | he/him | 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺
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It’s Welcome Week in the School of Modern Languages and we are truly delighted to welcome our incoming first year students studying German with us! And yes, the German Department is on Bluesky! Join and follow us here for all our news and community events!!
September 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It’s Welcome Week in the School of Modern Languages and we are truly delighted to welcome our incoming first year students studying German with us! And yes, the German Department is on Bluesky! Join and follow us here for all our news and community events!!
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Welcome (back) to all our brand new students and returning students. We look very much forward to meeting our new first first year students this Friday during our welcome talk. We have reserved the seats below for you 😃
September 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Welcome (back) to all our brand new students and returning students. We look very much forward to meeting our new first first year students this Friday during our welcome talk. We have reserved the seats below for you 😃
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Es hat etwas länger gedauert… Aber jetzt ist es/er da! Der „Homo contractualis“👇Es geht um die Entstehung des modernen Vertrags und seine Konjunktur auch jenseits des Rechts: von der Selbstorganisation und Kommunikation bis zu den Liebesträumen des modernen Menschen
September 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Es hat etwas länger gedauert… Aber jetzt ist es/er da! Der „Homo contractualis“👇Es geht um die Entstehung des modernen Vertrags und seine Konjunktur auch jenseits des Rechts: von der Selbstorganisation und Kommunikation bis zu den Liebesträumen des modernen Menschen
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I think about this poem by Ian Duhig — about Jo Cox, the Labour MP assassinated by a man shouting ‘Britain first’ — every day at the moment. No other contemporary poet has looked so clearly at the political reality of the far right as a minority who must always be appeased
September 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I think about this poem by Ian Duhig — about Jo Cox, the Labour MP assassinated by a man shouting ‘Britain first’ — every day at the moment. No other contemporary poet has looked so clearly at the political reality of the far right as a minority who must always be appeased
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Finding out about the knob on the bottle return machine where you can hang your bag has been a revolutionary technology in my life
August 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Finding out about the knob on the bottle return machine where you can hang your bag has been a revolutionary technology in my life
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9 years ago we queered German History.
June 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
9 years ago we queered German History.
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I won't share pictures of people in a demo that was banned for the security of the protesters (just saying) but it's BEAUTIFUL to see so much people in Budapest 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤩
June 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I won't share pictures of people in a demo that was banned for the security of the protesters (just saying) but it's BEAUTIFUL to see so much people in Budapest 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤩
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Happening today! Our second webinar for the ACTFL German SIG - "Teaching with and against the Canon" with Didem Uca! #LangChat Register here: my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_...
June 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happening today! Our second webinar for the ACTFL German SIG - "Teaching with and against the Canon" with Didem Uca! #LangChat Register here: my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_...
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It is less than two weeks until our project conference, kindly hosted by @ucl-ias.bsky.social. If you’d like to join in the conversation, do register for a free place.
@sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social
@lvhicks.bsky.social @davidpetts1.bsky.social @tostig1066.bsky.social
@sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social
@lvhicks.bsky.social @davidpetts1.bsky.social @tostig1066.bsky.social
Excited to announce our project conference "Landscapes of Sanctity in the Medieval World", which will take place on 2nd & 3rd July, kindly hosted by @ucl-ias.bsky.social
For more information and to book: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@uclhistory.bsky.social
For more information and to book: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@uclhistory.bsky.social
Conference: Landscapes of Sanctity in the Medieval World
A two-day conference exploring the multiple ways in which saints and their cults are connected to landscape, both as physical reality and as experienced and constructed in cultural memory and imaginat...
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It is less than two weeks until our project conference, kindly hosted by @ucl-ias.bsky.social. If you’d like to join in the conversation, do register for a free place.
@sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social
@lvhicks.bsky.social @davidpetts1.bsky.social @tostig1066.bsky.social
@sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social
@lvhicks.bsky.social @davidpetts1.bsky.social @tostig1066.bsky.social
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It was wonderful to welcome so many prospective students to the German stand at today’s Open Day in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol! It’s always so inspiring to hear all about your passion for studying German at university! #German #ModernLanguages #ShoutOutForGerman
June 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It was wonderful to welcome so many prospective students to the German stand at today’s Open Day in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol! It’s always so inspiring to hear all about your passion for studying German at university! #German #ModernLanguages #ShoutOutForGerman
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We’re absolutely delighted that the German Department at the University of Bristol has been ranked 4th in the United Kingdom in the 2026 Complete University Guide, with a score of 94%! #German #ModernLanguages
June 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We’re absolutely delighted that the German Department at the University of Bristol has been ranked 4th in the United Kingdom in the 2026 Complete University Guide, with a score of 94%! #German #ModernLanguages
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Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.
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Welsh universities have always been centres of excellence in languages, German in particular - no more, it seems.
Cardiff is ditching excellent courses in German, Italian and Portuguese, and now Bangor is proposing the same for German and Chinese. Please sign / share the petition.
Cardiff is ditching excellent courses in German, Italian and Portuguese, and now Bangor is proposing the same for German and Chinese. Please sign / share the petition.
Sign the Petition
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
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June 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Welsh universities have always been centres of excellence in languages, German in particular - no more, it seems.
Cardiff is ditching excellent courses in German, Italian and Portuguese, and now Bangor is proposing the same for German and Chinese. Please sign / share the petition.
Cardiff is ditching excellent courses in German, Italian and Portuguese, and now Bangor is proposing the same for German and Chinese. Please sign / share the petition.
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Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
Sign the Petition
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
chng.it
May 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
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It’s Pride Month! Use your super-gay voice and audacity to fight for your trans and non-binary siblings! Dance, of course, and slay, but the time for fighting is now.
June 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It’s Pride Month! Use your super-gay voice and audacity to fight for your trans and non-binary siblings! Dance, of course, and slay, but the time for fighting is now.
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We are thrilled that Susan Harrow has been appointed Deputy Chair of the Modern Languages & Linguistics Sub-Panel in REF 2029.
Susan writes: 'At this challenging time for the UK humanities, it is more important than ever to champion research across the full spectrum of our dynamic disciplines.'
Susan writes: 'At this challenging time for the UK humanities, it is more important than ever to champion research across the full spectrum of our dynamic disciplines.'
Appointments made to lead REF 2029’s 34 Sub-Panels – REF 2029
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May 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are thrilled that Susan Harrow has been appointed Deputy Chair of the Modern Languages & Linguistics Sub-Panel in REF 2029.
Susan writes: 'At this challenging time for the UK humanities, it is more important than ever to champion research across the full spectrum of our dynamic disciplines.'
Susan writes: 'At this challenging time for the UK humanities, it is more important than ever to champion research across the full spectrum of our dynamic disciplines.'
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We are pleased to announce that Susan Harrow, Professor of French at the University of Bristol, is the new General Editor of Legenda. Legenda is the MHRA’s book imprint for new research in the Humanities with titles ranging from medieval texts to contemporary cinema. www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/05...
Susan Harrow becomes General Editor of Legenda
Susan Harrow, Professor of French at the University of Bristol, succeeds Jonathan Long as the new General Editor of Legenda.
www.mhra.org.uk
May 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We are pleased to announce that Susan Harrow, Professor of French at the University of Bristol, is the new General Editor of Legenda. Legenda is the MHRA’s book imprint for new research in the Humanities with titles ranging from medieval texts to contemporary cinema. www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/05...
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If you want to find out about the first German translation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the subject of translating disability, my chapter on this has just been published in the book Narrative Universes of Disability. It includes a great image of Frankenstein's creature reading Werther.
May 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
If you want to find out about the first German translation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the subject of translating disability, my chapter on this has just been published in the book Narrative Universes of Disability. It includes a great image of Frankenstein's creature reading Werther.
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Just over 5 weeks until our project conference 'Landscapes of Sanctity', kindly hosted by @ucl-ias.bsky.social.
Details of the programme and how to register for your free place: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@uclhistory.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social @sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social
Details of the programme and how to register for your free place: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@uclhistory.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social @sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social
Conference: Landscapes of Sanctity in the Medieval World
A two-day conference exploring the multiple ways in which saints and their cults are connected to landscape, both as physical reality and as experienced and constructed in cultural memory and imaginat...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just over 5 weeks until our project conference 'Landscapes of Sanctity', kindly hosted by @ucl-ias.bsky.social.
Details of the programme and how to register for your free place: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@uclhistory.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social @sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social
Details of the programme and how to register for your free place: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@uclhistory.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social @sarahbowdenkcl.bsky.social
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Oswald did make it almost as far as Verona - the church at Cerro Veronese dates from C14th - but Oswald’s cult appears to have been most successful in the mountains and didn’t take hold on the northern Italian plains. #OswaldHunting
May 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Oswald did make it almost as far as Verona - the church at Cerro Veronese dates from C14th - but Oswald’s cult appears to have been most successful in the mountains and didn’t take hold on the northern Italian plains. #OswaldHunting
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We are truly delighted that the 20-year anniversary edition of the historical sociolinguistics network conference is taking place at the University of Bristol from 21 to 23 May 2025. It’s being run by our own Dr Anna Havinga (German) and Dr James Hawkey (Hipla) #HiSoN
hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference 2025
hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We are truly delighted that the 20-year anniversary edition of the historical sociolinguistics network conference is taking place at the University of Bristol from 21 to 23 May 2025. It’s being run by our own Dr Anna Havinga (German) and Dr James Hawkey (Hipla) #HiSoN
hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
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Any other saints from the British Isles got a ski lift named after them? ⛷️ #OswaldHunting
May 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Any other saints from the British Isles got a ski lift named after them? ⛷️ #OswaldHunting
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Today’s church (No. 10) stands at 2220m. St Oswald under the Ifinger mountain was 1st mentioned in 1447 in connection with a dispute about grazing rights. The current chapel dates from 1879 as the earlier building (which was even higher up) was destroyed by a lightning strike. #OswaldHunting
May 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today’s church (No. 10) stands at 2220m. St Oswald under the Ifinger mountain was 1st mentioned in 1447 in connection with a dispute about grazing rights. The current chapel dates from 1879 as the earlier building (which was even higher up) was destroyed by a lightning strike. #OswaldHunting
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Oswald church number 9 at Sankt Oswald near Kastelruth was an absolute stunner! On a C13th keystone we found our earliest raven and there were also wall paintings from c.1450 showing Oswald kneeling before battle. Exciting to find a raven together with a scene from Bede. #OswaldHunting
May 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Oswald church number 9 at Sankt Oswald near Kastelruth was an absolute stunner! On a C13th keystone we found our earliest raven and there were also wall paintings from c.1450 showing Oswald kneeling before battle. Exciting to find a raven together with a scene from Bede. #OswaldHunting
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Today in Bozen we visited a former castle chapel dedicated to Oswald, the foundations of an Oswald church that was destroyed by allied bombing in 1943, and - the highlight - a C14th wall-painting depicting Oswald with his raven in the little church of S. Magdalena in Prazöll. #OswaldHunting
May 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today in Bozen we visited a former castle chapel dedicated to Oswald, the foundations of an Oswald church that was destroyed by allied bombing in 1943, and - the highlight - a C14th wall-painting depicting Oswald with his raven in the little church of S. Magdalena in Prazöll. #OswaldHunting