Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
@calvirgi.bsky.social
🔎 #ILEMCA & Qualitative Researcher| AFHEA👩🏻💻@MovingSocialWork @durham-university🌻@Iscaupdates @ECQHRN #COREILCA
http://linkedin.com/in/virginiacalabria
🏳️🌈vulvateer @vaginamuseum & @thelovetankcic 🍉☮️
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http://linkedin.com/in/virginiacalabria
🏳️🌈vulvateer @vaginamuseum & @thelovetankcic 🍉☮️
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Pinned
It’s out and I’m so proud of this! Cleide Lanzetta & I translated #everyversionofyou by @gracechanwrites.bsky.social into Italian for Edizioni SuiGeneris. This novel is a captivating dystopian SCI-FI that will draw you into a moral conundrum, but will also make you imagine & dream new possibilities!
So pleased to be giving a talk at the wonderful CASLC group at York the 12/12/2025!
I will share some of the first #emca analysis and reflections from the #MovingSocialWork project. Thanks for extending the invitation!
#conversationanalysis #learningdisability #socialwork #physicalactivity
I will share some of the first #emca analysis and reflections from the #MovingSocialWork project. Thanks for extending the invitation!
#conversationanalysis #learningdisability #socialwork #physicalactivity
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So pleased to be giving a talk at the wonderful CASLC group at York the 12/12/2025!
I will share some of the first #emca analysis and reflections from the #MovingSocialWork project. Thanks for extending the invitation!
#conversationanalysis #learningdisability #socialwork #physicalactivity
I will share some of the first #emca analysis and reflections from the #MovingSocialWork project. Thanks for extending the invitation!
#conversationanalysis #learningdisability #socialwork #physicalactivity
This was great: the idea of not preparing a presentation but being asked some informal conversational questions just to get you talking on what you do, with a small number of lovely people just nodding & smiling, all sitting on sofas & comfy chars is such a fun refreshing format! I loved it! 🥂
In Spring, I became a member of the Senior Common Room at St Chad's College at Durham University.
Next week, on the11/04, I'll have the honour of being interviewed by Colin Crowder as part of the "SCR Conversations".
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Next week, on the11/04, I'll have the honour of being interviewed by Colin Crowder as part of the "SCR Conversations".
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November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This was great: the idea of not preparing a presentation but being asked some informal conversational questions just to get you talking on what you do, with a small number of lovely people just nodding & smiling, all sitting on sofas & comfy chars is such a fun refreshing format! I loved it! 🥂
In Spring, I became a member of the Senior Common Room at St Chad's College at Durham University.
Next week, on the11/04, I'll have the honour of being interviewed by Colin Crowder as part of the "SCR Conversations".
1/3
Next week, on the11/04, I'll have the honour of being interviewed by Colin Crowder as part of the "SCR Conversations".
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November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In Spring, I became a member of the Senior Common Room at St Chad's College at Durham University.
Next week, on the11/04, I'll have the honour of being interviewed by Colin Crowder as part of the "SCR Conversations".
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Next week, on the11/04, I'll have the honour of being interviewed by Colin Crowder as part of the "SCR Conversations".
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There is still time to register for our event! ;)
📣✨We know that times are increasingly difficult in HE, and ECRs often shoulder much of the burden.
We are also in the process of rethinking and reinvigorating the network.
So… we want to put on another in person event, the first for a few years, before strategising our next moves.
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We are also in the process of rethinking and reinvigorating the network.
So… we want to put on another in person event, the first for a few years, before strategising our next moves.
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Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
There is still time to register for our event! ;)
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Next Thursday, we will meet at this lovely room in One 🍓 Lane to explore together how our responses could help build a safe space for stories of racism.
#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-turn-...
#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-turn-...
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Next Thursday, we will meet at this lovely room in One 🍓 Lane to explore together how our responses could help build a safe space for stories of racism.
#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-turn-...
#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-turn-...
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📣 The migrant-led Not a Stranger campaign wants to hear from you.
If you want to share your experiences of being a #migrant, and help challenge the Immigration White Paper proposals, then we invite you to fill out a confidential survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Not_a_Stra...
#Migration #WhitePaper
If you want to share your experiences of being a #migrant, and help challenge the Immigration White Paper proposals, then we invite you to fill out a confidential survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Not_a_Stra...
#Migration #WhitePaper
Not a Stranger: Understanding Migrant Experiences Amidst UK Policy Shifts
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
www.smartsurvey.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📣 The migrant-led Not a Stranger campaign wants to hear from you.
If you want to share your experiences of being a #migrant, and help challenge the Immigration White Paper proposals, then we invite you to fill out a confidential survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Not_a_Stra...
#Migration #WhitePaper
If you want to share your experiences of being a #migrant, and help challenge the Immigration White Paper proposals, then we invite you to fill out a confidential survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Not_a_Stra...
#Migration #WhitePaper
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
can't believe we got to the stage of human history where we've just placidly and collectively decided to stop learning stuff
Today's word for UK HE is "dégringolade".
Say it with me, "dé-grin-go-lade".
Say it with me, "dé-grin-go-lade".
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
can't believe we got to the stage of human history where we've just placidly and collectively decided to stop learning stuff
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
Words fail. So we try again.
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Words fail. So we try again.
I’ll be there presenting #emca research from Moving Social Work, co-authors @brettsmithprof.bsky.social & Joe Webb. We’ll be looking at decisions, acquiescing, options giving about Physical activity & more, in conversations between people with LDs & social care practitioners. Looking forward to it!
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I’ll be there presenting #emca research from Moving Social Work, co-authors @brettsmithprof.bsky.social & Joe Webb. We’ll be looking at decisions, acquiescing, options giving about Physical activity & more, in conversations between people with LDs & social care practitioners. Looking forward to it!
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
There will be limited space so it will be first come first serve. And we need a minimum of 20 people in attendance to make it feasible. To register: forms.office.com/e/krwkkNFhR7
We hope this event’ll provide space for us to consider how we can support each other in these times as a community!🥳
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We hope this event’ll provide space for us to consider how we can support each other in these times as a community!🥳
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Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There will be limited space so it will be first come first serve. And we need a minimum of 20 people in attendance to make it feasible. To register: forms.office.com/e/krwkkNFhR7
We hope this event’ll provide space for us to consider how we can support each other in these times as a community!🥳
3/3
We hope this event’ll provide space for us to consider how we can support each other in these times as a community!🥳
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Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
📣✨We know that times are increasingly difficult in HE, and ECRs often shoulder much of the burden.
We are also in the process of rethinking and reinvigorating the network.
So… we want to put on another in person event, the first for a few years, before strategising our next moves.
🧵1/3
We are also in the process of rethinking and reinvigorating the network.
So… we want to put on another in person event, the first for a few years, before strategising our next moves.
🧵1/3
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
📣✨We know that times are increasingly difficult in HE, and ECRs often shoulder much of the burden.
We are also in the process of rethinking and reinvigorating the network.
So… we want to put on another in person event, the first for a few years, before strategising our next moves.
🧵1/3
We are also in the process of rethinking and reinvigorating the network.
So… we want to put on another in person event, the first for a few years, before strategising our next moves.
🧵1/3
I’m pleased to announce that I have been awarded the Associate Fellowship by Advance Higher Education UK. 🎉 Pleased teach always focusing of students’ inclusion, fair pedagogical practices & realistic engagement. Always happy to discuss how to improve these practices with colleagues teaching in HE!
October 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I’m pleased to announce that I have been awarded the Associate Fellowship by Advance Higher Education UK. 🎉 Pleased teach always focusing of students’ inclusion, fair pedagogical practices & realistic engagement. Always happy to discuss how to improve these practices with colleagues teaching in HE!
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
Join us for a free workshop, exploring how our words shape conversations about racism.
#ESRCFestival
👇Click for more info and sign up
shorturl.at/Qyncp
@calvirgi.bsky.social @neyrar.bsky.social
#ESRCFestival
👇Click for more info and sign up
shorturl.at/Qyncp
@calvirgi.bsky.social @neyrar.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Join us for a free workshop, exploring how our words shape conversations about racism.
#ESRCFestival
👇Click for more info and sign up
shorturl.at/Qyncp
@calvirgi.bsky.social @neyrar.bsky.social
#ESRCFestival
👇Click for more info and sign up
shorturl.at/Qyncp
@calvirgi.bsky.social @neyrar.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
✨ With a new academic year start-ing/ed in this part of the world, we want to welcome all new (prospective) early-career researchers using qualitative methods to investigate healthcare. We also want to thank everyone who is already doing amazing work out there!
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September 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
✨ With a new academic year start-ing/ed in this part of the world, we want to welcome all new (prospective) early-career researchers using qualitative methods to investigate healthcare. We also want to thank everyone who is already doing amazing work out there!
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Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
📣 Our #19 newsletter is out: this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our community it is the beginning of a new academic year in the Northern Hemisphere or the start of a new term in the South, this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our #ILEMCA community.✨ 🧵1/7
September 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 Our #19 newsletter is out: this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our community it is the beginning of a new academic year in the Northern Hemisphere or the start of a new term in the South, this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our #ILEMCA community.✨ 🧵1/7
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
Bisexuals! Get visible! It’s bisexual visibility day!
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Bisexuals! Get visible! It’s bisexual visibility day!
What an immense privilege (& responsibility) it is to record people’s words, listen to them and give them, hopefully, a voice in research!
I feel so lucky: doing Moving Social Work research is an incredible honor, meeting the people I meet is enriching beyond any job title one could give to this.
I feel so lucky: doing Moving Social Work research is an incredible honor, meeting the people I meet is enriching beyond any job title one could give to this.
September 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What an immense privilege (& responsibility) it is to record people’s words, listen to them and give them, hopefully, a voice in research!
I feel so lucky: doing Moving Social Work research is an incredible honor, meeting the people I meet is enriching beyond any job title one could give to this.
I feel so lucky: doing Moving Social Work research is an incredible honor, meeting the people I meet is enriching beyond any job title one could give to this.
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
Excited to share the first post of a takeover from @queercircle.bsky.social on the concept of 'queer space' as a site of health creation. Thanks to Research and Health Lead Frances Williams for setting the scene.
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/15/q...
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/15/q...
Queering Creative Health
Frances Williams of QUEERCIRCLE makes the case for ‘queering’ the ongoing UK public policy agenda of ‘creative health’.
thepolyphony.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Excited to share the first post of a takeover from @queercircle.bsky.social on the concept of 'queer space' as a site of health creation. Thanks to Research and Health Lead Frances Williams for setting the scene.
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/15/q...
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/15/q...
I just passed through Charing X on my way up North and my heart truly broke. I want to send everyone here who might feel unsafe, sad, angry, lonely, etc. a big hug & say that there are places/people that prove that community exist in the face of any flag waving otherwise in our faces! Solidarity!🫂❤️
September 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I just passed through Charing X on my way up North and my heart truly broke. I want to send everyone here who might feel unsafe, sad, angry, lonely, etc. a big hug & say that there are places/people that prove that community exist in the face of any flag waving otherwise in our faces! Solidarity!🫂❤️
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
📢Join us for an online workshop on multimodal transcription with @calvirgi.bsky.social
Mode: Online
Venue: Zoom
Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Time: 10:00 – 13:00 SAST / 09:00-12:00 BST
Registration: forms.office.com/r/0Hj096p3ds
(Please check your spam folder for the meeting link)
Mode: Online
Venue: Zoom
Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Time: 10:00 – 13:00 SAST / 09:00-12:00 BST
Registration: forms.office.com/r/0Hj096p3ds
(Please check your spam folder for the meeting link)
September 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
📢Join us for an online workshop on multimodal transcription with @calvirgi.bsky.social
Mode: Online
Venue: Zoom
Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Time: 10:00 – 13:00 SAST / 09:00-12:00 BST
Registration: forms.office.com/r/0Hj096p3ds
(Please check your spam folder for the meeting link)
Mode: Online
Venue: Zoom
Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Time: 10:00 – 13:00 SAST / 09:00-12:00 BST
Registration: forms.office.com/r/0Hj096p3ds
(Please check your spam folder for the meeting link)
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
As of last week I'm no longer a British Academy Postdoc. Pleased to have some interesting teaching this term, but I'm also open to new things and have a few plans of my own in the works. Watch this space
September 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As of last week I'm no longer a British Academy Postdoc. Pleased to have some interesting teaching this term, but I'm also open to new things and have a few plans of my own in the works. Watch this space
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
🤩 Very excited to be part again of the series of workshops by the amazing InterAct group in South Africa, organised by Catherine Tam and Daniella Rafaely. Thanks for inviting me again!
I will be discussing again about one my favourite topics: *transcription*…➡️
I will be discussing again about one my favourite topics: *transcription*…➡️
August 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🤩 Very excited to be part again of the series of workshops by the amazing InterAct group in South Africa, organised by Catherine Tam and Daniella Rafaely. Thanks for inviting me again!
I will be discussing again about one my favourite topics: *transcription*…➡️
I will be discussing again about one my favourite topics: *transcription*…➡️
Reposted by Dr Virginia Calabria (she•her•lei•idda)
1/ 📘 Book alert! 🚨 After a long gestation, extensive rewriting, a complex production process, and life getting in the way, it’s finally out* ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
Systems of Social Action: The Case of Requesting in Italian
Abstract. This book is about social action as it is carried out in everyday life. To some readers, the phrase social action may evoke the idea of people ta
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1/ 📘 Book alert! 🚨 After a long gestation, extensive rewriting, a complex production process, and life getting in the way, it’s finally out* ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/oso/...