Christophe Declercq
@chrisdec71.bsky.social
Wie hier is, is van hier, en dus niet daar. UU (NL), but also UA (Bel) and UCL (UK). Displaced by Brexit. Still on X as @chrisdec71 (dormant) and @belgianrefugees (increasingly sleepy).
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One month left to apply for our travel fund! Are you doing research in #earlymodern #bookhistory or print culture? The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and Plantin-Moretus Museum offer a Nottebohm Fellowship.
Apply before Oct. 1st!
Details: consciencebibliotheek.be/en/fellowshi...
Apply before Oct. 1st!
Details: consciencebibliotheek.be/en/fellowshi...
Fellowship Programme | Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and the Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for res...
consciencebibliotheek.be
September 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One month left to apply for our travel fund! Are you doing research in #earlymodern #bookhistory or print culture? The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and Plantin-Moretus Museum offer a Nottebohm Fellowship.
Apply before Oct. 1st!
Details: consciencebibliotheek.be/en/fellowshi...
Apply before Oct. 1st!
Details: consciencebibliotheek.be/en/fellowshi...
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Published today! The largest chapter we've ever written - by far. It has taken so many years to research and write. Much information here about the #BelgianRefugees in #Barmouth and #Tywyn. Take a wander along the Cambrian Coast here: refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com/cambrian-coa...
Along the Cambrian Coast
The coastal area of the former county of Meirionydd hosted many Belgian Refugees, primarily in Barmouth where at one time it was reported that there were over 400 – so many so that the town n…
refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Published today! The largest chapter we've ever written - by far. It has taken so many years to research and write. Much information here about the #BelgianRefugees in #Barmouth and #Tywyn. Take a wander along the Cambrian Coast here: refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com/cambrian-coa...
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On asylum moves in the spending review today: Steve Smith, CEO of Care4Calais - “Moving from former commercial hotels to accommodation situated within communities would be welcome, but what the Government really needs to end is the for-profit asylum accommodation model that has created billionaires"
June 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On asylum moves in the spending review today: Steve Smith, CEO of Care4Calais - “Moving from former commercial hotels to accommodation situated within communities would be welcome, but what the Government really needs to end is the for-profit asylum accommodation model that has created billionaires"
I never had to look for this in libraries or archives as several copies have been available all along. But now that I managed to get a copy myself I was surprised to see the size of the Report. Sassoon paperback just for comparison.
June 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I never had to look for this in libraries or archives as several copies have been available all along. But now that I managed to get a copy myself I was surprised to see the size of the Report. Sassoon paperback just for comparison.
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Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
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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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#New #OpenAccess
“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
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“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
@chrisdec71.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#New #OpenAccess
“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
@chrisdec71.bsky.social
“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
@chrisdec71.bsky.social
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“I woke up with a sense of dread…”
A moving, deeply personal account from an EU citizen in Cambridge on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging.
Don’t miss this powerful open letter. 👇
A moving, deeply personal account from an EU citizen in Cambridge on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging.
Don’t miss this powerful open letter. 👇
Letter: We are not strangers
Letter to the editor
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“I woke up with a sense of dread…”
A moving, deeply personal account from an EU citizen in Cambridge on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging.
Don’t miss this powerful open letter. 👇
A moving, deeply personal account from an EU citizen in Cambridge on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging.
Don’t miss this powerful open letter. 👇
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Sign to ban conversion therapies / Signa contra les teràpies de conversió / Firma contra las terapias de conversión citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Initiative detail | European Citizens' InitiativeEnglish
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May 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sign to ban conversion therapies / Signa contra les teràpies de conversió / Firma contra las terapias de conversión citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Breendonk, de nacht van 7 op 8 mei @danyneudt.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Breendonk, de nacht van 7 op 8 mei @danyneudt.bsky.social
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Poste de professeur.e adjoint.e en traduction à l’Université Laval. Date limite pour postuler : le 28 avril 2025. Voir le lien suivant pour de plus amples détails : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emploi/HCM/9...
Professeure ou professeur en traduction
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March 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Poste de professeur.e adjoint.e en traduction à l’Université Laval. Date limite pour postuler : le 28 avril 2025. Voir le lien suivant pour de plus amples détails : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emploi/HCM/9...
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✅ It's good to hear Chancellor Rachel Reeves say a better trading relationship will be a key part of the UK-EU relations reset.
Our research shows closer alignment on goods and services could help boost the UK economy by 2.2%.
Now let's see these words put into action.
Our research shows closer alignment on goods and services could help boost the UK economy by 2.2%.
Now let's see these words put into action.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
✅ It's good to hear Chancellor Rachel Reeves say a better trading relationship will be a key part of the UK-EU relations reset.
Our research shows closer alignment on goods and services could help boost the UK economy by 2.2%.
Now let's see these words put into action.
Our research shows closer alignment on goods and services could help boost the UK economy by 2.2%.
Now let's see these words put into action.
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Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic. Join
@scope and add your name to show the Government we will not tolerate further cuts. Save our lifeline 📢
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@scope and add your name to show the Government we will not tolerate further cuts. Save our lifeline 📢
t.co/nXmbQb35Hm
March 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic. Join
@scope and add your name to show the Government we will not tolerate further cuts. Save our lifeline 📢
t.co/nXmbQb35Hm
@scope and add your name to show the Government we will not tolerate further cuts. Save our lifeline 📢
t.co/nXmbQb35Hm
📅 Extended deadline for our workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology #CTT2025 @mtsummit2025.bsky.social! Now SUNDAY MARCH 16TH. Less than two weeks left to submit your work on #MT, #LLM for translation, #audiovisual translation and more!
Submission info: ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Submission info: ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
CTT 2025 - Calls
The workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology (CTT) aims to attract a broad range of attendees, such as researchers, educators, translators and industry stakeholders, to discuss the applica...
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Supporting the Women in Parliament All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The event was full of energetic passionate women of all ages.
We in UK need more women Parliamentarians!
We in UK need more women Parliamentarians!
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Supporting the Women in Parliament All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The event was full of energetic passionate women of all ages.
We in UK need more women Parliamentarians!
We in UK need more women Parliamentarians!
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Two new chapters published today! Both concern the area once known as Maelor Saesneg in north-east Wales. The country estates took in some noble families from Belgium - tinyurl.com/saesneg and one family of #BelgianRefugees who came to Penley stayed and made a life here: tinyurl.com/famdoex
The Country Estates of Maelor Saesneg
Maelor Saesneg, or “Flintshire Detached” was an exclave of Flintshire County that was completely separate from the main body of the county, and surrounded by Denbighshire, Cheshire and Shropshire…
refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two new chapters published today! Both concern the area once known as Maelor Saesneg in north-east Wales. The country estates took in some noble families from Belgium - tinyurl.com/saesneg and one family of #BelgianRefugees who came to Penley stayed and made a life here: tinyurl.com/famdoex
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A hard-headed case for careful, accountable decisions on defense spending.
Security includes digital & energy security.
& most of all this entire project will fail & boost the far right if Labour tries to pay for it from cuts to public services & welfare.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Security includes digital & energy security.
& most of all this entire project will fail & boost the far right if Labour tries to pay for it from cuts to public services & welfare.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Keir Starmer, you claim huge and damaging cuts are vital so we can buy arms and defend ourselves. Prove it | Owen Jones
Splurging the cash is not the answer to Europe’s security jitters. Let’s ignore the hyperbole and decide what’s actually needed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A hard-headed case for careful, accountable decisions on defense spending.
Security includes digital & energy security.
& most of all this entire project will fail & boost the far right if Labour tries to pay for it from cuts to public services & welfare.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Security includes digital & energy security.
& most of all this entire project will fail & boost the far right if Labour tries to pay for it from cuts to public services & welfare.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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ON FALLING the new film from the Ken Loach & Sixteen Films team
Out in Cinemas March 7th (early tickets here: conic.film/films/onfalling)
The film is about precarity, exploitation and loneliness in the modern world. Please share and help us get the word out.
Out in Cinemas March 7th (early tickets here: conic.film/films/onfalling)
The film is about precarity, exploitation and loneliness in the modern world. Please share and help us get the word out.
February 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ON FALLING the new film from the Ken Loach & Sixteen Films team
Out in Cinemas March 7th (early tickets here: conic.film/films/onfalling)
The film is about precarity, exploitation and loneliness in the modern world. Please share and help us get the word out.
Out in Cinemas March 7th (early tickets here: conic.film/films/onfalling)
The film is about precarity, exploitation and loneliness in the modern world. Please share and help us get the word out.
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There's a really interesting report on Milford Haven's #BelgianRefugees on the Western Telegraph website. Includes photos. Have a look! www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/2495411...
@westerntelegraph.bsky.social
@westerntelegraph.bsky.social
Remembering a Pembrokeshire town's hidden past with Belgian refugees
This week, Jeff takes a look at when Milford Haven welcomed Belgian refugees during the First World War
www.westerntelegraph.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There's a really interesting report on Milford Haven's #BelgianRefugees on the Western Telegraph website. Includes photos. Have a look! www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/2495411...
@westerntelegraph.bsky.social
@westerntelegraph.bsky.social
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The fall in international student numbers is putting fragile university finances under further pressure. The Observer reports a new study from @britishfuture.bsky.social showing most of public would not want to see a drop in students to cut immigration numbers
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees
Higher tuition costs have already been ‘wiped out’ by government tax hikes, critics claim
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The fall in international student numbers is putting fragile university finances under further pressure. The Observer reports a new study from @britishfuture.bsky.social showing most of public would not want to see a drop in students to cut immigration numbers
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.'
We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...
We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...
Call for proposals: Humanities Futures book series - University of London Press
We are delighted to announce the details of our exciting new book series, Humanities Futures, and to invite book proposal submissions. Humanities Futures is a new book series that advocates powerfull...
uolpress.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.'
We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...
We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...
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🚨NEW 🚨
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
February 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨NEW 🚨
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR