Constance Bantman
@constancebantman.bsky.social
Associate Prof. in French, U.of Surrey, UK.
Transnational anarchism & print culture (19thC); Anglo-French exile & migration; women & feminism. Posts in 🇫🇷&🇬🇧. Views own.
"Un premier exil libertaire" (Libertalia, 2024); “Femmes de révolution” (Seuil, 2025)
Transnational anarchism & print culture (19thC); Anglo-French exile & migration; women & feminism. Posts in 🇫🇷&🇬🇧. Views own.
"Un premier exil libertaire" (Libertalia, 2024); “Femmes de révolution” (Seuil, 2025)
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'[We] have gained so much, not only from our degrees, but also from the invaluable experience of studying or working abroad and experiencing other cultures... [W]e are shocked that a university that labels itself as “global” would make a decision which restricts language learning'
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Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'[We] have gained so much, not only from our degrees, but also from the invaluable experience of studying or working abroad and experiencing other cultures... [W]e are shocked that a university that labels itself as “global” would make a decision which restricts language learning'
c.org/w2XC64XqXw
c.org/w2XC64XqXw
'[We] have gained so much, not only from our degrees, but also from the invaluable experience of studying or working abroad and experiencing other cultures... [W]e are shocked that a university that labels itself as “global” would make a decision which restricts language learning'
c.org/w2XC64XqXw
c.org/w2XC64XqXw
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'[We] have gained so much, not only from our degrees, but also from the invaluable experience of studying or working abroad and experiencing other cultures... [W]e are shocked that a university that labels itself as “global” would make a decision which restricts language learning'
c.org/w2XC64XqXw
c.org/w2XC64XqXw
Languages and the arts are NOT 'nice to haves' and they are certainly not made redundant by AI - au contraire.
We are failing future graduates by depriving them of these essential learning opportunities and with misguided discourses on subject relevance.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
We are failing future graduates by depriving them of these essential learning opportunities and with misguided discourses on subject relevance.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Languages and the arts are NOT 'nice to haves' and they are certainly not made redundant by AI - au contraire.
We are failing future graduates by depriving them of these essential learning opportunities and with misguided discourses on subject relevance.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
We are failing future graduates by depriving them of these essential learning opportunities and with misguided discourses on subject relevance.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
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Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
And in other good news, an important new book on anarchist women's editorial work was published yesterday.
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
Anarquistas editoras: Biografías políticas en femenino
| Comares ACCESO ABIERTO
accesoabiertocomares.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And in other good news, an important new book on anarchist women's editorial work was published yesterday.
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
Will just have to re-watch both Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake in celebration!
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Will just have to re-watch both Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake in celebration!
Le niveau d’interférence ouverte dans les élections new-yorkaises est hallucinant, et montre bien les parades diverses pour bloquer toute percée possible vers la gauche.
"Vote for me or Donald Trump will invade your city" is really not making the argument he thinks he is making.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Le niveau d’interférence ouverte dans les élections new-yorkaises est hallucinant, et montre bien les parades diverses pour bloquer toute percée possible vers la gauche.
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A l'EHESS, ce 12 nov, Séminaire "La capture du récit historique par l’extrême droite" (17h00-20h30).
Avec @thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , @mathildelarrere.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery. Et Mark Bray, historien spécialiste de l’histoire de l’anti-fascisme, exilé en Europe...
Avec @thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , @mathildelarrere.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery. Et Mark Bray, historien spécialiste de l’histoire de l’anti-fascisme, exilé en Europe...
Mark Bray, historien américain menacé de mort pour ses travaux sur l’antifascisme, s’exile en Europe
L’enseignant à l’université Rutgers a déménagé en urgence en Espagne avec sa famille après avoir été pris pour cible par les milieux d’extrême droite, dont l’organisation Turning Point USA, cofondée p...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A l'EHESS, ce 12 nov, Séminaire "La capture du récit historique par l’extrême droite" (17h00-20h30).
Avec @thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , @mathildelarrere.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery. Et Mark Bray, historien spécialiste de l’histoire de l’anti-fascisme, exilé en Europe...
Avec @thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , @mathildelarrere.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery. Et Mark Bray, historien spécialiste de l’histoire de l’anti-fascisme, exilé en Europe...
"Un pavé dans la mare réactionnaire"
Lumineux; c'est ce qu'on appelle être en prise sur son époque.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Lumineux; c'est ce qu'on appelle être en prise sur son époque.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Histoire politique du féminisme avec Camille Froidevaux-Metterie
"Théories féministes. Collectif" dirigé par la philosophe Camille Froidevaux-Metterie et édité au Seuil propose des textes relatant la grande et foisonnante histoire politique du féminisme, des prem...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Un pavé dans la mare réactionnaire"
Lumineux; c'est ce qu'on appelle être en prise sur son époque.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Lumineux; c'est ce qu'on appelle être en prise sur son époque.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
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New collections from @lselibrary.bsky.social added!
• Greenham Women Everywhere
• Political Posters Collection
• Gay Liberation Front (including Come Together paper)
• Mukti: South Asian Women’s Journal (UK)
• Cavendish-Bentinck Pamphlets and Leaflets
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...
• Greenham Women Everywhere
• Political Posters Collection
• Gay Liberation Front (including Come Together paper)
• Mukti: South Asian Women’s Journal (UK)
• Cavendish-Bentinck Pamphlets and Leaflets
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...
radical online collections and archives
I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…
hatfulofhistory.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
New collections from @lselibrary.bsky.social added!
• Greenham Women Everywhere
• Political Posters Collection
• Gay Liberation Front (including Come Together paper)
• Mukti: South Asian Women’s Journal (UK)
• Cavendish-Bentinck Pamphlets and Leaflets
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...
• Greenham Women Everywhere
• Political Posters Collection
• Gay Liberation Front (including Come Together paper)
• Mukti: South Asian Women’s Journal (UK)
• Cavendish-Bentinck Pamphlets and Leaflets
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...
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Faut-il dorénavant une escorte policière en France pour venir parler du climat?
Visiblement, mon chapeau de cowboy dérange. Je vais finir par lui coller une plaque d’acier et un gilet pare-balles assorti au marcel.
Ce qui se passe en France envers les scientifiques du climat est extrêmement grave.
Visiblement, mon chapeau de cowboy dérange. Je vais finir par lui coller une plaque d’acier et un gilet pare-balles assorti au marcel.
Ce qui se passe en France envers les scientifiques du climat est extrêmement grave.
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Faut-il dorénavant une escorte policière en France pour venir parler du climat?
Visiblement, mon chapeau de cowboy dérange. Je vais finir par lui coller une plaque d’acier et un gilet pare-balles assorti au marcel.
Ce qui se passe en France envers les scientifiques du climat est extrêmement grave.
Visiblement, mon chapeau de cowboy dérange. Je vais finir par lui coller une plaque d’acier et un gilet pare-balles assorti au marcel.
Ce qui se passe en France envers les scientifiques du climat est extrêmement grave.
Super projet de financement communautaire pour cette excellente introduction!
Traduire et diffuser en arabe Dix questions sur l'anarchisme: appel à soutien.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Super projet de financement communautaire pour cette excellente introduction!
#BeingHuman2025 is almost here.
Looking forward to this landmark performance of music by Holocaust survivors at the Menuhin Hall in Cobham, Surrey, on 13 November. My short introduction will explore how storytelling can unravel traumatic histories.
Free event and open to all.
Info & booking:
Looking forward to this landmark performance of music by Holocaust survivors at the Menuhin Hall in Cobham, Surrey, on 13 November. My short introduction will explore how storytelling can unravel traumatic histories.
Free event and open to all.
Info & booking:
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#BeingHuman2025 is almost here.
Looking forward to this landmark performance of music by Holocaust survivors at the Menuhin Hall in Cobham, Surrey, on 13 November. My short introduction will explore how storytelling can unravel traumatic histories.
Free event and open to all.
Info & booking:
Looking forward to this landmark performance of music by Holocaust survivors at the Menuhin Hall in Cobham, Surrey, on 13 November. My short introduction will explore how storytelling can unravel traumatic histories.
Free event and open to all.
Info & booking:
J'ai demandé a un groupe d'étudiant.es (FLE) de sélectionner des textes pour des présentations en classe sur des sujets de leur choix, et j'ai trouvé celui-ci très intéressant, de même que (1/2)
theconversation.com/reseaux-soci...
theconversation.com/reseaux-soci...
Réseaux sociaux : une hyper-conscience de soi qui amplifie le mal-être des jeunes ?
Sur les réseaux sociaux, les jeunes apprennent, jour après jour, à se scruter, à se diagnostiquer, mais, surtout, à se comparer. Une hyper-conscience de soi, source d’angoisse.
theconversation.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
J'ai demandé a un groupe d'étudiant.es (FLE) de sélectionner des textes pour des présentations en classe sur des sujets de leur choix, et j'ai trouvé celui-ci très intéressant, de même que (1/2)
theconversation.com/reseaux-soci...
theconversation.com/reseaux-soci...
What an absolutely stunning autumn this year (even though the 4pm sunset doesn’t get easier year on year).
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What an absolutely stunning autumn this year (even though the 4pm sunset doesn’t get easier year on year).
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I keep seeing lots of photos on social media of great school trips abroad, an essential element for MFL departments and our students, shame they take part during school holidays to save cover money. If you zoom into the photos you'll see happy students and... exhausted teachers. #MFLBluesky
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I keep seeing lots of photos on social media of great school trips abroad, an essential element for MFL departments and our students, shame they take part during school holidays to save cover money. If you zoom into the photos you'll see happy students and... exhausted teachers. #MFLBluesky
Je découvre au détour de l’actualité judiciaire que Juan Branco avait commis a l'Ecole Alsacienne un blog pour noter le physique de ses camaradEs, a la Mark Zuckerberg, donc.
Quel pauvre type, et quelle sale nébuleuse idéologique, décidément.
Quel pauvre type, et quelle sale nébuleuse idéologique, décidément.
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Je découvre au détour de l’actualité judiciaire que Juan Branco avait commis a l'Ecole Alsacienne un blog pour noter le physique de ses camaradEs, a la Mark Zuckerberg, donc.
Quel pauvre type, et quelle sale nébuleuse idéologique, décidément.
Quel pauvre type, et quelle sale nébuleuse idéologique, décidément.
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My new article on Narayan Krishna, India's first social democrat, will be out soon in "India's World" indiasworld.in/category/dip...
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My new article on Narayan Krishna, India's first social democrat, will be out soon in "India's World" indiasworld.in/category/dip...
Obligatory photo of Stonehenge (looking quite ominous) from the obligatory traffic line.
October 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Obligatory photo of Stonehenge (looking quite ominous) from the obligatory traffic line.
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Sans aucune actu, mais juste pour rappeler la richesse et la beauté de la presse et de la culture de l’imprimé anarchistes.
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Sans aucune actu, mais juste pour rappeler la richesse et la beauté de la presse et de la culture de l’imprimé anarchistes.
Moi qui m’apprêtais à écrire un texte sur un anarchiste cosmopolite ce matin, quelle malchance, il va falloir y renoncer.
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Moi qui m’apprêtais à écrire un texte sur un anarchiste cosmopolite ce matin, quelle malchance, il va falloir y renoncer.
I think the best thing about this film may actually be Julia Roberts' shoes (and general academic wardrobe) and the bossa nova soundtrack.
(in reality, I think it was Andrew Garfield's acting, but it pains me to say this for a film with two strong female leads).
(in reality, I think it was Andrew Garfield's acting, but it pains me to say this for a film with two strong female leads).
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I think the best thing about this film may actually be Julia Roberts' shoes (and general academic wardrobe) and the bossa nova soundtrack.
(in reality, I think it was Andrew Garfield's acting, but it pains me to say this for a film with two strong female leads).
(in reality, I think it was Andrew Garfield's acting, but it pains me to say this for a film with two strong female leads).
Reposted by Constance Bantman
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.