Emma Cayley 谷曦
@emmacayley.bsky.social
Professor of Medieval French and Head of School of Languages, Cultures & Societies at Uni of Leeds; Chair of UCFL; Co-Chair of AHA; playing card collector; MSS & cat-lover.
Looking forward to a week of non-stop medieval delight. First ‘The Sociology of Reading in Later Medieval Europe, c.1000–c.1550’ in Cambridge and then a swift return to Leeds for @imc-leeds.bsky.social Things were being set up on campus today and refreshing northern rain ☔️ greeting our visitors!
July 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Looking forward to a week of non-stop medieval delight. First ‘The Sociology of Reading in Later Medieval Europe, c.1000–c.1550’ in Cambridge and then a swift return to Leeds for @imc-leeds.bsky.social Things were being set up on campus today and refreshing northern rain ☔️ greeting our visitors!
A wonderful day of collegiality and sharing good practice for the @ucflangs.bsky.social Summer Plenary in the splendid surroundings of the @ilcs.bsky.social Spreading the good news about languages & optimism for our collective future. Thanks to our speakers and to all who made the effort to attend 💐
July 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A wonderful day of collegiality and sharing good practice for the @ucflangs.bsky.social Summer Plenary in the splendid surroundings of the @ilcs.bsky.social Spreading the good news about languages & optimism for our collective future. Thanks to our speakers and to all who made the effort to attend 💐
Delighted to be headed Devon-wards for the 10th #LanGW4 Colloquium. My focus is the importance of building creative communities & challenging the rhetoric of decline, through advocacy work. How are we building a positive narrative for our disciplines? @ucflangs.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Delighted to be headed Devon-wards for the 10th #LanGW4 Colloquium. My focus is the importance of building creative communities & challenging the rhetoric of decline, through advocacy work. How are we building a positive narrative for our disciplines? @ucflangs.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social
Cheesy photo but so proud of our School winning School of the Year 2025 in the AHC staff-student partnership awards! 🎉💕 @lcsleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Cheesy photo but so proud of our School winning School of the Year 2025 in the AHC staff-student partnership awards! 🎉💕 @lcsleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Two absolutely incredible evenings in the Venice of Yorkshire @thepiecehall.bsky.social
with the nightingale of indie, Tim Booth. That beautiful voice still soars above the crowd. Even better than I remember. Loved it so much on Friday I went back on Saturday. Thank you @wearejames.bsky.social 🙏🏻 🌺
with the nightingale of indie, Tim Booth. That beautiful voice still soars above the crowd. Even better than I remember. Loved it so much on Friday I went back on Saturday. Thank you @wearejames.bsky.social 🙏🏻 🌺
June 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Two absolutely incredible evenings in the Venice of Yorkshire @thepiecehall.bsky.social
with the nightingale of indie, Tim Booth. That beautiful voice still soars above the crowd. Even better than I remember. Loved it so much on Friday I went back on Saturday. Thank you @wearejames.bsky.social 🙏🏻 🌺
with the nightingale of indie, Tim Booth. That beautiful voice still soars above the crowd. Even better than I remember. Loved it so much on Friday I went back on Saturday. Thank you @wearejames.bsky.social 🙏🏻 🌺
And we did! Thanks for two awesome evenings in the Venice of Yorkshire! 🌺
June 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
And we did! Thanks for two awesome evenings in the Venice of Yorkshire! 🌺
Very pleased to be returning to @universityofexeter.bsky.social in June to deliver the keynote at the #LanGW4 colloquium on creativity and community in modern languages. Thanks for the kind invitation! The #GW4 is such an important collaborative HE network for the Southwest, and especially now.
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very pleased to be returning to @universityofexeter.bsky.social in June to deliver the keynote at the #LanGW4 colloquium on creativity and community in modern languages. Thanks for the kind invitation! The #GW4 is such an important collaborative HE network for the Southwest, and especially now.
Just discovered Zora Neale Hurston’s incredible memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road. ‘I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands’.
May 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just discovered Zora Neale Hurston’s incredible memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road. ‘I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands’.
Looking forward to speaking about the journeys of playing cards in our 'Games through History and History through Games' Colloquium @universityofleeds.bsky.social on Weds 21st and hearing some fascinating papers on games and colonialism. Thanks to @owenhodkinson.bsky.social for the invitation! ♠️♦️♣️♥️
May 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Looking forward to speaking about the journeys of playing cards in our 'Games through History and History through Games' Colloquium @universityofleeds.bsky.social on Weds 21st and hearing some fascinating papers on games and colonialism. Thanks to @owenhodkinson.bsky.social for the invitation! ♠️♦️♣️♥️
A very busy week for advocacy: @britishacademy.bsky.social & @ucflangs.bsky.social
joint Strategic Committee on Langs in HE today; #SchoolofAdvancedStudy
Humanities Summit on Thurs; and #UCFL Exec Committee meeting Friday. Never more important for us to undertake this work and never so urgent 🚨
joint Strategic Committee on Langs in HE today; #SchoolofAdvancedStudy
Humanities Summit on Thurs; and #UCFL Exec Committee meeting Friday. Never more important for us to undertake this work and never so urgent 🚨
May 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A very busy week for advocacy: @britishacademy.bsky.social & @ucflangs.bsky.social
joint Strategic Committee on Langs in HE today; #SchoolofAdvancedStudy
Humanities Summit on Thurs; and #UCFL Exec Committee meeting Friday. Never more important for us to undertake this work and never so urgent 🚨
joint Strategic Committee on Langs in HE today; #SchoolofAdvancedStudy
Humanities Summit on Thurs; and #UCFL Exec Committee meeting Friday. Never more important for us to undertake this work and never so urgent 🚨
Someone is cross they don’t fit into my suitcase… Headed to Westminster this evening to help crown the winners of the Duolingo Westminster challenge and talk about how we can collaborate to protect our crucial language capability in the UK! #Lily #Westminster #languages @duolingoverde.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Someone is cross they don’t fit into my suitcase… Headed to Westminster this evening to help crown the winners of the Duolingo Westminster challenge and talk about how we can collaborate to protect our crucial language capability in the UK! #Lily #Westminster #languages @duolingoverde.bsky.social
What a wonderful occasion yesterday @queenscollegeox.bsky.social thanks to Provost Claire Craig’s initiative to gather women academics connected to Queen’s. Fab to see @vandawilcox.bsky.social @profalisonsfell.bsky.social @tamarajatkin.bsky.social @acantrill.bsky.social @ritorneropoeta.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What a wonderful occasion yesterday @queenscollegeox.bsky.social thanks to Provost Claire Craig’s initiative to gather women academics connected to Queen’s. Fab to see @vandawilcox.bsky.social @profalisonsfell.bsky.social @tamarajatkin.bsky.social @acantrill.bsky.social @ritorneropoeta.bsky.social
Delighted to sign the renewal of the agreement between the Camões Institute and the University of Leeds last month. We are proud to have such a strong and active Portuguese section in the School. 🇵🇹 @splasatleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Delighted to sign the renewal of the agreement between the Camões Institute and the University of Leeds last month. We are proud to have such a strong and active Portuguese section in the School. 🇵🇹 @splasatleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
The Thornbirds’ Father Ralph was my pre-teen crush - devastatingly noble and absolutely unattainable. RIP to the brilliant Richard Chamberlain. 🌹
March 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Thornbirds’ Father Ralph was my pre-teen crush - devastatingly noble and absolutely unattainable. RIP to the brilliant Richard Chamberlain. 🌹
Just so encouraging to see our local young linguists of the future @lcsleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social today competing in the languages spelling bee 🐝 Thanks to them, their families, and the school staff who give up their time to participate. 🎉
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just so encouraging to see our local young linguists of the future @lcsleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social today competing in the languages spelling bee 🐝 Thanks to them, their families, and the school staff who give up their time to participate. 🎉
Wonderful to catch up with old friends and colleagues at Fudan University yesterday. Gave a class on fragmentology and French manuscript culture - thanks for the very warm Shanghai welcome 📖 💕
March 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Wonderful to catch up with old friends and colleagues at Fudan University yesterday. Gave a class on fragmentology and French manuscript culture - thanks for the very warm Shanghai welcome 📖 💕
Cannot wait to be back in China 🇨🇳 for work this week. Much delicious food will be consumed. 再见 See you all soon! 🥟 🥢
March 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Cannot wait to be back in China 🇨🇳 for work this week. Much delicious food will be consumed. 再见 See you all soon! 🥟 🥢
Fabulous evening ‘decarbonising the student journey’ with Duolingo in Leeds. Was also great to meet our local MP, Alex Sobel. I ‘may’ have brought Duo home with me as a souvenir… 🦉 @alexsobel.co.uk @lcsleeds.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Fabulous evening ‘decarbonising the student journey’ with Duolingo in Leeds. Was also great to meet our local MP, Alex Sobel. I ‘may’ have brought Duo home with me as a souvenir… 🦉 @alexsobel.co.uk @lcsleeds.bsky.social
Uplifting event today organised by @langforall.bsky.social and @royalholloway.bsky.social to encourage the uptake of languages at A-level and beyond. Great initiative with so much potential for us all. Bravo! @ucflangs.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Uplifting event today organised by @langforall.bsky.social and @royalholloway.bsky.social to encourage the uptake of languages at A-level and beyond. Great initiative with so much potential for us all. Bravo! @ucflangs.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
Fantastic evening celebrating 30 years of our Language Centre at @lcsleeds.bsky.social Thanks to all who came to join in the festivities. We were also honoured to host the very first Director of the Centre.
February 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Fantastic evening celebrating 30 years of our Language Centre at @lcsleeds.bsky.social Thanks to all who came to join in the festivities. We were also honoured to host the very first Director of the Centre.
Delighted to meet Dr Asmaa Alduhaim from Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST), Kuwait today and discuss collaborative research projects, courses, and staff mobility. Was wonderful to welcome you to @lcsleeds.bsky.social and looking forward to strengthening our partnership 🇰🇼 🇬🇧
February 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Delighted to meet Dr Asmaa Alduhaim from Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST), Kuwait today and discuss collaborative research projects, courses, and staff mobility. Was wonderful to welcome you to @lcsleeds.bsky.social and looking forward to strengthening our partnership 🇰🇼 🇬🇧
‘We teach each other how to live’ - Anne Michaels. ‘Each language [is] a powerful transporting river bearing its own rich history, its own literature, its kitchens and songs.’ A little corner of multilingual reflection on the university campus in Toronto. 🍁🇨🇦
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
‘We teach each other how to live’ - Anne Michaels. ‘Each language [is] a powerful transporting river bearing its own rich history, its own literature, its kitchens and songs.’ A little corner of multilingual reflection on the university campus in Toronto. 🍁🇨🇦
So many incredible encounters today! Prof David Olusoga gave the inaugural National Humanities Lecture at the School of Advanced Study @SASNews on the value of the Humanities and the role of the public scholar. And I also met rock star of Languages advocacy, Michael Worton!
February 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So many incredible encounters today! Prof David Olusoga gave the inaugural National Humanities Lecture at the School of Advanced Study @SASNews on the value of the Humanities and the role of the public scholar. And I also met rock star of Languages advocacy, Michael Worton!
An emotional evening celebrating our late colleague, Martin Thomas @lcsleeds.bsky.social with the première of Joanna Byrne’s astonishing memorial film, To remember…/ 记得 - Film streaming until 28.02.2025 at: vimeo.com/joannabyrne/...
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
An emotional evening celebrating our late colleague, Martin Thomas @lcsleeds.bsky.social with the première of Joanna Byrne’s astonishing memorial film, To remember…/ 记得 - Film streaming until 28.02.2025 at: vimeo.com/joannabyrne/...