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Nicholas Strole
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Lecturer in French Studies, University of Melbourne.

Researching postcolonial and migrant theatre and media, biopolitics, digital humanities, and translation studies.

https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/910071-nicholas-strole
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Staggering harm is being done to #language learning in Higher Ed. No oversight or strategic thinking, with cold spots now present. Petitions alone this week in response to closures:

Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org

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November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Please sign and share this petition to help stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Pleased to share my review of the wonderful new anthology, Contemporary Francophone African Plays, edited by Judith G. Miller and Sylvie Chalaye.

Review published in French Studies: doi.org/10.3828/fs.2...

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October 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Delighted that my monograph BUMIDOM (1963-1982) and its Afterlives is now in press & published in April with @edinburghup.bsky.social! Available for pre-order here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-bumidom.... A huge thank you to @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding my project on the BUMIDOM!
BUMIDOM (1963–1982) and its Afterlives
BUMIDOM (1963–1982) and its Afterlives
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March 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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If you're interested in my new book, BUMIDOM (1963-1982) and its Afterlives, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social, you can get a 30% discount by using the code 'NEW30' at checkout! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-bumidom...
March 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Now that the contract is signed, I'm thrilled to share that my first book, "Performing Dépaysement: Mythmaking and Biopolitics in Postcolonial and Migrant Theatre in French", will be published by @livunipress.bsky.social as part of its Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures book series!
February 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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#Théâtre #Littérature
"Les verbes de l’écriture"
📌 Le cours de Wajdi Mouawad, professeur invité sur la chaire annuelle L'invention de l'#Europe par les langues et les cultures, commence la semaine prochaine.
⏰ 18 février → 8 avril 2025
👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...
Dessins © Wajdi Mouawad.
February 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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"L’ombre en soi qui écrit"
📌 La vidéo de la leçon inaugurale de Wajdi Mouawad, professeur invité sur la chaire annuelle L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures, en partenariat avec le Ministère de la Culture, est disponible.
👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/le...
February 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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#Théâtre #Comédie
🎭 "Dire les vers"
🎭 Rencontres entre Éric Ruf, le Pr @williammarx.bsky.social et Denis Podalydès dans le cadre du cycle "La Comédie-Française au Collège de France".
⏰ Mercredi 12 février 2025, 19 h
👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/gr...
Danièle Lebrun dans Le Soulier de satin de Claudel (Dona Honoria – photo 2024 © Jean-Louis Fernandez – coll. Comédie-Française)
February 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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🔴 En direct → www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/le...
👤 « L’ombre en soi qui écrit »
📌 Leçon inaugurale de Wajdi Mouawad, professeur invité sur la chaire annuelle L'invention de l'#Europe par les langues et les cultures, en partenariat avec le Ministère de la Culture.
February 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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🚨✨ JOB ALERT! Do you like #Performance? #Archives? #AncientDrama? Public Events? Come work with us! We're looking for an Archive Administrative Assistant (2 days per week, Oxford).

Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS746/a...

🏛️🏺 #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky
A white door opening, with the view of some books in the room behind it; a plaque on the door reads: Archive of Performances Greek and Roman Drama Study Room
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🚨✨ JOB ALERT! Do you like #Performance? #Archives? #AncientDrama? Public Events? Come work with us! We're looking for an Archive Administrative Assistant (2 days per week #Oxford)

Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS746/a...

🏛️🏺 #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky
@apac-ssn.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchive
Archive Administrative Assistant at University of Oxford
Looking for a professional services job in higher education? Apply now for the Archive Administrative Assistant position on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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In 2025, we’ll bring you a wealth of new material including:
· A special issue on abortion in February.
· A special issue on the BUMIDOM in August.
· A special section on Le Manifeste conspirationniste, in May t.co/Zne5lZ6xEK @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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February 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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We're hiring a Journals Publishing Assistant - find out more about this role and how to apply:
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Job Vacancy: Journals Publishing Assistant
Liverpool University Press is hiring a Journals Publishing Assistant. Read our below job description to find out more about the role and how to apply. The role of Journals Publishing Assistant…
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February 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Thanks to our amazing authors, readers, reviewers and publisher for contributing to the life of our journal! @asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Our 2024 issues:
- Issue 4 www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
- Issue 3 www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
- Issue 2: special issue on Michel Serres www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
- Issue 1: special issue on Memory Studies in the French-Speaking World www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/3...
Modern & Contemporary France
Volume 32, Issue 4 of Modern & Contemporary France
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February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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A reminder to sign up for this evening's event if you haven't already!

💻 Not going to be in Oxford? No problem! More info and Teams link on our website: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
apgrd.bsky.social APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) @apgrd.bsky.social · Jan 28
⏰ 5pm MONDAY! The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre.
Discussions & digital content with @nationaltheatre.org.uk's Erin Lee, Head of Archive, and Jess Richardson, Head of Production & Content.
📍 In St Hilda's Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building
🎟️ Free but please book
The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre
A talk by Erin Lee, Head of Archive at the National Theatre, and Jess Richardson, Head of Production and Content at the National Theatre
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February 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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It’s now been two years since publication of Contemporary Performance Lighting: experience, creativity, meaning @methuendrama.bsky.social We are very proud of championing this range of new thinking about light www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contempor...
Book cover for Contemporary Performance Lighting with theatrical scene of hanging strings of lightbulbs creating a warm orange light with scattered blue rocking chairs in foreground
January 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save MLANG at Cardiff University!
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January 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Consider submitting to this special issue of New Formations: A Journal of Culture/Theory/Politics on the poetics and politics of soil put together by @zeniakish.bsky.social and Eva-Lynn Jagoe!
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Call for Papers “Grounded Futures: The Poetics and Politics of Soil in a Changing World”
Call for Papers: “Grounded Futures: The Poetics and Politics of Soil in a Changing World”Rich with past histories of abundance and scarcity, composed of cycles of death and regeneration…
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January 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University:

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January 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The history of cotton manufacture in France is part of a global history of trade, blockades, slavery and rivalry, with cotton clothing ('indiennes') being banned outright for a time, before the superbe 'toiles de Jouy' were created. #FrHistory #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Indiennes et toile de Jouy, l’histoire file un bon coton : épisode 2/4 du podcast Textiles, une histoire étoffée
AUDIO • Textiles, une histoire étoffée, épisode 2/4 : Indiennes et toile de Jouy, l’histoire file un bon coton. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Cours de l'histoire, et découv...
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January 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Are you interested in doing a PhD with me? I'm looking for a student to complete a project on race, translation & tragedy. I am particularly interested in a First Nations candidate looking to do a creative writing PhD, but welcome all inquiries: study.uq.edu.au/study-option....
December 12, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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CFP: Society for French Studies PG conference on the brilliant theme of ‘conditions’

www.sfs.ac.uk/conferences/... 🗃️ #FRHistory #FrenchHistory
2025 Postgraduate Conference: 'Conditions'
The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.
www.sfs.ac.uk
January 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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CALL FOR PAPERS | In 2025, Contemporary French Civilization turns 50 and we are pleased to launch a #CallForPapers for the anniversary conference that will assess and position both the field and the journal for the next 50.
Find out more: bit.ly/CFC-50th-Anni...
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Conference Call for Papers. 50 Years of Contemporary French Civilization in white font overlaid on a background image of a dark inky blue marbleised patter. Journal cover for Contemporary French Civilization sits to the right, the cover is a royal blue with a clean white font for the journal's title. Liverpool University Press logo in white also sits on top of the marbleised background.
January 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM