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Steven Wilson
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Professor of French Studies and Medical Humanities, Queen’s University Belfast | President @asmcf.bsky.social | Views my own.
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emmacayley.bsky.social
We all know the difficulty the HE sector is in. But let’s work together to come up with solutions. The nuclear option damages our students & the reputation of our institutions. @ucflangs.bsky.social & @artsandhums.bsky.social
are supporting colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Max Hegarty, who is studying aerospace engineering, said the proposals also affect students on other courses. He has taken modules in German, and said this enabled him to do an internship in Germany. "So much of our European engineering is based in Germany," he said. "While a lot of people are willing to learn English, not returning that effort to them is not great for that collaboration, for that international co-operation that we need. "Cutting funding for modern languages courses serves only to paralyse our growth as a country."
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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ucflangs.bsky.social
The University of Nottingham has announced the suspension of all Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) programmes from September 2026.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
profstevenwilson.bsky.social
Please sign the petition below in support of colleagues at Nottingham, where courses in the highly respected Dept of Modern Languages & Cultures have been earmarked for suspension.
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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clairedubois.bsky.social
Check our this piece on the representation of the Irish revolution in the French press - coauthored with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social and Mark O’Rawe !
@cecille-ulille.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @meshs.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @ccirlandais.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities

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Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …
thepolyphony.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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@cforsdick.bsky.social concludes the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational.
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/m...
Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …
thepolyphony.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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the-polyphony.bsky.social
In Part 2 of the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover, @oliviaglaze.bsky.social considers the policy and impact potential of research on languages, identity and culture within the medical humanities.
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/21/l...
Languages, Medical Humanities and Policy: Intersections in Research and Practice
In Part 2 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Olivia Glaze considers the policy and impact potential of research on languages, identity and culture within the medical humanities.
thepolyphony.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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@katharinemurphy.bsky.social introduces the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities.
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/20/h...
Historical Narratives of Illness in the Multilingual Medical Humanities
Katharine Murphy introduces the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities.
thepolyphony.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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katharinemurphy.bsky.social
Thanks to Jordan McCullough for editing this week's Reading Bodies takeover of @the-polyphony.bsky.social!
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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francemodern.bsky.social
Listen to our new podcast: @benbgdalton.bsky.social and @drmariatomlinson.bsky.social discuss our special issue on the BUMIDOM with @awimbush.bsky.social and Jennifer Boum Make.
@asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Modern & Contemporary France podcasts | MCF
This series of podcasts accompanies special issues of our journal.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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asmcf.bsky.social
Our Initiative Fund is open for applications until 𝟯𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: a small grant to help defray the costs of research events intended to benefit a wide public, such as conferences, study days, workshops & support for postgraduate activities.
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Please check out our wonderful new website and join in the activities of the association by renewing/taking out membership for 2026!
asmcf.bsky.social asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · 25d
asmcf.org has a fresh look!

Follow the link to find all our news, the details and application forms for our prizes and funds, and information about our journal @francemodern.bsky.social

Have a peek at our brand new website here:
Home | ASMCF
We exist to promote, support and share new research into modern and contemporary France and the French-speaking world, focusing on history, cinema and…
asmcf.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
profstevenwilson.bsky.social
Pleased to have established the new *Global Cultures of Health and Illness* research centre at QUB.

Watch this space for future plans and do get in touch if you’d like to collaborate.
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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clairedubois.bsky.social
Check out this piece on the multilingual skills of the Irish revolutionary generation authored with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social and Mark O’Rawe!
And our digital exhibition tracing the history of visual representations of the Irish revolution in France!

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Irish revolutionaries used French language to secure support
The multilingual skills of the revolutionary generation helped them to amplify Ireland's cause on the world stage
www.rte.ie
October 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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siobhraaiken.bsky.social
Today's most read on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Check out our new digital exhibition tracing the history of visual representations of the Irish revolution in France: @clairedubois.bsky.social
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Irish revolutionaries used French language to secure support
The multilingual skills of the revolutionary generation helped them to amplify Ireland's cause on the world stage
www.rte.ie
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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cforsdick.bsky.social
Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages

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Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages  - HEPI
This guest blog was kindly authored by Dr Charlotte Ryland, Director of the Translation Exchange.  ‘Languages are not just a skillset, they’re a mindset.’  I still remember where I was when a teacher ...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
profstevenwilson.bsky.social
A treat to receive the hard copy of @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @oliviaglaze.bsky.social’s special issue, ‘Reading bodies: Narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s-1960s&beyond)’. Looking forward to reading all the articles. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/jrs/25/3
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Thank you!
September 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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ucflangs.bsky.social
21 November ILCS event on thinking strategically about the challenges faced by language educators.
Don't miss it, sign up now!
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Thinking Strategically: Challenges Facing Language Educators – ILCS
An online event with the ILCS focussing on issues faced by language educators will take place on 21st November 2025, featuring Megan Bowler (Oxford), Emma Cayley (Leeds and UCFL), and Charles Forsd…
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September 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England

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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England
This Special Collection comprises contributions to the debate on languages across the school curriculum from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. It aims to support the strengthening...
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September 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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livunipress.bsky.social
The latest JRS special issue explores multilingual & transcultural narratives of health and illness in European literatures (1870s–1960s+).
Read the introduction to the issue #OpenAccess.
➡️ bit.ly/JRS-Reading-Bodies
@ilcs.bsky.social @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @profstevenwilson.bsky.social
Cover image for the Journal of Romance Studies, Volume 25, Number 3, Autumn 2025. The left side shows the journal cover with a decorative tile motif. On the right, text reads: Reading Bodies: Narrating Illness in European Literatures and Cultures (1870s to 1960s and beyond), edited by Katharine Murphy and Olivia Glaze. Logos of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, the School of Advanced Study (University of London), and Liverpool University Press are also displayed, with a green banner at the bottom reading “Special Issue.”
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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oliviaglaze.bsky.social
Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm
Contents | Journal of Romance Studies 25, 3
This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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katharinemurphy.bsky.social
Hot off the press! So happy to share our extended special issue of JRS on 'Reading bodies: narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s to 1960s and beyond)'. 🩺📖 @profstevenwilson.bsky.social @ryanlor.bsky.social @nicolasfmedina.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
oliviaglaze.bsky.social Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · Sep 16
Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm
Contents | Journal of Romance Studies 25, 3
This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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New publication: ‘Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944)’, in Journal of Romance Studies special issue Reading bodies: Narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s-1960s & beyond) liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Colonial epidemiology: The poetics and politics of incommunicability in Sartre’s Typhus (1944): Journal of Romance Studies: Vol 25, No 3
Moving beyond an understanding of colonialism as a metaphor for individual doctor–patient relationships and towards an analysis of the political consequences of colonialism for the operation of disease on specific communities, this article analyses ...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM