Sandro Eich
@sandropology.bsky.social
Scholar at St Andrews | Whistleblowing & writing | Academic Policy Officer (Quality) 📄 | Interdisciplinary humanities 📚🔬🌍 | 🌈🏴🇩🇪🇪🇺| Secretary of @BACLS_official
@amreibahr.bsky.social additional material zum heutigen 'Arbeit in der Wissenschaft' Newsletter 🫠🙃😪
Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
@amreibahr.bsky.social additional material zum heutigen 'Arbeit in der Wissenschaft' Newsletter 🫠🙃😪
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Applications are now open for the School of Modern Languages PhD scholarship. The successful recipient will receive full tuition fees and an annual stipend paid at a rate set by @uniofstandrews.bsky.social: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Applications are now open for the School of Modern Languages PhD scholarship. The successful recipient will receive full tuition fees and an annual stipend paid at a rate set by @uniofstandrews.bsky.social: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...
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There's lots of brilliant research internships & artist residencies here from @sgsah.bsky.social (nb only for current PhD researchers in Arts & Hums in Scotland, due to our funding source), but I'll highlight some of the publishing & literary ones, nb deadline 31 Oct ... 1/ bsky.app/profile/sgsa...
⭐️ Our 2026 internship opportunities are live! ⭐️
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There's lots of brilliant research internships & artist residencies here from @sgsah.bsky.social (nb only for current PhD researchers in Arts & Hums in Scotland, due to our funding source), but I'll highlight some of the publishing & literary ones, nb deadline 31 Oct ... 1/ bsky.app/profile/sgsa...
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“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
Watching different scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail for teaching prep - I think my life is peaking 😍
a man in a knight 's helmet is standing on top of a stone wall .
ALT: a man in a knight 's helmet is standing on top of a stone wall .
media.tenor.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Watching different scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail for teaching prep - I think my life is peaking 😍
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Der CDU-Politiker Lübcke wurde von einem AfD-Wahlkämper erschossen. SPD-Politiker Ecke wurde krankenhausreif geschlagen, mutmaßlich von AfD-Fans. Alice Weidel & ihre Faschisten werden da friedlichen, demokratischen Protest bei einem Interview aushalten. Lasst die Täter nicht Opfer spielen.
July 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Der CDU-Politiker Lübcke wurde von einem AfD-Wahlkämper erschossen. SPD-Politiker Ecke wurde krankenhausreif geschlagen, mutmaßlich von AfD-Fans. Alice Weidel & ihre Faschisten werden da friedlichen, demokratischen Protest bei einem Interview aushalten. Lasst die Täter nicht Opfer spielen.
My favourite quote from this (which rings true so loudly) is: "Liberal learning occurs in dialogue with those who object to us, who offer a different perspective or experience — who read the same book as us in a completely different light."
“It’s not that traditional liberal arts is out of step with student demand. Instead, it’s out of step with the priorities values desires of a powerful board of trustees with no apparent commitment to liberal education, an administrative class.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My favourite quote from this (which rings true so loudly) is: "Liberal learning occurs in dialogue with those who object to us, who offer a different perspective or experience — who read the same book as us in a completely different light."
Excellent representation of @standrewsenglish.bsky.social in this book with essays by my supervisor James Purdon and @dranindyar.bsky.social 😍 Go give it some love!
A reminder that The British Novel of Ideas: George Eliot to Zadie Smith is out! It includes brilliant essays by Amanda Anderson, Janice Ho, Peter Boxall and many more. Please do consider ordering it for your library, or reviewing it.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
The British Novel of Ideas
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1900-1945 - The British Novel of Ideas
www.cambridge.org
July 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Excellent representation of @standrewsenglish.bsky.social in this book with essays by my supervisor James Purdon and @dranindyar.bsky.social 😍 Go give it some love!
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Do you want to work with us? 7 PhD positions, full time, for 3 years, at the faculty of humanities at NTNU (Trondheim): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Deadline for applications is 15 October, applicants must align the application with one of the relevant research groups (see the call for details).
UP TO 7 PhD POSITIONS (282483) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: UP TO 7 PhD POSITIONS (282483), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
July 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Do you want to work with us? 7 PhD positions, full time, for 3 years, at the faculty of humanities at NTNU (Trondheim): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Deadline for applications is 15 October, applicants must align the application with one of the relevant research groups (see the call for details).
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Requesting signatures and circulation assistance for this letter, please.
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Open Letter re Chancellorship
Open Letter re the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge The next Chancellor will, we are told, ‘play a vital part in Cambridge’s public-facing activities, fundraising, and in providing advi...
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June 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Requesting signatures and circulation assistance for this letter, please.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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📢Our new website is finally live!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies
www.bacls.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
📢Our new website is finally live!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
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We’re in great company in our panel on ‘Speculative Fiction, Speculative Politics’ with papers by @sandropology.bsky.social on spy fiction and @thehubble101.bsky.social on Ken MacLeod.
@bacls.bsky.social #WHN25
@bacls.bsky.social #WHN25
June 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We’re in great company in our panel on ‘Speculative Fiction, Speculative Politics’ with papers by @sandropology.bsky.social on spy fiction and @thehubble101.bsky.social on Ken MacLeod.
@bacls.bsky.social #WHN25
@bacls.bsky.social #WHN25
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Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.
May 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.
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We have a new review on the BSLS website, Sandro Eich has reviewed Paul Hamann-Rose's Genetics and the Novel: Reimagining Life Through Fiction (www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/05/hama...)
Hamann-Rose, Paul, Genetics and the Novel: Reimagining Life Through Fiction – The British Society for Literature and Science
www.bsls.ac.uk
May 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We have a new review on the BSLS website, Sandro Eich has reviewed Paul Hamann-Rose's Genetics and the Novel: Reimagining Life Through Fiction (www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/05/hama...)
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OfS does not know cost of Sussex inquiry.
After I sent an FOI request, the Office for Students refused to divulge the known costs it incurred during its probe into free speech at the Uni of Sussex, & said it doesn't know how much it spent in total.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
After I sent an FOI request, the Office for Students refused to divulge the known costs it incurred during its probe into free speech at the Uni of Sussex, & said it doesn't know how much it spent in total.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
OfS does not know cost of Sussex free speech inquiry - Research Professional News
Regulator has not tracked internal cost of inquiry and refuses to reveal external costs
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
OfS does not know cost of Sussex inquiry.
After I sent an FOI request, the Office for Students refused to divulge the known costs it incurred during its probe into free speech at the Uni of Sussex, & said it doesn't know how much it spent in total.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
After I sent an FOI request, the Office for Students refused to divulge the known costs it incurred during its probe into free speech at the Uni of Sussex, & said it doesn't know how much it spent in total.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising an open ended lectureship in Early Modern English Literature at Glasgow. Details here, and please share:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature (R&T)
College of Arts & HumanitiesSchool of Critical Studies Lecturer in Early Modern English LiteratureVacancy Ref: 170953Salary, Grade 7 / 8, £40,497 - £45,413 / £49,559 - £57,422 per annum The...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising an open ended lectureship in Early Modern English Literature at Glasgow. Details here, and please share:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
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📢Exciting opportunity: @c21literature.bsky.social is seeking a new editor for a three-year term, to start on 19th May 2025
C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.
More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793/
C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.
More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793/
Editorship of <em>C21 Literature</em>
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings is the journal of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS). The journal is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publica...
c21.openlibhums.org
March 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📢Exciting opportunity: @c21literature.bsky.social is seeking a new editor for a three-year term, to start on 19th May 2025
C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.
More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793/
C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.
More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793/
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The state is now disappearing people, in this case another graduate student, because of their political beliefs. This is fascism. We have arrived. Where is Rumeysa Ozturk?
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The state is now disappearing people, in this case another graduate student, because of their political beliefs. This is fascism. We have arrived. Where is Rumeysa Ozturk?
I got my first payment today and it properly paid off!! 😍 How is this not communicated to PGRs on day 1 when they arrive at their university!?!!
🚨 Reminder folks, payments are expected to reach most UK bank accounts TOMORROW! Non-UK bank accounts may take a little longer.
@alcs.co.uk Hullo team - I've got a statement telling me I'm expecting a payment but it hasn't turned up in the nominated account yet. Same details as previous years which have worked fine. Any advice for next steps?
March 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I got my first payment today and it properly paid off!! 😍 How is this not communicated to PGRs on day 1 when they arrive at their university!?!!
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632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee.
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
We Are The 632: University of Dundee staff speak out
YouTube video by Dundee UCU
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March 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee.
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
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Tenure didn’t protect anyone at Columbia. Let this be a lesson in the need for labor solidarity across all ranks in higher ed.
March 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Tenure didn’t protect anyone at Columbia. Let this be a lesson in the need for labor solidarity across all ranks in higher ed.