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smanche.bsky.social
Solange Manche
@smanche.bsky.social
Postdoc on colonialism, ecological planning & French Marxism, University of Cambridge II Philosophy, Finance, Dependency Theory II Now making art and writing about not having a job, homelessness, and all the stuff we can do better collectively II
In an installation, entitled "Have you met my friend?", I am in dialogue with Didier Éribon to address the inequality that women face in academia and intellectual life.

In the installation, I used Troy Vettese's piece on sexism in the academy, putting it on the walls in King's College (Cambridge)
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Next week I'll be presenting at this pretty impressive conference at @univ-amu.fr

You can find the full programme here: deconstruction.sciencesconf.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌹 Hi there: I'm still looking for a job & short-term gigs 🌹

• Main research interests: financialisation studies, French philosophy/political phil, French econ history & francophone colonial hist & activism.

• Journalism: French politics & activism & long-form on French thought & culture.
September 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I started a collective artwork this summer:
L'Intelligence au travail

Collecting all my failed funding applications from the past years, L’Intelligence au travail invites everyone to contribute to this growing artwork.
August 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Marxist speed dating: trimming down my paper for a fabulous 15 minute paper @hm-paris.bsky.social

Check out the full programme here: hmparis.org/le-programme/
June 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you're in Cambridge, I'll be presenting my new research on Arghiri Emmanuel next week, 27 May, 5:30pm
@mmll-cambridge.bsky.social

See abstract below & location details below
May 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Really looking forward to presenting my new research @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social later this month, work that I've been carrying out as the recipient of the @frenchstudies.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship prize.

A big thanks to Tobias Barnett and Maddison Sumner for putting this together.
May 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Pour ceux et celles qui sont à Paris ce week-end :
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Signalling to my colleagues that I'm not JUST an academic and have another life somewhere else high up in the mountains
February 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reunited with my favourite of British delicacies
January 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Remember the 90% off days at Verso?
December 16, 2024 at 8:45 PM
The mood tonight: for all of you concerned, approaching the gates of hell
December 1, 2024 at 8:12 PM