Sophie V Ellis
@sophievellis.bsky.social
Researching radical hospitality and French visual culture | @newcastleuni.bsky.social | She/her/elle 💫
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Sophie V Ellis
@sophievellis.bsky.social
· Apr 27
Proud to see my latest article out in @MHRABooks Working Papers in the Humanities! In it, I consider the body (of work) as a site of (in)hospitality in the 'Agata' photobook to ask how we might engage more hospitably with the visual text and the marginalised bodies within it.
Really pleased to see this one out! My new article in
@francemodern.bsky.social looks at Iván Argote's artistic interventions on colonial monuments in Paris, proposing their emphasis on play, friction and horizontality as means of 'uprooting' French hospitality from its theoretical mould.
@francemodern.bsky.social looks at Iván Argote's artistic interventions on colonial monuments in Paris, proposing their emphasis on play, friction and horizontality as means of 'uprooting' French hospitality from its theoretical mould.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Really pleased to see this one out! My new article in
@francemodern.bsky.social looks at Iván Argote's artistic interventions on colonial monuments in Paris, proposing their emphasis on play, friction and horizontality as means of 'uprooting' French hospitality from its theoretical mould.
@francemodern.bsky.social looks at Iván Argote's artistic interventions on colonial monuments in Paris, proposing their emphasis on play, friction and horizontality as means of 'uprooting' French hospitality from its theoretical mould.
91,703 words, 380 pages and some minor formatting-induced breakdowns later, my PhD thesis is finally submitted!
Anticlimactic online submission aside, I could not be prouder.
Now for some well-earned repos à Marseille before preparations commence for my viva in November ... 🥳
Anticlimactic online submission aside, I could not be prouder.
Now for some well-earned repos à Marseille before preparations commence for my viva in November ... 🥳
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
91,703 words, 380 pages and some minor formatting-induced breakdowns later, my PhD thesis is finally submitted!
Anticlimactic online submission aside, I could not be prouder.
Now for some well-earned repos à Marseille before preparations commence for my viva in November ... 🥳
Anticlimactic online submission aside, I could not be prouder.
Now for some well-earned repos à Marseille before preparations commence for my viva in November ... 🥳
An amazing time was had (as always) at #SFSBristol @frenchstudies.bsky.social ! As well as collecting my R Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize, I got to see the fameux hot air balloons and sample some culture – scrumpy included 🎈
July 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
An amazing time was had (as always) at #SFSBristol @frenchstudies.bsky.social ! As well as collecting my R Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize, I got to see the fameux hot air balloons and sample some culture – scrumpy included 🎈
Voilà the visual impact case study that I was commissioned to make for Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art! It weaves together quantitative and qualitative data to map the impact of our wonderful exhibition, We all came here from somewhere, which drew in over 27,000 visitors 🤯
June 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Voilà the visual impact case study that I was commissioned to make for Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art! It weaves together quantitative and qualitative data to map the impact of our wonderful exhibition, We all came here from somewhere, which drew in over 27,000 visitors 🤯
Was so pleased to present our shortlisted project at the @newcastleuni.bsky.social #EngagementAwards2025. We may not have won (big congratulations, @astrofawcett.bsky.social 🥳) but co-curating this exhibition remains one of the highlights of my PhD and the jury's words had me brimming with pride:
April 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Was so pleased to present our shortlisted project at the @newcastleuni.bsky.social #EngagementAwards2025. We may not have won (big congratulations, @astrofawcett.bsky.social 🥳) but co-curating this exhibition remains one of the highlights of my PhD and the jury's words had me brimming with pride:
Proud to see our exhibition, 'We all came here from somewhere', nominated for an Engagement and Place Award. That it totalled over 27,000 visitors makes me hopeful for tackling inhospitality in the North East 🧡
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April 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Proud to see our exhibition, 'We all came here from somewhere', nominated for an Engagement and Place Award. That it totalled over 27,000 visitors makes me hopeful for tackling inhospitality in the North East 🧡
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I'm over the moon to have won the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize for my essay, 'Digesting (in)hospitality: Consumption, Contamination, and Capital in Olga Kisseleva's Photographic Still Lifes (2010)'! 🥳
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April 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I'm over the moon to have won the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize for my essay, 'Digesting (in)hospitality: Consumption, Contamination, and Capital in Olga Kisseleva's Photographic Still Lifes (2010)'! 🥳
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Today is the last day to see 'We all came here from somewhere', an exhibition of hospitable practice at @balticgateshead. Co-curating this has been the highlight of my PhD; i couldn't be prouder of what we have achieved !
April 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Today is the last day to see 'We all came here from somewhere', an exhibition of hospitable practice at @balticgateshead. Co-curating this has been the highlight of my PhD; i couldn't be prouder of what we have achieved !
Proud to see my latest article out in @MHRABooks Working Papers in the Humanities! In it, I consider the body (of work) as a site of (in)hospitality in the 'Agata' photobook to ask how we might engage more hospitably with the visual text and the marginalised bodies within it.
April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Proud to see my latest article out in @MHRABooks Working Papers in the Humanities! In it, I consider the body (of work) as a site of (in)hospitality in the 'Agata' photobook to ask how we might engage more hospitably with the visual text and the marginalised bodies within it.
Some amazing coverage of our exhibition, We all came here from somewhere, that runs at @balticgateshead until 8th Feb 2025 🧵
April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Some amazing coverage of our exhibition, We all came here from somewhere, that runs at @balticgateshead until 8th Feb 2025 🧵
Had a gorgeous time in Durham yesterday presenting my work on @olgakisseleva's contemporary still lifes at a Food Studies symposium. Was great to think about food as both a lens and methodology and I even got to speak Russian and chat about merguez ... a win-win !
April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Had a gorgeous time in Durham yesterday presenting my work on @olgakisseleva's contemporary still lifes at a Food Studies symposium. Was great to think about food as both a lens and methodology and I even got to speak Russian and chat about merguez ... a win-win !
3 days until 'We all came here from somewhere' previews at @balticgateshead ... so excited for the world to see it ! 🧡
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April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
3 days until 'We all came here from somewhere' previews at @balticgateshead ... so excited for the world to see it ! 🧡
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I was recently in Paris to review La Haine en comédie musicale immersive ! Novel use of media, an inspired BO, lots of fan service and an explicitly engaged (if at times twee) political through-line. Plus a surprise appearance by Kassovitz himself ! More thoughts to come ...
April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I was recently in Paris to review La Haine en comédie musicale immersive ! Novel use of media, an inspired BO, lots of fan service and an explicitly engaged (if at times twee) political through-line. Plus a surprise appearance by Kassovitz himself ! More thoughts to come ...
My public lecture, 'Curating Welcome: from Theory to Practice', is now live on YouTube! Bonus points if you spot my excitement at using a clicker for the first time:
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New voices on arts, humanities and social sciences by Sophie Ellis, Heather Proctor and Zoe Waters
*CONTENT WARNING: The presentation 'Less Magic, More Tragic: The Untold Truth of Witch Hunts' includes references to femicide, the targeted murder of women and a reference to a homophobic slur (34:33 onwards).
Winners of the public lectures competition describe their cutting-edge research:
Curating Welcome: from Theory to Practice by Sophie Ellis
School of Modern Languages
So when do we get to be post-race? by Heather Proctor
School of Arts and Cultures
Less Magic, More Tragic: The Untold Truth of Witch Hunts by Zoe Waters*
School X: Philosophy
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April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My public lecture, 'Curating Welcome: from Theory to Practice', is now live on YouTube! Bonus points if you spot my excitement at using a clicker for the first time:
youtu.be/fmMvUK3Hoc0?si…
youtu.be/fmMvUK3Hoc0?si…
This is today ! Looking forward to talking all things hospitality, curation, and ... pickles (?!
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April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is today ! Looking forward to talking all things hospitality, curation, and ... pickles (?!
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Buzzing to share that my talk got the most votes ! Do tune in if you fancy (I believe it will be uploaded online shortly after); merci Twitter friends for your support 🥳
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I have been shortlisted to give a public lecture! If you like the look of my talk, which reflects on my co-curation of an exhibition all about welcome, I would be très reconnaissante for your vote:
ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Buzzing to share that my talk got the most votes ! Do tune in if you fancy (I believe it will be uploaded online shortly after); merci Twitter friends for your support 🥳
x.com/SophieEllis_FR… ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
x.com/SophieEllis_FR… ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
I have been shortlisted to give a public lecture! If you like the look of my talk, which reflects on my co-curation of an exhibition all about welcome, I would be très reconnaissante for your vote:
ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
April 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have been shortlisted to give a public lecture! If you like the look of my talk, which reflects on my co-curation of an exhibition all about welcome, I would be très reconnaissante for your vote:
ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
ncl.ac.uk/events/noticeb…
An inspiring morning meeting with our communities working group who are consulting on the exhibition I'm co-curating at @balticgateshead ! Here we are taking inspiration from @JoanneRCoates' 'Middle of Somewhere'. Details of said exhibition coming very soon ...
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
An inspiring morning meeting with our communities working group who are consulting on the exhibition I'm co-curating at @balticgateshead ! Here we are taking inspiration from @JoanneRCoates' 'Middle of Somewhere'. Details of said exhibition coming very soon ...
Brat summer: over
Writing up year: begun
Let's gooooo !
Writing up year: begun
Let's gooooo !
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Brat summer: over
Writing up year: begun
Let's gooooo !
Writing up year: begun
Let's gooooo !
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Very surreal to see my first publication in print: a chapter in 'Dwelling: Cultural Representations of Inhabited Places', thoughtfully edited by @OKPetocz and Naomi Segal.
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Very surreal to see my first publication in print: a chapter in 'Dwelling: Cultural Representations of Inhabited Places', thoughtfully edited by @OKPetocz and Naomi Segal.
Had THE best time at #sfs2024 seeing old/new friends & being inspired by the wealth of research (& approaches to hospitality) in French Studies. Personal highlights: Lydie Moudileno's fabulous keynote, @Onedeepthinker's 'Je Suis la France' film & ceilidh-ing into the wee hours 💃
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Had THE best time at #sfs2024 seeing old/new friends & being inspired by the wealth of research (& approaches to hospitality) in French Studies. Personal highlights: Lydie Moudileno's fabulous keynote, @Onedeepthinker's 'Je Suis la France' film & ceilidh-ing into the wee hours 💃
I've been using my research to develop a 'Radical Hospitality Toolkit' for cultural institutions (see @balticgateshead excerpt below). Distilling something as vast as hospitality theory into tangible takeaways grounded in everyday practice has been my most useful project yet!
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I've been using my research to develop a 'Radical Hospitality Toolkit' for cultural institutions (see @balticgateshead excerpt below). Distilling something as vast as hospitality theory into tangible takeaways grounded in everyday practice has been my most useful project yet!