Hayley G. Toth
tothhayley.bsky.social
Hayley G. Toth
@tothhayley.bsky.social
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Newcastle University (2023-26)

READING POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE: From Professional to Non-Professional Practices (LUP, 2025)

COLLECTIVE FORM: Cultural Collaboration in Black Liberation Struggles, 1976-82 (ongoing)
Next week, I'm in LDN for a couple of days for a workshop on NOADGOAT, a digital research environment with data management and visualisation tools. Organised by the LITAID team, the workshop is free and it's not too late to grab a free ticket if you can make it: www.tickettailor.com/events/globa...
Register here – Data Visualization in the Humanities: Nodegoat Open Workshop – REACH Space, 3rd Floor, Surrey Street East Wing, Strand Campus
Data Visualization in the Humanities: Nodegoat Open Workshop – REACH Space, 3rd Floor, Surrey Street East Wing, Strand Campus, Thu 16 Oct 2025 - Data Visualization in the Humanities: Nodegoat Open Wor...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Enjoyed this! One for anyone interested in video games, online forums, audience studies, and/or space and (re-)mapping.
So on Friday @languageinsociety.bsky.social‬ published my new article, Against the Game! It explores toponymic politics in one of the most successful videogame franchises of all time, asking how Civilization players engage with coloniality & placenames 🧵 #Sociolinguistics #PopCulture buff.ly/PiQVW50
Against the game: Sid Meier’s Civilization and vernacular theories of language | Language in Society | Cambridge Core
Against the game: Sid Meier’s Civilization and vernacular theories of language
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June 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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🚨🚨Call for contributors to next year's issue of Key Words, a special issue on 'Foreclosure,' guest edited by Chloe Ashbridge and Owain Burrell🚨🚨 Deadline for abstracts is July 18th, 2025. Read more here: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/06/09/c... Please share widely.
Call for Contributors: Foreclosure, a Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
British cultural production has a long history of foreclosure. Understood as a premature abandonment, or an abortive failure, of radical political projects, foreclosure has an imaginative and mater…
raymondwilliams.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I had the best evening celebrating my brilliant pal @tothhayley.bsky.social at the launch of her book, Reading Postcolonial Literature. In it, she explores reading contemporary reading communities, critically engaging with both 'professional' and 'amateur' readers. And it's open access!
June 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Event | Join @tothhayley.bsky.social on Wednesday, 4th June, to celebrate the publication of her book Reading Postcolonial Literature!

Sign up for free here ⬇️
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May 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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We are delighted to announce two winners of the 2025 Simon Dentith Memorial Prize, the Society’s postgraduate essay competition. First prize goes to Friederike Sachs. Second prize goes to Alexander Curtis. Read more about the winners here: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/05/01/e...
The Raymond Williams Society
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May 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My book Reading Postcolonial Literature: From Professional to Non-Professional Practices is out now, and available to read for free at www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.....
March 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My first book is going to print! All being well, it should be out in paperback and OA on March 28. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
If you read it and enjoy it (or hate it!), let me know.
February 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Just a few weeks left to submit your essay for our PG essay prize! Please share widely.
We're delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay prize. The prize for the winning entry is £250 and a year's subscription to the Society. See full T&Cs and details of how to enter on our website: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/01/14/r....
Raymond Williams Society Postgrad Essay Prize 2025
We are delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay competition for its 11th year. The deadline for entries is Friday 28th February 2025. The prize for the wi…
raymondwilliams.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Cardiff University confirms plans to cut 400 full-time jobs

That's over 1,000 job cuts planned between Cardiff, Durham, and Newcastle in the space of a week.

#UKHE #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky
Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
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January 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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We're delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay prize. The prize for the winning entry is £250 and a year's subscription to the Society. See full T&Cs and details of how to enter on our website: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/01/14/r....
Raymond Williams Society Postgrad Essay Prize 2025
We are delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay competition for its 11th year. The deadline for entries is Friday 28th February 2025. The prize for the wi…
raymondwilliams.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM