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Simone de Beauvoir nous quittait il y a 40 ans, mais son héritage continue de traverser les générations. Figure majeure de la pensée du XXe siècle, elle a marqué la lutte pour les droits des femmes, qu’elle n’a jamais considérés comme acquis.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/4hg

We have extended the Call for Papers for our conference 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚 to 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 20𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, giving some extra time for submissions after the Easter break.

We welcome submissions from colleagues at every career stage, and especially postgraduates.

Lots of great links on open cultural data, AI in GLAMs, publishing, etc

The new issue of the @sfps.bsky.social Bulletin has just been published! Featuring the joint winners and the runner-up to the 2025 SFPS Essay Prize, as well as the usual range of reviews of new books in the field. Bonne lecture! 1/ sfps.org.uk/bulletin-of-...

El grito del “no a la guerra” vuelve a sonar en las calles españolas Miles de manifestantes se congregan en Madrid para protestar por los ataques en Irán y Gaza, en un día de protestas también en Barcelona, Bilbao o Valencia

NO A LA GUERRA

elpais.com/espana/2026-...

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

ASMCF-SSFH Postgraduate Study Day: Resonances and Dissonances

📢 Calling all students working in French history and Francophone studies!

"ASMCF-SSFH Postgraduate Study Day: Resonances and Dissonances". Moments of echo and reverberation, rupture and interruption.

📅 10 April, 9-5pm
📍 Hybrid

Free for all to attend. Full programme & registration 👇

Jean Pierre Fromage "les habitants du Larzac" YouTube video by Kim Giani

Meanwhile… 😂 youtu.be/Tlcjn0uisJU

Migration is part of what makes this country great.

We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.

The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.

Book Launch for Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France

Book launch 2. Andrew Smith's @smidbob.bsky.social ky.social Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France, 9pm, 5.30pm at @ihr.bsky.social in conversation with @alisoncarrol.bsky.social, @vbivar.bsky.social
& Sarah Farmer : www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Mondes ruraux, une histoire de femmes : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture Qui sont ces femmes en sabots, oubliées de l’histoire vers lesquelles historiennes et historiens portent aujourd’hui leur attention ? Elles sont nourrices, filles des champs qui veillent sur les enfan...

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.

Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements

The next session in our seminar series, ‘The Fragile Record’, explores gaps and silences in cultural heritage collections.

Join us online at 4pm on 17 February as we examine uncertainty, privilege and power in digital archives.

www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions! These summaries are impact-led and a great way to increase the visbility of your research.

Virtual Book Launch: 'A New Wave' of Anti-Racism in Europe? We are delighted to invite you to the launch of the book: A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe?

Join us for our book launch!!

birmm.research.vub.be/virtual-book...

‘I didn’t know how to shoot’: how African men have been tricked into fighting for Russia Exclusive: Lured by false job adverts, they are unknowingly enlisted on arrival and put in mortal danger

An imperial textbook classic: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being refered to the National Referral Mechanism?

The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking

At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being referred to the National Referral Mechanism?
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

Finally some good news!!

Very welcome news — and not before time!

Hello and welcome to our Francophone Friday thread, where we come together to highlight research being conducted in or about the Francophone world! These threads are created with help of our members, so if you want to advertise events, publications, etc about Francophone research, do reach out! 1/9

New changes in the immigration system: scapegoating asylum seekers? New UK migration rules double settlement time, risking decades of family separation and leaving asylum seekers in prolonged fear and heartbreak

"If I talk about myself, it has been seven years since I last met my mother.

I always dream about reuniting with her and think about how and when it can happen. Under the new law, family reunions now seem impossible."

Practice Research Fellowship Scheme Announcing our Medical Humanities In Practice Research Fellowship Scheme

📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.

Apply by 30 Jan:

Budget 2025 for universities and students Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial ...

A very comprehensive and informed analysis (as usual) from the Wonkhe team, helpfully putting the pieces of the English jigsaw in one place.

Shaping a Brighter Future The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy

Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

RIP. A legend gone, but the music lives on…

Guides: What's currently available: Introduction This guide provides up to date details of which services are currently available following a cyber-attack, and which aren't.

What's available online from the British Library? This guide lists resources including digitised books at Google Books, items from the Endangered Archives Programme, International Dunhuang Programme and the Qatar Digital Library

https://bl.libguides.com/currently-available

Why study Humanities? Delving deep into the complexities of the human makes you more likely to understand the needs of others and be empathetic to their concerns. Think of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: in the end, do you empathise with the charismatic scientist, or the revenge-seeking Creature?