yes, jobs.ac, it's definitely my search criteria and not the state of the humanities HE market...

I can't WAIT to go to this later!!

I was recently struck by the above video posted to Instagram by Jen Brister, a British comedian. While she is not someone that I turn to for political activation, her animation re-invigorated something in me which I am hoping to share with all of you. In the video she describes a sense of global overwhelm, an overwhelm which I certainly feel, which might make us want to look away from genocide in Palestine, and our general epoch of global chaos. I would like to share her words with you, because they have woken me back up, and I think someone reading this might need that, too. She says: “WIth the closure of the borders in Gaza famine is coming. And what they want is for people like me to give up. To make it so impossible that we think there’s nothing more we can do. We’re just going to have to let those people die. But we will not do that. We will not turn away, and we will not take a step back. We’re going to take a step forward and we’re going to say to Israel ‘fuck you’. The resistance continues and we’re gonna keep people alive. […] Please don’t disengage […] because we have a shared humanity and we owe it not just to those people in those countries, we owe it to ourselves to keep our humanity, so that’s why we keep going”. Disengagement is the point of regimes and systems that overwhelm us, they give us too many fronts to fight on so that we become diffused and unable to access communities who care about the same things that we do. But what we - including you - can do, today, right now, is focus on one thing at a time. Below the WIWL collective has organised two opportunities to continue resisting and keeping people alive. Join us, donate what you can, and remember that we are powerful as a community. Don’t get overwhelmed, get angry.

Friday 20th March - 4PM UK/ 6PM Palestine (time converter here) - Online event - Women in World-Literature will be launching a statement in support of Palestine and Palestinian scholarship. Alongside of this, we are holding an online fundraising event celebrating Palestinian women in the afternoon of Friday 20th March 2026 via Teams. This event will raise money through optional donations at ticketing for Academic Solidarity with Palestine and Medical Action Palestine. We will welcome Palestinian feminist and peacebuilder Huda Abu Arqoub, Gazan translator Shams Mazen Rajab, Assistant Professor at Bethlehem University Shada Shahin, and filmmaker Joy Stacey to enjoy a screening of her film, She the Steadfast (2023).

Don't get overwhelmed - something you can do right now, today, is donate to WIWL's Women in Palestine Fundraiser:

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THIS Friday - not to be missed

Free Palestine.

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This is such a cool event - get your tickets now!

Minimizing the window where I read about how our world is a joke and we're at the mercy of megalomaniacal evil perverts. Logging on to the work zoom. "Heyyyy I'm good! How are you?"

There is still time to sign up for this exciting event 👇

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False! The fastest way to make AI data centres sustainable is to turn them off - hope this helps!

We have been very busy over at Women in World-Literature! Date one for your diary:

At LAST getting stuck into my dear friend Christine’s book - I had the privilege to read early drafts and I can’t wait to read the final version 💖

Not assessed. Online. Open to everyone.

If you can't read all the books no problem (I'll provide extracts)

If you can't come every week, no problem (I record my talk)

If you can't do extra work, no proble

Everyone interacts at the level they have time for.

Genuinely so excited for the two fundraisers in this newsletter!

A massive piece of orange jersey fabric, with a hole about the size of a plate cut out of a point toward the middle

Me: I love using second hand fabrics!

The second hand fabric:

A pinboard with a variety of posters, including one for a Gazan fundraising campaign (https://gofund.me/5d6cf1bd), a James Baldwin quote stating “every bombed villagers my hometown”, another graphic poster which repeats “there is enough if we share”, a graphic poster saying “AI is for Losers - I can make art that’s ugly and bad all by myself thank you very much” and a two page guide on trans inclusion after the EHRX ruling in the UK

An image with the previous pin bird and posters which includes a door to the right with trans inclusion and anti fascist posters, and a poster for the Women in World-Literature Climate Crisis and Contagion conference from 2025

Instead of doing work I revamped my office door and pin-board

As a reminder you can donate to Mo any time here: gofund.me/5d6cf1bd! He and his wife are expecting a baby in 2026 so every little bit matters now more than ever

Let us know if you'd like anything included in this month's WIWL newsletter chums!

In 2025, I received the Emma Goldman Award for my research on feminism and inequality amid genocidal war, the destruction of our family home and the loss of my father. I dedicate it to my beloved father Najy Ajour. They cannot break our spirits. In his name I continue.

Mabruk my friend! I am so glad your excellent work has been recognised! 💖

Did it again in 2025! Fewer non-work reads than last year, but I've been reading for a new project so!

The Cambridge Companion to World-#Gothic Literature

coming out 16 Jan

why on earth would i want to see what the podcasters i listen to look like. those are my friends, the floating ear ghosts that help me do my chores, and their faces are not my business

I'm doing stand-up comedy for the first time on Sunday to raise money for Mermaids and Medical Action Palestine - I'd love to get a few more donations before Sunday: givestar.io/gs/ok-fine-i...

History is awesome

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

a transgender day of remembrance poster with three candles and a pink ribbon ALT: a transgender day of remembrance poster with three candles and a pink ribbon

It’s trans day of remembrance - we should act every day in the interests and memory of our siblings who have passed, but also toward protection and peace for our siblings who are here and who are constantly scapegoated

I love my trans sisters, brothers, and siblings 💖🏳️‍⚧️ Rest and Thrive in Power 💖🏳️‍⚧️

PhD: AHRC Studentship | University of Exeter Project descriptionThe University of Exeter is offering up to three fully funded AHRC doctoral studentships and training and development opportunities across a range of the AHRC’s disciplines for cand...

Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.

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