UKRI funded project on African collections in Italian museums begins Professor Emma Bond leads a new UKRI-funded grant on the African collections of Italian explorer, Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti.

Today is the official start date of our new UKRI funded research project. Looking forward to getting started!

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Research Associate at The University of Manchester An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

📣 Post-doc in Italian at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT018/r...

Leaving a piece of my heart in the Bay Area after a wonderful few days at UC Berkeley for the CICIS 2025 conference. California Italian Studies is an amazing community of scholars!

Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!

*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht.

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A yellow and orange gradient filled box alongside a B&W photograph of birds on a wire by a house and a tree. The title of the collection reads: 'reading and writing in transit' with the white MLO logo underneath.

NEW ARTICLE: ''La straniera' as 'Strangers I Know': Translational Readings of Claudia Durastanti Through Actor-Network Theory' by @efbond.bsky.social is here! Read it #OA at MLO: bit.ly/Bond-MLO @hpartzsch.bsky.social @drmirnasolic.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @osgaoxford.bsky.social

La straniera as Strangers I Know: Translational Readings of Claudia Durastanti Through Actor-Network Theory | Modern Languages Open

The first article is by Emma Bond, who studies translation of/in/with "La straniera as Strangers I Know: Translational Readings of Claudia Durastanti Through Actor-Network Theory", exploring how comparatists decide what and how to compare: modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/10....

I am recruiting survey participants!!

*Have you (or do you know anyone who has) completed a doctoral degree in languages (Arabic, BSL, French, German etc.) and then moved into a different field of research or employment?* 🧑‍🎓➡️👨‍🎨🧑‍🏫👩‍🚀

Me too! Must have just missed you :)

A mixed media sculpture of a figure sits on top of a museum exhibit looking down at visitors

Two mixed media sculptures of figures standing on top of museum exhibits

So happy I got to see Hew Locke’s “What have we here” at the British Museum today before it closes on 8th Feb. I especially loved these Watchers, observing us visitors, and “flipping the script” (in Locke’s words!) of who has power and perspective in the museum space.

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Thank you so much; Saskia!

Photo of Emma Bond’s new book “Curating Worlds: Museum Practices in Contemporary Literature.” The cover has falling chairs on it and the book is on a chair.

Innovative readings, interesting places, intriguing photos, intricate history, Maaza Mengiste, Orhan Pamuk, Daša Drndić, Olga Tokarczuk, Valeria Luiselli, Claudio Magris & more. Congratulations, Emma Bond, on “Curating Worlds: Museum Practices in Contemporary Literature,” a beautiful book! #worldlit

Today's featured book is Curating Worlds by Emma Bond (Northwestern University Press, Dec 2024).
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‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis? Beset by colonial controversy, difficult finances and the discovery of a thief on the inside, Britain’s most visited museum is in deep trouble. Can it restore its reputation?

Interesting long read in today’s Guardian on the “omni-crisis” at the British Museum:

As you can see, we're ready and on the ground at #MLA25. Stop by booth 112A to browse our books and chat with Faith Wilson Stein.

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A programme for the MLA prize ceremony with a plate of king cake and pralines and a glass of sparkling wine.

A picture of Giulia Riccò holding her MLA prize for best manuscript in Italian studies

A picture of Clarissa Clò holding her MLA prize

Celebrating fabulous MLO prize-winners in Italian Studies last night: Giulia Riccò, Akash Kumar and Clarissa Clò! 🎉

Thank you, Jorge!

In very good company at the @nupress.bsky.social desk at MLA2025!

Ethiopian resistance hero’s family tries to reclaim medal taken by Italian troops Ras Desta Damtew’s solid gold Imperial Order of the Star of Ethopia failed to sell on auction site this month

The long tail of Italian colonialism. Layers of history in this article, and one recalcitrant auction house. 🗃️📜🇮🇹

Two copies of a book entitled Curating Worlds

Table of contents page in a book entitled Curating Worlds

Early Christmas gifts from @nupress.bsky.social! It’s great to have author copies of CURATING WORLDS. Available for purchase now: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014795...

Futures in post-displacement Italy Published in Journal of Modern Italian Studies (Vol. 28, No. 4, 2023)

Spending time w/ Modern Italian Studies spec issue "Futures in post-displacement Italy," eds @efbond.bsky.social & Stavroula Pipyrou

"If the story of displacement is one of rupture, of departure and of loss, it is also then a space for aspiration & speculation."
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