From ‘market value’ to levelling up, the manosphere is shaped by a financial mindset.
In @theconversation.com British Academy-funded research by Robert Lawson takes a closer look at the transactional language underpinning this world, and the negative effects it has on both men and women.
It is Earth Day—and every day is Earth Day—because we owe our lives to this beautiful blue marble that we need to preserve and care for. One important part of that is water, as explained in this video produced by our Text and Language Lab.
#EarthDay #Water #ClimateAction
Our CEO, @billhare.bsky.social told @afp.com some fossil fuel-exporting countries like the United States, Canada and Australia have the means to undertake a green energy transition.
“For these countries, I think it’s a matter of political will.”
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📣 Open Research Group – @corpussocialsci.bsky.social
Join us from 22 April (12:00 UK time) for a new series on collocations 📊—how words co-occur and how we can measure these patterns statistically 🧠 + gentle intro to R for beginners 💻
🔗 Register: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka
🌊 Online Talk | 15 April 2026, 12–1pm
Michaela Mahlberg (@michamahlberg.bsky.social) will discuss water stories at the Environmental DH Seminar at the University of Manchester(@manchester.ac.uk).
🔗 Reserve your spot:
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Excited to share the CfP for our AHRC-funded conference “Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation” #conference which will take place 1-2 October 2026 at Lancaster Uni. Deadline for abstracts 20th of April. #academicsky #envhum 🌍 #conservation wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra...
📘 Now Available: Book of Abstracts – ADHO Digital Humanities Conference (DH2025, Lisbon, NOVA FCSH)
We are pleased to share that the Book of Abstracts for the ADHO Digital Humanities Conference 2025 is now available online.
🔗 Read the full volume here: zenodo.org/records/1949...
Truly excellent and should be mandatory listening for anyone in higher education
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📖 The #DH2025 Book of Abstracts is now available! All abstracts from the ADHO Digital Humanities 2025 conference in Lisbon (NOVA FCSH).
👉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@adho-org.bsky.social @dh2025lisbon.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities
I wrote this, on the teaching of poetry, in 2018. I stick by every word of it. It feels important to re-state these things now, as the National Curriculum is being written & poetry needs to be included in ways that do justice to its power & potential. www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/teachin...
Split-image: On the left, a black-and-white historical portrait of Mary Winston Jackson (1921–2005), the pioneering Black aerospace engineer and mathematician at NASA who became the agency's first Black female engineer in 1958. She is shown in her later years wearing large round glasses, short curly hair styled in soft waves, large hoop earrings, a polka-dot blouse pr scarf with a brooch, and a warm, confident smile. On the right, a color scene from the 2016 film Hidden Figures, depicting actress Janelle Monáe portraying Mary Winston Jackson as a young mathematician and engineer at NASA. She sits at a desk in a classroom-like setting, wearing a bright yellow cardigan over a cream blouse, bold pink lipstick, gold earrings, with her hair in a sleek 1960s bob, gazing thoughtfully ahead amid colleagues in the background.
Aerospace engineer & "human computer" Mary Winston Jackson became NASA's first Black female engineer in 1958.
Her life & work, along with those of Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan, inspired the book and film Hidden Figures. She was born #OTD in 1921. www.nasa.gov/people/mary-...
#WomenInSTEM
Across history, witchcraft has been understood in many different ways. 🧙
In this Journal of the British Academy conversation, leading academics explore the cultural history of witchcraft and how its meanings have shifted over time.
Read if for free on Open Access 👇
https://bit.ly/4sjcuTv
New paper with @alicedeignan.bsky.social & @duygucandarli.bsky.social: 'Children’s ability to interpret metaphorical polysemy in educational materials'. We show the difficulties that 10-12yo children can have with unfamiliar metaphorical uses of words in school.
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
🎧 From growing up with a chimpanzee in Uganda to negotiating at global climate COPs, Lee White's story is extraordinary. 🐒 This episode explores what it really takes to protect nature at scale. www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/epis...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @leewhitecbe.bsky.social
From research frustration to fresh insights—see how the CLiC web app from our Text and Language Lab can make a difference 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfEi...
The CLiC web app has moved to clic-fiction.com as part of @dhssfau.bsky.social 's @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social! See the video for what CLiC can do -- new features inlude a German corpus and the FlexiConc tab!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfEi...
Photo of Jane Goodall. Image despicts Jane Goodhall with silver-grey hair pulled back loosely, wearing a camel turtleneck sweater beneath a teal cardigan. Around her neck she wears a small pendant in the shape of the African continent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall#/media/File:Deputy_Secretary_Higginbottom_Poses_for_a_Photo_With_Dr._Jane_Goodall_and_the_State_Department's_Global_Health_Diplomacy_Director_Jordan_in_Washington_(22365513310)_(2)_(cropped_2).jpg
"Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved."
First-Ever ‘Jane Goodall Day’ Will Take Place on April 3 To Honor the Late Conservationist’s Mission
By Regina Sienra
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#books #nature #animal_welfare
The Use of English - The journal for teachers of English in sec. & further education. Members can read it online in our Members Area. Published 3 times a year , it brings together vigorous, independent comment on theory, policy & practice & reviews.
englishassociation.ac.uk/the-use-of-e...
Promotional image for "Computational Humanities Research" featuring a colorful geometric design and a tablet displaying the same design. The text reads "Computational Humanities Research" and "Read the Latest Articles." The Cambridge University Press logo is present.
📣👀 Read the latest articles from 'Computational Humanities Research'!
🔗 https://cup.org/4bS2aNc
Topics covered include metrical pattern detection and the interpretation of literary style by large language models. All #openaccess!
#computationalhumanities #digitalhumanities
Now available on the #ISLE YouTube channel: Robert Fuchs, Rotimi O. Oladipupo, Danica Salazar & Guyanne Wilson on "Historical Corpora in World Englishes" youtu.be/2KqWMpkVz5Q
#WorldEnglishes #EnglishLinguistics
New episode of Doing CDA with @veronikakoller.bsky.social on metaphor! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
One of our hosts, @veronikakoller.bsky.social, switched sides and was interviewed on all things #metaphor for the @discourseacademy.org podcast "Doing Critical Discourse Analysis". Listen and find out more about the Discourse Academy here: www.discourseacademy.org
Screenshot of the University of Birmingham webpage for the Corpus Linguistics Summer School 2026. It shows the event title, a banner image of students working at computers, dates (6–9 July 2026), online format, contact details, and a “Register for this event” button.
We will be organising the annual Corpus Linguistics Summer School from 6 to 9 July this year. The event will return in an entirely online format. Please see our website for details:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/corpu...
#ccrss26
The image is a cover for the "Journal of the British Academy" with abstract red and blue wavy patterns. The text reads: "Connecting knowledge. Deepening enquiry. Pushing boundaries. VOL 14, ISSUE 1." The British Academy logo is in the corner.
What role do the humanities and social sciences play in a world shaped by the climate crisis, AI and global uncertainty?
The latest issue of the Journal of the British Academy brings together leading researchers to tackle these topics head on.
Read for free 👉 https://bit.ly/47ydLyF
Our new CUP Element on trust, discourse, and the Enron scandal is out and free to download!
Download the book: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Watch the video abstract: vimeo.com/1125812463
Download the Enron Trader Tapes, annotated data and R code: osf.io/ngdhx
What is the public purpose of the #University in an age of #AI everywhere?
I had a go at answering this whopper of a question in the latest issue of the Journal of the British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social
#democracy #discernment
doi.org/10.5871/jba/...
Cover page of The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, January 1904, No. 157 by Various The illustration shows three figures in a domestic interior — a standing man gesturing as if in explanation, a seated woman in a dark dress, and a partially visible third figure. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44113
What explains the timeless appeal of Sherlock Holmes?
What's behind the timeless appeal of the quintessential fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who's been around for 140 years?
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Sherlock Holmes at PG:
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#books #literature
