Leverhulme award winners from left to right: Tanya Wilson, James Rann and Kathleen Riach

Congratulations to Professor Kathleen Riach and Dr Tanya Wilson @uofgasbs.bsky.social, who have been named as the recipients of prestigious @leverhulme.ac.uk Research Fellowships, together with Dr James Rann @uofgartshums.bsky.social.

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It's really sad. He had such a big influence on the academic path I ended up taking. It was a real pleasure to welcome him to London all those years ago.

Sad to hear of the death of Jean-Marie Gleize, and remembering his warm and witty presence at a poetry event back in 2013 with @ninaparish.bsky.social.

Most read articles from International Journal of Heritage Studies Explore the most read and downloaded articles published in International Journal of Heritage Studies

How lovely to see mine & Sharon Macdonald’s article on “degrowing museum collections” in the top 10
most read of all time articles in the International Journal of Heritage Studies. No. 8! www.tandfonline.com/action/showM...

Quand les poules auront les dents...

The School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow is pleased to offer three Peter Davies PhD Scholarships in French and Francophone Studies tenable from 1st October, 2026. Details on how to apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/...

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ADEFFI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
XXVIIIe Colloque annuel de l’ADEFFI

Thème: Style(s)
30–31 octobre 2026
University College Cork @ucc.ie
Keynote: Prof Nina Parish, Glasgow @ninaparish.bsky.social

Full details:
www.adeffi.ie/colloques

'I learned languages and travelled Europe through Erasmus' Several years after it was scrapped, the UK is now set to rejoin the Erasmus scheme in 2027.

This is exactly the news I want for Christmas:

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The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists

Well put, colleagues! www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...

So pleased to celebrate my wonderful colleague @uofgartshums.bsky.social, Guillem Colom-Montero's nomination for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences @timeshighered.bsky.social
Awards last night. What a fantastic achievement!

Really enjoyed talking to pupils yesterday about the importance of learning languages at the beautiful George Heriot's School.
Huge thanks to the brilliant School of Modern Languages and Cultures students @uofgartshums.bsky.social - Matt Jamieson and Iona Williams - who joined me.

Looking forward to receiving and reading your books. Please send them to this email: gapper-book@sfs.ac.uk

Looking forward to receiving and reading your books!

2025 French Finalists It’s graduation week 2025 and time to offer congratulations to all the Stirling students for whom this is such an important moment. But a special congratulations to our wonderful 2025 finalists in …

Our wonderful 2025 French finalists @litandlangstirling.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk frenchatstirling.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/2...

The Society is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 R. Gapper Book Prize is Edward Welch for his book, Making Space in Post-War France: The Dreams, Realities and Aftermath of State Planning (Legenda).

Memory Books: Mapping Histories of Ethnic Coexistence | Diaspora This article examines Armenian artistic and cultural practitioners’ uses of memory-mapping to create representational spaces in book form that challenge hegemonic national representations of territories with multiple, conflicted histories. Such mappings often draw on cartographic documents, but the projects discussed here reflect a broader definition of mapping as process. Vigen Galstyan and Nelli Shishmanyan's (2020) project Before the Crossfire. After the Wall provides a photographic record of everyday life in Armenian villages whose Azerbaijani populations have left since 1991 and tensions over Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and Georgian villages where both ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis still co-exist. The NGO Cultural and Social Narratives Laboratory's project Firdus: Memory of a Place collects family stories, photographs, and documents from the multicultural residents of a central Yerevan street of around eighty houses. Our interpretations of these projects demonstrate that they employ artistic and cultural mapping practices in book form to recover memories of ethnic coexistence in Armenia; community memories that have been marginalized in the wake of three decades of conflict. The multimedial approaches to memory-mapping (oral histories, maps, social media, archival and original photographs) adopted by these texts offer a set of tools for the mapping of community memory. However, from an agonistic perspective, we argue that these tools could also be used to document the historical conditions that precipitated the collapse of coexistence. To this end, we analyze NGO Hazarashen's 2019 project Fragments of Armenia's Soviet Past: Tracing Armenian-Azerbaijani Coexistence to better understand how memory-mapping in book form can engage with political processes that facilitate the breakdown of coexistence.

If you're interested in memory books, this article published in a special issue of Diaspora @utpjournals.bsky.social journals on Armenia should be of interest. Make the most of the free downloads: utppublishing.com/eprint/47VHS...

Congratulations - and it was an absolute pleasure!

‘Languages now: from crisis to transformation?’ by @cforsdick.bsky.social
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Swahili? Mandarin? The UK is increasingly multilingual – yet our politicians won’t talk about it | Laura Spinney Even the census ignores them, but multilinguals could hold the key to Britain’s social and economic future, says science journalist Laura Spinney

Swahili? Mandarin? The UK is increasingly multilingual – yet our politicians won’t talk about it

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A day in the life of French at Stirling We’re halfway through the first week of the second half of our semester at Stirling and we thought it might be interesting to give you a snapshot of what a typical day in the life of French at Stir…

If you're ever wondering what we get up to in French at Stirling: frenchatstirling.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/a...

Apply Now for PhD Studentships 2025 We are recruiting 6 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales a…

Of potential interest:

6 funded PhDs (UK fees + stipend) at Stirling University's Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory. Deadline 18 April. All disciplinary backgrounds engaging with the Centre's research interests are welcome to apply. Further info available: placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics

‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...

Languages and Football As part of Languages Week Scotland, which ran from 3-7 February 2025, we are delighted to be launching Francofoot/Calciamo a new national competition for schools, in collaboration with Scotland’s N…

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2025 Annual Conference The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for this year's Annual Conference in Bristol. A provisional programme and information about available funding can be found on our website.

Register before Friday 28 February for a discounted early bird rate! 🐣

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Language learning and unlimited possibilities We’re halfway through Languages Week Scotland and today’s post is an update from another of our brilliant former students, Laura, who graduated with a BA Hons in French and Spanish almost 10 years …

Day 3 of Languages Week Scotland: Language learning and unlimited possibilities frenchatstirling.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/l...

Book fairs, books and why translation matters Day 2 of Languages Week Scotland and today we thought we’d give you an update on the work of one of our brilliant PhD students who happens to work across multiple languages: “My name is Clara and I…

Day 2 of Languages Week Scotland: frenchatstirling.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/b...

“I wouldn’t change a single part of my journey” What better way to start Languages Week Scotland 2025 than with an update from one of our most recent graduates, Jasmine, who graduated in French in June 2024…: “As I was reaching the end of my stu…

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Lecturer in Heritage at The University of Edinburgh Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Heritage at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 LECTURER IN HERITAGE 🚨 DEADLINE 26 FEB 2025🚨 We are hiring a *Lecturer in Heritage* (1 year, FT), on a 40(research)-40(teaching)-20(admin) contract. The post holder will work in @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social & @uoe-sps.bsky.social! Info: shorturl.at/PjRRs