One month left to apply for our travel fund! Are you doing research in #earlymodern #bookhistory or print culture? The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and Plantin-Moretus Museum offer a Nottebohm Fellowship.
Apply before Oct. 1st!
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And the episcopal archives are bliss. Maybe the De Wachter Huldeboek has pictures of classes?
Wow, well done. Have not read all but I have some info on August edmond de Schrijver/Schryver, who attended the school in Barmouth. There was a school gazette kadocheritage.be/items/show/1...
Published today! The largest chapter we've ever written - by far. It has taken so many years to research and write. Much information here about the #BelgianRefugees in #Barmouth and #Tywyn. Take a wander along the Cambrian Coast here: refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com/cambrian-coa...
What about the mobile bathroom he took with him when he left for Antwerp, does it still exist, if so where?
On asylum moves in the spending review today: Steve Smith, CEO of Care4Calais - “Moving from former commercial hotels to accommodation situated within communities would be welcome, but what the Government really needs to end is the for-profit asylum accommodation model that has created billionaires"
I never had to look for this in libraries or archives as several copies have been available all along. But now that I managed to get a copy myself I was surprised to see the size of the Report. Sassoon paperback just for comparison.
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
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“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
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“I woke up with a sense of dread…”
A moving, deeply personal account from an EU citizen in Cambridge on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging.
Don’t miss this powerful open letter. 👇
Sign to ban conversion therapies / Signa contra les teràpies de conversió / Firma contra las terapias de conversión citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Breendonk, de nacht van 7 op 8 mei @danyneudt.bsky.social
"Laat nooit iemand achter. Geen vriend en geen vriendin, ook niet bij die sympathieke barman. Let op elkaar en op elkaars drankje. Als je wat ziet, zeg er wat van." + zeg er wat van als humor geen humor meer is.
Poste de professeur.e adjoint.e en traduction à l’Université Laval. Date limite pour postuler : le 28 avril 2025. Voir le lien suivant pour de plus amples détails : www.rh.ulaval.ca/emploi/HCM/9...
✅ It's good to hear Chancellor Rachel Reeves say a better trading relationship will be a key part of the UK-EU relations reset.
Our research shows closer alignment on goods and services could help boost the UK economy by 2.2%.
Now let's see these words put into action.
Near the other bridge across the Menai Strait lies the Belgian promenade, refugee heritage historypoints.org/index.php?pa...
Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic. Join
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Supporting the Women in Parliament All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The event was full of energetic passionate women of all ages.
We in UK need more women Parliamentarians!
Two new chapters published today! Both concern the area once known as Maelor Saesneg in north-east Wales. The country estates took in some noble families from Belgium - tinyurl.com/saesneg and one family of #BelgianRefugees who came to Penley stayed and made a life here: tinyurl.com/famdoex
A hard-headed case for careful, accountable decisions on defense spending.
Security includes digital & energy security.
& most of all this entire project will fail & boost the far right if Labour tries to pay for it from cuts to public services & welfare.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ON FALLING the new film from the Ken Loach & Sixteen Films team
Out in Cinemas March 7th (early tickets here: conic.film/films/onfalling)
The film is about precarity, exploitation and loneliness in the modern world. Please share and help us get the word out.
There's a really interesting report on Milford Haven's #BelgianRefugees on the Western Telegraph website. Includes photos. Have a look! www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/2495411...
@westerntelegraph.bsky.social
The fall in international student numbers is putting fragile university finances under further pressure. The Observer reports a new study from @britishfuture.bsky.social showing most of public would not want to see a drop in students to cut immigration numbers
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.'
We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures:
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On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
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