Niche French humour? #Easter #Christianity

Barrie Kosky is officially a genius. I managed to sit through an entire showing of Wagner’s Siegfried without being repulsed by the whole business www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

'Academics at the institution in Edinburgh are to take industrial action in protest over plans to close 41 posts at the Riccarton campus and 10 at a satellite campus in Malaysia.' 1/2

Another year of open letters and uphill struggles. Never known it as bad as this. Solidarity to everyone affected

Shock: Social Democrat politician (in government, not opposition) speaks like a social democrat. More please

Aberdeen, Dundee, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde on strike.

The University of Essex has proposed to discontinue most of their undergraduate language provisions as well as the Languages for All programme as part of large-scale restructuring. Sign their petition to urge the Executive Committee to reconsider the proposal: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This is very good, give it a watch

✨ Join Jen Calleja for the German workshop at this year’s BCLT Summer School ✨ All 10 chosen participants in the German workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by Pro Helvetia Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

'with hindsight, some have suggested that Glasgow’s capacity to punch above its weight on the international arts stage resulted in a perception that all was well when development funding and coherent strategy were desperately needed.'

Consider applying to the Conference Grant Programme of the European Association of Jewish Studies - details below. Deadline 26 March 2026

For those in/around Edinburgh: Join us at @translation-uoe.bsky.social on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 (4.10-6.00) for an in-person research seminar by @delphinegrass.bsky.social on #translation as a creative-critical practice. For details see llc.ed.ac.uk/translation-... @uoe-llc.bsky.social

Der interessante Podcast zum Simultandolmetschen beschäftigt sich mit den Herausforderungen vom Nürnberger Prozess bis heute, natürlich nicht mit der wissenschaftlichen Tiefe des Beitrags weiter unten von @pdavies.bsky.social zum Auschwitz-Prozess. www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...

This will really impact the HE sector in Scotland (and rUK) and I hope it will address the issues that we are all struggling with. One already slightly depressing note though is how ‘education’ is treated as synonymous with ‘skills’ here. Unfortunate legacy of Scottish education reforms

Happy for the English Greens, but worth remembering that our experience of the Greens in actual government in Scotland was - not good. So hold them to their promises. Btw, I have been to Denton but not Gorton and used to live in Longsight so am more qualified as a local candidate than Matt Goodwin

So they are letting in convicted criminals after all…

Do you want to get another schism? Because this is how you get another schism

RIP Eliane Radigue

The only alternative would have been to furlough all university staff and just not have higher education for a couple of years. Imagine the response to that!

Good interview with @returnstosender.bsky.social on translating Yiddish and Russian-language Soviet Holocaust literature into English, and the impossibility of escaping contemporary historical resonances. www.jta.org/2026/02/20/i...

More author/translator sessions like this, please. I’ve been to book festival talks with famous authors who talk about language etc without even mentioning their translator, let alone discussing the process

Jointly with the Chair of W+IGS and the President of the GLA, the President of the AGS, @pdavies.bsky.social, has sent a letter to the Principal of Heriot-Watt University opposing proposed staff cuts to the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies and threats to close German and Chinese.

🚨 The deadline for submitting papers for the AGS conference is fast approaching 🚨 If you are intending on submitting an abstract, do so by Friday!

Small point maybe, but from a translation point of view - interesting how the subtitles correct Healey’s words about ‚Russia’ fighting Germany in WW2 to the ‚USSR’ (which is what he should have said)

For LitHub, Harriet Murav and I wrote about translating Holocaust literature in these our genocidal times — to share some of the thoughts that have accompanied us during our work on “In the Shadow of the Holocaust” in the last few years, the years of Ukraine and also Gaza. lithub.com/translating-...

Sign the petition to save languages and intercultural studies at Heriot-Watt university. Friends there going through drastic times. They have an incredible interpreter training programme there

Upcoming academic talk, this time at the Centre for Translation Studies, Uni Düsseldorf! Team member Claudia Jünke will present the project at the workshop "Re-Membering Translation", organised by Yvonne Liebermann and Hannah Pardey, 5-6 March. #fwf #philkultuibk www.ctsdus.hhu.de/news-detail/...

A tiny man shooting a word nearby, within a printed text of the European past. Welcome to another #rebus broadside of the later so-called #ThirtyYearsWar. A shootin' short 🧵 for #skystorians

Given the storm of righteousness north of the border about Mandelson it’s worth remembering for a moment how many in Scotland voted happily for an abuser and liar for years, and are now trying to forget it ever happened

An extraordinary effort at QMU to put these summaries together of loss of staff at UK universities - and a request by them to send in any further information @qmucu.bsky.social

#ShoutOutForGerman week might be over, but the fun doesn’t have to stop! Come along to the next session of the TOGS! Hear from Stefan Sadecki, DAAD Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and share ideas with like-minded colleagues from across Scotland! https://loom.ly/ikIevXw

🔊 Job vacancy: Lecturer in Czech and Comparative Literature The post-holder will specialise in the literatures and cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on Czech literature. 🗓️ Deadline: 26 February ➡️ Apply here: bit.ly/3Moi6gj

Most academic moment ever - was in a large meeting where a speaker misused the word ‘underestimate’. Behind me, about thirty people whispered simultaneously ‘overestimate’. An almost inaudible sussurus of pedantry

Fingers crossed for the fightback

Consider applying to be the new editor of the German Studies Review. Applications due by this Friday, February 6: www.thegsa.org/blog/cfa-gsr...

For German speakers!

It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming! On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo. Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...

CFP: Beyond Identities: Queer Formations in 20 & 21 C German Culture (MLA 2027 in L.A.) Abstracts by 16.03.26 to [email protected] 20th and 21st C German-language cultures have been the site of multiple prominent and contested discourses about non-normative sexualities, subjects and politics...

💡Learn about the use of gender-inclusive language across 14 European languages in this new book edited by Falco Pfalzgraf: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111701608/html#overview @lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social

Very interesting observation

Yiddish was spoken by 5 million of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Yiddish is an absolutely crucial language for Holocaust research. This Holocaust Memorial Day, you can support Yiddish at universities facing cuts to the Humanities, including UCL. 🧵 1/4

Especially important for those of us concerned about the future of language study in Wales

The Gaza support network - a group of citizens from Israel and around the world who have chosen to build personal relationships and provide financial support to families in Gaza. To join or donate, please see here www.gazasupportnet.com/english

The 78th National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies is coming up on 14 and 15 May, at ILCS. Do join us and tell us about your research! See the call for papers here – the closing date is 14 February! 👇 #ShoutOutForGerman

I’m genuinely curious as to whether Mette Frederiksen has ever actually been to Britain

🌟Article highlight! 🌟Launched in 24-25, the Teachers of German in Scotland network (TOGS) brings together teachers across the country, building a supportive community and raising the profile of German. Read about their creative poster competition in our latest newsletter: https://loom.ly/F5_V3TY

📢 Calling all PhD students in German Studies! It’s still time to submit your proposal for the annual Sylvia Naish Postgraduate Student Lecture. Application deadline: 31 January 2026. The Lecture, to be held at ILCS on 14 May, comes with a prize of £400. Further details 👇 #ShoutOutForGerman

The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators launches TWO WEEKS TODAY!​ Our national competition will open for entries on Monday 2 February, when students aged 11-18 will have the opportunity to translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish 📝

👉 How has learning German enriched your life? 👉 What's your favourite German word or expression? 👉 What do you love about the German language? It's Shout Out For German Week! If you're passionate about German, use #ShoutOutForGerman and join our week-long celebration of German!

“[I]n a sense, a translator is always like a fan. You’re always in this position of admiration, but you are also emulating the author.” Sarah Gear interviews translator Jen Calleja on the art, politics, and livelihood of literary translation. At Asymptote: buff.ly/3WmFKtX