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I was knocked off my bike in broad daylight by a driver who I suspect was texting. The Gardaí wouldn’t attend the scene (because I wasn’t hurt enough) and didn’t respond to my Traffic Watch report. The issue isn’t hi-vis jackets.

Lecturer in English and Writing Studies University of Waikato Permanent Writing and literature of the English speaking world with a focus on Māori and Pacific writing and literature. www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

ENGLISH LITERATURE (Open-rank Tenure-Track) Singapore Management University (SMU) 1 full-time Faculty position in Asian, World or Comparative Literature on either the tenure-track or education-track, with a preference for Associate/Full Professor. www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-track or Tenured) in Literary Studies and Computational Methods. Nanyang Technological University www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of English Literature University of Oxford - St Peter's College English of the long eighteenth century (1660–1830) Full Time Permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK016/a...

Lecturer/Assistant Prof in Creative and Cultural Industries Permanent UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy. universityvacancies.com/university-c...

Research Assistant – Theatronomics, April - Sept Full time School of English, Media and Creative Arts (University of Galway universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Career Development Fellowship in English Literature 1660-1830 (Gwenyth Emily Rankin Fellowship) University of Oxford - Exeter College 3 year post www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQI239/c...

Gothic Studies is recruiting! We seek a new assistant editor 🧛‍♂️

#IrishStudies PhDs! Join our friends @efacis.bsky.social for their first monthly Writing Session and/or Lunch Break of 2026. Details 👇

Lecturer in Creative Writing (Prose) University of St Andrews Permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD555/l...

BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...

Fifteen of these countries—Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Iran, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, and Haiti—have qualified for the 2026 World Cup

Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social

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Looking forward to this “The Old Fire” by Elisa Shua Dusapin – Asian Review of Books share.google/QxPbvzPxcMzl... @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

Faculty, Tenure Track Position (Open-rank) in English Literature College of Integrative Studies, Singapore Management University www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

Things stepping up. ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.

Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.

Absolutely thrilled to see this in print. Looking forward to reading all the chapters over the break. Pleasure to work with both Deirdre and Mary.

Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven) academicpositions.com/ad/ku-leuven...

#AcademicSky does anyone have access to a chapter from Transnationalism in Irish Literature and Culture Chapter 13 - Irish Fiction, Small Presses, and the World-System By Matthew Eatough That they could send me? #IrishStudies

9 years ago at Apollo house for the Home Sweet Home demo in Dublin - that Christmas 7148 people were in emergency accommodation - we're now well over double that

Absolutely thrilled to have this in my hands! What a joy working with Mary McGill on this & such an excellent group of contributors. Launch in Jan 2026! For more on Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Context, Space click here: www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita... #AcademicSky #SpeirGorm

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We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026. sites.google.com/view/whai202...

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

The bus driver just got off the bus at a designated stop to get a sausage roll

Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

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📢CFP for the 6th Seminar in English Studies (SEING VI) is now open‼️ Here is some key info: 🗓️May 8th, 2026 📍Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain 🕐Deadline CFP: January 15th More details ⬇️🔗🧵

Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing in English University of Limerick universityvacancies.com/university-l...

Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing in English University of Limerick universityvacancies.com/university-l...

Assistant Professor in Film Studies Trinity College Dublin, 5 year Tenure track www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...

Troy story 3 📸 Attila Kisbedenek

Troy Parrott you hero! #COYBIG

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This two part investigation from Paul Kimmage - A journey inside the toxic world of Irish rowing’s High Performance Unit - is essential reading m.independent.ie/sport/other-...

Mack Hansen for life #IREvAUS

The special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on Coasts is now out - glad to be part of it with some thoughts about coasts and gardens in c18 Ireland #BlueHumanities #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🌊 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889

#CFP: "Poetry's Environments" June 9-11, 2026 (University of Leeds, UK) Keynote speaker: Simon Armitage Deadline for proposal: December 5th 2025 Info: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/poetryenviro... #envhum #envhist #ecolit #environment #poetry #ecocriticism

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