Something for the colleagues at the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow @dimitrafimi.bsky.social @edunorte.bsky.social

Come and work with us at Glasgow! Full time permanent post in History of Art: lecturer in material and visual culture with specialism in dress history or textile history. Details below 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR311/l...

Aaaaaand - the first proofs of _Redrawing Europe's Literary Map: Transnational Circulations of Literature 1850-1920_ have arrived... I am a bit scared to open them. brill.com/display/titl...

The sun came out today and the crocuses opened!

@glalarn.bsky.social is delighted to host this event to commemorate the life and legacy of indigenous activist Berta Cáceres. If in Glasgow, book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rememberin...

Tomorrow! In person at university of Glasgow and online

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

After 10 years, it's getting more real! Brill has put on their website a per-announcement of our collaborative volume Redrawing Europe's Literary Map: Transnational Circulations of Women's Writing 1850-1920 brill.com/display/titl...

It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome! www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi... @srsrensoc.bsky.social @cvc-rhul.bsky.social @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @leuvenup.bsky.social

Knitting in Scotland is in press and published by @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social in June in illustrated hardback and Open Access. A real team effort.

The JSCS is excited to announce the Jo Labanyi Essay Prize, an annual award (of $750) for the best article published in the journal each year. The first winner will be named in early 2027 for articles published in 2026! More info at the link: think.taylorandfrancis.com/jo-labanyi-e...

Aaaaand - the first grant rejection of the year has arrived. Ach, well.

Excited to present some of my work on Austen theatricals behind bars tomorrow at @womenswritingassoc.bsky.social. Part of my forthcoming book Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage @academic.oup.com global.oup.com/academic/pro... #JaneAusten #Adaptation

@jenniebatchelor.bsky.social shares that applications are now open for her new Rare Books School course on "The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700–1830." The course will run from the 12th-17th July 2026. More info at the Rare Books School website: buff.ly/hY81Dzi Thanks for #SharingYourNews!

Guten Morgen!

The Open Book Collective Development Fund Call for Applications 2026 is open! We fund projects dedicated to building capacity, networks and infrastructure for OA book publishing. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese obc.copim.pub/obc-collecti... N.B. this fund is not for BPCs

And it´s time to go back to work.

Issue 10.2 of JEPS is now live! openjournals.ugent.be/jeps/

Meu novo livro sobre literatura mundial/mundo já está disponível, gratuitamente, aqui: www.edicoesmakunaima.com.br/2025/12/01/m...

My thesis is now available online on the history of @socantscot.bsky.social Much of it has been published in articles in the last few years but there's still lots of unpublished material in there if you fancy some Christmas reading #History #Museums #Scotland #Antiquarianism theses.gla.ac.uk/82236/

Vorweihnachtszeit ist Druckfahnenzeit. Unser Tagungsband wird im Frühjahr 2026 erscheinen: "Schreibkalender der Frühen Neuzeit. Druckwerke mit Raum für handschriftliche Eintragungen (1540-1800)", open access und in Papierform, mit Text und Bild, und viel Detailliebe. #Schreibkalender

One of the woodland's most colourful characters wants in on the festive fun... Door 6 is calling! 🎄✨ #RSPBAdvent25

"This book enhances the understanding of women’s place in European literary history ca 1900 by comparing the transnational circulation of texts written by women from the perspectives of Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia and Spain through an innovative data-rich and relational methodology.

Please note funding for the project has now ended & posts will be irregular (at best), but you can still dive into our data & explore the lives and work of over 900 women active in archaeology, history and heritage between 1870 and 1950 here: beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page

Nuevo plazo: podéis enviar vuestras propuestas para el congreso ‘Mujeres y escrituras de comunidad en la España de la Edad Moderna (siglos XVI–XVIII)’ hasta el día 3 de enero de 2026. www.bieses.net/ampliacion-d...

Excited to announce this is in production. A Fleece to Fashion tour of Scotland’s famous knitting sector taking in hand and machine, local and global, making, design, marketing and more. And it will be Open Access with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

In and around Glen Douglas.

Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns. AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration. #SaveNottinghamLanguages

Interested in one of the treasures of University of Glasgow's Special Collections? Apply to a Visiting Research Fellowship, closing date 5th January 2026. www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li... #BookHistory

Working on the promotional texts for our upcoming book: 'The short description should be one sentence that best summarizes the contribution of your research and book to your field, while staying within the word limit'. Writing 40 words max can't be onerous, right?

Tasty-looking seaweed on the sun-drenched foreshore of Loch Long.

Beautiful, wintry sunshine over Loch Long and Loch Lomond.

The programme and registration form for my study day "Multilingualism in Art Song" is up - 9th December at University of Glasgow, free to attend, and includes a workshop at the end featuring songs in underrepresented languages! multilingualsong.gla.ac.uk/multilingual...

Please sign the petition below in support of colleagues at Nottingham, where courses in the highly respected Dept of Modern Languages & Cultures have been earmarked for suspension.

Trompe l’oeil –o trampantojo– de 'Mesa revuelta del Marqués de Astorga, Conde de Altamira', 1787, por Miguel Malmonge, procedente de la colección de dicho aristócrata, adquirido por el estado español en 9000 euros. Incluye un ejemplar del número CXXIX del periódico ilustrado ‘El Censor’ #XVIII #C18

The season for twilight walks.

I vividly remember the great paper César gave on this topic as Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow.

🌊 New Publication 🌊 "Under the Sea in the Age of the Meteorocene: Towards a New Constitution" 📍Published in Paragraph 🔗https://www.academia.edu/144690614/Under_the_Sea_in_the_Age_of_the_Meteorocene_Towards_a_New_Constitution_C%C3%89SAR_DOM%C3%8DNGUEZ

Something to look forward to for theatre fans and people interested in the nineteenth century more broadly!

Well this book has had a presence in our household for a long time but it’s finally published! Hurrah! Congratulations to my other half 🍾⭐️

Sign the petition to get the UK Home Office to listen to translation experts before they blindly implement automated (AI-based) translation for asylum cases. If the Home Office is serious about protecting human rights, it must listen to those who work with language and law every day.

For people interested in translation and human rights

Call for Papers / Llamada de contribuciones www.bieses.net/congreso-muj...

Interested in #LatinAmerica and based in #Scotland? We are an interdisciplinary research network co-led by @uofgsocsci.bsky.social and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Follow us!

🎓 Realismo mágico ibérico en el siglo XXI: análisis comparado y cognitivo de una narrativa postsecular (IBERMAGIC21) Buscamos perfiles con interés en: ✨ literatura comparada 🧠 poética cognitiva 🌍 narrativas transnacionales y postseculares

📢 ¿Te interesa el realismo mágico, las narrativas contemporáneas y los estudios literarios innovadores? En breve se abrirá la convocatoria FPI (Formación de Personal Investigador) del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia para la contratación de un/a investigador/a predoctoral asociado/a al proyecto:

Call for Papers and Sessions Fantasy’s Present Pasts University of Glasgow Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 25th June 2026 Keynote Speakers: Stefan Ekman, Sofia Samatar and Helen Young More details on the conference in the post linked below - deadline for proposals is Friday 12th December.