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Iām editing a special issue of Key Words on cultural materialism, fascism and the far right for publication next year. Call for contributions and full details here:
raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/c...
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Call for Papers: Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, A Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
Speaking in 1980 amid the New Right upsurge, Raymond Williams noted that ācultural struggle is absolutely crucial, because this is the terrain on which the interpretation of the crisis had to be esā¦
https://raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/call-for-papers-cultural-materialism-fascism-and-the-far-right-a-special-issue-of-key-words-a-journal-of-cultural-materialism/
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Kasper BraskƩn
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My essay on the Popular Front is now also available in English via the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung website
@rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
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The Popular Frontās Enduring but Ambivalent Legacy - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Unity against the far right is a vital precondition for social transformation, but socialist strategy must go further
https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/54186
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Iām editing a special issue of Key Words on cultural materialism, fascism and the far right for publication next year. Call for contributions and full details here:
raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/c...
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Call for Papers: Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, A Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
Speaking in 1980 amid the New Right upsurge, Raymond Williams noted that ācultural struggle is absolutely crucial, because this is the terrain on which the interpretation of the crisis had to be esā¦
https://raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/call-for-papers-cultural-materialism-fascism-and-the-far-right-a-special-issue-of-key-words-a-journal-of-cultural-materialism/
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Iām editing a special issue of Key Words on cultural materialism, fascism and the far right for publication next year. Call for contributions and full details here:
raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/c...
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Call for Papers: Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, A Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
Speaking in 1980 amid the New Right upsurge, Raymond Williams noted that ācultural struggle is absolutely crucial, because this is the terrain on which the interpretation of the crisis had to be esā¦
https://raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/call-for-papers-cultural-materialism-fascism-and-the-far-right-a-special-issue-of-key-words-a-journal-of-cultural-materialism/
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Raymond Williams Society
9 days ago
šØšØCALL FOR PAPERSšØšØFancy contributing to a special issue on Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, edited by
@elinormtaylor.bsky.social
? Look no further... Details, including the deadline, at the link:
raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/c...
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Call for Papers: Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, A Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
Speaking in 1980 amid the New Right upsurge, Raymond Williams noted that ācultural struggle is absolutely crucial, because this is the terrain on which the interpretation of the crisis had to be esā¦
https://raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/call-for-papers-cultural-materialism-fascism-and-the-far-right-a-special-issue-of-key-words-a-journal-of-cultural-materialism/
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Daniel Hartley
9 days ago
With the contract now signed, Iām pleased to say that Iāll be publishing my second book, *Peasant Modernism: Marx, Culture, and the Future of Eating Well*, with Brill in the
@histmat.bsky.social
Book Series. It should be out by early 2028 at the latest.
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4 months ago
if you wrote a book on labor history published in 2025, I encourage you to apply for the Philip Taft Labor History Award. The term ālabor historyā is defined broadly to include the history of workers, institutions, and workplaces & working-class life
www.ilr.cornell.edu/taft-award
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Philip Taft Labor History Book Award
https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/taft-award
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Starting 9 October, we have a series of free CRMEP public lectures at Westminster:
www.tickettailor.com/events/radic...
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Radical Philosphy Archive Ltd
Buy tickets ā Radical Philosphy Archive Ltd
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/radicalphilosphyarchiveltd?fbclid=PAdGRleAM30-tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp5TK5ZYAygUP74fd6Q_UnVR_5JNHxxoWpqExMDdacAM5bJ6ibw_Zey1JYKAR_aem_ZW3ZigdQvOH7nl6wFjGiFg
5 months ago
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Alison Phipps į įį°į
6 months ago
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfb0F1DtGEbST61DTkqe-pIUbMKnhThaeeEOpoBwHOlp55HoQ/viewform
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Raymond Williams Society
8 months ago
šØšØCall for contributors to next year's issue of Key Words, a special issue on 'Foreclosure,' guest edited by Chloe Ashbridge and Owain BurrellšØšØ Deadline for abstracts is July 18th, 2025. Read more here:
raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/06/09/c...
Please share widely.
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Call for Contributors: Foreclosure, a Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
British cultural production has a long history of foreclosure. Understood as a premature abandonment, or an abortive failure, of radical political projects, foreclosure has an imaginative and materā¦
https://raymondwilliams.co.uk/2025/06/09/call-for-contributors-foreclosure-a-special-issue-of-key-words-a-journal-of-cultural-materialism/
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Really excited for this (free!) event at MayDay Rooms on 26 June about The Aesthetics of Resistance
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Aesthetics of Resistance with Joel Scott + Harun Farockiās On Display: Peter Weiss ā MayDayRoomsFacebookTwitterInstagramAccessibility ToolsIncrease TextDecrease TextGrayscaleHigh ContrastNegative Cont...
https://maydayrooms.org/event/aesthetics-of-resistance-with-joel-scott-harun-farockis-on-display-peter-weiss/
8 months ago
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As course leader for said Westminster MA I endorse this message :) A lovely afternoon talking about our modules and the great work our students produce
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8 months ago
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OlĆŗfįŗ¹Ģmi O. TĆ”Ćwò
8 months ago
Rest in peace NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiongāo
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiongāo, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writerās death announced by his daughter, who wrote: āHe lived a full life, fought a good fightā
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/28/ngugi-wa-thiongo-kenyan-writer-dies?CMP=share_btn_url
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Iāve written a bit about interwar British antifascism and anti-imperialism (and their limits) for this. Available via this VE Day subscription offerā¦
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9 months ago
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Materialist Institute for Research
9 months ago
We are devastated to say that our comrade, teacher and friend Joshua Clover passed away last night. He is irreplaceable; We will miss him forever.
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Happy Birthday, Yuri Gagarin, 12 years old today!
10 months ago
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Just watched The Women of Llanrumney at Stratford East. Amazing work on Walesās relationship with slavery, really bowled over by it.
www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...
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The Women of Llanrumney
Azuka OforkaāsĀ searing new play powerfully explores the experience of women during slavery.
https://www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all-shows/the-women-of-llanrumney
10 months ago
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Rhian E Jones
11 months ago
⨠THE RAYMOND WILLIAMS FOUNDATION TARGETED GRANTS SCHEME 2025 The RWF invites applications for up to eight grants of max £1,500 to support self-organised adult learning activities to help realise social justice aims. Deadline: 29 June 2025. Full info:
www.raymondwilliamsfoundation.org.uk/grants
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Grants | Raymond Williams Foundation
https://www.raymondwilliamsfoundation.org.uk/grants
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Dr Sara Dominici
11 months ago
I am very excited to announce a new fully funded PhD opportunity with Imperial War Museums: "'Convinced ambassadors of Empireā?: exploring the visual record of Black Caribbean men and women serving in the UK during the Second World War" Thank you for sharing!
www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Jeremy Noel-Tod
11 months ago
Visiting Fellowships call for University of East Angliaās archive of contemporary writing: poetry, fiction, nature writing, scriptwriting childrenās literature and more. Deadline: end of March. Please share! And if youāre interested in applying, let me know.
www.uea.ac.uk/research/res...
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Archives and Collections Visiting Fellowships
University of East Anglia
https://www.uea.ac.uk/research/research-with-us/fellowships/archives-and-collections-visiting-fellowships
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Incredibly bleak stuff
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12 months ago
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Alan Lester
12 months ago
Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
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University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/67061
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Maya Schenwar
12 months ago
Submissions open today for the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. This prize uplifts the work of writers who are currently & formerly incarcerated.
truthout.org/articles/kee...
Spread the word! The prize honors my sister, who died five years ago after many years in and out of incarceration. š
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Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.
https://truthout.org/articles/keeley-schenwar-memorial-essay-prize/
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Valentin Sandulescu
12 months ago
š Three fully-funded PhD positions for a project on "Visual Cultures of Fascism" - as timely as it can be in this age of anxiety.
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
#FascismStudies
#Fascism
#AcademicSky
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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School of Humanities, University of Westminster
about 1 year ago
Check out our Humanities Research Seminars programme. Very exciting opportunities to learn about a diverse range of topics, from the history of women's employment to the formlessness of the novel! All welcome (external guests please book here:
https://buff.ly/4huoXPi
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Twentieth Century Communism journal
about 1 year ago
The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by
@lawrencewishart.bsky.social
. It is a special issue on poetry and communism, edited by Ben Harker.
journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2024...
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Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2024 Issue 27 (2024) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2024 Issue 27 (2024)
https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2024-issue-27/
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Wrote something for this book forum on Auritro Majumderās excellent *Insurgent Imaginations*, just published:
kairostext.in/index.php/ka...
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024): Insurgency and Imagination | Kairos: A Journal of Critical Symposium
https://kairostext.in/index.php/kairostext/issue/view/15
about 1 year ago
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The Magi
about 1 year ago
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Emma Elinor Lundin
about 1 year ago
CfP: I've received funding for a workshop on Global Solidarity Activism ā Connecting Local and Global Histories, which will take place in Malmƶ, Sweden, 11-12 June 2025. We're particularly keen to explore activism and solidarity as a set of āsocial and affective relations'. CfP attached!
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Sarah Brouillette
about 1 year ago
New book series, "Towards a Global Understanding of Cultural Work," seeks manuscripts. I'm on the advisory board. Please share!
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Nikki Hessell
about 1 year ago
*Please share widely!* Full NZ PhD scholarship available as part of a Marsden-funded project, for dissertations focused on poetry & negotiation, incl. at least one of these subfields: British 18C and/or Romantic poetry Settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
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PhD scholarship in English: Poetry and Negotiation | Scholarships | Te Herenga WakaāVictoria University of Wellington
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships/current/phd-scholarship-in-english-poetry-and-negotiation?_recache
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Hereās an interesting CDA studentship on the Wapping Post, set up by striking workers in the 86-7 dispute, offered by Brunel & the MML
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AHRC Studentship Collaborative Doctoral Award - The Wapping Post - A partnership between BUL and Marx Memorial Library
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/research/Research-degrees/PhD-Studentships/Studentship?id=05b9ab2c-85c3-4902-b9c6-4aea5fdbee6f
about 1 year ago
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Worth noting this can be a 1+3yr studentship for a student who doesnāt already have a masterās. Very rare at the moment and something other funders should be doing.
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Stuart Hall PhD scholarship at Sussex:
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
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Stuart Hall Foundation University of Sussex PGR Studentship : University of Sussex
PhD Scholarship, Stuart Hall Foundation University of Sussex Postgraduate Research Studentship
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/phd-funding/view/1746-Stuart-Hall-Foundation-University-of-Sussex-PGR-Studentship
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Hello, new people
about 1 year ago
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Just saw an orphaned walrus calf described as āthe thinking manās Moo Dengā
over 1 year ago
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This is absolutely extraordinary (& an incredible work of translation by Simon Leser)
over 1 year ago
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Iām told itās time to stop reading
over 1 year ago
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Dr Sara Dominici
almost 2 years ago
I am delighted to share this fully funded PhD on 'The Home Darkroom and the Freedom of Photographic Production in Britain, 1950s-present'. An AHRC CDP with me,
@drhesslee.bsky.social
, Pippa Catterall, and @ MuseumoftheHome Marina Maniadaki, Louis Platman.
www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Annual re-read of The Toastās Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, funnier every year:
the-toast.net/2015/06/03/s...
about 2 years ago
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Out of office on (Obviously, like every year, Iāll be working through the break but at least I can log out of the cursed inbox)
about 2 years ago
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Kevin O'Sullivan
about 2 years ago
Call for papers for a workshop and special issue of Twentieth Century Communism on 'The Global 1956'.
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Dr Sara Dominici
about 2 years ago
@TECHNEDTP CDA funding: "Photography by Train: New Leisure Experiences of Heritage in Britain, 1880sā1930s" @UniWestminster in collaboration with @MediaMuseum and @RailwayMuseum Applications deadline: 05 January 2024. Please share widely!
www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Everyone seems to be celebrating promotions and grants and books, but Iām celebrating 10 years since I adopted my beautiful Yuri. Here he is on the day I got him and today. Happy Yuriversary!
about 2 years ago
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Luke Seaber
about 2 years ago
Very flattering review of the Bloomsbury volume on 1930s fiction edited by
@elinormtaylor.bsky.social
@thehubble101.bsky.social
and myself:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The 1930s: a decade of modern British fiction
Published in English Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0013838X.2023.2273131?scroll=top&needAccess=true
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Some of our household have been on the catnip this evening
over 2 years ago
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āAny work of art depicting cowboysā
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over 2 years ago
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Goats on concrete obelisks at the city farm. I love goats.
over 2 years ago
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This pub has a very placid lady cat, owning her little chaise longue
over 2 years ago
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Google Streetview but for the inside of my own universityās buildings
over 2 years ago
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Weāve got our ballot papers and Yuri has blessed them with his special cat powers. Yes to a new mandate
over 2 years ago
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