Looking forward to Professor Jones’ #postgraduate workshop on #impact! Join me and Lara to learn how to make your research matter beyond academia. 🌟 Register for the conference here: womeningermanstudies.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/w...

@leedscitylanguages.bsky.social have a packed full programme of events across #Leeds celebrating #languages and #multilingualism in our city. Check our the full programme here to learn more about the fantastic range of events on offer: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/

W+IGS are saddened to hear today's announcement of the University of Nottingham's plans to close all modern language degrees. Read our joint statement, written together with our colleagues at #AGS and the #GLA on the AGS website: ags.ac.uk/statement-on...

Battle of Holbeck Moor, Leeds, UK (1936): 30,000 anti-fascists with red flags and trade union banners turfed out Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who'd hoped to foment hatred against Jewish immigrant workers in the area. #riots #FarageRiots #history #Fascism

Unsurprised, but disappointed, to see that Newnham College's JRFs are being defined as explicitly trans-exclusionary: newn.cam.ac.uk/research/res...

Join me and the other #PGR and #ECA reps at @wigsblog.bsky.social and @ags-gbi.bsky.social online TOMORROW (17th June), 5-6pm to hear about careers outside academia open open to PhD graduates. Free to attend and all welcome! Register here for the link to join: shorturl.at/KdDL7

📣 Calling all #PGR and #ECA members! Curious about where a German Studies PhD can take you beyond academia? Join your reps Louise, Lara, and Liza — along with our friends at @ags-gbi.bsky.social — on Tuesday 17th June to hear from three PhD graduates who’ve built exciting careers outside academia.

What a lovely spot for a writing retreat! Thanks to the organisers for creating the space to deep dive into writing, and to the funders for making it possible!

✨There's still time to submit your abstract for our Special Issue! ✨ If you're a #PGR or #ECA working on #Emotions in the #FirstWorldWar please do get in touch! We're a team of PGRs who want to build something genuinely collaborative and offer diverse perspectives and fresh voices-- join us!

In my role as PGR Rep, I'm proud to share the below statement from W+IGS and stand with all those advocating for inclusivity in academia. As a non-binary PhD student, W+IGS has always been a welcoming space where I feel supported and valued. #SupportTransScholars #InclusiveAcademia

In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer... #TransRights

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 Excited to share a #CfP for a collaborative special issue exploring empathy during and after the #FWW! Especially keen to hear from #PGRs & #ECAs and non-European perspectives! 🌍 Deadline for Abstracts 15 May 2025. Please do get in touch if you’re interested/have any questions!