Today is the official start date of our new UKRI funded research project. Looking forward to getting started! www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/06...

📣 Post-doc in Italian at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT018/r...

Leaving a piece of my heart in the Bay Area after a wonderful few days at UC Berkeley for the CICIS 2025 conference. California Italian Studies is an amazing community of scholars!

*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht. www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens

NEW ARTICLE: ''La straniera' as 'Strangers I Know': Translational Readings of Claudia Durastanti Through Actor-Network Theory' by @efbond.bsky.social is here! Read it #OA at MLO: bit.ly/Bond-MLO#OA@hpartzsch.bsky.social @drmirnasolic.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @osgaoxford.bsky.social

The first article is by Emma Bond, who studies translation of/in/with "La straniera as Strangers I Know: Translational Readings of Claudia Durastanti Through Actor-Network Theory", exploring how comparatists decide what and how to compare: modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/10....

I am recruiting survey participants!! *Have you (or do you know anyone who has) completed a doctoral degree in languages (Arabic, BSL, French, German etc.) and then moved into a different field of research or employment?* 🧑‍🎓➡️👨‍🎨🧑‍🏫👩‍🚀

So happy I got to see Hew Locke’s “What have we here” at the British Museum today before it closes on 8th Feb. I especially loved these Watchers, observing us visitors, and “flipping the script” (in Locke’s words!) of who has power and perspective in the museum space.

Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University: chng.it/Hmtvvdtptg

Innovative readings, interesting places, intriguing photos, intricate history, Maaza Mengiste, Orhan Pamuk, Daša Drndić, Olga Tokarczuk, Valeria Luiselli, Claudio Magris & more. Congratulations, Emma Bond, on “Curating Worlds: Museum Practices in Contemporary Literature,” a beautiful book! #worldlit

Today's featured book is Curating Worlds by Emma Bond (Northwestern University Press, Dec 2024). @efbond.bsky.social @nupress.bsky.social www.facultybookshelf.org/isbn/0810147...

Interesting long read in today’s Guardian on the “omni-crisis” at the British Museum:

As you can see, we're ready and on the ground at #MLA25. Stop by booth 112A to browse our books and chat with Faith Wilson Stein. All books are 30% off with code MLA30 through February 10. nupress.northwestern.edu

Celebrating fabulous MLO prize-winners in Italian Studies last night: Giulia Riccò, Akash Kumar and Clarissa Clò! 🎉

In very good company at the @nupress.bsky.social desk at MLA2025!

The long tail of Italian colonialism. Layers of history in this article, and one recalcitrant auction house. 🗃️📜🇮🇹

Early Christmas gifts from @nupress.bsky.social! It’s great to have author copies of CURATING WORLDS. Available for purchase now: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014795...

Spending time w/ Modern Italian Studies spec issue "Futures in post-displacement Italy," eds @efbond.bsky.social & Stavroula Pipyrou "If the story of displacement is one of rupture, of departure and of loss, it is also then a space for aspiration & speculation." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....