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Delphine Grass
@delphinegrass.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature, Lancaster University. Creative-critical practice | Translation | Eco-translation | Comparative Literature | Languages | AI | Biosemiotics
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It's not often that you can say a publication is a "first of its kind", but this may very well be the first handbook of its kind. We'll be exploring animal politics from all its angles, and provide a genuinely broad overview of this exciting and urgent field. Well keen to get going.
Matt Perry@mattwperry.bsky.social · 3mo agoBrilliant news to share! Just heard from OUP that our proposal has been accepted to co-edit an "Oxford Handbook of Animal Politics" featuring over 40 commissioned chapters surveying the field. Co-editors @drsvg.bsky.social, @stevecooke.org, @joshmilburn.bsky.social, Alasdair Cochrane & Angie Pepper
I wrote 'Worlding the Common: Liquid Tongues and the Radical Art of Interspecies #Translation'. Commissioned for Bogna Burska & Daniel Kotowski's fantastic Liquid Tongues exhibition at the Polish Pavilion, Venice #Biennale 2026. #envhum 🌍 tinyurl.com/kjdvyzw7
Wording the Common: Liquid Tongues and the Radical Art of Interspecies Translation
Grass, Delphine. 'Worlding the Common: Liquid Tongues and the Radical Art of Interspecies Translation.' In Liquid Tongues, edited by Ewa Chomicka and Jolanta Woszczenko, 162–179. Warsaw: Zachę...
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Hoy tendrá lugar el seminario "Las Humanidades ecológicas: un ámbito de investigación transdisciplinar", a las 11:00h, de la mano de Andoni Alonso Puelles (UC3M), Adrián Almazán Gómez (UC3M) y Julia Ramírez Blanco (UCM)
Save the date! We're very excited to announce THE FOUCAULT CENTURY, a conference commemorating the centennial of Michel Foucault's birth, happening in Philadelphia from Sept. 24-25! More information coming soon! Free registration available at this link: www.library.upenn.edu/events/fouca...
The Foucault Century
2026 marks the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark History of Sexuality, Vol. 1. This two-day symposium offers a renewed assessment of ...
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Deadline for conference abstracts is TODAY! ⚡️
Delphine Grass@delphinegrass.bsky.social · 3mo ago📣 Still thinking about submitting? You still have time! 🌍 Conference: ‘Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation’ (AHRC/BRAID). New deadline: 30 April Join us for a rich, interdisciplinary conversation! #AcademicSky #envhum #ethology #translation #AI tinyurl.com/yhjzjyvz
Solidarity shout-out to all my UKHEI colleagues facing another week of job insecurity ✊️
Our CFP deadline has been extended to 30th April, please do consider submitting an abstract and do share widely! 🤖🐋⚡️
Carolyn Pedwell @carolynpedwell.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe are excited to share the CFP for the two-day AHRC/BRAID-funded conference, 'Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation', at Lancaster University on October 1-2nd 2026! 🌊🤖🌎🐋 Do share! wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra...
📣 Still thinking about submitting? You still have time! 🌍 Conference: ‘Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation’ (AHRC/BRAID). New deadline: 30 April Join us for a rich, interdisciplinary conversation! #AcademicSky #envhum #ethology #translation #AI tinyurl.com/yhjzjyvz
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CfP Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract subm…
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I translated a letter from Lesia Ukrainka to Olha Kobylianska for my students, and since it's Lesia's birthday, here it is - with a short essay on why she matters right now. open.substack.com/pub/uilleamb...
Speaking Truth in a Time of War: A translation of a letter by Lesia Ukrainka on her birthday.
Last year, the Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature series published a brilliant new translation of Lesia Ukrainka’s play Cassandra by Nina Murray (which began life as part of a special translation...
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Deadline fast approaching for abstracts engaging with this terrific topic 👇
Delphine Grass@delphinegrass.bsky.social · 4mo agoExcited to share the CfP for our AHRC-funded conference “Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation” #conference which will take place 1-2 October 2026 at Lancaster Uni. Deadline for abstracts 20th of April. #academicsky #envhum 🌍 #conservation wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra...
Excited to share the CfP for our AHRC-funded conference “Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation” #conference which will take place 1-2 October 2026 at Lancaster Uni. Deadline for abstracts 20th of April. #academicsky #envhum 🌍 #conservation wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra...
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CfP Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract subm…
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Article (Free access): online.ucpress.edu/hsns/article...
Encounters in the Living OceanGiant Squid and Human Understanding of the Sea
Scientists’ limited observations of giant squid have fueled a centuries-long fascination with these elusive creatures. Technological developments have recently allowed researchers to study them in gre...
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Colloque international - Résister à l’abandon: langue, culture et écologie Centre de recherche sur le contact des langues et des cultures Collège universitaire Glendon, Université York 15 et 16 octobre 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/04/10/c... #ecology #language #envhist #envhum #envstudies
Call for Papers - Resisting Abandonment: Language, Culture, and Ecology
Resisting Abandonment will foreground the idea that languages, like ecosystems, are sites of relationality and care.
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Excited to share the CfP for our AHRC-funded conference “Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation” #conference which will take place 1-2 October 2026 at Lancaster Uni. Deadline for abstracts 20th of April. #academicsky #envhum 🌍 #conservation wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra...
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CfP Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract subm…
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We have website for our AHRC/BRAID-funded project ’Animals in Translation: AI, Ethics and the Future of Interspecies Dialogue’, and a *CfP* for our conference ‘Natures in Translation‘ - with some fabulous confirmed keynote speakers/performers. Deadline 20th April. Join us! 📣 shorturl.at/hdwdp
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CfP Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract subm…
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Looking forward to meeting Edinburgh colleagues soon!
Karin Bosshard@karinbosshard.bsky.social · 5mo agoFor those in/around Edinburgh: Join us at @translation-uoe.bsky.social on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 (4.10-6.00) for an in-person research seminar by @delphinegrass.bsky.social on #translation as a creative-critical practice. For details see llc.ed.ac.uk/translation-... @uoe-llc.bsky.social
I am very excited to be Project Lead on our new AHRC/Braid-funded project “Animals in Translation:AI, Ethics and the Future of Interspecies Dialogue”, working with a wonderful team of colleagues across Lancaster University, NYU and Edinburgh University. Details of conference CfP soon! ⏱️ rb.gy/4bsz7f
Exploring the ethical implications of AI animal translation tools in environmental conservation
Led by Dr Delphine Grass, Lancaster University, in collaboration with New York University.As AI systems increasingly promise to translate animal communications into human language, this pr
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I'm super excited to be a Co-Investigator on our new AHRC BRAID-funded project 'Animals in Translation: AI, Ethics, and the Future of Interspecies Dialogue', led by the wonderful Delphine Grass at Lancaster University! ✨🐋🤖
BRAID UK@braiduk.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe’re excited to announce seven newly funded projects that will establish and strengthen collaborations between US and UK researchers exploring and addressing the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI): braiduk.org/new-projects...
On the eve of the University of Toronto's festschrift honoring the late philosopher (and overall wonderful human) Brian Cantwell Smith, I'm re-reading his 2019 book, "The Promise of Artificial Intelligence". (1/4) ischool.utoronto.ca/festschrift-...
Festschrift Honouring the Late Professor Brian Cantwell Smith - Faculty of Information
Morning 9:00 AM: Welcome Coffee & Registration Coffee and pastries will be served. 9:40 AM: Opening Remarks Host: Kelly Lyons, Professor, Faculty of Information, cross-appointed with the Department of...
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Imagine writing a policy that required you to be explicit that you would not forcibly confiscate refugees’ wedding rings
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 9mo agoMinisters now appear to be confirming in broadcast interviews that they would audit and could confiscate assets (including jewellery) excepting wedding rings from the jewellery that they could confiscate.
"Computational Humanities is far more than a collection of essays; it is a meticulously curated critical tool kit." This is exactly what we were going for! dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
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DDr. Penelope K Hardy@pkhardy.bsky.social · 9mo ago
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech: Check out Zef Segal( @batescollege.bsky.social)’s review of @nolauren.bsky.social, @dmimno.bsky.social, & Jessica Marie Johnson’s edited vol. _Computational Humanities_, pub 2024 @uminnpress.bsky.social Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Very happy to guest edit a special issue on "Media Ecologies of Translation" in Translation Matters 9.1 (Spring 2027)! The call is available at drive.google.com/file/d/14yBk.... Submission deadline for full articles: July 15, 2026. Thank you for sharing widely!
Pioneering scientists past and present have broken from the pressures and limitations of human exceptionalist thinking. Charles Darwin, Lynn Margulis, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Frans de Waal–their work looms large in my own research (1/3).
I just got back from a workshop on "Multispecies Intellectual History" at the University of Oxford. Philosophy, history, physics, botany, anthropology, art, and other fields were represented in the discussions, and a publication on this is to be expected. Read more here: cas.au.dk/en/umih #envhum
Translation Multiples goes to London! Join me on 22 October at 4pm at the University of London (@soasuni.bsky.social), discuss several engaging examples together in an interactive format. The event is free, but registration is required: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @princetonupress.bsky.social
Honoured to be a keynote speaker for the Translation and Life Writing conference organised by the brilliant Lucile Davier & Elisa Ruckstuhl @ the University of Geneva. Taking place June 18-19 2026 & financial support for ECR available! Abstract submission by 16 Nov 2025 www.unige.ch/lifewritingt...
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