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Julia Hartley

@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social

BBC New Generation Thinker. Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature @glasgow.ac.uk. Occasional interpreter. Hopeful Achaemenid queen. 👑🗡️🔥 Website: www.juliacaterinahartley.com

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Paul Babinski@paulbabinski.bsky.social · 4d ago

Come join us in Athens! My department (the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Religion specializing in religion, ethics, and politics. Please apply and spread the word.

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EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions

• Durham University • Newcastle University • Northumbria University • Lancaster University • University of Cumbria • University of Lancashire • University of Liverpool • University of Manchester • University of Huddersfield • University of Sheffield • University of York • Loughborough University • University of Lincoln • University of Nottingham • Aston University • University of Birmingham • University of Warwick • King's College London • Kingston University • Queen Mary University of London • University College London • University of Oxford • University of Portsmouth • University of Surrey • University of Bath • University of Bristol • University of Exeter • University of Plymouth • University of Edinburgh • University of Glasgow • University of Strathclyde • Cardiff University • Swansea University • Queens University Belfast • Cranfield UniversityFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 July 2026 UK Universities Betray Public Trust by Joining MoD's 'Battlefield Advantage' Alliance Without Debate A coalition of campaign groups has accused UK universities of quietly integrating themselves into Britain's defence infrastructure after 35 institutions signed up to the Ministry of Defence's Defence Universities Alliance (DUA). The Ministry of Defence says the alliance aims to "reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security", strengthen links between universities and the defence sector, and translate research into "battlefield advantage". Campaigners say the move represents a significant shift in the role of higher education and has taken place without meaningful public debate. Among the founding members are the University of Oxford, University College London, King's College London, the University of Manchester, the University of Edinburgh, Cardiff University and Queen's University Belfast. "We are witnessing the formal incorporation of Britain's universities into the defence ecosystem," said Jinsella Kennaway, Founder and Executive Director of Demilitarise Education. "The Ministry of Defence is explicit about its intentions. Universities exist to advance knowledge and foster critical inquiry, not to become pipelines for military research and defence recruitment. Students and staff deserve to know who agreed to this and why." Campaigners are calling on all 35 universities to publish the governance documents and board minutes relating to their decision to join the alliance, and to explain whether staff and students were consulted. Many UK universities already maintain relationships with major defence companies, including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo, Thales, Lockheed Martin and QinetiQ. Critics argue that the DUA formalises and accelerates the integration of academia, industry and the state. The coalition warns that, at a time of rising defence spending, universities risk becoming increasingly aligned with governme…
Hannah Scott@drhannahlscott.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just over 2 weeks to go for this fully-funded PhD on long 19th-century France - projects welcome on history, literature, culture, music, medical humanities, clothing and more.

Hannah Scott@drhannahlscott.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What's that? A FULLY-FUNDED PhD studentship on Long 19th century France??? Come and study with me at Newcastle University from September 2026 - application deadline June 15th. Please circulate widely! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Julia Hartley@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So many emotions seeing the architectural art of Achaemenid Susa at the Louvre in real life for the first time in years. Even though I have written about it for years, I had somehow forgotten quite how awe-inspiring the scale and the beauty were.

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Global Intellectual History@global-ih.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Now online! A book forum collection on "Iran and French Orientalism: Persia in the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France" (Tauris & Co, 2025) by @ritorneropoeta.bsky.social. In time the forum will emerge as a print issue - do see her thread on the contributions below ⤵️

Julia Hartley@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It was so intellectually rewarding to work with @global-ih.bsky.social on a special section on my book! The essays by @paulbabinski.bsky.social and @drjoeford.bsky.social extended the reflection temporally, while @saraharens.bsky.social and Richard Hibbitt made me reflect on my critical method.

Julia Hartley@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Part of a special issue on Comparative Literature and Translation edited by my colleagues @hpartzsch.bsky.social and @drmirnasolic.bsky.social.

Julia Hartley@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My essay 'Italo Pizzi’s Shahnameh: Oriental Studies, Comparison, and Translation at the Origins of the Italian Nation' is now live on @modlangopen.bsky.social ! It expands the origin story of Comparative/World Literature via Oriental Studies by looking at a forgotten Italian. doi.org/10.3828/mlo....

Julia Hartley@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Excited to give the keynote for the Dante Futures conference tomorrow at Warwick, where I was a Leverhulme ECF. The interconnection between Medievalism and Orientalism is a new topic for me and I look forward to the conversations at the conference and beyond with Dantists & scholars of Orientalism.

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John Gallagher@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · last yr.

So a book I need to see — Albert Schouteet, De klerken van de Vierschaar te Brugge met inventaris van hun protocollen (Brugge, 1973) — seems only to exist in a couple of libraries in Belgium and the Netherlands. If it's near you and you could take some pictures, I'll happily pay for your time!

SDN@uksdn.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Tim Unwin Early Career Researcher Grant 🚨 Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to SDN members to assist with a research project related to 19th-century French studies. Send us your application by 1 September! More info here: uksdn.co.uk/ecr-grant/

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Tim Unwin Early Career Researcher Grant SDN ECR Grant_Application form with notesDownload Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to members of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes to…

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Julia Hartley@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited to see the BBC Proms programme released today and to share that I'll be returning this year as an interval commentator for the performance of Handel's 'Alexander's Feast' on 30/8/25! I'll be talking Persepolis🔥 🏛️🔥 and operatic treatments of Persia 🎼 👑🗡️📯 www.bbc.co.uk/events/e8qbc....

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Emma Harding@emmaharding.bsky.social · last yr.

The BBC Proms are go! Full season announced today and booking opens 17 May. Lots to delight in @royalalberthall.bsky.social as well as Proms in Belfast, Bradford, Bristol & Gateshead. You can attend any Prom from just £8 & listen to every single one on @BBCRadio3 bbc.co.uk/proms #music

Julia Hartley@ritorneropoeta.bsky.social · last yr.

In today's episode of Julia's deep dive into Italian Orientalism, Italo Pizzi (who was to become Italy's first Professor of Persian) writes in 1878 of the dejection of being thirty and having to rely on precarious teaching positions due to not having found permanent academic employment in his field.

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