Naomi Wells

@naswells.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Languages and Digital Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London

In perhaps our most devastating briefing we find early career staff in the humanities as a whole have declined by 20% since 2016/17. Between 23/24 and 24/25 early career staff across all SHAPE subject areas fell by 6%, (from 52,795 to 49,410 FPE). That is the pipeline for our disciplines

The British Academy
Mapping SHAPE academic staff briefing:
Pathways for early career
SHAPE
academics are in decline

This Friday, the Jamaican poet and writer @jallenpaisant.bsky.social will deliver a keynote performance titled SNOW as part of our two-part event, Bodies of Knowledge. 🗓️Friday, 10 July, 7–8pm BST 🏫BLOC Cinema, Queen Mary University of London 🎟️£10 for keynote only

Bodies of Knowledge

A multidisciplinary event, featuring a performance lecture by Jason Allen-Paisant and a roundtable conversation on who creates knowledge.

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It looks like what I predicted is exactly what is happening—the bias against writing deemed to be non-native has now shifted to bias against writing deemed to be AI generated with the same disproportional impacts on scholars from the Global South. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

AI promised to democratise academic publishing – the evidence says otherwise - LSE Impact

It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.

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Indigenous Mexican poet Irma Pineda writes in Didxazá, one of the variants in the Zapotec language family. Read four of her poems in Didxazá and Spanish on our website, translated by @wendycall.bsky.social. They are accompanied by an additional translator's note.

Blue Longing: Four Poems by Irma Pineda, trans. by Wendy Call

Indigenous Mexican poet Irma Pineda writes both in Spanish and Didxazá, one of the variants in the Zapotec language family.

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The 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize closes for entries in 3 weeks! In the spirit of the prize being open to work in translation, and to help spread the word, we have gathered some translations of the reminder message from our team — we speak 10 languages between us! buff.ly/lCtABV0

Orange background. In white and black text is the phrase 'Three weeks to go! Enter the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize by 30 June 2026.' This has been translated into six other languages.Orange background. In black text is the phrase 'Three weeks to go! Enter the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize by 30 June 2026.' translated into Arabic.Orange background. In black text is the phrase 'Three weeks to go! Enter the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize by 30 June 2026.' translated into Italian.Orange background. In black text is the phrase 'Three weeks to go! Enter the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize by 30 June 2026.' translated into Japanese.

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: “Beyond the Book: Digital Research, Presentation, and Sustainability,” Organized by the project Closing the Gap in Non-Latin Script Data ⏰️ Submission deadline: July 15, 2026 🔗 More info & submission: closingthegap.github.io/workshop/

Beyond the Book: Digital Research, Presentation, and Sustainability

A database of research projects involving non-Latin-script texts

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JOB: Research Associate in Latin American Studies, Bristol. Women Walkers in Latin America project, focus on Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico. Need PhD, fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese, archival and/or fieldwork experience in Latin America. Apply by 7 June 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRO186/r...

Research Associate in Latin American Studies at University of Bristol

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Associate in Latin American Studies. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Join us at the British Library for the final Doctoral Open Day in the series (Friday 29th June). Sessions on digital archives, digitization, collections metadata & AI in digital humanities! Also a chance to talk to curators & reference specialists about your research. events.bl.uk/events/docto...

Doctoral Open Day: Digital Collections and Resources | British Library

Our Doctoral Open Days are designed for current and prospective PhD students interested in working with our collections during their studies, but are open

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