Jennifer Cooke
@jenniferacooke.bsky.social
📚 Prof of Contemporary Literature & Theory. 🐈⬛ Poet, Londoner, ashtangi, beleaguered cat-feeder. 📕 Author of Contemporary Feminist Life-Writing: The New Audacity.
Reading Lukács again today & marvelling at the bracing opinions. I don’t agree with a lot of his analysis of description, but I love how trenchant he is.
I’m dreading yet another temperature rise. The trees are parched. London is too hot & ill adapted for it. & I don’t understand why the 1st question anyone asks a politician right now is about the unfolding climate disaster.
We're Hiring! BAAS is pleased to share three job opportunities which are open for applications with a closing date of 20th July 2026. We're hiring the following roles (1 x Co-Editor, 1 x Associate Editor (Features), 1 x Associate Editor (Book Reviews)) for the Journal of American Studies.
Job Adverts: Journal of American Studies - British Association for American Studies
The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies: All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…
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All MSA/BAMS participants – Brill is present at the conference! Check out the newest on Joyce, Proust, de Beauvoir and stop by for a chat in the publisher’s area www.brill.com/EJS www.brill.com/LIMO @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social #MSA2026 @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social
European Joyce Studies
"European Joyce Studies" published on 01 Jan 1989 by Brill.
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153 academic jobs are proposed to be cut at Exeter. Just had the news. Process is going to be quick too. We will be told if we are part of those considered later today
The @miscarriageproject.bsky.social conference over the last 2 days has been incredible. Such a rich mix of clinicians, activists, artists, and academics from such a range of disciplines. Hugely interesting & moving too.
Teaching Fellow in English Literature. Department of English. Royal Holloway, University of London Salary: £41,374 per annum - including London Allowance #HigherEd #EduSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRX684/t...
Having been someone calling for UKRI to give the community greater notice on call deadlines, I welcome this. Drawing on the kids primary school feedback mechanism, here some feedback on today's announcement: 🧵
UK Research and Innovation@ukri.org · 2mo agoWe’ve launched a new space on our website to help you explore upcoming UKRI funding opportunities. The page gives a longer-term view of more than 45 opportunities opening between now and December. Explore the page: www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
Room available at the BAMS/ MSA conference! These rooms are sold out so this is a great opportunity if you didn't get a chance to book one.
Ria Banerjee@ria4983.bsky.social · 2mo agoHi @moderniststudies.bsky.social MSA conference attendees! Anyone going to Loughborough and need a room? A friend had to cancel her trip so it's up for grabs. DM for details. The Peacock Inn from July 1 - 4, twin room with ensuite for £270 (might be negotiable) RTs much appreciated pls!
Free to download for 10 more days and succour to those of us in HE's trenches right now. This is an amazing short book. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The Disinterested Teacher
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Disinterested Teacher
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Hello, hello! Are there any poetry reviewers here who'd be interested in reviewing our first title, June Wentland's debut chapbook, Factory of Light? If so, please get in touch!
Has anyone ever needed more than time-length number 2 on a toaster? Mysteries of modernity.
‘Another effect of the funding system introduced in 2012 has been to provide rich pickings for private institutions. Arden University, which obtained degree-granting powers in 2014, may be the biggest UK university you’ve never heard of.’ Stefan Collini www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the Universities
The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...
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Essay on reading Ali Smith’s "How to Be Both" and Percival Everett’s "Telephone" in the age of cruel optimism (Lauren Berlant) … both of which employ multiple published versions to unsettle narrative unity and readerly expectations. Such strategies are in response to accelerated instability #Lit
"Unstable, in Chaos": Reading Ali Smith’s <em>How to Be Both</em> and Percival Everett’s <em>Telephone</em> in the Age of Cruel Optimism
Many of the formal innovations of contemporary fiction arise from a collective sense of ceaseless crisis—a recognition that traditional modes of storytelling, forged in earlier cultural climates, may ...
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Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 2mo agoRead @c21literature.bsky.social special issue “The Century at 25”, guest edited by Denise Wong, Arin Keeble, alice and Dr. Melissa Schuh: c21.openlibhums.org/...
UKRI are recruiting for a new Exec Chair for Research England (£160k-£170k). It is a crucial role including QR funding and the REF. I hope they get a great field. But I worry a bit. It's hard to find on their website (see link below) fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing University of Sussex 12 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRO639/a...
Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing at University of Sussex
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing on jobs.ac.uk!
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Went to my first meeting yesterday where an AI attended (on Teams, as a scribe) rather than a human.
I'm delighted that @AndrewEMC & I will be working closely with Thomas Karshan (UEA) & Kate Bomford (IoE) on a major new project, 'Beyond the Essay', on creative-critical practices, spanning school & university English Studies. Do take a look at the website. beyondtheessay.net
Beyond the Essay - Reimagining the teaching of literature
Beyond the Essay is an international project, aiming to reintegrate the creative and critical sides of literary studies into modern teaching.
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Are you interested in applying for European Research Council grants? Join us on 1 June at the British Academy for the ERC Reading Day – a fantastic opportunity to read past proposals and understand what made them successful. Find out more and register: https://bit.ly/42DFsD5
“It is a devastating indictment of the impartiality and competence of the OfS, implicating its operations, leadership, governance and strategy. It raises important and urgent questions for the government" - VC of Sussex, quoted in Research Professional Playbook on the legal judgement against OfS
If you are nearby, apparently a new Banksy has just popped up outside my building www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Has a new Banksy artwork appeared in central London?
The statue is seemingly signed by the legendary artist.
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I wrote for @timeshighered.bsky.social about Sussex -v- OfS. In short I think the regulator needs to urgently review its current approach. The sector needs to be confident that its regulator is acting lawfully, fairly and proportionately www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/suss...
The Sussex case raises urgent doubts about the OfS’ free speech approach
The OfS’ approach was opaque, highly discretionary and appeared to lack basic procedural safeguards, says Smita Jamdar
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We are offering two great initiatives for humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying to Horizon Europe. On 1st June we are holding an ERC Reading Day where you can read previously successful ERC grant proposals from a selection of 50 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/eur...
ERC Reading Day 2026
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A finding that says a) you acted beyond your powers b) your understanding of free speech within the law was wrong is about as devastating as it gets for OfS. A head should roll, surely?
