Passed away yesterday: Moroccan poet, activist, and former political prisoner Tahar Mahfoudi. In 2004, he published "أفول الليل"/"The Fading of the Night", a memoir about his experience and incarceration during the Years of Lead.

📢 Job alert: The Department of Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies (FIGS) of @upenn.edu invites applications for part-time Lecturers to teach Elementary and Intermediate French courses. Details: apply.interfolio.com/190408 #languageteaching #teachingfrench #teachingjobs

📢 Job alert: The French section of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Cultures at the University of Amsterdam seeks to appoint a Lecturer in French Language and Culture (4-year fixed term). Deadline: 3 August. Details > werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... #Frenchstudies #teachingjobs

Forthcoming in August: "Ce que nous devons à Haïti : Réflexions philosophiques sur la justice réparatrice" by Magali Bessone @edladecouverte.bsky.social editionsladecouverte.fr/ce_que_nous_... #Haïti #HaitianStudies

Forthcoming in February 2027: "Magical Realism in Palestinian Literature and Folktale: Reading the Distorted Spaces of the Nakba" by Sanabel Abdel Rahman @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/magical-r... #magicalrealism #palestinianliterature

"Activist poetic translation is a practice of freedom, both freedom of speech, and the freedom to be constantly making new choices" - Great piece by Teresa Villa-Ignacio hopscotchtranslation.com/2026/07/14/w... #translation #MohammedKhaïrEddine #HocineTandjaoui #AnneMarieAlbiach #translationstudies

Why I Am an Activist Translator

Teresa Villa-Ignacio lays out the grounds on which she aspires to be an activist translator, while elucidating the social and literary conditions that make that work possible.

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Remembering the pioneering Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi, who would have turned 100 today. One of the most inspiring writers whose work continues to resonate with us. A few covers from different language editions of his seminal novel, "Le Passé simple" (1954) #DrissChraïbi @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

Appel à candidatures : Contrat doctoral dans le programme des études théâtrales en arabe @inalco.fr. Délai des candidatures : 30 juillet 2026. Détails > inalco.fr/institut/con... #théâtre #doctorat #contratdoctoral #étudesthéâtrales #theatrestudies #arabtheater #arabictheater #arabtheatre #inalco

The recent issue of the Journal of North African Studies includes both my review of Hélé Béji's "We, the Decolonized" @politybooks.bsky.social & Ninon Vessier's review of my monograph "Nostalgic Rebels" @livunipress.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/toc/fnas20/3... #bookreviews #NorthAfricanStudies

Passed away last Tuesday: Moroccan writer, journalist, and translator Abdeslam Touil. Born in 1963 near Asilah. Studied philosophy in Rabat. Worked as a teacher. Joined the Moroccan Writers Union in 1992. Contributed to local periodicals and published several cross-genre works.

On ambiguity in reading, awareness of one's own biases, and the virtues of humility and flexibility in the practice of #translation - Fascinating conversation between @annmorgan.bsky.social & the codirectors of @oxfordtranslates.bsky.social @rosschwa.bsky.social & @hollylangstaff.bsky.social

My brilliant translator @rosschwa.bsky.social introducing @annmorgan.bsky.social, the keynote speaker at this year's @oxfordtranslates.bsky.social, codirected by Ros and @hollylangstaff.bsky.social #translation #Oxfordtranslates #translationstudies #translator #translators

New book: "La Langue arabe en Europe: histoire de politiques linguistiques" by Tarek Abouelgamal (preface by Frédéric Lagrange) @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social - A study of Arabic language textbooks and the teaching of #Arabic in Europe (16th to 19th century) classiques-garnier.com/la-langue-ar...

Five months since the publication of the English translation of my second novel @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Deeply grateful to my translator @rosschwa.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the readers & reviewers. The photo is from the London book launch held on Feb. 5th at Veranda Books #VeniceRequiem

My colleague Alison James and I are delighted to host the 44th Annual 20th- & 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies International #Colloquium at UChicago on April 1–3, 2027. The call for papers on this year’s theme, “Space” is here: voices.uchicago.edu/ffsc - Deadline: September 15, 2026.

📢Job Alert: Stipendiary Lecturer in Early Modern French at @wadhamcollege.bsky.social. Application Deadline: July 6. Details: wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/s... #Frenchstudies #teachingjobs

Félicitations à Manel Belhadj Ali dont l'ouvrage "Le Romantisme français et la renaissance arabe" (UGA Editions, 2025) vient de remporter le Prix Diane Potier-Boès de l'Académie Française! www.uga-editions.com/menu-princip...

New volume: "La Question métisse et ses avatars contemporains", edited by Maria-Benedita Basto, Françoise Blum, Dorothée Boulanger, Martin Mourre #KarthalaEditions karthala.com/accueil/3681... #métissage

Forthcoming in September: "Sociologie des racismes" by Abdellali Hajjat (Armand Colin) www.dunod.com/histoire-geo...

📢Job Alert: The Amherst College Department of French invites applications for a full-time, TT position at the rank of assistant professor with a focus on 20th & 21st cent. French literature, culture, and media, starting on July 1, 2027 apply.interfolio.com/188484 #Frenchstudies #teachingjobs

Call for applications for a writing residency (February-April 2027) open to published authors residing in the African continent or Haiti. Deadline: July 31, 2026. Details: dianat.hypotheses.org/3962 #writingresidency #residencedecriture

Just published: "The Humanity of Others" by Moroccan scholar and philosopher Ali Benmakhlouf, translated by Jacob Levi @stanfordpress.bsky.social. The French original was released in 2023 by Albin Michel www.sup.org/books/theory... #Montaigne #AliBenmakhlouf #humanism #humanity

📢Job Alert: The School of Arts, English and Languages @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social seeks to appoint a Lecturer in French Studies. Application Closing Date: 6 July. Details: bit.ly/43TyMBx #Frenchstudies #Francophonestudies #teachingjobs

📣 Francosphères | Call for new Book Reviews Editor Join the Francosphères team to expand the book review scope. For more info & to apply, contact Anna-Louise Milne: anna-louise.milne@ulip.lon.ac.uk @openlibhums.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @khalidlym.bsky.social

My #novel "Venice Requiem", translated by @rosschwa.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social reviewed in "The Tablet" - "The entire book is a word-net woven by the author, flung into the waters over and over again in an attempt to catch hold of a desperate being" thetablet.co.uk/books/a-pass...

Last month, my novel "Venice Requiem", translated by @rosschwa.bsky.social and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social, was featured in the @irishtimes.com! Huge thanks to Catherine Taylor for her words! #VeniceRequiem #translation #novel #fictionintranslation

Passed away yesterday: French-Algerian writer & filmmaker Mehdi Charef. Born in Maghnia (1952), he moved to France at the age of 10. Known for his seminal novel "Le Thé au harem d'Archi Ahmed" (1983), adapted into a film (1985). His recent works are published by Editions Hors d'atteinte #MehdiCharef

Forthcoming in August: "Tunisian Literatures: Multilingual Realities, Genealogies, Testimonies" edited by Hanan Natour and Mohamed-Salah Omri @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social bloomsbury.com/uk/tunisian-... #Tunisianliterature

New collective volume: "Les Révoltes de la dignité : Résister dans les mondes arabes méditerranéens", edited by Leyla Dakhli and Laurence Dufresne-Aubertin @editionsduseuil.bsky.social www.seuil.com/ouvrage/les-...

Parisian friends, do not miss the launch of Venice Requiem at the Red Wheelbarrow bookshop next week (12 May 7pm). Author Khalid Lyamlahy will be in conversation with journalist Olivia Snaije.