Author copies! It’s great to see The Collective Voice in the flesh.
Matthew Taunton
@matthewtaunton.bsky.social
Professor of Modern Literature and Director of Research in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing at UEA. Editor of Critical Quarterly. “The Collective Voice” is forthcoming with Stanford UP. Literature & Politics.
British universities are now gripped by the ultimate madness. Some unis are bankrupting everyone else accepting students they can't even take and have to leave in limbo... While putting everyone on redundancy notice! It's crazed. Still no-one will intervene. thetab.com/2026/08/24/u...
University of Exeter offers deferred places following shortage of student accommodation
The university said it has not been able to offer accommodation to all students
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Edit MSA's incredible journal!!!
Modernist Studies Association (MSA)@moderniststudies.bsky.social · 2mo agoModernism/modernity is looking for a new co-editor! Could this be you? If you're interested, applications are due Nov. 16. It's a four-year term, and you'll be working with one of the current editors. More info about how to apply here: @mmodernity.bsky.social
I'm planning on having students do more in-class writing in both my freshman and upper-level classes. If you are too, let's share prompts? Here are some of mine that I'm tinkering with:
It exists! Publication day in the UK of ARRESTING ECOLOGIES: GLOBAL LITERATURE ACROSS AIR, LAND, AND SEA, 1926-2014. Available everywhere for preorder with discount code AUFLY30 at Oxford UP WEBSITE; digital edition available now at all libraries with Oxford academic subscriptions.
I'm excited to say it's up and official! Please write if you have any questions or interest in writing a short monograph for the "Periodicals and Print Matter" strand of the Cambridge Elements Publishing and Book Culture series. I'd love to hear from you! www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
Nice haul of old Critical Quarterlies from Loose’s today 😍
Princeton University Press has a 50% off sale, lasting until the 9th of June. It covers most of their catalogue. If anyone is interested, it includes a few of my own books:
This is a great opportunity to join our school as a postdoc, and to work on m'colleague Tommy Karshan's AHRC-funded project 'Beyond the Essay: Creative-Critical Teaching'. Spread the word, and apply! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRJ527/s...
Senior Research Associate at University of East Anglia
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My new book "The Collective Voice" is forthcoming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in November. I'll post more about it soon, but it's exciting to see that it now has a web page! www.sup.org/books/litera...
The Collective Voice | Stanford University Press
While collective speech can seem a disparate set of practices—from prayers to protest chants, and from football songs to oaths of allegiance and national anthems—Matthew Taunton argues that we can thi...
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'Until 2015, when an article appeared in his local newspaper claiming he was about to win the equivalent of a Nobel prize or Fields medal, Montaclair was an unremarkable teaching instructor who liked to write fantasy books, many about vampires, in his spare time.' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize
Authorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky
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Awful to hear. We need these subjects, and the people who teach and reasearch in them, more than ever.
Owen Davies@odavies9.bsky.social · 5mo agoAye. Heard today that my university is closing UG History, Philosophy, English Lit, Linguistics, and Creative Writing in one go.
This is a great opportunity to join our school as a postdoc, and to work on m'colleague Tommy Karshan's AHRC-funded project 'Beyond the Essay: Creative-Critical Teaching'. Spread the word, and apply! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRJ527/s...
Senior Research Associate at University of East Anglia
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This will be the most significant outcome of Thursday. Labour’s defeat will matter & losing London get a lot of coverage. But long term, anti-Union parties in power in all 3 devolved nations & Unionism represented by, in essence, an English ethnonationalist party will intensify deep instability.
Rafael Behr@rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn Thursdays elections, a Labour party without a heartland and the danger of a UK-busting feedback loop if Farage is allowed to be the face of staying in the union. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great opportunity to work with us at UEA as a post doc! And to work on the on the exciting AHRC-funded project, "Beyond the Essay: Creative-Critical Teaching", led by my colleage Tommy Karshan: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/21...
Senior Research Associate (RA2392) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate (RA2392) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Arts and Humanities (HUM) School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing (L...
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In 1927, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston bumped into each other in Mobile, Alabama. From there, they took a road trip through the South home to Harlem. Over the next month, I will be retracing their tour. You can follow my progress on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/langstonandz...
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Introducing the Tommy Robinson fans, conspiracy theorists, and far-right activists standing for Reform in Norfolk. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/23/i...
Introducing the Tommy Robinson fans, conspiracy theorists, and far-right activists standing for Reform in Norfolk – HOPE not hate
In yet another triumph for Reform UK’s “common sense” vetting procedure – which the party’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf has described as “the best”...
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Fascinating discussion on New Books Network, between Amanda Anderson and Simon During, around their book “Humanities Theory” (from the new OUP “Literature & Politics” book series) newbooksnetwork.com/humanities-t...
Amanda Anderson and Simon During, "Humanities Theory" (Oxford UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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Fascinating discussion on New Books Network, between Amanda Anderson and Simon During, around their book “Humanities Theory” (from the new OUP “Literature & Politics” book series) newbooksnetwork.com/humanities-t...
Amanda Anderson and Simon During, "Humanities Theory" (Oxford UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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