In "Threadbare Politics: Feminist T-Shirts as Queer Media," Catherine A. Evans argues that T-shirts are, indeed, media, centering activist Kipp Dawson’s collection of over 250 political shirts. @caevans.bsky.social Read for free now! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

Including an article on "REF Impact and the Discipline of Modern Languages" that is worth a read.

Modern Humanities Research Association@themhra.bsky.social · 2w ago

📚The latest issue of the Modern Language Review is out! Issue 121.3 features articles by Peter Zusi, Vanessa Lim, Robin Jarvis, Peter Mahoney, and Katherine Astbury, Fiona Barclay, Ashley Harris & Nina Parish, alongside Book Reviews. Access via @projectmuse.bsky.social 👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/57193

We are looking for someone to help with recruitment for a small PEACEPLUS project we are running this summer in the Mournes. Please share! www.kitabna.org/jobs.html

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42.1 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out! A special issue on "Arts and Culture of Resistance in Portuguese-Speaking Africa: 50 Years of Independence", edited by Lurdes Macedo, Tom Stennett, and Elísio Macamo. ToC: www.mhra.org.uk/publications... @themhra.bsky.social

Our next free online training session Working with Press and Media is on Wednesday 22 July. Connect your research to wider audiences, learn how to pitch to press and media, create press releases, and more! Book here: https://bit.ly/4vPovCD

Colleagues at the University of Exeter need your support! ✍️ Sign the petition: c.org/yKcx6Zr29H The University of Exeter is to cut about 150 staff. The proposed reduction is almost exclusively focused on roles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, among them Modern Languages and English.

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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One of my favourite funding schemes! We are offering up to £300k for international interdisciplinary research on the theme of mobilities - the movement of people, things and ideas. Apply by 7 October. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

A quick overview of why we are taking industrial action, the current status of our fight, and how you can support those taking action. #UoN #UniversityOfNottingham #UCU #UoNUCU #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

Permanent, full-time Lectureship in Digital Culture and Society at UCL. Closing date 28 June www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Fantastic 5-year postdoc opportunity at the University of Cologne in Debora Gerstenberger’s ERC project on the history of computing in Latin America. jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader Edited by Aswin Punathambekar, Adrienne Shaw and Jonathan Gray "Explores how digitalization has transformed global media entertainment and the making of popular cultures" nyupress.org/978147983516...

Planet Digital

Explores how digitalization has transformed global media entertainment and the making of popular culturesIn the three decades since the rise of the global in...

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🗺️ New interactive language map from our @LIFELANGS Living Observatory! Ever wondered what languages are spoken in your area? Our interactive map, based on census data (2021 NISRA & 2022 CSO) shows languages other than English or Irish by county. antoinrodgers.shinyapps.io/lifelangs/

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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Three Lectureships (full time, fixed term for 24 months) in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester Apply by 3 June 2026 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

THREE LECTURERS IN DIGITAL MEDIA AND CULTURE (TEACHING & SCHOLARSHIP):Oxford Road

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"Textualidades en tránsito" Blog post about "Literaturas latinoamericanas en transición 1980-2018", published by Editorial Universitaria Villa María (Eduvim) in Argentina and edited by Mónica Szurmuk & Debra Castillo, in which I have a chapter about Brazilian memes www.eduvim.com.ar/literaturas-...

Literaturas latinoamericanas en transición (1980–2018)

Análisis de las literaturas latinoamericanas entre 1980 y 2018 y sus nuevas formas culturales.

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EVENT: 11th Amazon Film Festival 27-31 May 2026 in London www.cinebrazil.org/amazonfilmfe...

Exhibition about the “Cartas Indígenas ao Brasil” (Indigenous Letters to Brazil) project opens at the museum of the Supreme Federal Court in Brasília.

REBRAC - Rede Europeia de Brasilianistas de Análise Cultural@rebracweb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Exposição no STF reúne cartas indígenas de cinco séculos e valoriza memória dos povos originários" noticias.stf.jus.br/postsnoticia...

Coming soon from EDUVIM (Argentina): "Literaturas latinoamericanas en transición (1980-2018)", Spanish version of the final volume of "Latin American Literature in Transition", ed. by Mónica Szurmuk & the late Debra Castillo. Includes my chapter on memes in Brazil. www.eduvim.com.ar/producto/lit...

PREVENTA: Literaturas latinoamericanas en transición (1980-2018) - Eduvim

LIBRO EN PREVENTA EXCLUSIVA DESDE EL 07/04/2026 AL 21/04/2026. SE ENTREGA A PARTIR DEL 05/05/2026.¿Cómo abordar lo literario hoy? ¿Qué […]

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A thought-provoking read. "Literary Studies Inside Out: Notes Toward Critical University Press Studies", by Rebecca Colesworthy (open access) muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

More people are watching podcasts and more thought is going into visual elements of this audio format than ever.

More people are watching podcasts – how The Harry Hill Show could signal the backward-looking future of the medium

More people are watching podcasts and more thought is going into visual elements of this audio format than ever.

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CFP, XXXII Visible Evidence conference "Democracy, audiovisual culture and obsolete media: building archive networks", December 8–11 2026, São Paulo, Brazil Deadline for submissions: March 31 2026 necs.org/news/calls-f...

"Talks under way on direct flights between Ireland and Brazil" www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Talks on direct flights between Ireland and Brazil

Talks are under way on paving the way for direct flights between Ireland and Brazil.

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I love the New Books Network podcasts, and many thanks to Miranda Melcher for interviewing me about my new one: _The Inattention Economy: How women of color build the internet_ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Lisa Nakamura,

Podcast Episode · New Books in Science, Technology, and Society · March 18 · 44m

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Call for papers: International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) conference, UFF, Niterói, Brazil, 6-10 July 2026 ("Where the zueira never ends.") Submission deadline: March 27, 2026 "Niterói will be the epicenter of humor studies for a week." ishs2026.org

Short-term savings, long-term national loss? When university “financial sustainability and future success” harms UK economic growth and diplomacy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Leicester to cut film and modern languages courses

A union claims up to 300 students will see offers withdrawn as a result of the decision.

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And now: another Brazilian film coming to the Queen's Film Theatre in April (this really doesn't usually happen that often!) O último azul/The Blue Trail directed by Gabriel Mascaro Showing: 17 April 2026 until 23 April 2026 queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/The...

The Blue Trail showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.

Set in near-future Brazil, Gabriel Mascaro’s wondrous adventure of a defiant elder fleeing an ageist society is a life affirming boat-movie that manages laughs and warmth in the face of calamity.

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REMINDER: SLAS Research Development Award 2026: Up to £10,000 for significant research projects in Latin American Studies. Support for fieldwork, archive visits and workshops. 📅 Deadline: 20 March 26 ✅ SLAS members 4+ years post-PhD APPLY HERE: www.slasuk.org/research-dev...

SLAS Research Development Award | SLAS

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Interesting PhD studentship in the Netherlands, part of a project on 'Women Building Cities' focused on Latin America and using a participatory approach, including audiovisual participatory methods. Requires Spanish + prior experience of Latin American cities. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQV739/p...

PhD Position in Women Building Cities at Radboud University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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#RPVBooks I loved Christina M. Jimenez’s “Making an Urban Public” because not only is it a social history of Morelia, but also it shows us a different way of looking at the role of the public in shaping public policies at the city level through petitions. Fantastic book.

"Um dia antes do Oscar, o Vitória, time de coração do ator Wagner Moura, decidiu homenageá-lo na escalação, uniformes e até na bandeira de escanteio. O clube escalou titulares e reservas com nomes de personagens da carreira do baiano" www.uol.com.br/esporte/fute...

Capitão Nascimento e Pablo Escobar: Vitória celebra Wagner Moura no Oscar

Um dia antes do Oscar, o Vitória, time de coração do ator Wagner Moura, decidiu homenageá-lo na escalação, uniformes e até na bandeira de escanteio.O clube escalou titulares e reservas com nomes de pe...

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