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News about travel writing studies and the (often) annual Borders and Crossings conference on travel writing

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Next Liverpool Travel Seminar – at Bluecoat, on 14 September 2024 – will be an opportunity to mark the foundational & ongoing contribution of Professor Tim Youngs to the field of studies in travel writing. Further details here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool…

Liverpool Travel Seminar

Marking the contribution of Tim Youngs to the field of studies in travel writing. Organised by LJMU's RILCH and Liverpool Hope University.

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This Thursday in Cambridge. 3.30pm. Alison Richard Building, S2. Hear Nic Watts & Sakina Karimjee on their recent graphic novel TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History. @CambridgeFames @CamEdFac @MMLL_Cambridge mmll.cam.ac.uk/news/events-s…
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Gary Totten@gary_totten9 Apr 2024
Coming fall 2024! – at Paradise, NV
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Indochine, histoire d'une colonie française : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture radiofrance.fr/franceculture…

Indochine, histoire d'une colonie française : un podcast à écouter en ligne

De la Cochinchine au Tonkin, c’est une histoire de prêtres en mission et de colons à la conquête de nouveaux marchés. C’est aussi l’histoire d'une lutte pour l’indépendance quand, avec Hô Chi Minh,...

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Fridge magnets can be cool aid to holiday memory recall, study finds | Memory | The Guardian theguardian.com/science/2024…

Fridge magnets can be cool aid to holiday memory recall, study finds

Some participants in Liverpool University survey said the travel mementoes were more important to them than photographs

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Student immigration restrictions will damage UK economy, universities say | International students | The Guardian theguardian.com/education/20…

Warnings of economic damage to UK as international student numbers fall by a third

University leaders accuse ministers of wanting to ‘diminish our success’ as figures show a plunge in visas issued to overseas students

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University of Kent proposes cuts to courses and jobs - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ke…

University of Kent proposes cuts to courses and jobs

A lecturer sets up a petition to fight plans to close nine courses with the loss of 58 jobs.

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English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? theguardian.com/commentisfre…

English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? |...

For fluent speakers, there are clear benefits – for others, there are huge costs. Here are some ways to boost linguistic justice, says lecturer Michele Gazzola

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Tim Hannigan@Tim_Hannigan5 Dec 2023
This was a lovely surprise at the end of a long day - #TheGraniteKingdom in excellent company on the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award shortlist. Thank you!
Stanfords@StanfordsTravel5 Dec 2023
The Edward Stanford Award 2024 Shortlist is finally here! Congratulations to all the incredible Authors that are Shortlisted for The Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award 🏆👏 @curlewcalls @leonmccarron @parfitt_tom @Tim_Hannigan @GhaithAbdulahad Alice Albinia
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‘The four centuries of slave trade shaped the spectre of racism and are woven into the fabric of global development’ theguardian.com/global-devel…

‘The four centuries of slave trade shaped the spectre of racism and are woven into the fabric of...

A lasting legacy of racism, oppression and colonialism is laid bare at a powerful exhibition in Cambridge. Confronting it can help us build a more equitable world

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Lloyd’s of London slavery review fails to settle heated question of reparations | Lloyd's | The Guardian theguardian.com/business/202…

Lloyd’s of London slavery review fails to settle heated question of reparations

Insurance market’s honesty is welcome, as is £12m programme to increase ethnic diversity in workplace, but more must be done

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I’m a university professor who’s fluent in English. My kids achieve top marks at school including in English. So is this MP saying that if he hears me in the street talking to my own kids in a language other than English, then we’re not integrated? We’re proud to be multilingual.
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@implausibleblog24 Oct 2023
Conservative MP Tom Hunt, "If you walk into your town center, people speaking English is almost a rarity" Sophy Ridge, "That's not what people find, come on" Tom Hunt, "Lots of people when they walk into their town centers across the country often feel that way"
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The woman who walked alone across the desert: what Robyn Davidson learned by risking everything theguardian.com/books/2023/o…

The woman who walked alone across the desert: what Robyn Davidson learned by risking everything

In her 20s, Davidson trekked 1,700 miles through the Australian wilderness. This led to the bestselling book Tracks and global fame. Half a century later she has written about what motivated her –...

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Dr Ross Cameron@ross_cmrn12 Oct 2023
My article on the promotion of Bosnia-Herzegovina as a tourist destination in pre-1914 Britain is out now in Journal of Tourism History - thanks to the editors and reviewers for the encouraging comments and to @sgsah for making this research possible! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

‘An Oriental Holiday’: constructing Bosnia and Herzegovina as a destination in British tourist...

This article challenges imagological historiography that contends Bosnia-Herzegovina represented a no-go zone for British tourists before the First World War because of its reputation for cultural ...

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Tim Hannigan@Tim_Hannigan6 Oct 2023
Nice to finish the working week by signing a book contract - next project confirmed! I'll be spending the weekend looking at maps old and new, making a new shelf space and dreaming of dusting off my walking boots and backpack sometime next spring...
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Tim Hannigan@Tim_Hannigan3 Sep 2023
Hugely enjoyed @parfitt_tom's High Caucasus - a proper travel book about a grand journey, full of encounters, voices and stories. Highly recommended.
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Walter Rodney and the Question of Power – Verso versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/n…

Walter Rodney and the Question of Power: C.L.R James

See all of our Walter Rodney reading, including the new edition of his seminal work, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, which is available to preorder at 30% off here. Walter Rodney was murdered by...

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Very sorry to learn about the death of Kenneth White. Colleagues at @UofGSMLC still remembered his time in French dept when I taught there in 1990s. I first discovered his work when I was writing my PhD on Victor Segalen, of whom Kenneth was such an insightful reader.
Norman Bissell@nbissell13 Aug 2023
I’m very sorry to inform you that Kenneth White, the Scottish poet and thinker who originated the theory-practice of geopoetics, has died peacefully at his home on the north coast of Brittany on the evening of Friday 11 August 2023. It is hard to take in such a great loss... 1/5
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Africa-UK research partnerships must aspire to more than “equity” | Wonkhe wonkhe.com/blogs/africa-uk-r…

Africa-UK research partnerships must aspire to more than “equity”

A new Africa charter for transformative research collaboration challenges global North universities to look at their preconceptions about international research engagement. Isabella Aboderin explains

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Excellent opportunity to come & work with @livunilanguages as Lecturer in French & Francophone Studies. Seeking research interests in languages, cultures & societies of French-speaking world, combined with proven expertise in translation studies. Feel free to DM if any questions.
SFPS@SFPS_UK28 Jul 2023
Vacancy - lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, University of Liverpool. jobs.ac.uk/job/DBQ004/lectur…
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