Birkbeck, University of London. Poetry and Art. Passenger.
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I’m giving a talk about Victorian depictions of orchid collecting including imperial adventure fiction and satires of Joseph Chamberlain. This Wednesday 27th November at Birmingham uni. Details here:
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As I told @lexfridman, we are rapidly moving towards oligarchy.
Our economy has a greater concentration of ownership that at any time in history. A few large corporations control what is produced and the prices we pay.
The same thing is happening with our political system.
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This is what smallpox looks like. RFK Jr. wants to eliminate the smallpox vaccine. Good luck everyone. This is what you voted for.
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English researchers also contribute significantly to the economy. CCCU's English dept is the victim of the deeply skewed HE 'market' : young people flock to other depts which are bulging at the seams with English students, while this excellent dept is allowed to sink
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Check the stats before you dismiss this vital subject that trains its students in the essentials: communication skills, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. Its great strength is that it doesn't lead straight to one career - it leads to many.
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and salaries for English grads are some of the fastest-rising in the country, 4th to be precise. English grads are CEOs, work in finance, the civil service, business, as well as in the creative, cultural, education, and heritage sectors.
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The data relating to careers for English graduates tell a very different story to the comments generated by the story. Rates of graduate employment for Arts, Humanities, and Social sciences students are within 1% of Science grads,
Ana Parejo Vadillo retweeted
In case @telegraph readers are interested, this is a response to the story re @CanterbruyCCUni's decision to close its excellent English dept.
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El próximo sábado 16 de noviembre hacemos doblete en la Región de Murcia hablando de "La camisera de Manchester" de Margaret Harkness y las New Women.
Mañana: en @librostraperos con la editora Anaís Toboso y el traductor @GonzaloGMontoro; MU
Tarde: en La Montaña Mágica, CTGN
Ana Parejo Vadillo retweeted
Este sábado 16 tenemos cita con Margaret Harkness y el patrimonio literario europeo inédito, en @librostraperos (Murcia) a las 12h, y en librería La Montaña Mágica (Cartagena) a las 19h. Me acompañarán la editora de @ChamanEdiciones Anaís Toboso y el escritor Alberto Lucas 👇
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Stay with us in Lviv for a month to work on your documentation project. You’ll take part in our programme of institutional visits, internal seminars, public-facing events, and meetings with cultural workers and academics who are chronicling the ru war and Ukrainian resistance.
INDEX is delighted to announce our new programme: Visiting Scholar in Residence 💜
We invite academics, cultural practitioners, and journalists based in Ukraine or abroad who are involved in documenting the war to apply for monthly residencies in Lviv: bit.ly/4egRxSb
Tomorrow! Poetry Nouveau: Michael Field and the Art of the Book - Delaware Art Museum delart.org/event/zoom-talk-p…
All set for ‘Queer and Beautiful Books’ with me and Mark Samuels Lasner! Come if you are in the Delaware area. #MichaelField @UDelaware
If you are around tomorrow @UDelaware come to see me speak on Queer and Beautiful Books with the marvellous Mark Samuels Lasner #MichaelField @birkbeck_arts @BirkbeckC19 @birkbeck_ETC
