One never forgets one's first loves
š Albert Camus's L'Ćtranger from an archival perspective
š Newly out in the latest issue of the Journal of Camus Studies
Starting the year in kindness and uttermost Britishness
#booksky
The 2026 Festival programme is now available and tickets are going FAST!
Browse our inspiring (mostly free) events and book your tickets today. Donāt miss world-class speakers, performances, guided tours, family-friendly activities and more.
yorkfestivalofideas.com #YorkIdeas
Three days to go to our #York Festival of Ideas event in collaboration with @commapress.bsky.social!
šVoices of Resistance: Diaries from Gaza - Readings with the author Sondos Sabra
šSaturday 6th June 11am-12pm #UoY
šļøBook your ticket: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026/calenda...
#YorkIdeas #UniofYork
š§ With La breve vita di Lukas Santana (La Nave di Teseo, 2023) now in German and Vergine Giurata (Feltrinelli, 2007) in Spanish, Italo-Albanian #author Elvira Dones reflects on her craft and on our times.
š #booksky #literature #LetteraturaItaliana #Albania
š§This week the euterpeproject.eu has launched its #Podcast Library!
Listen to my conversation with Prof. Kimberly Campanello #UniOfLeeds on transnational belongings, #translation and writing here: euterpeproject.eu/podcast-library-1/kimberly-campanello
#academicsky #booksky #writingcommunity
š It's always useful to refect on the notion of "discovery" - by whom, and in which context, "discoveries" or "new findings" take place?
Did Science Finally Find the Meridians?
open.substack.com/pub/flowingz...
The story of US intervention is a story of suffering, misery and chaos. How many more catastrophic failures will it take before we learn the lesson?
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on the illegal invasion of Venezuela.
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/star...
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Award-winning translator Lara Vergnaud offers a tongue-in-cheek guide for translators in search of a publisher. Read āA Primer on Pitching Translation (or Why We Should Throw Books at the Evil Machines)" on WWB:
Hear readings from Voices of Resistance, a powerful collection of diaries from four Gazan women, and join in the discussion with one of the writers, the editor and local Palestinian figures.
This year's PGR prize for the Arts and Humanities goes to @aliceflinta.bsky.social, Centre for Women's Studies and @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social š
Aliceās PhD research on transnational womenās literature in Europe has fostered interdisciplinary academic collaborations and creative public engagement š
Keir Starmerās evasiveness towards Donald Trumpās assault on Venezuela is a clarifying example of Britainās āspecial relationshipā of unthinking submission to the White Houseās interests.
Very pleased to announce the winners of this yearās Open Research Awards, celebrating innovation, advocacy and good practice in open research across all disciplines at York! šš
We will post about each our 9 awardees over the course of the week. You can read a summary of their projects on the wiki š
