Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
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Principal Academic in Communications & English Kazuo Ishiguro | memory | nostalgia | science fiction | robot carers | dementia | film | contemporary literature he/him Views own http://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/yteo
Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
Deadline extended to 16 November!
@asle-us.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @advancesjournal.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @bacls.bsky.social
Lilac top border with text saying βcall for chaptersβ. Below is an image of southern hemisphere of the globe drawn in swirling blue and brown lines. Text below reads βCompanion to International Comics Studiesβ.
#AcademicSky Please share this call for #ComicsStudies chapters for our proposed Companion to International Comics Studies as widely as possible. Full details here ow.ly/5vY050XipXT and deadline for proposals is 31 Jan 2026.
Many congratulations, Dom! π So pleased for you! ππΌ Great news
I'm going to be speaking online on the topic of 'Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities' for the Literature and Science Forum on Wed 2nd July, 5pm BST: literaturesa.co.uk/about-us
Lovely photos! π
Fantastic to meet you too Barbara π Likewise!
Same here, Dom! Sorry I had to leave earlier to catch my train. Sad to miss your paper!
Thank you to @carowintersgill.bsky.social @heavenforfend.bsky.social and @bacls.bsky.social conference team for organising a brilliant event. Thanks @barbarafranchi.bsky.social for chairing our Ishiguro panel & @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @drdominicdean.bsky.social Iain MacRury for great questions!
Had a wonderful time at the @bacls.bsky.social What Happens Now conference at Stirling University last week, finding solidarity with colleagues at this difficult time for English & humanities. Chaired a fantastic panel on Global English @agnes555.bsky.social @rsazzad.bsky.social & Tara Senanayake
In tribute to NgΕ©gΔ© wa Thiongβo (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of his articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive, each introduced by @flostadt.bsky.socialβ¬, Deputy Chair and Trustee of Wasafiri.
Read & access here:
BACLS WHN 2025: Conference Registration now open!
The registration for the BACLS βWhat Happens Now?β Conference taking place 10th June β 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...
World Literature Podcast Parts 2 & 3 on the 20th Anniversary of the publication of Kazuo Ishiguroβs Never Let Me Go with me and Laura Colombino, and hosted by Ivan Stacy, is now available on their YouTube channel youtu.be/1vILMft2DkQ?...
#ishiguro #kazuoishiguro #neverletmego #faber
Kazuo Ishiguroβs Never Let Me Go turned 20 in March, and I was kindly invited, together with Laura Colombino, to participate in Ivan Stacyβs World Literature Podcast to discuss the novel and some themes that have developed in that time. Part 1 here: youtu.be/Ttsz-Vt2MbE?... #ishiguro #neverletmego
Front Cover of Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities edited by Gavin Miller, Anna McFarlane and Donna McCormack
NOW OUT! Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, ed. by me, @mariettarosetta.bsky.social, and Donna McCormack. @edinburghup.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @the-polyphony.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5f6x94se
A copy of the book The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities
I just received my copy of The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, feat. a lengthy introduction my @drgavinmiller.bsky.social and I, and a chapter on pregnancy from me. #medicalhumanities #sf #sciencefiction #disabilitystudies
π’Exciting opportunity: @c21literature.bsky.social is seeking a new editor for a three-year term, to start on 19th May 2025
C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.
More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793/
If anyone would be interested in joining me and Sandro in proposing a panel on scholarly fields & literature - transhistorical - for the BSLS 2024 Conference in Birmingham do get in touch! MedHum, EnvHum, or any other approaches welcome. Deadline is in two weeks