Louise Earnshaw

Thank you! And thank you for all your support throughout the project, it has deeply enriched it and I am very grateful for your generous engagement!

Delighted to share that I passed my PhD viva today! Thank you to my examiners, Professor Heather Jones and Professor Claire Eldridge, for their rigorous engagement with my work, and to my supervisors, Professor Ingrid Sharp and Dr Alexia Moncrieff, for all of their support. #PhDone

So grateful for Ingrid’s inspiring feminist leadership — and very lucky to have her as a supervisor. Excited to carry her legacy forward on the W+IGS committee. 💜

Looking forward to Professor Jones’ #postgraduate workshop on #impact! Join me and Lara to learn how to make your research matter beyond academia. 🌟

Register for the conference here: womeningermanstudies.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/w...

@leedscitylanguages.bsky.social have a packed full programme of events across #Leeds celebrating #languages and #multilingualism in our city.

Check our the full programme here to learn more about the fantastic range of events on offer:
leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/

W+IGS are saddened to hear today's announcement of the University of Nottingham's plans to close all modern language degrees.

Read our joint statement, written together with our colleagues at #AGS and the #GLA on the AGS website:
ags.ac.uk/statement-on...

Battle of Holbeck Moor, Leeds, UK (1936):
30,000 anti-fascists with red flags and trade union banners turfed out Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who'd hoped to foment hatred against Jewish immigrant workers in the area.
#riots #FarageRiots #history #Fascism

Unsurprised, but disappointed, to see that Newnham College's JRFs are being defined as explicitly trans-exclusionary: newn.cam.ac.uk/research/res...

Congratulations Molly!

Join me and the other #PGR and #ECA reps at @wigsblog.bsky.social and @ags-gbi.bsky.social online TOMORROW (17th June), 5-6pm to hear about careers outside academia open open to PhD graduates.
Free to attend and all welcome!
Register here for the link to join: shorturl.at/KdDL7

White background with the following text: AGS and W+IGS 'Careers Beyond Academia' Roundtable Discussion When: Tuesday 17th June 2025 Time: 5-6pm Where: Microsoft Teams; Register via Eventbrite for the link! In the centre there is the AGS and W+IGS logos.

📣 Calling all #PGR and #ECA members!
Curious about where a German Studies PhD can take you beyond academia?
Join your reps Louise, Lara, and Liza — along with our friends at @ags-gbi.bsky.social — on Tuesday 17th June to hear from three PhD graduates who’ve built exciting careers outside academia.

It’s a bio-secure pig research facility so I waved hello from afar! 🐖

What a lovely spot for a writing retreat! Thanks to the organisers for creating the space to deep dive into writing, and to the funders for making it possible!

✨There's still time to submit your abstract for our Special Issue! ✨
If you're a #PGR or #ECA working on #Emotions in the #FirstWorldWar please do get in touch!
We're a team of PGRs who want to build something genuinely collaborative and offer diverse perspectives and fresh voices-- join us!

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

See also the letters from:
-Historians For Trans Rights (tinyurl.com/879vuver)
-Gender & Sexuality Research Centres (docs.google.com/document/d/e...)
-Feminist Academics and Educators (docs.google.com/document/d/e...)

In my role as PGR Rep, I'm proud to share the below statement from W+IGS and stand with all those advocating for inclusivity in academia.

As a non-binary PhD student, W+IGS has always been a welcoming space where I feel supported and valued.
#SupportTransScholars #InclusiveAcademia

In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...

#TransRights

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Excited to share a #CfP for a collaborative special issue exploring empathy during and after the #FWW!
Especially keen to hear from #PGRs & #ECAs and non-European perspectives! 🌍
Deadline for Abstracts 15 May 2025.
Please do get in touch if you’re interested/have any questions!