If you are even remotely interested in populism, don't miss out the book launch of @emmyeklundh.bsky.social's excellent new book: Europe's populist condition
It's a brilliant addition to the literature which really unsettles many of the preconceptions about the concept and its potential
Some of the best moments in academia happen in conversations with other researchers. ✨
In my latest post, I reflect on a recent workshop I did for @unibern and the importance of communicating sociolinguistic research more widely.
Read it here:
vickyloras.substack.com/p/i-dont-wan...
Yes, thank you so much. It works nicely.
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Scientific paper published in PubMed. Heading: Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it. Authors: Rebekah C White et all. Autism, 2018 May. For those curious, here's the original paper: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053878/1/Personification%20in%20autism_final%20accepted.pdf
Nobel Prize For Titles. Right away.
Got a new article out today in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social. It's about the ways in which the music press constructed race in late 20c Britain. Open access so do share it around!
Thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk and @uniofreading.bsky.social for supporting the research.
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Even *if* machines could do these jobs better than humans, why would we want them to? If we outsource intellectual curiosity and critical thinking to machines, what is left of the human?
As one of my students frequently tells me, “unbridled convenience rots the soul”
This is an *excellent* opportunity for students interested in refugee/migration issues in political philosophy
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Pleased to see the ebook publication of 'Discourse Approaches to Gendered Violence' with Brill. My chapter (no. 10) explores how users of the manosphere discursively downplay and justify violence against women and girls.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Delighted that our article analysing the forms and functions of Trump’s shrug gestures has been nominated for the ICA Visual Communication Studies Division’s “Outstanding Journal Article of the Year” award. The article is published in Visual Communication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
We've got a new episode coming very soon and it's a really special one that has been kicked off and then carried out by two A level Eng Lang students. It's all about the language of & about neurodiversity, especially autism, and it features an interview with @jessaiston.bsky.social
Coming soon!
I get that, totally. One tip is to not get rid of the research that you do on your great ideas; they could turn into terrific journal articles down that road after your PhD. 💡
I will also fight against the extremes in politics on the right and the left, parties who want to tear our country apart.
This is why polarisation is such an unhelpful term as it encourages this kind of horseshoe theorising
Starmer's vision may sound grownup but it's one where politics should be in between democracy and authoritarianism, racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights and fascism and anti-fascism
Enjoy your weekend as well. 💚
Oooo. Thank you, Michael!
That is the exact story of how my PhD progressed. It changed course repeatedly. I had so many interests and they were all so exciting! :) Yours will fall into place. 😁
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We want the humans to grind
We want the engines to sing
We want machines to be human
We want humans to be machines
Can anyone help me? #postdoc #gradschool #gradlife
In this chapter we draw on 410 personal experience narratives to pin down the structural and discursive characteristics of the 'positive migrant storytelling canon' that dominates UK migrant advocacy. The book is free to download!
📢New chapter: Emotion talk in UK parliamentary debates on migration
I look at the rhetorical use of explicit references to pride & gratitude, shame & regret, fear & tolerance
Free to download: www.peterlang.com/document/147...
Hello, Immigration scholars:
Do you have references to academic papers/ books that are not about legal status itself but about the *process* of trying to access a more permanent status from a position of legal liminality?
I'm writing on this & found very little. Could that actually be the case?
John Oliver and team do a great job here of explaining how Twitter/X is a cesspool and why you shouldn’t go anywhere near it. Only thing it misses is new research showing that its right-biased algorithm “works” in that it shifts users’ views rightward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...
I have a question for anyone who can help and has personal experience: has anyone on here done a distance postdoc? I know they are rare, but I'd like to hear any insights. I really appreciate any information!
Sharing this article for anyone interested:
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"Fascism is not born overnight. It is relentless and creeps through society, systems, laws, and more over time. Black anti-fascists have played the long game, trying to check the creep of fascism at every turn, knowing that if left unchecked, humanity will enter some truly dark days"
I’m thrilled to see this forum published! Many thanks to @migrantherstory.bsky.social for her leadership on this project. My contribution focuses on the impact of Wong Kim Ark and family formation. More details about the other fantastic essays in this thread 👇🏽
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In 1975-1977, the Swedish Government carried out an official investigation into the future of electronic music. Where is this kind of leadership today I ask
DEI for all, DEI forever
Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration truthout.org/articles/jou...
