Borders and Crossings

News about travel writing studies and the (often) annual Borders and Crossings conference on travel writing

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

Next Liverpool Travel Seminar – at Bluecoat, on 14 September 2024 – will be an opportunity to mark the foundational & ongoing contribution of Professor Tim Youngs to the field of studies in travel writing.

Further details here:

https://t.co/6937DY6ItJ

[Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social @charlesforsdick]

This Thursday in Cambridge. 3.30pm. Alison Richard Building, S2. Hear Nic Watts & Sakina Karimjee on their recent graphic novel TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History. @CambridgeFames @CamEdFac @MMLL_Cambridge

https://t.co/ErEGgnhlTP

[Gary Totten @gary_totten]

Coming fall 2024!

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

Indochine, histoire d'une colonie française : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture https://t.co/2Pkb2RFzL2

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

Fridge magnets can be cool aid to holiday memory recall, study finds | Memory | The Guardian https://t.co/snOAyvd74h

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

@MOzarska We are afraid there will be no Borders in 2024, although the conference has often been biennial in the past. We are still open for offers for hosting in 2025 and subsequent years.

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

The excellent @CrossingsAnd conference 2023 in Łódź ended with a trip to Łowicz Skansen. Many thanks to organisers & presenters for ensuring another fascinating series of exchanges around travel & mobility. We’ll share news of subsequent conferences in due course. #bcul2023

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

Student immigration restrictions will damage UK economy, universities say | International students | The Guardian https://t.co/dnn0lICTuX

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

University of Kent proposes cuts to courses and jobs - BBC News https://t.co/wSSRzJCB2J

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? https://t.co/Z60GBNMWqQ

[Tim Hannigan @Tim_Hannigan]

This was a lovely surprise at the end of a long day - #TheGraniteKingdom in excellent company on the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award shortlist. Thank you!

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

‘The four centuries of slave trade shaped the spectre of racism and are woven into the fabric of global development’ https://t.co/nO8jI1gScC

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

Lloyd’s of London slavery review fails to settle heated question of reparations | Lloyd's | The Guardian https://t.co/bAL5fCXPjr

[Prof Nisreen Alwan 🌻 @Dr2NisreenAlwan]

I’m a university professor who’s fluent in English. My kids achieve top marks at school including in English. So is this MP saying that if he hears me in the street talking to my own kids in a language other than English, then we’re not integrated? We’re proud to be multilingual.

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

The woman who walked alone across the desert: what Robyn Davidson learned by risking everything https://t.co/7vs2bDcKos

[Dr Ross Cameron @ross_cmrn]

My article on the promotion of Bosnia-Herzegovina as a tourist destination in pre-1914 Britain is out now in Journal of Tourism History - thanks to the editors and reviewers for the encouraging comments and to @sgsah for making this research possible!

https://t.co/HzDKfqjgOj

[Tim Hannigan @Tim_Hannigan]

Nice to finish the working week by signing a book contract - next project confirmed!
I'll be spending the weekend looking at maps old and new, making a new shelf space and dreaming of dusting off my walking boots and backpack sometime next spring...

[Tim Hannigan @Tim_Hannigan]

Hugely enjoyed @parfitt_tom's High Caucasus - a proper travel book about a grand journey, full of encounters, voices and stories. Highly recommended.

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

Walter Rodney and the Question of Power – Verso https://t.co/jlxmvsiMFl

[Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social @charlesforsdick]

Very sorry to learn about the death of Kenneth White. Colleagues at @UofGSMLC still remembered his time in French dept when I taught there in 1990s. I first discovered his work when I was writing my PhD on Victor Segalen, of whom Kenneth was such an insightful reader.

[Borders and Crossings @CrossingsAnd]

Africa-UK research partnerships must aspire to more than “equity” | Wonkhe https://t.co/QPYwI8yYNj