Mathilde Poizat-Amar

Lecturer in French Studies @UniKentSECL | writes on modern & contemporary literature, travel literature

[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

[Carl Thompson @DrCT1]

Interested in travel writing from minority traditions (Welsh, Gaelic, Breton etc)? Or in new, emergent forms and modes of travel writing (online, in graphic form, etc)? Join us for an exciting workshop in Clermont Ferrand in November: https://t.co/xyktNvCX2h
Please RT!!

[UniKentLanguages @LanguagesUni]

University of Kent proposes cuts to courses and jobs https://t.co/keAnTipGrf

[Mathilde Poizat-Amar @mpoizatamar]

Please consider reading and signing the petition below. Long live the Arts and the Humanities, and shame on you, Kent.
https://t.co/OX8Bxo9H07

[Mathilde Poizat-Amar @mpoizatamar]

The University of Kent is threatening to close 10 of its Departments: Philosophy, Philosophy & Religion, Modern Languages, Comparative Literature, Linguistics, Journalism, Art History, Music & Audio Technology, Journalism, Health and Social Care.

[Mathilde Poizat-Amar @mpoizatamar]

I've had such a pleasure teaching bright, curious, and capable students who have turned their skills into gold after they graduated. Thinking that the next generation of students will be bereft of the same opportunities is enraging.

[UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social @UCFLangs]

.@UCFLangs is deeply concerned by news that @UniKent is considering restructuring or closing multiple humanities departments, including modern languages. We urge management to consider how it can maintain languages provision, & offer our support & advice to design a way forward.

[Uni of Kent UCU @UoK_UCU]

@UniKent have ripped up an agreement with the @ucu branch, but we can still prevent compulsory redundancies - please sign & share our petition:

https://t.co/3xoAxpfBf8

[Mathilde Poizat-Amar @mpoizatamar]

@GaborGelleri @UniKent Thanks Gabor

[Dr Ross Cameron @ross_cmrn]

The 2023 Borders and Crossings conference programme is out now: https://t.co/5MDzivyNqn

Plenty of time to sign up to attend in-person in Łódź (pictured below) or online for panels on de-colonial journeys, maritime voyages, constructing Central and Eastern Europe and more!

[James Connolly @DrJamesConnolly]

My department is recruiting a Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies! https://t.co/6nw22dj1bk

See the Word document at the bottom for more specifics.

[Caoilte Ó Ciardha @CaoilteOCiardha]

Posturing on "who's tougher on crime X" is antithetical to constructive conversations on what works to prevent crime.

@UKLabour can't be blind to how this feeds false narratives linking ethnicity to sexual offending. You've even added a darkening filter. Be better than this!

[REMERA @AmarEmmanuelle]

Pour nier la réalité, une obstétricienne assure que des bébés n'ont pas la malformation diagnostiquée par des experts du @CHUdeLyon (publi à l'appui) et ajoute qu'un article scientifique ne vaut rien, circulez. Et il suffirait de le dire?
Les temps ont changé, Madame.

[Mathilde Poizat-Amar @mpoizatamar]

@aliciaandrz @Momademia Thanks a lot for sharing. That was beautifully written

[Mathilde Poizat-Amar @mpoizatamar]

@alekscichocka @KentPsychology Timing of classes really makes a difference in attendance level. We surveyed undergrad students in the Division of Arts and Humanity to know more about reasons behind non-attendance. Top 1 reason given (far, far before any others, such as social anxiety): classes are too early.

[Dr Ross Cameron @ross_cmrn]

CfP: Borders and Crossings: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Travel Writing (Łódź, 5-7 July 2023)

We welcome abstracts on travel writing, tourism and much more!

Follow the link for the full call for papers and further information 👇 https://t.co/1XxqbN0Anp

[Mathilde Poizat-Amar @mpoizatamar]

@GaborGelleri Falafel! (As des falafels, rue des Rosiers)

[Gábor Gelléri now on BlSk @GaborGelleri]

Last but not least in this panel is @KinsleyZoe: “We can guess […]”: Retracing the footsteps of John Clare" @CrossingsAnd. Original journey of Clare in 1841, ca 85 miles over 4 days around Epping. Prompted a vast range of creative responses.