Still can’t quite believe it, but earlier this week I passed my viva, with no corrections! Big thanks to examiners @jtkoranyi and @rain_later for the thoughtful discussion, my amazing supervisors @DrMirnaSolic and @churnjeet and @sgsah for the support over the past four years!
@AvantiWestCoast I am due to travel on the 17.57 from Lancaster to Glasgow - any updates on this train? Will it be running? If not, any alternative routes available to get to Glasgow?
I believe that the refusal to impose meaningful consequences for the razing of Gaza - indeed its celebration on part of the right - contributed directly to this slide into the abyss. It is already too late, but it is still worth governments saying: no more.
PhD Fellowship within the DECADOCS network: ‘Decadent Travellers and the Reception of Classical Antiquity in the Nineteenth Century’ (Deadline 20 October 2025)
https://t.co/OysI3kNV07
A great opportunity to study for a (fully-funded!) PhD on 21st-century forms and modes of Travel Writing; based in Odense, Denmark. More info here: https://t.co/E76fVGfu1w - please circulate!!
Looking forward to speaking on 'Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women' for the 'Voices from the Periphery' lecture series tomorrow: June 5th, 1 PM BST (5:30 PM IST) online @ZubaanBooks
I rarely use this platform anymore (for obvious reasons) but pleased to see my article on Herbert Vivian’s travel writing about Serbia and his ideological journey from Jacobitism to fascism has been published in Studies in Travel Writing.
https://t.co/E8071IgfXn
📽️The ARC is excited to be partnering with CineRoma, the UK's first Roma film festival, for a screening of Huseyin Tabak's Gipsy Queen.
After the screening, enjoy a performance of traditional Roma music from Romane Cierhenia, a family band of Polish Roma musicians and dancers.
Huge thanks to all those who joined us earlier this afternoon for a really compelling discussion about doctoral training needs, and especially to our four fabulous speakers @ross_cmrn, @trisho_grady, @sandraderycker, and @IVictoriaEvans, and to @ClaireSquires for co-chairing! /1
📢📢 PhD opportunity: Applications for 2025-2026 entry to the Wheeler History of Travel Writing programme are now open. @WarwickHistory offers 2 fully-funded PhDs for 3.5 years at UKRI rate + £3k p/a research support grant. Share widely!
Full info here: https://t.co/OveiOTMPZ5
Nations were invented in the 1820s by poets and newspapermen. you’re confusing this with tradition, was invented in the 1880s by cigarette carton manufacturers. Anderson and Hobsbawm are two different guys.
Come along for ‘Disruption’ – a curated selection of short fictional films crafted by Iranian women, predominantly based within Iran. Set against the backdrop of Iran’s deeply patriarchal society, these films serve as a much-needed disruption.
Tickets: https://t.co/4GasPRwkFs