I am a Professor of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the Uni of Birmingham. I focus on memory, testimony, and the history of communism. All views my own.
Birmingham, England
Joined January 2019
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🎉 We are incredibly excited to be part of the CreaTech Frontiers project.
The £6.75m collaboration will help transform the West Midlands into a thriving ecosystem for creative businesses. Funded by @ahrcpress the project will boost growth & innovation.
birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/u…
ALT A violinist using VR.
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In December there will be 1,000 days since the Homes for Ukraine was launched, which has enabled over 150,000 Ukrainians to find shelter in the UK. Our research on Ukrainian youth demonstrates that they still find themselves in the limbo. birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gee…
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Following the Citizens UK, we advocate for launching pathways to residency and citizenship for Ukrainians, enabling them to stay after their visas expire. @ProfSaraJones @peterkraftl @LES_UniBham @Centrala_space @Bham_Citizens @IRiS_Birmingham citizensuk.org/campaigns/mig…
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Delicious fun @LibraryofBham @unibirmingham Shakespeare family day, thanks to @EllaMcHawk & the first great Shakespeare Library in the world - proudly held in common by Birmingham citizens. 🎭📚🏭 ❤️
@BeingHumanFest
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Tickets are still available for Finding Your Feet! 🎧
You'll get the opportunity to experience a one-of-a-kind audio performance piece and get updates on the most recent developments from the Stuart Hall Archives (@StuartHallAP)
Secure your place: beinghumanfestival.org/event…
Finding your Feet
📅 Saturday 16 November
⏰ 13:00 - 18:00
📍 The Exchange
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We're really excited to be hosting six events in Birmingham for the @BeingHumanFest!
Check out the program of local events here: beinghumanfestival.org/2024/…
Birmingham Landmarks: Texts, Places, People
Led by the University of Birmingham
beinghumanfestival.org
We're delighted to share a preview of some of what's to come as part of Being Human Festival 2024 this November!
This year we have awarded 32 funding grants to enable free public engagement activities to take place across the UK:
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Together with the University of Birmingham and Europe House (Lndn), we are proud to announce the release of the extended version of the report ‘In Between Spaces: Inclusion and Representation of Central and Eastern European (CEE) Artists in the UK Creative Economy’!
#CEEArtists
Calling students + #teachers exploring the #Holocaust + WWII in Europe's East. Our multilingual competition is live! Find out more, incl. about prizes, by joining our webinar on 8 Oct. 5.30 p.m. Register: forms.office.com/e/jbEd0QEs5…
@artsatbham @HolocaustCentUK @HolocaustUK @HMD_UK
Multilingual competition for young people and #teachers to learn about the #Holocaust and WWII in Europe's East. For school pupils 16+ anywhere in the world and teachers in the UK. Supported by @artsatbham @slowmemo + AHRC IAA.
All infos here - pass it on!
birmingham.ac.uk/europeseast
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After a long journey, the "Homeland" photobook by @PKorobkiewicz is here! Discover powerful Eastern migrant stories through photos as part of the "Post-Socialist Britain?" project with @soc_post, @unibirmingham, @NottmTrentUni, & @Centrala, funded by @ahrcpress. Launch: 9/11/24.
ALT 'Homeland' photobook includes works by Paulina Korobkiewicz, Sylwia Ciszewska-Peciak, Yuxi Hou, Ismail Khokon, and Marcin Forys. This collection explores themes of identity and community through diverse artistic perspectives.
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I am delighted to announce that I am now General Editorial Board member for the Forum Prize @FmlSjournal and have extended the deadline for this year's prize (on 'The Art(s) of Delight) until 31.08 academic.oup.com/fmls/pages/… £500 to the winner!
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My new book is now available with work from refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iran, Egypt, Venezuela & allies. This is Dante as you’ve never read him before for everyone keen to understand the experiences of refugees @IRiS_Birmingham @TrinityCollege amazon.co.uk/Dante-Move-Jenn…
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🎉The @unibirmingham has been chosen as a regional hub for the next @BeingHumanFest! Thanks to @ProfSaraJones putting together our bid, we can look forward to showcasing the Birmingham Qur'an, Shakespeare, Stuart Hall and more in November. Find out more👇
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Really exciting to see this academic post finally advertised. Amazing opportunity to join @UoBSocialPolicy as #StuartHall Interdisciplinary Professorial Chair.
Deadline: 8 September 2024
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In-person & hybrid @UKPHA bookclub talk @OfficialJassa with @DJNoreenKhan at @unibirmingam Culture Forward was fantastic. It was personal & emotional & many in the audience could resonate with #bothnothalf. Wonderful to see people joining online from overseas, such as New Jersey.
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The @UKPHA Bookclub is back! Join us for our first-ever in-person talk for #BothNotHalf @OfficialJassa in collaboration with @unibirmingham & Culture Forward on 10 June 7-9pm. In person event sold out, so we're live streaming also. Registration essential.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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📚Book Launch: Thomas Van de Putte "Outsourcing the European Past - An Interscalar Study of Memory and Morality"
🗓️18 June 17:00 to 19:00
Speakers Prof Ben Rampton,@ProfSaraJones Prof Constadina Charalambous
➡️kcl.ac.uk/events/outsourcing…
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👏Great to see Dr Neelam Hussain (@N_S_Hussain) and Culture Forward's Qur'an in the City project in the news again - this time inviting Brummies to try their hand at calligraphy and transcribing a unique version of the Qur'an at the @FoundationMiah👇
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@ProfSaraJones welcomes a full house to Culture Forward's Culture, Sustainability and the City: Part 2 event this afternoon, kindly hosted by @BhamBotanicalGd. Lots of local cultural partners and decision-makers here to explore with academics how to further this vital agenda.
ALT Professor Sara Jones presenting to a full conference room of attendees at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
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It is our pleasure to present FMLS 60.1: 'Code-Switching as a Narrative Resource', a wonderful special issue guest-edited by @michibao and @mariannadeganu1. #codeswitching #narratology #translanguaging #modlangs @LCAHM_UoB @goetheuni academic.oup.com/fmls/issue/…
