Charles Forsdick
Drapers Professor of French, MMLL, Cambridge; Professorial Fellow, Murray Edwards College; Lead Fellow Languages, @britishacademy.bsky.social; Hon. Professor Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS). Researches travel, empire, Haiti, comics..
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- “To translate is not just to haul stories across languages, but to help them remain when everything else falls away. It is a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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- Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. That’s what the right won’t admit to you www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Reposted by Charles ForsdickThrilled to share that "Venice Requiem", the #translation of my #novel by Ros Schwartz is coming out on Feb. 5 with @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social ! Deeply grateful to Ros for her exceptional work & to my publisher Pete Aryton. Many thanks to @oliviasnaije.bsky.social & Raphaël Thierry! bit.ly/4pFcEUY
- Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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- Rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
- UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- Reposted by Charles ForsdickAre you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
- The uncompromising politics of Jimmy Cliff theconversation.com/the-uncompro...
- The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc...
- Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
- University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- Ce que les statues coloniales dans l’espace public racontent de la France theconversation.com/ce-que-les-s...
- Call for Scottish Government to review foreign language provision www.heraldscotland.com/news/2559839...
- Reposted by Charles ForsdickA very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages: www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late... Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here: www.change.org/p/save-moder... www.change.org/p/stop-the-r... #languages #mfl
- David Bellos, traducteur et grand spécialiste de Georges Perec, est mort www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
- David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80 www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
- The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
- Phillis Wheatley, the first Black nature poet observer.co.uk/culture/book...
- Cracking the code of Papua New Guinea’s undocumented languages observer.co.uk/news/science...
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- @cforsdick.bsky.social concludes the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/m...
- Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/m...
- « Climates of Migration: Ecology, Literature and Propaganda » par Dominic Thomas achac.com/tribune/clim...
- Is it only words? Neil Mercer argues for more oracy in education Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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- Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...
- Rethinking language education: evidence for England’s Curriculum and Assessment Review blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/10/...
- Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- First students evacuated from Gaza to study in UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- UK advertises contract to run Erasmus scheme www.ft.com/content/c79d...
- Of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to me and offers a new way of being www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- Reposted by Charles Forsdick“For researchers, the ability to engage with a text in the original language is especially useful in situations where precise nuances—whether technical, legal [or] literary—really matter,” she [Megan Bowler, HEPI report author] said.
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- The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- How the riches of its graduates tied Edinburgh University to slavery www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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- Macron is right – let's revive the school French exchange to secure a future together www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
- The Indian state where people are being beaten up for speaking the wrong language www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/i...
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- Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805 Ad, which states vessel can hold ‘about 185 slaves’, comes to light as city dock is being turned into ‘contemplation space’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
- Caribbean leaders pledge to join forces against crime and support for Haiti www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
- Reposted by Charles ForsdickWe’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...
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- Australia can’t withstand further cuts to the humanities. Civil society depends on it. humanities.org.au/news/austral...
- AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators UK-based GlobeScribe is charging $100 per book, per language for use of its services, but translators say that nuanced work can only be produced by humans www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
- Reposted by Charles ForsdickThis is shattering. The Oloffson wasn't just a hotel. Not even just a landmark or historic site. It was a spiritual home for thousands of people over the years, Haitian and foreigner, including me.
- Reposted by Charles ForsdickSome people say the biggest gap in research funding is at mid career level. So here is our new call for our mid career fellowship programme which provides buyout for 6 to 12 months to devote to the completion of a major piece of research. Spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...
- Trente ans après les derniers essais nucléaires français en Polynésie, un héritage toxique theconversation.com/trente-ans-a...
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- Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- The risk of unrepresentative REF returns hasn’t gone away wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ri...
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- « Deux nouvelles commissions sur l’histoire coloniale : Haïti et Madagascar » par le Groupe de recherche Achac achac.com/tribune/deux...
- Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance theconversation.com/three-graphi...
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- Pope Leo XIV’s link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration Excellent piece by Chelsea Stieber theconversation.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o belonged to an age of prophets – we must honour his teaching www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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- Multilingualism: a thriving or withering asset? humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
