Frank Finlay
Emeritus Professor of German, University of Leeds. Former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures. Chair/Trustee Yorkshire Contemporary, Word Up North, Skipton Music
- Reposted by Frank FinlayA study at U Mass Amherst finds that Elon Musk manipulated Twitter to bolster the voice of the Neo Nazi Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) before the German 2025 parliamentary elections. No surprises here. groups.cs.umass.edu/equate-ml/20...
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- A practice much loved by generations of British exchange students in Germany — now getting an airing on Tik Tok #ShoutOutForGerman
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- Reposted by Frank Finlay📢 Calling all PhD students in German Studies! It’s still time to submit your proposal for the annual Sylvia Naish Postgraduate Student Lecture. Application deadline: 31 January 2026. The Lecture, to be held at ILCS on 14 May, comes with a prize of £400. Further details 👇 #ShoutOutForGerman
- Reposted by Frank FinlayGood news from @ukri.org for creative industries and the cultural economy www.gov.uk/government/n...
- Reposted by Frank FinlayThe University of Vienna @univie.ac.at invites applications for at least 40 fully funded, 4-year doctoral positions. I am one of the potential supervisors. If you have an exciting, innovative PhD project on modern #JewishHistory, please feel free to apply: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
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- Reposted by Frank FinlayYou can find me in the Times flying the flag for humanities and social sciences in this story about changes to funding at @ukri.org www.thetimes.com/article/be92...
- Reposted by Frank FinlayHappy #ShoutOutForGerman week! Learning #German has lots of benefits, it’s fun and not as hard as some may think: theconversation.com/learning-ger... @uk.theconversation.com @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social @uk.diplo.de @ags-gbi.bsky.social @britgerassoc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Frank FinlayPlease help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
- Reposted by Frank FinlayHuge congratulations to Prof Piers Forster CBE! 🎉Director of the Priestley Centre, who has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2026 for his climate science leadership and impact. A brilliant recognition of excellence and action on climate change. 🌍 Read more www.leeds.ac.uk/university-n...
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- Happy New Year!
- Reposted by Frank FinlayCatherine Connolly stormed to victory in the Irish presidential election in October. Leeds historian Dr Alan MacLeod discusses the importance of the Irish presidency, and its significant in modern society: spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-magazine-2026…
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- Happy “the nights are drawing out day” from yesterday’s bike ride along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
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- Reposted by Frank FinlayThank you to Lisa Nandy and the Department for Culture Media and Sport for publishing the Independent Review of the Arts Council today, and to Baroness Margaret Hodge and team for conducting the Review. Access the Review: buff.ly/5rqvntF Read our initial response: buff.ly/zPisSAk
- Very welcome news — and not before time!
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- Congratulations to #pTurnerPrize2025 winner Nnena Kalu. A real pleasure to attend the award dinner last evening with members of the team and board of Yorkshire Contemporary, exhibition co-curators.It continues into February at @Cartwright Hall. #bradfordcityofculture
- Surprise Package: ordered a cheese box and this popped out: “satisfying, robust and mature”😆 — and the right spelling, too!
- Congratulations @profingrid.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Frank FinlayGreat culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
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- Documents of the Nuremberg Trials can now be accessed online via: nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
- Reposted by Frank FinlayColleagues and UCU members from UoN's Department of Modern Languages have put together this wonderful guide on supporting their programmes. A lot of what they suggest is also helpful in challenging the 48 courses at risk across the university www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
- Reposted by Frank FinlayDo you want to have a look at the talks available this week? For more info visit our website leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk @lcsleeds.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Frank FinlayPlease consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx
- Before, during and after: an absolutely sensational concert last evening by Junyan Chen for Skipton Music
- Reposted by Frank FinlayGovernment has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...
- Made the most of some late afternoon light before the clocks go back tonight.
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- Such an interesting and enjoyable time interviewing and presenting an eclectic mix of authors and their fascinating books @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. And a magnificent effort by the team @thewordupnorth.bsky.social to produce the festival back-to-back with #ContainsStrongLanguage
- Delighted for Eric Lu, 2018 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, on his latest great success.
- Reposted by Frank Finlay@leedsprhs.bsky.social Our vacancy for a Lecturer or Associate Professor in Social Philosophy has now been advertised: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please spread the word! The closing date for applications is 5 Nov 2025.
- Reposted by Frank FinlayMy colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
- NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions? t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
- The queue for the post-event book signing is generally a reliable indicator of how well an author has been received, and it was through the door for @johnharris1969.bsky.social yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
- A great PhD opportunity here:
- This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Brilliant, fascinating couple of Maybe I'm Amazed events this weekend in Durham & Ilkley. Big thanks to Paul Smith & @frankjf.bsky.social for such perceptive interviews, the organisers of two superb festivals & everyone who came Order the book here linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
- Thrilled to be interviewing the multiple-award winning @johnharris1969.bsky.social this afternoon for @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about his fascinating, deeply moving and richly informative new book.
- I attended the opening of #TurnerPrize2025 but returned to get a a less crowded view of the exhibition, beautifully curated by @Yorkshire Contemporary Contemporary and Bradford Museums @Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Congratulations to the four artists #NnenaKalu #MohammedSami #ReneMatic and #ZadieXa
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- Reposted by Frank FinlayThe Leo Baeck Institute London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore intersections between German-Jewish and British history, including the history of the British Empire. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
- Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!
- Always love the pre-event calm of an empty hall and the quiet choreography of sound and light checks. With the brilliant and ebullient @stuartmaconie at #IlkleyLiteratureFestival. In a very crowded field, his fascinating book manages to cast a fresh light on the Beatles story. #WordUpNorth
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- A great pleasure to be at Bradford’s magnificent Cartwright Hall Art Gallery for the preview of the 2025 #TurnerPrize @bradford2025.co.uk
- Reposted by Frank FinlayA limited number of tickets are still available for our Evening with the Poet Laureate on Friday 10 October, where Simon will be reading two collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Dwell and New Cemetery. Book soon to avoid disappointment! Tickets & more info here: buff.ly/JdJbfXW
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- Really pleased to see Yorkshire Contemporary (formerly The Tetley) as one of the delivery partners on this year’s Turner Prize and looking forward to the exhibition! @bradford2025.co.uk
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- Reposted by Frank FinlayShort-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...
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- Result! Helpful, useful and user-friendly …
- The highlight of a visit to the always wonderful @stedelijkmuseum.bsky.social Amsterdam; Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s film of his Drama 1882. On until the end of October, and one of the most original things I’ve seen in quite a while.
- Returning here after a 4-month break to explore other platforms and will be starting to post regularly-ish.
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- Reposted by Frank FinlayI just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
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