My article on the political role of illness and Zola's #MedHums concept of the secular and religious body is open access with @openlibhums ⬇️ 'Illness, Aesthetics, and Body Politics: Forging the Third Republic in Émile Zola’s La Faute de l’abbé Mouret' https://t.co/5iy00KysLw

For those without library access, the full set of pre-production articles are downloadable from the University of Exeter repository https://t.co/WJcYYaDwJy More on the RB project https://t.co/UUKWU4GPsz

There are 10 articles on narratives of illness in literature and visual culture from Hispanic, French, Italian, and Portuguese studies (all written in English with quotations in the original language and in translation). Intro is OA https://t.co/28t2xtt3mq

So delighted to have an article on Zola's 'La Curée' in Prof. Katharine Murphy & Dr Olivia Glaze's special issue 'Reading Bodies: Narrating Illness in European Literatures and Cultures (1870s to 1960s and Beyond)', Journal of Romance Studies, 2025 (25:3). https://t.co/YId9eW0ODz

It's one year since the open-access medical humanities special issue 'The Pathological Body' was published. Take a look if you're interested in literature, languages, bodies, and the global impact of C19th European medicine that shaped modern life. https://t.co/egGPtSNIWQ

It was a real treat to connect with colleagues across five languages yesterday at the Reading Bodies in European Literatures and Cultures workshop at @ILCS_SAS. Thank you to Prof. Katharine Murphy @ExeterModLangs and @glaze_olivia for organising this.

This is based on my Intro for the @openlibhums special issue 'The Pathological Body: European Literary and Cultural Perspectives in the Age of Modern Medicine', where I go into how C19th medicine and literature shaped the human across European nations. https://t.co/n08bm7OMh1

This is finally out in the world ✨ It was a privilege to be an editor for this @openlibhums special issue on literature, languages, + the body. So many thanks to the brilliant contributors: @Francoise____C, @tersi_core14, @jrillingworth, @robertcraig400 and Katharine Murphy.

Really delighted to be part of the French Studies contingent with @DrStevenWilson on Professor Katharine Murphy's AHRC-funded project 'Reading Bodies' at @ExeterModLangs. �� https://t.co/UUKWU4GhD1

Dare I say it, but I think it’s almost there. Hope to have made a cogent case for Modern Languages and medical humanities.

This is a really good listen. Live recording of five poets reading their work. https://t.co/fl4gv6zpsf

I'm putting together the intro to the @PathBodyLit special issue on the medical humanities + modern langs. Starting point is the mid-19C, when medicine became institutionalised. The brilliant open-access articles already available to read ✨ #19write https://t.co/kUT3U2zLie

The blog is based on my article, which is part of the 2021 Critical French Medical Humanities special issue in 'Essays in French Literature and Culture'. All the articles are open access. https://t.co/aOnGs2iVze

Napoleon III died 150 years ago yesterday, so I'm re-upping my blog on him as a figure of corruption in Zola's La Débâcle. https://t.co/Dv0aad61cj

For anyone looking for images, there are plenty of free ones at Paris Musées.

I would highly recommend going with @openlibhums if you're choosing a journal to publish a special issue. No paywalls, no article processing fees, and an extremely rigorous and fast editing process from the very friendly OLH team.

Comédie-Française actors have recorded readings of À la recherche du temps perdu. #Proust100 https://t.co/UGnykRbrPy

Please consider signing this petition to protest the proposed job cuts at Birkbeck. Up to 84 academic and 56 admin posts may go. #SaveBirkbeck https://t.co/HsfTSmKbsO

I've benefitted hugely from @birkbeck_ETC: they were open-minded enough to take me (from the French dept) as editorial assistant at @BirkbeckC19, then GTA for 2 years on 3 modules. Now editing a special issue with @openlibhums. Their influence goes well beyond English Studies.

Truly alarming that Birkbeck are planning redundancies, including up to 6 staff in the dept of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics where I'm based as a research fellow. That's going to wreck a small department. https://t.co/TBA0zcMBZu

I’m currently putting together the Intro for the @PathBodyLit special issue and it’s blowing my mind how much excellent work is being done by early career folk in the modern languages.