Bob Eaglestone

Events this autumn: 25 November 2026: Book Launch: 'The Silent City of Drancy: Social Housing & Holocaust Memory on the Margins of Paris', Stephanie Hesz-Wood in conversation with Professor Dan Stone. More info: tinyurl.com/3m7jur2h

Should engineers read novels? Michael Kuhn says yes!

The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/

Burnham wants to end “40 years of neoliberalism”. Great. For universities, one very welcome - and stabilising - step would be the re-introduction of the student numbers cap. (Some would stop overflowing; some would stop shrinking; all of them would benefit). Is there a reason this isn’t an easy win?

Come along & 🎉celebrate 🎉with us, our 💫120th 💫anniversary ! Online event, with friends in subject assoc’s - interdisciplinary exchanges - exploring our vital roles in current times. Also, premiering a special commissioned #poem by #teacher-poet 💫 Ali Al-Jamri englishassociation.ac.uk/confronting-...

A good time to read @iancushing.bsky.social’s & Sabah Choudrey’s linguistic justice oracy framework for schools 🌟 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@thephilfoglio.bsky.social this substack from my colleague @adamroberts.bsky.social made me think of you/mechanicsburg profadamroberts.substack.com/p/ancient-gr...

30,000 job losses in one of the few sectors we are still genuinely world-leading, and zero national conversation beyond tuition fees and loans. UK Higher Ed is sinking and apparently no-one has noticed.

Yesterday evening I attended an lovely book launch (remember when those were a thing?) for @gailmarshall.bsky.social 's superb "Britain in 1859": www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

London Economics’ research estimates that the net economic impact per student was circa £100,000 – in other words, “every 10 international students generate £1m worth of net economic impact for the UK economy over the duration of their studies”. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/fall-in...

I can vouch for this personally.

A new book for the new academic year: my monograph, ‘Reading Place Writing: Geography, Form, Immersion, 2010-2020’ has been published by @livunipress.bsky.social as part of the @englishassociation.bsky.social ‘English at the Interface’ series www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

@eve.gd just thinking of you (for no reason not even listening to klf!) and just sending love, mate.

A fellowship at the USC Shoah Foundation giving access to their archive of 60,000 Holocaust and other survivor videos. I’ve watched three several times. My father and two of his cousins - who tragically never re-made contact as adults or even knew they had each survived. sfi.usc.edu/news/2026/08...

On 25 January 2027, Philippe Sands KC will deliver our annual David Cesarani Memorial Lecture on campus in Egham, titled: ‘On Genocide and its Discontents: Reflections after the ICJ Judgment in Gambia v Myanmar.’ You can book your tickets and find out more information here: tinyurl.com/3mkv9pn2

One for every Labour MP to read. #ldconf

Very much looking forward to welcoming Michael Lewis, curator of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition to my Art Chat salon in Hackney next Wednesday 30 September. Lots to discuss and plenty of time for questions. If you're in the area do join us! Tickets £10. DM me for more details.

This!The IAS teacher network welcomes both experienced practitioners & newcomers, offering opportunities to deepen subject knowledge,explore innovative teaching methods, & connect with educators & scholars worldwide who share an interest in Arthurian literature, culture, and myth. Sign up! Join in!

Philip Hensher’s A History of the Novel in Britain is certainly novel but how does it fare as history? ✍️ Robert Eaglestone reviews the recent #history book buff.ly/PJvctPL

Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

A frankly trying modern literature university job for someone, being forced to live in Lausanne on a very good salary for years on end

I’m very pleased to see Julia Donaldson has returned to her early intertextual Postmodernism (eg Charlie Cook’s favourite book) for #GruffaloGranny

@c21literature.bsky.social celebrates the reissue of Volumes 1-3! Wednesday 30 September, 17:00-18:30 (UK time). Register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/c21-litera...

You can hear @bobeaglestone.bsky.social and I chatting to @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social on Front Row about the latest A level data for arts and humanities including English literature. Around the last 10 mins (although the whole programme is worth listening to) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

You can still apply to the 2026/7 MA Holocaust Studies programme at Royal Holloway. Final deadlines: 21 August (international applicants) and 28 August (home applicants) Link: shorturl.at/b8PHW

NEW on Wonkhe: Fraud headlines, franchise growth and a court defeat are dots that rarely get joined up. Jim Dickinson pulls together the data on the weekend delivery cohort - who was funded, by whom, and on whose terms buff.ly/Kdn6KWz

Lecturer in English and Creative Writing School of Law Humanities and Social Sciences University of Plymouth Location: Plymouth Salary: £39,906 to £56,535

🥳Congratulations!🥳 to all receiving their A-level results today! We wish them well, luck and happiness ahead 🤗 Big thanks and congratulations to all 💫teachers 💫out there, central as you all are to making this day happen - with all its successes and your continued support, as needed. 👏

Useful info on today’s results provided by @schoolsweek.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/a-level-resu...

Helpful analysis from my @britishacademy.bsky.social colleagues on post-16 subject trends in SHAPE (social science, humanities, arts) subjects www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/who-stu...

Well done to everyone receiving their A-Level results today. RHUL Clearing: shorturl.at/UTSGg

University funding and regulatory bodies must consider the impact course closures are having on research activity across the UK, the vice-chancellor of Royal Holloway, University of London has said. SO good to see this statement from VC Julie Sanders, RHUL. More leadership like this, please. 1/3

If you haven’t already done so, please sign the petition to save the Philosophy programme at Dundee. c.org/5Smh96VnfG

Warren Hatter revels in the long overdue reissue of a "perfectly formed" 1976 album of dystopian French electronica, which should now be heard by a much bigger audience than it was 50 years ago Reissue of the Week: Mar-Vista’s Visions Of Sodal Ye @bornbadrecords.bsky.social buff.ly/omeTpq7

Letter from the executive director of the Modern Language Association to the Uni of Exeter VC: ‘We are aware of no university on the financial footing of Exeter that has seen the need to make dramatic cuts to the humanities such as you propose.’ #DefendExeterUni

With the summer now upon us, we’d like to look back at the campaigning we’ve done for our subject this year, and celebrate the community that has made this work possible. Follow our thread 🧵🥳

The #EnglishCreates: Futures symposium brought together students, teachers, researchers, writers and advocates to celebrate the creativity and public value of English. We’re delighted to now share recordings of the talks for those who couldn’t join us on the day: www.youtube.com/channel/UCVL...

#EnglishCreates This week, Christopher Nolan brings The Odyssey to the screen, reimagining one of the greatest literary epics ever written. An English graduate, Nolan embodies the power of literary study: developing the imagination, critical thinking, and storytelling skills that shape our world.

Here's a clickable link to this valuable study www.nuffieldfoundation.org/wp-content/u...

‘the fall in teenagers opting for literature is linked to an unimaginative GCSE (surely something that a new prime minister with an English degree could fix)’ Easy win here, Mr Burnham! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian gets with the programme www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What do English graduates do with their degrees? Christopher Nolan is an English graduate.

The Journal of Electronic Publishing has a special issue on OA in the humanities. It looks great! On a vanity note, I get a fair few citations... And I wrote/founded the software that hosts the journal 😊 journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/45...

Of interest to UK university #Skystorians: Royal Historical Society open online meeting on 'The crisis in UK higher education: The future for History'. 4 August 2-4 pm.