We're looking for a new Chair and Head of Department of Languages, Cultures and Film (any relevant specialism in languages/film disciplines) at the University of Liverpool. Deadline 8 Dec. Full details on: my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecrui…
Lyn Marven
@LynMarven
Germanist & translator. Anthologies, 21st C. literature, short stories, Berlin. Also birdwatcher, foodie, occasional dogsitter. Usual disclaimers apply.
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Always a must-read: the autumn 2023 recommendations from New Books in German! Delighted to see @MaikeWetzel's moving Schwebende Brücken as one of the picks @schoeffling Sample translation by me available on here:
new-books-in-german.com/recommendation…
new-books-in-german.com/recommendation…
www.new-books-in-german.com Floating Bridges – New Books in German NBG recommends Floating Bridges by Maike Wetzel We're excited to announce our Autumn 2023 Recommendations - now live on our website! Brilliant and original books from Austria, Germany and Switzerland 🎉 buff.ly/3rIunBTView quoted post on X
Every 1 Sept I archive my work email inbox, which gives me a running total for that year's email. Just short of 14,000 emails for last year, up significantly since I started doing this in 16-17 (9k). That's over 38 emails every single day, 53 per working day
Manually adding my teaching timetable to my Outlook Calendar (the default for all institutional meeting invitations) because of course there is no option to import it. With the added bonus that I never get notifications if my timetable changes because why would I need to know?
Consulting this today (in hard copy, I'm old school) and I'm irrationally annoyed that the REF submission sticker has made such a mess of the cover. Just why?!
