Still here, intermittently and not very actively, but increasingly spending time in the other place — same username, largely (regrettably) the same schtick.
John Gallagher
@earlymodernjohn
Irishman. Associate Professor @UniversityLeeds. Co-editor @HistoricalJnl. Often heard on @BBCRadio3. Historian of language, education, mobility. Dad! 🇮🇪🇪🇺
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Just published online and open access: my article on the seventeenth-century celebrity language teacher Claude Mauger (and his books, students, and readers) in Early Modern French Studies. Loved giving this as my keynote at last year's @SEMFSUK conference! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
www.tandfonline.com Teaching Europe French: the worlds and words of Claude Mauger Claude Mauger is a largely forgotten figure today, but he was the most influential French teacher in seventeenth-century England, and his work achieved lasting success in print in England and on th... Tune in at 9am today on BBC Radio 4!
I'm on @BBCRadio4's The Long View at 9am tomorrow morning, talking to @Freedland and guests @BBCTomSymonds & @M_Sumption about small boats and cross-channel migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…View quoted post on X
I'm on @BBCRadio4's The Long View at 9am tomorrow morning, talking to @Freedland and guests @BBCTomSymonds & @M_Sumption about small boats and cross-channel migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
www.bbc.co.uk BBC Radio 4 - The Long View, Small Boats, Refugees and Migrants Jonathan Freedland and guests make historical comparisons with current events.