Maika Nguyen
@maikanguyen.bsky.social
Postdoc @CEFRES (Prague), examining literature and film by Vietnamese diaspora across Europe. PhD in francophone autofictional return narratives. She/her 🏳️🌈
Was extremely happy to attend a panel discussion about the Vietnamese diaspora at the Goethe Institute in Prague yesterday! Lots of discussion about central Europe, VN migration to the Eastern bloc (migrant workers in particular), and their invisibility as the so-called "model minority"
September 17, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Was extremely happy to attend a panel discussion about the Vietnamese diaspora at the Goethe Institute in Prague yesterday! Lots of discussion about central Europe, VN migration to the Eastern bloc (migrant workers in particular), and their invisibility as the so-called "model minority"
We were talking about life in Leipzig and moving back to Ireland just the other day. Then AfD wins elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Ireland proposes to restrict access to citizenship "to be more in line with other European Union member states".
September 8, 2026 at 7:37 AM
We were talking about life in Leipzig and moving back to Ireland just the other day. Then AfD wins elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Ireland proposes to restrict access to citizenship "to be more in line with other European Union member states".
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This is hands down the best opinion piece you will read on the Arday case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
This is hands down the best opinion piece you will read on the Arday case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously today that the Czech Republic violated the right to life, the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, and the prohibition of discrimination in the case of Mr. Stanislav Tomáš, the Romani man who died in 2021 after police apprehended him.
European Court of Human Rights unanimously rules on the death of Stanislav Tomáš: The Czech Police violated his right to life - Romea.cz - Everything about Roma in one place
The European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously today that the Czech Republic violated the right to life, the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, and the prohibition of discrimination ...
romea.cz
July 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously today that the Czech Republic violated the right to life, the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, and the prohibition of discrimination in the case of Mr. Stanislav Tomáš, the Romani man who died in 2021 after police apprehended him.
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We have extended the Call for Papers for our conference 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚 to 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 20𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, giving some extra time for submissions after the Easter break.
We welcome submissions from colleagues at every career stage, and especially postgraduates.
We welcome submissions from colleagues at every career stage, and especially postgraduates.
April 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
We have extended the Call for Papers for our conference 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚 to 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 20𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, giving some extra time for submissions after the Easter break.
We welcome submissions from colleagues at every career stage, and especially postgraduates.
We welcome submissions from colleagues at every career stage, and especially postgraduates.
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Maika Nguyen's "My Brother, The Poet" was selected as Highly Commended in the creative non-fiction category by judge Tim MacGabhann. Read more below, and follow Maika on Bluesky: @maikanguyen.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Maika Nguyen's "My Brother, The Poet" was selected as Highly Commended in the creative non-fiction category by judge Tim MacGabhann. Read more below, and follow Maika on Bluesky: @maikanguyen.bsky.social
🖋️ really happy to be a part of @the4facedliar.bsky.social's upcoming issue - can't believe I was highly commended! I'm looking forward to reading the rest 📖
Congratulations to the winning & Highly Commended authors of or Creative Non-Fiction competition chosen by judge Tim MacGabhann! Their work will be published in Issue 4. Thanks to all who entered @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🖋️ really happy to be a part of @the4facedliar.bsky.social's upcoming issue - can't believe I was highly commended! I'm looking forward to reading the rest 📖
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🦠💀🦠 Happy to share our (with @gunnar-u-neumann.bsky.social) new preprint on ancient Salmonella enterica genomes! We analysed 53 new genomes along with published ancient and modern datasets to learn about lineage replacements and host adaptation in prehistory: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Evolutionary history and recurrent host adaptation in ancient Salmonella enterica
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica is an extremely diverse bacterial pathogen causing frequent infections and foodborne disease among human populations. More than 1500 different bacterial strains (se...
www.biorxiv.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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So my first ever article from my PhD, 'Returning to Home Water(s) in Nostalgie de la rizière by Anna Moï' 🌊🏠, has recently been published in a special issue! It explores Vietnamese diasporic writing, conceptions of home, and is available - open access - here:
Returning to Home Water(s) in Nostalgie de la rizière by Anna Moï: Ingenta Connect
www.ingentaconnect.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
So my first ever article from my PhD, 'Returning to Home Water(s) in Nostalgie de la rizière by Anna Moï' 🌊🏠, has recently been published in a special issue! It explores Vietnamese diasporic writing, conceptions of home, and is available - open access - here:
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“We learn by making analogies,” [Marianne] Hirsch said. “Now the university is saying that’s off-limits. How can you have a university course where ideas are not up for discussion or interpretation?”
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
July 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“We learn by making analogies,” [Marianne] Hirsch said. “Now the university is saying that’s off-limits. How can you have a university course where ideas are not up for discussion or interpretation?”
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
Just about to watch the first ever Viet-Czech feature film (also shown at the international Karlovy Vary film festival) - very excited and hopeful for more work to come! #kinolucerna #letniskola2001
July 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just about to watch the first ever Viet-Czech feature film (also shown at the international Karlovy Vary film festival) - very excited and hopeful for more work to come! #kinolucerna #letniskola2001
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Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
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May 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
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👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
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👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
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We're excited to share the programme for our upcoming 3-day, international, transdisciplinary symposium ‘From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis & Polycrisis: Epistemological Perspectives & Interventions’ (22-24 May). Attendance is free; booking essential.
22 May (Day 1): www.eventbrite.ie/e/from-moder...
22 May (Day 1): www.eventbrite.ie/e/from-moder...
May 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We're excited to share the programme for our upcoming 3-day, international, transdisciplinary symposium ‘From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis & Polycrisis: Epistemological Perspectives & Interventions’ (22-24 May). Attendance is free; booking essential.
22 May (Day 1): www.eventbrite.ie/e/from-moder...
22 May (Day 1): www.eventbrite.ie/e/from-moder...
Ecstatic to have passed my Viva yesterday! It was privilege to be able to discuss my work with @sharaerua.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social, and I'm grateful for all your insights and such a wonderful discussion.
Félicitations to @maikanguyen.bsky.social who passed her viva yesterday, speaking with great clarity and sensitivity about her doctoral thesis, 'Writing Home: Haiti and Vietnam in the Autofiction of Dany Laferrière and Anna Moï'. It was a pleasure and honour to examine the work. Bravo, Docteur!
April 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ecstatic to have passed my Viva yesterday! It was privilege to be able to discuss my work with @sharaerua.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social, and I'm grateful for all your insights and such a wonderful discussion.
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You are welcome to join our 5th Spring Forum! A link to this event is available via the programme on our website: adeffi.ie/spring-forum
March 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
You are welcome to join our 5th Spring Forum! A link to this event is available via the programme on our website: adeffi.ie/spring-forum
The European Commission has proposed setting up more migration centres, even outside of the EU, to detain and deport migrants. What that does: create spaces where we don't have to see, think about - and therefore contest - how these people are treated.
ENG: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
ENG: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Evropská komise představila návrh, který má zajistit rychlejší navracení migrantů, jimž členský stát odmítl udělit azyl. Součástí plánu jsou i centra mimo Evropskou unii, kam budou posíláni. Návrh musejí schválit vlády a poslanci. Popisujeme, co v něm je.
EU přitvrzuje migrační politiku. Chce vybudovat návratová centra pro migranty a ty rychleji vyhošťovat
Evropská komise představila návrh, který má zajistit rychlejší a efektivnější navracení migrantů, jimž členský stát odmítl udělit azyl. Součástí plánu jsou i centra mimo Evropskou unii, kam budou posí...
denikn.cz
March 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The European Commission has proposed setting up more migration centres, even outside of the EU, to detain and deport migrants. What that does: create spaces where we don't have to see, think about - and therefore contest - how these people are treated.
ENG: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
ENG: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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'We must not let advanced linguistic and cultural skills slip away out of a misinformed sense that technology will solve all our problems or that colonialism’s legacy will always fatally undermine efforts to promote better transnational understanding'
Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete
Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
'We must not let advanced linguistic and cultural skills slip away out of a misinformed sense that technology will solve all our problems or that colonialism’s legacy will always fatally undermine efforts to promote better transnational understanding'
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Given the nature of some of the submissions I've had so far, I've updated the website's Call for Submissions to include song/music!
Experimentation with genre and form is very much encouraged.
There's no rest for the mythic - Call for Submissions closes 30 April.
Experimentation with genre and form is very much encouraged.
There's no rest for the mythic - Call for Submissions closes 30 April.
I'm developing a creative anthology related to my research. Please share this Call for Submissions widely with anyone you think might be interested!
Something mythic this way comes ...
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Something mythic this way comes ...
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February 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Given the nature of some of the submissions I've had so far, I've updated the website's Call for Submissions to include song/music!
Experimentation with genre and form is very much encouraged.
There's no rest for the mythic - Call for Submissions closes 30 April.
Experimentation with genre and form is very much encouraged.
There's no rest for the mythic - Call for Submissions closes 30 April.
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We are delighted to share a report from @maikanguyen.bsky.social (based in @ucdslcl.bsky.social) on how she benefitted from the annual Adeffi Bourse doctorale. Bonne continuation, Maika! www.adeffi.ie/laur%C3%A9at...
Lauréats récents de la bourse doctorale | ADEFFI
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February 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We are delighted to share a report from @maikanguyen.bsky.social (based in @ucdslcl.bsky.social) on how she benefitted from the annual Adeffi Bourse doctorale. Bonne continuation, Maika! www.adeffi.ie/laur%C3%A9at...