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Victorian Review @victorianreview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We're excited to share the cfp for the joint VSAWC & VISAWUS conference: "Victorian Borders." Please circulate widely and submit your proposal by November 1st.

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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

6-year fully funded research and teaching assistant job at University of Ghent in the fields of English literature/cultural theory, history/translation history, linguistics, language acquisition, communication. Own projects are welcome! Details: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-As...

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Assistant English

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 17/09/2026

ICYMI in our last (newsletter), we're joining forces with @vpfa.bsky.social for our first-ever collaborative Online Study Day (5-6 Feb. 2027) on "Fiction in Victorian and Edwardian Social Periodicals." CFP open through 31 Oct. More details here: rs4vp.org/vpfa-online-...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater empathy and a lower risk of dementia, say researchers.' Just make sure it's not reading English (instead of science) at university, say ministers.

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Reading for pleasure has benefits at all ages – from improving health and wellbeing to staving off dementia – say scientists

Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater empathy and a lower risk of dementia, ...

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Why do we even bother with structures like this in place? How can we stop it?

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Gorgeous post-eclipse sunset at Watchet (didn‘t capture the big event itself!)

A golden sunset over the Bristol Channel. Watchet harbour wall in the foreground. Little scudding clouds in the sky, tinged with a golden glow.

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 11/08/2026

🚨CFP alert!!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some views of Trinity College/ Dublin, taken at #RSVP2026. Such a fantastic event!

Trinity College Dublin, with blue sky and clouds behind.

A spherical metal sculpture outside a building on the Trinity College campus, Dublin.

The Oscar Wilde sculpture at Merrion Square Dublin.

Street furniture spray painted with the face of James Joyce, Dublin.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Happening soon! If you’re at #RSVP2026 come and join us at Panel 4E to hear about mediated memories of the Irish Famine!

A PowerPoint slide titled ‘Hunger, Memory and Masculinity in the Post-Famine Fiction of The Irish-American’.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 22/07/2026

Happy Conference Eve and welcome to Dublin! We are thrilled to gather @tcddublin.bsky.social for #RSVP2026 tomorrow. Registration opens at 11 a.m. in the Arts Building. Panels begin promptly at 1 p.m. An annotated map can be found here: buff.ly/JbX0MDs

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Welcome to Trinity College Dublin – RSVP

Céad míle fáilte (“One hundred thousand welcomes")! Trinity College Dublin is located in the center of the city. It is near many important landmarks including the River Liffey, Dublin Castle, and the…

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Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met @l19cmanmet.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Please join the network and our friends on the Punch's Pocket Book Archive team for our upcoming symposium "Global circulations – annuals and pocket books on the move", 26–27 November 2026, U of Caen Normandy. Deadline for proposals = 31 August 2026 caesar-project.unicaen.fr/event/call-f...

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Call for papers for the CaeSAR ‘Punch’s Pocket Book’ project: ‘Global circulations - annuals and pocket books on the move’, 26–27 November 2026, University of Caen Normandy - CaeSAR

Caen, Strategy for Accelerating Research

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today’s reading matter at the British Library: a beautiful 1847 edition of William Carleton’s The Black Prophet. #19thCentury

A decorative cover of the first edition of William Carleton’s The Back Prophet. The background is deep green, with red and gold embellishments. The title is in a Gothic-style font.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Got so frustrated at a BBC journalist fumbling this point this morning. Instead of trying to ‘both sides’ the issue, why not present the audience with some actual data?!?

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The perfect view for some relaxing Friday-evening yoga after the busiest of terms …

The picture shows wooden decking leading to a beautiful view - trees in full leaf with a mountain in the distance and a clear blue sky.

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Want to stop some vandals? Sign this petition. c.org/qpWLqNByRB

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Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Managed to catch the final weekend of the William Nicholson exhibition at Pallant House. Much as I love Nicholson’s later paintings, I adore his earlier graphic work, like these woodcut prints of Queen Victoria and (my personal fave) Sarah Bernhardt. #19thCentury #art

A print showing Queen Victoria as an older woman, dressed in black, with a dog at her side.

A print showing the 19th century actress Sarah Bernhardt standing with her arms spread open in front of a theatre curtain.

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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The current debacle in British universities has multiple causes, but a simple, partial remedy for the disastrous Tory removal of student number caps was for Labour to reverse it. They didn't, and they will reap the economic consequences at a local level across the country.

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 05/05/2026

Submissions are now OPEN for VPR's "Expanding the Field" Prize! Winners receive $500 (USD) and publication in a forthcoming issue of VPR. 🔗 Full details here: rs4vp.org/awards/victo... Want to know what a winning essay entails? Join our upcoming #RSVPDigiEv on May 15 to hear from previous winners!

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Chris Louttit @drchrislouttit.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Some exciting news: I'm organising an online event on the topic of Dickens on Screen for @dickenssociety.bsky.social! More info on the Society's website 👇. Abstracts of 100-200 words & short bio due by May 11th. The event itself will be on June 6th in the afternoon (East-coast US time).

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Dickens on Screen: Dickens Society Online Event — The Dickens Society

Call for Papers

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 30/03/2026

Just a quick reminder that proposals for VPR's upcoming special issue on "Keywords" are due TODAY!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A classic of the genre! 10/10, no notes!

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Ruth-Anne @ruthannereads.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The new @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter is here and it is ✨stunning ✨ This refresh has been a long time in the making, with lots of work behind the scenes from me and @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social - we hope you love it as much as we do! Read the spring issue here: bavs.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

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Karl Bell @karlbell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If interested in applying for our collaborative PhD, 'Uncharted Voices: Subaltern Cultures and Identities in Global Seafaring, 1880–1950', we will be holding a live webinar on Tuesday 24th March (1-2 pm). For further details about the project and webinar, see www.rmg.co.uk/ahrc-collabo...

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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship: Uncharted Voices

Learn more about and apply for this fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship starting in October 2026

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I love handwritten C19th recipe books - absolute treasure troves of information! 🥰 #19thcentury

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

And there Wales go again, giving me a tiny spark of hope before inevitably throwing it away in the second half. Thanks, Rhys Carré! #IREvWAL

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BAVS @bavs-uk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The BAVS/Rosemary Mitchell Prize for a Second Monograph 2026 is now open! If you published your second scholarly monograph in Victorian studies between 17 February 2025 and 17 February 2026, please do consider submitting! You can find more information here: bavs.ac.uk/book-prize-2/

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Book Prize – BAVS

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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Just like the goal for the elite is to accumulate wealth without labor (various forms of extraction and exploitation), the goal here is to accumulate “knowledge” without thinking (also various forms of extraction and exploitation)

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This makes for incredibly - if predictably - depressing reading. UK Govt, if you want to upskill everyone, why not invest in your tertiary education sector rather than pushing this slop?!?

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 15/01/2026

We're now accepting applications for our 2026 Patrick Leary Resource Development Grants and Mitchell Dissertation Prize! Both awards offer 💵 for tools and research relating to the #19thC periodical press. More information about each award can be found in the thread below.

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Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · 13/01/2026

Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals. What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Students overwhelmingly want more choice and optionality, even as managers impose compulsory programmes and limit choice due to cost. And in 3 to 5 years when those students go elsewhere, managers will ask us wh our numbers have declined, shortly before they shitcan us.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

In the pre-Christmas excitement, I forgot to mention that I have a new article out in a special issue of VPFJ. If you’re interested in neo-Victorian representations of George Sand and queer possibility check it out! victorianpopularfiction.org/publications...

A Victorian-style collage including a sitting woman in 19th century dress with her hand on her hip, some flowers, and words ‘Re-articulating the third sex: Victorian and Neo Victorian engagements with LGBTQIA+, edited by Helena Esser and Claire O’Callaghan’. The artwork is by Helena Esser.

A Victorian-style collage with a picture of George Sand, and the words ‘The Search for a Liveable Life: George Sand, Scandal and Queer Possibility in Briefly, A Delicious Life’ by Charlotte Boyce. The artwork is by Helens Esser.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Nearly time for one of my favourite Christmas traditions - wrapping some last minute presents while watching the BBC’s latest Ghost Story for Christmas. This year it’s E F Benson’s The Room in the Tower, starring Tobias Menzies and Joanna Lumley - can’t wait!! #Gothic

A promotional still from the BBC’s new adaptation of the story The Room in the Tower, starring Tobias Menzies and Joanna Lumley.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

My mum’s verdict on Amber’s show dance: well that was a lot of throwing around 🤣 #Strictly

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Exciting news - The Edinburgh Companion to Romanticism and the Arts is out in paperback! And EUP are offering a 30% discount! Why not treat yourself??

A flyer for the paperback edition of The Edinburgh Companion to Romanticism and the Arts, with a 30% discount (use code PAPER30 at the EUP website)

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A twofold plight: for researchers and for Library staff (some of whom are also researchers). Past time for DCMS to take note.

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