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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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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

‘Best rations’? (Not at all confident in this interpretation!)

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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 · 28/08/2026

Wow, congratulations Emily - that’s amazing news! So pleased for you!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am traumatised on your behalf!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Noooo! 🫣 Does this mean big spider season has come early?!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It’s ages since I’ve taught it, but I *think* Oswald’s illness isn’t specifically named in Ibsen’s Ghosts (although there are lots of heavy hints that it’s hereditary syphilis)? Maybe this example is too ‘plot-relevant‘ for your purposes though …

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If it needs to rhyme, how about Byron’s description of the Amundeville banquet in Canto 15 of Don Juan?

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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 · 11/08/2026

I feel like BBC Breakfast have gone big on the eclipse but only AFTER the point where it would be possible to order the glasses online (and receive them in time!) 😩

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Lovely to see you Patrick! Looking forward to the ‘foundational Victorian works of 1957’ special! 😉

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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 · 26/07/2026

Same to you! Fab to finally meet IRL ☺️

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

You deserve a rest, Clare! #RSVP2026 was such a great conference - thanks for all your hard work.

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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

Yes, it’s temperature controlled so lovely and cool in the reading rooms. But then a shock to the system when you go outside! 🥵

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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 · 18/06/2026

I’ve previously used Helen Small’s entry on ‘Madness’ in The Handbook of the Gothic (ed. Marie Mulvey-Roberts) when teaching on this topic: ‘Gothic literature plays on its readers’ anxieties … producing the symptoms of anxiety … In short, it ‘hystericises’ the reader’

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Looking forward to reading this!

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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 · 21/05/2026

Emma, I have this exact same dream! 😱

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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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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Yes! Normalise this practice! 👏

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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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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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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I once had a student call me ‘Miss Charlotte’ which made me feel like I was a character in Gone with the Wind 🫣

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

This is horrendous. What a loss.

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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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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Congratulations and great topic! Hope to see this come out as a book in due course.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New level of horror unlocked 😱😱😱

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Absolutely brutal. I’m so sorry for you and your colleagues.

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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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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

This one is next on my ‘to read’ pile - I loved Briefly, A Delicious Life so have high hopes for this!

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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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