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Diane Watt

@dianewatt.bsky.social
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Writer, academic, medievalist, queer

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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Impressive mortsafe in the kirkyard of Old St Nicholas’s in Prestwick (Priest’s wick or dwelling place)
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Someone in @waterstones.bsky.social in Ayr has a sense of humour. These book cover posters adorn the walls of the women’s loo.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My review of a new biography of Marie Maitland has just been published in The Conversation. 'Douglas represents Maitland as [Anne] Lister’s sapphic forebear – an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman’. theconversation.com/the-16th-cen...
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The 16th century lesbian poet who could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
Maitland was an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman and who found (and, sadly, lost) her big love.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My review of a new biography of Marie Maitland has just been published in The Conversation. 'Douglas represents Maitland as [Anne] Lister’s sapphic forebear – an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman’. theconversation.com/the-16th-cen...
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The 16th century lesbian poet who could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
Maitland was an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman and who found (and, sadly, lost) her big love.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Queer cafe in the Surrey countryside 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ah you should read my book for sure then 😝 www.waterstones.com/book/gods-ow...
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God's Own Gentlewoman by Diane Watt | Waterstones
Buy God's Own Gentlewoman by Diane Watt from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Thank you for coming along!
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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A very interesting Reuter lecture from @dianewatt.bsky.social on Margaret Paston. Good to think about Medieval stuff again.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Ah I miss Norfolk. Any idea what this pale green duck on a tributary of the Wey might be?
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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 08/04/2026
Explore over 150 titles in our reference sale, including: 📗The Cambridge Global History of Fashion 📘Women and Medieval Literary Culture 📙The Great Gatsby Save 40% with our code REF40 🔗 cup.org/4sYmimX
Open book with text and images on a Cambridge blue background. A pair of glasses is resting above the book. Text reads, "Save 40% on selected Reference books.Cover of "The Cambridge Global History of Fashion" with four vintage-style painted portraits of a person in elaborate attire. Edited by Christopher Breward, Beverly Lemire, and Giorgio Riello.The image is a book cover for "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It features a burgundy background with the title and author's name in gold. The book is part of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.Cover of the book titled "Women and Medieval Literary Culture: From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century," edited by Corinne Saunders and Diane Watt. The cover features an artwork depicting a historical scene with two figures in medieval attire.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Exclusive: Academic hiring at UK research-intensives falls 19 per cent in two years. Data obtained through freedom of information requests reveal impact of financial crisis on job opportunities. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Academic hiring at UK research-intensives falls 19 per cent in two years - Research Professional News
Data obtained through freedom of information requests reveal impact of financial crisis on job opportunities
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
‘Perhaps most damaging for the regulator meant to oversee freedom of speech, the accusation of bias in the process was also upheld‘ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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University of Sussex wins landmark free speech case against universities regulator
A record fine had been issued by the Office for Students over the university's trans and non-binary inclusion policy.
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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
University management spent £80 million on new building that wasn't needed (presently for sale at £14 million) and now decide 600 staff should go to 'save' £50 million. This is the math currently shaping future of UK HE. Staff paying the price for mismanagement. Govt looking the other way
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I found this old notebook today. How it started v where it went.
Notes for a bookThe bookNew York Review of the book
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
TIL: There's a whole network of databases named after the 12thC abbess and intellectual, Heloise! The network is devoted to gathering historical data on Europe's universities. If that isn't a legacy, I don't know what is! heloise.hypotheses.org #MedievalSky
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Atelier Héloïse | European Network on Digital Academic History
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We’re currently recruiting for a Project Cataloguer on a 1 year fixed-term contract to catalogue parts of our archives relating to our transfer from Hamburg to London in 1933. 35 hours per week £30,842 per annum Apply by 12 May 2026 Apply now ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #jobopportunity #UoL
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I dunno. Maybe I would like it now and I was just, well, too close to the last days when I saw it.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
No no no. I really hated that film 🙁 Women on the Verge however…
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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Let's be clear: the destruction of universities is a political choice. It doesn't have to be like this. Sure, there are issues, some serious, but Ireland's universities aren't totally screwed, nor The Netherlands'. The UK government has made a choice - it is demolishing and incinerating education.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Good news, but... ...can we now #RejoinEU as a whole? #Erasmus
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
@sazwingrove.bsky.social
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Yesterday I saw this beautiful butterfly and, in the evening, heard a skylark sing.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Indeed www.ft.com/content/5032...
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Management consultants are ruining UK universities
Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Steen has managed in this article to mis analyse the gender pay gap- it’s not only the care issue, it’s a systemic gendered hierarchy which has existed forever.Even women without children are paid less than their male colleagues! Do better Ms Steen it’s just not about you,it’s the patriarchal system
'Gender pay gap' agenda a pointless contrivance that ignores the reality of women like me
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Constance Bantman @constancebantman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Que fait l'exil à la famille (anarchiste), et comment les liens familiaux déterminent-ils en retour l'expérience de l'exil? Mes réponses dans ce podcast de la toujours brillante Romy Sanchez, dans le cadre du projet FAMEXIL. on.soundcloud.com/qZ8RdnzcimCN...
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FAMEXIL-ConstanceBantman
Constance Bantman, professeure à l'Universié du Surrey parle des sources des anarchistes français exilés à Londres, à la fin du XIXe siècle, et de ce qu'elles peuvent nous indiquer de la vie intime et
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Prospect Cottage pilgrimage
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Lamb House, Rye, home of Henry James
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Fantastic!
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Amazing!! Huge congratulations 🥳
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
EVENT! Thinking Forwards: Collaboration | The Editing Women in the Archives Project (27 March,14:00 – 15:00) This Project aims to locate, collate, conserve & provide access to endangered women’s literary, lifestyle & art publications in Pakistan. englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...
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Thinking Forwards: Collaboration | The Editing Women in the Archives Project (27 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00) | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Also in research lead role I argue that in the arts and humanities a book is at least the equivalent of a grant, often double weighted in REF, bringing in QR funding.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I understand why you feel demoralised but you are so successful—SL with great publications. That matters.
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
And yes the system is rigged. Patronage is still a huge factor in success in the humanities
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
How demoralising. This is why many academics, literary scholars in particular, stop applying for funding. Have you tried different kinds of funding to fellowships eg AHRC catalyst (a network on medieval makers!)?
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The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
As the weather gets colder, warm the cockles of your creative-critical heart by reading our new Meet a Medievalist Maker blog post by @jamespaz.bsky.social, which is filled with fiery reflections on his 'ecocreative' process🔥 Read more by following the link below👇
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Meet a Medievalist Maker: James Paz — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
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Dr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Please help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...
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PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE
Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself."
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Evelyn Dunbar was the only woman commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Discover D in our A-Z of women artists 👉 artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z… 🧑‍🎨 Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906–1960) 📸 Museum Wales
Six women bale hay with a red hay baling machine
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Research, old school style
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So sorry
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The original Brigadoon
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New Encyclopedia Highlights Medieval Women’s Writing Around the World www.medievalists.net/2026/02/new-... #medievalwomen #medievalstudies
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New Encyclopedia Highlights Medieval Women’s Writing Around the World - Medievalists.net
A major new reference work is aiming to reshape how medieval literature is taught and studied, by putting women’s writing—across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia—at the centre of the story
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
There is something about a British pub …
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Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Good luck James. Really hope this time is successful 🍀
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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Really recommend!
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Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
What a joy to see our @rsliterature.bsky.social President Elif Shafak deliver the National Humanities Lecture at the School of Advanced Study @sas-news.bsky.social. A beautiful reflection on and defence of the long form of literature, and many other things too.
Elif Shafak on stage with a gold background and a pink banner saying The National Humanities lecture
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