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Barbara Braid

@dr-braid.bsky.social

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Period drama afficionado, mad for all things neo-Victorian and gothic

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Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Work-in-Progress Seminar for Early Career Scholars in American Studies, organized as part of the PAAS Morphing America Conference - see more info: paas20261.wordpress.com/seminar-for-...

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From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria @qaqv.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

New on QAQV 📚 Barbara Braid explores metafiction & myth-making in The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin—from biofiction to media critique. How is a legend created? Who shapes it? 👉Read now on the blog: qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl/metafiction-... #biofiction #literature #DickTurpin #academicblog

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Metafiction and Biomythography in The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

How is a biographical myth created? Who creates it? What processes are involved in the mythologization of a biographical figure? And is the demythologization of historical figures possible? A great ex...

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Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Only 3 days left to submit a conference proposal for Polish Association for American Studies conference 'Morphing America' in Szczecin, Poland! Please send abstracts of approx. 300 words to morphing.paas.2026@gmail.com by 10 April 2026.

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Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Dears, check out the CFP for ESSE conference 🥳 in Santiago de Compostella 🕍(31.08-04.09.2026). www.esse2026.com/en/calls_par... Session 29, organised by Sarah Beyvers and myself, is on non-literary and non-filmic engagements with the Victorian culture (e.g. games, comics). More info in the link.

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ESSE 2026

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Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko @drlkz.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Welcome @dr-braid.bsky.social!

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Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

CFP 📣Trans-scriptions: Cultural Codings and the Poetics of the Body📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED: abstracts by 14 Sept 2025! Keynote: prof. Jack Halberstam 🗓️ 11–13 February 2026 📍 University of Wrocław, Poland 🌐 Hybrid Format 📌 Our site: wordpre150.wordpress.com

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Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Thank you @manmetuni.bsky.social for a fantastic event full of Gothic goodness! It was fabulous! @svgarloathe.bsky.social @annaronewicz.bsky.social @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social @sorchanf.bsky.social

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Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

In less than 2 weeks I'll be in Berlin taking part in this exciting event! Thank you for the invitation @carolinekoegler.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @temporal-communities.de ! <3

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Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Dear All, I have here a CFP for an edited book with a preliminary title "Other Spaces: Spatiality in Popular Culture." Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2025. The full CFP below. Should you have any questions, please DM me. 😁👩‍🎓📖

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