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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops were established in memory of Professor Laura Marcus (engfac.bsky.social), one of the most influential literary scholars of her generation. They continue her vision of scholarship: rigorous, generous, & collaborative. Help secure their future: buff.ly/VGoQUdu

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Registration closes on Tuesday! This masterclass is free and open to all. @actuplondon.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Join acclaimed biographer Peter Parker for a conversation with Dr Eleri Anona Watson on writing queer lives, from biography to anthology. @engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 📅 28 April | ⏰ 17:30–18:45 Free, open to all. Register: buff.ly/qhVC0od

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

She’s gonna be in Bergamo in April and she’s gonna get sassy.

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

How ‘straight’ is a life story, really? Nicholas Royle argues that contemporary life-writing is increasingly drawn to slips, shocks, coincidences, and uncanny turns: what he calls the ‘New Fantastic’. @engfac.bsky.social 📅 10 Feb | ⏰ 17:30 📍 Wolfson College + Online 🔗 buff.ly/NF247Qs

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A Very Theory Xmas @averytheoryxmas.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Christmas cracker joke: Why does Derrida always buy the expensive stuff in Sainsbury's? Because he likes to Taste the Differance!

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A Very Theory Xmas @averytheoryxmas.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

BUTLER: Gender is the effect of endlessly repeated normative acts, a kind of performance. NEARLY EVERYONE ELSE: A performance like a nativity play? BUTLER: How many times do I have to explain this-

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A Very Theory Xmas @averytheoryxmas.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I'm dreaming of an unheimlich Christmas Just like the ones that seem vaguely familiar for some reason

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Loved moderating a fabulous panel on fabulation this week @theruskin.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

❗️Tonight❗️Multi-award-winning historian, biographer, and author Lucy Hughes-Hallett talks all things life-writing and scandal with Hermione Lee. All welcome! Join us for a book signing afterwards. 🕠 17:30 📍 Wolfson College 🎟️ shorturl.at/8Gdgn @engfac.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

How did nurses shape Australia’s response to HIV/AIDS? Join Dr Geraldine Fela for ‘Blood Politics’, 31 Oct, 2.30pm, Schwarzman Centre. Free, all welcome: shorturl.at/MNB95 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social @hflgbtq.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Partner event: From hospital wards to activist networks, award-winning historian, Dr Geraldine Fela tells the story of nurses during Australia’s AIDS crisis. 31 Oct, 2.30pm @ox.ac.uk All welcome! Register here: shorturl.at/MNB95 @torchoxford.bsky.social @hflgbtq.bsky.social

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Feminist Thinking Seminar | Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS crisis

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

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Derrida Today @derridatoday.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The call for papers is now open for the 9th Derrida Today Conference in Paris, France - from July 13-17, 2026. Details can be found on the website here: derridatoday.com.au/conference/ All enquiries: conference@derridatoday.com

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Conference – Derrida Today

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

An opportunity by the University of Oxford’s Intersectional Humanities research hub for recent graduates and ECRs! Please share widely. @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @torchoxford.bsky.social #CFP

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Delighted to be in Sydney as a Visiting Scholar at Macquarie University! I’m here to share my research on “bumping” as a queer ethic— rethinking Derrida & Cixous alongside Queer, Trans & Black Studies. Honoured to see this work resonate across disciplines & contexts. Join my masterclass on Tues!

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The #Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is proud to introduce the inaugural cohort of Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars—marking the launch of a programme designed to recognise, foster, and champion work by marginalised voices. oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/global-major...

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Delighted to be heading up this initiative! Please share widely ✍️

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

OCLW has carved out a space for underrepresented writers with fascinating, untold stories, waiting only for a little room to bloom. There are 8 places open this year. The application window is open. If this speaks to you, or someone you know, please help spread the word

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Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Delighted to be heading up this initiative! Please share widely ✍️

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Jaime Hylton, orophile and librocubicularist @jaimehylton.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

#NationalPoetryMonth #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPatterns (rhyme scheme) “We Have Not Long to Love” — Tennessee Williams

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Duckie was (as ever) a JOY! Can’t wait to draw on Ajamu X’s interview in next week’s classes on Black queer relationality!

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

An opportune time to visit the Cable St Mural. “The girls all went out with pepper pots in their coat pockets to throw pepper into the faces of the fascists. […] They wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the dockers – working people the same as they all were, and socialists”. shorturl.at/0F7Ie

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Congratulations to Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social who was selected to feature in the Fourth Plinth sculpture 'Mil Veces un Instante' by artist Teresa Margolles. The sculpture commemorates the resilience of the global trans, nonbinary & gender nonconforming communities.

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson featured in Fourth Plinth Sculpture in Trafalgar Square

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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

🚨 Publication Day Klaxon 🚨 for * The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading * & it looks like the price is reduced for publication day. I’ll be doing an advent calendar of snippets from each chapter over the coming month. Follow the 🧵 here! #QueerReading #LGBTQStudies

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Resolution for the new year: Audre Lorde, ‘I’m going to go out like a fuc*ing meteor!’

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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

DAY 19: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 17: 'FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE': QUEERING DERRIDA AND CIXOUS'S AIMANCE Eleri Anona Watson-this chapter offers a fascinating discussion of friendship as queer mode focusing upon the relationship between none other than Derrida & Cixous.

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Dr Eleri Anona Watson @elerianona.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My copy of ‘The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading’ just arrived. So delighted to see my chapter ‘“Friendship as a Way of Life”: Queering Derrida and Cixous’ Aimance’ in print! Huge thank you to the editors, Declan Kavanagh and Jeremy Chow! @engfac.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social

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