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Helena Goodwyn

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Assistant Professor | Editorial Team @esprit-jeps.bsky.social | The Americanisation of W. T. Stead (EUP, 2026) tinyurl.com/5xmrxs2j

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 06/10/2026
Just a friendly reminder that Curran Fellowship applications are due next week on 15 October! Open to all researchers, Curran awards offer up to $6,000 USD to support #19thC periodical research that makes use of print and archival sources. Application guidance here: rs4vp.org/awards/curra...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 06/10/2026
For those who may not have seen or heard the news, @sorgeway.bsky.social's work was recognized with a 2026 Emerging Research Open Scholarship Award this past summer. We wrote up a little something to celebrate this achievement and add our public congratulations to Julie! rs4vp.org/julie-sorge-...
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Julie Sorge Way's Award-Winning Research – RSVP
Congratulations to RSVP member Julie Sorge Way for receiving the 2026 Emerging Research Open Scholarship Award this past June!
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NAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
CFP: Fiction in Victorian and Edwardian Socialist Periodicals (Abstract Deadline: 10/31/2026) navsa.org/News/13728410
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In partnership with @carnegieendowment.org, we welcome applications for the Global Innovation Fellowships, designed to build connections beyond academia in areas such as sustainability and global order. The application deadline is 18 November. Learn more: bit.ly/4rzY4zu
Colour block social media card promoting Global Innovation Fellowships: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Applications are open for our (free) early career researcher leadership programme. We will provide 62 ECRs from humanities and social sciences with coaching, mentoring and peer networking. We can contribute to childcare costs. Apply by 28th October www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career...
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British Academy Elevate Programme - Leadership Stream: key information
An intensive, CPD‑accredited leadership programme for Early Career Researchers delivered through training, mentoring and coaching.
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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Do I have any #complit colleagues on Bluesky that might point me towards their favourite primer/intro text book for the discipline?
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 01/09/2026
The applications portal for #RSVP2027 is now officially open! We invite all of your latest ideas on the intersections of 'Structure' and #19thC periodicals/print culture. Final proposals due 1 November. Get inspired and more information on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
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Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) @esprit-jeps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The new issue of JEPS is out! Guest-edited by Anna Namestnikov and Gaëtan Regniers, it brings periodical and translation studies into conversation, alongside a field note and four book reviews. Read the issue here: openjournals.ugent.be/jeps #jeps #periodicalstudies #translationstudies
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Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) @esprit-jeps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Connected to the new issue, the third ep. of 'JEPS in Conversation' podcast is also available - hear the editors and authors discuss their research and offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the latest JEPS issue on periodicals and translation: www.espr-it.eu/seminars/jep...
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Andrew Hobbs @drewhobbs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Print copy has arrived, so it must be real! The Diaries of Anthony Hewitson, provincial journalist, vol. 2, 1891-1912. Get your copy here, or download for free: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... @openbookpublish.bsky.social
The diaries of Anthony Hewitson, provincial journalist, vol. 2, 1891-1912, edited by Andrew Hobbs. Cover shows Hewitson as old man, posing with his hand inside his coat, other hand on back of a chair, long white beard, receding hairline
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19 Century Studies Association @ncsascholars.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We are pleased to share our CfP: Framing the Human in the 19th Century. We meet in #Philadelphia, March 11-13, 2027. 🎃 Proposals due October 31, 2026. For more details, visit: ncsaweb.net/2027-confere... 💰We have four Conference Travel Grants, due January 15, 2027: ncsaweb.net/grants-fundi...
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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
@lindzmcleod.bsky.social and I have been planning an event! Wednesday 16th September 2026 - 6pm BST Along with Erin Edwards, we're talking queer Austen sequels & Miss Darcy's sapphic HEA! Tickets are free (unless you'd like a signed book!) Link to sign up here 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/queering-g...
For fans of Jane Austen, a queer Pride and Prejudice sequel online author event!!

After the events of Pride and Prejudice, Lizzie and Darcy got their happy ever after, but what about Darcy's sister, Miss Georgiana? Well, her HEA is sapphic, of course!

Join authors Lindz McLeod and Erin Edwards on 16th September (6pm, BST), authors of The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley and The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy, in conversation with Emma Butler-Marr, Austen nerd & nineteenth-century literature PhD researcher (19thcenturyem) talking queer Austen sequels, with a focus on a certain Miss Georgiana Darcy, with her respective lovers, Caroline Bingley and Kitty Bennet.

Not only chatting with each other and Emma, Lindz and Erin will take questions from the audience. There's also an opportunity to grab yourself a signed copy of each novel! Click the eventbrite link to grab your ticket for what is sure to be an evening full of queer, Austenian fun! Free to attend unless you are quick enough to grab yourself a signed book ✨️

Who said that historical romance is dead?? Not us 🏳️‍🌈
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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Americanisation of W. T. Stead is out now! So delighted to get my author copies, huge thanks to @edinburghup.bsky.social. We’ve a 30% launch discount, if you’re a librarian/ in collection development, pls consider recommending for your library. #VictorianStudies #PeriodicalStudies #BookHistory
Helena Goodwyn holding a copy of her monograph The Americanisation of W. T. Stead.Flyer with QR code link to 30% discount for The Americanisation of W. T. Stead by Helena Goodwyn
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Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) @esprit-jeps.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
20 days to go! The countdown is on to the 14th ESPRit Conference, ‘Periodicals & the World’, 9–11 Sept, Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels. 3 days of how periodicals travel across regions, connect local & global cultures, & shape ideas of what constitutes the ‘world’: events.vub.be/periodicals-...
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Periodicals and the World
Since their inception, periodicals have travelled across regions, reporting on local and global events and developments, and shaping public discourse on wh...
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 18/08/2026
Our Fall 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent line-up is officially here! 🍂 Check out the graphic below for topics and dates. More info will be forthcoming as each individual event approaches, but you can reserve your spot now by registering here: rs4vp.org/fall-digital...
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Françoise Baillet @fbaillet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Looking forward to presenting our ANR-funded international @punchspocketbook.bsky.social at the annual conf. of the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit) in Brussels, next month. "Roaming the World with Punch’s Pocket Book" will examine the annual from the viewpoint of intern. movement.
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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's real, and due out in March! 'Imaginative Pasts', which has been a joy to edit with Tracey Loughran, aims to reckon - and play - with the role of the imagination in historical research and writing. #skystorians #earlymodern manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187154/
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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A historical perspective on our current reading crisis?: my new article for @theconversation.com explores why a 120-year-old warning about declining reading habits sounds remarkably familiar today, from skimming newspapers to scrolling social media. Read it here: theconversation.com/why-an-120-y...
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Why an 120-year-old warning about reading feels uncomfortably familiar
Journalists have been decrying the decline in reading for over 100 years and yet it persists.
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
On advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928" by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*
Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 11/08/2026
🚨CFP alert!!
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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Final push for my Great North Run training this month and so, if you can spare it, please consider sponsoring my run for the amazing work Diabetes UK do:
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 31/07/2026
How has it already been a week since #RSVP2026? If you're feeling some serious conference withdrawal (as we are), why not revisit the experience by taking our conference survey? The survey should take only 5-7 min. and will stay open until Aug. 12. Scan the QR code below to access the survey!
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Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) @esprit-jeps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our upcoming annual conference hosted at the Royal Library of Belgium will feature some amazing keynotes, including: Stefano Evangelista (University of Oxford): "At Home in the World: Translation and the Idea of World Literature in Esperanto Periodicals at the Turn of the Twentieth Century" 1/3
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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Go buy Lois Burke's book —less than £30 with the conference discount!— or read it freely online cause it's #OpenAccess! #BAVS2026
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Late-Victorian Girls and their Manuscript Magazines
This open access book uncovers the vibrant manuscript cultures of late 19th-century British girls, showcasing their creativity and influence in literature.
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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📢 CFP: 35th Annual 18th- & 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference Theme: Design 📍 Palm Springs, CA | 📅 24–27 Mar 2027 We’re seeking papers on design in literature, history, art history & more! 📝 Proposals due 18 Oct 2026. britishwomenwriters.org #CFP #VictorianStudies
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British Women Writers Association
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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Friends old and new, fascinating papers, amazing keynotes, wonderful hosts, an amazing city, and a truly memorable conference. Thank you to everyone who shared their work and made the experience so enriching. It could only have been #RSVP2026 !
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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Curran Index User Survey
Thanks for being willing to complete this short survey. Whether or not you have used the Curran Index recently (or at all) we are looking for opinions on how the Curran can best be improved and develo...
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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Jenny Conary reminds us that reading is not natural and that, if it's now hard for expert readers to dive into deep reading, reading will never be fun for those who were never expert readers. #RSVP2026
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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sheila Gross got each of her 20 students to create a Portrait of Poets Gallery Exhibit Project on Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education (COVE). #RSVP2026
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Thiel College Women's Literature Spring 2026 | COVE
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Erica Haugtvedt @ehaugtvedt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Jennifer Conary speaks about how as an expert reader, she realized after moving to an admin job that her reading skills had deteriorated. We assume that our students can deep read, but this is a complex skill that needs to be developed actively. #rsvp2026 #printinmotion
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026
How is it already the final day of #RSVP2026? 😢 Get ready for more panels, the AGM at 12:30 pm in the Davis Theatre (tune in for our Colby Prize reveal!) + our Farewell Reception at 5:30 pm in the Museum Building, where we’ll announce next year’s conference host. 👀 Watch this space!
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Conference Program – RSVP
We aim to provide program information to our many international travelers and busy attendees as early as possible. The conference program for Dublin appears below, though please note that it is still…
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/07/2026
What a Day 1 at #RSVP2026! We welcomed 192 delegates to Dublin today (!), our largest gathering to date! Highlights included Brian Maidment's tribute panel + an inspiring Keynote Colby Conversation with our 2025 Book Prize co-winners. See snapshots from today in the thread below! 📸 👇#PrintInMotion
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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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Priti Joshi @pritijoshi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
@rs4vp.org #RSVP2026 off to a great start! Thanks to the labor of so many, particularly Clare Clarke and Mary Grant. A few from the coffee break where folks excitedly reconnected.
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 24/07/2026
Day 2 at #RSVP2026! Following 3 panel sessions + a working lunch Curran Index workshop, today's highlight was Katherine Bode’s Wolff Lecture, a world-rocking analysis of how #19thC periodicals scholars are well-equipped to navigate the "new material conditions" brought on by LLMs. 📸 Pete Clarke
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This weekend sees the public celebration marking the completion of major parts of the Crystal Palace Park regeneration. Including the restoration of the 30 Grade I dinosaur statues dating from the 1850s.
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are launching the 2026-27 round of Talent Development Awards. The scheme is open to UK-based researchers in all career stages who wish to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to their work and develop expertise in a new area. Learn more: bit.ly/4bpl2CE
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University English @univeng.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
University English, @englishassociation.bsky.social and @ies-sas.bsky.social Emergency Action On … the State of English, Thursday 16.07, 10-12. All arts and hums colleagues welcome too. Please sign up here : forms.office.com/e/PN4MNv5T6G
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/07/2026
A new resource from @britishacademy.bsky.social, out today, maps changes in UK academic staff numbers and contract types between 2012/13 & 2024/25 for the arts, humanities & social sciences bit.ly/4w47SmP You can search by subject (incl history), provider, region & forms of employment #Skystorians
Main page of new British Academy resource on Mapping SHAPE academic staff in UK HE.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
'Early career opportunities have rapidly declined in the fields of arts and humanities amid UK job cuts, with teaching-only roles increasingly the only positions available for those just starting out, an analysis by the British Academy has found.' 1/3
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Humanities hardest hit as early career opportunities disappear
Analysis of staff data finds skew to teaching-only roles in entry-level positions, with scale of cuts not reflected at more senior levels
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There’s a permanent modern British history post going at Manchester 🎉Come and join a great department and please share with anyone who might be interested. (Don’t let the short deadline put you off). #skystorians 🗃️
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) at The University of Manchester
Apply now for the Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 29/06/2026
This year, we're spotlighting each of our Colby Prize semifinalists leading up to the big reveal at #RSVP2026, starting today! First up we have @mdamkjaer.bsky.social's latest monograph, Fiction on the Page in #19thC Magazines (OUP, 2025). Read the judges' comments here: buff.ly/u816Usf
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Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is a fantastic opportunity: a Fulbright fellowship with the Center for Digital Narrative (@cdn-bergen.bsky.social) at the University of Bergen in Norway. Apps due by September 15!
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Digital Culture
The scholar will take part in the teaching and research activities of the Digital Culture program and the Digital Culture and Electronic Literature research groups in the Department of Linguistic, Lit...
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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Book news! 📚 My monograph, The Americanisation of W. T. Stead, is out soon from @edinburghup.bsky.social Topics: journalism history, print culture, transatlantic literary networks, periodicals, & the relationship between Britain & America at the turn of the twentieth century: tinyurl.com/5xmrxs2j
The cover of the monograph ‘the Americanisation of W. T. Stead’ by Helena Goodwyn. Image shows a discount QR code and the painting ‘the arrival’ by C. R. W. Nevinson which is of a ship in the Futurist style using primary colours.
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Rare Book School invites the public to the 2026 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades, “𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀” with 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗺 at 5:30 p.m. ET on 8 July. This event is hybrid. Details at rarebookschool.org/events/2026/...
Lecture poster with a black and white photo of a group of men in mid-20th-century clothing working around a crane that is lifting a large roll of paper. Below this is information about the talk.
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 15/06/2026
⏰️ Just a quick reminder that TODAY is the last day to register for #RSVP2026! We'll convene at Trinity College Dublin from 23-25 July for "Movements & Migrations in the #19thC Press". Hopefully we'll see you there? Rates + registration info on our site: buff.ly/rX5vsBg
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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
💼 We are hiring! We are looking for two Commissioning Editors to join our Edinburgh team on a full-time, maternity cover contract, working on either the Literary Studies or the Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies list. Apply by Monday, 8 June. More details:
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We're Hiring: two Commissioning Editors (Maternity Cover)
We are looking for two Commissioning Editors to join the team at our Edinburgh office on a full time, maternity cover contract, working on either the Literary Studies list or the Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies list.
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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Assistant Professor in English Dublin City University Permanent Expertise in Children’s Literature is essential. Proven experience lecturing in 19th-century literature, Modernism, and Postmodernism. universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-...
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Assistant Professor in English | University Vacancies Ireland
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Victorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Registration is OPEN for our 18th Annual Conference: "Victorians and Their Publics". 🌎Liverpool John Moores University 📅6-8th July, 2026 💸£20-135 (depending on in-person/ student status). To read the full conference programme and to register, head to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-...
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