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Katie MacLean

@katiemaclean.bsky.social
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PhD student at Stirling Uni researching Jane Austen and queer performance / Editor-in-Chief, Romance, Revolution and Reform Journal 📚✨🎭

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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You can read my review of the new Sense and Sensibility on The Conversation. I had a lot of fun writing it and thinking about Austen’s enduring relevance! theconversation.com/sense-and-se...
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Sense and Sensibility: gen Z will relate to the Dashwoods’ complicated relationship with romance and property
The film reflects a truth that gen Z are painfully aware of: romance and property are often inextricable.
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Josh Smith @smithjj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...
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The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832
"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A new special issue of Persuasions On-Line on 'Jane Austen's Global Fan Cultures' has just gone live! The issue boasts articles on Chinese translation and reception, literary tourism, fanfiction, and digital humanities projects.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The final stretch of the PhD burn out is real! I thought a classic British boozy strip holiday would save me but I’ve returned with the flu, a very full inbox and unsuccessful job applications (one for my dream job, yayyy 🥲)
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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A beautiful, inspiring and thought-provoking couple of days at my first *big* BARS. Brum was a very welcoming city, with some beautiful architecture. And, as always, I'm in awe of having such incredibly clever friends and meeting such amazing people in the field. I loved #bars2026 so much ✨️
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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Was so lovely to see you, and thanks for such an amazing paper! Your bisexual lighting slide was possibly my favorite thing of the conference 🤣
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sun sets on #BARS2026 🌅 I had the best time meeting friends old and new. So many great panels presenting important research during a time of global/sector crisis. And a huge plus is that BARS really is the best most welcoming bunch for PGRs!!!
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Conference nerves finally give way to excitement! I’m at #BARS2026 this week!! Very excited to be presenting on the Queer Austen panel and reconnect with familiar faces 🫶🏼🏳️‍🌈 Grateful to the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association for the travel bursary that allowed me to attend!
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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
📣CfP Alert📣 We are delighted to announce that our CfP for the 2027 RRR conference is now open! The deadline for abstracts is the 25th of October. The focus will be on ecosystems of the long nineteenth century 🌱 We can’t wait to read your submissions!
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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I’ll be travelling to upstate NY to look at a portrait which brings together many of the questions at the heart of my research: women’s artistic and musical education, eighteenth-century portraiture, and networks of cultural exchange between Britain, Italy, and India around 1800 👩‍🎨🌍💌
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Kickstarting my next project on Jane Austen and Fantasy, I’m using this award for an research trip to consult ‘The Delightful Tales of Fairy Land’ by J.E. Austen I hope to trace Austen’s connection to the genre in her own novels, their illustrated editions, and multi-media adaptations 🧚🏻‍♀️🧝🏽‍♀️🦄🧞‍♀️🧙🏻‍♀️
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
2026 Stephen Copley Awardees!! 🎉 Many congratulations to Megan D Bennett (@megandanielle.bsky.social), Elena Bonacini (@elebonacini.bsky.social), Katie MacLean (@katiemaclean.bsky.social), and Rachel Xhemajli (@rachelxhemajli.bsky.social)! 🥳 Read about their projects: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6485
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Stephen Copley Research Awards 2026 (Round One): Awardees Announced – BARS Blog
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@ecsssstir2025.bsky.social are accepting nominations for the Richard B. Sher First Book Prize (awarded early 2027). The prize recognizes authors whose first scholarly book contributes significantly to the field of eighteenth-century Scottish studies. #skystorians #18thC #ScottishHist
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Spent some time at Glasgow Zine Library today reading Austenian sci-fi parodies 🚀👽🪐
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
mini haul from Glasgow Zine Fest!!! History Time Zine by TIMEInverclyde LGBTQ+ Youth. How did they know I am obsessed with The Public Universal Friend???
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I really enjoyed contributing to this article with @theconversation.com Byron’s poem Darkness is one of my favourites and eerily relevant today 🌋 theconversation.com/ten-compelli...
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Ten compelling poems about climate change – chosen by our experts
These poems span over 200 years and a range of emotions, from sorrow, to fear and hope.
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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Delighted to have rejoined the @rrrjournal.bsky.social editorial board, this time as an Academic Editor! The call for our next issue, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ remains open until 16th April. More details can be found here: www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub.... Please share with your PGRs!
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Call for Submissions | Romance, Revolution and Reform
Submit a paper for the next issue of our interdisciplinary journal.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚨We are more than halfway through of CfS!!!! 🚨
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Dr Marina Cano @drmarinacano.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📢 BOOK GIVEAWAY ends next week: Share this post to win 1 free copy of *Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage* (OUP March 2026). global.oup.com/academic/pro... #JaneAusten #WutheringHeights @ncsascholars.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Was Jane Austen gay? Michel Foucault says ‘non’!
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Why asking ‘Was Jane Austen gay?’ still causes controversy
A review which posed the question – causing a storm in a teacup of Austenian proportions in 1995 – has now been set to music.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Can't believe I am starting to write the introduction to my thesis today !!! It is actually really hard to put into words the context/framework of ideas you have been thinking and writing about for 4+ years 🤯
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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I looked for this ALL MORNING and finally found it WOULD YOU SURVIVE VICTORIAN INFANCY? textadventures.co.uk/games/view/l... (The hosting is very 2003, but I made it on Twine in 2021 and must shift to hosting it locally)
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Would You Survive Victorian Infancy? - Play online at textadventures.co.uk
So you think you can survive childhood in 1856?
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Come and join us!!!!!! Amazing experience for PGRs/ECRs in a v friendly and welcoming environment 🤗 There will be scope for progression for PGRs in more senior editing roles
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📢 RRR Journal is on the hunt for new reviewers! If you'd like to express interest in writing a review of a monograph, conference, exhibition, theatre production, or film to be considered for next year's issue, please fill out the 'call for reviewers' form at www.rrrjournal.com/contact or email us!
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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In which I essay a little click bait for the conversation 🖤
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Don’t fall in love this Valentine’s Day – read Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë’s novel celebrates the head-spinning, hair-raising, all-consuming experience of falling in love.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Did not expect there to be puppy play in Wuthering Heights but here we are I guess
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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
📢We're recruiting four new postgraduate and two early career researchers! Please visit our website for more information and to submit your application (deadline 23rd February).
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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
ICYMI our @ehunineteen.bsky.social PGRs are hosting a conference - check out our poster - please reskeet - share with your PGRs - and do come along and join us in June!
Poster for 
Placing the Nineteenth Century
An EHU19 PGR & ECR Conference
Theme: The North (West)
Keynote Speaker: Dr Claire O'Callaghan
Friday 26th June 2026
Call for Papers deadliné: Friday 1st May 2026
Email: ehu19place@outlook.com for abstracts and queries

Featuring images of Haworth, Blackpool, Bold Street in Liverpool, Ormskirk from the 19thC
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📢 We're on the hunt for new reviewers! If you'd like to express interest in writing a review of a monograph, conference, exhibition, theatre production, or film to be considered for next year's issue, please fill out the 'call for reviewers' form at www.rrrjournal.com/contact
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Contact | Romance, Revolution and Reform
Get in touch if you want to submit an article or review, join our mailing list, or have any other questions about Romance Revolution and Reform.
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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alasdair Gray & Robert Burns - Pictured is Alasdair Gray’s 1953 Tam O’Shanter, inspired by Robert Burns. A fierce champion of Scots, Gray shows Tam riding home below as witches dance to bagpipes in the haunted kirk.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Happy Burns day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 My dad was part of a Burns Club and would address the haggis every year. As I little girl I remember looking through his copy of Robert Burns: The Scottish Bard. I never found his book when he passed away but I hope he loaned it to someone who is using it tonight!
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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We are thrilled to announce that the CfS for Issue 9, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ is now live! Articles should be submitted by 23:59 on 16th April 2026 to rrr@soton.ac.uk. Do share widely and we look forward to hearing from you! www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub...
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Call for Submissions | Romance, Revolution and Reform
Submit a paper for the next issue of our interdisciplinary journal.
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
On the blog: the wonderful Dr Jodie Marley (@jodielmarley.bsky.social) takes us through some critical approaches to Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025)! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6278
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Romantic Adaptations: Situating del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) – BARS Blog
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Okay my ‘radio voice’ made me cringe, I described an elegy as a sonnet (?), and flopped at the Austen question (!) but the whole show was a really great deep dive on Charli’s fans and my little segment touched on the nineteenth century’s contemporary relevance in pop culture 😊
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Superfans! - Charli XCX - BBC Sounds
Amy Lamé tells the stories of Charli XCX's career through the words of her devoted fans.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I’m going to be on BBC Radio 6 tonight at 11pm! I spoke to Amy Lamé for her series ‘Superfans’, tonight’s show being dedictaed to Charli xcx 💚 Not sure how much will actually be shown but we chatted about my article on Charli + Romanticism, Lord Byron as the first celebrity, and even Jane Austen
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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It's here! We are delighted to announce that Issue 8 of the RRR Journal, Play in the Long Nineteenth Century, is available to read now at the link below. We can't wait to hear your thoughts on these brilliant articles! www.rrrjournal.com/issue/8
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Issue 8: Play in the Long Nineteenth Century
Issue 8 of Romance, Revolution and Reform.
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Job alert: 18th century historians! historyofparliament.com/2026/01/12/v... #skystorians #c18th 🗃️
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Job Vacancy: Research Fellow, 1660-1832 House of Lords - The History of Parliament
The History of Parliament are excited to advertise for a research fellow to join our House of Lords 1660-1832 project.
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Matthew McCormack @historymatt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Congratulations to Kate Halsey and @mjrsangster.bsky.social, winners of the BSECS Digital Prize, sponsored by Adam Matthew Digital. #bsecs2026 @bsecs.bsky.social
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Email signatures are really funny because I spent so much time creating mine and worrying about how long/short to make it rather than doing actual PhD work and I expect that no one has clicked on my 'recent publication', like I've never clicked on anyone else's!!!
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My article “‘In Just Seven Days, I Can Make You a Man’: Queerness and Masculinity in Frankenstein (1818) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)” has been published in the Keats Shelley Review! 👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘In Just Seven Days, I Can Make You a Man’: Queerness and Masculinity in Frankenstein (1818) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
This article examines the intersections of queerness, masculinity and heteronormativity in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and its queer adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). While R...
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Shakira from Love Island x Judith Butler, lmao I love it 🙌🏼
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
With almost a year left of my PhD I am thinking about ~life after~ which is scary! Pre-PhD, I didn't realise most academics move cities/even countries for their career. I don't want to move away from Scotland EVER!! I wish someone had told me this before 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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This Watercolor Is One of the Earliest Depictions of a Black Woman Living in Scotland
The painting by David Allan has been acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland.
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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
'Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876- 1930' from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social in the BAVS newsletter: 'The 1st significant study of cocaine in the literary and cultural imagination of the late 19th and early 20th centuries' available open access: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
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Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876–1930
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Registration for @rrrjournal.bsky.social's annual conference is now open! Please join us for what will be an intellectually stimulating and rewarding day for PGRs, ECRs, and academics to connect and discuss 'Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century'! www.eventbrite.com/e/sex-in-the...
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Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century
The Romance, Revolution and Reform journal's annual conference
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Tip of an iceberg?
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The academics who stuck by disgraced Epstein to the end – and those who didn’t | The Observer
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
When I’m not PhDing, I’m selling at record fairs, and then spending the money I make on finds like these 🪲 I have a 1962 record of OG monster Boris Karloff reading Hans Christian Andersen for children (v cute and heartwarming) but it didn’t occur to me they used to put spooky stories on vinyl too 🪲
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