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Katie Harling-Lee

@katieosha.bsky.social
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Literature academic & bookish person based around Edinburgh, Scotland, curiously crossing disciplinary boundaries in work and life 📚 Current in-progress project: researching Quaker Silence in the novels of neglected author Dorothy Canfield Fisher 🌸

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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This Sun 4 Oct I'm returning to Tills Bookshop, Edinburgh to host a guest session of the Bookless Bookclub! In anticipation of the newest Persephone book Her Son’s Wife (pub. 15 Oct), I'll introduced readers to 'domestic feminism' in the novels of Dorothy Canfield Fisher: events.tillsbookshop.co.uk
Logo for the Bookless Bookclub: yellow background, pink and green lettering
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Keen for more? Join us for a pre-festival book club event on 22 October, 4:30pm led by @katieosha.bsky.social for Luke Kennard's 'The Book of Jonah' 📖🍂 No prior reading necessary! Register now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/4rCI8g6
Colour head and shoulders photo of Dr Katie Harling-LeeColour image of the front cover of Luke Kennard's publication 'The Book of Jonah'
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are delighted for our #NCFestival guest, Luke Kennard, who has had his recent novel ‘Black Bag’ shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026! He will discuss the novel alongside ‘The Book of Jonah’, in conversation with Samuel Tongue. Get your tickets for 6 November, 2:30-3:30pm 🎟️👇 edin.ac/4xUT22j
Colour head and shoulders photo taken from the side of Luke Kennard looking off to the left of the image

Photo ©Billie CharityColour head and shoulders photo of Samuel Tongue

Photo ©Alan McCredie
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Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're having an online launch event for Beyond Modernism: noncanonicity in early-twentieth-century British literature, at 6pm UK on Monday 12 October. Speakers will include the editors, @nicholasbirns.bsky.social, @rsazzad.bsky.social, Chris Hopkins, +... Sign up: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Mjsn26ZMek
The cover of Beyond Modernism: Noncanonicity and early-twentieth-century British literature.  At the top, the title is in white on dark blue, with the subtitle below in dark yellow.  The image is a hand taking a blank-spined book from a shelf; the other spines have the names of classic novels crossed out.
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Peter Adkins @peteradkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you're in Edinburgh this afternoon and free at 4pm, consider coming along to "Much Ado About Climate" to see a group of talented young peolpe improv a Shakespearean play about climate change and hear @eoinprice.bsky.social and myself offer our thoughts! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Babes in arms policy: Babies are not allowed in the venue, please refer to the age suitability for the show
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Bookings are live! We're delighted to announce that our sixth New College Festival of Books and Belief will be held from 6-7 November 2026 📚🍂 Don't miss your chance to join us and book your tickets now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/4ziCcfC
Colour promotional graphic for the New College Festival of Books and Belief taking place from 6-7 November 2026
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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Out next year in February: ”Rethinking Epiphany”, ed Riikka Pirinen & Lieven Ameel. The book assesses the different research traditions that have looked at epiphany & brings together new approaches to the study of epiphany in literature, philosophical texts, media narratives, and contemporary music.
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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Final reminder, our Special Issue for the #WeirdModernisms conference invites speakers to publish a shortened version of their paper, an extract, or a summary. Expressions of interest are due tomorrow, 31 July! 🗓️ Email tmr@bams.ac.uk, submissions due 31 August 📨 @moderniststudies.bsky.social
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Excited to see news of this forthcoming religion & literature related publication!
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Some trees like to make an entrance
Tree and archway
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Back from my first @modernistudies.bsky.social & @moderniststudies.bsky.social conference in Loughborough – what a busy yet generative four days on the topic of #WeirdModernisms ! Highlights included the seminar discussions and the physical objects presenters handed round in the sessions:
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The Edinburgh Minute @index.edinburghminute.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Councillors 'unconvinced' of developer's sustainability claims
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'Green' data centre for Edinburgh rejected by councillors
<p>Edinburgh councillors have thrown out plans for a 140MW ‘green’ data centre at South Gyle. There was cross-party agreement in refusing the plan, with concerns about ‘how it affects the climate emergency’ and ‘how emissions could be minimised’.</p><p>After an almost-four hour meeting, including a presentation from the applicant, not a single councillor from any political party voted in favour of the scheme. </p><p>More details in tomorrow morning's newsletter. </p>
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My contribution to the #NationalYearOfReading this month is a photograph of the stack of books (minus ebooks & audiobooks) I read in January (and some I'm still reading) because apparently I decided (unconsciously) that January was the month to see how many books I could read at once (topping 15)?!
Photograph of a pile of books, with more bookshelves in the background. The books featured are, from top to bottom: The Book of Jonah by Luke Kennard Inspired by Rachel Held Evans Jacob's Room is Full of Books by Susan Hill The Bible Tells Me So... by Peter Enns Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf Pilgrimage by Dorothy Richardson Eve Bites Back by Anna Beer The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei Motherhood by Sheila Heti No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana.
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We have two new book events coming up from @religionlit.bsky.social! 📚 In February, we'll take a look at 'Such Fragile Futures: An Artist and a Poet Reflect in a Garden', and in March we'll look at 'Theological Libraries in the UK & Ireland'. Check out our Eventbrite for tickets 👇 edin.ac/3QGHz2Z
Book Event
Such Fragile Futures: An Artist and a Poet Reflect in a Garden
27 February, 4:10pm, Martin HallBook Launch
Theological Libraries in the UK & Ireland
30 March, 4:10pm, Martin Hall
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Calling fantasy literature enthusiasts — whether you're a fan of Tolkien, earlier fantasy like Morris, MacDonald, or prefer contemporary fantasy writing: recordings from the @oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social 2025 Summer School are now available online! fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/lectures-talks
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Lectures & Talks
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oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social @oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Just added - interview with Samantha Shannon: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/interview-sa...
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An Interview with Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury-Oxford Fantasy Summer School
In the interview the speaker is asked to elaborate on the genre of fantasy but also some of the key points raised in their talk.
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A delightful day spent attending the online @modernistudies.bsky.social #NWiMS15 conference. Many thanks to the organisers and speakers!
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Looking forward to this!
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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Final call! 🔔 Register to attend New Work in Modernist Studies 15 by 5pm this evening - we have an exciting array of papers covering identities, ecologies, readerships, travel, gossip and silence. Sign up here: forms.gle/BjALZ5Ukapzu... Full programme here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Intrigued and excited for this forthcoming publication!
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Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Important news: the deadline for the joint BAMS/MSA conference in Loughborough has been extended to December 29, 2025! You can review the CFP, and find links to the submission platform, here. www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
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The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🔊 CfP: New Work in Modernist Studies 15 🗓️ Friday 9 January, online ⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-... A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
On Saturday 8 Nov at 4pm we celebrate the new ‘Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre’ with editors Greg Walker and Randall Stevenson and literary legends Linda McLean and Donald Smith. Don't miss out and book your tickets now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/4oNJpOQ
Colour head and shoulders photo of Greg WalkerColour head and shoulders photo of Randall StevensonColour head and shoulders photo of Linda McLeanColour head and shoulders photo of Donald Smith.
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
On 7 November at 2:30pm we welcome Abi Millar to talk about ‘The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age’ (Duckworth Books). From ayahuasca to astrology, reiki to raves, Millar explores a desire for meaning in the modern world. Chaired by Suzanna Millar. Book now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/3Wq2pqu
Colour head and shoulders photo of Abi Millar. ©BallardColour head and shoulders photo of Suzanna Millar
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/10/2025
‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches campaign after lift was used in Louvre heist
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‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches campaign after lift was used in Louvre heist
After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicity A family run German business unwittingly became wrapped up in the crown jewel heist at the Louvre museum in Paris and is turning the use of one of its furniture lifts into a publicity coup. “When you need to move fast” is the new tongue-in-cheek advertising tagline for the company Böcker, which is based in the town of Werne near Dortmund, in a campaign on Facebook and Instagram mounted within a day of the brazen thefts. Continue reading...
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We’re excited to launch Liz MacWhirter’s moving prose poem ‘Blue: A Lament for the Sea’, along with an underwater film by Jonathan Kearney, on 8 November, 2:30pm. MacWhirter will be joined by creative writing teacher Jane McKie. Book now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/3WNlZwV @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
Colour head and shoulders photo of Liz MacWhirterBlack and white photo of Jane McKie
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
As the UK Nature’s Rights Bill is unveiled today in the House of Lords, explore how recognising nature as a legal entity could transform conservation. 🪶 Our Rights of Nature page offers blogs, context & resources: 🔗 naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/toolkits/rig... #RightsOfNature #NatureRecovery
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Rights of Nature
A shift from anthropocentric legal systems to an ecocentric framework where nature has independent rights to exist and flourish
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Delighted to see my blog post for @gladlib.bsky.social has been published today — wonderful to be reminded of that magical week I had back in August! One day I'll be back among the silent books 📚
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Reading Silence: My Scholarship Week at Gladstone's Library, by Katie Harling-Lee - Gladstone's Library
Dr Katie Harling-Lee is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, for a project titled ‘Quiet Literary
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 21/10/2025
#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct! Submit free via Submittable 👇 nws.submittable.com/submit
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New Writing Scotland Submission Manager
New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...
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Lois McFarland @loiswmcf.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Can't wait for this one! @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Hear from the award-winning poet and storyteller Nadine Aisha Jassat on 8 Nov, 1pm. Her poetry & fiction transforms young lives and expresses a heritage that can only be told in stories. This event is chaired by Emma Wild-Wood. Book now! 🎟️👇 edin.ac/46LtB92 Nadine Aisha Jassat Photo ©Danielle Watt
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Limited tickets remain for our creative writing workshop, ‘Entangled Forest’, run by Liz MacWhirter as part of #NCFestival on 8 Nov, 11am ⌛ This guided, reflective space offers a chance to respond creatively to challenging times. Book now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/42FSO2d
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Book launch: "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750-1820" (Yale UP) Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan. raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
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Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: Book Launch and Discussion
Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
What are the ethical questions we should be asking at this tipping point in AI development? On 7 Nov, 7pm we welcome expert in AI ethics, robotics and data science Shannon Vallor to speak with Jeremy Carrette about her book, ‘The AI Mirror’. Book now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/4h1Eh72
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School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
New College Festival of Books and Belief, our annual book festival, takes place this year from 7-8 November! 📚🍂 Tickets are live so don't miss out and secure your place now 🎟️👇 edin.ac/3BCM6iW
New College Festival of Books & Belief
New College | 7-8 November 2025
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
In case you missed it: our latest report explores a growing crisis in universities. In many regions, students risk losing access to vital humanities, social science and arts subjects. Swipe to see our key findings and recommendations.
Key finding 1:
Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.Key finding 1:
Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

Key finding 2:
The biggest loss of provision is at lower-tariff levels. This is concerning given strong links between attainment and socioeconomic disadvantage. 

Key finding 3:
Languages, Linguistics, Anthropology, Classics and Theology are among the hardest hit. If trends continue, English, History, Drama and Celtic studies – including Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh – could follow.
As we await the post-16 White Paper, we’re calling for:  
- An urgent review of higher education funding 
- Regulators to monitor provision with an ‘at-risk’ regional register and subject premium 
- Government to help universities collaborate effectively with clearer guidance about competition law
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📣 Bookish Edinburgh event: I’m running a guest session of the Bookless Bookclub at Till’s Bookshop (off the Meadows) this Sunday at 10:30am! No reading required, and I’ll be introducing Persephone Books (“cult” UK publisher who re-issued Canfield Fisher!) and their idea of domestic feminism 📚
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Out now! Our latest book, "Women Who Dared", is released today from Edinburgh University Press. You can purchase direct from @edinburghup.bsky.social via their website or at all good bookshops: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-w...
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Women Who Dared
Women Who Dared
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Edinburgh-based bookish folk (or those looking for an excuse to visit) - another book festival is on the horizon! New College Festival of Books & Belief is happening 7-8 Nov—including talks on spirituality in the secular age with Abi Millar & Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin discussing her debut Ordinary Saints:
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Just a few photos from my journey last week to Oxford and back for the @oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social Summer School - a delight to meet and chat with fantasy enthusiasts coming from varying backgrounds in academia, publishing, writing, and education 🐉📚 Some fascinating & thought-provoking talks, too!
Photograph of the Radcliffe Camera in golden hour light against a clear blue skyPhotograph of a corridor of archways in the Cohen Quad, OxfordPhotograph of tall old buildings with a background of autumnal trees and clear blue sky Photograph of old buildings and a street light against a twilight sky, completely clear from clouds
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 29/09/2025
From developing your PhD, adapting to UK higher education structures, or navigating LinkedIn – is there one right way to be an Early Career Researcher? Join Leonie Smith with @deseonu.bsky.social and Burcin Baskurt in Ep 1 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR podcast. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
Leonie Smith sits down with Dayo Eseonu and Burcin Baskurt in a podcasting studio.
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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
For National Translation Month, check out this list of 7 new queer books from around the globe. At Book Riot:
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7 New Queer Books in Translation Out in 2025
September is National Translation Month, which is a good time to spotlight some of the queer books in translation out in 2025!
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Rewriting Wor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Gorgeous shout-out about the project from the fantastic folks in @iashedinburgh.bsky.social: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw... Feeling very lucky to be supported by and collaborating with such brilliant #interdisciplinary centres and institutes!
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UKRI Awards IASH Affiliate Patrick Errington a Future Leaders Fellowship | IASH
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Katie Harling-Lee @katieosha.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
It’s a beautiful, chilly autumnal day in the Lothians this morning, with a stunning view across the Firth to start my journey south to Oxford! It may feel autumnal, but I’m off to speak at the Oxford Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School & I’m looking forward to some fantastical discussions 🐉
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Scottish Network for Religion & Literature @religionlit.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The programme for this year's New College Festival of Books and Belief is now live! Book your tickets at divinity.ed.ac.uk/new-college-...
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New free eBook: "Essays on Decoloniality: Volume 2" The second set of essays emerging from the Institute Project on Decoloniality 2021-24 is now available. Authors include Peter S. Henne, Asha Varadharajan, Anthony Neal, Erika De Vivo, Simon Buck and Emma Hill. www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/essays-...
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Essays on Decoloniality: Volume 2 | IASH
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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The #Edinburgh Womens Fiction Festival is coming soon, bookmarks just arrived! Fri 26th & Sat 27th at Christ Church on Holy Corner, #Bruntsfield www.edwomensficfest.co.uk #Edimbourg #books #livres
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Join the free launch event for this brilliant book on Tuesday 7 October: register to hear from Hope and other discussants and enjoy a drinks reception at IASH! www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/book-l...
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Book Launch: "Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by Hope Doherty-Harrison | IASH
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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🌞 🌞 On this incredibly sunny day, we are pleased to present issue #56 of The Modernist Review: 'New Work in Modernist Studies Part Two'. Explore a great variety of pieces below, all stemming from the NWiMS conference last year: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/t...
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The Modernist Review #56: New Work in Modernist Studies Part Two
13 June 2025 Following on from our previous issue, we are pleased to present a second collection of articles stemming from last year’s New Work in Modernist Studies postgraduate conference. These p…
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