Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetNAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026CFP: Fiction in Victorian and Edwardian Socialist Periodicals (Abstract Deadline: 10/31/2026) navsa.org/News/13728410 047
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetArnold Anthony Schmidt @arnoldaschmidt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Join us for the latest episode of Varney the Vampyre on KCBP-FM radio or kcbpradio.org. Please enjoy, like, share, and subscribe! 011
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetExtraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast @storiesofbritain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Born #OTD 1847, Annie Besant campaigned to end the terrible toxic working conditions and improve the poor pay of the Bryant and May factory Match Girls in the East End. Then moved to India to support home rule. Hear her story in our Women and Protest podcast: tinyurl.com/2p8fek9r #history 0115
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetBSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Submissions are welcome for the London Topographical Society's Anne Saunders Prize: £1,000 for an original & unpublished research essay on the topography, development, or buildings of #London in any period. Details here: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann... #skystorians 🗃️londontopsoc.orgAnn Saunders essay prize - London Topographical Society 01015
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetKeats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026✨ Fast facts about the Pforzheimer awards! - Who can apply: Grad students, untenured faculty, & independent scholars - Purpose: Expenses related to research in Romantic-era literature & culture - Award amount: $3,000 - Deadline: Nov. 1 Find more info & apply today! www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...k-saa.orgCarl H. Pforzheimer, Jr, Award — K-SAA 045
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetJournal of Victorian Culture @jofvictculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: JVC–BAVS Early Career Mentorship Scheme; a collaboration between the Journal of Victorian Culture (JVC) & British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) to support PhDs & early career scholars in developing their first peer-reviewed journal article. More here: jvc.oup.com/2026/09/28/j... 099
Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met @l19cmanmet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We’re so excited to see this pilot website go live and grateful for the opportunity to be involved with this ongoing project! 020
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetDr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Join my students and I for a #BHM26 event exploring the life & writing of Ignatius Sancho, including his letters to Laurence Sterne. 12 October 2026, 6–7.15pm Free to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-hist... The first 20 to book get a free printed copy of our edition. #18c #18thCentury 2139
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetFirst World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We are now recruiting two Book Review Editors! Together they will oversee the publication of circa 90 reviews each year, covering multiple languages, to ensure that First World War Studies keeps its readers up to date on all the important international scholarship 164
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetEuropean Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 24/09/20264 X Postdoctoral Fellowships #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 Doctoral degree granted between 30 September 2024 and 1 October 2026 🏫 Universität Konstanz ⌛ Monday 12 October 🔗 buff.ly/mRkXCDp #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSkybuff.lyPostdoctoral FellowshipThe 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call has been launched. Deadline: 12 October 2026, 11:00 am CET. Please find the call text and the link to the online application portal in the box on the right. 0610
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetResearch Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/09/2026Our next #RSVPDigiEvent is on the horizon! Come feel some regional feels and get a sneak peak of the forthcoming Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (2028) from some of its editors and contributors! Join us Friday, 16 October at the usual time: rs4vp.org/preview-edin...rs4vp.orgOff Centre: A Preview of the Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (2028) – RSVPJoin us on 16 October for a sneak peak of the Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine (forthcoming for Edinburgh UP, 2028)! 046
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We're thrilled to be able to support six new early-career research Fellowships thanks to funding from the Wolfson Foundation. Applications open 21 October. Find out more: bit.ly/47fu2b0bit.lyThe British Academy and Wolfson Foundation launch new search for exceptional early-career researchers as funding confirmed for new FellowshipsThe British Academy is delighted to announce another round of funding from the Wolfson Foundation for early career research fellowships in the humanities and social sciences. 02234
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetModernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Registration is now open for Modernist Crossings, a series of free online events co-organised by seven international associations of modernists. More info here: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/d...moderniststudies.orgDigital ProgrammingThe 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... 1103
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetMartin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@bavs-uk.bsky.social Calling all BAVS members! This year's AGM is tomorrow (23rd Sept) at 1.30pm BST. You'll have received a meeting link via the BAVS Newsletter email. If you can, please do come along. As well as the formal business, there is an Open Forum to discuss future activities.bavs.ac.ukBAVS Annual General Meeting (AGM) papers – BAVS 032
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetMatthew McCormack @historymatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Next Tuesday, 29 September at 5:30pm, I'm doing a paper at the Life-Cycles seminar at the IHR: "Children's shoes, material culture and the Georgian body" Info for in-person and online will be here (isn't up there yet): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukLife-CyclesThis thematic seminar series addresses issues relating to the life-cycle 171
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetKeats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Join us THIS WEEK for our next Curran Symposium, which focuses on Mary Shelley's The Last Man (1826)! 📆 September 24th & 25th 📍University of Notre Dame (some events available on Zoom) Visit our page below for more information and the link to register. www.k-saa.org/events/curra...k-saa.org2026 Curran Symposium: THE LAST MAN AT 200–Imagining the Future After Environmental Disaster — K-SAAWe are looking forward to our next Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man . The event will take place on September 24th and 25th 2026 at the University of Notr... 043
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetExtraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast @storiesofbritain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Died #OTD in 1933 Annie Besant campaigned to end deadly working conditions and improve the pay of the Bryant and May factory Match Girls in London’s East End. Then moved to India to support home rule. Hear her story in our Women and Protest podcast: tinyurl.com/2p8fek9r #history #london 031
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetWomen's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026📢 Please share widely! Our speaker for the annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper! 📅 Saturday 24 October 🕑 2.00–3.30pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth 🎟️ Book via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/women... Non-WHS members welcome! 0711
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Call for Submissions: Special Issue of Studia Neophilologica on Thomas Lovell Beddoes Contributions are invited for essays between 5 and 8,000 words on all aspects of Beddoes’s career. Info and to submit abstracts: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6447bars.ac.ukCall for Submissions: Special Issue of Studia Neophilologica on Thomas Lovell Beddoes – BARS Blog 021
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetBritish History Online @bho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026An important new resource: Africans in Ireland, 1578 - 1921. africansinireland.com #History #IrishHistory #BlackHistoryafricansinireland.comAfricans in Ireland, 1578-1921 – An ongoing research project by W. A. Hart, Jonathan Wright, Nik Ribianszky, and Mark Doyle. 096
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetDr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fancy coming to work with me at the British Library? Part time for 18 months, collecting oral histories about covid and thinking about covid commemoration. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/228...nationalmuseums.org.ukJobs - National Museum Directors' Council WebsiteAssociation of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives. 512099
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetBSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026**The Georgian Group Dunscombe-Colt Bursary** #BSECS & the Georgian Group are offering a NEW bursary for #PGR & #ECR speaking on the architecture or material culture of the long #18thC at the BSECS annual conference. #skystorians 🗃️ Details can be found at: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...bsecs.org.ukPrizes and awards Archive - BSECS 0911
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetRos Ballaster @ballasterros.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX678/t... We are looking for a special scholar to lead our remarkable team in 18th century literature @engfac.bsky.socialjobs.ac.ukThomas Warton Professorship of English Literature at University of OxfordDiscover an exciting academic career path as a Thomas Warton Professorship of English Literature at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today! 03642
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetBSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...bsecs.org.ukBSECS Annual ConferenceBSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference 01524
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetSarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 15/09/2026📣 PT 1-year #archives job: Project Archivist for collections relating to fashion designer Jean Muir @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social 📍 Edinburgh 🕰️ Apply by 24 September Full details 👇 @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @scotsarchives.bsky.social @sodesignhistory.bsky.social @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.socialarchives.org.ukProject Archivist - closing deadline 24th September 2026 — Archives & Records AssociationContract – 12 Months Fixed-Term - Part time Hours – 21 hours per week Full Time Salary: £39,754 to £43,188 per annum. Actual Salary (Pro-rata): £23,852 to £25,913 per annum Location – N... 066
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The deadline has been extended until the 16th Sept (this Wednesday!) Please send us an application if you're interested in assisting with the BARS social media and Blog. Stipend paid! More info ⤵️ 044
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetVictoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW JOB! We are pleased to share news from our friends at VCH Hampshire who are advertising for a contributing editor to edit, research, and write work towards the county's first #BigRedBook for over a century. Applications close 1 October. #Skystorians #LocalHistoryjobs.ac.ukContributing Editor at Victoria County History HampshireRecruiting now: Contributing Editor on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 13047
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetSociety for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Chartism Day 2026 is just ten days away. This year's event is held at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick on the 19 September. All are welcome, but numbers are limited. A must for all interested in the Chartist movement! Book here now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d... 01711
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetBen Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Some fascinating Collaborative Doctoral Awards on offer here at the BL, including a great history of sexuality/book history/library history project relating to the Rund Collection of 19th/20thC erotic books and ephemera www.bl.uk/services/res...bl.ukCollaborative Doctoral Landscape AwardsFully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas. 33942
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetNAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Position: Associate or Full Professor, Victorian Literature (Application Deadline: 10/22/2026) navsa.org/News/13688824navsa.orgNAVSA - Position: Associate or Full Professor, Victorian Literature (Application Deadline: 10/22/2026) 021
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetNAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Position: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Victorian Literature (Application Deadline: 10/22/2026) navsa.org/News/13688833navsa.orgNAVSA - Position: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Victorian Literature (Application Deadline: 10/22/2026) 044
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Plese repost & share! Teachinge or studyinge *The Canterbury Tales* at the universitye level? Heere ys a free, open access, scholar-creatid resource: #OA #OER opencanterburytales.lsusites.orgopencanterburytales.lsusites.orgThe Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales – The new way to learn about old books 319596
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetKathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Where do we post #dh jobs these days (other than the MLA)? We've got one coming up in the Dept of Humanities in my college this year #digitalhumanities @ach.bsky.social @adho-org.bsky.social 152
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 09/09/2026#18thc and Novel people, what work of secondary criticism or work of novel theory would you pair with Eliza Haywood's Fantomina? (this for a hastily pulled together grad seminar, not necessarily populated by people with an interest in the period, but definitely interested in the genre). Thank you! 52314
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetThe British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026CfP: BSLS 2026/27 Winter Symposium 'Occult Science: Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment, and the Persistence of Wonder' 29 January 2027 - Online More Info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/09/bsls...bsls.ac.ukBSLS 2026/27 Winter Symposium Call for Papers – The British Society for Literature and Science 044
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetModernism/modernity @mmodernity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Attention: Call for Co-editor of Modernism/modernity Due Date: November 16, 2026. Please see attached image for further details. 01110
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met19th Century Theatre Caucus @19ctheatrecaucus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Hello Bluesky! This is @lerikscline.bsky.social writing on behalf of the 19th Century Theatre Caucus. We're excited to share and repost publications, events, and news of interest to caucus members and other lovers of nineteenth century theatre and performance. 099
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetEuropean Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Researcher in Public Administration / Political Science #ECPRMemberJobs 📅 Fixed-term position for 3 years 🏫 Leibniz University Hannover ⌛ Tuesday 15 September 🔗 buff.ly/rZhjGeJ #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSkyuni-hannover.deResearcher in Public Administration / Political Science – Leibniz University Hannover 013
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetVictorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We are very excited to share yet another addition to the Key Popular Women Writers Series: congratulations to Susan Civale on the publication of Mary Shelley! 🎉 This study reveals previously unseen continuities in Shelley's work and affinities with other women writers! 152
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetScottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We have reopened funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs! Research Grant Deadline: 1 December 2026! All Other Grants Deadline: 2 November 2026! For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/ 02631
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetDr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026As spooky season approaches, I’ll be giving a very fitting online talk on ‘Séances, Spectres & Ghost Stories’ for the equally fitting College of Psychic Studies on Tuesday 20th October 2026: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (UK) Tickets here: www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/talks/esoter... #occult #psychic #lit👻collegeofpsychicstudies.co.ukThe College of Psychic Studies : Talks : Esoteric : Seances spectres ghost storiesJoin Dr Emily Vincent for an online livestream talk exploring Victorian Spiritualism, séances and the ghost stories they inspired. Spaces limited – book now. 0217
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Still time to submit your applications for Comms Fellow. If you're a PGR or ECR who would like to help with the social media and blog, then check out the post below!! 022
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Call for Applications: The BARS President's Fellowship 2027 Open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Closes: Fri 6 Nov 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6597 098
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetDr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#Skystorians, I need some help for a friend. What is a good journal for publishing about archival finds and unstudied collections, particularly those that might be #WWII related? Many thanks for any suggestions! 31212
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Call For Papers: Romantic Studies Association of Australasia Conference, 18-20 November 2027 Romanticism and Property For more info and the full CfP, please see the link below: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6595bars.ac.ukCall For Papers: Romantic Studies Association of Australasia Conference, 18-20 November 2027 – BARS Blog 054
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Call for Applications: The BARS Open Fellowship 2027 The Open Fellowship is available to scholars at any career stage undertaking exceptional work at the forefront of Romantic studies to support research expenses of up to £2000. Closes: Friday 6 November 2026. Info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6598 077
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetEuropean Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🔥 Last chance to nominate your 2026 Rising Star #ECPRPrizes Candidates are: ✔️Academically involved ✔️Socially engaged ✔️Pre-PhD or within 5 years of receiving it ⭐️ #ECPRMemberPerks: Must wok or study at a Member institution buff.ly/mnrVHbnbuff.lyNominate by midnight, UK time, TONIGHT!ECPR Rising Star Award 012
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetDr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Tooting IS a very important academic skill 🎺jobs.ac.ukAcademic Skills Tutor (Tooting) X2 at City St George's, University of London (Tooting)Discover Academic Skills Tutor (Tooting) X2 jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board. 4317
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetThe Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The Publications Committee is pleased to announce the Book Support Award, a three-year pilot program meant to encourage and prepare for publication new book projects in the field of bibliography! Learn more, including application instructions, at the link below. 🔗https://bit.ly/bsa-book-support 054
Reposted by Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester MetKathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Just 10 days to submit to this amazing ECR roundtable @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar, convened by MC Loureiro, which aims to open space for new ways of understanding & challenging practices and theories of belonging, rights & protections. Details here: le.ac.uk/law/news/law... 0913