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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 20h

Had the honour to open the conference “Urbanity and Beyond”, held in Vilnius 24-26.9. with a keynote on “Site-specific Literature in Urban Context: A Comparative European Perspective”. Never visited Vilnius before, and my high expectations of the city were exceeded. lievenameel.hypotheses.org/3178

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Our article “Critical Geography” (co-written with Sirpa Tani) has finally been published in the Johns Hopkins Guide to Critical and Cultural Theory – happy to say that, despite more than 5-year delay, to me at least our text does not yet feel completely outdated. lievenameel.hypotheses.org/3132

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In Copenhagen for a PhD defense on Temporary Appropriation and Informal Public Performance Spaces. Congratulations to Xiahui Zhang on a successful defense and on producing groundbreaking insights into how rural migrants negotiate space through performing Yu Opera! lievenameel.hypotheses.org/3072

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In "Content Machines," @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social considers how short-form, platform-based, and social media writing on digital mediums like Wattpad and TikTok has reshaped the modern reading and writing landscape. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/Tip538L

Cover of Content Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era by Sarah Brouillette. The cover is white with a tablet featuring six colorful digitally drawn images of romance book covers. There are blue thumbs ups and red hearts covering the images. Beneath is written, “Reading and Writing in the Platform Era” in bold. Below this, in lighter text, a summary of Content Machines begins. The title is written vertically in the bottom right parallel to the tablet. The author’s name is directly after in a smaller serif font.

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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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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

'Green Dreams' traces the rise of green techno-optimism from postwar fantasies of progress to Silicon Valley manifestos, EV marketing, Big Tech sustainability campaigns, and Hollywood eco-futures. Beautiful eh? @imreszeman.bsky.social @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/green-dreams...

The book's jacket shows a dreamy background of clouds and blue sky, with wind turbines peaking above the clouds. The jacket blurb reads: Electric cars, smart apps, green AI, carbon
capture, solar panels—everywhere we
turn, we’re told technology will save the
planet. Green Dreams shows why that
promise is so compelling, and why it keeps
us chasing solutions that leave the real
causes of the climate crisis untouched.
Blending cultural criticism, political
analysis, and environmental history,
Green Dreams traces the rise of green
techno-optimism from postwar fantasies
of progress to Silicon Valley manifestos,
EV marketing, Big Tech sustainability
campaigns, and Hollywood eco-futures.
Along the way, it exposes the hidden
costs of supposedly “clean” technologies:
extractive mining, exploding energy
demand, ecological destruction, and the
preservation of systems built on endless
growth and consumption. Rather than
rejecting technology outright, Tanner
Mirrlees and Imre Szeman argue that
technological solutions can matter only if
paired with deeper social, political, and
economic transformation. Provocative,
accessible, and sharply argued, Green
Dreams offers a powerful critique of one
of the defining ideologies of our time.

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Stacey Balkan @sbalkan5.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Available for pre-order on July 30! So grateful to the editors for this magisterial contribution to our field!! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The latest issue of the Finnish Review of Literary Studies Avain features our co-authored article (in Finnish) on “The Future of the Novel: New Literary Forms beyond the Centres”. It is based on the course Natalya Bekhta and I taught at Tampere University in 2024. lievenameel.hypotheses.org/3022

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

In the spring of 2026, I taught an energy humanities course at the University of Helsinki. With my students, we ao. visited the Espoo office of NordPool, which runs the leading power market in Europe. Course syllabus and more information on my latest blogpost > lievenameel.hypotheses.org

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Sean DiLeonardi @sdileonardi.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

There is probably a fun networking project to be had with horror’s self-referentiality. The Bewitching also has a character named Tremblay. Tremblay has a character named Navidson (House of Leaves). Reminds me of Carpenter calling the Halloween doc Loomis after Sam Loomis from Psycho.

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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

ANOTHER new book from the inimitable @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social. Get it here from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social: reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-mat...

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Florian Fuchs @fuchsflrn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

So excited this is going to happen this weekend June 4-6 in Berlin: Our uniquely shaped group of lit & soc scholars will put the cards – i.e. keywords – on the table and try to lay out what we've been calling #Socionarratology Come join us for one session or many or all!

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Presented a paper on place-based literary forms today at The Finnish Literary Research Society’s annual conference in Oulu. Looked ao. at how place-based literature involves textual fragmentation, unusual materiality, contingency and bodily friction lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2963

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Mathijs Boom @mathijsboom.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Two possibly interesting PhD positions on "submerged" and "extractive dependencies" in the context of project titled "Power, Knowledge, and Servitude at Sea" in Bonn: www.idos-research.de/en/stellen-p... and www.idos-research.de/en/about-us/...

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Job advertisment: Doctoral Researcher (f/m/diverse) POESIS Submerged Dependencies

The BCDSS–IDOS research group, Power, Knowledge, and Servitude at Sea (POESIS), invites applications for a Doctoral Researcher (f/m/diverse)

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Coming in November 2026: Coastal Cities of the Future in Contemporary Literature: Literary and Urban Form in Times of Climate Uncertainty (Bloomsbury). This open access book demonstrates how literature participates in shaping urban imaginaries in the face of climate crisis lievenameel.hypotheses.org

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Who are your favorite non-Americanist historians to read? Bonus points if it's not Europe, either.

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Return to the University of Helsinki! On March 1, I took up a new position as professor in literary studies at the University of Helsinki. Looking forward to getting to know students and new colleagues, to renewing old collaborations and planning future ones! lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2901

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The University of Winchester @uniwinchester.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Matthew Leggatt, Senior Lecturer in English & American Literature @uniwinchester.bsky.social, has launched a new season of his Utopian & Dystopian Fictions podcast with guest Amy Brookes, an architect who discusses intersections between architecture and speculative fiction. Listen at bit.ly/45zeuyz

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

CFP: Negations and Interruptions As World-Building, University College Dublin, 21-22 May 2026 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...

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cfp | call for papers

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Live! Tonight! Sold Out: "The Future of Helsinki" at the Night of Science. My brief talk will discuss the future of Helsinki as seen through literature of the early 2000s. Climate novels, YA novels, poetry & graphic novels. Here scenes from Ville Ranta's Rain/ Sade. lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2844

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Today: back to teaching the "Quarrel of Ancients and Moderns"; I'll ask students to re-enact the quarrel for the 2020s. What is the role of classical literature for the present? Why have normative positions re literature's role? Dan Edelstein's "The enlightenment: a genealogy" provided a good intro

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hey! I'm looking for a CS/DH post-doc to work on building a large corpus of news broadcasts in Finnish, Finland Swedish, Sámi & Finnish Sign Language: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #multimodality #digitalhumanities

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Post-doctoral researcher in computer science or digital humanities specializing in audiovisual data

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Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The first talk in the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series will be delivered by @rikjaz.bsky.social (@uclgeography.bsky.social) Tuesday 27th January, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

De navond komt zoo stil, zoo stil, zoo traagzaam aangetreden, dat geen en weet, wanneer de dag of waar hij is geleden. 't Is avond, stille... en, mij omtrent, is iets, of iemand, onbekend, die, zachtjes mij beroerend, zegt: ‘'t Is avond en 't is rustens recht.’ 1st stanza of a poem by Guido Gezelle

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

In Vienna for the Early Petropoetics conference, where I presented a paper on “‘Flickering’ Reading of Early Petro-Modernity”, w/ examples from English literature & interwar Finnish literature. Thanks to Anna Seidel, Clemens Günther & everyone at the Uni of Vienna lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2820

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Sarah Dowling @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I got to chat with @alixbeeston.bsky.social about Here Is a Figure for her @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast! Alix asks such great questions, and it was really a joy to talk to her about where the book came from and what it’s about! If you’d like to listen: newbooksnetwork.com/here-is-a-fi...

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Sarah Dowling, "Here Is a Figure: Grounding Literary Form" (Northwestern UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Scott Selisker @sselisker.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

New book going to press: *Character Networks in Contemporary U.S. Fiction.* It’s about social networks as context for—and formal element of—the novel. For contemporary lit, novel/narrative theory, DH, lit and sociology, network analysis crowds. Here’s what it’s about: (1/n)

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

There is a great exhibit of Kawase Hasui’s work on at the Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis in Leiden on thru March 2026. His evolving techniques for showing rain & snow were cool to see, as was his printing of the same blocks with different color schemes to evoke different seasons.

Wood print of two people walking in snowy landscape

Two printings of the same block showing urban water scene with different colors

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Bee-autifully crafted gold ornament in the form of a little bee 🐝 ❤️ Length 1.90 cm. From Minoan Crete, circa 1700-1600 BC. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

The British Museum image shows a Minoan gold ornament in the form of bee viewed from above against a black background.

The bee is symmetrical in shape. It has a round head with two large circular eyes. The body is elongated tapering to a point. An almond-shaped wing extends diagonally downward on each side of the body. The body is decorated with rows of tiny raised granules (gold balls) and thin bands, creating a striped abdomen. The wings are outlined with granules and the inner wing is smooth. Length 1.9 centimetres. From Minoan Crete circa 1700-1600 BC.

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Just finished my ”methods in literary studies” course. Still looking for material on annotation as part of reading strategies. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social 's recent book has some material but most teaching materials tend to be on writing. Any suggestions re note-taking?

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

JOB: Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies @ the University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

insightful article in NYT by Carlo Rotella about humanities classrooms in times of AI. Empowering thoughts on how this can be a space to rethink how we engage w/ students and how we can enable students to engage. Thanks to ‪@minsong.bsky.social‬ for the link! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

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I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Teaching @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social five-steps for writing out a close reading, today in my literary methods class. Also referencing Vanderburg on the "method wars" for a bit of context (although only partly applicable to the Nordics) www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/rev...

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Crise en Abyme | Colin Vanderburg

Anyone who has ever emerged from a multiday academic conference will recognize this truth: as the sun sets on the jetsam of crumpled programs and the custodians vacuum the carpet, you set out for the ...

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Opening today in the Hendrik Conscience Library in #Antwerp: Letter by Letter (By the Woolf’s Hands). This exhibition showcases the editions of the #Hogarth Press, printed and bound by Virginia and Leonard #Woolf. It's the first time all 34 editions are brought together in an exhibition.

Cover of 'Stories of the East' by Leonard Woolf. A red design on orange paper, showing a woodcut of a tiger between two palm trees.

Cover of 'Twelve original woodcuts' by Roger Fry. It is a red marbled paper with a white label showing the title.

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

New publication on active life of lit-> "How does the study of literature, language, and humanities help build critical capacities? How do we address the current state of the humanities in the age of AI? What are examples of applied humanities programs and careers?" asterismbooks.com/product/buil...

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Applied Humanities and the Active Life of Literature | Asterism Books

How does the study of literature, language, and humanities help build critical capacities? How do we address the current state of the humanities in the age of AI? What are examples of applied humaniti...

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Publishing soon in our flagship 'Environmental Cultures' series, 'Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment' by Pramod Nayar, which studies the work of over 50 poets: www.bloomsbury.com/postcolonial...

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Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment

Examining a wide variety of poets from the last three decades of the 20th century to the present, from Asian, African, South American and settler colonies such…

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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Still a few weeks left to apply to this delightful conference!

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 11/11/2025

My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!

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PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Seen in the wild in Finland: @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. Got my copy this morning, used it in teaching a seminar in the afternoon!

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Today is pub day for my third book: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. It is a handbook on how to read. It argues for the foundational importance of *caring* to thought. It offers an anatomy of close reading's five steps so we can hone the skills to perform them. It argues for why to read

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

10 days left to apply for this course! Many amazing scholars will contribute to this course, including @untamed.bsky.social, @dudleymarianna.bsky.social, Abigail Harrison Moore, Alice Owen, and @andersriel.bsky.social! #envhist #energyhistory #envhum

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Dom Davies @drdomdavies.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

TTiN’s first event of the new term. Join us online for this lunchtime discussion about infrastructure, art, and autoethnography.

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Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Come work with us! We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers working in cultural game studies from the beginning of 2026 until the end of 2027. Read more and apply by 31.10.2025 (at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2):

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3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

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Hanna Nikkanen @hannanik.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The world’s largest carbon registry, Verra, has pulled millions of carbon credits from the market after they were scrutinized in my and Jonas Gerding’s @longplay.fi investigation (so far only available in Finnish, but more stories are coming up!) (1/4)

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Verran linja muuttui Long Playn paljastusten jälkeen

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule. Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is now available in #paperback: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #History #Habsburg

Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.

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