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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I spent a few hours yesterday reading this double issue -- and am even more delighted, after reading it, to be included in the list of contributors. Thank you to guest editors @cherylperfume.bsky.social, @rmesch.bsky.social and Masha Belenky, and to the Dix-Neuf editors

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is a brave piece of writing. When a person has received a notification that they are in the redundancy pool, as I and most of my colleagues have, and when the thinking behind the process is opaque, the temptation is to keep your head down.

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Dr. Niall Allsopp @niallallsopp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My amazing colleague @lizzywilliamson.bsky.social on redundancies at Exeter

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Muireann Maguire @muireanndinosaur.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Please support and share this petition to prevent destructive cuts to Humanities staff at the University of Exeter, where my own job and those of hundreds of other hard-working colleagues are under threat. c.org/kVjf6dQJWB

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Not 85% of all staff. 85%= the proportion of jobs to be lost from the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences relative to the rest of the university. I believe it's 14% of all staff are at risk of redundancy, 85% of whom are from HASS.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I am sorry this has happened to you too. It's very tough.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This has all happened in one day. A planned all-staff meeting this morning, an impromptu faculty-wide live Teams announcement, then emails to staff in affected disciplines, to let us know we are at risk. This comes almost completely out of the blue for most of us. I suppose this is how it happens.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Almost all? LCVS staff got the email too. Very hard.

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Hannah Scott @drhannahlscott.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Happy to see this Special Issue out in the world - Cultural Histories of Medicine & Health in the Long 19th Century - edited by Larry Duffy & myself @uksdn.bsky.social Great contributions from Jacob Meister, Kaat Wils, Sun-Young Park, Kathryn Bryan & Aine Larkin with several chapters open access!

Special issue: Cultural Histories of Medicine & Health in the Long 19th Century - issue 29:4, Winter 2025.
Edited by Larry Duffy and Hannah Scott.

Jacob Meister, Vidangeant la ville insalubre: Literary Recycling in Sketches of Montfaucon
Kaat Wils, Catholic Engagement with Animal Magnetism, Spiritism and Therapeutic Hypnotism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
Sun-Young Park, Forming the Deaf Citizen in Third Republic France: Health and Education at the Institut d’Asnières
Kathryn Bryan, ‘Les Avorteuses de Paris’: Abortion in the fin-de-siècle Press
Aine Larkin, Contested Medical Authority in Proust's À la Recherche du Temps Perdu

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

One of our fabulous executive committee members, Susan McCready, will be talking about her new book, Commemorative Acts: French Theatre and the Memory of the Great War, at the next NCFS Unbound session on 20 March. Register here: southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NCFS Unbound 6_6 Susan McCready with Leon Sachs. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Susan McCready talks about her book Commemorative Acts: French Theatre and the Memory of the Great War with Leon Sachs

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Still, will probably be a popular policy with many Reform voters, for not entirely rational reasons.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Our wonderful NCFS colleagues are accepting proposals for their 52nd annual conference, which will be on the theme of ‘Voice and Silence’. Deadline for abstracts is 15 March and you can find more info here: cpe.vt.edu/ncfs2026.html

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Thanks -- just to be clear in the framing, it's only the second photo that I found, the other was discovered and identified as Duval by someone else, as discussed in the article. Also, I'm not the first to try to validate the first one -- maybe the fourth or fifth!

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The first two points of this six-point journey are fully credited to Brennan in this article, and I trust that she, and others cited by me in this piece, will feel that I have referenced their work fairly and respectfully, and according to all of the established norms of academic research.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I was, finally, able to confirm strong links between this second card photograph and Manet's portrait entitled Baudelaire's Mistress (1862), thereby confirming in my own mind both that the two photos are of Duval and, reciprocally, that the Manet portrait is of Duval.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I also found a second photograph, taken on the same day (right, above), which I was able to confirm is of the same woman as the first, despite their apparent dissimilarity.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

There, I stumbled on surprising evidence that the link to the Manet painting, noticed by Brennan, may well have been a motivated one, rather than a fashion-related coincidence, and part of a network of allusions to Duval and other hidden figures in this famous painting.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It was published on Wikipedia in April 2025, where I first saw it. In her Substack, Brennan established the link to Duval and also made a key link to Manet's Music in the Tuileries (1862) painting. Fascinated by the photograph, I trawled the Nadar archive to try to confirm its 1862 date.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I'm very proud to have written this article about two newly identified photographs, or card portraits, of Baudelaire's long-term mistress, Jeanne Duval. The first (left, below) was discovered by American writer Summer Brennan, and published on her brilliant Substack A Writer's Notebook in 2021.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I have never considered open citation and transparent, ethical attribution of ideas to be theft, and I don't think many people would.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is a completely false accusation. I would be glad if you could remove it please. I did encourage you to publish your discovery, and I still do. It's been published by someone else on Wikipedia, so it is not a secret. I credit you openly. I have other insights to add to yours.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I don't understand -- surely a Substack should be referenced if research discoveries are published there? How else can they be referenced? Your discovery has been discussed in an academic publication by at least one other scholar already. It is out there, and you are being credited for it.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I am so sorry, but I promise there is no stealing here: I credit your amazing discovery openly and honestly.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I sent it in September. I absolutely respect your published work, and credit it openly in mine. There is no stealing here, just normal scholarly practice.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

No -- all credit is yours. I make other arguments, in my pieces, and come up with other readings, but I very much credit your wonderful discovery. I promise there is no stealing here.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I also wrote several times to your Substack email address and put a comment on one of your recent Substack posts, to ask you how best to contact you. I have credited you openly, and go on to produce my own readings and further discoveries. Please delete your claims that I have stolen your research.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

@summerbrennan.bsky.social I have credited you openly and fully in the pieces I am publishing. This is not stealing. It is how scholarship works. I have also tried to contact you many times. Your discovery was published by you and has been credited to you by others, as by me. Nothing untoward.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This beautiful delivery has just arrived, thanks to the SERD (Société des etudes romantiques et dix-neuviémistes). Season-themed, original articles by many well known 19C scholars. Comes free with membership, postage included, and SERD membership costs only £10 if you are a UK SDN member already.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Today is the deadline! It's not too late to get your proposal in for "Health and Happiness" (in a 19th-century French context) in Cardiff...

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Only a few days till the deadline! Still time to get your proposal in...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🚨 One week until the deadline! 🚨

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The SDN has written to Senior Management at the University of Nottingham to urge them to reconsider their threatened suspension of Modern Languages. #SaveNottinghamLanguages #WeAreUoN @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Please sign, comment on, and share, the linked petition: x.com/uk_sdn/statu...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The second session on Impact will take place on 14th November, 4pm GMT. It will be hosted by Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle). Sign ups will open in October for this event.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The first session will be on Alt-Ac Careers on 26th September at 4pm BST, delivered by Dr James Illingworth (IFSA) and Dr Stacie Allan (Translator and Consultant) To sign up for this session, please register with eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn-2025-a...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

It’s mid-September and we are fully feeling those “back-to-school” vibes here at SDN. Start the new academic year on a high by sending us your abstract for #SDNCardiff2026, on the theme of health and happiness. More details here: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...

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Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur (Cardiff University, 2026)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Déjeuner des canotiers, 1881. TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur Cardiff University, 8–10 April 2026 …

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Very excited for this semester's NCFS Unbound events (@ncfsassn.bsky.social). This is a great chance to hear from lots of fantastic 19th-century scholars who’ll be discussing their new books! Find out more here: ncfs-assn.byu.edu/ncfs-in-capt...

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NCFS Unbound - Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association

A series of virtual book dialogues Fall 2025 Friday, October 3, 2PM EasternBetween the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in FranceHannah Frydman in conver...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Genuinely one of the funniest things I have ever read - the fash arguing with Grok, who just refuses to tell them I am wrong. "I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."

Alex Andreou
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Police are "overwhelmed by the numbers"
@SkyNews
says. Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.

They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs.

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@grok
is this true

Grok

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The claims use approximate figures, but let's check estimates:

- Today's "Unite the Kingdom" rally: Police say ~110k attendees, with clashes & 25 arrests (Sky News, Al Jazeera).

- Pro-Gaza rallies: Up to 300k+ (e.g., Nov 2023, NPR) – roughly 2-3x.

- Anti-Brexit marches: ~1M (2019, BBC) – about 9x.

- London Pride: ~1.5M (recent years) – about 14x.

Larger events were managed with less reported violence. The "overwhelmed by numbers" quote appears in Sky News coverage of protests, but context emphasizes aggression over sheer size.
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Emm_lou_g
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Are sky and BBC lying about the amount of people there as opposed to the Ariel footage of people

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Based on today's reports, Sky News estimates 110,000-150,000 at the Unite the Kingdom rally, while BBC reports over 100,000. Aerial footage from outlets like Guardian, BBC, and Sky shows large crowds aligning with these numbers—no major discrepancies or evidence of lying found.

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I call bullshite, Ariel footage showed way more than 150k everyone can see it
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Multiple outlets (BBC, Guardian, Al Jazeera, CBS) report Met Police estimates of 100k-110k at the Unite the Kingdom rally. Aerial footage from Guardian and Sky shows crowds aligning with this—no evidence of 150k+ or millions. Tommy Robinson claimed higher, but official figures differ.

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Again I call bull, as sky and BBC are not credible news outlets anymore

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Diverse sources align on Met Police estimates of 100k-150k for the rally: Reuters (~100k), Guardian (110k), NYT (tens of thousands), Al Jazeera (110k), NBC (110k), Le Monde (110k+). No major outlets report higher figures from aerial footage. If you have specific footage links, I can review.

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I don't care what anyone said , we can see there is way more than that, on the Ariel footage

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I reviewed the main aerial footage shared on X (e.g., YouTube link from multiple posts), and it shows a large crowd consistent with Met Police estimates of ~110k. Visuals depict tens of thousands marching, no signs of millions. If you share a specific link to different footage, I'll analyze it.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Ok it's probably nearly 20 years since I last used it regularly but god the staff in the BnF café have changed their approach. Helpful, friendly, warm. I *think* I like it.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thank you -- someone else has just recommended that one to me. I don't know it, but looks good.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Anyone have suggestions for a v. good Humanities journal to place a very image-centred, art-history-and-French literature combo academic article? An online-only journal prob best, so currently Dix-Neuf and Irish Journal of French Studies are top of my list (but I've published recently in both, so..)

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This deadline is fast approaching, if you are an ECR SDN member...

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Ok, for anyone in the future (including me) who may be looking to this platform for an answer to this very question, the answer is it's totally normal and don't worry about it. Also, when at the machine you swipe the phone closed, not open. You are welcome.

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Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Is it normal, when you've bought a RER ticket via Bonjour RATP app, to open your Navigo app and see only the home screen? I am told my ticket is stored on this app, but... nothing showing.

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