Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 12hI completed all of my Summer 2026 writing obligations by the end of September. #win. 050
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Your ask for a Native American Heritage Month speaker/event should include the exact date/time, and the pay. And there should be pay. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. 020
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I do not understand trench/rain coats without hoods. The entire premise is *it’s raining*! Why would I want my head getting wet?! 050
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Access to textbooks continues to be a major hurtle for my Jane Austen Class. Our campus does not have a textbook store. We have a "merch" store & then contract the third party eCampus, which purchases ZERO texbooks to stock, rather just middle-man orders them for students frm publishers on demand. 120
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Today my Jane Austen class read this Defector piece, Close Reading is for Everyone, and some chapters of Pride & Prejudice where not much happens, but rather we are invited to observe how the characters act/react to one another. defector.com/close-readin...defector.comClose Reading Is For Everyone | DefectorIn Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like... 1267
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I will wrap up this overdue writing project *today*. ::presses play on writing playlist:: 140
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Pretty thrilled that across my Jane Austen classes this term I have students called Emma, Lizzy, and Lydia. We are woefully short of heroes though. Nary an Edmund, Frederick, or Fitzwilliam in sight. 180
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026First day of classes! And if you're asking: on the Friday before Labor Day weekend? Really? Please know that I am *also* asking that question.... 030
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A constant teaching obstacle at my institution is textbooks. There is no physical textbook store, just a third party middle-man that only orders the students' books when they submit an order the first week of classes. Nobody's books will be here until week 3 of term. Student Success? 161
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Making copies of Jane Austen at 250: Reading for Pleasure syllabus, more affectionately known as Analog Austen. I taught this class last Fall w great success & resounding cheer frm the students. They loved going analog. They loved reading physical books & writing by hand. They loved our community. 070
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm exhausted by reading the latest hot take on AI. Lately I've been channeling energy twd reading amazing scholarship by my colleagues & it is so much more enriching. AI is still out there destroying critical thinking & the planet, but my colleagues in #18thCentury studies are publishing bangers. 0142
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Another day in the weeds with early 19th century periodicals. Bonus: catching a publication attribution error that one journal made, which was re-quoted/reprinted for about 80 years. 030
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This morning: after a dr apt, and a dog walk, deep in the periodicals, tracking reception of a 19th century text. 020
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Being online in any/all ways is just crushing now. When I open social media/Google, I get ads trying to sell me things based on my grief, on common illnesses for my dog's breed, on the assumption that I must hate my body. A constant bombardment reminding me of sadness—all for someone else's profit. 191
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Feed palate cleanser: Burney and my tea tray, featuring Mimi’s china. 030
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Georgian Reprints on periodicals just repurposing materials is a good point in this story github.com/mhbeals/geor...github.com 010
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Is there a panel you’d really love to be on at ASECS 2027? If it existed? Let’s propose the panel! Last days for proposing sessions for Portland! 021
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026An achievable request for public transit/spaces: acknowledging that everyone surrounding you should not have to share your very loud music/video/gaming experience. 050
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026@bsky.app I’m begging for a “mute RT’s” option. I miss seeing the actual posts of folks I follow. 010
Reposted by Megan PeiserRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/07/2026Book history/bibliography folks—doe anyone know of a bibliography/libguide/anything else where folks have compiled revisions of Robert Darnton’s famous “Communications Circuit" diagram? I’ve seen so many over the years—I kind of want to point students to a whole batch of ‘em for a class exercise 84226
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 13/07/2026It is embarrassing how often I have to pull my own book off my shelf to reference a point that *I* made when I'm writing something new... 141774
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Just a reminder that my book, British Women Writers and the Review Periodical talks about what discoveries we can make when HUMANS compile data about history, and HUMANS evaluate the messy parts of that data instead of rejecting them. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...press.jhu.eduBritish Women Novelists and the Review PeriodicalHow did book reviews shape the fate of novels and their authors during the height of women's literary influence?At the turn of the nineteenth century, British women novelists were publishing more fict... 152
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Researchers — submit your public comment. It doesn’t need to be long or fancy. Mine emphasizes the importance of peer review by field experts for humanities work, and my concern for Indigenous communities when politics override treaty rights (eg to fair access to education/healthcare) 010
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I’ve been reading my way through Elizabeth Chadwick novels this summer and they are such a fun escape. Also, beefing up on my knowledge of Angevin genealogy, so that’s a bonus. 010
Reposted by Megan PeiserSociedad Española de Estudios del Siglo XVIII @siglo18.bsky.social · 09/07/2026American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ASECS) 2027 Conference in Portland, Oregon, April 1-3. For those considering submitting a panel proposal (just a title and a description) this has to be done before July 18th, 2026 #C18 046
Reposted by Megan PeiserMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 08/07/2026Mayo Clinic’s former director of research operations alleges she was sidelined, then terminated, for raising objections over lax standards of studies involving AI.startribune.comFormer executive accuses Mayo of cutting corners on AI researchMayo’s former director of research operations alleges she was sidelined, then terminated, for raising objections over lax standards of studies involving AI. 3431170
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026As a TTU alum, I’m so glad that they are getting pushback for this egregious assault on education. TTU students and faculty deserve better. 030
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Is this entire system how they further silo academics away from each other? And also put out folks who cat afford to pay up front or wait “40 days post event” for funds? 030
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 07/07/2026This is a brilliant assignment and I can’t wait to adapt it for my classes. Creativity, joy/humor, primary sources, genre knowledge. So much here. 160
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I’ve been working my way though this and reflecting on years of resisting building a website for the NRD data bc… that just isn’t useful in the long term, bibliographically. I rcvd so much push back. Glad to have smart voices to turn to in convo about this. 020
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026So excited to Zoom in to hear @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social RBS talk “From text to .txt”. 130
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Congrats to the 2026 Kresge Arts Fellows and Gilda Award Recipients! What an amazing cohort! kresgeartsindetroit.org/announcement...kresgeartsindetroit.orgAnnouncing the 2026 Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award recipients in Live Arts and Film & Music!The 18th cohort of artists consists of 3 Kresge Artist Fellows in Live Arts and 7 Kresge Artist Fellows in Film & Music, in addition to 3 Gilda Award recipients in Live Arts and 7 in Film & Music. 000
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 02/07/2026If you're an up-and-coming bibliographer, I hope you'll apply for @bibsocamer.bsky.social New Scholars Program. Apps due Sept 16. As a former New Scholar myself, I can attest to how great this program was for supporting my research! bibsocamer.org/fellowships-...bibsocamer.orgThe Bibliographical Society of AmericaThe website of the Bibliographical Society of America, a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization and learned Society devoted to the study of the material text. 01814
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Unsurprisingly, they have approved moving forward with the project. The fight continues. 030
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Here at the Oakland University Board of Trustees meeting today where they’ll vote on whether to move fwd with a planned data center on campus adjacent to the Native American Heritage Site. 120
Reposted by Megan PeiserDylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026today's "AI in GLAM World" story is asking OCLC if a subject heading on a children's adaptation of Robinson Crusoe that said the book was about "airplane crash survivors" was AI-generated. Reader, it was. 195
Reposted by Megan PeiserDylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social · 24/06/20261) archivist using AI to generate a biographical note in the MSS finding aid for the wrong person 2) pushback on completely prohibiting AI usage in metadata/description/processing beyond transcription because "there are multiple steps of human review" 3) both of these things happening the same week 6384
Reposted by Megan PeiserDr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 13/04/2026#CFP: RADICAL PRINT CULTURE IN THE LONG 18TH-CENTURY Join us for a day long discussion of the political power of print, featuring keynote lectures by Dr Helen Williams & Dr Esther Chadwick & a handling session inside the Borthwick Archives. More Info: www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18c #18thC 01314
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Trying to talk candidly w my honors thesis student about the many "invisible" labors of writing. Creating reading/note-taking systems, re-reading, transcribing quotes, searching for sources, checking citations, writing paragraphs out of which only one sentence is useful. I want them to feel "seen". 030
Reposted by Megan PeiserDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 31/03/2026I’ve cited this book — or at least @meganpeiser.bsky.social scholarship on this — for eons, & I’m so unbelievably glad it’s finally out in the world — and you can hear all about the rise of novel reviewing in the 18th century in this great conversation with my aca-sib. 1132
Reposted by Megan PeiserThe Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd (OPP) @oxfordpublicity.bsky.social · 02/04/2026New from @hopkinspress.bsky.social, BRITISH WOMEN NOVELISTS AND THE REVIEW PERIODICAL by @meganpeiser.bsky.social explores how book reviews impacted female authors at the height of their literary influence in the nineteenth century. Available throughout UK & Europe from your local bookshop! 064
Reposted by Megan PeiserTina Morin @drtinamorin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Also waiting for me upon my return from Notre Dame was this much-anticipated book: British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical by @meganpeiser.bsky.social. Enjoying reading it and exploring the companion database this afternoon! 054
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Thinking a lot recently about how being the HUMAN working with data for my monograph is what helped me uncover the stories of queer and disabled women heretofore obscured from literary history. AI couldn't have done that. Digital Humanities, emphasis on *human*. 0277
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 30/03/2026What a joy to talk about British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical with Miranda on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social I hope you'll check it out! #18thcentury #WomensHistoryMonth #regency #bookhistory #JaneAusten @hopkinspress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/british-wome...newbooksnetwork.comMegan Peiser, "British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical" (JHU Press, 2026) - New Books Network 096
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Hello friends! My book, British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical is out now with Johns Hopkins University Press! Just in time for #womenshistory month! I hope you'll grab a copy or request one for your library! #womenshistorymonth #romanticism #18thcentury www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...press.jhu.eduBritish Women Novelists and the Review PeriodicalHow did book reviews shape the fate of novels and their authors during the height of women's literary influence?At the turn of the nineteenth century, British women novelists were publishing more fict... 12710
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Good morning fellow #18thCentury #Romanticism and #DigitalHumanities friends! My monograph, British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical will be out in March 2026! I hope you'll request that your library purchases a copy, & snag one for yourself! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...press.jhu.eduBritish Women Novelists and the Review PeriodicalHow did book reviews shape the fate of novels and their authors during the height of women's literary influence?At the turn of the nineteenth century, British women novelists were publishing more fict... 36322
Reposted by Megan PeiserHeather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Job: Humanities Librarian at Oakland University jobs.oakland.edu/postings/35510 (where you'd be able to collaborate with the excellent @meganpeiser.bsky.social)jobs.oakland.eduAssistant Professor of University Libraries, Humanities LibrarianOakland University’s Kresge Library seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented humanities librarian to join us in fostering academic excellence and student success by expertly integratin... 021
Reposted by Megan PeiserLisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Nearly 90% of people in ICE custody are held in facilities run by for-profit, private companies (ie Geo Group and CoreCivic). www.npr.org/2025/06/04/n...npr.org 312464
Reposted by Megan PeiserFahime Serhatti, PhD @fahimeserhatti.bsky.social · 31/05/2025🔴 1669 Citing poor eyesight, English civil servant Samuel Pepys records the last entry in his famous diary #OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #May31 #SamuelPepys 164