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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Food dusted with gold, workmaxxing, living forever & the mathematical beauty standards coming for your face -- these are just a few aspects of decadence that Charlie Tyson & I chat with Kai and Carter about in this episode of STATESIDE @us.theguardian.com

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sleepless last couple of nights because of this heartbreaking, tender, impeccably reported new book by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social LONDON FALLING is fascinating and utterly gobsmacking -- and that's just the footnotes. Best not read before bed!

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

POV: when you're mapping your new research project and you hit on an old map that tells you exactly where to go next

(From @barnard-college.bsky.social alum Jeanette Mirsky's 1934 book, NORTHERN CONQUEST)

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Mansfield College, University of Oxford @mansfieldoxford.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Congratulations to Professor Michèle Mendelssohn (@mendelight.bsky.social), Mansfield Fellow and Professor of English and American Literature (@engfac.bsky.social), on her election as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)! 🎉 www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

As someone who studies literature written by humans, I'm fascinated by the literary and rhetorical forms underpinning human-free tech, e.g. questions @carissaveliz.bsky.social discusses in her terrific new book, PROPHECY: PREDICTION, POWER, AND THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE, FROM ANCIENT ORACLES TO AI

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Finally! An imaginative, fun, relevant take on Wilde's AN IDEAL HUSBAND set in the present day performed by a glorious cast @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social This is the production I've been waiting for. Bravo!

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kristinmahoney.bsky.social @kristinmahoney.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If you will be in London in May, please consider attending the Ronald Firbank Centenary Symposium. Alan Hollinghurst will be delivering the keynote!

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Ronald Firbank: A Centenary Symposium

Exactly a hundred years after the death of incomparable novelist Ronald Firbank this symposium celebrates his work, life, and legacy.

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wips.bsky.social @wips.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Participants wanted — especially from Asia, South America & Africa! We’re looking for women working in polar regions—both the Arctic and Antarctic, science & support—to share their stories as part of the #100PolarWomen project. Go to womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/ & click on "Contact us".

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

There's still time to register for this Saturday's ENGLISH STATE SCHOOLS' OPEN DAY for students interested in applying to study English at Oxford (& their teachers). Join us online on 14 March for info sessions, taster lectures & student Q&A. #EduSKy #English Free, but registration required:

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Oxford English Faculty State Schools' Open Day 2026

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Oxford English Faculty Outreach @engfacoutreach.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Calling all teachers of English! Our Teachers' Conference is taking place on 7 Feb from 11am - 3pm. The FREE online event features lectures, info talks, and a panel discussion. Registration is now OPEN. Please share! www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...

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Oxford English Faculty English Teachers’ Conference 2026

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Currently reading #TheYearILayMyHeadInWater by @laurajhall.bsky.social and remembering the ecstatic joy of swimming under the stars last winter in #Helsinki, bobbing up against the backdrop of twinkling city lights.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/12/2025

An Irving Penn portrait, from 1947, of the hulking Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen and his chic wife, Dagmar, seems made for the coldest days of winter: www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This is good. If anyone wants to do something similar in humanities and social sciences give me a shout on.ft.com/48pT7jP

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Trading firm XTX donates £26mn for maths research at UK universities

Billionaire Alex Gerko says Britain is missing out on top academic talent

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Rest in peace #RachelCooke, a writer I admired on the page for a long time. I only met her once and in our brief chat she radiated such warmth, intelligence and puckishness. What a blessing she was.

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Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Post-doc applications for next year's seminar on "Translation" at Rutgers' Center for Cultural Analysis are "live"! The seminar will be co-ed by Preetha Mani and Jeff Lawrence. Fellow academics: let your early-career colleagues, students, and former students know! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/263...

Signature image for the "Translation" seminar; black letters on a purple background.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 18/11/2025

“We have the brightest and the best. Let’s keep it that way.” @rupahuq.bsky.social MP and academic stands with UCU members voting for fair pay, secure jobs and a stronger future for higher education. Vote. Share. Mobilise. We can do this.

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Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Believe it or not, it's already time to think about MSA 2026 in Loughborough, UK. The conference will meet July 1-4, and proposals for panels, papers, roundtables, workshops, and seminars is December 1. Please note this MUCH earlier deadline. The CFP is here: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...

An image of a Tarot card empress with a crown of stars on a mustard yellow background. The text says: Weird Modernism, BAMS/ MSA 26, 1-4 July 2026. Loughborough University, UK

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 29/10/2025

📣BREAKING NEWS! We've extended our CFP deadline for #RSVP2026 "Movements and Migrations"! Proposals now due 21 November 2025. Full CFP and more details about all things conference on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...

Black-and-white printed image of crowd of people overlaid with CFP announcement that says "Movements and Migrations Trinity College, Dublin, 23-25 July 2026 New proposal deadline 21 November 2025"

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David William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"Libraries and archives are the labs of humanities and social science scholars, and history is not possible without them." 🔥

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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This is the importance of buying the books we write and teach from university presses. The same administrations that don’t care about the humanities would be just as happy to have academic publishing handled by these companies. We can save our own publishing ecosystem- but we have to do it.

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Zadie Smith called it “essential reading.” Next Tuesday (25 Nov), discover the extraordinary 'The Third Reich of Dreams' in a seminar with Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum. 📍 Wolfson College Free and open to all Register: shorturl.at/dHVbc @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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EXPeditions @expeditions.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🕯️ Santanu Das, Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at @ox.ac.uk, @engfac.bsky.social, highlights the essential need to acknowledge the millions of men of color who served in WW1, placing their stories back in history. #PLPEXPeditions

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Utopia. 🌈 It's an important topic to think about in this troubled moment. Today, come join @duncanbell.bsky.social & Astor Visiting Professor Douglas Mao @ox.ac.uk for a conversation about this timely, timeless topic. Huge thanks to @mpblanco.bsky.social for her organisational masterminding

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I fell in love with Pudlo Pudlat's "Winds of Change/ Vents de changement" in the Baud/Jacot collection of Arctic print and sculptures. Now the collection has a new home! ARCTIC WORLDS: From Alaska to Nunavut Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, until 3 July , 2026 musee.boulogne-sur-mer.fr

Pudlo PUDLAT - Winds of Change Vents de changement (c) Roland Plumar

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Terror Camp @terrorcamp.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Workshop: Learn how to write an abstract! ❄️ Join us at 12:00 EST (17:00 BST / 18:00 CET) on Sunday 29th June and learn how to make your abstract sing. Can’t make the live session? We’ll send a link to watch the recording out to everyone who RSVPs. ✨ RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/1FSF...

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Sarah Pickman @sarahmpicks.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Very excited to be attending the Polar X workshop online today and tomorrow, organized by @mendelight.bsky.social and Cécile Roudeau, focusing on gender and extractivism. Grateful to colleauges who make space for hybrid gatherings! polar-x.weebly.com

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POLAR X WORKSHOP & SYMPOSIUM

WOMEN'S NARRATIVES OF POLAR ENCOUNTERS, EXTRACTIVISM AND EXPLORATION FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 27/02/2025

Management's threat to make £140million of cuts at the University of Edinburgh is shocking. Yesterday, we heard from branch president, Sophia, on the questions this announcement has raised. The Scottish govt must call on university management to halt these devastating cuts.

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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Interested in polar archives? A workshop on establishing a Polar Archive Network is set for 17–18 March 2025 at the @scottpolar.bsky.social (Cambridge, UK & online) to shape a Polar Archive Network & draft a SCAR action group proposal. Register by 28 Feb: scar.org/scar-news/ar...

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 24/02/2025

A message from @ducuuo.bsky.social 📢 We're calling on university management to rule out the use of compulsory redundancies 🔥

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Oxford Faculties of English & History are delighted to host the 25th anniversary conference of the British Association for #Victorian Studies on 23–25 July. Papers on any aspect of long-nineteenth-century studies are welcome (submit by 17 March). #BAVS #Victorianstudies #19thC

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British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) 25th Anniversary Conference

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I signed this letter for these reasons:

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Still vicariously feeling #TheaKopalaRøhme and #LisenStrøm's calm exhilaration as they ski Norway's remote arctic peninsula. Just one of the brilliant films on show at this year's @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social 👏👏https://youtu.be/5aE9ygwf7Oo?feature=shared

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Odyssey of Loppa: traversing an arctic peninsula | Trailer

YouTube video by Rab Equipment

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

What does #OscarWilde have to do with #AI? In a "Turning Point" piece for #TextualPractice, Charlie Tyson & I unpack that Read "The intelligence of artifice: Oscar Wilde and AI" Published online today! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada @abortionrightscan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

🌟 Join us for our next Activist Workshop: Having Hard Conversations about Abortion 🌟 🗓 Sat Feb 15, 1-2:30pm ET on Zoom. Learn how to talk to your friends and family, young children, and teens about abortion. Register here! www.arcc-cdac.ca/activist-wor... #prochoice #cdnpoli #ActivistWorkshop

ARCC Activist Workshop: Having Hard Conversations about abortion. With panelists Carlie McPhee, Carly Kol, and moderator A.J. Lowik. Saturday Feb 15, 1pm ET via Zoom. Fee: $6 to $16.

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We need two people to lead Environmental Humanities into a future that needs #envhum work more than ever. Please apply 👇

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Alright, so today, in my book, it's 19 June 1914, and my polar team has landed at Igarka, in #Siberia. But for you and me, that means a virtual saunter down this icy tunnel in the Museum of #Permafrost maps.app.goo.gl/5mKteRfsRsqU...

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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 10/02/2025

Damit schreiben auch Sie endlich Ihren Roman: Der Optimierungspodcast verrät, wie Sie kreativ in Schwung kommen – mit Tipps der Autorin des Buchs "Der Weg des Künstlers".

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Optimierungspodcast: Wie Sie aus einer kreativen Blockade herauskommen

Damit schreiben auch Sie endlich Ihren Roman: Der Optimierungspodcast verrät, wie Sie kreativ in Schwung kommen – mit Tipps der Autorin des Buchs "Der Weg des Künstlers".

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Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Take a chance on love this Valentine's season with our "Blind Date with a Book" display! All of these used books were carefully chosen by booksellers to be someone's perfect match. Could it be you? Find out soon, these blind date books are only available in store while supplies last! 💕

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Which reminds me that I can put on a jumper and a scarf instead of turning up the radiator in my in office today

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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Boston/ Cambridge friends: don't miss Eli Zuzovsky in conversation with Claire Messud @harvardbookstore.bsky.social about becoming a man, queer lust, shame and the threat of war www.harvard.com/event/eli-zu...

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