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Nikki Hessell

@nikkihessell.bsky.social
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Prof in 18th Century & Romantic Literature at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, she/her, Pākehā/settler scholar, #toitūtetiriti, 🏀 Books on Romanticism + settler colonialism + Indigenous studies people.wgtn.ac.nz/nikki.hessell

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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A day of peace and writing. Knotty problems unknotting
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s “you’d be really pretty if only you smiled more,” except it’s aimed at whole fields of human endeavour
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
100% this. "You just need to tell your stories better" - no, we don't. Our stories are clear, obvious, and awesome. The people who could fund the humanities won't and aren't open to changing their minds
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Carwyn Jones @ahikaroa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Govt says the bills introduced to weaken/remove Treaty principles clauses are for more certainty. Yet its officials noted there is little evidence these provisions are creating uncertainty, repeal would lead to uncertainty, and the Govt's preferred option had NO benefits but lots of risk. #NZPol
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Devin Garofalo @devingarofalo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
GREETINGS.
Cover of my forthcoming monograph, Nineteenth-Century Poetry and Cosmologies of the Human, featuring an image by John Ruskin of ferns, moss, florals, and rock in shades of sage green, teal, and lavendar.
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Carwyn Jones @ahikaroa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
On Friday we launched Matangi Rau, a collection of previously published pieces, including op-ed style pieces and articles. The aim is to make these pieces accessible for people wanting to engage with ideas relating to te Tiriti o Waitangi. tetakupu.wananga.com/products/mat... #nzpol #ToitūTeTiriti
tetakupu.wananga.com
Matangi Rau: The enduring potential of te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Indigenous law • Māori law • Indigenous rights • Māori rights
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CSECS/SCEDHS @csecsscedhs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Announcing the 2027 CSECS Conference, in Trois-Rivières, Québec (October 20-23, 2027), on "Pleasures and Social Life in the 18th Century". Deadline for submissions is January 11, 2027. tr2027.csecs.ca
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You need to be “a New Zealander of a certain age” to remember this one, but fortunately , i am exactly that age! 💔 RIP Dolly youtube.com/watch?v=jlUd...
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#4 Darcy Clay - Jolene
YouTube video by diddlydoodledave
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thanks to the University of Saskatchewan's Native Law Centre for hosting us today! We're going to be talking about our @marsdenfund.bsky.social project on The Poetics of Treaties indigenouslaw.usask.ca/about/events...
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Events - Indigenous Law Centre
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hey … that’s me! See you tomorrow, BARS friends ❤️
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Grand Final here we come!
Basketball score at full time: Saints 112, Tuatara 69
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social You'll be glad to know that on my to-do list today it says "Practise BARS"
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm really honoured to have been asked to give the Marilyn Butler lecture for the online part of BARS this year. It will be an early start here in Aotearoa on Fri 7 Aug, NZ time, but I'm looking forward to talking about "Recollecting Treaties in Tranquillity" with colleagues and friends
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Robert Poole @robertjrp.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A new Peterloo jug is news, because all known examples are printed over a leftover batch commemorating an admiral. This one is part of a new batch on a purpose-made jug, indicating sustained demand. On display soon at the People’s History Museum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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People's History Museum to display rare Peterloo massacre jug
The jug commemorating the 1819 Peterloo massacre will be displayed at the People's History Museum.
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Girl, if he wanted to, he would 🙄 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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National promises to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected
National has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected.
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You know how sometimes you ask BSky a question and people send you helpful but very rough approximations of what you’re looking for? Well @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social was like, oh that? I’ve written 2 essays on EXACTLY that! 🤣
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Can anyone point me to good readings about connections between "extracts/extracting" in the literary sense (pulling out a quote or passage) and "extractive" practices in the environmental sense? I feel like there must be work out there, perhaps in environmental book history, that synthesises this?
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sometimes, when I go back to a draft, I’m surprised to find that it is in better shape than I expected. My friends, this is NOT one of those days 😩
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Great to see this finally out: My article "The Stubborn Will to Mean: Sympathy, Relationality, and the Origins of Collecting Indigenous Bones in the Eighteenth Century" in ELH!
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Project MUSE -- Verification required!
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Side-eyeing all of you for not telling me to read this book sooner!! It's so good!!! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Extraction Ecologies and the Literature of the Long Exhaustion
How literature of the British imperial world contended with the social and environmental consequences of industrial mining
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Tim Howard @tmhwrd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The two greatest New Zealand-Australians are both gone now. RIP.
John Clarke and Sam Neill in Death In Brunswick
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Did I mention that I’m now on sabbatical???
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Do people want Ai in everything? No But does it make things cheaper? Also no www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Apple raises prices for MacBooks and iPads, as costs soar over AI
Apple says it's raising prices for its MacBook computers, iPad tablets and other products, citing spiralling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence.
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Sarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Now available for preorder, arriving in warehouse 10/02/2026: dukeupress.edu/content-mach... Duke UP gave me a discount code for 30% off paperback preorders: it's E26CNTNT ♥️👍
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Content Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"criticizing AI use in journalism or other creative industries is classist" NO IT IS NOT there is a class that benefits enormously from cognitive surrender, epistemic warfare, and the enclosure of all hitherto produced culture and it is NOT THE WORKING CLASS
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Sarah, this might be too obvious an answer, but I still think that I was remiss in not thinking immediately of the amazing Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry, hosted by the U. of T. Libraries. 5,000 named poets, incl. many neglected women writers. jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca
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Home Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry. J.R.de J. Ja
This bibliography, which is based on first-hand examination of copies, aims to provide descriptions of all extant editions of all verse in English published for
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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Writers on Mondays in The Post www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3610...
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Big names and new voices headline winter’s Writers on Mondays series
This year’s line‑up brings together some of Aotearoa’s most celebrated writers.
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
On this ongoing, relentless nonsense about AI resistance being classist, excellence is one of the few, fragile weapons working class people can deploy against privilege. Destroy excellence, or cheapen it to the point of routine, and you reward access and wealth.
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“The NBA finals, brought to you by Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey” is a sentence I just heard
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#marsdenshmarsden I guess 🪦
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Marsden Fund cut 29% as NZ kills blue-sky research funding
New Zealand's flagship discovery research fund is running its final round before being absorbed into a government-directed system. The 29% funding cut lands on a country that already spends half the O...
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“Justice minister Paul Goldsmith is ploughing ahead with the most damaging legislative attack on Māori seen in a generation, based on nothing much more than his own “view”, says Treaty expert Carwyn Jones.” #nzpol #RacismInAction
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Government ignores advice and swings Te Tiriti wrecking ball | E-Tangata
“It’s the most damaging collection of legislative Treaty proposals I’ve seen in my career, breaching Te Tiriti on a scale and breadth that we haven’t yet witnessed in our lifetimes.” — Carwyn Jones.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It’s been a tough trimester, but here are some cards I got from students on the last day of classes, including a hand drawn picture of Isabella with her basil pot 😍
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A reminder, again: nobody is seeing productivity gains from AI, and NZ won’t either #nzpol
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I absolutely love Wellington at this time of year. Low, soft morning light, autumn colours everywhere. This tree is in my neighbours’ backyard and it makes me happy for different reasons all year round
A tree covered in red and orange autumn leaves
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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Next Friday 29 May, an evening of poetry, prose, and electronic performance features readings by poet Ada Duffy (MA25) and IIML Emerging Māori Writer in Residence Terri Te Tau, followed by a live performance of Department Press Briefings by artist Mo H. Zareei. www.adamartgallery.nz/events/upcom...
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Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery
Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery is the purpose-built gallery of Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.
Rule:
The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising,
translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for
any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course
materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class
content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the
limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources.
Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their
submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of
prohibited AI use
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Students don’t oppose AI from ignorance but EXPERIENCE. This was quite shocking to me: Gallup found that Gen Z high usage has not decreased despite anger having increased. They know what they’re protesting against BECAUSE they know what AI is doing to them.”
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How America Turned Against AI According to the Poll Data: A (Very Big) Compilation
Every poll, pollster, and methodology converges on the same thing
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A reminder from Fortune magazine—there is no evidence that AI improves productivity #nzpol fortune.com/article/why-...
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Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | Fortune
In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
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Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
500 years ago, people starting building pā all over northern NZ—fortifying their settlements with rows of palisades, cut from nearby bush. Why? What were pā defending—or trying to say? The trees themselves, combined with mātauranga Māori, tell a story. www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-... 🇳🇿🧪 #archaeology
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The pā builders
Five hundred years ago, people starting building pā all over northern New Zealand—fortifying their settlements with rows of pointed palisades, cut from the surrounding forests. Why? What were pā defen...
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When you're front page news on RNZ 😍 @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/s...
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Short story collection wins New Zealand's biggest book prize
Ingrid Horrocks has won the major prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives.
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Woohoo!
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards @ockhamnzbookawards.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Whakamihi @tinamakereti.bsky.social winner of the Ockhams General Non-Fiction Award 2026! @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Huge congratulations to ELCC graduate Asher Emanuel for the release of a stunning and important new book! www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-va...
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The Valley - BWB Bridget Williams Books
Told largely in verbatim dialogue, this up-close and personal account brings the realities of the New Zealand criminal justice system to life through the voices of those who experience it first-hand.
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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We’re very pleased to share news of this research fellowship position, working with our wonderful CECS / English Literature colleague Prof Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social on the collected works of Mary Wollstonecraft: 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL782/r...
jobs.ac.uk
Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft at University of York
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Cindy Ermus @cindyermus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“Being able to talk to people & interact with people in a very human way is more valuable than ever.” Every humanities organization & dept needs to capitalize on this moment. Scream from the mountain tops, "If you want the invaluable skills that AI can't replicate, major in history!" @historians.org
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College students are changing course in search of 'AI-proof' majors. But no one knows what they are
The rise of artificial intelligence is prompting college students to second-guess their career paths.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 02/05/2026
hot take: women are less likely to use AI because we’re quick to clock flattery as a tool of manipulation
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Carwyn Jones @ahikaroa.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Will weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves? #nzpol theconversation.com/will-weakeni...
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Will weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves?
Legislation changing Treaty provisions within the law is due to be introduced before this year’s election, with legal challenges and protests likely.
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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We are happy to discuss projects for the series. Contact us: oup.c19race@gmail.com I’m guessing it goes without saying that we are eager to work with scholars of color.
Description of OUP series: Race in Nineteenth-Century Literatures and Cultures
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Fantastic news! Transits is such an important series
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