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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Evenin’ campers! We’re back at the Athenæum to celebrate the publication of @glendanorquay.bsky.social’s new biography of Robert Louis Stevenson! reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/robert-...

Joe Moran (standing, right) introduces Nicholas Murray (seated, left) in conversation with Glenda Norquay (seated, centre) against an opulent deep green and gold background.

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Joseph Stephenson 🇺🇦 @joestephenson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This looks like a really great way to spend early July next year. Who is going to join me?

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#CfP: “Stuart Drama” conference, 6-9 July 2027, @ljmuofficial.bsky.social. Abstracts by 2 October 2026 #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents stuartdrama.com

Text: “Stuart Drama”, surrounded by a host of seventeenth-century playwrights.

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Tomorrow's RILCH event! Poet and critic Jennifer Lee Tsai is coming to discuss all things inspirations and writing practices. The session starts at 6pm in 2.06 of the SLB - make sure to come along and capture some wisdom from one of Bluecoats' artists-in-residence!

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Join us in G23 for Dr Annie Webster's talk on Uhyggelig Horror! Annie will unravel the literary response to the rise in the commercialisation of hygge culture via the work of Hassan Blasim. It's sure to make for an engaging talk!

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Rachel Willie @racheljwillie.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

👀 Over the last few months, I’ve been working with the terrific triumvirate @spparkle.bsky.social, @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social & Hannah Yip to set up “Sonance: A Journal of Early Modern Sound Studies”, a diamond open access journal dedicated to historic sounds in all their wondrous & eclectic forms.

Green-blue-grey blocky soundwaves on background. Centred in black serif lettering “Sonance”, with “journal of early modern sound studies” underneath.

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Spring has sprung @ RILCH! 🌷 Here is our fantastic line up of events, featuring guests from the University of Liverpool, our amazing PGRs, and our very own Professor Gerry Smyth. Keep your eyes peeled for more information regarding these events over the coming weeks :)

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Recent Events! Petra James discusses the “cabinet of curiosities” in European Modernist Fiction, Fiona Tolan unravels the feminist politics of cleaning in British fiction, and Özge Kaya Manav presents her research on queer identity in Trumpet. 🏡 Keep an eye out for our Spring events @ RILCH 🌷

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Tomorrow, RILCH hosts the lovely Prof Petra James, who will be discussing the Habsburg imperial and aesthetic legacies of the “Cabinet of curiosities” in Central European and Belgian modernist fiction of the 1880s-1930s. It's sure to make for an engaging talk, and we hope to see you there @ 5pm!

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Kicking things off this semester, we have a joint seminar taking place on Tuesday 10th Feb @ 5PM where Dr Fiona Tolan & PhD student Özge discuss their recent research. Make sure to follow us at @rilchljmu on instagram or email rilchljmu@gmail.com for any details or queries about the event!

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Straining to see Emily Cuming and Filippo Menozzi at the far end of a crowded room as we celebrate their two new perspicacious publications!

Photo of a room full of people with Emily Cuming and Filippo Menozzi at the front.

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Fascinating discussion tonight by visiting fellow, Nick Murray on literary biography

Joe Moran introducing Nick Murray to a packed audience

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Fabulous turnout to hear our very own Kate Walchester discuss travel writing with Michael Palin as part of the Smithdown Litfest. Your correspondent might have not picked the best spot for paparazzi images of our two celebrities, but is very much enjoying hearing tales of travel 🫣🥴

Interior of Ullet Road Unitarian Church, off Smithdown Road, Liverpool, with the backs of people crammed into pews to listen to Michael Palin reminisce with Kate Walchester about his travels and promote his new book on Venezuela.

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Lily Dunn's 'Into Being' is a milestone text in the art of life writing. I'm looking forward to chairing a discussion with her at @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social next month. It will be a great evening about how we raise raw personal material and make it powerfully universal.

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Looking forward to hosting this terrific symposium. Come and join us!

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

👀 it’s the magnificent Dr Hannah Baumeister from the Law School and our very own prolific professor Gerry Smith discussing law and literature!

Gerry Smith on the left and Hannah Baumeister on the right.

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Samantha :) @samanthabarker.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

On Friday I went to two fascinating events - the first a panel on the most current research in decolonisation and the second a book launch for J.P Maxwell and his new historical thriller based in Liverpool! @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social

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Helen Tookey @helentookey.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

This, from my @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social colleague Jake Morris-Campbell, will be excellent:

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Do we have the concept album cover? 🤔 Fabulous to hear @ljmuofficial.bsky.social’s Shanty Choir, led by our one and only Prof Gerry Smyth at the Art’s Bar last night 🙌 🎶 #SailorSong

LJMU Shanty Choir, stepping off the stage at Liverpool Arts Bar after singing some shanties.

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Helen Tookey @helentookey.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Here’s the Research Institute for Literature and Cultural History at LJMU - we run events and seminars in Liverpool and we’ll be posting here about anything we’re up to.

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