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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 7h

We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2026 Tim Unwin ECR Grant: Anna Paola Manna and Hervé Goerger 🎉🎉

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Excited for a new series of talks from our friends at the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association (NCFS) 🎉

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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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Rachel Mesch @rmesch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The introduction to our special volume, To the Passersby, is open access. Plus some previews below 🧵 Enjoy! @uksdn.bsky.social

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Introduction

Published in Dix-Neuf: Journal of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes (Vol. 30, No. 1-2, 2026)

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Rachel Mesch @rmesch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🚨 Our double issue of Dix-Neuf is now up!! TO THE PASSERSBY: BEFORE & AFTER BAUDELAIRE has 8 stunning articles that center the passante herself through cultural, visual, and literary history, ecocritical, feminist, and queer perspectives

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you are looking for some late-summer reading, we’ve got just the thing… the latest special double issue of Dix-Neuf, which features articles around Baudelaire's "À une passante", edited by Masha Belenky, @cherylperfume.bsky.social, and @rmesch.bsky.social

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Final call to apply for our Tim Unwin Early Career Research Grants, closing on 1 September! Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to members of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes to assist with research projects related to 19th French studies.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🚨Grants available 🚨 Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to members of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes to assist with research projects related to 19th French studies. These are awarded on a competitive basis, and normally only 1 to 2 are awarded per year.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Calling all our George Sand scholars! There will be a conference on “George Sand dans la Troisième République” on 18 and 19 June at ENS Lyon. Further details, including the programme, can be found below and in the following link: www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Translation criticism done right in 1806

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Based in Paris? Join author Simon Morley tomorrow evening to celebrate the publication of his brand new book, La Belle France. 🗓️ Le 27 Mai 2026 de 18h30 à 20h30 📍Librairie Galignani 224, rue de Rivoli, 75001 paris Find out more: www.galignani.fr/agenda-19583...

Image of 'La Belle France' book against bright turquoise background

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ECR French Nineteenth-Century Art Network @ecrfrenchart.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Join us next week for our next Curatorial Roundtable, a deep dive into some recent acquisitions in the print collections of some of the world's leading museums. For details/how to join: www.ecrfrenchart.com/network-even...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

If you, like us, have felt like there was something missing in your life since our conference in Cardiff concluded, fear not! You can do it all again next year… our 25th annual conference will be in Dundee on 14-16 April on the theme of Craft and Industry. Find out more: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-annual-c...

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Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie (Dundee 2027)

Gustave Caillebotte, Raboteurs de parquet, 1875 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie Dundee, 14–16 April 2027 We are now accepting s…

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Musset: a Gen Z icon?

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Congratulations to Christopher Goring (Cambridge) who is this year’s winner of the SDN Postgraduate Prize 🎉🎉🎉 The prize is awarded for the best postgraduate conference paper submitted for the Society’s Annual Conference (#SDNCardiff2026).

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

🚨 New SDN Officer 🚨 We are pleased to welcome Dana Vuckovic (Oxford) as our new PG and ECR Rep. Dana will take over from Helen McKelvey, @drhelenmckelvey.bsky.social. Thank you, Helen, for all of your amazing work in this role! You’ve made a real difference to so many PGs and ECRs!

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Sharing for all our members who are interested in Zola: On 23 and 24 October, the Emile Zola Society will host the ‘Sensation !’ Symposium in London. If interested, please send your abstracts to Susan Harrow and Ye Xu by 27 April.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Félicitations ! 💫💫

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We are pleased to announce the winner of the second annual Dix-Neuf Prize, which recognises an outstanding article published in each year’s volume of the journal (drumroll please…):

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Delighted to announce the winners of the SDN Publication Prize, as announced at the SDN conference dinner last Thursday! This prize is for the best journal article published by an early-career member of the society in the previous calendar year...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

As #SDNCardiff2026 comes to an end, we’d like to say thank you to everyone who presented, chaired, and attended! There were lots of brilliant papers and discussions; it’s so energising to see the array of brilliant work going on in 19th century French and Francophone studies!

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Centre de recherche du château de Versailles @crcversailles.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

📣 Rappel | Journée d’études « Saint-Simon et les femmes » 🗓️ 11 avril 2026 | 09h15–17h30 📍 Auditorium du château de Versailles ✅ Inscription gratuite obligatoire : chateauversailles-recherche.fr/article1592.... #versaillesrecherche

Affiche beige et orangée titrée « Saint-Simon & les femmes ». À gauche, grand lettrage rouge avec une esperluette. À droite, portrait d’une femme en robe bleue, devant deux silhouettes féminines estompées. Texte : « Journée d’études, samedi 11 avril 2026, Auditorium du château de Versailles ». En bas : logos Société Saint-Simon, Château de Versailles – Centre de recherche, et SIEFAR.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A Most Quiet Murder provides a new view of nineteenth-century France, where the law and public authorities intervened in the lives of the working classes and their children during moments of crisis. Browse more titles⬇️ buff.ly/MNBqYyD @cornellpress.cornell.edu

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It’s the first day of our annual conference, #SDNCardiff2026! Who’s excited? 🙋‍♀️

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🚨New special issue of Dix-Neuf 🚨 This special issue brings together a collection of articles on the cultural histories of medicine and health in the long nineteenth century. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ydix20/2...

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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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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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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🚨 Last call for registrations 🚨

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

There’s one week left to register for our annual conference! Register now and get ready to talk all things health and happiness in 19th century French and Francophone studies 😁

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🎉 Registration now opened 🎉 Coming to the 24th Society of Dix-Neuviémistes annual conference taking place in Cardiff from 8 to 10 April? Register before Monday 2 March via our website: 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 · 30/01/2026

Wow, check out the number of dix-neuviémiste titles on this list!!! This is such a striking showcase of the exciting and important work going on in our field at the moment! Congratulations to all!

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Laélia Véron @laeliaveron.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Cette fois-ci, c'est vraiment fini! Demain, le 27 août paraitra le livre tiré de ma thèse aux éditions @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social « Le mot fatal. Langage, pouvoir et trait d'esprit dans "La Comédie humaine" de Balzac ».

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🕯️ A MOST QUIET MURDER by Susannah Wilson examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric evaluations, and a dramatic trial for murder. #TrueCrime #History 🔗 Learn more here: ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz

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A Most Quiet Murder by Susannah Wilson | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

A Most Quiet Murder examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric medical evaluations, and ultimately,...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Submissions for the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Publication Prize 2026 close this Friday! This is our annual prize for the best journal article published by a postgraduate student, or an early-career researcher in the 2025 calendar year. More details below:

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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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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

If you are in need of an excellently researched, compelling read to get your week off to a good start, look no further than @mariascott.bsky.social’s piece on two newly identified photographs, or card portraits, of Baudelaire's long-term mistress, Jeanne Duval in @thetls.bsky.social (link below)

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

A fantastic looking line-up! Our members might be particularly interested in Dr Charlotte Berkery’s seminar on Middle-Class Metonymy and Monotony in July Monarchy Cultural Productions

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Fondation pour la Mémoire de l'Esclavage @fondationme.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Le 22/01/1858, il y a 168 ans aujourd’hui, mourait Cyrille Bisette, qui lutta pour l’égalité des libres de couleur et l’abolition de l’esclavage sous la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet. (Re)découvrez sa vie et ses combats👇 memoire-esclavage.org/biographies/...

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

💫 Mentorship opportunity 💫 After great feedback from our 2025 cohort, we welcome expressions of interest for our 2026 Mentorship Scheme. The scheme seeks to establish a supportive network for PG & early career researchers by connecting them with mid- and late-career scholars.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Last call for our Impact workshop this Friday! Come along to think together about effective and exciting ways to share research with non-academic audiences, with our fantastic speakers, Professor Helen Abbott and Dr Hannah Scott. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn2025-im...

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EDN2025: Impact (Rescheduled)

What can we do to engage non-academic audiences? Join us to think about new ways to share research.

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Jennifer Yee @jenwhy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In 1803 Napoleon sold off an enormous amount of land (mostly lived on by first peoples rather than by the French or Spanish), doubling the size of the USA. Counter-intuitively, this was partly because the French had just lost Haiti. Interesting podcast #FRhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Short History Of... - The Louisiana Purchase - BBC Sounds

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon.

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SDN @uksdn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A reminder that our ECR workshop will now take place on Friday 23rd Jan at 3pm! It is open to all SDN members. Join Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle) to talk about working outside the ivory tower and reaching a much broader audience.

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