Reposted by Will SherwoodPeter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Well. Here it is: a new book that has been keeping me busy for a while. The Seventh Continent: Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Past, Present and Future 1/5 510422
Reposted by Will SherwoodΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Je Shen" (Chinese Artist, born 1973) "Meditation" • 2026. Oil on Canvas • 160 × 120 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 301702262
Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm thrilled and proud to announce that I completed and submitted my PhD thesis on #Tolkien and British #Romanticism this morning. What an incredible start to a sunny week! Now, does anyone have any jobs for someone with extensive teaching experience?! Time to put this knowledge to good use! 108613
Reposted by Will Sherwood British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026BARS Digital Event: Returning to John Clare Join BARS for varied discussion focused around the poet, John Clare, including new archival discoveries, editing and class politics, global poetic legacy, and ideas of beauty in his poems. 19 October, 5pm UK Time www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6624 074
Reposted by Will Sherwood British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wonderful opportunity for PGRS and ECRs - A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6626bars.ac.ukA Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers – BARS Blog 01310
Reposted by Will SherwoodDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Excited to announce that my large interdisciplinary project Living Beings as More-Than-Human Heritage (Live Heritage) has been funded by the Research Council of Norway! Over 6 years, we will explore how living beings are both part of cultural heritage and help shape it. www.uis.no/nb/om-uis/th...uis.no40 millioner til forskning på planter og dyr som kulturarvForskere i Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities ved Universitetet i Stavanger får nær 40 millioner kroner fra Forskningsrådet til å løfte fram levende dyr og planter som en viktig del av vår felles historie. 148413
Reposted by Will SherwoodUofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The second European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantastic Spaces and Places, will take place at the University of Karlstad in Sweden from June 15th to 17th 2027. CfP here (deadline Nov 1st): www.kau.se/kufo/aktivit... Hope to see many of you there!kau.seFantastic Spaces and Places | Karlstads universitetThe second European Conference on the Fantastic Karlstad, Sweden 15-17 June, 2027 01512
Reposted by Will SherwoodDigital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com · 16/09/2026An article by @kenhernden.bsky.social on his work tracking down the locations of the Nazgûl from September 22 to October 20, 3018 as part of our annotation efforts. annotations.digitaltolkien.com/articles/ret...annotations.digitaltolkien.comText, meta-text, and ‘canon’: (Re)tracing the Nazgûl (and their horses) from September 22 to October 20, 3018 | Tolkien AnnotationsAnnotation datasets, articles, and interactive viewers from the Digital Tolkien Project. 2146
Reposted by Will Sherwoodwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt ##September 51244250
Reposted by Will SherwoodDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Rights Of The Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake. #books #reading #literacy #edchat #English #language 02510
Reposted by Will Sherwooddeven parker @devenparker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026ROMANTIC MEDIA AND WARTIME NETWORKS, my first monograph, is out today with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. It tells the story of how the state revolutionized its wartime communication networks in the Romantic period and how writers responded to - and resisted - this media revolution. 64419
Reposted by Will SherwoodKeats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Please join us for our next 1819 Social Event: "How to Shape, Revise, & Submit Articles for Publication" with Dr. Lucy Morrison and Dr. Amelia Worsley! The event will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, September 8th at 5:00pm EDT. Register using the link below! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 01210
Reposted by Will SherwoodTerri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is an exquisite piece on dogs, art, mortality, and the nature of interspecies love, from @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comWhat Dogs See When They Look at UsA humane study of how artists have captured our canine companions becomes a meditation on sympathy, trust, and the virtues we have bred them to display. 0223
Reposted by Will SherwoodJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Amazing mural in Southend. Artist still working on it in bottom left of pic. 662189289
Reposted by Will SherwoodTrees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Caledonian #pinewoods are among our oldest and richest habitats. They are characterised by wild #Scotspines, descended from Scotland’s once-vast ancient forests. We’re on a mission to identify and map these important refuge areas 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/about-us/wha... @wtscotsocial.bsky.socialtreesforlife.org.ukWild pines - Trees for LifeWe are finding Scotland's lost wild pines in partnership with the Woodland Trust. Caledonian pinewoods are among our oldest and richest habitats. They are characterised by wild Scots pines, descended… 1348
Reposted by Will SherwoodAmy Wilcockson @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Thrilled/excited/nervous in equal measure to be delivering a Seed Talk in London all about the British Romantic period, its history and literature, and of course, Jane Austen. Wednesday, September 16 • 7 PM - 9:30 PM Tickets are available here ⤵️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993914284...eventbrite.co.ukJane Austen & English HistoryUncover the scandal behind Jane Austen’s novels – rebellion, romance and royal secrets await. Followed by Q&A. 0187
Reposted by Will SherwoodSimon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Circulating this news on the copyright to John Clare's works again, because it doesn't seem to be as well known among Romantic-period scholars, editors and anthologisers, as it should. The copyright claim is dead. 13214
Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I am buzzing I am to not only be singing 'LotR: FotR' live to the films in Glasgow, but I'm also the Dialect Coach for the RSNO Chorus 😍 Two fandom levels unlocked! If you wish to experience this epicness, or would like to support, book your tickets here: www.ovohydro.com/events/detai... 0143
Reposted by Will SherwoodWill Tattersdill @tattersdill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So here we go then: the result of many years thinking about how dinosaurs make science and the imagination work together. It's written for both literary critics and scientists and my dearest hope is that it will help foster an academy where we talk to each other more 1525158
Reposted by Will SherwoodDr Jodie Marley 🔮 @jodielmarley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026magnificent work by Felicity James, which quite literally gets to the heart and lifeblood of the point of writing off the heels of #Bars2026, proves again that Romanticists are bringing brilliant new commentary to the issue of gen ai in the arts & humanities www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....tandfonline.comThe Wild Essay, Or, the Essayist responds to the University Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Learning, Teaching and AssessmentReader environment loaded 1124
Reposted by Will Sherwoodmichaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Artist Yehan Wang #Art 432758349
Reposted by Will Sherwoodfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Acrylic on Canvas - 16 x 12 inches Created;2023 By American Painter..Dale Terbush (b.1951) 311871251
Reposted by Will SherwoodAssociation for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · 10/08/2026ASLE 2027 Call for Proposals is out! June 22-24 at the University of Maryland, College Park. Deadline for submissions January 8, 2027. Read the CFP: www.asle.org/conference/b... #EnvHum #AcademicSky #ecocriticism 0149
Reposted by Will SherwoodSimon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Are the "Big Six" still the mainstay of Romanticism? Here's a crude word cloud of the programme of last week's - albeit entirely brilliant, hugely enjoyable - conference of the British Association for Romantic Studies. It does not quite work - though good to see "coffee" pretty prominent. 2153
Reposted by Will SherwoodKerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Women, Walking publishes tomorrow with Batsford Books. I’m really proud of the collection of work inside it. I’d like to offer a copy to someone to mark publication day. To enter, please share this skeet by midnight tomorrow, and tell me why you’d like it, or who you’d like to give it to and why. 061
Reposted by Will SherwoodAssociation for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College. Review begins Sept. 15! #academicsky careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/18099careers.bowdoin.eduAssistant Professor of Environmental StudiesBowdoin College’s Environmental Studies Program invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in environmental humanities at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 20... 042
Reposted by Will SherwoodNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026“Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.” ~ Emily Dickinson, ‘The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson’ (1890) #Painting by Hugo Keller. 656379
Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Ready to bring #Tolkien to the #Romantic conversation in #Birmingham for @bars.bsky.social @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Will SherwoodGary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026© Choy Moo Kheong. 'Blue Whispering Day.' Acrylic on canvas, 2022. 139.7 × 114.3 cm. 302088299
Reposted by Will SherwoodKat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026These are the very first paintings I made for Avatar Aang. I designed the art style for the ancient Sonam and Tagah scenes throughout the film! 472936502
Reposted by Will SherwoodTolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · 17/07/2026Call for papers: Tolkien's Invented Languages The Society is holding a Seminar online on 21 November on Tolkien's Invented Languages. We invite proposals from scholars, researchers and others on Tolkien's languages, scripts and philological connections. www.tolkiensociety.org/events/semin...tolkiensociety.orgTolkien Society Seminar 2026 – Tolkien’s Invented LanguagesThe Tolkien Society Seminar is a short conference of both researcher-led and non-academic presentations on a specific theme pertaining to Tolkien scholarship. After the seminar, all paper recordings f... 1269
Reposted by Will Sherwood British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Join us for our first BARS Writing Group, from 9.30am - 11.30am BST on Tuesday 21st July, via Teams. Please complete the short form below and we will send over the Teams joining link to your email at 9am on the morning of 21st July. forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... 276
Reposted by Will SherwoodAvishek @avisghosh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Arizona in my dreams Size 17 by 13 inch On paper Medium oil Original available 1854681
Reposted by Will SherwoodLiz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026OMG I couldn’t love Haaland more www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... 842847299
Reposted by Will SherwoodTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life." - Hermann Hesse 🎨 Julia Tar 513481577
Reposted by Will SherwoodDr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social · 15/07/2026CFP 📢📢📢 *New Approaches to Teaching the Gothic*, co-edited by myself & @factorygothic.bsky.social Critical practice; pedaogical reflections; case studies; particularly in a relation to these times/spaces of crisis. VERY broad cfp. Qus welcome 👇👇👇 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/07/...call-for-papers.sas.upenn.educfp | call for papers 02521
Reposted by Will SherwoodTrees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Four spots. One remarkable dragonfly. 💙 It's #DragonflyWeek! Meet the four-spotted chaser and discover why healthy #wetlands are so important for these incredible #insects. Watch to learn more 👇️ @britishdragonflies.bsky.social 1102
Reposted by Will SherwoodIvy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 09/07/2026An oil painting titled "Sparkly Seas, Kynance in oils" by the artist Jenny Aitken. 241551187
Reposted by Will SherwoodBudd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days. 344213705864
Reposted by Will SherwoodDavid the Ñoldo @davidthengoldo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026To my knowledge, Tolkien never says why the Dwarves call themselves ‘Khazad’. However, we do know that Adûnaic was strongly influenced by Khuzdul. Given this, Adûnaic’s word for ‘7’ being ‘Hazad’, & the significance of 7 for Dwarves, we can conclude they use it bc they’re ‘the people of the seven’. 02311
Reposted by Will SherwoodJeff Dillon Fine Art @jeffdillonfineart.bsky.social · 07/07/2026My name is Jeff Dillon and I'm a Canadian landscape painter. This is my art and I'd love to hear what you think. Jeff #art 7878281844
Reposted by Will SherwoodBrad Congdon @brcongdon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Publication News! You can now pre-order the Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird, edited by me and @jasonhaslam.ca Look at that cover!! www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...cambridge.orgThe Cambridge Companion to Literature and the WeirdCambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird 35123
Reposted by Will SherwoodDaniel Cook @profdanielcook.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Mary Shelley's Dundee (www.maryshelley.co.uk) histories, biographies, an interactive map, the "Dundee Edition" of Frankenstein, comics, annual writing prizes, resources and more (with teaching guides and materials, and SO MUCH more, to come) - FREE 1114
Reposted by Will SherwoodDr Amanda Blake Davis 🌱 @abdavis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026⚡️Job Alert⚡️ 📖 Research Associate - The Oxford Complete Works of Mary Shelley 📍Manchester Metropolitan University, fixed term Please share with ECRs! manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...manmetjobs.mmu.ac.ukResearch Associate (Mary Shelley) - (9237) | Manchester Metropolitan University CareersAll about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities. 02122
Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 02/07/2026It was a delight to see that my co-edited volume on #Tolkien and #Romanticism warmly reviewed by Peter Francev for the @bars.bsky.social Review. A "seamless and intriguing blending of ideas from the worlds of Romanticism and Tolkien": www.bars.ac.uk/review/index... 1111
Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 30/06/2026#PhDLife Week 5/19... The first full draft of my thesis is officially complete and with my supervisors. Now, if the weather can sort itself out, I would dearly like to withdraw from society to touch grass, listen to the birds, and replace grey for green. 090
Reposted by Will SherwoodTaylor Driggers(-McDowall) @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The latest issue of @sffoundation.bsky.social contains a special section called "Whose Futures?" co-edited by me & Alice Langley. Immensely grateful to Paul March-Russell for approaching us w/ this opportunity, & to all contributors for their insightful essays. www.sf-foundation.org/sf-foundatio...sf-foundation.orgSF Foundation Latest Issue | SF Foundation Org 162
Reposted by Will SherwoodUniversity of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 24/06/2026We have been ranked 14th in the world in the 2026 @timeshighered.bsky.social (THE) Impact Ratings. 👏 The result means UofG ranks top in Scotland, 2nd in the UK & 3rd in Europe.This benchmarks universities against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. More: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1279238_en.html 0244