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Will Sherwood

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Romanticism & Tolkien PhD at UofGlasgow | Co-editor ‘The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien’ (shortlisted for The Tolkien Society Awards) | Website: will-sherwood.com

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Well. 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
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ΜΑΝΟΣ 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
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Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'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!
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BARS 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
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wonderful 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=6626
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A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers – BARS Blog
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Excited 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...
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40 millioner til forskning på planter og dyr som kulturarv
Forskere 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.
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Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Coming soon...
Front cover for New Directions in the Ghost  Story Vol. 2, the image is a c19th illustration of a group gathered around the fire while an "old wife" tells them a story.
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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The 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!
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Fantastic Spaces and Places | Karlstads universitet
The second European Conference on the Fantastic Karlstad, Sweden 15-17 June, 2027
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Digital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com · 16/09/2026
An 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...
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Text, meta-text, and ‘canon’: (Re)tracing the Nazgûl (and their horses) from September 22 to October 20, 3018 | Tolkien Annotations
Annotation datasets, articles, and interactive viewers from the Digital Tolkien Project.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt ##September
Stained glass artwork featuring a green hilly landscape with fields and a house, with a hare in the foreground and swallows flying in the sky
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Rights Of The Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake. #books #reading #literacy #edchat #English #language
The Rights Of The Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
1. The right not to read.
2. The right to skip.
3. The right not to finish a book.
4. The right to read it again.
5. The right to read anything.
6. The right to mistake a book for real life.
7. The right to read anywhere.
8. The right to dip in.
9. The right to read out loud.
10. The right to be quiet.
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deven parker @devenparker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ROMANTIC 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.
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Keats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Please 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...
"1819 Social Upcoming Event! "How to Shape, Revise, & Submit Articles for Publication" with Dr. Lucy Morrison and Dr. Amelia Worsley on Tuesday, September 8th at 5:00pm EDT on Zoom.
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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is an exquisite piece on dogs, art, mortality, and the nature of interspecies love, from @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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What Dogs See When They Look at Us
A 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.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Amazing mural in Southend. Artist still working on it in bottom left of pic.
A massive mural of Sir David Attenborough on the seafront in Southend.
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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Caledonian #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.social
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Wild pines - Trees for Life
We 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…
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Amy Wilcockson @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thrilled/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...
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Jane Austen & English History
Uncover the scandal behind Jane Austen’s novels – rebellion, romance and royal secrets await. Followed by Q&A.
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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Circulating 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.
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Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I 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...
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Will Tattersdill @tattersdill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So 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
Photo of a copy of 'The Social Dinosaur', out now from Bloomsbury omg
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Dr Jodie Marley 🔮 @jodielmarley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
magnificent 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....
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The Wild Essay, Or, the Essayist responds to the University Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Reader environment loaded
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Artist Yehan Wang #Art
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Acrylic on Canvas - 16 x 12 inches Created;2023 By American Painter..Dale Terbush (b.1951)
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Association for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
ASLE 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
ASLE 2027 Biennial Conference, 22-24 June 2027, University of Maryland College Park, abstracted graphic in brown of undulating land
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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Are 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.
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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Women, 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.
An image of the cover of the book Women, Walking, showing strata in green, blue, orange and neutral colours, with a vein of copper running through. The publication date of 6 August is shown.
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Association for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College. Review begins Sept. 15! #academicsky careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/18099
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Bowdoin 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...
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Nicolas 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.
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Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ready to bring #Tolkien to the #Romantic conversation in #Birmingham for @bars.bsky.social @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
© Choy Moo Kheong. 'Blue Whispering Day.' Acrylic on canvas, 2022. 139.7 × 114.3 cm.
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Kat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
These 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!
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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · 17/07/2026
Call 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...
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Tolkien Society Seminar 2026 – Tolkien’s Invented Languages
The 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...
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Join 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...
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Avishek @avisghosh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Arizona in my dreams Size 17 by 13 inch On paper Medium oil Original available
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Liz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
OMG I couldn’t love Haaland more www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Erling Haaland holding a rare Norwegian history book he bought and donated to his home library in Bryne, Norway.
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Titania @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
Illustration of a large oak tree with a face on its trunk. A person is sitting on the ground, facing the tree, and there is a reflection of a white stag in the water.
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Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
CFP 📢📢📢 *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/...
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cfp | call for papers
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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Four 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
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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
An oil painting titled "Sparkly Seas, Kynance in oils" by the artist Jenny Aitken.
A coastal scene featuring vibrant green cliffs alongside deep blue water with prominent white paint strokes representing sunlight reflecting off the waves.The painting is a demonstration piece showcasing techniques for capturing light on water, likely painted in a painterly style.
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It 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.
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David the Ñoldo @davidthengoldo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
To 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’.
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ande91.bsky.social @ande91.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hi! I’m Ulla Thynell, an artist, illustrator, author, designer and photographer based in Finland. 

The illustration was created with mixed media: she drew linework traditionally with ink pen, and added colouring digitally.

This piece is also featured in her art book Faraway Dreaming.
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Jeff Dillon Fine Art @jeffdillonfineart.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My 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
My 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
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Brad Congdon @brcongdon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Publication 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...
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The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird
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Daniel Cook @profdanielcook.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Mary 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
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Dr 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...
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Research Associate (Mary Shelley) - (9237) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It 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...
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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.
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Taylor Driggers(-McDowall) @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The 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...
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SF Foundation Latest Issue | SF Foundation Org
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 24/06/2026
We 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
The university tower with a bird flying above and green trees in front.
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