Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her) British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 23/08/2026🌟Call for Applications: BARS Communications Fellow 2026-27 to assist with the BARS Blog and social media 🌟 Deadline - Monday 14th September Details - www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6572 01716
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I had such fun helping out with this expertly curated course. I also learned soo much from this incredible group of academics who are also all just wonderful human beings! 130
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)祖思薪 Eugenia Zuroski @zugenia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026No matter how cringey you find occult stuff, asking a tarot deck a question will always be more dignified than asking ChatGPT 0508
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026New open-access book by RCC alumna Anna Antonova! Download it on our Environment & Society Profile. #envhum @asantonova.bsky.socialenvironmentandsociety.orgA Discipline of Hope Environmental Humanities in a Time of CrisisExcerpt from Confronting Water Insecurity: Global Institutions and the Transformation of Water Science, Policy, and Practice by Roberto L. Lenton. 14413
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 23/06/2026After just a small train cancelletion I am finally on my way to @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social to bring some much needed clouds ☁️! www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/lun...sheffieldmuseums.org.ukLunchtime Talk: The Service of Clouds – Turner and Constable’s Skies - Sheffield Museums Trust 140
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I’m very excited to share that tomorrow at 5pm BST @e-cen.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Rowan Boyson who will be sharing some of her recent work on air & atmosphere 💨 in her paper, “‘Who owns the wind?’: Air, commons and poetics in the long eighteenth century” Join us in person and online! 110
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This is how I want every commute to my desk to be 🌱 🌞 010
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 02/06/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... I listened to this earlier on and found it highly inspiring. It reminded me why I chose the humanities in the first place, all the way back during my GCSES. And also why I will never close the door on STEM. Elif Shafak’s words were particularly moving.bbc.co.ukRethink - Rethink... the Humanities - BBC SoundsShould we be rethinking the humanities for a digital age? 010
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Acting as one of the PGR Officers for BARS has been one of the most rewarding and valuable experiences of my PhD journey. If you’ve been thinking of applying, this is your sign! ✨ 062
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 01/06/2026 Lecturer in English (T&S) for one year www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRR618/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in English (Teaching & Scholarship) at Queen Mary University of LondonAn academic position as a Lecturer in English (Teaching & Scholarship) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities. 042
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026What a delight it was to share my research with the @hrcyork.bsky.social community last week. And what an honour to represent @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social and be awarded first prize for my presentation, "Cloudland: Affect, Agency, and Environment in Romantic-Period Poetry and Painting". 130
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Because Wye not?theguardian.comRiver Wye formally recognised as living ecosystem with intrinsic rightsCharter to be adopted along river’s entire catchment from Cambrian mountains to Chepstow and Bristol Channel 420232
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I'm so honoured to have been nominated by the Department of English and Related Literature as this year's HRC Doctoral Fellowship at the University of York @hrcyork.bsky.social @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social Very excited (read: nervous) to share a little bit of my cloudy research in about an hour ☁️ 🌧️ 🌩️ ⛅ 2671
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Rainstorm Over the Sea -John Constable 27713
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 16/05/2026📢 Summer Fellowships at York! Excited to announce that applications are now open for York’s Summer Interdisciplinary Research Fellowships based at Heslington Hall. Come visit us for up to a month this June, July or August. #18thCentury (1/2) 🔗 docs.google.com/document/u/0...docs.google.comSRIF details and terms.docxSummer Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship scheme (SIRF) Humanities Research Centre, Heslington Hall, University of York Overview The Humanities Research Centre at the University of York invi... 1129
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her) British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 15/05/2026BARS News: Stephen Copley Research Award Applications Open (deadline June 1st 2026) Postgraduate researchers and early career scholars working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award. More information: www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p... 045
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Campus clouds ⛅️ at York today ☁️ 010
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Don't forget to apply for our #BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship. Travel, accommodation, and related expenses of up to £4,000 to support a visiting scholar of the #18thC at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, deadline 26 June 2026 #skystorians 🗃️ Details below! www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...bsecs.org.ukPrizes and awards Archive - BSECS 01824
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 11/05/2026This is tomorrow at 1pm! I’ll be speaking with @emily-whittingham.bsky.social about Romantic clouds and human/nonhuman relationships. It would be wonderful to gain feedback, insights, and further inspirations from people working in similar or adjacent areas ⛅️ 1102
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 01/05/2026If anyone fancies hearing/sharing ideas about clouds, affective atmospheres, and Romantic environments over lunch, I’ll be sharing some of my research with the Northern Environmental History Network on 12th May at 1pm ☁️ 💭 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/affective-...eventbrite.co.ukAffective Atmospheres and/or Romantic-Period CloudsThe Northern Environmental History Network welcomes Kate Nankervis (York) to speak about histories of climate, clouds and meteorology. 040
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 29/04/2026📣 2026/7 MA in Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries 📣 We're delighted to announce that we will be awarding four MA bursaries for the 2026/7 MA in Eighteenth Century Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CECS website: 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... Spread the news!york.ac.ukCECS MA bursariesThe Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies is delighted to be offering bursaries for 2026/7 offer holders. 11012
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I think Mary Shelley in her best captures the nation's ecstatic joy at seeing a bit of sun after weeks of 'incessant rain': 'The inhabitants, meeting one another, exclaimed: "What enchanting weather!...We shall perhaps enjoy a whole week of sunshine!" Thus they congratulated themselves,' 020
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 19/02/2026If can't join us in York next Thursday, join us online for this ECEN opening lecture! If you're a subscriber to the mailing list, you should have a Zoom link now. If not, please contact me or @calsutherland.bsky.social & we'll share all the information. Very excited for this event! 010
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I’ll definitely be submitting a proposal for this! Fellow weather-y folk should take a look ✨ 063
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Friday night's film was... "Wuthering Heights" the Emerald Fennell one. She said she wanted to recreate her thoughts and feelings after reading the novel when she was 14. In that respect it's a very successful film bc it feels like a 14 year old white girl's Wuthering Heights tumblr made into a filmmedia.tenor.coma poster for the wuthering heights movie shows a man in a black coatAlt: a poster for the wuthering heights movie shows a man in a black coat and Margot Robbie in a big red dress with a lot of fog 67614
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Ooo, I’m very curious about this! Will definitely be attending if it’s available online. 010
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 07/02/2026This. Angry weather. But I’m still going to go see it. 020
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Please join us for this inaugural lecture! We're beginning the seminar series with such an excellent speaker and truly an expert within the environmental humanities. You won't want to miss it! 🌱 021
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026We are thrilled to announce that the CfS for Issue 9, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ is now live! Articles should be submitted by 23:59 on 16th April 2026 to rrr@soton.ac.uk. Do share widely and we look forward to hearing from you! www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub...rrrjournal.comCall for Submissions | Romance, Revolution and ReformSubmit a paper for the next issue of our interdisciplinary journal. 086
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026“Violet took a bite of bread and a mouthful of tea and mixed the two together in her mouth.” 010
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all. 1362979497
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Emily Whittingham @emily-whittingham.bsky.social · 12/01/2026There's still just over two weeks left to apply to our workshop exploring historical approaches to non-human life. It will take place on 9-10th April 2026, and aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary divides. PGR and ECR support available thanks to the generosity of our sponsors! 13214
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Check out our very first ECEN newsletter! It's brief, fun to read, and there are a couple of exciting opportunities inside too! If you haven't already subscribed but would like to, you can sign up on our website or simply email/DM myself or @calsutherland.bsky.social 🍃hzj520.wixsite.comAbout | Eighteenth Century E 072
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Happy New Year from CECS! Please enjoy these pictures of the snow dusted topiary garden behind our home in Heslington Hall from this morning. May your year be suitably sprinkled with fresh ideas about the eighteenth century and bright paths forward in your research ❄️🌳❄️ #UKsnow #18thCentury 0143
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social · 04/01/2026If you’ve got an itch to develop your creative practice across page, stage and screen - then we have a brand new MA programme that might just interest you. Come & learn with my colleagues & I in beautiful York! Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...york.ac.ukMA Creative WritingHone the craft of writing for and about the page, stage, and screen in a historic and forward-thinking city. 0119
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Still time to register for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow. A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk Artwork by Jinjoon Lee 🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...placememory.netAffective AtmospheresPhilosophical Foundations and Interdisciplinary Approaches A two-day conference examining how atmospheres shape places and experience, drawing together philosophy with anthropology, geography, art,… 085
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 30/12/2025A working walk: thinking through the beginnings of a paper about atmosphere and archive. Tested some ideas out on an attentive audience 🐑 010
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 27/12/2025The festive season is coming to a close here in Somerset. Time for calm and renewed focus 😌 010
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 21/12/2025I'm very excited to announce the launch of the #18thC Ecologies Network! Co-convened by myself & @calsutherland.bsky.social at @cecs-york.bsky.social , ECEN is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies of the period 🌱 Find out more: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c... 43419
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The #18thC Ecologies Network, based @cecs-york.bsky.social is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies the period. Details of their seminar series will be published here: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c... #skystorians #climate #environhist 🗃️hzj520.wixsite.comAbout | Eighteenth Century E 01912
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Had a lovely time listening and learning about volcanic sublimity and coping with climate catastrophe last night with @bars.bsky.social 🌋Excellent papers from @dilarakalkan.bsky.social @katlion.bsky.social and Chloe Melvin! And huge thanks to our wonderful chair @davidhiggins.bsky.social 1102
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 30/10/2025This is TONIGHT!!! 7pm GMT!! Come talk Romantic climate and catastrophe with us 🌋🌪️🌧️🌩️⛅️ 010
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Reminder that I am chairing an online event tomorrow night on 'Volcanic Romanticism'. Featuring talks by @katlion.bsky.social, @womanofclouds.bsky.social, Dilara Kalkan, and Chloe Melvin. You can register for free at the link below. @bars.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/bars-digit...eventbrite.comBARS Digital Events: Volcanic RomanticismExploring the Diodatic Circle, the volcanic as a sublime, apocalyptic force, and how this inflected their powerful visions of the future. 0188
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025In which Johanna Winant (@johannawinant.bsky.social) and I make the case for teaching whole books. And argue for a model of close reading that would bridge high school, college, and professional practice slate.com/life/2025/10...slate.comThere’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.You can't get better at reading until you care about a text. 48627
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Volcanic Romanticism!! 🌋On a Thursday evening with @bars.bsky.social ! What could be more thrilling? Please join me, @dilarakalkan.bsky.social Chloe Melvin, Katerina Liontou and @davidhiggins.bsky.social on 30th October at 7.30pm to discuss the weather of 1816, the Diodati Circle, and more!eventbrite.comBARS Digital Events: Volcanic RomanticismExploring the Diodatic Circle, the volcanic as a sublime, apocalyptic force, and how this inflected their powerful visions of the future. 1109
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Returned to Harewood House one last time before the Austen Meets Turner exhibition closes. What an honour to have played a small part in this extraordinary display. Today, I explored the incredible walled garden! 120
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Today’s my final day working with the wonderful YSC team @rigb.org I can’t believe how quickly 3 months has flown by! It’s been an inspiring, enriching & rewarding experience. If a little exhausting at times 😅 I’ve learned more than this word limit allows…🙏 Now to get back to that PhD thing! 121
Reposted by Kate Nankervis (she/her)Dr. Serena Qihui Pei @serenaqihuipei.bsky.social · 12/09/2025💜Grateful to be part of #BARS2025 Romantic (Un)Consciousness at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social 💜Inspiring panels both in person & online—deep gratitude to the amazing organizers: @drcleoocy.bsky.social @zooeyziller.bsky.social @womanofclouds.bsky.social 1134
Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I wrote a little blog post for @rigb.org, all about the institution's history of artistic experimentation! Even managed to get a sentence about clouds in 🌦️... It's a 4-minute read so please do check it out. www.rigb.org/explore-scie...rigb.orgArt and science working together: the Ri’s experimental history across cultureScience and art have always been intertwined, and often met right here at the Ri. 052