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Poet, Scholar, Pantisocrat 2025 ECF BARS/Wordsworth Grasmere "Writing like Wordsworth" & "Romantic Poets in the Wild" Verse culture(?) // Creative Liaison @ bars.bsky.social adamneikirk.wordpress.com (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Excited to announce that my article "Poetic Lines and Social Thought" is now published over at contempaesthetics.org/2025/08/28/p...

An essay about #poetry #poetics and a little bit about aliens 👽

An international, interdisciplinary, peer- and blind-reviewed open-access online journalof contemporary theory, research, and application in aesthetics.

contempaesthetics.org

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 12h

Thinking about becoming a doomer

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 15h

I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 16h

The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 16h

BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 1d

We are now on Instagram, where you can follow us @bars_romanticism!

We’ll be posting news, videos, and photos about our activities.
www.instagram.com/bars_romanti...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 1d

New on the BARS Blog: Christina Morin's Open Fellowship Report, "Hocquet Caritat, the Minerva Press, and the ‘Patronizers of Polite and Entertaining Literature in America’".
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6159

Open Fellowship Report: Hocquet Caritat, the Minerva Press, and the ‘Patronizers of Polite and Entertaining Literature in America’ – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 1d

Keats Shelley Prize entries are now open, for both the Poetry and Essay Prize.
Deadline is 10am (GMT) on Monday 2 February 2026
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6155

Keats-Shelley Prize 2025-26 – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 1d

New on the BARS Blog: Jordan Welsh's (@jordanwelshy.bsky.social) Copley Report on his research into Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz's friendship. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6167

Stephen Copley Research Award Report: Jordan Welsh on Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz’s Friendship – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 2d

Applied for 3 more academic jobs today, including one in Roswell...

Was really tempted to write "I want to believe" on my cover letter.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 4d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder: BARS 2026 CFP can be found here:
Deadline Sunday 30 November.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101

BARS Biennial Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection – Updates and Call for Papers Announced – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 4d

On the BARS blog: information on applying for the @ksaacomm.bsky.social Carl H. Pforzheimer Research Grants, worth $3000. Deadline 1st November. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6151

Funding Opportunity: Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 4d

The newest issue of the BARS Review is now published! Check out issue 61 at the link below.
Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers!
www.bars.ac.uk/review/index...

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 5d

Pat Metheny in Great Barrington was about the Idea of the Guitar. Glad Sheryl and I got to witness his genius together.

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 6d

Pat Metheny soon! First beer

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 6d

I bet Coleridge would have liked Eric Whitacre's "Sleep"

and would have said such interesting things about it

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 7d

Is this for sale by chance?

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 7d

The Pokemon-style choice facing every Coleridgean: do you write 'literary lectures,' 'lectures on literature' or *Lectures: on Literature* (or go chaotic good and write 'LoL')

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Jennifer @feistywiddershins.bsky.social · 7d

Rise and shine ✨️

Fuzzy demon with red eyes and horns sitting at a table with a coffee and the text, "Just waiting for the coffee to kick in"

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 8d

Update: it's being posted

It's a session on "Creative-Critical Writing and Romantic Studies" so... if you are interested in this and want to collaborate on a session for BARS 2026, please get in touch!

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 9d

Sent a session call to BARS 2026 a tiny bit over the deadline today but really hoping they'll post it -- keep your eyes peeled 👀