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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 19h

Michael Kalisch on Andrew O’Hagan’s On Friendship - Book of the Day & lead review in the @newstatesman.bsky.social 📖 www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

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Emma Parker @dremmaparker.bsky.social · 1d

Joyous to give my 1st keynote @ the postgrad forum of @gapsnet.bsky.social, sharing research on #SouthAfrican & #British women writers

Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 4d

Hwæt is this wonderful scene of creative chaos? Could it be the very successful first week of Old English AND Old Norse Reading Group?! #medievalsky #skystorians

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 5d

What an amazing CMS event! We were so excited to celebrate not only Kathleen and Melek’s wonderful new book, but a bumper crop of new books from CMS members Matt Lampitt, Leah Tether, Rachael Harkes, Marianne Ailes, Adrian Ailes, Ad Putter, and Ben Pohl! 🎉🥳 Congratulations once again to all!

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 10d

We're so excited for the first Centre for Medieval Studies Research Seminar of the year!

Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after!

All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 21d

A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 29d

First image: Sarah Scaife, self-portrait with animals after Zodiac Man in folding almanac Wellcome MS.8932. Collage on paper

Second image: Source: Wellcome Collection (MS.8932)

English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 29d

Sarah’s practice-based PhD on life after cancer treatment, ‘Medicine of Uncertainty’, is funded by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership and supervised by Maria Vaccarella (University of Bristol) and Dr Bryan Brown (University of Exeter).

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 29d

PhD student Sarah Scaife has recently published a new open-access 🔓 article in the Journal of Medical Humanities: ‘Medicines of Uncertainty and Objects of Care: Creative Engagement with an Ancient ‘Folding Almanac”. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · Sep 9

Find out more about the book here:

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/life-writ...

Life Writing and the End of Empire

The dismantlement of the British Empire had a profound impact on many celebrated white Anglophone writers of the twentieth century, particularly those who were…

www.bloomsbury.com

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · Sep 9

Emma Parker’s Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2024) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize! www.litencyc.com/book-prizes/...

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Grief affects us all, and yet people often struggle to talk about death & dying. 🦋

@goodgrieffest.bsky.social is a social venture spinout at @bristoluni.bsky.social that brings people together to talk about death & grief, providing information, support & a sense of community

More 👉 brnw.ch/21wVqxR

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Aug 20

💥 COMING UP: Join Suzannah V Evans (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) for the launch of her debut poetry collection, Under the Blue

Told through a series of prose poems & postcards, Under the Blue is a meditation on humanity & empathy

📅 Fri 5 September, 7-9pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/3V9L7Nv

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · Aug 11

‘There’s something in a flying horse,
There’s something in a huge balloon;
But through the clouds I’ll never float
Until I have a little boat,
Shaped like the crescent-moon.’

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · Aug 11

‘Balloonomania’ shaped late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature and culture, cropping up in places like the start of Wordsworth’s ‘Peter Bell’:

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · Aug 11

… and landing ‘like the end of a rainbow’ on Sunday evening.

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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · Aug 11

Bristol Balloon Fiesta took over the skies this weekend! 📸 by Dr Ronald Musto, including of the balloons rising up early on Saturday morning…

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Aug 8

'A perceptive critical study that recognizes the power of images and the need to explain them.'

Dr Laurence Publicover's (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) book, Fathoming the Deep in English Renaissance Tragedy, is reviewed in this week's @thetls.bsky.social

www.the-tls.com/literature/l...

Ships don’t lie

Sixteenth-century Europe faced a significant gap between the desire to traverse the globe and the ability to build safe, seaworthy ships. New trade routes were opening up; new countries were coming to...

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Aug 6

'These letters are a fascinating window into Anne’s world.'

Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) examination of a letter fragment which may reveal new details about the marriage of Anne & William Shakespeare is considered in NY Books

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Who Is Mrs. Shakspaire? What Is She? | Charles Nicholl

On a summer’s day in 1978, Frederick Charles Morgan was at work as usual in the ancient library of Hereford Cathedral. He was a hundred years old but

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · Jul 26

Had a great time @bavs-uk.bsky.social last week. Not been for a long time and was really impressed by the quality of the papers and the great chats I had with so many. Thanks also to my PhD sister @jendeavour.bsky.social for getting this pic of me in action, probably laughing at one of my own jokes.

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Florian Stadtler 🦀 @flostadt.bsky.social · Jul 22

And southasianbritain.org is live - 33 months in the making - partnership by @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social, funded by @ukri.org/ahrc - 750+ entries, 30+oral histories, newly digitised archival docs & more; spread the word

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Florian Stadtler 🦀 @flostadt.bsky.social · Jul 15

Come join us for our first @remakingbritain.bsky.social project event to launch the South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories digital resource, a partnership of @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
@bristolunienglish.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social

Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks @remakingbritain.bsky.social · Jul 15

One more week to go: Here's a taster from our sound bath. Book your place via Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/AsianBritain

#SouthAsianHeritageMonth #SAHM2025 #RootsToRoutes #SouthAsianBritain #BritishAsian #SouthAsianVoices #CardiffEvents #CardiffCulture #WalesHeritage #SouthAsianHeritage #DiscoverCardiff

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Jul 15

'Together, the pair make what they can out of the world they're left with.'

Dr Noreen Masud (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Caleb Carr's new memoir, My Beloved Monster, in a new piece for @thetls.bsky.social

@noreenmasud.bsky.social

www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...

A rescue cat saves her human

It’s a boom time for cosy books about cats. Luckily, despite its treacly subtitle – Masha, the half-wild rescue cat who rescued me – Caleb Carr’s My

www.the-tls.com

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · Jul 14

A HUGE well done to the CMS' own Dr Hattie Soper for being awarded the University English Book Prize 2024! 🎉🎉🎉 What an amazing and well-deserved award; we're so thrilled for you Hattie! 🥰

You can read the announcement here: universityenglish.ac.uk/announced-un...

#medievalsky #skystorians

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