Efram Sera-Shriar
@dreframss.bsky.social
Historian of occultism and science, Victorianist, anthropologist, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, and bass player. Lover of classic videogames. 🎮 Views own. (https://www.eframserashriar.com)
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Efram Sera-Shriar
@dreframss.bsky.social
· Aug 21
It is my great pleasure to share the cover for my new book **PSYCHIC INVESTIGATORS** which was published in June 2022 with the University of Pittsburgh Press.
More details here: https://upittpress.org/books/9780822947073/
More details here: https://upittpress.org/books/9780822947073/
This is a reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is currently open for receiving proposals for themed issues. We are the official journal of @incsa.bsky.social. If you have ideas for a themed issue, email me.
Details👇
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Details👇
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Call for Proposals: Special / Themed Issues - International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association
Call for Proposals Special / Themed Issues Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research, the journal of the International-Nineteenth Century Studies Association Follow on BlueSky Call for Book Reviews Adva...
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January 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
This is a reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is currently open for receiving proposals for themed issues. We are the official journal of @incsa.bsky.social. If you have ideas for a themed issue, email me.
Details👇
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Details👇
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Save the Games 2.0 Call for Papers is open! The symposium will be held at The Strong in Rochester, NY on July 29 and 30. The deadline for submissions if February 20, 2026! www.museumofplay.org/save-the-gam...
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Save the Games 2.0 Call for Papers is open! The symposium will be held at The Strong in Rochester, NY on July 29 and 30. The deadline for submissions if February 20, 2026! www.museumofplay.org/save-the-gam...
"The Octopus" from the Moody Bible Institute Monthly, December 1925. Published a hundred years ago and still on the money... 😬
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 AM
"The Octopus" from the Moody Bible Institute Monthly, December 1925. Published a hundred years ago and still on the money... 😬
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@mbsbirmingham.bsky.social Modern British Studies Conference 2026 CfP is live. Deadline for proposals 31 January 2026. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
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January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
@mbsbirmingham.bsky.social Modern British Studies Conference 2026 CfP is live. Deadline for proposals 31 January 2026. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
I've long been interested in the history of Sega, and Rosen's death is another reminder that this is an area of historical game studies in need of work.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure in the history of arcade and home gaming
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I've long been interested in the history of Sega, and Rosen's death is another reminder that this is an area of historical game studies in need of work.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
I'm extremely excited that the Forum section I'm co-organising with the amazing @enwright.bsky.social on British historical game studies has been green lit by a journal. More details to come in due course. What a nice way to end the semester.
a green approved stamp with a black background
ALT: a green approved stamp with a black background
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December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'm extremely excited that the Forum section I'm co-organising with the amazing @enwright.bsky.social on British historical game studies has been green lit by a journal. More details to come in due course. What a nice way to end the semester.
I've finished Stray. What a game! If you are looking for a great escape this holiday season, I highly recommend it. I enjoyed it so much, it is going straight into teaching.
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I've finished Stray. What a game! If you are looking for a great escape this holiday season, I highly recommend it. I enjoyed it so much, it is going straight into teaching.
After a series of delays, my article "Harry Price and the Crawley Poltergeist" has finally been published in the Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research. A big thanks to @emmamerkling.bsky.social, who originally directed me to the case and digitised the requisite archival material.
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
After a series of delays, my article "Harry Price and the Crawley Poltergeist" has finally been published in the Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research. A big thanks to @emmamerkling.bsky.social, who originally directed me to the case and digitised the requisite archival material.
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🗃️ My History Department is hiring for a tenure track position in Native American history. See link for details!
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Assistant or Associate Professor of History
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December 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🗃️ My History Department is hiring for a tenure track position in Native American history. See link for details!
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
We won! We bloody won! Woooooooo! 🥳
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We won! We bloody won! Woooooooo! 🥳
I forgot about this advert for Pelikan's cough medicine. What a list of ingredients 😂 "The best and safest cough remedy"
December 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I forgot about this advert for Pelikan's cough medicine. What a list of ingredients 😂 "The best and safest cough remedy"
Aren't these woodcuts from my 1920 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice stories delightful? It is the Red Queen being shaken into a kitten. 💕
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Aren't these woodcuts from my 1920 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice stories delightful? It is the Red Queen being shaken into a kitten. 💕
Genuine question, is it too much to assign both Alice stories in a single week for an upper-level BA course? I wouldn't say they are heavy reads, but there is a lot to discuss. Thoughts? Normally, I would spread it over two weeks.
a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland with her hand on her chin
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December 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Genuine question, is it too much to assign both Alice stories in a single week for an upper-level BA course? I wouldn't say they are heavy reads, but there is a lot to discuss. Thoughts? Normally, I would spread it over two weeks.
It is the end of the semester and this is my current state of health. It hurts to just sit and stare into the void right now... 🤧
a painting of a woman laying in a bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow
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December 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
It is the end of the semester and this is my current state of health. It hurts to just sit and stare into the void right now... 🤧
My awesome friend (and colleague) @sharonchoe.bsky.social is organising a cool conference @ucph.bsky.social. Check out the call 👇
CfP: Networks of Antiquity, University of Copenhagen, 7-8th May 2026. Abstracts due 31st January!
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6237...
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6237...
Call for Papers: Networks of Antiquity – BARS Blog
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December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My awesome friend (and colleague) @sharonchoe.bsky.social is organising a cool conference @ucph.bsky.social. Check out the call 👇
It still blows my mind that in the 1980s we played videogame off of cassette tapes. Everything about it makes so little sense. Yet when you read about how it worked, you discover how bloody brilliant the process truly was. Also, the cover art for Ghosts n Goblins port on the Spectrum was awful!
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It still blows my mind that in the 1980s we played videogame off of cassette tapes. Everything about it makes so little sense. Yet when you read about how it worked, you discover how bloody brilliant the process truly was. Also, the cover art for Ghosts n Goblins port on the Spectrum was awful!
An exciting opportunity to do some important groundwork for a growing museological interest in video games at the National Museum of Scotland.
Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh!
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
An exciting opportunity to do some important groundwork for a growing museological interest in video games at the National Museum of Scotland.
You know what song's a banger? "It Won't Be Long" It is such an under-discussed Beatles gem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOTv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOTv...
It Won't Be Long (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
You know what song's a banger? "It Won't Be Long" It is such an under-discussed Beatles gem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOTv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOTv...
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What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
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New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
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“Parlor Ornament”. Postcard from my collection, 1906.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
“Parlor Ornament”. Postcard from my collection, 1906.
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Important role - new Chair of the Board of @ukri.org
£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
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£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Important role - new Chair of the Board of @ukri.org
£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...
£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...
Still working through my chapter on Henry Slade's alleged exposure by E Ray Lankester in 1876. There are so many wonderful woodcuts from the trial, including this one from The Graphic in October of that year.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Still working through my chapter on Henry Slade's alleged exposure by E Ray Lankester in 1876. There are so many wonderful woodcuts from the trial, including this one from The Graphic in October of that year.
Do I have any contacts on here interested in the history of the Gamboy?
a white nintendo game boy with a game on the screen
ALT: a white nintendo game boy with a game on the screen
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Do I have any contacts on here interested in the history of the Gamboy?