Dr Jennie Orr
@drjenniferorr.bsky.social
Vice President @bars.bsky.social
Irish & Scottish Studies, 1798, Ulster poetry, transatlantic radical networks
Senior Lecturer in 18thC Literature @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Member NCPS & @hypnotherapyhelps.bsky.social
Didn’t come up the Lagan in a bubble
Irish & Scottish Studies, 1798, Ulster poetry, transatlantic radical networks
Senior Lecturer in 18thC Literature @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Member NCPS & @hypnotherapyhelps.bsky.social
Didn’t come up the Lagan in a bubble
Pinned
One of the nicest things about this year’s Linen Hall Library writing competition was the strong field of entries supported by dedicated women’s writing groups. Poetry runner up Dayna Jost (being hugged by me below) is one to watch.
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Coming soon: Disability and the Gothic: The Nineteenth Century. Cambridge Gothic Elements series. Publication date is 24 March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Disability and the Gothic
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Disability and the Gothic
www.cambridge.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Coming soon: Disability and the Gothic: The Nineteenth Century. Cambridge Gothic Elements series. Publication date is 24 March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Next Monday, 1-2pm, Séverine Angers takes us into the world of women’s patriotism during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars – told through intimate letters from military families. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history #letters #WarofIndependence 🗃️
#earlymodern #history #letters #WarofIndependence 🗃️
Next week, Séverine Angers will present her research on women's patriotism during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars, based on letters from military families. Sign up for the Prize Papers Talks Special Edition with the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven with the link below!
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Next Monday, 1-2pm, Séverine Angers takes us into the world of women’s patriotism during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars – told through intimate letters from military families. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history #letters #WarofIndependence 🗃️
#earlymodern #history #letters #WarofIndependence 🗃️
Great collaborative event happening tonight in #Edinburgh at the Scottish Poetry Library, if you’re in the area
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-juk... A significant bridging of Scots & Ulster-Scots poetry, new writing prompted by old. At Scottish Poetry Library Thurs 5 Dec @byleaveswelive.bsky.social I'm proud to be 1 of 10 commissioned poets. @asls.org.uk @poetryireland.bsky.social @booksireland.bsky.social
Poetry Jukebox Launch: Fragments of Scotch Poetry
To mark the installation of the poetry jukebox we present four poets involved in the Linen Hall Library's Fragments of Scotch Poetry project
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December 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Great collaborative event happening tonight in #Edinburgh at the Scottish Poetry Library, if you’re in the area
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-juk... A significant bridging of Scots & Ulster-Scots poetry, new writing prompted by old. At Scottish Poetry Library Thurs 5 Dec @byleaveswelive.bsky.social I'm proud to be 1 of 10 commissioned poets. @asls.org.uk @poetryireland.bsky.social @booksireland.bsky.social
Poetry Jukebox Launch: Fragments of Scotch Poetry
To mark the installation of the poetry jukebox we present four poets involved in the Linen Hall Library's Fragments of Scotch Poetry project
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-juk... A significant bridging of Scots & Ulster-Scots poetry, new writing prompted by old. At Scottish Poetry Library Thurs 5 Dec @byleaveswelive.bsky.social I'm proud to be 1 of 10 commissioned poets. @asls.org.uk @poetryireland.bsky.social @booksireland.bsky.social
One of the nicest things about this year’s Linen Hall Library writing competition was the strong field of entries supported by dedicated women’s writing groups. Poetry runner up Dayna Jost (being hugged by me below) is one to watch.
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
One of the nicest things about this year’s Linen Hall Library writing competition was the strong field of entries supported by dedicated women’s writing groups. Poetry runner up Dayna Jost (being hugged by me below) is one to watch.
Thirst Trap” by Gráinne O’Hare, “Leonard and Hungry Paul” by Rónán Hession, “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt, “The Life and Times of United Irishmen” by R. R. Madden, “The Wild Irish Girl” by Sydney Owenson
Introduce yourself by naming five books by Irish writers that you have read.
the country girls(edna o’brien); normal people/beautiful world where are you?(sally rooney); happy days(samuel beckett); philadelphia, here i come(brian friel) - some are plays but they were read!
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thirst Trap” by Gráinne O’Hare, “Leonard and Hungry Paul” by Rónán Hession, “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt, “The Life and Times of United Irishmen” by R. R. Madden, “The Wild Irish Girl” by Sydney Owenson
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Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize.
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
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Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize
The Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize is awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. Founded in 2025, the prize is open to book-length wor…
ucsl-scotland.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize.
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
Almost sent an email referring to a 'word count' but without one of the crucial vowels...
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Almost sent an email referring to a 'word count' but without one of the crucial vowels...
Been up half the night with The Child. Poured coffee into my yoghurt and berries. Think I’ve accidentally invented something amazing
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Been up half the night with The Child. Poured coffee into my yoghurt and berries. Think I’ve accidentally invented something amazing
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The wonderful TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul has ended. Can I, therefore, advise those suffering from @ronanhession.bsky.social withdrawal symptoms that there is one of his short stories available on t'inter web... www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The Translator’s Funeral, a new short story by Rónán Hession
Part of the New Irish Writing series
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December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The wonderful TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul has ended. Can I, therefore, advise those suffering from @ronanhession.bsky.social withdrawal symptoms that there is one of his short stories available on t'inter web... www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Writing my first essay on psychodynamic approaches and am opening with one of my favourite episodes from Frasier. "I will not let you treat me like this, Lilith ... MARIS!" - great illustration of the Freudian slip. As I discovered in my Oxford finals, not everyone appreciates the pop cult approach.
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Writing my first essay on psychodynamic approaches and am opening with one of my favourite episodes from Frasier. "I will not let you treat me like this, Lilith ... MARIS!" - great illustration of the Freudian slip. As I discovered in my Oxford finals, not everyone appreciates the pop cult approach.
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Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
Feels a relief to check off all of the November tasks (albeit on 1 Dec). With a few rather large curve balls coming my way this month, it has been an intense one. My schedule is looking like a GP surgery for the next two weeks but hoping to get ahead with next semester's brand new teaching prep.
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Feels a relief to check off all of the November tasks (albeit on 1 Dec). With a few rather large curve balls coming my way this month, it has been an intense one. My schedule is looking like a GP surgery for the next two weeks but hoping to get ahead with next semester's brand new teaching prep.
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Have you got a new book out about Irish America? Regardless of discipline, if it came out in 2025, you can submit it to the ACIS Lawrence McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America! You need to fill out the form on this website and the books need to be sent by 1 January!
acisweb.org/mccaffrey-pr...
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Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann
Larry McCaffrey, co-founder of ACIS, was a highly respected, engaging, and beloved teacher throughout his entire career. He served as the first Secretary of ACIS and was ACIS President from 1975 to…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Have you got a new book out about Irish America? Regardless of discipline, if it came out in 2025, you can submit it to the ACIS Lawrence McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America! You need to fill out the form on this website and the books need to be sent by 1 January!
acisweb.org/mccaffrey-pr...
acisweb.org/mccaffrey-pr...
From my return journey back over the coast. Rock away, rock away
From Cullercoats to Whitley bay.
From Cullercoats to Whitley bay.
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
From my return journey back over the coast. Rock away, rock away
From Cullercoats to Whitley bay.
From Cullercoats to Whitley bay.
Ending my brief but lovely trip back home with a gig: the brilliant Ashley Campbell with Thor Jensen and band at the Bangor Courthouse.
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Ending my brief but lovely trip back home with a gig: the brilliant Ashley Campbell with Thor Jensen and band at the Bangor Courthouse.
Doing the media bit ahead of the Linenhall’s annual Ulster Scots Writing Competition. Me and my homeboy in the corner of the Governor’s room while Prof Hutchinson is waxing lyrical on the quality of this year’s entry
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Doing the media bit ahead of the Linenhall’s annual Ulster Scots Writing Competition. Me and my homeboy in the corner of the Governor’s room while Prof Hutchinson is waxing lyrical on the quality of this year’s entry
A brief skip over home
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A brief skip over home
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5 days to submit! Scribble down those ideas! ✍️
Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
5 days to submit! Scribble down those ideas! ✍️
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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The 'humanities' undergird all learning - all of it. Do we have to call it a 'resource'? It's more important than that.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The 'humanities' undergird all learning - all of it. Do we have to call it a 'resource'? It's more important than that.
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True nightmare material from Persuasion:
“Every emendation of Anne’s had been on the side of honesty against importance. She wanted more vigorous measures, a more complete reformation, a quicker release from debt, a much higher tone of indifference for every thing but justice and equity.”
“Every emendation of Anne’s had been on the side of honesty against importance. She wanted more vigorous measures, a more complete reformation, a quicker release from debt, a much higher tone of indifference for every thing but justice and equity.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
True nightmare material from Persuasion:
“Every emendation of Anne’s had been on the side of honesty against importance. She wanted more vigorous measures, a more complete reformation, a quicker release from debt, a much higher tone of indifference for every thing but justice and equity.”
“Every emendation of Anne’s had been on the side of honesty against importance. She wanted more vigorous measures, a more complete reformation, a quicker release from debt, a much higher tone of indifference for every thing but justice and equity.”
Lovely review. I have loved Colin's work for years and was really happy that he gave permission for me to use his 'Carlisle Memorial Church' painting on the cover of my first book.
My review of ‘Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings – Conversations with Mark Carruthers’ from the weekend. A deep and beautiful book, and the paintings of Belfast are masterly.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings - A rich study of one of Ireland’s great contemporary artists
Study of Colin Davidson’s art from the beginning to the present has many surprises
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Lovely review. I have loved Colin's work for years and was really happy that he gave permission for me to use his 'Carlisle Memorial Church' painting on the cover of my first book.
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You just need to submit a proposal for the @bars.bsky.social conference before 30 Nov and write a *short* application note to apply for the bursary.
Of you're a historian, filmmaker, lawyer, architect, consultant, teacher, librarian - or anything else - share your new #romanticism insights with us!
Of you're a historian, filmmaker, lawyer, architect, consultant, teacher, librarian - or anything else - share your new #romanticism insights with us!
Also a reminder that @bars.bsky.social are offering a new conference #bursary this year, for professionals outside academia (not only teaching, heritage, alt-ac but any job) who are interested in #Romanticis and want to present their research.
Details on BARS website
#funding #IndependentScholars
Details on BARS website
#funding #IndependentScholars
Reminder: CfP closes for BARS 2026 'Romantic Retrospection' at the University of Birmingham, UK, and online on 30 November.
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
You just need to submit a proposal for the @bars.bsky.social conference before 30 Nov and write a *short* application note to apply for the bursary.
Of you're a historian, filmmaker, lawyer, architect, consultant, teacher, librarian - or anything else - share your new #romanticism insights with us!
Of you're a historian, filmmaker, lawyer, architect, consultant, teacher, librarian - or anything else - share your new #romanticism insights with us!
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Really excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 BARS First Book Prize - details of eligibility, nomination, and submission can be found on @bars.bsky.social’s blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Do share widely!
Do share widely!
BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Really excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 BARS First Book Prize - details of eligibility, nomination, and submission can be found on @bars.bsky.social’s blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Do share widely!
Do share widely!