Dr Rhonda Mayne
@drrmayne.bsky.social
Academic in Modern Literature & Culture. Virginia Woolf, Modernism, Women’s Writing, 1920s–30s Poetry, WWI Literature, Social class, Feminism, Dance & Performance. Explore my work @ https://sites.google.com/view/drrhondamayne/current-projects
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Conservation at Monk's House
Learn about the conservation work carried out by the National Trust at Monk's House, from restoring shawls to protecting wildlife in the garden.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
100 years of Mrs Dalloway 🌿
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
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🔊 CfP: New Work in Modernist Studies 15
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔊 CfP: New Work in Modernist Studies 15
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
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Make your own image of Winter
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Make your own image of Winter
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
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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 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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-...
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We're at it again!!
VPR is seeking an Associate Editor to oversee book reviews and assist the editor with special features. This is a great opportunity for a #periodicals scholar looking to develop editorial and leadership skills. Applications are due December 15. Details at rs4vp.org/vpr-seeks-as... @rs4vp.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We're at it again!!
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A new episode of The Virginia Woolf Podcast is out now - @kdclewin.bsky.social chats to Karina Jakubowicz about her new book #TheWritersRoom, the politics and practicalities of authorship, and (of course) about Virginia Woolf's own writing process:
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
Virginia Woolf Podcast — Literature Cambridge
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A new episode of The Virginia Woolf Podcast is out now - @kdclewin.bsky.social chats to Karina Jakubowicz about her new book #TheWritersRoom, the politics and practicalities of authorship, and (of course) about Virginia Woolf's own writing process:
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
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Middlemarch, published 1871-2, by George Eliot, born #OTD 1819; described by Virginia Woolf as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”.
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Middlemarch, published 1871-2, by George Eliot, born #OTD 1819; described by Virginia Woolf as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”.
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
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Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
USIHS seminar: Irish women and the Reformation
Dr Henry Jefferies on Irish women and the Reformation
www.eventbrite.ie
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
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'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
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📣 BAMS 2026 election is now open!
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
BAMS Elections 2026
Call for Nominations for the 2026 Election of the Executive Steering Committee of the British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) There are five vacant senior positions on the Committee. The C…
bams.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 BAMS 2026 election is now open!
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
For this #ModWrite, I found myself dwelling on one sharp detail in The Years—a dancer’s tight shoes—and how Woolf uses that fleeting image to unravel the pretence and pressure of social hierarchy. Small moment, big resonance.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For this #ModWrite, I found myself dwelling on one sharp detail in The Years—a dancer’s tight shoes—and how Woolf uses that fleeting image to unravel the pretence and pressure of social hierarchy. Small moment, big resonance.
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Dresses created by Lucile fashion house, founded in 1894 by English designer and costumer Lady Duff Gordon (London, 1863 - 1935).
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Dresses created by Lucile fashion house, founded in 1894 by English designer and costumer Lady Duff Gordon (London, 1863 - 1935).
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
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The top 10 of the top 100 British novels according to book critics outside the UK. Virginia Woolf came 2nd & 3rd for To the Lighthouse & Mrs Dalloway respectively. She is the only 20th C author to make the top 10. Full list on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The top 10 of the top 100 British novels according to book critics outside the UK. Virginia Woolf came 2nd & 3rd for To the Lighthouse & Mrs Dalloway respectively. She is the only 20th C author to make the top 10. Full list on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
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2025 marks the centenary of A.N. Whitehead’s Lowell Lectures, Science and the Modern World; 2026 the centenary of the first British edition.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
2025 marks the centenary of A.N. Whitehead’s Lowell Lectures, Science and the Modern World; 2026 the centenary of the first British edition.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
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Assistant Professor in Film Studies
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Assistant Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Film Studies on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Assistant Professor in Film Studies
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
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On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy, 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'
www.qub.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
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VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
100 years of Mrs Dalloway 🌿
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
Conservation at Monk's House
Learn about the conservation work carried out by the National Trust at Monk's House, from restoring shawls to protecting wildlife in the garden.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
100 years of Mrs Dalloway 🌿
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
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Virginia Woolf and an Aalto chair, by Man Ray.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Virginia Woolf and an Aalto chair, by Man Ray.
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Centuries before Virginia Woolf dreamed of a “room of one’s own,” Li Qingzhao(1084 – ca. 1155) already claimed hers in the Song Dynasty. While most women were bound to the household, she built a library of 4,000 volumes and wrote with a voice both lyrical and defiant. 1/2
#poem
#poem
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Centuries before Virginia Woolf dreamed of a “room of one’s own,” Li Qingzhao(1084 – ca. 1155) already claimed hers in the Song Dynasty. While most women were bound to the household, she built a library of 4,000 volumes and wrote with a voice both lyrical and defiant. 1/2
#poem
#poem
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Edward Hopper
Adobes and Shed, New Mexico, 1925
Watercolor with graphite pencil on paper
Whitney Museum of American Art
Adobes and Shed, New Mexico, 1925
Watercolor with graphite pencil on paper
Whitney Museum of American Art
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Edward Hopper
Adobes and Shed, New Mexico, 1925
Watercolor with graphite pencil on paper
Whitney Museum of American Art
Adobes and Shed, New Mexico, 1925
Watercolor with graphite pencil on paper
Whitney Museum of American Art
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A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
CFP: Bookselling and Literature
Bookselling and LiteratureA Special Issue of English Studies Guest Editor: Matthew Chambers ([email protected]) One of the best-known literary friendships was formed in a bookshop, and one…
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November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
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(158) "The Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf (read by Tom O'Bedlam) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1q...
"The Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
YouTube video by SpokenVerse
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October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
(158) "The Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf (read by Tom O'Bedlam) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1q...
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FEMINIST HISTORY CONFERENCE on the politics of motherhood, a live field of scholarship voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/ne...
Updates from the project – Voices of Motherhood
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
FEMINIST HISTORY CONFERENCE on the politics of motherhood, a live field of scholarship voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/ne...