Helena Ifill
@helenaifill.bsky.social
VPFA 2025 is done except....we are finishing with a magic lantern show! And joined by the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies!
July 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
VPFA 2025 is done except....we are finishing with a magic lantern show! And joined by the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies!
This year's 3rd Sex reading group session @vpfa.bsky.social was om "The Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island" - a remarkable short story that led to really interesting discussion! #vpfaextremes
July 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This year's 3rd Sex reading group session @vpfa.bsky.social was om "The Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island" - a remarkable short story that led to really interesting discussion! #vpfaextremes
A brilliant final keynote from @corinnefowler.bsky.social at @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes. Can't wait to read the book!
July 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A brilliant final keynote from @corinnefowler.bsky.social at @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes. Can't wait to read the book!
A great meal with great conference pals! @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes
July 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A great meal with great conference pals! @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes
Today was excursion day at #vpfaextremes and the Shakespeare Memorial Room in the Birmingham Library was fab. @vpfa.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Today was excursion day at #vpfaextremes and the Shakespeare Memorial Room in the Birmingham Library was fab. @vpfa.bsky.social
A fantastic keynote from @richardfallon.bsky.social at @vpfa.bsky.social 2025 conference on de-extinction of prehistoric creatures in Victorian popular fiction and culture #vpfaextremes
July 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A fantastic keynote from @richardfallon.bsky.social at @vpfa.bsky.social 2025 conference on de-extinction of prehistoric creatures in Victorian popular fiction and culture #vpfaextremes
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Day 1 of the @VPFA1 conference is drawing to close. What a lovely way to end. Victorian silent movies accompanied by pianist @bianca.vancea_pianist
See you all for day 2 tomorrow
#VPFAExtremes #silentmovies #victorian #history
See you all for day 2 tomorrow
#VPFAExtremes #silentmovies #victorian #history
July 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Day 1 of the @VPFA1 conference is drawing to close. What a lovely way to end. Victorian silent movies accompanied by pianist @bianca.vancea_pianist
See you all for day 2 tomorrow
#VPFAExtremes #silentmovies #victorian #history
See you all for day 2 tomorrow
#VPFAExtremes #silentmovies #victorian #history
It's been a lovely 1st day at VPFA 2025! @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes
July 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's been a lovely 1st day at VPFA 2025! @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes
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If you don't fancy reading a long novel and would prefer to come along and read (aloud) exciting sea-themed excerpts, there's an event Fri 18 July, 14:30. aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
June 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you don't fancy reading a long novel and would prefer to come along and read (aloud) exciting sea-themed excerpts, there's an event Fri 18 July, 14:30. aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
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If you live in Aberdeen and want to talk about Neil M. Gunn's The Silver Darlings, there's a book group for you! (Wed 16 July, 18:00-19:00) aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
If you live in Aberdeen and want to talk about Neil M. Gunn's The Silver Darlings, there's a book group for you! (Wed 16 July, 18:00-19:00) aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
I've finally joined Blue-sky on the train, on my way to #vpfaextremes. It's been a while since I followed a # but I'm looking forward to it! Obviously finishing my paper on the train.
July 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I've finally joined Blue-sky on the train, on my way to #vpfaextremes. It's been a while since I followed a # but I'm looking forward to it! Obviously finishing my paper on the train.
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THRILLED to share that my book has won the VPFA Second Book Prize! 🎉
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 VPFA Second Book Prize:
Tara MacDonald, Narrative, Affect, and Victorian Sensation: Wilful Bodies (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Prof. MacDonald will receive a £200 cash prize and be honoured at the Annual Conference AGM.
Tara MacDonald, Narrative, Affect, and Victorian Sensation: Wilful Bodies (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Prof. MacDonald will receive a £200 cash prize and be honoured at the Annual Conference AGM.
July 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
THRILLED to share that my book has won the VPFA Second Book Prize! 🎉