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Library of Anglo-American Culture & History @libraryaac.bsky.social · Apr 16
We are the @dfg.de -funded Specialised Information Service (Fachinformationsdienst) Anglo-American Culture #FIDAAC at SUB Göttingen & Branch Library North American Studies at University Library, FU Berlin.
Follow us for publications from all anglophone cultures & news for the scientific community!
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English writer Virginia Woolf was born #OnThisDay in 1882. For Christmas 1933, society hostess Ottoline Morrell gifted her friend Woolf an embroidered black silk shawl, now believed to be the only surviving piece of Woolf's clothing. Monks House collection. #readmorewomen #fashionhistory
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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”My heart's in the highlands, my heart is not here...”
Robert Burns, national poet of Scotland, born #OTD 1759.
‘Lost portrait’ by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1803, unveiled at National Galleries of Scotland #BurnsNight #AuldLangSyne
Blackie House Museum & Library | Dr Bendor Grosvenor
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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May Liberty meet wi’ success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine i’ the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!

—Robert Burns, “Here’s a Health to them that’s awa” (c. 1792)
In advance of #BurnsNight #C18th
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertb...
Here's a health to them that's awa Robert Burns Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa; And wha winna wish gude luck to our cause, May never gude luck be their fa'! It's gude to be merry and wise, It's gude to be honest and true; It's gude to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue. Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to Charlie, the chief o' the clan, Altho' that his band be sma'! May Liberty meet wi' success! May Prudence protect her frae evil! May tyrants and tyranny tine i' the mist, And wander their way to the devil! Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa; Here's a health to Tammie, the Norlan' laddie, That lives at the lug o' the law! Here's freedom to them that wad read, Here's freedom to them that wad write! There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard, But they whom the truth wad indite. Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa; Here's chieftain M'Leod, a chieftain worth gowd, Tho' bred amang mountains o' snaw; Here's friends on baith sides o' the Forth, And friends on baith sides o' the Tweed; And wha wad betray old Albion's right, May they never eat of her bread!
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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"The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them."

👑 #QueenVictoria passed away #OTD 22 January 1901. #History
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”

✒ Remembering #UrsulaKLeGuin, who passed away #OTD 22 January 2018. #SciFi #SpeculativeFiction #Literature
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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#OscarWilde’ s Portraits, Poems, Letters and Manuscripts Head to #Auction 125 Years After His Death

Other rare items, available for purchase in February, include illustrations, theater programs, telegrams and newspapers

#Art #Theatre #Poetry #Literature

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/o...
Oscar Wilde's Portraits, Poems, Letters and Manuscripts Head to Auction 125 Years After His Death
Other rare items, available for purchase in February, include illustrations, theater programs, telegrams and newspapers
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Deadline for abstracts is 30 January 2026

#CallforPapers #CfP #GothicStudies #Gothic
igagoths.bsky.social International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social · Sep 19
The next IGA conference will be at the University of Hull, England on 28-31 July 2026!

You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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The #CallforPapers is open for the Digital Humanities Congress at the University of Sheffield from 2-3rd September 2026

Proposals are welcome on all aspects of the digital humanities

#DHC2026

🔜 Deadline: 2nd March
ℹ️ More info: www.dhi.ac.uk/congress
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities: Moving and Being Moved

London, 11-12 June 2026

Deadline abstract submissions: 31 January 2026

Looking forward to meeting everyone! 🤗🤗

#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #callforpapers #history
Ill Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe: Moving and Being Moved Call for Papers London, 11-12 June 2026 We are delighted to launch the Call for Papers for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe, which will take place in London on 11-12 June 2026. After two successful editions, this year's Colloquium will focus on movements) within and accross late medieval and early modern cities (ca. 1300-1800). Topics to be addressed may include but are not limited to: • Mobile people in urban centres, e.g. migrants, merchants, vagrants, enslaved people, minstrels, mendicants, and pilgrims. • The exchange of goods and knowledge. • Transitory urban events and performances that moved bodies and minds, including social uprisings, civic performances, dances and urban processions. • Lack of 'movement: considerations of what it means to stay put and belong in a city or to be forced to remain in a city. This is an interdisciplinary and international Colloquium which offers an opportunity for PhD students and early career scholars to share their research through 20-minute long presentations, and to receive feedback through constructive discussion. Established scholars will also be invited to present their research and methods and to contribute to discussion. There will also be opportunities for all participants to continue the conversation over coffee and lunch. Interested applicants are encouraged to send an abstract of 200 words along with a short bio to Ana Roda Sánchez (Queen Mary University of London), Eliot Benbow (Institute of Historical Research) and Emma Olson (University of Cambridge) in colloquiumcities@gmail.com by 31 January 2026. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us. We look forward to receiving your proposals and learning about your research!
January 21, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Nicholas A. Basbanes's "Cross of Snow" is the 1st major literary #biography on #AmericanPoet & translator #HenryWadsworthLongfellow in 50 years & traces the tragedies & achievements of his life, w new material & a fresh look at #Longfellow 's 2nd wife Fanny

#AmericanLiterature #Poetry #biographies
Holding the book "Cross of Snow - A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" in front of an old cross gravestone in the snow at a cemetery
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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New #CallForPapers #CfP by the DACH Victorianists for their 9th workshop - "Terraqueous' Victorians: Global Geographies as Metaphor, Materiality, and Methodology"

when? 26 June, 2026
abstract deadline: 1 March, 2026

#VictorianStudies

details: dachvictorianists.blogspot.com/2025/12/call...
Call for Papers: 9th DACH Victorianists Workshop - 'Terraqueous' Victorians
dach victorianists network
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January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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This premieres today!
wegeekgirls.bsky.social We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · Nov 4
Agatha Christie's 'Seven Dials' premieres January 15th on Netflix.

The limited series stars Mia McKenna Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman, Corey Mylchreest, Ed Bluemel, and Nabhaan Rizwan.

#AgathaChristie #SevenDials #Netflix
January 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 - 50 years ago today.

Did you know our Agatha Christie business papers comprise thousands of letters, incl. from the novelist herself?

📷 EUL UA/P/5i: Christie receiving an honorary degree from @exeter.ac.uk in 1961

#AgathaChristie #OnThisDay #OTD #Archives
Black and white photograph showing the Chancellor of the University of Exeter (centre) - Mary Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire - with two honorary graduates on either side of her. A small boy also stands to her left. The honorary graduates - Agatha Christie (far left), Theodor Heuss, William Hodge and Bernard Leach - are wearing velvet bonnets. Information box containing a cropped image of a letter signed by Agatha Christie on the right hand side, and on the left hand side, the following text: "This collection is from the offices of Hughes Massie and Co. Ltd. relating to Agatha Christie's literary estate. Throughout her career her agent was Edmund Cork, and these files were created by him to reflect his dealings with publishers, film-makers and other professional persons with an interest in the Christie estate, including Agatha Christie herself, and her husband, Sir Max Mallowan. Each file of correspondence relates to a particular year, and may include correspondence between Agatha Christie and Edmund Cork, correspondence between Cork and American literary agent, Harold Ober, and other interested parties. There are between 5,000-6,000 letters in the collection. Further information is available on the archive catalogue."
January 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie!
What are your favourite Christie detectives or Christie books? 🥸👵 etc... Do you have any recommendations for intriguing secondary literature on her works? Leave a clue, uhm, reply, and let us know! 🗡️

#AgathaChristie #DOTD #OTD
Stacks of books on and by Agatha Christie as well as DVDs of the "Poirot" TV series with David Suchet and the 2015 BBC miniserie of "And then there were none" on a comfy vintage chair with a floral pattern
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Reading Scotland’s Witches
20 Jan, 6–7:30 German time (5–6:30 GMT)
Free online

Dr Cordula Lemke looks at witchcraft in Scottish literature, & how Geillis Duncan – one of the first Scottish witches to die – is remembered in literature & popular culture today
www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
READING SCOTLAND with Cordula Lemke Scotland’s Witches Tuesday, 20th January 2026 6:00–7:30pm (German time) on MS Teams www.scotland.uni-mainz.de
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Awhooo!! 🐺
"The Ecogothic Werewolf in Literature" is a new 2025 #LiteraryStudies publication by Kaja Franck on #werewolves in works as wild & diverse as #Dracula, #folklore, natural histories, #YALiterature & more!🐾

#Ecocriticism #Gothic #AmericanLiterature #EnglishLiterature
Holding the book "The Ecogothic Werewolf in Literature" by Kaja Franck in front of snowy ground, imprinted with foot and paw prints
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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2026 has started and our shelves are already flowing over with new additions to our collection! 🎆
This one caught my eye: "The Naming Song" by @jedediahberry.bsky.social is a genre-bending #fantasy adventure full of monsters, ghosts, dreams & the power of language & imagination

#AmericanLiterature
Taking the book "The Naming Song" down from bookshelves filled with new books, each one sporting a yellow paper slip used to give valuable information to the librarians cataloguing the books
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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#MargeryKempe
January 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Happy #NewYear 2026!
We are entering the new year at high speed, with this new study by Eva Chen on the #NewWoman & technologies of speed (as cyclist & typist) in #FindeSiècle #EnglishLiterature 🚴‍♀️💨💨💨

#VictorianLiterature #HappyNewYear #LiteraryStudies #LateVictorianism #VictorianStudies
Holding the book "The New Woman & Technologies of Speed in Fin-de-Siècle Literature" by Eva Chen in front of several bicycles parked in bike stands, the closest one sporting a colourful handmade, knitted sleeve in several colours
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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It's #NewYearsEve - the last night of the old year 🔮
Feeling esoteric tonight? Deja Whitehouse's study "The Lady and the Beast" explores the partnership of #ThothTarot creators #FriedaHarris & #AleisterCrowley - key figures of Western #esotericism

#Tarot #GoldenDawn #findesiècle #VictorianCulture
The book "The Lady and the Beast: The Extraordinary Partnership between Frieda Harris & Aleister Crowley" on an engraved tombstone overgrown with moss, next to a yellow-green glass orb paperweight
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Off to see the wizard... 2 new books on The Wizard of Oz in our collection! 📗📗
Explore queer readings of #LFrankBaum 's works with Tison Pugh's "Queer Oz" - not only for "friends of Dorothy"! 💚🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#childrensliterature #AmericanLiterature #QueerStudies #TransStudies #LiteraryStudies
Holding the book "Queer Oz" by Tison Pugh in front of a Christmas tree decorated with white and silver ornaments
December 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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#Christmas is a time of tradition & #nostalgia for many. Embrace it with these 2 new studies on beloved #childrensclassics
1) Patrick C. Fleming's "Animating the Victorians", tracing the #GoldenAge #childrensliterature texts that inspired #WaltDisney & Co

#Disney #VictorianLiterature #Adaptations
Holding the book "Animating the Victorians - Disney's Literary History" in front of a christmas tree decorated with silver ornaments
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The Room in the Tower: A Ghost Story for Christmas review – Tobias Menzies is perfect in Mark Gatiss’s spooky tale
The Room in the Tower: A Ghost Story for Christmas review – Tobias Menzies is perfect in Mark Gatiss’s spooky tale
The understated lead in this year’s creepy festive drama is ideal for the whispered dread it drips with. Be warned, though: it verges on horror – young kids may well be terrified
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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To mark Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, we hosted Wild About Jane Austen: The Woman Behind the Novels, an event exploring Austen as an ambitious, politically aware writer.

Watch the full event on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4_V...

#BritishLibrary #Libraries #JaneAusten250
Wild About Jane Austen: The Woman Behind the Novels
YouTube video by British Library
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December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM