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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 1d

Had the privilege of hearing a paper from @helenkingstone.bsky.social on ageing, generations, and Oliphant and it was brilliant. Great to see more on this here.

Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really proud of this: the latest issue of #VictorianStudies has an article of mine in it!
It's on #ageing and #generations, & the insightful ways that Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant approaches these issues, with takeaways for us now.
doi.org/10.2979/vic....

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Cover of Victorian Studies journal, with lithograph of fairies!

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Anne Lister Forum @annelisterforum.bsky.social · 7d

Is there an article, book, or chapter that made you think in a new way about Lister? If you’d like to lead a discussion about a piece of Lister scholarship for the Anne Lister Forum, drop us a message!

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 24d

Peterson Fellowships open today! Named for Yale professor and our dear friend, Linda H. Peterson, the Peterson Fellowship is designed to support one scholar for four full-time months conducting research focused on the British periodical press of long #19thC. Applications due Nov. 15!

The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship – RSVP

The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship was named after the widely influential Yale professor and longtime RSVP Board member and Vice President, Linda Peterson. The purpose of the Peterson Fellowship is to…

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations to Sara Lodge, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective has been shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize, the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

The shortlist: www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social @victoriandetective.bsky.social

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 10d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 14d

Got an amazing day to visit Brantwood today! Those views 😍

Woman pictured in front of Brantwood sign

John Ruskin, aged 38.
George Richmond.
c. 1857

View of Brantwood House overlooking Coniston Water

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NAVSA 2025 @navsa2025.bsky.social · 14d

Ask your husbands if you can go to "Domestic Ideology and Its Others" and get some dangerous ideas from Nina Elisabeth Cook, Shrutakirti Dutta, Christine Colon, & Julie Sorge Way at #NAVSA2025

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The Costume Society @costumesociety.org.uk · 23d

📢 'In the Shadow of the Georgians' online conference tickets now live - international speakers explore many aspects of dress 1714-1815
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 17d

Booked for this Wednesday and looking forward to the @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social event. Amazing to have the option to attend online as well.

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 18d

Very much looking forward to Dan Gosling (TNA) speaking on 'A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon' this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome online or in person, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon

www.history.ac.uk

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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 18d

JOIN ME in writing your paper proposal on the last possible day of the final deadline extension

Not like I have a book to promote there or anything

BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 18d

THIS IS IT!
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

BSECS - Submit a Proposal

Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.

www.bsecs.org.uk

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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 18d

📢 Final call to submit your abstracts for our upcoming conference at the University of Stirling this January! You have until midnight tonight! 📑🖋️

Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Just a few weeks left to submit your abstracts for our exciting conference at the University of Stirling in January!

🗓 Deadline: 22 Sept
📩 Email: [email protected]

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 18d

Looks so good!

Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social · Aug 27

My contributor’s copy just arrived! 👻

Front cover of the book The Victorian Ghost Story: An Edinburgh Companion.

Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 21d

😂 know the feeling

Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 22d

Really hard to go back to editing after yesterday…

A meme in which a man looks behind him to appreciate a young woman while his actual girlfriend looks pissed off as hell. The man has a caption “me”, the young woman has the caption “new project” and the aggrieved girlfriend is captioned “unfinished projects”

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 22d

While in London, made it to the 'Heiress: Sargent's American Portraits' exhibition at Kenwood House!

Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 23d

Wow.

Went to the theatre tonight with the gorgeous @simonbirks.com, a treat after a lot of hard working.

Got to go to The Lady From the Sea at The Bridge Theatre. An amazing experience, absolutely incredible. Bit speechless.

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Dr. Katie Sagal @aksagal.bsky.social · 24d

Hello #academicsky! I'm sharing a cfp for an edited collection on "Naming & Classifying," pulled together by me, Kristin Girten, & @aaronrhanlon.com . We'd love to see your work! Please also circulate to anyone you think might be interested. Deadline 10/31. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Naming and Classifying cfp final

CFP: Naming and Classifying in the Long Eighteenth Century Whereas “the nineteenth century can be seen as the century of counting and measuring,” the eighteenth century can be seen as the century of ...

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 23d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life

The smell of firewood from a log burner on a quiet evening
The comfort of a soft sweater
The sound of a gentle sea
Finding you have twenty minutes when you thought it was ten
Coming home to your dog

Catherine Quirk, PhD @catherinequirk.bsky.social · 24d

battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

-the little sigh as a dog puts their sleepy head on your knee
-the first bar of the overture in a hushed theatre
-discovering the coffee pot still has another cup in it
-rereading a good book
-the smell of a fireplace on a crisp autumn day

Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 24d

battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

first sip of coffee
picking up a conker, cool and soapy in your hand
geese honking overhead
leaves changing colour: green, yellow, red
debating when to put the heating on

(I really like autumn, ok)

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 25d

Thank you!! I could definitely have cake 😂

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 25d

Thank you ❤️

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Simon Birks - comic/novel/screen writer & publisher @simonbirks.com · 25d

Incredibly proud of @mariellebirks.com - this is such a massive achievement, and her essays are genuinely full of genius and intelligence. Looking forward to going outside, too. 🌳

Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 25d

Dissertation submitted! 🎉🎉
Two years ago I started my MA in Victorian Studies @bbkhistorical.bsky.social and now its done. Lots of emotions but its been a fantastic, wonderful and amazing ride. Could not have done it without my incredible husband. Thank you @simonbirks.com Might go outside now.

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Marielle Birks @mariellebirks.com · 25d

Dissertation submitted! 🎉🎉
Two years ago I started my MA in Victorian Studies @bbkhistorical.bsky.social and now its done. Lots of emotions but its been a fantastic, wonderful and amazing ride. Could not have done it without my incredible husband. Thank you @simonbirks.com Might go outside now.

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Victorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social · Aug 8

The Editors of Victorian Popular Fictions are looking for guest editors for autumn special issues from 2027 - 2030. Please see the attached CFP. The deadline for proposals is 30th September 2025, and we are very happy to take any queries, please just email us at [email protected].

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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Just a few weeks left to submit your abstracts for our exciting conference at the University of Stirling in January!

🗓 Deadline: 22 Sept
📩 Email: [email protected]

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Victorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social · 28d

RSVP 2026 Conference Call for Papers: 'Movements and Migrations', to be held at Trinity College, Dublin, 23-25th July 2026. Share widely! @rs4vp.org

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Chris Louttit @drchrislouttit.bsky.social · 27d

Heads-up that the CFP submissions deadline for the 2026 Dickens Society NeMLA panel has been extended until September 30th!

Chris Louttit @drchrislouttit.bsky.social · Sep 8

Abstracts due today, if anyone's still considering the 2026 Dickens Society panel at NeMLA!

The Dickens Society @dickenssociety.bsky.social · Aug 9

We are currently seeking submissions for the 2026 NeMLA panel “(Re)generating Dickens Studies” on social media. Link is here: cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S...

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