Mercedes Sheldon
@mercedessheldon.bsky.social
19th Century Studies Scholar. Literature Lover. Enthusiastic Educator. Persnickety Parent. {she/her}
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How to Add Emergency Info to Your Phone's Lock Screen
This simple tip could save your life: Make your emergency medical information and contact numbers visible on your locked phone.
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Just a friendly reminder to be sure that you have emergency contacts where first responders can find them.
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Once again, I’m on the panel for the Arthur Conan Doyle Society’s award for scholarly writing. Read a good academic piece published this year? Nominate it here by 30 November. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
ACD Society ... Honors
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Once again, I’m on the panel for the Arthur Conan Doyle Society’s award for scholarly writing. Read a good academic piece published this year? Nominate it here by 30 November. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
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We have a fascinating series on women journalists in the Lady's Pictorial, contributed by Philip Jackson. The second series was published #OnThisDay 1893, and featured a portrait of the prolific journalist, and novelist too, Eliza Lynn-Linton victorianweb.org/periodicals/...
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We have a fascinating series on women journalists in the Lady's Pictorial, contributed by Philip Jackson. The second series was published #OnThisDay 1893, and featured a portrait of the prolific journalist, and novelist too, Eliza Lynn-Linton victorianweb.org/periodicals/...
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@lydiacooper.bsky.social’s and my special issue of @studiesinthenovel.bsky.social is out now. Such a joy to work with one of my best friends on this amazing set of articles muse.jhu.edu/issue/55993
Project MUSE - Studies in the Novel-Volume 57, Number 4, Winter 2025
muse.jhu.edu
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@lydiacooper.bsky.social’s and my special issue of @studiesinthenovel.bsky.social is out now. Such a joy to work with one of my best friends on this amazing set of articles muse.jhu.edu/issue/55993
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Study: Average 19th-Century American Spent 93% Of Time Waving At Trains, Boats https://theonion.com/study-average-19th-century-american-spent-93-of-time-waving-at-trains-boats/
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Study: Average 19th-Century American Spent 93% Of Time Waving At Trains, Boats https://theonion.com/study-average-19th-century-american-spent-93-of-time-waving-at-trains-boats/
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Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS03 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
With match funding from Queen’s, we are offering six funded studentships beginning in 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
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We are seeing multiple university course closures across a range of arts, humanities & social sciences. I'll be in the East Midlands at De Montfort University on Thurs 27 Nov talking about why these disciplines are essential to the future of the UK. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
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Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We are seeing multiple university course closures across a range of arts, humanities & social sciences. I'll be in the East Midlands at De Montfort University on Thurs 27 Nov talking about why these disciplines are essential to the future of the UK. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
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Dawnita Brown left her job to become a caregiver for her parents. Brown says it's a gift to care for her parents, but it can also be difficult. That's why respite is an important part of her life. n.pr/4r45RVH
She cares for her aging parents full time. That requires taking care of herself, too
Dawnita Brown left her job to become a caregiver for her parents. Brown says it's a gift to care for her parents, but it can also be difficult. That's why respite is an important part of her life.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Dawnita Brown left her job to become a caregiver for her parents. Brown says it's a gift to care for her parents, but it can also be difficult. That's why respite is an important part of her life. n.pr/4r45RVH
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A reminder to our grad student attendees to apply for the Sally Mitchell Prize! 🏆
Award: Sally Mitchell Prize (Submission Deadline: 12/1/25) navsa.wildapricot.org/News/13564135
NAVSA - Award: Sally Mitchell Prize (Submission Deadline: 12/1/25)
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November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A reminder to our grad student attendees to apply for the Sally Mitchell Prize! 🏆
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A terrific opportunity to be at the forefront of periodicals' research (and to develop editorial chops!). Don't miss out.
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 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A terrific opportunity to be at the forefront of periodicals' research (and to develop editorial chops!). Don't miss out.
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If you know of a great book that analyzes the periodical press of 19th c Britain/empire (long 19th c), mosey along to the link and nominate it!
📖 Colby Book Prize nominations open today! We're accepting nominations from now until 31 Jan. 2026. The Colby Prize recognizes original book-length scholarship published in 2025 that most advances our understanding of the long #19thC British press. More info: buff.ly/LIi76WJ
The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize – RSVP
The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, Vineta Colby, distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’s death, the Board of…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
If you know of a great book that analyzes the periodical press of 19th c Britain/empire (long 19th c), mosey along to the link and nominate it!
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No excuse for not sending in a proposal for RSVP 2026!
📣BREAKING NEWS! We've extended our CFP deadline for #RSVP2026 "Movements and Migrations"! Proposals now due 21 November 2025. Full CFP and more details about all things conference on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
No excuse for not sending in a proposal for RSVP 2026!
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Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Throughout my career I have sought to promote international dialogue among Victorianists and I have used my DH projects to create a welcoming space for the academy’s most structually-vulnerable scholars. I am deeply honored to have received the President’s Award from @navsa.bsky.social for my work.
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Throughout my career I have sought to promote international dialogue among Victorianists and I have used my DH projects to create a welcoming space for the academy’s most structually-vulnerable scholars. I am deeply honored to have received the President’s Award from @navsa.bsky.social for my work.
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"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
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important new resource on #art, #books, #printing
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
CHARLES HART'S LITHOGRAPHY: ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE by Georgia B. Barnhill on Oak Knoll
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2025. 10 x 7 inches hardcover, sewn 248 pages ISBN: 9781940965321
www.oakknoll.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
important new resource on #art, #books, #printing
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
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Very excited to launch a new bracket on @literaryhub.bsky.social this morning all about Literary Twitter! Voting’s open!
Which social media drama do you think should win?
Which social media drama do you think should win?
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket
We are gathered here to celebrate the brief, bright, Roman Candle life of Literary Twitter, a mesmerizing and maddening place where the most talented writers used to rub shoulders with the most unb…
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November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Very excited to launch a new bracket on @literaryhub.bsky.social this morning all about Literary Twitter! Voting’s open!
Which social media drama do you think should win?
Which social media drama do you think should win?
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Reminder that the next @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR Tea Time will take place tomorrow at 5pm - 6pm on Zoom! DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for the Zoom link and join us for an informal chat about all things early career and nineteenth century 🫖 ☕️
a painting of a woman sitting on a couch drinking tea
ALT: a painting of a woman sitting on a couch drinking tea
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November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reminder that the next @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR Tea Time will take place tomorrow at 5pm - 6pm on Zoom! DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for the Zoom link and join us for an informal chat about all things early career and nineteenth century 🫖 ☕️
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That $700 would be really nice at the end of each month
I keep saying these folks are not nickel and diming us because it’s much worse. I mean I don’t know what to call THIS but that’s a big chunk of change no matter what your financial situation is.
Yes…that’s PER MONTH!!!
www.commondreams.org/news/inflati...
Yes…that’s PER MONTH!!!
www.commondreams.org/news/inflati...
Under Trump, Inflation Is Costing Average US Family $700 More Per Month | Common Dreams
"While President Trump claimed that he would bring down prices, the reality is that Americans have seen their costs soar even higher since he took office."
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November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
That $700 would be really nice at the end of each month
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Dictionaries 46:2 (2025), @projectmuse.bsky.social, edited by @lynneguist.bsky.social. Topics: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein and Austrian German, historical dictionaries, Georgian dictionaries and corpora, antedating and linguistics pedagogy, The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Dictionaries 46:2 (2025), @projectmuse.bsky.social, edited by @lynneguist.bsky.social. Topics: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein and Austrian German, historical dictionaries, Georgian dictionaries and corpora, antedating and linguistics pedagogy, The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary.
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Look at this excellent handkerchief from 1769 at the V & A museum: a showcase for #18thc practices of remediation. Made to imitate a quodlibet/medley print, a genre that itself aims to simulate, in a trompe l'oeil idiom, a scatter of small printed papers.
Imagine blowing your nose on that!
#scraps
Imagine blowing your nose on that!
#scraps
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The creativity and care in this instructor's COVID online learning choice speaks to a deep pedagogical commitment to student learning and well being. The critical thinking and content knowledge that their students demonstrated during intense trauma is remarkable!
I had a basket of small stuffed animals that I used to act out scenes. There was one goat. We had spirited debates about which character in a given play deserved to be the goat. I remember Mercutio won GOAT status, and I was so proud of the arguments being made.
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The creativity and care in this instructor's COVID online learning choice speaks to a deep pedagogical commitment to student learning and well being. The critical thinking and content knowledge that their students demonstrated during intense trauma is remarkable!
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.