Susanne Gruss
@susannegruss.bsky.social
English lit prof @uni-bamberg.de | pirate/collaborator/witch | law&lit-geek | 🍄 | reviews ed. Shakespeare JB | gen.ed. gender forum Cologne | assoc.ed. Neo-Victorian Studies | mum | colour-lover | doodler | she/her
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Susanne Gruss
@susannegruss.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Look how pretty she is! I received my author copies of /Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy/ today (officially published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social on Monday). Will post more about individual chapters (including my own) next week - in the meantime, do ask your library to order a copy!
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2 days at the annual #BritCult2025 conference. There was a sense of urgency among those of us who practice queer studies not only but perhaps especially as queer individuals in times where our fellows‘ mere being is perceived as a threat (to what exactly, though?) in many parts of the world.
#britcult2025 on queering religion, menstruation and literary reception; on being haunted by the ghosts of our past and taking strength in community for what lies ahead of us; on reading reparatively and listening to each other - thank you so much to everyone for these past 2 days!
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
2 days at the annual #BritCult2025 conference. There was a sense of urgency among those of us who practice queer studies not only but perhaps especially as queer individuals in times where our fellows‘ mere being is perceived as a threat (to what exactly, though?) in many parts of the world.
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#britcult2025 on queering religion, menstruation and literary reception; on being haunted by the ghosts of our past and taking strength in community for what lies ahead of us; on reading reparatively and listening to each other - thank you so much to everyone for these past 2 days!
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#britcult2025 on queering religion, menstruation and literary reception; on being haunted by the ghosts of our past and taking strength in community for what lies ahead of us; on reading reparatively and listening to each other - thank you so much to everyone for these past 2 days!
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thank you to @susannegruss.bsky.social and the lovely team of organisers for hosting this year's #britcult2025 conference in bamberg! leaving with a full heart and brain after three days of panels, key notes, and conversations - what a joy to be part of such an inspiring academic community!
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
thank you to @susannegruss.bsky.social and the lovely team of organisers for hosting this year's #britcult2025 conference in bamberg! leaving with a full heart and brain after three days of panels, key notes, and conversations - what a joy to be part of such an inspiring academic community!
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Thanks to @femsista.bsky.social recommendation from her keynote at #BritCult2025 , I’ve got a local snack to try on my way home, the pepper pretzel 🥨 (Tiny conference duck, though overshadowed by it in size but not in cuteness, travels with me 🦆). @susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thanks to @femsista.bsky.social recommendation from her keynote at #BritCult2025 , I’ve got a local snack to try on my way home, the pepper pretzel 🥨 (Tiny conference duck, though overshadowed by it in size but not in cuteness, travels with me 🦆). @susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
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Marvellous couple of days in beautiful Bamberg for BritCult! Congratulation to @susannegruss.bsky.social and all the organising team for a really great conference, and for reminding me that it was high time I (re)visited Oberfranken!
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Marvellous couple of days in beautiful Bamberg for BritCult! Congratulation to @susannegruss.bsky.social and all the organising team for a really great conference, and for reminding me that it was high time I (re)visited Oberfranken!
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It was such a joy to participate in #BritCult2025 remotely and present my research on (Inter-)Textile Practices and/as Networked Feminism this morning! Thank you so much to @susannegruss.bsky.social @sarahbusch.bsky.social and the rest of the team for making this possible! #AcademicParenting
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It was such a joy to participate in #BritCult2025 remotely and present my research on (Inter-)Textile Practices and/as Networked Feminism this morning! Thank you so much to @susannegruss.bsky.social @sarahbusch.bsky.social and the rest of the team for making this possible! #AcademicParenting
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At #BritCult2025 #conference in Bamberg: impressive 🌈🏳️🌈 -coloured signs guided us to the university rooms, where the Postgraduate Forum took place.
#BritCult25 #GenderStudies #QueerStudies #CulturalStudies
#BritCult25 #GenderStudies #QueerStudies #CulturalStudies
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
At #BritCult2025 #conference in Bamberg: impressive 🌈🏳️🌈 -coloured signs guided us to the university rooms, where the Postgraduate Forum took place.
#BritCult25 #GenderStudies #QueerStudies #CulturalStudies
#BritCult25 #GenderStudies #QueerStudies #CulturalStudies
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The #BritCult2025 conference in Bamberg is off to a great start, including the most beautiful (and massive) cheese platter I have ever seen 😋🧀
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The #BritCult2025 conference in Bamberg is off to a great start, including the most beautiful (and massive) cheese platter I have ever seen 😋🧀
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
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Some pretty Bamberg sights on the first day of the #BritCult2025 conference…
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Some pretty Bamberg sights on the first day of the #BritCult2025 conference…
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
It's cold, there is a tiny bit of snow. Almost 100 conference speakers and participants are on their way to Bamberg today, most of them by train. It's fortunate that DB has a long history of dealing really well with the first snow of the year, right? RIGHT??? #britcult2025
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
It's cold, there is a tiny bit of snow. Almost 100 conference speakers and participants are on their way to Bamberg today, most of them by train. It's fortunate that DB has a long history of dealing really well with the first snow of the year, right? RIGHT??? #britcult2025
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We are already excited for the conference!!
Currently finishing a paper and co-ordinating the details of conference. Stressful, but: almost 100 people registered for our feminist/gender studies conference in late November, & that makes me VERY happy (also slightly panicked, because the room might be too small, but mostly happy). #Britcult2025
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We are already excited for the conference!!
Next week: 8 hours of teaching, a conference, a 10th birthday.
Today: deep-cleaning 9yo's room to make space for those presents (it only took us 9 hours).
Tomorrow: laundry, some very belated writing.
#AcademicParenting
Today: deep-cleaning 9yo's room to make space for those presents (it only took us 9 hours).
Tomorrow: laundry, some very belated writing.
#AcademicParenting
a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a radiator .
Alt: a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a radiator .
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November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Next week: 8 hours of teaching, a conference, a 10th birthday.
Today: deep-cleaning 9yo's room to make space for those presents (it only took us 9 hours).
Tomorrow: laundry, some very belated writing.
#AcademicParenting
Today: deep-cleaning 9yo's room to make space for those presents (it only took us 9 hours).
Tomorrow: laundry, some very belated writing.
#AcademicParenting
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Lieber Herr Voßkuhle, Sie ahnen ja nicht, was einem als Frau im öffentlichen Dienst widerfährt, wenn man "glaubwürdig Veränderungsbereitschaft ausstrahlt"
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Lieber Herr Voßkuhle, Sie ahnen ja nicht, was einem als Frau im öffentlichen Dienst widerfährt, wenn man "glaubwürdig Veränderungsbereitschaft ausstrahlt"
The office is full of name tags, folders, coffee cups, plates, housekeeping notes, and 90 confirmations of attendance I still need to sign. I am ready for this conference to be over.
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The office is full of name tags, folders, coffee cups, plates, housekeeping notes, and 90 confirmations of attendance I still need to sign. I am ready for this conference to be over.
Yesterday: Witchcraft workshop (together with @allisonlemley.bsky.social and @femsista.bsky.social). And yes, students got tiny cauldrons with sweets. A long day, but really productive and fun!
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Yesterday: Witchcraft workshop (together with @allisonlemley.bsky.social and @femsista.bsky.social). And yes, students got tiny cauldrons with sweets. A long day, but really productive and fun!
Das kleinere Kind hatte heute morgen einen Lesekater und konnte deshalb nichts lesen. Jetzt hat sie eine Lesekatze, sagt sie kichernd mit Buch vom Sofa.
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Das kleinere Kind hatte heute morgen einen Lesekater und konnte deshalb nichts lesen. Jetzt hat sie eine Lesekatze, sagt sie kichernd mit Buch vom Sofa.
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What were the most popular plays in 16/17 century? In no order, a non-exhaustive list: Cambyses, Tamburlaines, Spanish Tragedy, Jew of Malta, Faustus, Mucedorus, 1 Henry IV, Hamlet, Othello, A Game at Chess, a bunch of B&F: Philaster, Maid's Tragedy, Scornful Lady, Cupid's Revenge. Others?
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
What were the most popular plays in 16/17 century? In no order, a non-exhaustive list: Cambyses, Tamburlaines, Spanish Tragedy, Jew of Malta, Faustus, Mucedorus, 1 Henry IV, Hamlet, Othello, A Game at Chess, a bunch of B&F: Philaster, Maid's Tragedy, Scornful Lady, Cupid's Revenge. Others?
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So exciting! My fern book has been translated by the marvellous Helge Dascher and will come out with Greystone next spring! Never too soon to preorder!!
greystonebooks.com/products/the...!
greystonebooks.com/products/the...!
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So exciting! My fern book has been translated by the marvellous Helge Dascher and will come out with Greystone next spring! Never too soon to preorder!!
greystonebooks.com/products/the...!
greystonebooks.com/products/the...!
Lots of familiar BritCult faces at the fantastic "The Company We Keep" workshop in Frankfurt (sponsored by Britcult!). The association's president, 2 members of the advisory committee, one of the organisers of #BritCult2025, and the unimpressed guy in the middle are looking forward to #BritCult2025!
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lots of familiar BritCult faces at the fantastic "The Company We Keep" workshop in Frankfurt (sponsored by Britcult!). The association's president, 2 members of the advisory committee, one of the organisers of #BritCult2025, and the unimpressed guy in the middle are looking forward to #BritCult2025!
Das könnte ich wahrscheinlich schaffen wenn ich ganz, ganz schnell laufe.
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Das könnte ich wahrscheinlich schaffen wenn ich ganz, ganz schnell laufe.
Currently finishing a paper and co-ordinating the details of conference. Stressful, but: almost 100 people registered for our feminist/gender studies conference in late November, & that makes me VERY happy (also slightly panicked, because the room might be too small, but mostly happy). #Britcult2025
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Currently finishing a paper and co-ordinating the details of conference. Stressful, but: almost 100 people registered for our feminist/gender studies conference in late November, & that makes me VERY happy (also slightly panicked, because the room might be too small, but mostly happy). #Britcult2025
Complaining about workload, looking forward to a conference - the eternal cycle of academic life. Working on a fungal paper for "The Company We Keep - Figurations, Narratives, and Practices of Co-Living in Common Spaces" (Frankfurt University, 31 October - 01 November).
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Complaining about workload, looking forward to a conference - the eternal cycle of academic life. Working on a fungal paper for "The Company We Keep - Figurations, Narratives, and Practices of Co-Living in Common Spaces" (Frankfurt University, 31 October - 01 November).
Wondering why I never seem to have enough time for the things that need to be done, then counted conference papers, guest lectures and workshop contributions this year. Not a humble brag, I think I might need an official no committee, I am not doing a great job at saying no to things myself.
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Wondering why I never seem to have enough time for the things that need to be done, then counted conference papers, guest lectures and workshop contributions this year. Not a humble brag, I think I might need an official no committee, I am not doing a great job at saying no to things myself.
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Looking to publish a salty monograph or edited collection? 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' - now published by
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Looking to publish a salty monograph or edited collection? 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' - now published by
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️
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„Wir haben mal 1 KI gefragt“, heißt es dieser Tage beiläufig in allen möglichen Kontexten, häufig ohne jeden erkennbaren Mehrwert, einfach, weil man‘s kann. Das ist Normalisierung der Nutzung von Fake-Schleudern, die Kreativen die Jobs streitig machen & das Internet mit Slop zumüllen. Was soll das?
October 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
„Wir haben mal 1 KI gefragt“, heißt es dieser Tage beiläufig in allen möglichen Kontexten, häufig ohne jeden erkennbaren Mehrwert, einfach, weil man‘s kann. Das ist Normalisierung der Nutzung von Fake-Schleudern, die Kreativen die Jobs streitig machen & das Internet mit Slop zumüllen. Was soll das?