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Anne Lister Forum @annelisterforum.bsky.social · 6d

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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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · 16d

🖤 ANNE LISTER 🪶
(3 Apr 1791 — 22 Sept 1840)

Anne Lister died on this day, as far from her Shibden Hall home as she had ever been, æt. 49. 💫 Grateful to all who have revived her singular story — and who amplify her ver. “proud spirit” and lifelong commitment to 𝓞𝟧+𝟥 [hope].

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · 19d

It’s here!! 🎉 The CfP for the FIFTH ANNE-VERSARY Anne Lister Soc’y Mtg, 3-4 Apr 2026 in Halifax! We seek proposals from scholars & researchers across the Listerverse, on any topic from Anne’s life & times to her afterlives. Due 1 Nov. For more details ➡️ english.northwestern.edu/about/anne-lis…

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎉 The Anne Lister Soc’y is thrilled to relay word of the newly-launched Anne Lister Forum, a project to support grad and early career research on our favorite Yorkshire polymath! Please give it a follow! 📚✍️

Anne Lister Forum @annelisterforum.bsky.social · Sep 1

We’re thrilled to launch the Anne Lister Forum, a new initiative to support graduate and early career
research relating to Anne Lister’s life and writing! First meeting coming October 2025…

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Aug 6

So well deserved — Congrats!!

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · Jul 21

CFP for Sex in the #19thC (deets in alt)

Abstracts (300 words), biographies (100 words), and should be submitted on Monday 22d September 2025 to rrr @ soton.ac.uk. Please
indicate if you would like to be considered for a travel bursary, and include your full name, discipline & institution.

CFP with caricature of a throuple on a sofa: a man in the middle between two women with breasts more or less exposed

Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century
15th January 2026
University of Stirling, Scotland
Keynote speaker: Dr. Michael Shaw
In The History of Sexuality (1976), Foucault outlines the 'discursive explosion' that occurred around
sex during the long nineteenth century. Sexuality became a distinct personal identity for the first time, as shown in literature and art, and sexual discourses often reflected the period's political and
social anxieties around gender and power. Modern queer theorists first situated their work within
nineteenth-century studies (Eve Kofosky Sedgewick, Between Men, 1985), and recent work in the
field historicises marginalised groups (Jen Manion, Female Husbands: A Trans History, 2020). Sex
encourages us to consider the broader cultural and societal dynamics of the long nineteenth century, and the lasting influence of these structures today.
We invite papers of 15 minutes on the topic of sex in the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) in all its forms and in a global context for our in-person conference. We encourage broad interpretations of the topic and invite submissions that explore its fluid and multifaceted nature. The journal
encourages multi- and interdisciplinary papers from across the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities and invites contributions from those at any career stage, including PGRs and ECRs.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
• Sexuality and queer studies • Women's writing
• Gender, feminism, and masculinities • Sexual health, contraception, and the medical
• Trans studies humanities
• Pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare • Sex work
• Sex scandals in court and politics • Print culture; pornography and Victorian erotica
• Gothic literature • Postcolonial and ecocritical perspectives on
• Decadence; hedonism gender and sex

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Jun 1

🌈 On this ver. fine day in 1817 Anne Lister wrote: ‘A fine day the pleasantest we have had this year — & the 1st I have thrown aside my winter things having changed my black cloth spencer & black straw hat for a black silk spencer & common straw hat — I have almost made up mind always to wear black’

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · May 28

Hello, Listerverse! 💫 An online talk about Anne Lister ahead, June 13th, by ALS-presenter Prof Anna Clark! On our Yorkshire polymath, quack doctors, and French academic medicine — details and registration below! ⤵️

IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · May 25

Join us live at the IHR or online.
Register: tinyurl.com/289qz4sz
@ihr.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @annelistersociety.bsky.social

Watercolor portrait (restoration) of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, circa November 20, 1822. Probably the portrait painted by a Mrs Taylor on Wednesday 20 and Thursday November 1822.

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · May 21

🎉 Happy 5th ANNiversary to @searchingforann.bsky.social — and thank you for all the amazing work and insight you’ve contributed to our knowledge of the Ann(e)s! 🙌🏻

In Search of Ann Walker @searchingforann.bsky.social · May 20

Today is not only Ann Walker's birthday, it's also the 5th anniversary of In Search Of Ann Walker being formed.

Thank you everyone for following us across social media and being supportive.

We look forward to the next five years of researching Ann!

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · May 16

Hey Toronto, come chat with me on 8 June

photos of Emma Donoghue and Natalie Davey and Rebecca Davey of Ceres Productions

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thanks for this welcome backup plan! 🤓

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Apr 8

Our Halifax days were blessed indeed! And thanks to you for the extraordinarily rich and granular account of Anne’s letters you gave us — you had us on the edge of our seats! 🤗🖤

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Apr 7

With heartfelt thanks to our ver. fine speakers, keynoters, session chairs, our partners in Calderdale & ALBW, & of course our ver. fine audience, the 4th Mtg of the #AnneLister Soc’y is a wrap! 🙏 Here’s to the #Listerverse of people working to generate new knowledge about our Yorkshire polymath! 🎉

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Apr 6

Thank you for your ver. kind words, Kay! And great to see you (tho too briefly)!

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Mar 30

As the Anne Lister festivities begin, Happy Anneversary! 🎩👒🎉❤️ On this day in 1834, Anne Lister underlined it: “Miss W[alker] & I & Th[oma]s st[ai]d the sacram[en]t” — making history together by fulfilling their vows at Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York!

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Feb 26

⚡️🎩 We’ve got SWAG! Thanks to our amazing friends at ALBW & to mark the 4th Anne Lister Soc’y mtg in Halifax UK in April, we’re thrilled to offer ALS gear on the ALBW merch site below. A new design this year for Anne’s birthday and to celebrate her ver. “proud spirit”! 🎉 Order ahead! ⤵️

shopalbw.com

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Feb 2

💫 Well, well, well!! The legendary Lesbian Lives conference will be held here in the colonies for the first time in October 2025! Heads-up to the #Listerverse! 🎩 Details below; deadline for paper proposals is 31 March! 🖤

Robin Bernstein @robinmbernstein.bsky.social · Feb 2

I want to make sure all the Lister Sisters and Misters know about this upcoming conference! It could be a great place to share research on #AnneLister, #AnnWalker, et al. sinisterwisdom.org/lesbianlives...
@annelistersociety.bsky.social @elizaleftus.bsky.social

Lesbian Lives 2025 | Sinister Wisdom

sinisterwisdom.org

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Jan 31

📣 CFP for online conference of interest to the Listerverse, given the *absolute centrality* of the archive in preserving Anne Lister’s legacy. "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections”! Women’s History Network! Deadline 29 March; further details here ⤵️

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jan 24

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."

More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

#WomensHistory #GLAM

WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers

First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…

womenshistorynetwork.org

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Jan 16

🚨 Registration for the April Anne Lister Soc’y conference opens at noon NYC time / 5pm Halifax time January 18, when the tix site below goes LIVE! 💫

We look forward to 2 ver. fine days! 🖤

(🎟️ Day 1, 🎟️ reception, & 🎟️ Day 2 ticketed separately)

www.ticketsource.co.uk/calderdale-c...

📸 cr: BBC/HBO

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Jan 8

💫 SHE’S HERE! The Anne Lister Soc’y April program(me)!

NEW WORK on AL &: medicine, self-fashioning, travel, writerly craft, & other characters; keynotes on new film project & Anne’s music.

Details at link; registration info soon!

english.northwestern.edu/about/anne-l...

(📸BBC/HBO/LookoutPt)

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The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social · Jan 1

🎉 A Ver. Happy New Year from the Anne Lister Soc’y! 🎉 *Quite* soon we’ll post the slate of speakers & info for our 4th mtg (watch this space!). This New Year’s Day, we look back and thank all our ver. fine presenters, each of whom added new knowledge to the Listerverse at the splendid 2024 mtg! 🎩🪶

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