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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 16h

A free row?! I'll take this as a good omen.

Photo shows two empty airplane seats next to the one I'm sitting in

Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 18h

At Heathrow now killing time pre-MSA flight. Looking forward to a few days of modernism and Boston! Drop me a line if you're around and keen to chat at the conference!

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 4d

Throwback pre-evening out listen open.spotify.com/album/7gXuEl...

Let's Get Free

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 6d

Bit of a throwback for the commute today: open.spotify.com/album/5OwsAU...

Love Ire & Song

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 8d

This #InternationalPodcastDay tune into ‘Confessions of an Early Career Researcher’ – a new guide to the world of academia post-PhD.

The first three episodes of the podcast are available now. Subscribe for our next episodes, live on 15 October: https://bit.ly/4pNaTp1

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 8d

Just giving another shout out to 'Representing the New AI in Film and Television', available in paperback now! www.bloomsbury.com/representing...

Representing the New AI in Film and Television

The 21st-century has witnessed rapid advances in artificial intelligence, giving rise to a society at once hopeful but also mistrustful of the possibilities tha…

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Bloomsbury Literary Studies & Creative Writing @bloomsburylit.bsky.social · 13d

Attending the @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2025 conference?

Book a meeting with @bendoyle.bsky.social to discuss your book idea on the @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social stand!

Find out more about publishing with us ⤵️
https://bit.ly/42sYjRI

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 13d

Just starting to arrange meetings for #MSA25 in Boston in a couple of weeks. If you're in town and want to talk publishing or research, let me know!

Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 14d

A raft of new titles announced in our Critical Interventions in the Medical and Health Humanities series: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/cr... - if you work in the area, please do get in touch as I'd love to hear what you're up to!

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 21d

Hot on the heels of my last, please join me in welcoming the brilliant Ulla Kriebernegg as our new series editor for the @bloomsburylit.bsky.social series 'Studies in the Humanities, Ageing and Later Life'
www.bloomsbury.com/series/bloom... - Ulla, welcome aboard and I can't wait to work with you!

Bloomsbury Studies in the Humanities, Ageing and Later Life: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) - Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury Studies in the Humanities, Ageing and Later Life responds to the growing need for scholarship focused on age, identity and meaning in late life in a…

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 21d

Really sad to see the wonderful Kate de Medeiros step down from her role as series editor for our @bloomsburylit.bsky.social 'Studies in the Humanities, Ageing and Later Life' series. Kate, thanks for all of your hard work, energy and vision, you've been a DELIGHT to work with.

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 26d

Sigh

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 26d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 26d

Great to have the final jacket for the next book in our Studies in Digital Cultures series locked down. Available in paperback near you soon! www.bloomsbury.com/listening-in...

Image shows the full jacket spread for new Bloomsbury book 'Listening In'.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 29d

The British Academy Book Prize 2025 shortlist Is here! 📚

Africonomics by Bronwen Everill

Sick of It by Sophie Harman

The Burning Earth by Sunil Amrith

The Golden Road by William Dalrymple

The Baton and the Cross by Lucy Ash

Sound Tracks by Graeme Lawson

Find out more 👇

bit.ly/4glo8Jo

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 29d

The first book from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social new innovative multidisciplinary series now published: 'Theory Across Disciplines' brings together key scholars to examine how theoretical concerns from a range of disciplines operate within their respective fields. www.bloomsbury.com/theory-acros...

Theory Across Disciplines

Surveying the extraordinary scope of contemporary theory, Jeffrey R. Di Leo brings together contributors from around the world to speak to the ways in which the…

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The Plant Initiative @theplantinitiative.bsky.social · 29d

Open (free) access recent edited book with chapter on human-tree relations in a graphic novel, as well as other mentions of plants - Children's Literatures, Cultures, and Pedagogies in the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Entanglements www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · Sep 5

"UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost"
www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

www.theregister.com

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks so much for the repost - desperate to get word out on this as I really think it'll be so useful for teaching as well as for advanced theory folks.

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm honoured and excited to be a part of the REF's Main Panel D as a 'User Expert', as announced today. Looking forward to getting stuck into the role over the next few years! 2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...

Main and sub-panels – REF 2029

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Publishing next month, for the Austen fan in your life (or for you, if you're the Austen fan in your life!): www.bloomsbury.com/jane-austen-...

Jane Austen in 50 Words

What does Jane Austen mean when she writes approvingly of a character's 'gentility' and 'delicacy', or critically of another's 'indolence' and 'impertinence'?…

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Less than £18/$25 for the most comprehensive overview of literary and cultural theory on the market. All 472 pages of it! Eminently suitable for classroom use so please do add it to your Theory 101 reading lists today! www.bloomsbury.com/contemporary...

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory

The most exhaustive mapping of contemporary literary theory to date, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field of contemporary…

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

This morning's mood...reflective:
open.spotify.com/track/1UKobF...

Helplessly Hoping - 2005 Remaster

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Well that's summer definitely over...

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Alice de Galzain @alicedegalzain.bsky.social · Sep 3

💥An updated version of the program for the “Critical Health” conference I am co-organizing with @jpitettiheil.bsky.social is now online! Please visit our website (desktop version is recommended) at criticalhealthconference.wordpress.com

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Sep 3

Really sad to see this - a very interesting press with some really nice Lit Studies books.

Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are surprised & disappointed to learn of plans to close @bucknellupress.bsky.social in 2026. AUPresses has offered our community’s assistance & insights to the university as planning for the press proceeds. https://bit.ly/41yszu5

Learn more abt the press's work: https://bit.ly/4m1elcH #ReadUP

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