Carl Thompson
@carlethompson.bsky.social
Reader in Romanticism at University of Surrey. Research interests in travel writing, Romanticism, women's writing, history of science, shipwrecks and environmental humanities. Fellow of Surrey's Institute for Sustainability.
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A conference report for our exhilarating 'Curious Collections' day at the Natural History Museum (@nhm-london.bsky.social)
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November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A conference report for our exhilarating 'Curious Collections' day at the Natural History Museum (@nhm-london.bsky.social)
curioustravellers.ac.uk/conference-r...
curioustravellers.ac.uk/conference-r...
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📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
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November 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
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A difficult thought for us to stay with
On 13 Nov, 17.30 GMT, join a session of the @ihr.bsky.social Planetary Histories with Jennifer Pitts on Dipesh Chakrabarty, planetary indifference, and the history of political thought 👉 loom.ly/4hv072g
Co-organised by our own Glenda Sluga and Giorgio Riello
On 13 Nov, 17.30 GMT, join a session of the @ihr.bsky.social Planetary Histories with Jennifer Pitts on Dipesh Chakrabarty, planetary indifference, and the history of political thought 👉 loom.ly/4hv072g
Co-organised by our own Glenda Sluga and Giorgio Riello
A difficult thought for us to stay with: Dipesh Chakrabarty, planetary indifference, and the history of political thought
Planetary Histories seminar- session 2
loom.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A difficult thought for us to stay with
On 13 Nov, 17.30 GMT, join a session of the @ihr.bsky.social Planetary Histories with Jennifer Pitts on Dipesh Chakrabarty, planetary indifference, and the history of political thought 👉 loom.ly/4hv072g
Co-organised by our own Glenda Sluga and Giorgio Riello
On 13 Nov, 17.30 GMT, join a session of the @ihr.bsky.social Planetary Histories with Jennifer Pitts on Dipesh Chakrabarty, planetary indifference, and the history of political thought 👉 loom.ly/4hv072g
Co-organised by our own Glenda Sluga and Giorgio Riello
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Our next @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar will be on 25th November. We will be welcoming Ben Braber to present on depictions of immigrants in British media between 1841 and 2021 - sign up link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Depictions of immigrants in British newspapers between 1841 and 2021
www.history.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our next @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar will be on 25th November. We will be welcoming Ben Braber to present on depictions of immigrants in British media between 1841 and 2021 - sign up link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Want a younger brain? Learn another language
A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
CFP: Bookselling and Literature
Bookselling and LiteratureA Special Issue of English Studies Guest Editor: Matthew Chambers ([email protected]) One of the best-known literary friendships was formed in a bookshop, and one…
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November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
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And in other good news, an important new book on anarchist women's editorial work was published yesterday.
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
Anarquistas editoras: Biografías políticas en femenino
| Comares ACCESO ABIERTO
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November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And in other good news, an important new book on anarchist women's editorial work was published yesterday.
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
I am so proud to have contributed a chapter on Mabel Holland Grave, highlighting her work as a translator and writer.
accesoabiertocomares.com/index.php/co...
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I'm thrilled to see that the special issue of ECS, "Eighteenth-Century Coasts," is finally out today! Check out my essay on coral, and many other fantastic contributions: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm thrilled to see that the special issue of ECS, "Eighteenth-Century Coasts," is finally out today! Check out my essay on coral, and many other fantastic contributions: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
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A conference in London on 7 November explores the scientific legacy of Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) from Holywell, Flintshire - an internationally renowned naturalist whose specimens form a core part of the Natural History Museum’s collections. Read more here:
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/confere...
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/confere...
Conference Reveals Welsh Naturalist’s Major Contributions to London’s Natural History Museum
The upcoming ‘Curious Collections’ conference at the Natural History Museum, London (November 7th) will shed new light on one of the oldest collections in the museum’s archives and explore the scienti...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A conference in London on 7 November explores the scientific legacy of Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) from Holywell, Flintshire - an internationally renowned naturalist whose specimens form a core part of the Natural History Museum’s collections. Read more here:
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/confere...
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/confere...
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And this exercise obviously just looks at the economic returns But we've looked at a lot of the wider benefits of research in humanities/social sciences/arts which stretch far beyond economic returns to support law, education, culture, inclusion & health
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-rep...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-rep...
From NHS innovations to addressing inequalities in the labour market: new report reveals real-world impact of humanities and social sciences research
A new report sheds light on the tangible impact of UK SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy) research on the wellbeing of society, culture and the economy, through...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
And this exercise obviously just looks at the economic returns But we've looked at a lot of the wider benefits of research in humanities/social sciences/arts which stretch far beyond economic returns to support law, education, culture, inclusion & health
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-rep...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-rep...
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
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This week we look forward to publication, on Thursday, of the next in the Society's New Historical Perspectives book series:
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940 - University of London Press
The west has long gripped the imagination. In Atlantic Isles, Gareth Roddy examines the cultural and political prominence of the ‘westward gaze’, which flourished in late-nineteenth century Britain an...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This week we look forward to publication, on Thursday, of the next in the Society's New Historical Perspectives book series:
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
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Join us for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture in the Humanities & Social Sciences featuring award-winning historian Julia Laite on 'Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829'.
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join us for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture in the Humanities & Social Sciences featuring award-winning historian Julia Laite on 'Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829'.
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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Fellowship Opportunity for ECRs: The Byron Society Fellow
Focussing on digital promotion activities, with a £2500 annual stipend.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6197
Focussing on digital promotion activities, with a £2500 annual stipend.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6197
Fellowship Opportunity: The Byron Society Fellow – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
October 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fellowship Opportunity for ECRs: The Byron Society Fellow
Focussing on digital promotion activities, with a £2500 annual stipend.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6197
Focussing on digital promotion activities, with a £2500 annual stipend.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6197
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@cathfletcher.bsky.social and I are offering a webinar, Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers, for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Professional Development webinar series.
Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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October 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@cathfletcher.bsky.social and I are offering a webinar, Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers, for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Professional Development webinar series.
Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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BARS Stephen Copley Research Award - applications open (deadline Nov 15 2025)
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
BARS Stephen Copley Research Award - applications open (deadline Nov 15 2025)
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
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We are excited to announce the publication of our Summer 2025 issue, which includes essays by Hilary Havens, Greta Colombani, and David Mullins. The issue is available Open Access on Project Muse
@projectmuse.bsky.social
: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55681. Details in the thread.
@projectmuse.bsky.social
: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55681. Details in the thread.
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We are excited to announce the publication of our Summer 2025 issue, which includes essays by Hilary Havens, Greta Colombani, and David Mullins. The issue is available Open Access on Project Muse
@projectmuse.bsky.social
: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55681. Details in the thread.
@projectmuse.bsky.social
: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55681. Details in the thread.
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Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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For the weekend crowd! ICYMI ...
Really pleased to see my & @benjaminredding.bsky.social article on the much beloved BBC Shipping Forecast is getting some traction - we loved writing it! Read it @uk.theconversation.com here:
theconversation.com/why-the-bbcs...
theconversation.com/why-the-bbcs...
Why the BBC’s Shipping Forecast still entrances people after 100 years
Designed to ensure safe sailing for those on the sea, a dedicated shipping forecast was first broadcast by the BBC in 1925.
theconversation.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
For the weekend crowd! ICYMI ...
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Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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We are delighted to announce the first seminar in our 25/26 series: the wonderful @drreznicek.bsky.social will be presenting on ‘Too Bodily: Disability, Care, & Belonging in Romantic Novels’ on Wednesday 29th October at 6pm.
Free! Online! All welcome!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Free! Online! All welcome!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We are delighted to announce the first seminar in our 25/26 series: the wonderful @drreznicek.bsky.social will be presenting on ‘Too Bodily: Disability, Care, & Belonging in Romantic Novels’ on Wednesday 29th October at 6pm.
Free! Online! All welcome!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Free! Online! All welcome!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
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Delighted to see the open access publication of Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms -- a superb volume featuring artists, poets, scholars, and a short essay by me on Dutch- and French-speaking women in 16th-century London telling their stories of migration. punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms – punctum books
punctumbooks.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Delighted to see the open access publication of Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms -- a superb volume featuring artists, poets, scholars, and a short essay by me on Dutch- and French-speaking women in 16th-century London telling their stories of migration. punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...