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Clare Stainthorp

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University-Policy Engagement & ARIs at UPEN/UCL ∣ Impact at the RCA ∣ Researches Victorian literature, social history, freethought periodicals ∣ Book: Constance Naden: Scientist, Philosopher, Poet ∣ she/her https://clarestainthorp.wordpress.com/

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 16d

Check out this new podcast for ECRs - I’m proud to have been one of the guests on episode 3, where we talk about the importance of networks and mentors, and where to find them!

Episode 3 - Two heads are better than one: Networking and mentors in academia. Screenshot of podcast page banner with photo of three women (including me) in green tops smiling and talking in a relaxed podcast studio.

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Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 1d

Sent this q to VICTORIA, but also figure I should ask here — does anyone know of scholarship on strategies that advertisers (e.g. of fraudulent or illegal goods or services) used to evade surveillence, esp in Victorian Britain? Or strategies that advertisers used to track responses to ads in +

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Victorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social · 1d

Submissions for the VPFA First Book Prize are now OPEN! Deadline is 31st December 2025. For full eligibility criteria and submission guidelines, go to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-book-pr...

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve not read this essay in so long - I’d forgotten how odd it is in many ways! It was one of her student debate pieces at Mascon College.

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Daniel Williams @dbenjw.bsky.social · 8d

My periodic call for pitches to the 19th-Century Networks section of ✨Literature Compass✨:

Do you have a state-of-the-field essay to propose on #Romantic or #Victorian topics? a little-known or understudied author to spotlight?

Please get in touch!

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1741...

Literature Compass

Click on the title to browse this journal

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks David 😊

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 8d

That’s great to know! I’ll definitely be in touch once I’ve got my feet under the desk - so much exciting stuff going on around ARIs right now!

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Clare!

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Thanks Vic! Hope you’re well x

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Jen! Yes i think it’ll be a great thing to be part of!

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Charlie! Hope things are going well with you 😊

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Charlotte 🥰

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Thanks Jordan! Hope you’re well 😊

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 9d

Happily, I’ll also be staying on at the Royal College of Art as Research Impact Manager two-days-a-week - I’m really pleased to be able to continue working with the brilliant people and projects here!

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 9d

With contract signed and a couple of preliminary meetings today, it feels like time to announce that from October I’ll be joining UPEN as Policy Engagement Coordinator for the UK-wide ARI Programme. I’m looking forward to joining a fantastic team at UCL and getting stuck in!
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UPEN: Our mission
UPEN's mission is to facilitate a connective and collaborative ecosystem where organisations can work together to strengthen the use of academic research in public policy.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 9d

From developing your PhD, adapting to UK higher education structures, or navigating LinkedIn – is there one right way to be an Early Career Researcher? Join Leonie Smith with @deseonu.bsky.social and Burcin Baskurt in Ep 1 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR podcast. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...

Leonie Smith sits down with Dayo Eseonu and Burcin Baskurt in a podcasting studio.

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Efram Sera-Shriar @dreframss.bsky.social · 9d

We are currently open to receiving proposals for themed issues with @advancesjournal.bsky.social, which is published through Taylor and Francis, and is the official journal of @incsa.bsky.social. If you have ideas for a collection, email me.

Details👇
in-csa.com/themed-speci...

Special / Themed Issues Call for Proposals – International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association

Call for Proposals Special / Themed Issues Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research The Journal of the International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (INCSA) Follow on BlueSky Advances in Ninetee...

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 9d

Been saying this repeatedly - it's not a 'bit', I genuinely don't understand why we waste our time teaching students about research ethics if we're encouraging them to use tools that ignore every single one of those requirements. If we support skipping ethics why just for genAI? sheer hypocrisy.

Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 25d

This point hasn’t been given nearly enough attention. If you applied actually existing research principles to genAI, it would never be allowed anywhere near a university, research project or classroom.

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 25d

Loved how I got to clarify that the 5 principles in section 4 of the paper were nothing new. They came straight out of The Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, that every scientists in The Netherlands already ought to know. All we did is apply them to AI. www.nwo.nl/en/netherlan...

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12d

in this week's newsletter! an essay on being bad at playing Silksong, and going to watch classics at the cinema and hating them, and more broadly on the wonders of........trying: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-not-wa... [free to read!]

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 12d

Want to sign an apologetic letter? Don't just include your signature, do what Charles Grenfell has done in this 1870s letter: draw a little sketch of yourself and say that you 'feel quite idiotic'.

A signature in a letter written on black ink on thin white paper. It says 'From your [?] Charles Grenfell'.

Beneath the signature is a sketch of a man posing with the words 'feel quite idiotic'.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 12d

Discover India's rich humanist heritage from ancient Charvaka philosophy to modern secular ideals. Join our expert panel discussion on 16 October online. humanists.uk/events/explo...

Beyond Belief | Exploring India's Humanist Heritage

Get an email that automatically logs you in:

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 13d

Look forward to listening!

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 14d

After some delay on the part of yours truly 🙄 the recording of our Sept. #RSVPDigiEvent on grantscrafting is now live on YouTube. And just in time - Curran Fellowships are due in just a few short weeks on Oct. 15! Many thanks to our panelists + to Clare Horrocks for chairing! youtu.be/L5XRtqh1qoE

Applying for a Curran Fellowship: A Grants-crafting Workshop

YouTube video by Research Society for Victorian Periodicals

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Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 15d

I have been blessed with some amazing mentors & networks! Here's my bit paying it forward & expressing my gratitude in, "Confessions of an Early Career Researcher: A podcast by ECRs, for ECRs" by @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk
#CityStGSCC
@citystgeorges.bsky.social

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 15d

London's @conwayhall.bsky.social is one of two surviving buildings in the UK built for the non-religious. A humanist building, it was a place where non-religious people could gather and find community. It opened #OnThisDay 1929. Take the virtual tour with @humanismedu.bsky.social ⬇️

Understanding Humanism @humanismedu.bsky.social · 16d

Our virtual tour of Conway Hall now has a 'How to use' video guide that explains how to make the most of it in the classroom. A fantastic way to explore a humanist building, humanist beliefs, and the history of humanist action! understandinghumanism.org.uk/conway-hall-...

Explore our interactive virtual tour of Conway Hall

Learn more about the history of humanism with this fantastic new education resource featuring one of the only humanist buildings in the UK

understandinghumanism.org.uk

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 15d

Join me next Tuesday to discuss a fascinating paper that reconstructs a group biography of twelve women whose commitment to freethought is evidenced through their wills. All are welcome to join this webinar on history of (non)religion, women's lives, and archives - details below!

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 20d

On Tuesday 30 Sept I’ll be the respondent to Nyala Karla Nauwelaer’s paper ‘The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th - early 20th century)’. Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating conversation!
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...

Seminario Feliciano Montero de Historia Religiosa Contemporánea
The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th - early 20th century).
Speaker: Nyala Karla Nauwelaers, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Commentator: Clare Stainthorp, Royal College of Art & Queen Mary University of London
Session: Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 6:00 p.m. (Central European Time)
Location: virtual seminar
To participate, please contact: aehrc.asociacion@gmail.com
Organized by: Spanish Association for Contemporary Religious History (AEHRC) in collaboration with the Secular Studies Association Brussels (SSAB) and the TheoFem project: Lay Women: International Experts and Theologians avant-la-lettre. Legacies and Entangled Histories (1945-1962), Grant No. 101108049.
Information and coordination: natalia.nunezbargueno@kuleuven.be

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