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Dr Lucy Whitehead

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Leverhulme ECF on modern British manuscripts & the American archive @ RHUL | Dickens & life-writing | On BBC Radio 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jt6c

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Jun 25

Really enjoyed giving my second public lecture on my research into Dickens biographies yesterday, this time at the beautiful Charterhouse! Thank you @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome!

The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jun 24

Fascinating talk at DF Central this evening, with @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social, exploring the ways in which people have engaged with Dickens biographies over the years

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really proud of this: the latest issue of #VictorianStudies has an article of mine in it!
It's on #ageing and #generations, & the insightful ways that Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant approaches these issues, with takeaways for us now.
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Cover of Victorian Studies journal, with lithograph of fairies!

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · 9d

Really enjoyed this - thank you @britishacademy.bsky.social #ECR Network for organising it! Loved hearing about everyone’s writing projects across a range of disciplines.

Dr Anna Reeve @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social · 9d

What a fabulous location for a writing workshop - really looking forward to today.

Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · 18d

well so long as there is propriety of colouring

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · 22d

When you get really excited about an archival holding, and then realise that access is restricted until 2095

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Dr Bob Nicholson @digivictorian.bsky.social · 26d

I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.

It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.

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Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social · 28d

As a bit of a toy collector myself this one has extra appeal. Thanks Julia.
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#museums #museumfromhome #toys #london

Pollock's Toy Museum

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Nicola Kirkby @nicolakirkby.bsky.social · Sep 9

Book news! I’m pleased to say that Railway Infrastructure and the Victoria Novel is now in circulation www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congratulations!!!!

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'll be running a workshop on 'thinking about impact' at the EC Festival in Derby on 18 Sept. Join us to explore how #EcologicalCitizenship is practised through creativity, community, and collaboration.

📣 Register now - attendance is free & incs lunch! ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/upcoming-eve...

Dark blue title slide:
The EC Festival: Ecological Citizenship in Action
Thursday 18 September 2025 - Museum of Making, Derby
"And then what happened?" Thinking about Impact
Clare Stainthorp, Research Impact Manager, Royal College of Art

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Aug 3

Funnily enough yesterday I noticed (as you may already know) that there’s a play adaptation coming to a few different locations from the end of August, starting in Great Malvern www.uktw.co.uk/Tour/Play/Th...

The Signalman tour (Play) 27th August 2025-15th November 2025

Tour information for The Signalman (Play) touring 27th August 2025 to 15th November 2025 (9 venues), details, news, reviews and tickets from UKTW, the UK's oldest theatre website. QTIX: T1870904911

www.uktw.co.uk

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Aug 2

It makes me think of that Victorian exhib ‘Colour Revolution’ @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social a couple of years ago, that warned us off imagining the Victorian world in black and white just because of the photography. Point extravagantly made here!

VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · Aug 2

fabulous! I've seen that style before somewhere, but not as well turned out

Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Aug 2

Really enjoying the colourful Victorian station at Great Malvern. @victorianlondon.bsky.social I thought of you!

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks, yeah it was really nice to do BAVS again after a few years! There were indeed very many people! Hope your paper went well x

Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 28

I’m sad we missed each other! 😢 Different panels maybe? I hope you had a good one!

Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 24

Happy 25th birthday @bavs-uk.bsky.social! Thank you for the beautiful conference dinner and the fiendishly difficult quiz! Glorious Victorian architecture provided by Oxford Town Hall… it felt a bit like dining inside a wedding cake… #BAVS2025

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · Jul 15

There's a 50% discount on the audiobook of DICKENSLAND at the moment, if you're so minded, and can ignore the slightly odd cover www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...

50% OFF Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London

The intriguing history of Dickens's London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years Tourists have sought out the landmarks, stree...

www.audiobooks.co.uk

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · Jun 30

You can now read most of the introduction (co-written by me and @johannawinant.bsky.social) to CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, out in October from Princeton UP press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century

A user’s guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises

press.princeton.edu

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Dickens Fellowship @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social · Jun 24

Fascinating talk at DF Central this evening, with @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social, exploring the ways in which people have engaged with Dickens biographies over the years

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 16

When English literature had a different place in society @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

English literature was culturally central to a degree not easy to grasp today and which throws a stark light on the subject's present crisis of marginality. English was born as an academic subject in a world in which journals and magazines "carried an endless stream of critical essays celebrating or reconsidering the achievement of major and minor poets alike".
". For many people "a deep intimacy with English poetry was a living presence, not simply a social affectation or a relic of a half-remembered education". When the littérateur-turned-don John Bailey gave public lectures ("Can We Tell Good Books from Bad?", "Shelley") he addressed
"crowded" halls of hundreds of people ("many standing") and met with "wild success"; when he lunched with the former prime minister Arthur Balfour in 1914, the two men chatted about "Dryden, Pope, Browning, etc"

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · May 19

Looking forward to this @rhul-cvs.bsky.social!

British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · May 19

BARS/BAVS 19th Century Matters Fellow, @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social:

Today is your last chance to register for 19C Legacies! Join us for what is sure to be a brilliant day as we consider 19C realisms and the implications of 19C thinking.

Free registration!

19clegacies.wixsite.com/19centuryleg...

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · May 7

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · May 7

Around 80% of international adults believe that British literature and academic research positively contribute towards the UK’s international reputation, according to a recent @publishersassoc.bsky.social survey 👇 #BookSky

Publishers Association research reveals impact of literature on UK's international reputation

www.thebookseller.com

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Alan Akeroyd @alanakeroyd.bsky.social · May 6

Reposting because why not

Alison @finger-post.blog · Dec 17

You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.

You do not need a degree to visit an archive.

There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.

If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.

It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.

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Dr Lucy Whitehead @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social · May 6

Fantastic, congratulations!

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Nicola Kirkby @nicolakirkby.bsky.social · May 5

Proofs are in! 'Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel' should find its way into circulation later this year with CUP 👀🚂
Too many folk to thank here but those acknowledgements are full!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel

Cambridge Core - English Literature 1830-1900 - Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel

www.cambridge.org

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · Apr 25

👏 Congratulations to Dr Michael Collins from @kingsenglish.bsky.social for being elected as the new Chair of @officialbaas.bsky.social.

'I will be using my tenure to ensure we make American Studies in Britain as joyous an undertaking as it can be,' said Dr Collins 🎉

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King's academic elected as Chair of British Association for American Studies

Dr Michael Collins, Reader in American Studies in the Department of English, has been elected as Chair of the British Association for American Studies (BAAS).

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