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Riya Das
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Asst Prof, C19 Brit Lit | NEH-funded books: *Women at Odds* (The Ohio State UP 2024) & ed. *The Daughters of Danaus* (Edinburgh UP 2025) | https://riyadas.weebly.com/
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Riya Das @drrd.bsky.social · Nov 16
Hi folks! My book *Women at Odds: Indifference, Antagonism, and Progress in Late Victorian Literature* (The Ohio State UP, 2024) was published in September!
Here's the link to the book on the OSUP website: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
Use DAS for 30% off the hardback and free US shipping!
Women at Odds: Indifference, Antagonism, and Progress in Late Victorian Literature
Demonstrates the limitations of female solidarity in Victorian society, showing how the New Woman fashioned social progress for herself through indifference and antagonism toward femininities she excl...
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Erica Haugtvedt @ehaugtvedt.bsky.social · 1d
I need help finding scans of _Boys of England_ vol. 1, issues 1-? (early issues, 1866). If you are able to help, please message me. Thank you!
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NAVSA 2025 @navsa2025.bsky.social · 22d
"Teaching Victorian Literature in the Aftermaths" promises to be a timely exchange on emerging pedagogical thought by Shannon Drauker, Kimberly Cox, and Abigail Droge #NAVSA2025
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NAVSA 2025 @navsa2025.bsky.social · 5d
#NAVSA2025 is running special digital panels on Fri, Nov 7 and Sat Nov 8! Registration is FREE but required: tinyurl.com/hy2zhe2y
NAVSA 2025: Aftermaths // Digital Pre-Session Registration
Attendance at the NAVSA 2025 digital pre-sessions is free but you must register in order to receive zoom links for both dates (Friday, November 7th and Saturday, November 8th). Please register if you ...
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Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada @vsawc.bsky.social · 5d
Issue 50.2 of Victorian Review is out on Project Muse! First up in this issue is a forum edited by Doreen Thierauf, "Thinking Reproductive and Sexual Justice with the Victorians after Dobbs: Future Paths Previously Trod"

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Project MUSE - Victorian Review-Volume 50, Number 2, Fall 2024
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Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social · 15d
The journal Victorians (formerly The Victorian Newsletter) is out, with new format and new editor Kristen Pond, featuring a forum on amateurism and professionalization in science with intro by @aktange.bsky.social. Some terrific work here, and all is Open Access. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55573 #C19th
Project MUSE - Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature-Number 147, Summer 2025
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Jeremy Berkowitz @jeremyberkowitz.bsky.social · 16d
My analysis of the ways in which Tren de Aragua might respond to America's recent military strikes is available. Is this the start of a major shift in U.S. counter-terrorism operations? What are the potential impacts on U.S. security in Latin America?
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How does Tren de Aragua Respond to America’s Military Strikes?
Eight years ago, I wrote an op-ed on how the (first) Trump Administration was considering whether or not to designate Mara Salvatrucha (commonly known as MS-13) a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 28d
The draft program for @navsa2025.bsky.social is a testament to the commitment, curiosity, & rigor of the @navsa.bsky.social membership—it’s late and there are glitches we need to fix on our end, but the standard of work here is incredible. Thanks, everybody 🌿

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Screenshot of header for draft schedule of NAVSA 2025 in DC: NAVSA 2025: Aftermaths November 13-16, 2025 / Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC Draft Program (9/8/25) Please note this is a draft schedule, and may contain typographical or other errors - please alert the organizers
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Riya Das @drrd.bsky.social · 28d
The @navsa2025.bsky.social program is here! So many fascinating panels to choose from. Excited to be part of these two!
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NAVSA 2025 @navsa2025.bsky.social · Jun 23
🚨 NAVSA 2025 registration is now open! 🚨
IMPORTANT INFO:
Prices go up $50 on Sept 15!
Registration closes Oct 15!
If you have funding, please consider donating to support accessibility! #NAVSA2025 #VictorianStudies

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Riya Das @drrd.bsky.social · Sep 3
I am excited to take part in "Sound, Space, and the Home: A Virtual Symposium" (Sep 5-6), organized by Candace Bailey, Emily Eubanks, and Sarah Koval.
Please register if you are interested in attending. Registration is free and open to the public: soundspaceandthehome.create.fsu.edu/registration
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Riya Das @drrd.bsky.social · Aug 29
The beautiful book is here for me to hold!

Get my critical edition of Mona Caird's The Daughters of Danaus here (Use NEW30 to take 30% off on the
@edinburghup.bsky.social website): edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-mona-ca...
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Riya Das @drrd.bsky.social · Aug 29
Check out my Q&A about my critical edition of Mona Caird’s The Daughters of Danaus on the @edinburghup.bsky.social blog!

Preorder the book here (Use NEW30 to take 30% off): edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-mona-ca...
Professionalisation and the New Woman: Q&A with Riya Das, editor of the critical edition of Mona Caird’s The Daughters of Danaus - Edinburgh University Press Blog
Riya Das discusses the making of her fully annotated edition of Mona Caird’s immensely successful novel, The Daughters of Danaus.
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Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · Aug 22
Do encourage your libraries to purchase this brilliant edition of Mona Caird’s The Daughters of Danaus!
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Riya Das @drrd.bsky.social · Jul 11
My critical edition of Mona Caird's *The Daughters of Danaus* is now available for pre-order on the @edinburghup.bsky.social
website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-mona-ca...

Take 30% off with the discount code, NEW30
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Jeremy Berkowitz @jeremyberkowitz.bsky.social · Aug 21
What do Charles II and Donald Trump have in common? Among other things, entering into secret international treaties, the subject of my August Substack. I hope you enjoy, and subscribe for more monthly foreign policy analyses!

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A Treatise on the Perils of Secret Treaties
Sweeping back into power after his family was deposed and exiled, the lewd, profligate, but undeniably charismatic English King Charles II enjoyed a decade of popular support and lavish spending.
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Aug 11
Another CFP that promises to interest RSVPers. /The Edinburgh History of the Radical Press: The Religious Press/ seeks original contributions by 1 Sept. 2025, for publication in 2027. Thanks for #SharingYourNews, Ian Cawood!

More details here: rs4vp.org/cfp-edinburg...
CFP - Edinburgh History of the Radical Press: The Religious Press – RSVP
Ian Cawood shares a call for contributors to a new volume on the radical religious press. Abstracts due 1 September 2025.
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Victorian Periodicals Review @vpreditors.bsky.social · Jul 24
Every issue of Victorian Periodicals Review includes reviews of new academic titles related to #periodicals studies. If you're a scholar interested in reviewing for VPR, just visit rs4vp.org/vpr to volunteer and indicate your areas of expertise. @rs4vp.org #RSVP2025
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Devoney Looser @devoney.bsky.social · Aug 2
It's on! My new book, Wild for Austen, launches exactly one month from today from St. Martin's Press, then @ Manchester UP (UK), & Ultimo Press (Australia). I'll be on 16-city book tour! Details are over at devoney.substack.com. Thanks for supporting this book & celebrating #JaneAusten 's 250th.
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Jeremy Berkowitz @jeremyberkowitz.bsky.social · Jul 20
Today marks the six month semi-anniversary of Trump's second term as President. My sub-stack post this month looks back at six of his campaign's foreign policy promises, whether he has accomplished them, and the impact of his policies moving forward.

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Six Months Down, Forty-Two to Go
Where Trump Stands on Foreign Policy
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Riya Das @drrd.bsky.social · Jul 11
My critical edition of Mona Caird's *The Daughters of Danaus* is now available for pre-order on the @edinburghup.bsky.social
website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-mona-ca...

Take 30% off with the discount code, NEW30
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Jeremy Berkowitz @jeremyberkowitz.bsky.social · May 28
My May Substack is now live! Who won from Trump's sanction relief for Syria, and who lost? Is the U.S. more, or less, safe? Please subscribe for monthly foreign policy op-eds!

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Syria "Win/Loss" Column
Is the United States More or Less Safe After Trump’s Normalization?”
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Victorian Review @victorianreview.bsky.social · May 26
Hey grad students! The deadline for the Hamilton Prize is coming up July 1! Get your work published in Victorian Review and receive $500 CAD. See website for details victorianreview.org?page_id=358
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · May 26
Putting the final touches on your final #19thC periodicals paper? Why not submit it to our VanArsdel Prize? Submissions are open through June 15! The best grad student essay on Victorian periodicals wins $500 + publication in VPR. rs4vp.org/awards/vanar...
#VanArsdelPrize #RSVPprizes
The Rosemary VanArsdel Prize – RSVP
The VanArsdel Prize is awarded annually to the best graduate student essay investigating Victorian periodicals and newspapers. The prize was established in 1990 to honor Rosemary VanArsdel, a…
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NAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · Apr 22
CFP: Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom (Submission Deadline: 5/30/25) bit.ly/4jOSaWt
CFP: Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom (Submission Deadline: 5/30/25) | NAVSA
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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · May 1
3 ways to fight for the NEH:

1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming

2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have.

3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
Paving the Way: For the Future of the Humanities
Students and faculty members in the humanities face mounting challenges—from skepticism about the value of humanities education to deteriorating pay and working conditions. The MLA is committed to res...
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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · May 1
hi friends. please check out my new article with @chronicle.com about how the academy hates pregnant people (& what we can do about it):

www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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