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Dr Janette Leaf @janetteleaf.bsky.social · Jul 26

#BAVS2025 you were a blast! 5 x Birkbeck papers from @drvickymills.bsky.social @nonfictioness.bsky.social @helenaesser.bsky.social Julia Kuehn and me! Great to hang with @jeremynewton64.bsky.social too! Such fun and sociability with so many great #Victorian scholars! @19birkbeck.bsky.social

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jeremynewton64.bsky.social @jeremynewton64.bsky.social · Jul 25

Here are a few of the #BirkbeckVictorianists on tour again, this time at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social 2025 Conference in Oxford. With @janetteleaf.bsky.social, @helenaesser.bsky.social and @nonfictioness.bsky.social.

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Zoe Thomas @zoethomas.bsky.social · Jul 23

Such an absolute treat to be at @BAVs today on a panel talking about @drvickymills.bsky.social & others short film about the David Parr House, as well as all things nineteenth-century, collaborative labour, processes of making, back pain pills, women as curators of archives & lots more…

Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Jul 10

Delighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House!
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social

www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...

Birkbeck film brings hidden history of Victorian art-workman to light

Thanks to funding from Birkbeck’s Research Innovation Fund, supported by alumni donations, the legacy of Victorian art-workman David Parr has been brought to life in The Man Who Painted His House, a s...

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BAVS @bavs-uk.bsky.social · Jul 15

One week to go until the BAVS 2025 Annual Conference @engfac.bsky.social

If you're interested in hosting BAVS 26, 27, or 28 at your institution then we'd love to hear from you! bavs.ac.uk/host-the-bav...

BAVSBAVS

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · Jul 14

Beautiful short film about the amazing house of a late 19th-century 'art-workman', created by @drvickymills.bsky.social. Always a delight to learn about colleagues at Birkbeck doing cool things like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbFg...

The Man Who Painted His House. A short film by Dr Vicky Mills and Lily Ford.

YouTube video by Dr Vicky Mills

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Jul 10

Delighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House!
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social

www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...

Birkbeck film brings hidden history of Victorian art-workman to light

Thanks to funding from Birkbeck’s Research Innovation Fund, supported by alumni donations, the legacy of Victorian art-workman David Parr has been brought to life in The Man Who Painted His House, a s...

www.bbk.ac.uk

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Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social · Jul 3

The start of the two-day workshop on ‘Paper Ecologies: Histories, Materialities, Experiments’ 👌

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Jun 1

All Saints Church, Cambridge- a very special screening of The Man Who Painted His House with life performance of Richard Uttley’s original soundtrack performed by Richard and violist Kinga Woydalska @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19thcenturyem.bsky.social

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · May 19

On BBC Radio Cambridgeshire today with @lilyford.bsky.social talking about our new short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks to all who attended last week’s screening of ‘The Man Who Painted His House’, which played to a packed Birkbeck cinema. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social

More on this project soon!

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · May 9

Ah yes! It was lovely to meet her.

Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · May 8

That’s great! I hope she enjoyed it

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · May 2

Come and see my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ made in collaboration with Lily Ford and the Derek Jarman Lab. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square. Book tickets here:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

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Luisa Calè @luisacale.bsky.social · Apr 25

Arts Week is coming: join us for an exciting range of events showcasing what we do, from essay films in collaboration with the Derek Jarman Lab in our Cinema to theatre scratch nights, exhibitions, workshops, debates, & much more
6-9 May, Gordon Sq, London: www.bbk.ac.uk/annual-event...

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Apr 16

Preview screening of my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and extraordinary work of Victorian art-workman David Parr. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social

Book your tickets here!

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Mar 27

The @bavs-uk.bsky.social Rosemary Mitchell prize for a second monograph in Victorian Studies is now open for submissions. Deadline 1 st May.

bavs.ac.uk/book-prize/#....

» Book PrizeBAVSBook Prize | BAVS

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Feb 12

Coming soon- my essay film on Victorian art-workman David Parr. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Jan 9

Recording the music for my essay film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and work of Victorian art-workman, David Parr

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Luisa Calè @luisacale.bsky.social · Dec 7

Looking forward to welcoming Katharina Boehm to speak about #Antiquarian #Conjectures, #Romantic #Material Culture, & the Novel at the Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London, on 13 December. Please spread the news, @bars.bsky.social, @antiquaries.bsky.social, @bsecs.bsky.social

Advert for Katharina Boehm's Seminar at London Paris Romanticism at Senate House on 13 December, featuring an antiquarian plate detailing Roman Antiquities from Herculanum, illustrating from Auguste-Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy's Recherches sur les ruines d'Herculanum (1770)

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Dec 7

This will be great!

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Dec 3

Celebrating Birkbeck English and a new edition of @19birkbeck.bsky.social on the anniversary of the college foundation day last night. A fantastic issue put together by @luisacale.bsky.social

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Nov 25

I’m giving a talk about Victorian depictions of orchid collecting including imperial adventure fiction and satires of Joseph Chamberlain. This Wednesday 27th November at Birmingham uni. Details here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orchid-jo-...

“Orchid Jo”: Empire, Satire, and Political Self-Fashioning

Narratives of nineteenth-century orchid collecting and their role in constructions of personal and national identity.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Nov 19

Artist Lu Mason’s ‘Agitate’ currently on display in the drawing room of the David Parr House. One of two rag rugs exhibited in the house as part of the ‘Words to live by’ exhibition.

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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hi could you add me please! Thanks!

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