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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 4h

Woohoo!

UBC Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies @ubc-cenes.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Katherine Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (U of Toronto) have received a SSHRC Insight Grant for the project “Computational Dostoevsky.” This funding will support the project through 2029.
@katiabowers.bsky.social @fyodor76.bsky.social
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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to host this talk by Tatiana Filimonova next week in the Centre for European Studies about the creation of this anthology of Siberian Indigenous writing! This one is only in person, so join us there, UBC people! Oct 16, 3pm, details below.

UBC Centre for European Studies @ces.ubc.ca · 1d

This talk will present "Reindeer Caravan: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from Siberia" – a book that is currently being prepared for publication with Amherst College Press. Learn more on our website: ces.ubc.ca/events/event...

*Co-sponsored by @ubcenglish.bsky.social & @ubc-cenes.bsky.social

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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 2d

#litcrit pals, a really interesting question about the history of discipline from a graduate student here, a question that has me totally stumped:
"which journal in literary criticism was the first to implement modern peer review?" (I think he might mean blind review)
Thank you for your suggestions!

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aelang @aelang.bsky.social · 2d

For people wanting a distraction from the end of the world who are into critical making/literary DH/info viz/Dickinson, I'm giving a talk on 7 Oct (12pm EST/5pm GMT) at @scholarslab.bsky.social on plotspaces, a thing I invented to think about spatial imaginaries cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15242444

a clear resin cube with text on one face and a curved design extending from another face in front of a window

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 3d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 5d

Excited about this talk next week also! 🥕 🥦 🥬 📖 This one is in person or online on Thurs, Oct 9 at 12:45pm Pacific - join us!

UBC Centre for European Studies @ces.ubc.ca · 9d

In this colloquium talk, @ubcenglish.bsky.social professor Vin Nardizzi will provide an overview of his recently published book, Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance.
Join us October 9th in BuTo 997 or over Zoom!

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 5d

On Oct 14 @ 12:30pm Pacific @chloespumpkins.bsky.social is giving a Sawchen Lecture! It's about how #19thC artistic production evaluates and represents history (using the example of Koz'ma Minin). It's virtual! All are welcome, and you can learn more & register here: cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 6d

U of T is hiring a Slavic Comparativist with a preferred focus on media and/or digital studies!

Kate Holland @fyodor76.bsky.social · 7d

We have a job going in my department! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Slavic Comparativist

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 7d

This week they are doing projects. Next week we're watching Aelita Queen of Mars!

A woman wearing a hat with metal rays coming out of it and a dress with trailing fabric trains at different levels standing next to a sketch of the same costume

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 12d

So jealous

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 13d

I am hearing the people sing right now!

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 13d

ty!

Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 13d

Um, also lacking in this knowledge. What's the link?

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North American Dostoevsky Society @dostoevskysociety.bsky.social · 19d

The North American #Dostoevsky Society invites applications for the Deborah A. Martinsen Conference Travel Award. This cycle will support an award of up to $1000 towards the cost of attending the 2025 @aseees.bsky.social Convention. The deadline is September 29.
bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/09/18/c...

Call for Applications: 2025 Deborah A. Martinsen Conference Travel Award

The North American Dostoevsky Society stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See our statement here. The North America…

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 21d

Since so many people in my timeline seem to be considering deleting academia.edu, here's a thing I wrote ages ago that is still mostly up to date info about good ways to share your academic work green open access: blog.seej.org/index.php/20...

The Ins and Outs of Open Access

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 21d

That's such awesome news! Congratulations!!

Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 22d

If you want to check it out, it's all online too! You can see the ToC and access through your library via the OUP website: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

Abstract. Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · 22d

In excellent news, this beauty arrived at my office today! So happy to see it making its way around the world to our truly global author list. And especially happy to finally hold the finished (and weighty!) volume in my own hands!

A stack of copies of The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

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North American Dostoevsky Society @dostoevskysociety.bsky.social · 23d

“As scholars of literature, we have something desperately important to teach our students: what and how we read matters.” Today on the blog, Vadim Shneyder sits down with Melissa Frazier to discuss #Dostoevsky, #science, and the power of #language:

bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/09/15/a...

A Chat with Melissa Frazier about Signs of the Material World

The North American Dostoevsky Society stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See our statement here. Today Vadim …

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 6

And it's such a great chapter!

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Jessica R Valdez @jrvaldez.bsky.social · Sep 6

so thrilled to have been included in this book -- many thanks to @katiabowers.bsky.social and Margarita Vaysman for everything. My chapter is "Victorian Realisms in the Age of Global Trade."

Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

Abstract. Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early

academic.oup.com

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

This chapter is so good, y'all!

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Sep 5

Loved working on this chapter! It’s on trans realism in games, drawing a lot of inspiration from @caelkeegan.bsky.social’s and micha cárdenas’ works. Excited to see it out, and thanks to fantastic editors Katherine and Margarita!

Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

Abstract. Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early

academic.oup.com

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

With contributions from @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social @blindspothannah.bsky.social @danja.bsky.social @nevmenandr.bsky.social @jrvaldez.bsky.social @undonealready.bsky.social @fyodor76.bsky.social @lisawj.bsky.social @aaronmauro.bsky.social @cmejeur.bsky.social and so many others not on bsky!

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

Abstract. Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early

academic.oup.com

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