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Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met
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Showcases research in long nineteenth-century studies. Housed in the School of English @ Manchester Metropolitan University.
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vpfa.bsky.social
CfP for VPFA's 18th Annual Conference is now live and the topic is 'Victorians and their Publics'. To read the CfP and full submission guidelines online, please head to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-....
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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aktange.bsky.social
APPLICATIONS DUE THIS FRIDAY! It's going to be wonderful. You should apply!
aktange.bsky.social Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 22d
If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
Conference
“The Underground: Prohibition, Abolition, Expression”2026 Call for Papers April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Baker Street Station on the Metropolitan Railway, 1863 &#…
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December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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ehunineteen.bsky.social
Join us for a pre-Christmas treat to celebrate the work of our postgraduate researchers.

Free, online, all welcome - register in skeet below!

🎄 🎁 ☃️
ehunineteen.bsky.social EHUNineteen @ehunineteen.bsky.social · Oct 17
A Christmas treat will be:

10/12/25: Flash Talks from our EHU Nineteen postgraduate researchers, 6-7 pm

The Brontës and gardens! The seaside as liminal space! Women as victims of violence in Liverpool! Women as art collectors in the North West!

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#EHU19SeminarSeries
Lightning striking the chestnut tree in 1943’s Jane Eyre film
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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centreplacewriting.bsky.social
Next week at Manchester Poetry Library & Online - the wonderful Dan Richards & Helen McGhie are in conversation with Jean Sprackland. In celebration of the night & all things darkness. The 3rd in Jean's specially curated series for Night Vision.
#BookSky @danzep.bsky.social @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Another VPFA Study Day: 'The Critical Age in Victorian Popular Literature'
❓literary representations of the (peri-) menopause
🌏 online
📅 19th May 2026
💰 free for VPFA Members/ £5 for non-members
Send proposals (250) to
[email protected] and [email protected] by 19th February 2026
This one-day symposium seeks to explore representations of the ‘critical age’ – the (peri-) menopause – in Victorian popular literature. The peri-menopausal and menopausal experiences of Victorian women have to date been overlooked or underrepresented in scholarly discussions of the period. Victorian popular literature, from novels to periodicals to advice books, provided an essential forum for discussing and shaping the public understanding of women’s bodies, even as much of it sought to obscure the female body. The (peri-) menopausal experience was often framed in terms of illness, excess, and degeneration, or, conversely, was relegated to silence. Women at the ‘critical age’ are frequently marginalised and associated with a range of negative stereotypes in literary and cultural narratives. This call for papers invites exploration of how this phase of women’s lives was constructed in the Victorian imagination, in medical discourses and advice literature, and in women’s lived experiences. We invite 20-minute papers exploring any aspect of the critical age in Victorian popular literature. Topics for exploration include but are not limited to: • Representations of the critical age in Victorian popular fiction • The medicalisation of (peri-) menopause • Cultural constructions of middle-aged women • Class and (peri-) menopause • (Peri-) Menopause in Victorian advice literature • Motherhood and (peri-) menopause • Experiences of the critical age in Victorian women’s life writing • Myths and popular misconceptions The event will also include a Digital Humanities Research Skills Workshop, with an emphasis on making digital methods more accessible. We invite short papers or workshop proposals that showcase how digital tools can be used to research women and their bodies in Victorian literature. Possible topics include data creation/cleaning/visualisations, textual, quantitative or statistical analysis, using AI or specific tools (such as Voyant or Power BI).
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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What treasures can a Peterson Fellowship unearth? Robert Burroughs shares some outcomes from his research on #19thC Black British editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards, which was supported by his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award. Thanks for #SharingYourNews, Robert! rs4vp.org/new-work-on-...
New Work on Britain's First Black Newspaper Editor – RSVP
Robert Burroughs shares the outcomes of his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award on Britain's first Black newspaper editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards
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November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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📖 Colby Book Prize nominations open today! We're accepting nominations from now until 31 Jan. 2026. The Colby Prize recognizes original book-length scholarship published in 2025 that most advances our understanding of the long #19thC British press. More info: buff.ly/LIi76WJ
The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize – RSVP
The Colby Book Prize was endowed in 2006 in memory of Robert Colby by his wife, Vineta Colby, distinguished scholars and long-time members of RSVP. In 2011, following Vineta’s death, the Board of…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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bars.bsky.social
Reminder that the next Stephen Copley Award deadline is 15th November!

The Stephen Copley Research Award funds bursaries of up to £500 for postgraduate and early-career researchers. See the website for more information on eligibility and how to apply: www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Drawing of an archive box against an orange background, with the text "BARS Stephen Copley Research Awards Deadline November 15".
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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CfP: Health and Happiness / La santé et le bonheur Conference, Cardiff University, 8-10th April 2026

200-word abstracts due in French or English by 1 December 2025
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6216
www.bars.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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jayroszman.bsky.social
I feel really excited and privileged to get to speak at this, and more importantly to hear all the rich work happening amongst graduate students in Irish Studies!
bc-irish-studies.bsky.social Irish Studies at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social · Oct 29
The #BCIrishStudies graduate students are proud to announce the CFP for #Comhfhios2026!

A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!

Applications are due by December 15!

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October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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navsa2025.bsky.social
Did I plan this whole social media panel announcement situation so I could post "Mourning / Melancholia / Ghosts" with Thomas Albrecht, Erin Temple, & Amber Walters-Molina on Halloween??? You decide. #NAVSA2025
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The deadline (15 November) is fast approaching for our annual Peterson Fellowships! Peterson Fellowships support one researcher for four, full-time months of work on a project related to #19thC periodicals. Application guidelines and more can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...
Peterson Fellowship Guidelines – RSVP
Each year, the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) intends to grant one Linda H. Peterson Fellowship (henceforth, “the Peterson Fellowship”) in the amount of $20,000 to a single research...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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bars.bsky.social
New BARS Digital Event: Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles: The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley (12 November 6PM UK time)
Details and tickets below ⤵️
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Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles: The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
This roundtable will celebrate the publication of the latest volume, Volume IV, of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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dremilyvincent.bsky.social
Register below for this Friday’s @cncsi.bsky.social #Halloween Nineteenth-Century #Gothic Afterlives event with our 5 fantastic speakers: Sonja Lawrenson, @romgothsam.bsky.social, Richard Hand, @marijkevalk.bsky.social & @drdjohnston.bsky.social ⬇️🎃
dremilyvincent.bsky.social Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social · Oct 9
Our @cncsi.bsky.social C19 Gothic Afterlives programme!
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV

Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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📣📣📣 Opportunity: Director of the Voltaire Foundation 📣📣📣

We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications.

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Opportunity: Director of the Voltaire Foundation
We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications. The Voltaire Foundation, originally established thanks to the…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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elementaladam.bsky.social
Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history!

The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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profelainechalus.bsky.social
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctorate
University of Glasgow - College of Arts & Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ480/m... #skystorians 🗃️
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctorate at University of Glasgow
An academic position as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctorate is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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profelainechalus.bsky.social
Junior Research Fellowship Competition 2026- University of Cambridge - Homerton College #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ169/j...
Junior Research Fellowship Competition 2026 at University of Cambridge
An opportunity for an academic position as a Junior Research Fellowship Competition 2026 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Lecturer in Modern History (Part time 0.6 FTE, Fixed term until 31 August 2026)
University of East Anglia - Faculty of Arts and Humanities - School of History and Art History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA129/l...
Lecturer in Modern History (Part time 0.6 FTE, Fixed term until 31 August 2026) at University of East Anglia
Apply now for the Lecturer in Modern History (Part time 0.6 FTE, Fixed term until 31 August 2026) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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October 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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dremilyvincent.bsky.social
The #Gothic haunting season is upon us! Free online events⬇️

👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link.

🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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bars.bsky.social
Reminder: BARS 2026 CFP can be found here:
Deadline Sunday 30 November.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
BARS Biennial Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection – Updates and Call for Papers Announced – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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post-doc-club.bsky.social
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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bars.bsky.social
The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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chrisloar.bsky.social
Scholars of eighteenth-century topics: consider submitting your work to *Digital Defoe*. We publish essays on Defoe, but also on his "contemporaries," which we're inclined to interpret broadly. More info here:
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM