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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 1d

I'm consistently intrigued by the ways students misspell my name. I have a whole cast of alter egos now. I hope that Dr. Eckhardt is having a less stressful semester than the real Dr. Eckert is.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 5d

This looks like such a useful book. Just submitted a request for our library to purchase it.

#bookhistory #medievalstudies #DH

Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 7d

📣📚New publication: S. van Haaren, The Digital Medieval Manuscript - Material Approaches to Digital Codicology, Brill (2025)

▶️ tinyurl.com/45vj7z23

#medievalsky #digitalhumanities

The Digital Medieval Manuscript

"The Digital Medieval Manuscript" published on 04 Sep 2025 by Brill.

tinyurl.com

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 5d

As someone teaching a course on the literary marketplace in the spring, I'd be very interested to know about this question too! #bookhistory #publishing

John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 6d

Question for #bookhistory scholars out there working on contemporary publishing: what are the economics of bundling physical & ebook copies of a title? I know Verso does it now but I'm curious why it's so rare. I suggested as much c. 2007 during a (VERY) brief stint at FSG and was shouted down then.

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 5d

This student is already on track for an A, especially if said puppy is a golden retriever--hardcore Bingley vibes with that breed.

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 13d

Doubling down on the fact that Lady Caroline Lamb was the secret center of Romanticism: she also apparently hosted William Blake and his with Catherine Blake at dinner--multiple times.

#Romanticism #19thC #literaryhistory #womenswriting

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 15d

#bookhistory

Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 15d

People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England is out today and free to download until 7 Oct:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.

The People of Print

Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - The People of Print

www.cambridge.org

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 16d

New rankings just came out, and FSU's English Department is #8 in the country among public universities.

Current ranking systems are imperfect, of course. But it's also nice to take a moment to recognize the amazing, bold teaching & research getting done here--right on the frontline of doomsday.

Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 20d

I'm reading Lady Caroline Lamb's letters about planning a dinner for Sir Walter Scott. There's literally no one this woman didn't know. Her reach in the Romantic-era literary sphere both before and after Byron is staggering.

#Romanticism #WalterScott #CarolineLamb

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SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · 21d

REMINDER: Deadline to apply to be the next SHARP News Bibliographer(s) coming up soon!

Apply by October 01 2025.

See the link for details:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

#BookHistory #Bibliography #Bibliographer #Research #Zotero #Publishing #Books

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 20d

I am here for this dog/Sir Walter Scott crossover content.

#Romanticism #dogs #literarydogs

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20d

Dandie Dinmont terriers are named after a character in Walter Scott’s GUY MANNERING. Scott was a committed dog-lover: his favourite, a Pyrenean Wolfdog/Highland Deerhound cross named Maida, has his own memorial at the entrance to Abbotsford
#BookologyThursday
www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-abou...

How Sir Walter Scott made the Dandie Dinmont terrier a legend

This week marked Sir Walter Scott’s birthday — and so it seemed the right moment to celebrate the terrier that owes its fame, and its name, to his pen.

www.countrylife.co.uk

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 21d

I cannot wait to discuss Virginia Jackson's _Dickinson's Misery_ with my grad students today. One of them emailed me over the weekend to say that their "brain melted, but in a good way."

Welcome. To. The. Party. 🎉🤓

#lyric #bookhistory #pedagogy

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Dr. Katie Sagal @aksagal.bsky.social · 22d

Hello #academicsky! I'm sharing a cfp for an edited collection on "Naming & Classifying," pulled together by me, Kristin Girten, & @aaronrhanlon.com . We'd love to see your work! Please also circulate to anyone you think might be interested. Deadline 10/31. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Naming and Classifying cfp final

CFP: Naming and Classifying in the Long Eighteenth Century Whereas “the nineteenth century can be seen as the century of counting and measuring,” the eighteenth century can be seen as the century of ...

docs.google.com

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 26d

It seems that George has good taste in literature.

Jane Austen and @broadviewpress.bsky.social have a tiny new fan.

#Austen #PrideandPrejudice

Orange tabby kitten asleep next to a copy of the Broadview edition of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 27d

CONGRATS!! I cannot wait to read this Megan.

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 28d

This week I've received invites to faculty active shooter training and a recharge social for "faculty wellbeing." Come for tips on how to secure a door with a belt and then barricade it with desks, stay for the light hors d’oeuvres and chit chat? I don't even know what I'm supposed to feel right now

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 29d

Slightly diminish a poem:

We Are Six

Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 29d

Slightly diminish a book:

The Manslaughterbot Diaries

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 29d

Slightly diminish a book:

The Sheep Love UP

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 29d

So good! Have now added your essay as recommended reading in my lyric seminar the week we're reading "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and Nersessian.

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 29d

He's all claws and chaos. I mean, what's not to love?

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 29d

This is how I think the dogs already feel. I fear he's going to be the boss of us all.

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · 29d

Timeline cleanse and menagerie news: meet George.

Like his Byronic namesake, he is handsome, curious, and kind of a hot mess.

Experienced cat people, I'd welcome any advice, especially about how to remain productive in the presence of so much cuteness.

Orange tabby kitten sleeping on a windowsill.

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Sep 8

Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · Sep 2

The world is on fire, but I am so excited to get to discuss Beowulf this week with enthusiastic undergrads. I'm leaning into this joy amidst the chaos.

#teaching #pedagogy #LitSurvey

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is very, very helpful! thank you!

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Lindsey Eckert @lindseckert.bsky.social · Aug 28

I'm generally a dog person, but honestly this close to adopting a cat named "Uh-Oh" from a local rescue. Let me tell you, the name is apt.

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