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Tita Chico @titachico.bsky.social · 21d

advisory to academic workers from @aaup.org

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In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

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Dr. Katie Sagal @aksagal.bsky.social · 23d

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 ...

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 29

I still maintain my friendly Bluesky guide (tinyurl.com/DHbluesky) if you want to learn more or help incoming folks be aware of helpful settings like this. 3-step or incredibly detailed versions! Suggested starter packs to follow. Aimed at academics, GLAM, DH folks but broadly useful.

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The Defoe Society @defoesociety.bsky.social · Aug 29

Attention #Defoe scholars! Just under a month to submit your abstracts for our sponsored #ASECS2026 panel, “Weather, Climate, and the Anthropocene in Daniel Defoe." Panel description👇
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Please submit and share! Looking forward to reading your brilliant abstracts! #18C #C18

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 27

#ICYMI free "Queer Book History" zine is out! Built on the great new LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography (led by @bibliowingate.bsky.social), by me + Alex, @nicolekeller.bsky.social @caitcoker.bsky.social +rest of the LGBTQIA+ #BookHist Bib team. A free, printable 32-page research+teaching resource:+

Screenshot of the front cover of a standard-sized (half sheet) zine titled "Queer Book History: a tasting from SHARP's 2025 Queer Book History Bibliography. By Visconti; Wingate; Keller, Coker; et al.". The cover background uses a glitched photo of a handwritten manuscript.

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 27

Print as many as you like (for yr class/library/leave piles wherever?). Highlights fave research+teaching resources; teaching examples by @nicolekeller.bsky.social uses homosaurus.org (@kjrawson.bsky.social et al)+ www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net (@transgenderarchive.bsky.social);[email protected]

Screenshot of page 13 of the "Queer Book History" zine, adorned with a photo of a printing press inked in a trans pride flag pink to blue gradient, a photo of the cover of Rich Dana's "Cheap Copies! The Obsolete! Guide to DIY hectography, Mimeography & Spirit Duplication by Rich Dana, and a photo of historical press-inking devices I forget the name of at the moment. Text reads: "DA's "Primary Source Sets," curated groups of items that include topic overviews, discussion questions, and additional readings." Links:
• digitaltransgenderarchive.net/learn/teachingtools
• digitaltransgenderarchive.net/learn/LGBTHistory.
• homosaurus.org
Amanda: "Instructors might adapt Ryan Cordell's awesome experiential book history exercises (e.g. writing with quill & ink by candlelight!) to attend to contemporary
The OBSOLETE! Press Guide to DIY Hectography, Mimeography
queer experiences of those
& Spirit Duplication
methods—or explore other historical
by Rich Dana
queer methods with similar hands-on practice (e.g. zine culture, paths for sharing writing without access to public printshops) e.g. using Rich Dana's Cheap Copies! manual." (s18tot.ryancordell.org/labs/Lab3-Scriptorium)"

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Trans* Book History @transbookhistory.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm really proud of the work of @bibliowingate.bsky.social and the Queer Book History and Bibliography (of which I was a member). This is an invaluable resource. And @literaturegeek.bsky.social's zine is amazing. Everyone should print copies and leave them around their local libraries!

Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 23

Zine is now available for free reading/printing as part of the Queer Book Hist Bibliography just released here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20... and for future versions of the zine (including some accesisbility improvements) I'll post those here: zinebakery.com/bakeshop-zin...

LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography – SHARP NEWS

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Dr. Nicole Infanta Keller @nicolekeller.bsky.social · Aug 26

And a personal shoutout to the NU grad students / @transgenderarchive.bsky.social researchers, Rhiannon Callahan, @cailinroles.bsky.social, and Eamon Schlotterback, who inspired me to teach with the DTA and Homosaurus back in 2022!

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 21

Zine co-creators w/me: @bibliowingate.bsky.social (SHARP Bibliographer, Queer Book History Bib; writing zine entry+edits), @nicolekelner.bsky.social & @caitcoker.bsky.social (writing direct zine entries); they+rest of SHARP Queer BookHist team for Bibliography this shares+builds on. +

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Dr. Nicole Infanta Keller @nicolekeller.bsky.social · Aug 26

Zine Alert: @literaturegeek.bsky.social has curated and designed such a beautiful, important resource to supplement @sharpnews.bsky.social's LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography!

Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 21

"Queer Book History" zine is done (32 pages!), just getting final team edits pre-pub. Built on upcoming @sharpnews.bsky.social Queer Book History Bibliography—100s of resources by team led by SHARP Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social. Zine=fave reads, teaching examples, community+conf info +

Photo of the front cover of a standard-sized (half sheet) zine titled "Queer Book History: a tasting from SHARP's 2025 Queer Book History Bibliography. By Visconti; Wingate; Keller, Coker; et al.". The cover background uses a glitched photo of a handwritten manuscript.

Photo of the table of contents of a standard-sized (half sheet) zine titled "Queer Book History: a tasting from SHARP's 2025 Queer Book History Bibliography. By Visconti; Wingate; Keller, Coker; et al.". The table covers 32 pages and says:
• Credits & how to cite this zine.
• Introduction
Resources:
• Intro to general book history
• Intro to QUEER book history!
• Teaching queer history toward
• A model teaching approach
• Black, Indigenous, POC + Queer
• Broader BIPOC book history
• Zines, community periodicals, DIY queer publishing history
• Libraries, archives, museums
• Archives & catalogues
• Design & art.
• Close readings
• Ethics & justice re:gender & sexuality
• Feminist 2SLGBTQIA+
• Community & conferences
• Queer book history isn't past
• Current book arts practitioners relevant to queer book history
• Want more queer book history?
• Back cover & reuse/ remix info

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Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · Aug 23

I also want to thank the seventeen (17!!) volunteer guest bibliographers for collaborating on my last bibliography! This was such a team effort, and it would not have turned out the way it did without our conversations and collective labor!

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Dr. Nicole Infanta Keller @nicolekeller.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm excited to share that the @sharpnews.bsky.social LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography is live! I learned so much from @bibliowingate.bsky.social (and fellow project contributors) throughout the compilation process. Please use and share! (And there's a fab zine, which merits its own post...)

Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · Aug 23

The full LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography is here 🏳️‍🌈!!! 650+ items of LGBTQIA+ #BookHistory!!
Check out the intro to see how we made it, the primary bibliography, the article appendix, and the absolutely magnificent zine!!! From monographs to zines, you'll find it here!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · Aug 25

Digital humanities folks: the #DataSittersClub really wants to hear your feelings about AI for our next book. We've got a short, easy survey with a box at the end where you can vent as much as you want. Please share around to DH-adjacent librarians, students, developers, all welcome!

DSC: Thoughts on AI and DH

We published what might turn into a controversial DSC book on AI, which will probably bring up a lot of thoughts and feelings from the DH community. We're already planning a follow-up book where were ...

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · Jul 16

You can contribute to the "Save Our Signs" project by taking photos of signage, markers, and memorials at National Park Service sites and sharing them here:

www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

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Dr. Nicole Infanta Keller @nicolekeller.bsky.social · Jul 10

I was already bummed to miss the Defoe conference, and these pics certainly aren't helping! See y'all in 2027!

Megan Bennett • 📚🪡☕️ @megandanielle.bsky.social · Jul 5

Had a fantastic time at my first @defoesociety.bsky.social conference! I presented my research on drink, class, and narrative in Fielding and Defoe 🍻 Big thanks to @nick-seager.bsky.social for organising & the board who awarded me the John Richetti Student Bursary to enable me to go 🫶🏻

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · Jul 10

Mathematician, astronomer Roger Cotes was born 10 July 1682 #histsci
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“If he had lived, we might have known something”

The title of this post is Newton’s rather surprising comment on hearing of the early death of the Cambridge mathematician Roger Cotes at the age of 33 in 1716. I say rather surprising, as Newton wa…

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Dr. Nicole Infanta Keller @nicolekeller.bsky.social · Jul 9

Excited to see my Margaret Bryan article in "19C Women Writers, Astronomy, & Gender," the latest issue of NCGS. Thanks to editors Noah Comet and Gillian Daw for their generosity and patience (and to those of you who’ve endured these ramblings for nearly a decade).
ncgsjournal.com/issue211/ind...

Issue 21.1 • Special Issue: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers, Astronomy and Gender • Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies

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Dr. Nicole Infanta Keller @nicolekeller.bsky.social · Jun 24

New issue of Digital Defoe is live! Well done, editor and author buddies!

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The Defoe Society @defoesociety.bsky.social · Jun 24

Attention Digital Defoe readers! The 2025 (Vol. 16) issue just dropped! Content screenshots below with exciting article abstracts to follow. Thanks for reading and sharing!
cedar.wwu.edu/digitaldefoe/
#18thCentury #C18 #C18th #18thC #danieldefoe #defoe

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Dr. Nicole Infanta Keller @nicolekeller.bsky.social · Jun 24

Out of This World – Vopell’s Exquisite Armillary Sphere | Worlds Revealed

An armillary sphere is a model of the heavens featuring a central globe with a framework of rings around it that represent celestial bodies and features. This blog post will discuss these astronomical...

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ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts @abojournal.bsky.social · Jun 8

Attention ABO readers! The Summer 2025 (15.1) issue dropped late last week. Content screenshots below with exciting article abstracts to follow. digitalcommons.usf.edu/abo/
Thanks for reading!
#18thCentury #C18 #C18th #18thC #scholarship #pedagogy #reviews #announcements #notesanddiscoveries

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The Defoe Society @defoesociety.bsky.social · Jun 8

Our conference programme is live (overview 👇)! Download the full doc: www.defoesociety.org/wp-content/u...
See you all in the UK next month! #danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC

Defoe Society Conference Programme Preview

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ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts @abojournal.bsky.social · May 10

Next up in our “Teaching Margaret Cavendish, Pt. 2” pedagogy collection: Kevin Lower’s “Teaching Margaret Cavendish Through the Lens of Scientific Anti-Realism,” ABO 14.2
digitalcommons.usf.edu/abo/vol14/is...
Thanks for reading!
#cavendish #margaretcavendish #pedagogy #poetry #philosophy

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Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · May 7

#BookHistory friends! Work has begun on the LGBTQIA+ Book History bibliography, and the team is looking for you to share your citations! If you know of or have published something on LGBTQIA+ book history, submit it to this Google form! forms.gle/c1pkNBPbbyCF...

SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography

Submit citations for the SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography! We are accepting citations for many different types of resources having to do with LGBTQIA+ book history. There are no restrictions o...

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The Defoe Society @defoesociety.bsky.social · May 3

Presidential Panel abstract deadline extended to *May 15*!
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #C18 #18thC

The Defoe Society @defoesociety.bsky.social · Mar 14

Katherine Ellison is organizing a Presidential Panel at our upcoming conference on the theme of “Endings.” Please email her with your abstracts by April 30. Details in KE’s message 👇
Looking forward to your ideas! #danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC

Defoe Conference Presidential Panel Call

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