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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Sep 4

Huge congratulations! 💛

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you!

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’m putting together a guide for first time teachers in HE and would love your recommendations 💛 what are you favourite texts on pedagogy? Especially interested in any texts that focus on student centred learning, and on decolonising / uncolonising the curriculum. Thank you!

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Sep 4

Amazingly, there's a permanent university job available in History! It's 'only' part-time, and as the only non-fixed term contract in the entire UK available right now will probably see a queue form many hundreds long, but it'll be great for someone: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO275/l...

Lecturer in History at Birmingham Newman University

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm teaching a module on critical theory this term. I'd love to know what your favourite books/articles are on critical theory - if there was one text you'd encourage students to read first, what would it be?

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · Aug 21

Please help. Please sign. I work on a part-time degree for mature students to study for a BA in English Literature & Community Engagement. Its direct access and designed for those who didn't or couldn't go to Uni at 18. Bristol plan to close it. We want to save it.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol

19 August 2025 Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students) The School of Humanities has ...

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 26

Stipendiary Lecturer in English at Exeter College, Oxford www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ137/s...

Stipendiary Lecturer in English at University of Oxford

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 26

Research fellow at St Andrews, working on AHRC project ‘Histories of Hope? Museum Redevelopment at Camp Nelson National Monument’. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOI436/r...

Research Fellow - AR3181 at University of St Andrews

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 26

0.16FTE Lecturer in English Literature @ University of Glasgow, focusing on science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war lit. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK805/l...

Lecturer in English Literature (LTS) at University of Glasgow

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 26

Starting back to work again after the bank holiday weekend

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 26

Modernist Editing Symposium, 23 September 2025 - looks phenomenal! research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

CBCP Modernist Editing Symposium, 23 September 2025 - Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing

This symposium brings together leading scholars and practitioners in modernist textual criticism and scholarly editing. Organised by Dr Buxi Duan and Lawrence Jones at the Centre for Book Cultures and...

research.reading.ac.uk

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 20

Call for papers for new edited collection: Bureaucratic Modernism, edited by Alexandra Irimia and Jonathan Foster - deadline for submissions November 15 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...

cfp | call for papers

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 14

❤️‍🔥 open.substack.com/pub/pollyhem...

How do you search for academic jobs in a broken job market?

A rant, some advice & a mini-roundup of current vacancies in the arts & humanities

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 14

Lecturer in Creative Writing (poetry) at Royal Holloway 💛 jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Creative Writing (poetry)

Part-Time, Permanent (0.5 FTE)Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Creative Writing in the English Department, to start September 2025. Creative writing is expanding at RHUL. Joining t...

jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hmm, this seems like a wise and sensible take on UK university finance until and unless you’re willing to question the austere and impoverished neoliberal logics underpinning its core premises. 🧵 1/7

profserious @profserious.bsky.social · Aug 10

Very few people seem to understand university finances and, distressingly, this includes many academics and most policymakers. This is an attempt to condense the key points you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/profseri...

Understanding University Finances

... a very short guide

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · Aug 11

I'm very happy to answer questions by email or chat to anyone who's interested in this job, in our brilliant, friendly @chppc.bsky.social team at @ihr.bsky.social. Send me a direct message or drop me an email via my IHR address. And please share!
#job #history #Skystorians #HistoricEnvironment

Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · Jul 21

#JobAlert! Come and join us for 12 months in our lovely
@chppc.bsky.social team @ihr.bsky.social.

We're seeking a fixed-term #Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on our projects, including research, publishing and digitisation.

Closing date 29 August. Please share! #Skystorians

Lecturer in Historic Environment:London Senate House

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 8

Me launching my substack

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Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · Aug 7

In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.

Tarot card image of the empress with a crown of stars. Text reads Weird Modernisms BAMS/ MSA 1- 4 July 2026 Loughborough University, UK

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm currently looking for visiting lecturing/tutoring work for the autumn 💛 I've worked in English, Media Arts and Liberal Arts departments, and have taught poetry, literature, film, television and critical theory. If you know of any vacancies, or anyone that might be looking, please let me know 😊

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Simon Coates @simonjcoates.bsky.social · Jul 30

I wrote about how drawings document the dizzying number of relationships in The Bloomsbury Group for Art UK. Read it here 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · Jul 27

"trust the process" i whisper as i make a complete and utter mess of things

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Jul 25

New job listing: Research Associate working on Percy Bysshe Shelley at Sheffield! Sounds amazing. Applications close 18th August. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA409/r...

Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley at University of Sheffield

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Jul 25

Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge working in:
Classics
History (restricted to work that falls substantially within the period c. 700–c. 1450)
Music
Politics & International Studies
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB206/s...

Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship at University of Cambridge

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Jul 25

New opportunity for poets! Part-time Lecturer in creative writing/poetry at Bath Spa. Applications close 11th Aug ✨ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB269/l...

Lecturer - Creative Writing - Poetry (Part-time) at Bath Spa University

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Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social · Jul 25

New temporary job post: Maternity Cover for Teaching Fellow in Translation and Transcultural Studies at Warwick, applications close 17th August www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB494/t...

Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) (110677-0725) at University of Warwick

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