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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · 27d

The reading packs produced by the @vpfa.bsky.social's third sex reading group are always gorgeous, and the discussions are always great. What's not to love!
Join us Wed 17th Sept @ 5.30pm UK time to discuss the highly problematic "Lodore". Everybody welcome... message for more details.

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Aug 13

The link for the reading group on Lodore is now live ... www.eventbrite.com/e/lodore-tic... please join us!

Lodore

We will be looking at the conservatism of Mary Shelley's Lodore

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Aug 3

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Aug 3

Come and join us in our discussion on the book. For your summer reading, audio and text versions both available on Internet Archive or Gutenberg 📖

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Aug 3

This photo may be upsetting to some people as it shows a book being vandalised... aka my notes on Mary Shelley's Lodore. Key words so far are: Incestuous, Angel of the House, and depression. Looking forward to discussing further on 17 September at the VPFA 3rd sex reading group.

Double page spread of black printed text on white paper which is the first two pages of chapter three of Mary Shelley's Lodore. The pages are covered in handwritten annotations (mine)

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Jul 26

Please allow me to recommend some summer reading, followed with an invitation to join our book discussion. Everybody is welcome so please share widely (this poster has the correct start time of 5.30pm!) The text and audiobook are available on Internet Archive/Gutenberg. @vpfa.bsky.social

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · May 26

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · May 26

Oh where has the time gone?! We are approaching our final Research Seminar. Join us this Wednesday (28th May) at 2pm UK time to hear Suzy Corrigan's paper on Vernon Lee, Ethel Smyth & Sapphonics. Everyone welcome

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Victorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social · May 25

VPFA speed networking event - this Friday, the 30th May!
🗣️ Connect, converse, and collaborate!
🧑‍🎓 Who’s it for?
This event is designed for postgraduate students and researchers who are members of the VPFA. Come as you are—whether you're just starting out or writing up your thesis.

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · May 22

"No wonder people are tired" .... "It is a dreadfully tough job to live nowadays, and do it as our friends expect us to do it"

Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · May 22

Published in The Opelousas Courier, Sep 30, 1905, Louisiana.
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83026...

The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, September 30, 1905, Image 2

The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, September 30, 1905, Image 2, brought to you by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA, and the National Digital Newspaper Program.

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · May 22

Love this article from 1905. When I first read "Women especially are tired out. You can't find one who has energy enough to make her husband a shirt" I did a little eye-roll and was ready to dismiss it as 19thC patriarchal BS, but then I kept on reading....

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · May 2

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · May 2

Join us for Teesside University's next research seminar...
Paper: ‘Exploring Conceptual Spaces with Co-Creativity: Using Human and AI Collaboration to Investigate Constraints in Literary Forms’
By: PhD Student Sam Pegg (Southampton University)
When: Wednesday 7th May at 2pm BST
Where: Online
📖🖊️🖥️🤖💭

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Mar 21

if "Vernon Lee and her Dead Dolls" doesn't grab your attention, I don't know what will! 😯

Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Mar 21

What a line up ... this year's Graduate Conference organised by Teesside's MA students looks incredible, so much so that we've joined forces with them to host our Research Seminar Series, which is being given by Dr Susan Civale. It is online and free to attend so please join us, Wed 26 Mar @ 2pm

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Feb 21

#ThinkingForwards in #Collaboration #Arts #Humanities #Curators #Libraries #DataScientists #Technology Join us, join in, next week, free online! 😊
#EduSky #TeamEnglish #Education
englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

Thinking Forwards: Collaboration | Living with Machines (28 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00) | The English Association

We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

englishassociation.ac.uk

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Feb 21

There are just four presentations left of this year's English & Creative Writing Research Seminar Series (organised by PhD students at Teesside University). Don't miss out on your chance to join us in what sounds to be four fantastic talks .....

A poster, the background is different shades of yellow and brown with unreadable handwriting. The foreground is supposed to look like old paper - a mixture of brown shades with printed details of the upcoming talks. Email siobhan.smiht@tees.ac.uk for more information.

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Jan 29

Having a teenage daughter who has just started reading Macbeth at school, I'm looking forward to hearing Adam Hansen discuss the role class plays in the Shakespearean classroom. Everybody is welcome to join. Please message me for the Teams invite.

A dusty pink background with a black and grey sketch like illustration of William Shakespeare with text about an upcoming event organised by Teesside University's English & Creative Writing Department, this year's research seminar series. The next event is on Wednesday 5th February at 2pm which will be Dr Adam Hansen from Northumbria University talking about "Macbeth in/and Class". An abstract of his talk is provided.

Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Jan 7

A reminder of the great lineup for Teesside University's English & Creative Writing Research Seminar Series ... next up we have PhD student Georgia Dalton from Northumbria University presenting on grassroots theatre and the women's liberation movement. Wed 15th Jan at 2pm UK time on Teams

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Dec 3

I am looking forward to hosting Dr Francesca Benatti tomorrow (Wed 4 Dec) at 2pm UK time. Her paper "Webcomics: Digital Innovations in Reading and Writing" looks at how readers and authors experience webcomics. Email me if you'd like to join online: [email protected]

Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Nov 25

So looking forward to hearing @rhymesontheroad.bsky.social speaking next week. If you'd like to join us please email me for the meeting invite ... [email protected]

Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Nov 12

Excited to be involved in organising and chairing the 2024/5 Research Seminar Series for the English & Creative Writing Department at Teesside University. We have 6 institutions being represented and a wide variety of great subjects. Email one of us for the meeting invite 📨

Poster with the details of 8 seminar talks. Email siobhan.smith@tees.ac.uk for more information

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · Nov 19

I'm recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work with me at the University of Colorado Boulder! Looking for creative students with interests in #NLP and #CulturalAnalytics.

Boulder is a lovely college town 30 minutes from Denver and 1 hour from Rocky Mountain National Park 😎

Apply by December 15th!

A photo of Boulder, Colorado, shot from above the university campus and looking toward the Flatirons.

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Nov 12

Excited to be involved in organising and chairing the 2024/5 Research Seminar Series for the English & Creative Writing Department at Teesside University. We have 6 institutions being represented and a wide variety of great subjects. Email one of us for the meeting invite 📨

Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Sep 20

2 things that are helping me stay focussed and sane .... Walking on a treadmill whilst reading and using the Forest app which grows a tree over a 25 minute "focus" period. It helps me to leave my phone alone as the tree dies if I leave the app within the 25 minutes. Any other practical tips!?

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