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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Apr 9

Kitten update. Six months old: affectionate, smart, and energetic. Can retrieve toy mice, bring them upstairs and downstairs; and hide them under the fridge. On a good day, Mizuki (front) can guess which held out hand holds the mouse, and will bump your fist gently with her nose to tell you.

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Apr 3

Not sure what I'm doing yet on this site, but it's certainly a great place to celebrate. Our new lecturer @mairistirlinghill.bsky.social gave her first and fabulous lecture in our shared subject, Romancing the Medieval, and the students gave her a warm round of applause. Very exciting for everyone!

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Jan 13

Call for Papers for Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies in beautiful Melbourne this December. Send us a proposal!

ANZAMEMS Conference: 'Possibilites' – 3 – 5 December 2025

conference.anzamems.org

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Dec 13

Here they are at last! Blue-eyed chocolate point sun god Apollo and green-eyed lilac mink moon maiden Mizuki... Let the reign of the kittens begin! We begin quietly, though, with a period of reflection and observation before leaving the carry case after a long journey.

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Dec 9

Let the kitten countdown begin. Just three more days...

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Dec 3

Happy Wednesday from these Nahema roses, climbing over the farm gates...

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 30

Always knew my honours student was a brilliant writer; she's nearly finished her MA before heading off to do her PhD in the UK (and gave a great talk on Jessica Au at our symposium). But wow: what a wonderful essay! Congrats, Isabella!
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/her-...

Her Own Witness | Sydney Review of Books

A painter best known for her portraiture, Celia Paul has committed her own life and likeness to the page. Reviewing Paul’s turn from pigment to prose, Isabella Gullifer-Laurie notes the solitude that ...

sydneyreviewofbooks.com

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 30

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 30

I've only been here five minutes but it's still a pleasure to welcome the celestial companion of my happiest working hours: @levostregc.bsky.social

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 30

Thank you so much for coming! It was such a joy to catch up; and hear your wonderful paper. I felt myself getting smarter and smarter every day!!

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 30

Thanks to my co-hosts and our fabulous speakers. Such an obvious topic in some ways, but generating some unexpected trans-historical and trans-cultural exchanges. It was just the right size, too, in terms of hours, days, and bodies in the room. Phew!!

Tyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile.bsky.social · Nov 29

That’s a wrap on 3 incredible days of Figurements: A Symposium on Literature & the Face! Twenty eight brilliant papers, wonderful new friends, sparkling conversation, a reading list to last a century. What a joy to host! ‘Til next time.

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 23

This is a really beautiful video: these panels and altarpieces just float up out of the darkness.

Exhibition Tour— Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 | Met Exhibitions - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Join Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge of the Department of European Paintings, and Caroline Campbell, Director (An Stiúrthóir) of the National Gallery of Ireland, to virtually ...

www.metmuseum.org

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 22

This is just hideous.

Jodie Bradby @jodiebradby.bsky.social · Nov 22

I am an optimist and really thought we would know by now. But no. Our EoI are due on Monday and hence we have staff working on resubmitting grants they may have already gotten. So frustrating!!

ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · Nov 21

To those prepping 2026 Discovery Projects EOIs while still waiting on 2025 outcomes:

I don't know when they'll be released. I'm sorry.

Remember, ARC *planned* this. Planned outcomes for 20–29Nov & 13Dec EOI deadline.

They knew ~500 teams would now be wasting time prepping EOIs.

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 21

Can't wait for you to get here! Congratulations!!!

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 21

Possibly the most exciting news I've ever been able to post on social media:
arts.unimelb.edu.au/news/dr-mair...

Dr Mairi Stirling Hill appointed Stephen Knight Lecturer in Medieval Literature

arts.unimelb.edu.au

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 20

Good to see you back! best wishes for swift recovery!

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thank you so much!! I have been grinning all day and it is in pride of place on my desk. Just wonderful, Kristen: thanks so much!

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 19

Oh good luck, lovely! Distracting cat thread: I have two new kittens arriving in three weeks and have stupidly imposed a media ban on myself against posting pics of them till they arrive. Doesn't stop me spending a lot of time looking at them, though. Speedy recovery...

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 19

Look! A message from Chaucer's horse! Sent from my successor as president of the New Chaucer Society, the fabulous Candace Barrington, drawn by the talented @hellomizk.bsky.social, and referencing the talk I gave to the Society in July. Chaucer and the Giant Emu constellation...

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 18

Poorly thought-out policy on capping international students has played absolute, needless havoc on higher education in Australia. Policy won't be approved but reputational and financial damage has already been done. Arts Faculty employment and research budgets here have been slashed for 2025. Grrr

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 17

It's been three years since we bought this farm in the Otways, which we are converting to grassland, native plant and animal sanctuary. Yesterday was our first fire evacuation. No immediate danger to us but thanks to the CFA for keeping us all safe. www.cfa.vic.gov.au

2023 Home - Summer

www.cfa.vic.gov.au

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 14

So gorgeous! I have determined not to post pics till the wee ones are with us, but I CANNOT WAIT!!!!

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Tyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile.bsky.social · Nov 9

Registrations are open for our capstone conference for the ARC project 'Literature and the Face: A Critical History'

Figurements: A Symposium on Literature and the Face

👁️ ⭐ 📚 ✍️

27th - 29th November
University of Melbourne

www.eventbrite.com.au/e/figurement...

Figurements: A Symposium on Literature and the Face

This symposium will explore the various means by which literary texts represent the human face.

www.eventbrite.com.au

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 12

What we're working on at the moment: face.hypotheses.org/figurements-...

Figurements: A Symposium on Literature and the Face

We’re delighted to announce that Literature & the Face: A Critical History will be hosting a symposium at The University of Melbourne from November 27th-29th, 2024 entitled ‘Figurements: A Symposium o...

face.hypotheses.org

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Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social · Nov 10

Here I am! What's up? Is Bluesky going to be good for the things I liked best about that other place? Learning what my medievalist friends and scholars are up to? Admiring images from medieval manuscripts? Posting pics of my new kittens (three weeks to go)?

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