OK, this recent book is just for people interested in English (in India but also elsewhere, including the UK and the US): Macaulay and English in India (Routledge, 2026). www.routledge.com/Macaulay-and... Priced for research libraries now, but someday a cheaper paperback.

Macaulay and English in India

This book traces how the English language emerged from the nineteenth century not only as an imperial and bureaucratic language but also as a global one. It highlights the role of Thomas Babington Mac...

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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 14h ago

You should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books.

Just my new senator praising the College of Liberal Arts and the importance of diverse disciplinary perspectives www.instagram.com/reel/DfVWs68...

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Matthew Kirschenbaum@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 4d ago

Rita Raley @ritaraley.bsky.social and I respond to David J. Baker in the new (i.e., “May”) PMLA, with some words on the agentic delegation of presence in “The Unattended University”: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Looking online at the index for a new book, JSTOR offers me the gratuitous AI prompt "What is this about?" To which the gratuitous and not entirely correct answer is, "Here are key points from the text: This document presents an index for a chapter, listing topics alphabetically," etc.

You are invited: 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗟 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 “𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀” 🗓️ 𝟮𝟴 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 
 📍 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗣𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 📩 𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿,write to 𝘀̲𝗲̲𝗰̲𝗿̲𝗲̲𝘁̲𝗮̲𝗿̲𝗶̲𝗮̲𝘁̲@̲𝗰̲𝗲̲𝗿̲𝗹̲.̲𝗼̲𝗿̲𝗴̲ Programme: www.cerl.org/services/sem... #CERLSeminar #ResearchLibraries #MaterialCulture #CambridgeUL

For details see "The Lineage of the Ugly Duchess," chapter 4 in _The Tenniel Illustrations to the "Alice" Books_, 2nd ed. (2019), ohiostatepress.org/books/titles....

The Tenniel Illustrations to the “Alice” Books, 2nd edition

A comprehensive study of the illustrations John Tenniel drew for Lewis Carroll’s two “Alice” books. Revised with six new chapters

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · last wk.

2/2 John Tenniel, imagining Alice's Ugly Duchess, was inspired by Quentin Metsys' painting caricaturing an old woman. Today is Metsys' day.

The latest edition of OA 19th-c. Periodicals features such new crowdpleasers as The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, Harmsworth Magazine, the Theosophical Review, The Money Market Review, and The Child's Own Magazine. #victorian www.victorianresearch.org/openaccesspe...

It probably goes without saying that The Chaperon, by Henry James, has a lot in common with The Siege of London (1883).

Seventy-nine works read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019), many of them by Henry James. librivox.org/reader/4018?...

Michael Hancher@michaelhancher.bsky.social · 2w ago

Added to my LibriVox list (sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/mh...): Henry James, The Chaperon (1891), read by Nicholas Clifford, who always knew how to read James. Intonation matters. Clifford reliably repairs the suprasegmental poverty of mere writing and print.

Added to my LibriVox list (sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/mh...): Henry James, The Chaperon (1891), read by Nicholas Clifford, who always knew how to read James. Intonation matters. Clifford reliably repairs the suprasegmental poverty of mere writing and print.

So Dr. Johnson: "we are well or ill at ease, as the main stream of life glides on smoothly, or is ruffled by small obstacles and frequent interruption." archive.org/details/bim_...

A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. 1775

A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. 1775..Digitized from IA40313511-86.Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-journey-to-the-western_johnson-samuel-lld_1775_2.Next issue: bim_eighteenth-ce...

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Michael Hancher@michaelhancher.bsky.social · 2w ago

Abbey copy of the book digitized: collections.britishart.yale.edu/print/alma:9...

Abbey copy of the book digitized: collections.britishart.yale.edu/print/alma:9...

Dr Ian McCormick@wokestudies.bsky.social · 2w ago

Miseries of Travelling (Rowlandson, 1807) #art #humour #satire #history

It's finally here and free to download for a month! Tell your friends who assign books about language and the law! It took oodles of time and lots of help but it's in done. Also, the real book will be v reasonable. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Lexicography and the Law

Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Lexicography and the Law

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How we speak (or, at least, write) now: "locked in a tight race with" books.google.com/ngrams/graph...

Today marks Word of the Day podcast episode # 7,305. That’s 20 years. Our editor-at-large @petersokolowski.bsky.social hasn’t missed a day. In TWENTY years. Please clap. art19.com/shows/merria...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

From the fun and familiar to the strange and obscure, learn something new every day with Merriam-Webster.

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Robert Frost, "Gathering Leaves" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148658...

What Google AI says right now about National Dictionary Day, including how it was established. share.google/aimode/cDvgE... @dictionarysoc.bsky.social

Jim Wald@citizenwald.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's Noah Webster's birthday (16 October 1758)--thus National #Dictionary Day thx 2 his role as the people's lexicographer. His Blue Back Speller languagemuseum.org/e.... & 1828 dictionary webstersdictionary18... were intended to create a distinctly American democratic English

🌟 Tonight! Author, artist, woodcut printmaker Betsy Bowen will receive the Kerlan Award to celebrate her lasting impact on the cultural fabric of Minnesota. A hybrid event: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

JOB POSTING: SJSU Dept of Humanities is hiring Asst Prof of #DH . H&A has grt grp of #digitalhumanists thinking broadly & creatively about our world + new DH Center + incredible student groups + funding for convos re ethical tech, speaker series, etc. Due: 12/1/26 jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Dept Humanities - Digital Humanities

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Looking forward to this.

Peter Sokolowski@petersokolowski.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm thrilled to announce my upcoming book: BY DEFINITION: The Surprising History of the English Dictionary To be published in February! read.macmillan.com/lp/by-defini...

Mark your calendars! SHARP 2027 conference on “Opening (up) the Book” will be held at the University of Pretoria. Abstracts: 30 January 2027 Conference: 7–9 July 2027 #CFP: sharpweb.org/conferences/

We’re getting close to Keats season

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Michael Hancher@michaelhancher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Interesting to see recent news from China about machine translation vs. English-language instruction (www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...). That same question concludes "Global English" (doi.org/10.4324/9781...), the last chapter in _Macaulay and English in India_ (Routledge, 2026).

Interesting to see recent news from China about machine translation vs. English-language instruction (www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...). That same question concludes "Global English" (doi.org/10.4324/9781...), the last chapter in _Macaulay and English in India_ (Routledge, 2026).

In the Age of A.I., Some in China Wonder if Learning English Is Worth the Trouble

A math teacher’s viral post prompted a debate over the language, which some see as an optional skill — and a symbol of Western dominance.

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The deadline is soon!

Dictionary Society of North America@dictionarysoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DSNA Project Grants #CFP In 2027, DSNA will award small grants to support practical or scholarly lexicographic projects by independent researchers, #dictionary makers, and early-career scholars. Info & how to apply: dictionarysociety.com/2027-project... Applications are due October 1, 2026.

Thanks to LibriVox, an updated list of free audiobooks well worth the listening. sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/mh...

Have finished librivox.org/the-papers-b... (1903) -- like so much, but not too much, cotton candy, as befits.

NB: "The Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Library constitute the world’s largest gathering of material related to Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."

Midwest Victorian Studies Association@mvsa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The CFP for the 2027 MVSA conference is live! The theme is “Detection: Exploring, Innovating, Locating, Uncovering." April 1-3, Minneapolis, MN. Apply by Dec. 7. midwestvictorian.org/conference/

79 works well read for LibriVox by Nicholas Clifford, starting (if alphabetically) with The Ambassadors, a high bar surpassed. librivox.org/reader/4018?...