‘Film, Tactility and the Politics of Aesthetic Labour‘ Birkbeck, 3rd July. Book at the link below for screenings and discussion : www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Tomorrow Night!

Vicky Mills@drvickymills.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tuesday 5 th May 6pm- ‘William Morris and Utopia’- Birkbeck Arts Week 2026. The Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth- Century Studies presents Morris expert Prof. Michael Robertson who will discuss the utopian dimensions of Morris’ life and work. Book your place here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Hosted by the Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies- see you there!

Luisa Calè@luisacale.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Looking forward to Morris and Utopia #BBKArtsWeek Join us on 5 May at 6pm Birkbeck, Clore Auditorium, 27 Torrington Sq., London Book your free place here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @drvickymills.bsky.social

Looking forward to this!

London Renaissance Seminar (LRS)@londrenaissance.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Writing Town and Village in Seventeenth Century England Drop in on one of three panels on who writes the story of town and village. Coming soon - 7 May Birkkbeck College. Join at 3pm, 5pm, 6pm. Take a look: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Tuesday 5 th May 6pm- ‘William Morris and Utopia’- Birkbeck Arts Week 2026. The Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth- Century Studies presents Morris expert Prof. Michael Robertson who will discuss the utopian dimensions of Morris’ life and work. Book your place here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

BAVS Rosemary Mitchell Prize now open for submissions!

BAVS@bavs-uk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The BAVS/Rosemary Mitchell Prize for a Second Monograph 2026 is now open! If you published your second scholarly monograph in Victorian studies between 17 February 2025 and 17 February 2026, please do consider submitting! You can find more information here: bavs.ac.uk/book-prize-2/

I’m running a session at the Association for Art History 2026 conference in Cambridge on the Victorian art-workman - in association with David Parr House. Call below - deadline 2nd November forarthistory.org.uk/uncovering-the-victorian-art-workman/ @forarthistory.org.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

#BAVS2025 you were a blast! 5 x Birkbeck papers from @drvickymills.bsky.social @nonfictioness.bsky.social @helenaesser.bsky.social Julia Kuehn and me! Great to hang with @jeremynewton64.bsky.social too! Such fun and sociability with so many great #Victorian scholars! @19birkbeck.bsky.social

Here are a few of the #BirkbeckVictorianists on tour again, this time at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social 2025 Conference in Oxford. With @janetteleaf.bsky.social, @helenaesser.bsky.social and @nonfictioness.bsky.social.

One week to go until the BAVS 2025 Annual Conference @engfac.bsky.social If you're interested in hosting BAVS 26, 27, or 28 at your institution then we'd love to hear from you! bavs.ac.uk/host-the-bav...

Beautiful short film about the amazing house of a late 19th-century 'art-workman', created by @drvickymills.bsky.social. Always a delight to learn about colleagues at Birkbeck doing cool things like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbFg...

The Man Who Painted His House. A short film by Dr Vicky Mills and Lily Ford.

YouTube video by Dr Vicky Mills

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Delighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...

Birkbeck film brings hidden history of Victorian art-workman to light

Thanks to funding from Birkbeck’s Research Innovation Fund, supported by alumni donations, the legacy of Victorian art-workman David Parr has been brought to life in The Man Who Painted His House, a s...

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The start of the two-day workshop on ‘Paper Ecologies: Histories, Materialities, Experiments’ 👌

All Saints Church, Cambridge- a very special screening of The Man Who Painted His House with life performance of Richard Uttley’s original soundtrack performed by Richard and violist Kinga Woydalska @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19thcenturyem.bsky.social

On BBC Radio Cambridgeshire today with @lilyford.bsky.social talking about our new short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Thanks to all who attended last week’s screening of ‘The Man Who Painted His House’, which played to a packed Birkbeck cinema. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social More on this project soon!

Come and see my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ made in collaboration with Lily Ford and the Derek Jarman Lab. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square. Book tickets here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Arts Week is coming: join us for an exciting range of events showcasing what we do, from essay films in collaboration with the Derek Jarman Lab in our Cinema to theatre scratch nights, exhibitions, workshops, debates, & much more 6-9 May, Gordon Sq, London: www.bbk.ac.uk/annual-event...

Preview screening of my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and extraordinary work of Victorian art-workman David Parr. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social Book your tickets here! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....

The @bavs-uk.bsky.social Rosemary Mitchell prize for a second monograph in Victorian Studies is now open for submissions. Deadline 1 st May. bavs.ac.uk/book-prize/#....

Coming soon- my essay film on Victorian art-workman David Parr. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Recording the music for my essay film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and work of Victorian art-workman, David Parr

Looking forward to welcoming Katharina Boehm to speak about #Antiquarian #Conjectures, #Romantic #Material Culture, & the Novel at the Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London, on 13 December. Please spread the news, @bars.bsky.social, @antiquaries.bsky.social, @bsecs.bsky.social

Celebrating Birkbeck English and a new edition of @19birkbeck.bsky.social on the anniversary of the college foundation day last night. A fantastic issue put together by @luisacale.bsky.social

I’m giving a talk about Victorian depictions of orchid collecting including imperial adventure fiction and satires of Joseph Chamberlain. This Wednesday 27th November at Birmingham uni. Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orchid-jo-...

“Orchid Jo”: Empire, Satire, and Political Self-Fashioning

Narratives of nineteenth-century orchid collecting and their role in constructions of personal and national identity.

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Artist Lu Mason’s ‘Agitate’ currently on display in the drawing room of the David Parr House. One of two rag rugs exhibited in the house as part of the ‘Words to live by’ exhibition.

Knowledge is Power - 1823-2023: Literature, Invention, Radical Thinking at the London Mechanics' Institution, new issue of @19birkbeck.bsky.social, celebrating two hundred years of #literature among the disciplines Read us: 19.bbk.ac.uk