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Claire O’Callaghan

@drclaireocall.bsky.social

Writer. Literary & cultural historian. Senior Lecturer @ L’boro Uni. Expertise: Brontës, esp.Emily + Sarah Waters, queer genders + sexualities, health humanities. Editor-in-Chief, Brontë Studies https://linktr.ee/drclaireocall

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Loughborough English@lboroenglish.bsky.social · 2w ago

More info on the event - which raised money for Women’s Aid, Friends of Brontë Country, and Haworth and Oxenhope Bridleways - can be found here:

500 ‘Cathys’ brave the rain for joyful celebration of Kate Bush, Emily Brontë and Haworth’s moors

Brontë scholar Dr Claire O’Callaghan has celebrated the legacy of the 19th century author alongside a cast of 500 Cathys, dancing to Kate Bush’s iconic Wuthering Heights on the rain-swept moors above ...

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Loughborough English@lboroenglish.bsky.social · 2w ago

'We asked the Cathys to dance for Emily Brontë, Kate Bush and their respective Wuthering Heights, but also for the bogs and moorland.' Our own @drclaireocall.bsky.social co-organised this event involving 500 Cathys dancing to Wuthering Heights!

Claire O’Callaghan@drclaireocall.bsky.social · 2w ago

Delighted to co-organise the Actually the Most Wuthering Heights Day, Haworth 2026 today. 500 Cathys dancing in unison on the windy wiley moors - she’s definitely come home #wutheringheights #katebush

Claire O’Callaghan@drclaireocall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A brilliant day! Pizzas by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell is the lind of high-quality venture we didn’t know we needed. 🍕🍕🍕 Will let you know when we are open for bookings folks…!

Dr Andrew McInnes@drbeard79.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Well, if yesterday was a kick in the teeth [derogatory, obvs]-today was a kick in the head [Dean Martin style]: great conference on place in the #19thC, inspiring ECRs from round the world, pizza for lunch leading to my & @drclaireocall.bsky.social new venture Pizzas by Currer, Ellis, & Acton Bell 🖤

Essie Fox Writer@essiefox.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A new episode of Talking the Gothic feaures the brilliant scholar and writer, @drclaireocall.bsky.social. Join us as we discuss the life and work of the most gothic of the Brontës - the 'strange one' - Emily. essiefox.substack.com/p/emily-bron...

Emily Brontë Reappraised ~ Episode 9

Essie Fox in discussion with Dr. Claire O'Callaghan, author of Emily Brontë Reappraised, a fascinating work blending biography, feminist criticism, and cultural history.

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Emma Butler-Marr@19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Once again sharing our upcoming EHU19 PGR & ECR conference as the abstract deadline for 1st May is looming closer! We're very lucky to have @drclaireocall.bsky.social as keynote & running a journal workshop! Send any abstracts or queries to ehu19place@outlook.com ✨️ @ehunineteen.bsky.social

EHUNineteen@ehunineteen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our brilliant PhD students have organised a conference - Placing the Nineteenth Century - and you’re all invited! Friday 26th June CFP deadline: Friday 1st May We’re all excited for our keynote speaker, @drclaireocall.bsky.social 🤩 Please share - and send us an abstract!

Placing the Nineteenth Century: A PGR/ECR conference Friday 26th June 2026 Image of Blackpool Edge Hill Nineteen research centre is excited to invite you to 'Placing the Nineteenth Century', a PGR/ECR conference focused on the North (West) of England in nineteenth-century literature and history. London and the South have often been the heart of discussion about the nineteenth century. However, development in industry during the period brought popularity to cities such as Liverpool and Manchester, which led to a boom of industrial growth in the north of England. In the nineteenth century, the north of England developed like never before, both within cities and in more rural areas.
Claire O’Callaghan@drclaireocall.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’m thrilled to have finally sent off the manuscript for a new edition of Agnes Grey that I’ve produced for @oxunipress. Working with Anne’s novel has been utterly joyful - she is such a smart writer and woe betide those who underestimate the power of Agnes Grey.

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Dr Anne-Marie Beller FRHistS@braddonite.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One of my brilliant doctoral researchers passed her viva yesterday! So pleased for her, but will miss the regular meetings with her and @drclaireocall.bsky.social very much.

Dr Hannah Victoria Palmer@hannahpalmer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am so pleased to share that I passed my viva yesterday!! Working on my PhD thesis (‘Abortion in Nineteenth-Century British Literature’) at @lboroenglish.bsky.social has been a wonderful experience thanks to my incredible supervisory team @drclaireocall.bsky.social @braddonite.bsky.social 💕🦋🫀

Becky Little@msbeckylittle.bsky.social · 6mo ago

When Sam Hirst teaches Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, they often find the students who end up hating it are the ones who expect it to be a love story. Thanks to @romgothsam.bsky.social @drclaireocall.bsky.social @drmtremellen.bsky.social for speaking with me! time.com/7373005/wuth...

What Wuthering Heights Adaptations Miss About the Novel

Many movies based on the oft-adapted classic excise the scenes most central to the themes Emily Brontë was so focused on.

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Dr Ian McCormick@wokestudies.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Commercial academic publishing profit margins typically in excess of 32% ... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #journals #libraries #scholarship

Philipp Heimberger@heimbergecon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."