A beautiful, inspiring and thought-provoking couple of days at my first *big* BARS. Brum was a very welcoming city, with some beautiful architecture. And, as always, I'm in awe of having such incredibly clever friends and meeting such amazing people in the field. I loved #bars2026 so much ✨️

Was so lovely to see you, and thanks for such an amazing paper! Your bisexual lighting slide was possibly my favorite thing of the conference 🤣

Sun sets on #BARS2026 🌅 I had the best time meeting friends old and new. So many great panels presenting important research during a time of global/sector crisis. And a huge plus is that BARS really is the best most welcoming bunch for PGRs!!!

Conference nerves finally give way to excitement! I’m at #BARS2026 this week!! Very excited to be presenting on the Queer Austen panel and reconnect with familiar faces 🫶🏼🏳️‍🌈 Grateful to the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association for the travel bursary that allowed me to attend!

📣CfP Alert📣 We are delighted to announce that our CfP for the 2027 RRR conference is now open! The deadline for abstracts is the 25th of October. The focus will be on ecosystems of the long nineteenth century 🌱 We can’t wait to read your submissions!

I’ll be travelling to upstate NY to look at a portrait which brings together many of the questions at the heart of my research: women’s artistic and musical education, eighteenth-century portraiture, and networks of cultural exchange between Britain, Italy, and India around 1800 👩‍🎨🌍💌

Kickstarting my next project on Jane Austen and Fantasy, I’m using this award for an research trip to consult ‘The Delightful Tales of Fairy Land’ by J.E. Austen I hope to trace Austen’s connection to the genre in her own novels, their illustrated editions, and multi-media adaptations 🧚🏻‍♀️🧝🏽‍♀️🦄🧞‍♀️🧙🏻‍♀️

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2026 Stephen Copley Awardees!! 🎉 Many congratulations to Megan D Bennett (@megandanielle.bsky.social), Elena Bonacini (@elebonacini.bsky.social), Katie MacLean (@katiemaclean.bsky.social), and Rachel Xhemajli (@rachelxhemajli.bsky.social)! 🥳 Read about their projects: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6485

2026 Stephen Copley Awardees!! 🎉 Many congratulations to Megan D Bennett (@megandanielle.bsky.social), Elena Bonacini (@elebonacini.bsky.social), Katie MacLean (@katiemaclean.bsky.social), and Rachel Xhemajli (@rachelxhemajli.bsky.social)! 🥳 Read about their projects: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6485

@ecsssstir2025.bsky.social are accepting nominations for the Richard B. Sher First Book Prize (awarded early 2027). The prize recognizes authors whose first scholarly book contributes significantly to the field of eighteenth-century Scottish studies. #skystorians #18thC #ScottishHist

Spent some time at Glasgow Zine Library today reading Austenian sci-fi parodies 🚀👽🪐

mini haul from Glasgow Zine Fest!!! History Time Zine by TIMEInverclyde LGBTQ+ Youth. How did they know I am obsessed with The Public Universal Friend???

I really enjoyed contributing to this article with @theconversation.com Byron’s poem Darkness is one of my favourites and eerily relevant today 🌋 theconversation.com/ten-compelli...

Ten compelling poems about climate change – chosen by our experts

These poems span over 200 years and a range of emotions, from sorrow, to fear and hope.

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Delighted to have rejoined the @rrrjournal.bsky.social editorial board, this time as an Academic Editor! The call for our next issue, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ remains open until 16th April. More details can be found here: www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub.... Please share with your PGRs!

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Submit a paper for the next issue of our interdisciplinary journal.

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🚨We are more than halfway through of CfS!!!! 🚨

Romance, Revolution & Reform@rrrjournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are thrilled to announce that the CfS for Issue 9, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ is now live! Articles should be submitted by 23:59 on 16th April 2026 to rrr@soton.ac.uk. Do share widely and we look forward to hearing from you! www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub...

📢 BOOK GIVEAWAY ends next week: Share this post to win 1 free copy of *Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage* (OUP March 2026). global.oup.com/academic/pro... #JaneAusten #WutheringHeights @ncsascholars.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social

Was Jane Austen gay? Michel Foucault says ‘non’!

Why asking ‘Was Jane Austen gay?’ still causes controversy

A review which posed the question – causing a storm in a teacup of Austenian proportions in 1995 – has now been set to music.

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Can't believe I am starting to write the introduction to my thesis today !!! It is actually really hard to put into words the context/framework of ideas you have been thinking and writing about for 4+ years 🤯

I looked for this ALL MORNING and finally found it WOULD YOU SURVIVE VICTORIAN INFANCY? textadventures.co.uk/games/view/l... (The hosting is very 2003, but I made it on Twine in 2021 and must shift to hosting it locally)

Come and join us!!!!!! Amazing experience for PGRs/ECRs in a v friendly and welcoming environment 🤗 There will be scope for progression for PGRs in more senior editing roles

Romance, Revolution & Reform@rrrjournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢We're recruiting four new postgraduate and two early career researchers! Please visit our website for more information and to submit your application (deadline 23rd February).

📢 RRR Journal is on the hunt for new reviewers! If you'd like to express interest in writing a review of a monograph, conference, exhibition, theatre production, or film to be considered for next year's issue, please fill out the 'call for reviewers' form at www.rrrjournal.com/contact or email us!

In which I essay a little click bait for the conversation 🖤

Did not expect there to be puppy play in Wuthering Heights but here we are I guess

📢We're recruiting four new postgraduate and two early career researchers! Please visit our website for more information and to submit your application (deadline 23rd February).

ICYMI our @ehunineteen.bsky.social PGRs are hosting a conference - check out our poster - please reskeet - share with your PGRs - and do come along and join us in June!

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!

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Alasdair Gray & Robert Burns - Pictured is Alasdair Gray’s 1953 Tam O’Shanter, inspired by Robert Burns. A fierce champion of Scots, Gray shows Tam riding home below as witches dance to bagpipes in the haunted kirk.

Happy Burns day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 My dad was part of a Burns Club and would address the haggis every year. As I little girl I remember looking through his copy of Robert Burns: The Scottish Bard. I never found his book when he passed away but I hope he loaned it to someone who is using it tonight!

We are thrilled to announce that the CfS for Issue 9, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ is now live! Articles should be submitted by 23:59 on 16th April 2026 to rrr@soton.ac.uk. Do share widely and we look forward to hearing from you! www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub...

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Submit a paper for the next issue of our interdisciplinary journal.

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On the blog: the wonderful Dr Jodie Marley (@jodielmarley.bsky.social) takes us through some critical approaches to Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025)! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6278