For any #13MorbidMondays folks who might be interested 👇

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last wk.

Are you interested in Ann Radcliffe? Women in Gothic and Horror? Trans horror? Writing workshops with amazing people? You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like! 22nd and 23rd August www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...

If you missed this week's fascinating talk on the author Sarah Perry, her book Enlightenment, and broader questions of faith and self-discovery, you can catch it here! youtu.be/0vgKomMhZyg

Look into the Closet: Curiosity and Exploration in Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment with Diganta Roy

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If you missed this week's fascinating talk on the author Sarah Perry, her book Enlightenment, and broader questions of faith and self-discovery, you can catch it here! youtu.be/0vgKomMhZyg

Look into the Closet: Curiosity and Exploration in Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment with Diganta Roy

YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic

youtu.be

Today university fees rise again, while thousands of academics across the country face job cuts, crushing workloads and shattered morale. Students deserve better than this broken system of unfair repayment that widens inequality. Abolish fees and fund universities properly!

Have you signed up for today's talk on Sarah Perry? You still can! Talks at 10am and 4pm British time 10 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989836980... 4 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989836985...

Curiosity and Exploration in Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment w. Diganta Roy

Look into the Closet: Curiosity and Exploration in Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment

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Well, I've signed and sent off the contract so I guess it's finally time to reveal... Next year, I'll be working at the University of Limerick. Excited for the opportunity

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last mo.

Job 3 A JOB! I have a job! I will be moving country! I'm back in the game, lads!

Using this to remind folk that I am available for freelance and part-time projects! I am very qualified and competent; please hire me to teach, research, edit, or administrate so that I can afford my wedding.

will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 5d ago

youve heard of failing upwards. well academic careers in 2026 encapsulate the reverse: succeeding downwards. so many talented, highly qualified people, being punished for their achievements

Well, I've signed and sent off the contract so I guess it's finally time to reveal... Next year, I'll be working at the University of Limerick. Excited for the opportunity

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last mo.

Job 3 A JOB! I have a job! I will be moving country! I'm back in the game, lads!

If you are anywhere near the Bronte Parsonage... I am going to be doing an all-day seminar day there on 18th August. Come and explore the Bronte Juvenilia with me! www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...

Brontë Juvenilia Seminar Day | The Brontë Parsonage Museum

This workshop series explores the Brontë siblings' relationship to the Gothic. We’ll explore the Gothic influences that shaped their fiction, dive into the

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"Huh," said the dragon. "Would you care to explain?" "Yes, I'm not a princess all the time," said the milkmaid. "Only on bright spring days. Once they end, I turn back into me." "How come?" "Oh, I was bitten by a princess." "Again, how come?" "She couldn't help herself," the milkmaid grinned.

If you are anywhere near the Bronte Parsonage... I am going to be doing an all-day seminar day there on 18th August. Come and explore the Bronte Juvenilia with me! www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...

Brontë Juvenilia Seminar Day | The Brontë Parsonage Museum

This workshop series explores the Brontë siblings' relationship to the Gothic. We’ll explore the Gothic influences that shaped their fiction, dive into the

bronte.org.uk

Thank you #HorrorWritersChat! If you're interested in Gothic forests, I've got an upcoming creative writing workshop on that very subject! It's part of the amazing lineup for the #RomancingTheGothic online conference 👇

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last wk.

Are you interested in Ann Radcliffe? Women in Gothic and Horror? Trans horror? Writing workshops with amazing people? You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like! 22nd and 23rd August www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...

Are you interested in Ann Radcliffe? Women in Gothic and Horror? Trans horror? Writing workshops with amazing people? You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like! 22nd and 23rd August www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...

'More Terrors Than Her Reason Could Justify': An Online Gothic Conference

On 22nd and 23rd August we celebrate 200 years of Ann Radcliffe's posthumous publications and marginalised genders in the Gothic!

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Oh, I don't know if I've ever brought this up on bluesky but just a reminder in light of conferences in my field this week. I have a policy that I don't go to any conference that isn't accessible. So I don't go to conferences basically (it's why I run an online accessible one too)

I am trying to write a blog each month about our talks and the book we've read for Romancing the Gothic. June was all about 19th century women writers so the blog introduces four of them! romancingthegothic.com/2026/07/28/1...

19th Century Women Writers of the Gothic

Our June programme was dedicated to 19th century writers of the Gothic, the ghostly an the weird. We were joined by a fantastic range of scholars (Helen Dallas, Emma Liggins, Brooke Morrison and Ya…

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The Romancing the Gothic conference is genuinely one of my favourite events of the year. Entirely online, dip in and out as you like, and it's all recorded so you can catch up later. Early bird ticket prices until July 29th I believe

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last wk.

Are you interested in Ann Radcliffe? Women in Gothic and Horror? Trans horror? Writing workshops with amazing people? You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like! 22nd and 23rd August www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...

Are you interested in Ann Radcliffe? Women in Gothic and Horror? Trans horror? Writing workshops with amazing people? You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like! 22nd and 23rd August www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...

'More Terrors Than Her Reason Could Justify': An Online Gothic Conference

On 22nd and 23rd August we celebrate 200 years of Ann Radcliffe's posthumous publications and marginalised genders in the Gothic!

eventbrite.co.uk

New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. (When have I ever posted an old blog?) Anne Lister as tourist, with special consideration of her travels in Wales. alpennia.com/blog/anne-li...

In which I discuss (very professionally) why fictional murder ladies are so hot. For science. youtu.be/NdPK_-8lrcg

Evil Women I Have Loved: The Enduring Appeal of (Fictional) Murder Ladies with Dr Sam Hirst

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I’ve been meaning to watch this for months, and I’m so glad I finally did 🥰

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just watched a really cute short called 'Sew Into You' for #QueerRomanceWeek A shy older woman asks a young colleague to help her work out how to flirt with a lady she has a crush on at sewing group. 🥰 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya8b...

If you missed last week's talk on Valentine Penrose, you can find it here! youtu.be/RldAom-gmE8

An Introduction to Valentine Penrose with Mia X Perez

YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic

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If you missed last week's talk on Valentine Penrose, you can find it here! youtu.be/RldAom-gmE8

An Introduction to Valentine Penrose with Mia X Perez

YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic

youtu.be

I loved @romgothsam.bsky.social's talk on 'The Enduring Appeal of Murder Ladies' at Romancing the Gothic today. I think we grew up with a lot of the same favourites. My mother encouraged me early on to look to villains if I wanted to find rounded female characters or interesting roles to play.

Historian friend was reading a civil war era letter in an archive, the letter said “In this envelope I include my smallpox scabs” and sure enough there they were. Had to call CDC for a hazmat team.

I'm so glad to share the CFP for the Eleventh conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. Link to the full CFP  www.iaspr.org/conferences/... Please share with your cool academic circles! #popularromancestudies #romance #CFP #AcademicSky @iaspr.bsky.social

"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

WHO WANTS A HUG!?

What's this I see before me... a Romancing the Gothic online conference!!!! With discounted tickets for the next two weeks!!!! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-terro...

'More Terrors Than Her Reason Could Justify': An Online Gothic Conference

This year we celebrate 200 years since Ann Radcliffe's posthumous publications with a conference on marginalised genders in the Gothic

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If you fancy learning about some 18th century women writers, you can still sign up for the latter half of this course. And it's still an absolute steal! (Online!) regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...

If I see any more senior academics saying a 6 - 12 moth part time job is an excellent opportunity, I am going to scream so loud the lot of you can hear me.