Stefanie John
@stjohn1819.bsky.social
Research Associate in English Literature @unipotsdam.bsky.social Principal Investigator DFG Project 'Decorative Materialities' • the fin de siècle • literature and material culture • textiles • decorative arts • environmental humanities
40.4C: on June 27, 2026, the highest temperature since measurements began in 1893 was recorded at the Potsdam Telegrafenberg where PIK is based. The measurement series serves as an important reference point for assessing climate development in the region. Annual max temperature (2026 as of 9 July).
📣 People are understandably up in the arms about this (it is horrible). But just want to wave a hand out there 👋 as we're going through the same thing in Humanities at Northumbria (1 out of 5 staff need to go by end of July). 1/?
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3
Had a great time at the Passau-Regensburg Colloquium! excellent papers & Bavarian hospitality! Thank you for having me! 🥨
Please encourage any early career & NTT scholars doing fantastic work on Victorian poetries to submit to @victorianpoetry.bsky.social ‘s 2026 Early Career Prize — more info in the thread (have not had enough coffee, text of the call is embedded in a reply to the post linked below)!
Victorian Poetry@victorianpoetry.bsky.social · 3mo agoVictorian Poetry invites submissions for its 2026 Early Career Prize. Please share far and wide! More info in the image / alt-text. Submissions due 3 August 2026.
Join us in Potsdam! ✨ Arbeitskreis Cultural Studies "(Im)Material Cultures", 13 June 2026 ✨
PhD students, check out this International Doctoral Workshop in Cologne, Germany, in November. Deadline: 30 April. #envhist #envhum
CFP - Speculative Climates: Hauntings Of The Past Across The Humanities – EASLCE
Considering the contemporary as a timespace haunted by crises rooted in the past, the workshop on Speculative Climates asks how the intricate mesh of
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It’s so exciting that this @c21literature.bsky.social special issue on ‘The Century at 25’ is finally out! Such a labour of love, and I’m so grateful we got to work on it together for over two years @alicebennett.bsky.social @keeblearin.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social 🎊
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings@c21literature.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to announce that our new issue has opened! c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1422/i... 'The Century at 25' was guested edited by Alice Bennett, Arin Keeble, Melissa Schuh, and Denise Wong
Couldn't agree more. Thank you for having us, Team Bamberg!🦆#britcult2025
Frauke Harms@frauhrms.bsky.social · 9mo agothank you to @susannegruss.bsky.social and the lovely team of organisers for hosting this year's #britcult2025 conference in bamberg! leaving with a full heart and brain after three days of panels, key notes, and conversations - what a joy to be part of such an inspiring academic community!
#CFP: "Poetry's Environments" June 9-11, 2026 (University of Leeds, UK) Keynote speaker: Simon Armitage Deadline for proposal: December 5th 2025 Info: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/poetryenviro... #envhum #envhist #ecolit #environment #poetry #ecocriticism
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... such a significant collection of materials for Victorianists and Lee scholars.
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
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VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27! The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025. For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
Contribute to the blog! Take a look at the JVC Online blog (jvc.oup.com) to get a feel for previous contributions and our style. You can find our contributor guidelines at: jvc.oup.com/contributor-... #victorianculture #victorianliterature
Love this!
Sandra Mayer@victorianceleb.bsky.social · 10mo agoDelighted to make available previously unknown (& unexpected) correspondence by poet #WHAuden to his Austrian lover & confidant, shedding new light on Auden's life in Austria & on Austrian queer history. www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/sens... @fwf-at.bsky.social @acdh-oeaw.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social
3-year Doctoral Scholarships at the University of Münster! Check it out & apply to the graduate school if interested, perhaps with a project on American literature? 🤓✨
Anna Thiemann@annatmann.bsky.social · 11mo ago🎓✨ Apply Now: PhD Scholarships in Literature ✨🎓 Fully funded 3-year PhD scholarships at the Graduate School Practices of Literature @uni-muenster.de in Germany, with the possibility of a 4th-year extension. Apply by December 31, 2025! #PhD #Scholarship #LiteraryStudies 👉 More info: uni.ms/gssp
Happy Birthday to Oscar Wilde, whose British Library reader pass is being reinstated today.
British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked
Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
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We will soon be announcing a new Fellowship through the British Association for Romantic Studies which supportsthe work of independent researchers. It's a tight deadline but if you fall into this category or know anyone who does, watch this space @bars.bsky.social
Happy to announce the new academic home for my textiles book project: Hello Uni Potsdam! Fully funded by a 3y DFG Individual Research Grant, so all that's left to do now is fill those pages... (and share the lovely blue sky on the day I signed the contract)!
Call for Contributions: Victorian Infrastructures & their Environmental Legacies We're still looking for articles to be included in our @openlibhums.org special issue! Abstracts are due 31 October, full texts 31 March '26. @bavs-uk.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @asleuki.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social
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Merci beaucoup for hosting this fantastic event, Emilie!
Emilie Laurent@emilieslaurent.bsky.social · 11mo agoWhat a delight it was to organise the Vernon Lee and the European Cultural Heritage conference in Paris these last two days! So many amazing people and wonderful encounters... such fantastic talks! It was an honour to organise this conference with Christophe Gelly and to meet so many great scholars.
One of the many small bits of writing I'm doing this month is academic essay on #NatureWriting and disability, but not working in academia now I feel out of the loop about new scholarly work in the area. I know @louisekenward.bsky.social is working on this area, but who else should I be aware of?
📢CFP -- "Mediating Medicine: Health and Illness in the Victorian Age", 5 December 2025, Online Workshop Send us your proposals for 15min papers or 5min flashlight talks by 30 Sept!⚕️💉👨⚕️🚑📖📰 PGR, ERC & NeoVictorian contributions very welcome 🫶 #MedHum #19Century #Victorian shorturl.at/ePhU5
Mediating Medicine CfP_final.pdf
cloud.uni-konstanz - creative.together
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