Ch13. @cmcdonell.bsky.social examines 3 Victorian stories for how ghost-seeing & ghost-knowing can empower female domestic workers as they gain access their employers’ secrets, the strength to protect themselves & others from harm, & the chance to vocalize their own needs & concerns #NewDirections👻

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

CFP: Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association of the Western United States 2026 Virtual Roundtable Series (Abstract Deadline: 6/15/26) navsa.org/News/13632543

Are you a grad student working on Victorian periodicals and newspapers? Submit your essay for @rs4vp.org's VanArsdel Prize, deadline June 15, 2026. The winner receives $500 and publication in VPR. rs4vp.org/awards/vanar... #VictorianStudies

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

NAVSA is seeking nominations for the Donald Gray Prize for best essay published in the field of Victorian Studies in 2025. You can nominate yourself! The deadline (June 15) approaches. navsa.org/Donald-Gray-...

*Very* excited that vol.1 of New Directions in the Ghost Story, edited by myself, @henrybartholomew.bsky.social & @joanpassey.bsky.social is out! Well done to all the contributors, and thanks for bearing with us! :) Please recommend to your academic libraries! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...