A little piece I wrote a while back about Elizabeth McHenry's To Make Negro Literature and how it changed who I am as a researcher has just been published in JAS. Available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Back to my desk after an excellent week in beautiful Williamstown researching the Sterling A. Brown papers. One thing I didn't get to explore was Brown's vast record collection. Luckily, the brilliant archivists have made a playlist of it: open.spotify.com/playlist/26a...

I'm in Boston for MSA! My first American conference!

The book is in! No thanks to Leo

Announcing New Welsh Voices in English Literature - a new research series at Swansea! I wanted to devote some of my @leverhulme.ac.uk trust fellowship to promoting work by other ECRs in Wales. I'm really looking forward to these two talks this semester, with Bridget Bartlett and Beth Pyner.

Leo is judging me for watching the athletics rather than finishing my book...

Do yourself a favour and read James's story this weekend

I wrote a story: prosetricsthemagazine.com/2025/06/11/j...

Looking forward to meeting lots of people at BAAS! ECRs, come along to our roundtable at 1pm in LC154 where previous speakers from the How To series will offer advice on starting your academic career, with lots of chances for you to ask questions!

Will BAAS 2025 be your first academic conference? Or are you yet to choose a conference & unsure where to start? Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences. buff.ly/v6g5cnY

As consolation that the weather in Virginia is somehow worse than in Cardiff, my article on Lillian Smith has been published open access in JAS: doi.org/10.1017/S002.... This essay is a labour of love spanning all the way back to my master's research (and a preview of the final chapter of my book)

Over the moon to have signed a contract with UGA Press to publish my first book "The Serial South" in their Print Culture in the South series!

First day in sunny Charlottesville as the Lillian Gary Taylor Fellow in American Literature at UVA working on the Anne Spencer papers! I'll be here for two weeks and then off to Chapel Hill. Recommendations very welcome!

I had a great chat with Tom about writing your first journal article - well worth a watch for PGRs and ECRs looking to make their first step in the world of academic publishing!

On 27 Feb my book comes out. It’s about how Liverpool’s recent history should change the way we think about modern Britain. On this thread every few days till then, I will tweet an extraordinary fact about Liverpool’s twentieth-century. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/liverpo...

The latest episode of our 'How To...' skills series is out now 📺 In this episode, Dr Kathryn Napier Gray (University of Plymouth) discusses sharing academic research with non-academic audiences. Watch it, & the other videos in the series, now on YouTube:

BAAS regrets to announce that the BAAS / US Embassy Small Grants Programme has been cancelled. 1/7

Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti! I’d love your help to find examples!

Continuing a tradition from the other place: today I am 28. James and I went bowling and I bought myself this incredibly decadent chocolate bar.

I was sad to have missed Elizabeth McHenry's lectures at the British Library last month so I was delighted to see that they were on YouTube. Well worth watching for anyone in print culture studies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL-C...

We're excited to share *another* new video on our YouTube channel. In this episode of 'How To...', the fantastic Dr Nicole M Gipson tells you all you need to know about reviewing academic books.

Leo's first adventure outside

A new How To video is out, just in time for Christmas! In this one, I talk to Nick Witham about job interviews.

The year in film: 2024 was the year the film industry could no longer ignore the real world, which it mines for content while denying any influence or complicity in its crimes artreview.com/the-year-in-...

Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Really enjoyed 'PERCIVAL' today. Have added several Everett novels to my to be read pile

Really enjoyed this strange little novel set in Porthcawl. Does anyone have any recommendations for other books in the Library of Wales series?

I'm absolutely loving recording this series. Ahmed's advice on turning your thesis into a book is invaluable!

Releasing today: 'How to... Turn Your Thesis into a Book' In the second instalment of our academic skills video series, Dr Ahmed Honeini joins @sianround.bsky.social to discuss the specifics of adapting your PhD thesis into a monograph.

Hi new followers! My name is Siân and I think mainly about the literary history of the US South, periodicals and print culture, and the Harlem Renaissance. Outside of work, I like public transport, dysgu Cymraeg, and hanging out with Leo Bloom (she/her) who we adopted 2 weeks ago!

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Put together a wee modernism/contemporary lit Starter Pack (because there simply wasn't not enough research/teaching prep/admin/housework to keep me occupied) DM me if I've made any glaring omissions or besmirched your good name by implying that you're a modernist go.bsky.app/CkQhf9v

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We're excited to share the first video in our new academic skills series 'How To...'. This episode looks at writing exceptional cover letters for academic job applications, featuring our guest Dr Michael Collins. Watch it now ▶️