The lack of academic perspective has me feeling so down lol

does anyone know anywhere the new AHRC phd funding scheme is explained? I just can't find it and don't get it whatsoever

Do I know anyone/have any mutuals who’ve successfully applied for an ERC Starting Grant in anything vaguely literary or DH-related?

wrapping up my time in the UK by sitting in a pub, drinking cider, eating chips with salt and vinegar, and thinking about the "grace and decorum" guy from come dine with me -- at least nobody can say I didn't go hard on "local culture" lmao

my graduate visa just got rejected -- bc of a short diss extension on mental health grounds (5 days on top of the regular 5 days extension) my results have been delayed by 4 MONTHS, which is too late to be eligible for visa. Cambridge's office says they can't do anything abt it??

sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/our-work/res... saw this, immediately thought up a phd proposal idea, and then realised that because of equity you can no longer apply as a student?? what is equal about that 😭😭

Oh great, now Duolingo is reading my papers

you know what -- if i'm forced to return to the netherlands it'll save me enough rent that I can just buy myself these editions at least as emotional compensation for my SufferingTM

just cancelled the room i was about to let bc of my visa issues :((((

jcla.in/journal-of-c... Really excited to share my new article on Wittgenstein's Tractatus, translatory practices, and silence! A happy way of wrapping up my dissertation work and MPhil at @eflcam.bsky.social :) With many thanks to Byron Byrne-Taylor's editorial work!

They're here. The first complete US edition of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage in almost 50 years. Many thanks to designer Louise Aspinall for her work in making these books beautiful. Copies will be available from @asterismbooks.bsky.social (asterismbooks.com/product/pilg...) by 1 August.

now that i've slept for a week i'm so stoked to slowly start working on some papers again!!!

i like pound as someone who used to exist and doesn't anymore but i am 100% sure being around him for more than 5 minutes would just bring to mind chris fleming's wildly unlikeable guy song

why is my entire first chapter an extended metaphor?? why do i never just go for something comprehensible and sensible???

just saw human bones in the library??? !!! and now weirdly re-energised to finally get work done lmao

i'm so bad at close reading poetry - probably bc i don't think i'd done it literally ever before this year 🙃

#modwrite trying to get my dissertation edited (:

if anyone has advice how to get through the final week of my mphil diss please throw it my way - everything i think and write feels stupid (and feedback was v negative) and i need to do really well bc it's my only and final shot at getting into the phd i want but idk if i can do it

i love my work and i hate my work so much

This gyre is looking awfully wide

still thinking of john steinbeck's unpublished werewolf novel

oh this is so very sad; thank you for all your wisdom, Helen.

when i submit my diss i'm so gonna read a 700+ page stephen king book

the rain has come!!!

mysterious......... maybe bigfoots rely on black bears for their meals?

me, this morning in therapy: “so have you ever read anything by the philosopher ludwig wittgenstein?”

Please sign and share widely - Liverpool Hope is one of *the* centres for cultural Disability Studies research. This threat is a threat to the field itself and to its important commitment to challenging societal prejudices and advocating for social justice through cultural analysis.

Starting this one which seems very @audioontology.bsky.social coded 😂

i'd so read this lmaooo

does anyone know what's up with the upenn cfp site? i had so many things bookmarked 😭

Give Fatima Hassouna the ‘loud death’ she wished for in recognition of her incredibly brave work in Gaza. Please repost. So sad this journalist died at the hands of the IDF with 10 family members. RIP. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I got my first paper acceptance in a real journal for this thesis project!!!!!

stoked as hell for the new penguins!!!

Hey all! does anyone know what's (very) roughly the turnaround rate of Philosophy and Lit journal? from submission to first peer-reviewed decision

i feel like everything depends on this essay grade and i'm so scared to work on it and submit it 😭😭

literally got: 4 rejections, 1 bad grade, and 3 things to yet hear back from lmao

Continuing my essay on ways of knowing in Loy's Insel this #ModWrite!

From the moment I started studying I was immediately entrenched in academic protests, but the situation has genuinely never felt so absolutely dire. I always felt like it'd be alright eventually, but I'm genuinely not sure anymore.

me: i'll play some sims 2 to take my mind off all stress about phds and stuff the sims 2: (im not joking this really happened and then theory turned out to be a bad idea and she had a breakdown - a psychiatrist got involved)

just found out about the ahrc cuts :)

I'm a bit worried that I've waited too long to get into a PhD and by the time I stand a chance they'll all have disappeared 🙃

Voting for new @modernistudies.bsky.social reps has now opened, and I'm so excited to share I'm running for BAMS postgrad rep alongside two really amazing candidates! Please check out the election, and if you're a member, don't forget to put in your vote!! <3 bams.ac.uk/2025/03/11/2...

should i just give up and go into consulting? stay tuned

there's always this weird point in close reading where the page starts looking either like a conspiracy board or a primary schooler's art project

could see myself getting really really into mina loy

I read online it's possible to put in a data request to get feedback on your PhD application, but does anyone know how much of a hassle this is for faculty and whether it'll make everyone there hate me 😅

Hey friends! I would love to stay in an academic context next year in spite of not getting to do a phd, so if anyone has tips for sth. like research assistant positions in the uk/online next year please do let me know!! I'm mainly into literature/philosophy, but happy to work more broadly! (pls rt😭)

the one modernism conference i decided not to apply for bc of the cost is not only in cambridge but at my college?? I suppose: if any modernistically-inclined people are at Lucy Cav this weekend and wanna grab a coffee, do let me know!! <3

"why do you go to all these conferences - you're a master's student" "uh to make myself more competitive for phds I suppose and because it's fun" "is that working" "no" 🫠 (honestly just made me laugh though and this entire convo was a good reality check lmao)

This was me getting rejected from phd once again btw