Just a reminder that my book, British Women Writers and the Review Periodical talks about what discoveries we can make when HUMANS compile data about history, and HUMANS evaluate the messy parts of that data instead of rejecting them. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Researchers — submit your public comment. It doesn’t need to be long or fancy. Mine emphasizes the importance of peer review by field experts for humanities work, and my concern for Indigenous communities when politics override treaty rights (eg to fair access to education/healthcare)

I’ve been reading my way through Elizabeth Chadwick novels this summer and they are such a fun escape. Also, beefing up on my knowledge of Angevin genealogy, so that’s a bonus.

American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ASECS) 2027 Conference in Portland, Oregon, April 1-3. For those considering submitting a panel proposal (just a title and a description) this has to be done before July 18th, 2026 #C18

Mayo Clinic’s former director of research operations alleges she was sidelined, then terminated, for raising objections over lax standards of studies involving AI.

As a TTU alum, I’m so glad that they are getting pushback for this egregious assault on education. TTU students and faculty deserve better.

Is this entire system how they further silo academics away from each other? And also put out folks who cat afford to pay up front or wait “40 days post event” for funds?

This is a brilliant assignment and I can’t wait to adapt it for my classes. Creativity, joy/humor, primary sources, genre knowledge. So much here.

I’ve been working my way though this and reflecting on years of resisting building a website for the NRD data bc… that just isn’t useful in the long term, bibliographically. I rcvd so much push back. Glad to have smart voices to turn to in convo about this.

So excited to Zoom in to hear @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social RBS talk “From text to .txt”.

Congrats to the 2026 Kresge Arts Fellows and Gilda Award Recipients! What an amazing cohort! kresgeartsindetroit.org/announcement...

If you're an up-and-coming bibliographer, I hope you'll apply for @bibsocamer.bsky.social New Scholars Program. Apps due Sept 16. As a former New Scholar myself, I can attest to how great this program was for supporting my research! bibsocamer.org/fellowships-...

Unsurprisingly, they have approved moving forward with the project. The fight continues.

Here at the Oakland University Board of Trustees meeting today where they’ll vote on whether to move fwd with a planned data center on campus adjacent to the Native American Heritage Site.

today's "AI in GLAM World" story is asking OCLC if a subject heading on a children's adaptation of Robinson Crusoe that said the book was about "airplane crash survivors" was AI-generated. Reader, it was.

1) archivist using AI to generate a biographical note in the MSS finding aid for the wrong person 2) pushback on completely prohibiting AI usage in metadata/description/processing beyond transcription because "there are multiple steps of human review" 3) both of these things happening the same week

#CFP: RADICAL PRINT CULTURE IN THE LONG 18TH-CENTURY Join us for a day long discussion of the political power of print, featuring keynote lectures by Dr Helen Williams & Dr Esther Chadwick & a handling session inside the Borthwick Archives. More Info: www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18c #18thC

Trying to talk candidly w my honors thesis student about the many "invisible" labors of writing. Creating reading/note-taking systems, re-reading, transcribing quotes, searching for sources, checking citations, writing paragraphs out of which only one sentence is useful. I want them to feel "seen".

I’ve cited this book — or at least @meganpeiser.bsky.social scholarship on this — for eons, & I’m so unbelievably glad it’s finally out in the world — and you can hear all about the rise of novel reviewing in the 18th century in this great conversation with my aca-sib.

New from @hopkinspress.bsky.social, BRITISH WOMEN NOVELISTS AND THE REVIEW PERIODICAL by @meganpeiser.bsky.social explores how book reviews impacted female authors at the height of their literary influence in the nineteenth century. Available throughout UK & Europe from your local bookshop!

Also waiting for me upon my return from Notre Dame was this much-anticipated book: British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical by @meganpeiser.bsky.social. Enjoying reading it and exploring the companion database this afternoon!

Thinking a lot recently about how being the HUMAN working with data for my monograph is what helped me uncover the stories of queer and disabled women heretofore obscured from literary history. AI couldn't have done that. Digital Humanities, emphasis on *human*.

What a joy to talk about British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical with Miranda on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social I hope you'll check it out! #18thcentury #WomensHistoryMonth #regency #bookhistory #JaneAusten @hopkinspress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/british-wome...

Hello friends! My book, British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical is out now with Johns Hopkins University Press! Just in time for #womenshistory month! I hope you'll grab a copy or request one for your library! #womenshistorymonth #romanticism #18thcentury www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Good morning fellow #18thCentury #Romanticism and #DigitalHumanities friends! My monograph, British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical will be out in March 2026! I hope you'll request that your library purchases a copy, & snag one for yourself! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Job: Humanities Librarian at Oakland University jobs.oakland.edu/postings/35510 (where you'd be able to collaborate with the excellent @meganpeiser.bsky.social)

Nearly 90% of people in ICE custody are held in facilities run by for-profit, private companies (ie Geo Group and CoreCivic). www.npr.org/2025/06/04/n...

🔴 1669 Citing poor eyesight, English civil servant Samuel Pepys records the last entry in his famous diary #OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #May31 #SamuelPepys

This thread on biscuits made my morning, especially the bookish biscuits. #bookhistory #bibliography

Starting the Charlotte Smith chapter of Rebecca Romney’s new book feels like a treat today.

Hey ASECS members in Michigan (adjacent states too!). Interested in gathering in the center of the state for a dinner on one of the virtual ASECS weekends? I'll organize if I know who to invite. #ASECS2025 #ASECS25

It’s so easy to vote in the @asecsoffice.bsky.social elections for the Executive Board! Let’s break some voter turnout records!

Good news! My beloved little wonder book is freshly published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social ! Digital access is available for free through 27 Feb 2025. Please share! Please welcome this beauty into the world! #C18L #18thcentury DOI: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Anyone have access to Historical Texts database and could look up something for me?

I get that for Christians it's important to see Christianity as good. but none of the rest of us fucking care if it's "real" Christians or "fake" Christians robbing us of healthcare or destroying our democracy.

Unacceptable. @cignahealthcare.bsky.social

Wtf Cigna. Cancer patients are your patients—where is the care they deserve?

Sold some eggs to our neighbor yesterday & am thinking we should upcharge for folks who voted for this nonsense 👀

4) Do not normalize proving your citizenship status on demand. You are not required to do that. Refuse. White American citizens are safest in refusing because they're the hardest to fuck with and they should use it.

Folks are about to get a hard lesson in food sovereignty. If you don’t have control over your food sources, they can make you do anything.

As I prepare to return home from NY Bibliography Week 2025, I’ve been thinking on libraries/booksellers/collectors and ethics relating to Indigenous peoples 1/

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAM

Will science folks, seeing their funding suddenly gutted, listen to humanities folks now? Will they value the lessons we have learned the past 20 years, doing urgent work w no $$?

Bibliography Week NY is go! Can’t wait to see all you bibliophiles! 📖💕

I mute ppl who mostly RT stuff. I wanna read posts from you— by all means, QT, but I am not here for tons of RT news articles and hot takes.

Just sending this to all the editors I owe work to….

Going to see this during #bibweek at the end of January. Can’t wait!

Recovering from a chest cold this morning, so I’m shifting into a lower gear to do intellectual work. Reading other books that model a writing style I admire to get it into my system before I try to sit down and do my own writing later this week.

Excited to meet the Bibliographical Society of America’s 2025 New Scholars at the annual meeting next month. Hope to see my fellow bibliographers there!

Favorite London tattoo artists that I could get an appt with in April?