SMLC research seminars are in full swing! After Kate Astbury's fascinating talk on Napoleonic theatre @100days1815.bsky.social, this last week has seen @stefanoserafini.bsky.social on the gothic in Italy and as we speak the first 'Falling Skies' seminar! Watch this space for more events coming soon!

Also happening tomorrow, Italian Studies' first seminar of the year: 'Darkest Italy: Modernity and the Gothic After Unification' with @stefanoserafini.bsky.social . Talk begins 17.00 in FAB4.73.

We are extremely lucky to kick off day two with our amazing keynote! The amazing @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social discussing Golden Age Detective Fiction as War Fiction. 🕵🏻‍♀️🔪✨ #GoldenAgeDetectiveFiction @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com @tinahodgkinson.bsky.social @carolinederry.bsky.social

DAY ONE 🕵🏻‍♀️🔪🧶 is underway! ✨ We are so excited for some amazing papers this morning. Are you joing us? What panel are you excited for?! 🕵🏿‍♀️🔪🧶 @fsucci.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social @michellekazmer.bsky.social @tinahodgkinson.bsky.social

A few days left to send in your abstracts! See you there?! 🕵🏻‍♀️🔍✨ @jcbernthal.com @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social @crimestudies.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social @middlebrownetwork.bsky.social #CrimeFiction @agathafestival.bsky.social

🔍✨EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT✨🔍 We are thrilled to announce our 2025 keynote for Golden Age of Crime, @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social ! @universityofleeds.bsky.social Read more about Prof. Meyer and her fascinating research below👇🏻 ✨Submissions open until 5th May✨

I’m happy to share that my book Gothic Italy: Crime, Science, and Literature after Unification (1861-1914), published by @uoftpress.bsky.social, has been awarded the 2024 American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS) prize for Literary & Cultural Studies. Happy and grateful!

Monographs 2016-2023: 0 Monographs 2024-2025: 2

Did you know our #GoldenAge25 CFP is live?! 🔎🕵🏻‍♀️ 📚 We can’t wait to hear your wonderful ideas! @crimestudies.bsky.social @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @aspaceofonesown.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com

Remember our CFP is now live! 📚🔎 We cannot wait to read all the amazing submissions! ✨ CFP posted across all platforms, and available at the link: goldenagemysteries.co.uk #GoldenAgeOfCrime #GoldenAge25 #QueensOfCrime #AgathaChristie #DorothyLSayers #DetectiveFiction #Modernist

It’s that time of year again, folks!!!! It’s exciting!!! 📚🔎✨ @tinahodgkinson.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social @greenbowlerhat.bsky.social @verbivorial.bsky.social @markaldridge.info @agathafestival.bsky.social

We’re so proud to announce that one of our directors Dr Stefano Serafini’s second monograph ‘Italian Crime Fiction Revisited: Authority, Detection, and the Supernatural, 1861–1941’ is out now! 📚🔎 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #CrimeFiction #ItallianCrimeFiction #GoldenAge #History #Detection