Very sad to hear about the death of Prof. Simon James - an excellent scholar and a kind human being. My thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.

Interesting ideas here, and astute about current problems in UKHE.

Important reflections for our times, please do read and share ⬇️⬇️

Vernon Lee: Text, Applications, and Practice - the first North American Vernon Lee conference is waiting for your abstracts! Jan 3 2025 is your deadline. Conference is at Colorado College, 29 June - 2 July 2025 💜

Great to see this from the @englishassociation.bsky.social.

If you are interested in historicising, contextualising, or rewriting #truecrime, join @lizzieseal.bsky.social and me to reflect on ways in which true crime narratives are deployed! The CFP is live and the proposals can be submitted via this form: forms.gle/U1hHhpWQh9u8... The deadline is 16 May!

CFP: British Association for Victorian Studies 25th Anniversary Conference (Proposal Deadline: 3/17/25) bit.ly/3X9mG4r

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Oxford Faculties of English & History are delighted to host the 25th anniversary conference of the British Association for #Victorian Studies on 23–25 July. Papers on any aspect of long-nineteenth-century studies are welcome (submit by 17 March). #BAVS #Victorianstudies #19thC

Editorial: ‘The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed’. Good to see a measured, informed, and supportive media response to the crisis in HE.

The gorgeous residential Gladstone’s Library Writer in Residence programme provides space and resources for up to four writers whose work engages with liberal values in the broadest sense. Writers at all stages of their career can apply. Please share :) www.gladstoneslibrary.org/events/write...

We the undersigned … plse read and share ⬇️

And a new open access book on Mudie's and the novel to go with it!

More Pride, Less Prejudice: Jane Austen at 250👇 sites.google.com/view/morepri...

So honoured to now be a Fellow of the @englishassociation.bsky.social!

Delighted to be presenting a research paper as part of Anglia Ruskin’s Nineteenth-Century Magazines and Print Culture series. Please do come along if you can and check out the schedule here: nineteenthcenturystudiesanglia.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/s...

New #SherdsTube out now on YouTube: youtu.be/wOMcD5IQUZo

Having now seen #Nosferatu, I’m sorry to say that I was disappointed. I’ve loved Eggers’ work to date, and the cinematography here was equally impressive, but it’s a one-note movie - everything is overwrought, including Orlok’s distracting accent!

@danielledove.bsky.social One for you, I think! 😂

Thanks to @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social and all on the Assemblage project for a great two days of fascinating papers and productive discussion!

Wonderful afternoon at the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social events at Leith Hill Place in Surrey. Glorious autumn colour coupled with amazing poetry and music.

Have just joined Bluesky. Hoping to rediscover Victorianist communities and colleagues who have disappeared from my X feed!