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Delighted to see that my article, '"Many Little Wildernesses": Harriet Monroe, Poetry, and the Reader as Tourist' is out in the latest issue of the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies! doi.org/10.5325/jmodeperistud.16.2.0107

Small correction to the term card! Our final event is in week 7 rather than week 8.

🔊 CfP: New Work in Modernist Studies 15 🗓️ Friday 9 January, online ⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-... A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.

DM: 3 orcs attack your party Me: my level 20 literary critic critiques their racialised traits *rolls a 1* DM: uh oh your critique runs out of steam Me, panicking: I surface read them! DM: your thin description reveals they are brigands in disguise and they flee. Well played!

The sun is shining in Lancaster and I’m looking forward to the start of the @thebsls.bsky.social conference!

There is power in coming together and acting as a collective in moments of crisis, and we need to act together to support all our colleagues who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy. Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk

Listening to #radio4 discussion of 'sovereign data' such as the British Libraries books as a resource that can generate income by being leased to Ai tech companies. Rather wish government had recognised its sovereign data status for the rest of us when the Library was hacked. #AcademicSky

📣 CfP: #NWiMS Special Issue Presenters, please consider submitting your abridged papers (extracts or summaries also welcome) of c.1000 words to The Modernist Review. 🖋 Express interest by 31 December 2024 🖋 Submit by 15 January 2025 Any questions do contact us at [email protected]

Very much enjoyed #NWiMS yesterday! Met lots of lovely people and was treated to a great variety of papers. Huge thanks to @matthewtaunton.bsky.social and @modernistudies.bsky.social for organising

Today I’m working on my #NWiMS paper on Charlotte Mew, Lascelles Abercrombie, and felled trees, which feels rather apt in the wake of Storm Darragh #ModWrite

The Bodleian Christmas Tree is up in the Old Schools Quad, for those who like their 17th Gothic Revival architecture served with a side of festive foliage. Christmas starts now! Photo by @tansybranscombe.bsky.social.

📢 CfP Modernism & Data Special Issue of The Modernist Review Submissions of 1000-1500 words (articles, creative responses) to the topic. We are just as excited about papers that use digital methods as those that refuse to; as long as you tell us why! 📌 Deadline - 20th December 2024

I'm on strike today and tomorrow with hundreds of my Guardian colleagues over the proposed sale of the Observer. Much of the brilliant journalism you enjoy for free on the Guardian website over the weekend is Observer journalism... cont'd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

It’s the final ModCon Graduate Forum of term tonight! Looking forward to hearing from Sara L. Borga on '"Impractical" and "unsummarizable": The Terms of Tracy K. Smith's Poetry' and Shivani Arulalan Pillai on 'Memory and Imperial Ruins in Rohinton Mistry's ‘Family Matters’'

Diplodocus, in Ray Lankester's book Secrets of Earth and Sea (1920): 'It seems probable that Diplodocus was an aquatic reptile, and never raised himself on to his four legs on dry land as the Carnegie skeleton at the Natural History Museum is doing'. Sorry, Dippy (and Fern).

Another Monday, another #ModWrite! Share with us what you're working on using the hashtag. Also, if you're joining us for New Work in Modernist Studies don't forget to register:

This #modwrite I’m thinking about tangled threads in H.D.’s ‘Helen in Egypt’ and wondering how to untangle the argument of this thesis chapter

The point is that at university you're meant to be taught by researchers. It's higher education because it's not just a static body of knowledge; researchers are the people who can teach you to make new knowledge yourself

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

Looking forward to the first Modern and Contemporary Literature Graduate Forum of term on Wednesday! We’ll be hearing papers from Aryehi Bhushan and Leo Kadokura.

Ta da! Our autumn programme is ready for launch.

The Sound of the Fens: wonderful BBC Open Country in which Martha Kearney visits Helpston & Fen Edge to explore how the landscape has changed since the days of John Clare. Features Francesca Mackenney discussing Clare’s soundscapes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This #ModWrite we're pleased to announce: 📢 New Work in Modernist Studies 14 📌 13 December 2024 @uniofeastanglia 🖋Abstract deadline 18 October 2024 An opportunity for PhDs/Early Career Researchers working on modernism (broadly defined!) to share work & connect. Please share!

Happy to share The Modernist Review #50! Read a selection of papers from New Work in Modernist Studies our annual PG/ECR conference (organised by Daniel Abdalla & @greenbowlerhat.bsky.social). Your Editors, Serena Wong & @jenniferashby.bsky.social modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/t...

Looking forward to the first Modern and Contemporary Graduate Forum of term on Wednesday with Alex Gunn and Hadas Wagner!

Had a great time at NWiMS yesterday! It was fab to listen to such a variety of thought-provoking papers, and add my own contribution on Marianne Moore and rats. Thanks so much to @modernistudies.bsky.social, and especially @greenbowlerhat.bsky.social and Daniel for organising!

The CFP for Ephemeral Modernisms, BAMS International Conference, 2024, is here! We’ll be at the University of Leeds. We welcome proposals for papers, panels, or for something more innovative if the spirit moves you! wordpress.com/page/bams.ac... @modernistudies.bsky.social