New rankings just came out, and FSU's English Department is #8 in the country among public universities. Current ranking systems are imperfect, of course. But it's also nice to take a moment to recognize the amazing, bold teaching & research getting done here--right on the frontline of doomsday.

I'm reading Lady Caroline Lamb's letters about planning a dinner for Sir Walter Scott. There's literally no one this woman didn't know. Her reach in the Romantic-era literary sphere both before and after Byron is staggering. #Romanticism #WalterScott #CarolineLamb

REMINDER: Deadline to apply to be the next SHARP News Bibliographer(s) coming up soon! Apply by October 01 2025. See the link for details: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20... #BookHistory #Bibliography #Bibliographer #Research #Zotero #Publishing #Books

I am here for this dog/Sir Walter Scott crossover content. #Romanticism #dogs #literarydogs

I cannot wait to discuss Virginia Jackson's _Dickinson's Misery_ with my grad students today. One of them emailed me over the weekend to say that their "brain melted, but in a good way." Welcome. To. The. Party. 🎉🤓 #lyric #bookhistory #pedagogy

Hello #academicsky! I'm sharing a cfp for an edited collection on "Naming & Classifying," pulled together by me, Kristin Girten, & @aaronrhanlon.com . We'd love to see your work! Please also circulate to anyone you think might be interested. Deadline 10/31. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This week I've received invites to faculty active shooter training and a recharge social for "faculty wellbeing." Come for tips on how to secure a door with a belt and then barricade it with desks, stay for the light hors d’oeuvres and chit chat? I don't even know what I'm supposed to feel right now

Slightly diminish a poem: We Are Six

Timeline cleanse and menagerie news: meet George. Like his Byronic namesake, he is handsome, curious, and kind of a hot mess. Experienced cat people, I'd welcome any advice, especially about how to remain productive in the presence of so much cuteness.

Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

The world is on fire, but I am so excited to get to discuss Beowulf this week with enthusiastic undergrads. I'm leaning into this joy amidst the chaos. #teaching #pedagogy #LitSurvey

I'm generally a dog person, but honestly this close to adopting a cat named "Uh-Oh" from a local rescue. Let me tell you, the name is apt.

There's a joyful rawness to teaching the lit survey classes. The best reaction about "The Wife's Lament" yesterday: "She's heartbroken but also kind of a bad bitch for maybe trying to curse him." #teaching #pedagogy

Help! In Caroline Lamb's novel Graham Hamilton (1822) she writes about a money-lender: "He came forward [...] at the time of the loan, and was made a Baronet for lending vast sums of money to Government." Ideas for what *the* loan references? #19thcentury #19thc #Romanticism #18thcentury #18thc

It's the first day of the semester, and it is also some of my students' first day back on the FSU campus since the mass shooting in the spring. There are some things that, no matter how much I think about or plan for, I feel so unprepared to meet as an educator.

The full LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography is here 🏳️‍🌈!!! 650+ items of LGBTQIA+ #BookHistory!! Check out the intro to see how we made it, the primary bibliography, the article appendix, and the absolutely magnificent zine!!! From monographs to zines, you'll find it here! sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

The British Association for Romantic Studies Biennal International Conference 2026 - Romantic Retrospection In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026 Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026 Updates & CfP announced: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-... [Image: Birmingham Museums Trust]

What are your favorite undergrad-friendly essays on Haywood's Fantomina? Bonus points if your recommended essay would make Ron DeSantis mad that I were teaching it. #teaching #18thcentury #18thC

I had such an amazing, supportive experience publishing my own book with @bucknellupress.bsky.social, and I admire so many of the other books in their list. What a huge loss for the field.

What a fantastic resource for teaching. I especially found the shared assignments helpful. Impressed by everyone’s pedagogical creativity and generosity to share it. #pedagogy #teaching #AI

With the semester looming, it seems an unfortunate time for my intellectual muse (who was MIA all summer) to suddenly reappear. We're talking bolt upright multiple times in the night to jot down thoughts. And bizarre dreams about Caroline Lamb. It's good, I guess? But I am very tired. #amwriting

Job!! Assistant prof. in English Lit 1500-1800, UMass Boston. www.higheredjobs.com/state/detail...

Call for Submissions for our Features section which focus on books as "concepts, symbols, the subjects of viral social media posts, set pieces in pop culture, and more!" What: A 1000-2000 word article, review, interview; a 5-10 minute video. #BookHistory #popculture docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Looking ahead to my grad seminar on lyric, and I'm once again thrilled by the prospect of sharing Virginia Jackson's "Dickinson's Misery" with students. First encountering the concept of "lyric reading" was like a lightning strike to my entire concept of poetry and genre. #bookhistory #lyric

Nothing like working early on a Sunday morning while also getting outbid for rare books. Great way to feel defeated both financially and professionally all before 7AM! 😅

The Editors of Victorian Popular Fictions are looking for guest editors for autumn special issues from 2027 - 2030. Please see the attached CFP. The deadline for proposals is 30th September 2025, and we are very happy to take any queries, please just email us at [email protected].

I hadn't fully realized how many Biblical references Lady Caroline Lamb's novel "Graham Hamilton" has when I first started editing it. Raised by atheist parents, I'm now over here writing footnotes about the New Testament. #LadyCarolineLamb #TextualEditing #Romanticism

"this House is beautiful but there are no dogs & to me that is unpleasant." - Lady Caroline Lamb, 25 October 1811. One probably shouldn't like their research subject too too much, but Lamb makes it hard when she's so undeniably correct. 🏠 🐶

UPDATE: estc.printprobability.org now includes the full set of ESTC titles, not just pre-1700

Gracie (aka The Big Lady, The Baby, The Great Daneosaur, Graciesaurus) died suddenly last night at home. She outweighed me by a lot and has left an equally large hole in my heart.

The article I’m trying to finish is basically: everything you thought you knew about Lady Caroline Lamb and scandal is probably not right; or, there’s way more to it than that one story about her pubic hair.

I’d like to take a moment to remind you of some Lady Caroline Lamb’s excellently named dogs: Jock, Prince, Bambina, Tango, Rover, Vixon, and Venture.

Library of Congress's "Librarians-in-Residence" program to develop next generation of librarians & information professionals. 6 positions in various disciplinary tracks. Positions are 6 mos in duration, start in July 2024. GS-9. Deadline for applications: Feb. 9.

Update-British Library: 'Today we’ve released a searchable online version of our main catalogue...also expanded the range of items that can be accessed in our Reading Rooms at St Pancras, including the majority of our special collections' No advance online ordering yet. More info at: bl.uk/research

#18thc friends, are you missing the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC)? Nikolai Vogler built a stopgap ESTC when the British Library's went offline. As of 11 Jan this site has entirety of the catalogue (though only core info available for post-1700s records). #GLAM 🗃️ #bookhistory spread the word

FULLY IN LOVE with this suitably dishevelled self-portrait of the future Lady Caroline Lamb walking her dogs in Cavendish Square – just weeks before her wedding in 1805 THAT HAIR! THAT PUG! #c18 #c19

I'm excited to have work in this newly published, Open Access & admirably cosmopolitan collection, alongside musicologists & scholars of Islamic art. I'm also excited that I got to write about an album page that includes a real (pasted-in) bug, forming the food for a painted swan. I ❤️bugs in books.

We are hiring 4 new faculty in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at GT for Fall 2024: Two FT lecturers (film production and computational media) and two TT professors (asst prof of digital media, assoc prof of film studies). The first three are posted; the fourth will be soon

My book The Limits of Familiarity is 50% off now as part of the Bucknell/Rutgers UP sale. Less than $20 for the paperback with code RHOLIDAY23 www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/bucknell/the... #romanticism #18thc #19thc #bookhistory

Final plug for this talk. It’s fully booked online, but you can email the Byron Society to request the direct Zoom link. The more the merrier!

UCLA Library Special Collections Research Fellowships Program: The Library provides funding for on-site graduate-level, post-doctoral or independent research with Library Special Collections materials. 📚 📜 #libraries #bookhistory #bibliography

Abstracts due January 15th. britishwomenwriters.org/conference-b...

Next Tuesday I’ll be giving a free online talk for the Byron Society entitled “‘let my works be bound in Red”: Bookbinding and the Packaging of Romanticism.” I’m excited to share this new work! More info here: www.thebyronsociety.com/let-my-works... #19thc #18thc #bookhistory #romanticism

Fellow peer reviewers—what are your thoughts on framing rejection (not R&R)? I aim for specificity of weakness while also noting some strong elements that have promise for future development. I’d love others’ thoughts on how to be a more positive version of the dreaded Reviewer 2. #peerreview

Call for speakers! I’m organising an online series of talks, “Women, Property and Economics,” which will bring together early career and established academics, and heritage professionals, working on this topic across 18th and 19th century studies.

The submission portal for the 53rd Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, to be held in Oxford on 3-5 Jan 2024, is open with an extended deadline. Please submit your proposal by Monday 30 October 2023! 😃 www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

Applications are now open for the Linda Hall Library's 2024-25 fellowships, including: -Residential & virtual #histsci fellowships -Our @NEHgov postdoc -#HistMed, #Aerospace & #RareBooks fellowships -Support for scholars in #Ukraine Proposals are due Jan. 19, 2024. lindahall.org/fellowships 🗃️📜

Do you have a recent (or forthcoming) book that we should consider reviewing for the Keats-Shelley journal? Please reach out! #romanticism

TWO great tenure track jobs at UT in Knoxville! Medieval and early American, w/ some combo of DH, Medical humanities, environment, indigenous studies, global studies. Nov 1 deadline. english.utk.edu/2023/10/17/m...