You can learn more about Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins at our current exhibition 'Mutual Friends.'

But hurry; the exhibition ends Sunday!

We have a fine programme of social events lined up, including a performance of an almost unbelievable magic trick - witnessed by Dickens himself - by the inimitable Miss Sylvia Sceptre... Victorian Spiritualist Sylvia Sceptre

Our reduced Early Bird registration and accommodation offers are available until 19 May
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We are still accepting PGR bursary applications for the The Dickens Society Symposium (31 May deadline) & the Robert B Partlow Jn. Prize for grads., independent scholars & contingent faculty members (1 May deadline) birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/…

See you there?

Out today:

@drcrosthwaite & Vít Baisa introduce #CorpusMate , a user-friendly corpus tool designed for effective data-driven learning. Tackling the challenges of traditional tools, it promises a smoother experience for educators & learners! 🛠️📊 #DDL

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Only 5 days left to register (on-campus or online) for our 26 April Immersion symposium Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN

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I enjoyed #Riverside #Chat with Quentin Grafton on “ #Water #Crisis Is #Climate #Crisis ” for Water Justice Hub #Podcast - listen here shows.acast.com/water-justice-… UoB Institute for Sustainability & Climate Action Prof Michaela Mahlberg College of Life and Environmental Sciences IGI Birmingham UNESCO UK unescoWATER IAHS_AISH Uni of Birmingham #Sustainability

An excellent job opportunity here. Cardiff University are recruiting a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics:

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Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #28: English Language Teaching with guest Professor Mike McCarthy (Prof Mike McCarthy) on the contributions of corpus linguistics to the ELT industry!

Watch here: youtu.be/qNptE93-QJ8?si…

Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-epi…

If you are interested in cats and dogs in Dickens have read of this blog post by Dr. Lydia Craig 🐶🐈‍⬛🐕🐱

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti died on this day 9th April 1882. Beata Beatrix (Blessed Beatrice) was unfinished at the time of his death, the background was completed by Ford Madox Brown. Rossetti modelled Beatrice after his late wife the artist & model Elizabeth Siddal who died in 1862.

We're thrilled to share some of the wonderful letters in our collection, beautifully narrated by Harry Lloyd, the great-great-great grandson of Charles #Dickens .

Our first is dated from 1852, when Dickens was forced to apologise to one of his contributor writers...

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Fantastic!

Language has the potential to contribute to and/or resist dementia stigma. How might it do this? What does research say?
See our new #openaccess scoping review in the Journal of Language and Aging Research for more!
By Emma Putland and Gavin Brookes
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Ah, great piece!

I’m pleased to say that English Literature at the University of Glasgow are advertising two new permanent posts. Applications for the James Murray Beattie Lectureships in Victorian Literature, and in Fantasy Literature, close on 6th May 24. More info here: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/

We went to see the Victorian Radicals ⁦Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery⁩ today. Absolutely brilliant - not to be missed. Bonus: children up to 15 go free 😀

Jobs: English; Language Acquisition: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of York: Role The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is looking to appoint a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) specialising in research on lifespan language… dlvr.it/T4q3nm

Are you a multilingual linguist with language teaching experience? Duolingo is hiring! 🎉

We're looking for a polyglot familiar with typologically distinct languages to join our Learning & Curriculum org. YOU should apply!!

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