BAVS Funding Grants (deadline 31 May 2024) victorianist.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/bav…

Exciting news from #PPBkA. Our 1st international conference, this November. CFP We ARE Amused: Victorian Humour and the Digital out now! Confirmed keynotes: Bob Nicholson Dr Bob Nicholson & Jim Mussell Jim Mussell bit.ly/4aB00hr Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) BAVS Postgrads Françoise Baillet @LJMUImpact

Does anyone have an Oxbridge non-stipendiary Visiting Fellowship application (for College rather than Faculty) that they'd be willing to share? English/History focused especially ideal! I'm unclear about how to frame my project & research for this kind of app... #twitterstorians?

BAVS ONLINE WRITING RETREATS victorianist.wordpress.com/2024/06/11/bav…

Excited to announce our one-day online workshop on Ageing, Progress and Decline in the Victorian period on Fri 6 December. Join for papers on a range of topics by expert speakers - inc. a keynote by Jacob Jewusiak. Register via Eventbrite or email me: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ageing-progr…

In case @telegraph readers are interested, this is a response to the story re @CanterbruyCCUni's decision to close its excellent English dept.

Finally a helpful acknowledgement of the damage that's being done across the sector, and of its consequences theguardian.com/education/2024…

why would you finish an article when you can start a new, more exciting one?

Interested in the Victorians, saving some money, crafting, or gifting meaningful homemade Christmas presents? I wrote a li'l piece for The Conversation: 'Seven Victorian paper craft projects that could cut your Christmas consumption' theconversation.com/seven-victoria…

Kicking off my semester of sabbatical research with a couple of days at the wonderful UoRTypographyColls University of Reading. Here be trade cards, rewards of merit, greetings & friendship cards, valentines, scrapbooks & more galore! #ephemera #print #19thcentury #materialculture

Tomorrow I'll be on Sunday Morning Live BBCSundayMorningLive (BBC1, 10.30am) to discuss the history & traditions of St. Valentine's Day. There will be cards! Roman martyrs! Love spoons! And more... 💕💌💘 What will *you* be sending - or hoping to receive - on February 14th?!

Academic Dr Alice Crossley will be here to give us a Victorian guide to Valentines Day. We'll also hear how two women are keeping the Norfolk folk tale of Jack Valentine alive for the next generation. Don't miss it! Sunday / BBC One / 10:30

It's my first week as a Bodleian Libraries Fellow Bodleian Libraries and a Visiting Fellow at Mansfield College Mansfield College, University of Oxford! Thank you to both for such a warm welcome, in spite of the chilly drizzle

In a just world “TwainGPT” would rewrite your prose in randomly selected variants of 19th-century regional dialect, add drunken digressions, and turn every genre you ask for— business letter, college essay—into a confusing joke about a frog.

Looking forward to giving a short talk today, 'Victorian Valentines: Naughty or Nice?' introducing Kate Clanchy's valentines poetry workshop this afternoon @ 5.30pm, Mansfield College Mansfield College, University of Oxford University of Oxford, using the Bodleian Libraries John Johnson & Harding collections!

Ever wondered about the history of Valentine's Day? Watch this interesting interview with University of Lincoln Senior Lecturer Dr Dr Alice Crossley on Sunday Morning Live that aired last week. 💕 Watch on BBC iPlayer from 42.21 - 45.50 👉 lncn.ac/Valentines

We're delighted to announce that #BAVS2025 will be taking place on 23-25 July University of Oxford We hope you can join us to celebrate our 25th anniversary conference! CfP information can be found here: english.web.ox.ac.uk/bavs2025 BAVS Postgrads