We’ve got another great lineup for the ModCon Graduate Forum this term, kicking off with Iris Pearson and Livvy Sutherland this Wednesday! Faculty of English

My book Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience (OUP, 2023) is now officially open access. You can download the PDF for free here:

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'Land-based sources are responsible for 80% of marine litter, with 85% of it being plastic.'

On #EarthDay , Oxford researchers comment on the global plastic waste crisis, and the opportunities and challenges in moving to a sustainable plastics economy.
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Good #MondayMorning , @econtalker fans.

Join Russ and Teppo Felin for a fascinating conversation on prediction and possibility: ow.ly/T5fE50Rg7lN

#VanessaBell was an English painter who was a central figure of the Bloomsbury group - a renowned collective of artists, writers, and intellectuals that was formed in 1905.

See her vibrant 'Still Life' on free display at Tate Modern's #Lates on 26 April: bit.ly/49ETSUO

1914 Spring French River #tt1914

Prof Kirsten Shepherd-Barr features on the Det humanistiske fakultet website on the importance of the Humanities: 'We need to keep reminding people that the Humanities aren’t just about so-called ‘soft skills’... they provide rigorous and tangible training in a craft'. uib.no/en/hf/169939/h…

🚨EXCELLENT AI PAPER ALERT: 'Theory Is All You Need: AI, Human Cognition, and Decision Making' by Teppo Felin & Matthias Holweg is all you need to read about AI today. Quotes:

'The differences between human and machine learning—when it comes to language (as well as other

The brilliant Ten Minute Book Club Faculty of English English Faculty Outreach Dr Alexandra Paddock Kirsten Shepherd-Barr has been shortlisted for the University of Oxford VC Awards: Community Partnership. Minderoo Foundation TORCH Oxford Humanities Division 4 seasons of fabulous books!
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Excited to have my paper on Marianne Moore and talking rats featured in the NWiMS issue of The Modernist Review! Thanks British Association for Modernist Studies, and editors Serena Wong and Jennifer Ashby

Teaching today

The second delivery in the #AnnaSuiFW24 collection is inspired by Virginia Woolf book covers, with shades of Bristol blue, black and cream.

Had a brilliant day at the Oxford Dept for Continuing Education, where I was asked to lecture on the subject of 'Queering Modernism'.

Of course I spoke on Orlando 😁

Everyday is CAT-urday at Christ Church 😻

Meet the newest members of Christ Church: Alice and Meadow!

Little win: Bodleian Libraries is now protecting the copy by restraining delivery requests to the Weston Library!

For #ModWrite today, I'm preparing my lecture slides for the upcoming 'Queering Modernism' day school Oxford Continuing Education on Saturday 10 February! Book your space here: conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/queeri…

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

Event announcement! A bit of C18th science, Shelley, Ireland, and Oxford, but mostly balloons. Info and sign-up link here: eventbrite.it/e/inflammable-…
The Queen's College Queen's College Library Faculty of English

The cover for Virginia Woolf and the Anthropocene is here! And you can now pre-order too (or ask your library to). Featuring essays from Dr. Molly Volanth Hall, Kelly Sultzbach, Shinjini Chattopadhyay, PhD, Shilo Rae McGiff and many others who aren't on Twitter! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-virginia-…