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""Culture" forces us to think about relationship of individual to collectivity+collectivities of difft kinds to each other; abt form+functions of collectivities; ultimately about rel bw worlds we inhabit+our loftiest hopes. Very few concepts help us to think about these things." @susanh.bsky.social

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Marco Rubio today.

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Very excited to find out that I'll be presenting BARS PGR/ECR conference 'Romantic (Un)Conciousness' later this year in Cambridge! Can't wait to talk all about Catherine Morland and Northanger Abbey. @bars.bsky.social Big thank you to @drbeard79.bsky.social for the title inspiration 😂

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This is some Fallout: New Vegas-level shit

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James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.

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A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire." America is under attack right now.

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Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

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Now on the BARS Blog: New Book Series: The New Nineteenth Century See the details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5831 "The New Nineteenth Century tracks the ever-evolving dynamism of long nineteenth-century studies by publishing exciting innovations and diverse voices in our field." Please share!

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Started writing my BARS paper today--it's been about three months since I sat down to work on something Romantical--and remembered I already have an entire paper written. V2!

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Today I was arrested for discussing John Rawls in class

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If anyone fancies working with me on a proposal about Mary Robinson and/or bodies/wounds/pain and/or emotions/‘madness’, I would be extremely open to that 👀

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Not quite sure how I'll swing this if I'm teaching in the fall, but looking forward to heading to U of Cambridge for the upcoming BARS PGR/ECR conference on Romantic Consciousness/Unconsciousness! #BARS2025

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It's been a bit of a dry spell for me lately publication-wise, but I'm so excited that my longest and most ambitious essay on poetics so far will be published in Contemporary Aesthetics, following a successful revise and resubmit. Wasn't expecting this today so I'm feeling very buoyant!

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Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

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Now on the BARS Blog: CFP Extended: Gilbert White and his Contexts See the full CFP here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5817 And please share/RT!

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I've extended the deadline & adjusted the wording on this scholarship after queries from prospective students. Please encourage students interested in a funded PhD on poetry in either 18c/Romantic and/or settler colonialism & Indigenous sovereignty to get in touch! www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...

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Happy Valentine's to all my fellow poets, teachers, Romanticists, or anyone helping with the mind-forged manacles. <3

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#poem

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New on the BARS Blog: Conference and Seminar Support Report: Flora Lisica on ‘Drawing Keats’s London’ at Keats House Museum for the Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5793

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We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

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fight back! the fruits of higher education - curiosity, knowledge, research, public health, vibrant arts, economic innovation - are for everybody!

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Romantic Poets in the Wild needs you!!!

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Most of the world’s brightest minds are hard at work developing new ways for you to get depression from a computer

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Interpretation for the non-scientists: When faculty get NIH grants, the University gets some extra cash to make sure the research is supported. NIH just cut that $$ by a LOT. That means Unis are less likely to support research. Most research in the US is done at Unis, so... it's bad 🧪

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I for one welcome our new cheems overlords (wtf is happening)

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Romantic Poets in the Wild needs you!!!

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Now on the BARS Blog: Romance, Revolution and Reform Issue 8: Call for Submissions! See the full call and all the info you need to submit at the link here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5784 And please don't forget to repost/share widely!

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Now on the BARS Blog: Call for Contributors: Gender and Culture in the Romantic Era See the full call here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5787 And please repost/share widely!

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ANOTHER ONE! Call for Papers: Eloquent Voices: Orality in the Age of Print, 1750-1850 See the full call/all info here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5791 And please repost/share widely!

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Please join us creating a more accessible, searchable version of Thomas Pennant's extra-illustrated Welsh and Scottish Tours! Of interest to @bars.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social members

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Only a few days to go - applications due to me by 1 February, so please share widely and encourage suitable junior scholars to come and work with me in New Zealand! Details in the link below @bars.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social

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PREORDER (28.02.2025): Opening Line is a £3.99 poetry anthology built on the principle that access to the arts should not be a privilege. This anthology dismantles economic barriers that too often limit audiences from engaging with contemporary poetry. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

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BARS Digital Symposia – Call for Expressions of Interest BARS is looking to run a series of one-day digital symposia. Along with the Digital Events, these symposia will provide spaces for addressing more specialised topics in international conference off-years. Info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5778

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Here’s Why It's Not Too Early To Call For Trump's Impeachment and Removal

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"perfections of spectacle are the product of an empire in decline. you cannot have a society of the spectacle without a constant increase in the rate of illusion." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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“Hello students.”

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This is why Romantic literature exists and you can’t convince me otherwise.

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A long overdue release… My research website is now live! Subscribe, follow, lurk… My Instagram followers got first pick on the kinda content they want to see, but I’ll be releasing updates on my Marie Curie project, DEATHRIT + some fun things discovered in the archives! deathrit.wordpress.com

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‼️ DEADLINE EXTENDED ‼️ The CfP for #BARS2025 will remain open for two more weeks. Many thanks to all those who have already sent in an abstract! If you were hoping to submit something but ran out of time over the festive break, or are still musing ideas, fear not! New deadline: 20 January 2025.

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I appreciate all the new followers I’ve gotten lately, especially poets! Haven’t been very active on here and I wish I could say it’s because I’ve been writing. Alas, just experiencing inter-semester ennui

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