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romanticist&historian | PhD candidate at KU Leuven & Ghent University (Belgium) | Scottish&Irish women's writing & the writing of history
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Ok, this is a start at least! Starter pack for the long eighteenth century and Romantic period - reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/JMDQj4n

submitted 115 days ago • 66 comments

I asked MA English Lit students (in Belgium) to list Austen's female contemporaries. It wasn't a very satisfactory outcome, which made me wonder about the knowledge about Romantic-era women's writing outside my field of expertise. Any ideas? Can you make it to 10?

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'As the obliteration of Gaza unfolds with little resistance from the world’s hegemons, it feels as though a new standard is being normalised for the most vulnerable populations on the planet.' Faisal Al-Asaad on Gaza and the future of the Global South

submitted 503 days ago • 0 comments

The PhD community of Conflict & Development at my university wrote a collective statement in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Join us in breaking academia’s silence and please sign and share: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 506 days ago • 0 comments

Just migrated here from old Twitter. Posting this conference information for people who haven't seen it. Abstract submission deadline is 1 November 🙂

submitted 510 days ago • 0 comments

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.

submitted 511 days ago • 4 comments

Hello new followers! Each year on the other place, I've celebrated October with a month-long celebration of women's ghost stories. This year that content is moving to Bluesky. Please spread the word and follow along to enjoy some old favorites and maybe discover some new ones, too! 🎃

submitted 521 days ago • 7 comments

For "just because it's Tuesday," let's read from the special issue Material Fictions: "Neither Poets, Painters, nor Sculptors": Classical Mimesis and the Art of Female Hairdressing in Eighteenth-Century France by Alicia Caticha muse.jhu.edu/article/715157 #materialculture #18thCentury #C18th #18thC

submitted 524 days ago • 1 comment

Finally made it here! I'm Zoë, PhD candidate in history at Ghent University and literature at KU Leuven, working on Scottish and Irish women's writing (1780-1830), examining their mediations of history 📚 #gothicists #romanticism #romanticstudies #womenswriting

submitted 524 days ago • 1 comment