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Dr. Amy Matthewson

@amymatthewson.bsky.social

Historian of China in the British Imagination, 19th and early 20th centuries, Visual and Material Cultures. Assistant Professor at University of Birmingham

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Muban Educational Trust The Muban Educational Trust was established in 1997 by Christer von der Burg and the late Verena Bolinder-MΓΌller. It is a small charity based in south-west London and is dedicated to the preservation,...

There's a bunch of high-quality stuff about #Chinese #printmaking and #graphics on the Youtube channel of the Muban Educational Trust, quite the resource:
www.youtube.com/@mubaneducat...

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Congratulations Professor! Thank you for all your kindness, guidance, and encouragement.

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A Brief History of The Illustrated London News | Patrick Leary "On the 14 of May, 1842, The Illustrated London News burst upon a world that had never seen anything quite like it. Not that there hadn’t been plenty of…"

Speaking of the Illustrated London News, a paper whose pages I never tire of turning, here's an account of its (mainly 19th-c.) history I put together some years back for the publisher Gale, which has made the essay free to access. It was fun to write. www.gale.com/intl/essays/... #C19th

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CFP: Special VPR Issue (Winter 2026) – RSVP Call for proposals for a special issue of VPR honoring the late Brian Maidment! Proposals due May 15, 2025 and will be published Winter 2026.

CFP: Essays in Honor of Brian Maidment (Proposals due May 15; Essays due Nov. 1). Guest editors Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge invite proposals for a special issue of VPR. For full details, visit rs4vp.org/cfp-vpr-spec... @rs4vp.bsky.social

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Flyer for the Midland History Essay Prize 2025 white text on a dark background with an image of the the journal's front cover. Deadline for entries is 31 October 2025

Flyer for the Midland History Essay Prize 2025 white text on a dark background with an image of the the journal's front cover. Deadline for entries is 31 October 2025

Researching any aspect of history of the midlands? Then this is for you 🫡
The Midland History essay prize offers a first prize of Β£400.00 and opportunity for your research to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Deadline for entries 31 October 2025 πŸŽƒ
#skystorians #PhD

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British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) 25th Anniversary Conference

General registration for BAVS2025 is now open. Come and join us in Oxford in July and help to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the formation of BAVS.

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This week, my class and I had the immense pleasure of chatting with Dr. Tore Olsson about history, video games, and his new book. We also had an in-class discussion about the women's suffrage movement as depicted in the game and in primary sources. Not my primary area of expertise, but so much fun.

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CFP Edited Collection: Imagining Explorers: From National Narratives to Public History, Explorers and Exploration in the Public Realm | H-Net Imagining Explorers: From National Narratives to Public History, Explorers and Exploration in the Public Realm (edited collection)

CFP Edited Collection: "Imagining Explorers: From National Narratives to Public History, Explorers and Exploration in the Public Realm" via H-HistGeog: networks.h-net.org/group/announ... πŸ—ƒοΈ

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Thanks for this, Vivien! Esther’s paper was indeed a fascinating exploration of ways of representing (and thinking about) temporalities in archival research

11.02.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a big day!

This intro took a while to put together, a lot of ideas, and lots of thoughts on itinerance while 'wandering and working' in some ways myself... plus I realise definitions are difficult and scary!

I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts! DMs are open!

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Oh Barlas is an interesting figure that I’m not too familiar with. Would love to read anything you recommend

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This looks fantastic

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My first monograph looked at representations of China in the popular British satirical magazine β€œPunch” in the Victorian era

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Looking forward to connecting with you on this platform

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Hello new and old Friends, I’m new to the Bluesky community and would like to (re)-introduce myself. I’m a (mostly) 19th century historian interested in China in the British imagination. I look at visual and material cultures to explore a wide range of themes: knowledge, race relations, empire

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New to Bluesky: @Vischina -- Historical Photographs of China at the University of Bristol hpcbristol.net

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Hi Tim! Please add me πŸ™‚

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