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Heike Bauer

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Prof at Birkbeck & canicrosser. LGBTQI+ pasts; modern history of gender & sexuality; literary & cultural history; visual cultures; animals; pet history. Owned by 3 dogs & a cat. She/they. London & the Surrey Hills via Wales. ๐Ÿ’™ in Scotland

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When Should Pets Die? Mapping changing expectations around end-of-life care in UK veterinary practice Principal Supervisor:ย Dr Karen Hiestand, Royal Veterinary College Co-Supervisor:ย Professor Heike Bauer, Birkbeck Project Description Is animal euthanasia a necessary treatment or a failure of care?โ€ฆ

Excited to share that Karen Hiestand & I have secured a 2nd Bloomsbury Doctoral Scholarship working across the Royal Veterinary College & Birkeck Humanities:

When Should Pets Die? Mapping changing expectations around end-of-life care in UK veterinary practice

bloomsbury.ac.uk/when-should-...

12.02.2026 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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When Should Pets Die? Mapping changing expectations around end-of-life care in UK veterinary practice Principal Supervisor:ย Dr Karen Hiestand, Royal Veterinary College Co-Supervisor:ย Professor Heike Bauer, Birkbeck Project Description Is animal euthanasia a necessary treatment or a failure of care?โ€ฆ

Excited to share that Karen Hiestand & I have secured a 2nd Bloomsbury Doctoral Scholarship working across the Royal Veterinary College & Birkeck Humanities:

When Should Pets Die? Mapping changing expectations around end-of-life care in UK veterinary practice

bloomsbury.ac.uk/when-should-...

12.02.2026 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Look what arrived today, or at least the ebook did. This is the first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to medieval womenโ€™s writing globally,focusing on the thousand-year period between 500-1500. Entries on about 250 women writers plus longer thematic essays. Youโ€™re welcome.

07.02.2026 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 237    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Queer Meaning-Making in South Asian Literature: New Comparative Perspectives Principal Supervisor: Dr Anandi Rao (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics; SOAS, University of London) Co-Supervisor:ย Professor Heike Bauer (School of Creative Arts, Culture & Communicโ€ฆ

Applications are invited for a Bloomsbury Doctoral Scholarship on Queer Meaning-Making in South Asian Literature: New Comparative Perspectives supervised by Anandi Rao at SOAS and me. Deadline 27 March. Full details in the link ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŽ“ bloomsbury.ac.uk/queer-meanin...

06.02.2026 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Queer Meaning-Making in South Asian Literature: New Comparative Perspectives Principal Supervisor: Dr Anandi Rao (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics; SOAS, University of London) Co-Supervisor:ย Professor Heike Bauer (School of Creative Arts, Culture & Communicโ€ฆ

Applications are invited for a Bloomsbury Doctoral Scholarship on Queer Meaning-Making in South Asian Literature: New Comparative Perspectives supervised by Anandi Rao at SOAS and me. Deadline 27 March. Full details in the link ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŽ“ bloomsbury.ac.uk/queer-meanin...

06.02.2026 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RIP Rosa von Praunheim, inimitable queer activist filmmaker ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŽ“

17.12.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beauty along the Wey #SurreyHills

06.12.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to Doing Social Justice Research Now, a panel discussion with representatives from the Birkbeck Institutes, 10 December 2pm at Birkbeck.

Free but register to secure your place.

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

04.12.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to Doing Social Justice Research Now, a panel discussion with representatives from the Birkbeck Institutes, 10 December 2pm at Birkbeck.

Free but register to secure your place.

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

04.12.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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London evening

28.11.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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London evening

28.11.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today! 6pm at Birkbeck. Hope to see some of you there!

19.11.2025 06:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry, this is an in-person event only.

19.11.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Annual Graduate Lecture 2025 - Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829 Join us for an exploration of ways of mapping and knowing Newfoundland in the 18th & 19th centuries delivered by Julia Laite

This week Wednesday at Birkbeck, right in the heart of Bloomsbury: join us for thought-provoking talk by the brilliant Julia Laite on the history of Newfoundland, home of one of the British Empireโ€™s most remote settlements where one of its most complete genocides took place. Free but pls register

17.11.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Annual Graduate Lecture 2025 - Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829 Join us for an exploration of ways of mapping and knowing Newfoundland in the 18th & 19th centuries delivered by Julia Laite

Join us on 19 Nov for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture featuring Julia Laite on the difficult history of Newfoundland, home to one of the British Empireโ€™s oldest & most isolated settler populations where one of its most totalizing genocides took place. Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

13.11.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Annual Graduate Lecture 2025 - Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829 Join us for an exploration of ways of mapping and knowing Newfoundland in the 18th & 19th centuries delivered by Julia Laite

Join us on 19 Nov for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture featuring Julia Laite on the difficult history of Newfoundland, home to one of the British Empireโ€™s oldest & most isolated settler populations where one of its most totalizing genocides took place. Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

13.11.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture in the Humanities & Social Sciences featuring award-winning historian Julia Laite on 'Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829'.

19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.

All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

23.10.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture in the Humanities & Social Sciences featuring award-winning historian Julia Laite on 'Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829'.

19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.

All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

23.10.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beautiful sky over Troon on the West Coast of Scotland

17.10.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beautiful sky over Troon on the West Coast of Scotland

17.10.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vienna!

16.10.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vienna!

16.10.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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University English Funding

Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to ยฃ250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

30.09.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Did you colour coordinate with Robyn? Looking good and great to see you out and about together, Martin!

21.09.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Reminder: Journal of the History of Sexuality seeks new editor(s) | H-Net The Journal of the History of Sexualityย is seeking new editors. The JHS, which was founded in 1990 and isย published by the University of Texas Press, is the oldest journal devoted to the history of se...

The Journal of the History of Sexuality is looking for new editor(s) networks.h-net.org/group/announ... ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŽ“

15.09.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Reminder: Journal of the History of Sexuality seeks new editor(s) | H-Net The Journal of the History of Sexualityย is seeking new editors. The JHS, which was founded in 1990 and isย published by the University of Texas Press, is the oldest journal devoted to the history of se...

The Journal of the History of Sexuality is looking for new editor(s) networks.h-net.org/group/announ... ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŽ“

15.09.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography โ€“ SHARP NEWS

๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography now live! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

Thank you to all of the collaborators who made this resource happen! And what a resource it is! Let us know if and when and how you use it!

Check it out!

#BookHistory #QueerBookHistory #LGBTQIABooks #Research

sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

25.08.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A familiar London panorama looking particularly bright today

08.09.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A familiar London panorama looking particularly bright today

08.09.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beautiful Gothic moon over the Surrey Hills

06.09.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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