@peptriss.bsky.social
Head of the School of Arts, Humanities, and Creative Industries, University of Surrey. Current President of the British Association for Victorian Studies; member of the Academia Europaea. Interests: Decadence; 19th Lit & the Visual Arts; Neo-Victorianism.
The Dickens Society is thrilled to announce: 'Novel Beginnings: The Charles Dickens Birthday Virtual Conference' on 7th February 2026.
The conference is free. Please join us and register for the event using this link to receive a Zoom link for the event: www.eventbrite.com/e/novel-begi...
Went to this event last night; beautiful and moving throughout. Thank you! #BeingHuman2025
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... How exciting!
13.11.2025 08:28 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Very sad to hear about the death of Prof. Simon James - an excellent scholar and a kind human being. My thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
18.06.2025 07:29 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Interesting ideas here, and astute about current problems in UKHE.
26.03.2025 20:10 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Important reflections for our times, please do read and share β¬οΈβ¬οΈ
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Vernon Lee: Text, Applications, and Practice - the first North American Vernon Lee conference is waiting for your abstracts! Jan 3 2025 is your deadline. Conference is at Colorado College, 29 June - 2 July 2025 π
08.12.2024 19:49 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Great to see this from the @englishassociation.bsky.social.
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background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: (Untrue) True Crime: Historicising, Contextualising, Rewriting 8 July 2025 | online Zoom
same background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: Whether stemming from interest in violence and stories or the need to understand criminal behaviour, narrating true crime has become an industry in and of itself. We would like to create a platform to discuss various ways of historicising, contextualising, and rewriting true crime across the media and further understanding regarding the ways in which true crime narratives are deployed.
same background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: Topics may include but are not limited to: covering true crime in the media the ethics of representing true crime adapting and reinterpreting true crime (de)mythologising perpetrators the criminal-detective dynamic voicing the victims and their families the role of law enforcement shifting formats of narrating true crime marketing and reception
same background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board text: Please submit a 250-word proposal and a 50-100-word bionote by 16 May 2025 using the form linnked in the post. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 6 June 2025. Lizzie Seal (University of Sussex) and Lucyna Krawczyk-Ε»ywko (University of Warsaw)
If you are interested in historicising, contextualising, or rewriting #truecrime, join @lizzieseal.bsky.social and me to reflect on ways in which true crime narratives are deployed!
The CFP is live and the proposals can be submitted via this form: forms.gle/U1hHhpWQh9u8...
The deadline is 16 May!
CFP: British Association for Victorian Studies 25th Anniversary Conference (Proposal Deadline: 3/17/25) bit.ly/3X9mG4r
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Oxford Faculties of English & History are delighted to host the 25th anniversary conference of the British Association for #Victorian Studies on 23β25 July.
Papers on any aspect of long-nineteenth-century studies are welcome (submit by 17 March). #BAVS #Victorianstudies #19thC
Editorial: βThe government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is neededβ. Good to see a measured, informed, and supportive media response to the crisis in HE.
12.02.2025 08:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Library full of books, old building, dark wood shelves, beautiful diffused light
The gorgeous residential Gladstoneβs Library Writer in Residence programme provides space and resources for up to four writers whose work engages with liberal values in the broadest sense. Writers at all stages of their career can apply.
Please share :)
www.gladstoneslibrary.org/events/write...
We the undersigned β¦ plse read and share β¬οΈ
03.02.2025 18:10 β π 16 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0
And a new open access book on Mudie's and the novel to go with it!
27.01.2025 09:18 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
More Pride, Less Prejudice: Jane Austen at 250π
sites.google.com/view/morepri...
So honoured to now be a Fellow of the @englishassociation.bsky.social!
15.01.2025 14:22 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Delighted to be presenting a research paper as part of Anglia Ruskinβs Nineteenth-Century Magazines and Print Culture series. Please do come along if you can and check out the schedule here: nineteenthcenturystudiesanglia.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/s...
08.01.2025 22:36 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
New #SherdsTube out now on YouTube: youtu.be/wOMcD5IQUZo
04.01.2025 18:55 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Having now seen #Nosferatu, Iβm sorry to say that I was disappointed. Iβve loved Eggersβ work to date, and the cinematography here was equally impressive, but itβs a one-note movie - everything is overwrought, including Orlokβs distracting accent!
04.01.2025 18:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@danielledove.bsky.social One for you, I think! π
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Thanks to @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social and all on the Assemblage project for a great two days of fascinating papers and productive discussion!
24.11.2024 11:34 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Wonderful afternoon at the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social events at Leith Hill Place in Surrey. Glorious autumn colour coupled with amazing poetry and music.
16.11.2024 19:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, Laura!
15.11.2024 14:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Have just joined Bluesky. Hoping to rediscover Victorianist communities and colleagues who have disappeared from my X feed!
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