Dr Emily Vincent
@dremilyvincent.bsky.social
👩🏻🏫 Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @sheffielduni.bsky.social
✍️ Influenza book @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
📚Research Rep @cncsi.bsky.social
🦇Co-host @GothicaUob.bsky.social
👋🏼ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social
👻 Summoned to the Séance @britishlibrary.bsky.social
✍️ Influenza book @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
📚Research Rep @cncsi.bsky.social
🦇Co-host @GothicaUob.bsky.social
👋🏼ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social
👻 Summoned to the Séance @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Pinned
I have VERY exciting news! In September I will start as a @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellow at @sheffielduni.bsky.social leading on a three-year interdisciplinary archival research project entitled 'Infodemics and Invisible Healing: Epidemics, Mesmerism, and Mediums, 1830–1920'🦠✨
As spooky season approaches, I’ll be giving a very fitting online talk on ‘Séances, Spectres & Ghost Stories’ for the equally fitting College of Psychic Studies on Tuesday 20th October 2026: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (UK) Tickets here: www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/talks/esoter... #occult #psychic #lit👻
The College of Psychic Studies : Talks : Esoteric : Seances spectres ghost stories
Join Dr Emily Vincent for an online livestream talk exploring Victorian Spiritualism, séances and the ghost stories they inspired. Spaces limited – book now.
www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk
September 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
As spooky season approaches, I’ll be giving a very fitting online talk on ‘Séances, Spectres & Ghost Stories’ for the equally fitting College of Psychic Studies on Tuesday 20th October 2026: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (UK) Tickets here: www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/talks/esoter... #occult #psychic #lit👻
First week @sheffielduni.bsky.social for my @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellowship featuring inductions, mentor meeting, a tour of the School of English, and a very jazzy office chair 🎉
September 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
First week @sheffielduni.bsky.social for my @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellowship featuring inductions, mentor meeting, a tour of the School of English, and a very jazzy office chair 🎉
I have VERY exciting news! In September I will start as a @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellow at @sheffielduni.bsky.social leading on a three-year interdisciplinary archival research project entitled 'Infodemics and Invisible Healing: Epidemics, Mesmerism, and Mediums, 1830–1920'🦠✨
August 26, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I have VERY exciting news! In September I will start as a @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellow at @sheffielduni.bsky.social leading on a three-year interdisciplinary archival research project entitled 'Infodemics and Invisible Healing: Epidemics, Mesmerism, and Mediums, 1830–1920'🦠✨
A fascinating day at the College of Psychic Studies (the London Spiritualist Alliance in 1884). I met the current College president who is said to have been seen with the spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle (the College’s president in 1926) surrounding her. So many incredible spiritualism books too! 👻
July 24, 2026 at 10:36 AM
A fascinating day at the College of Psychic Studies (the London Spiritualist Alliance in 1884). I met the current College president who is said to have been seen with the spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle (the College’s president in 1926) surrounding her. So many incredible spiritualism books too! 👻
Looking forward to presenting on ‘Scriptotherapy and Spiritualism’ from my forthcoming CUP monograph at the ESHS/HSS History of Science conference in Edinburgh. We’re on at 9.15am tomorrow on a #ESHS spiritualism panel with @dreframss.bsky.social @emmamerkling.bsky.social @irmorus.bsky.social 👻 ✍️ 📚
July 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Looking forward to presenting on ‘Scriptotherapy and Spiritualism’ from my forthcoming CUP monograph at the ESHS/HSS History of Science conference in Edinburgh. We’re on at 9.15am tomorrow on a #ESHS spiritualism panel with @dreframss.bsky.social @emmamerkling.bsky.social @irmorus.bsky.social 👻 ✍️ 📚
Here’s my review essay for the BMJ Medical Humanities on the @psioxford.bsky.social International Pandemic Science Conference. Focusing on the power of memory, #literature & storytelling, I ask how #medhums can learn from historic diseases to prepare for future #pandemics: mh.bmj.com/content/earl...
July 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Here’s my review essay for the BMJ Medical Humanities on the @psioxford.bsky.social International Pandemic Science Conference. Focusing on the power of memory, #literature & storytelling, I ask how #medhums can learn from historic diseases to prepare for future #pandemics: mh.bmj.com/content/earl...
Join us today at 6pm BST for Irish Gothic! ☘️ 🦇 ⬇️
A week until our final session before the summer break!
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
🕕 6pm BST
⚠️Trigger Warning
Lucy will discuss how contemporary Irish Gothic fiction reconfigures the Gothic heroine through the historical legacy of the Magdalene Laundries.
DM to join!
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
🕕 6pm BST
⚠️Trigger Warning
Lucy will discuss how contemporary Irish Gothic fiction reconfigures the Gothic heroine through the historical legacy of the Magdalene Laundries.
DM to join!
June 18, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Join us today at 6pm BST for Irish Gothic! ☘️ 🦇 ⬇️
🎉I’ve submitted my monograph manuscript for the ‘Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture’ series! 🎉 Spiritualism and Maternal Grief in Late Nineteenth-Century Literature examines how maternal mourning was shaped by women’s literary responses to an era of séances & spirits #C19
June 15, 2026 at 10:40 AM
🎉I’ve submitted my monograph manuscript for the ‘Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture’ series! 🎉 Spiritualism and Maternal Grief in Late Nineteenth-Century Literature examines how maternal mourning was shaped by women’s literary responses to an era of séances & spirits #C19
Join us for Irish Gothic on the 18th June with Lucy O’Hora! ⬇️☘️🦇
We really enjoyed Animal Gothic 🐈 last week with @laurenicullen.bsky.social 🖤 thank you to our lovely speaker & all our attendees ✨️
Don't miss our last session before the summer break 👇
✝️ Irish Gothic
🗣 Lucy O'Hora
📆 18th June
🕡 6pm BST
💻 Zoom
DM to join!
Don't miss our last session before the summer break 👇
✝️ Irish Gothic
🗣 Lucy O'Hora
📆 18th June
🕡 6pm BST
💻 Zoom
DM to join!
Don't miss our upcoming Gothica events🦇⬇️
This Thursday:
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅30th April
May:
🐺Animal Gothic
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅28th May
June:
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
DM to join, sessions are online & all welcome! Please share 🖤
This Thursday:
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅30th April
May:
🐺Animal Gothic
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅28th May
June:
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
DM to join, sessions are online & all welcome! Please share 🖤
June 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Join us for Irish Gothic on the 18th June with Lucy O’Hora! ⬇️☘️🦇
Reposted by Dr Emily Vincent
Call for 2026 Early Career Prize Submissions – Victorian Poetry (Deadline: 3 August 2026)
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Call for 2026 Early Career Prize Submissions – Victorian Poetry
Victorian Poetry invites submissions for its 2026 Early Career Essay Prize, which recognizes exemplary essays by untenured scholars of all ranks and affiliations (including NTT and graduate st…
victorianist.wordpress.com
May 23, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Call for 2026 Early Career Prize Submissions – Victorian Poetry (Deadline: 3 August 2026)
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Join us online on Thursday - all are welcome and you can hear the fascinating work on Animal Gothic from the brilliant @laurenicullen.bsky.social 🦇🐺🐍
Just a week until Animal Gothic with @laurenicullen.bsky.social🐺
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅 Thurs 28th May
🕕6-7.30pm (GMT)
Lauren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University British Columbia, Canada. Her research looks at the intersection of 19th-century culture, animal studies & environmental humanities.
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅 Thurs 28th May
🕕6-7.30pm (GMT)
Lauren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University British Columbia, Canada. Her research looks at the intersection of 19th-century culture, animal studies & environmental humanities.
May 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Join us online on Thursday - all are welcome and you can hear the fascinating work on Animal Gothic from the brilliant @laurenicullen.bsky.social 🦇🐺🐍
Last week I gave my first Seed Talk public lecture on ‘The History of Women in Spiritualism’ to a lovely audience in London & online. We explored female artists, authors & entrepreneurs who shaped séances, with a reading from my @blpublishing.bsky.social collection & Q&A. Thanks to all attendees! 👻
May 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Last week I gave my first Seed Talk public lecture on ‘The History of Women in Spiritualism’ to a lovely audience in London & online. We explored female artists, authors & entrepreneurs who shaped séances, with a reading from my @blpublishing.bsky.social collection & Q&A. Thanks to all attendees! 👻
What a lovely audience and so many thoughtful questions about women in spiritualism during tonight’s Seed Talk! 👻
Brilliant talk by @dremilyvincent.bsky.social on seances, mediums and women with some superb photos - the ectoplasm was tops!
May 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
What a lovely audience and so many thoughtful questions about women in spiritualism during tonight’s Seed Talk! 👻
Exciting ghostly news! 👻
*Very* excited that vol.1 of New Directions in the Ghost Story, edited by myself, @henrybartholomew.bsky.social & @joanpassey.bsky.social is out!
Well done to all the contributors, and thanks for bearing with us! :)
Please recommend to your academic libraries!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Well done to all the contributors, and thanks for bearing with us! :)
Please recommend to your academic libraries!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
New Directions in the Ghost Story, Volume I
Discover New Directions in the Ghost Story, Volume 1, a landmark collection of essays exploring haunted narratives and Gothic fiction.
link.springer.com
May 20, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Exciting ghostly news! 👻
We can’t wait to host @laurenicullen.bsky.social next Thursday for @gothicauob.bsky.social 🐺 🦇 🐜 🕷️
Just a week until Animal Gothic with @laurenicullen.bsky.social🐺
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅 Thurs 28th May
🕕6-7.30pm (GMT)
Lauren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University British Columbia, Canada. Her research looks at the intersection of 19th-century culture, animal studies & environmental humanities.
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅 Thurs 28th May
🕕6-7.30pm (GMT)
Lauren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University British Columbia, Canada. Her research looks at the intersection of 19th-century culture, animal studies & environmental humanities.
May 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We can’t wait to host @laurenicullen.bsky.social next Thursday for @gothicauob.bsky.social 🐺 🦇 🐜 🕷️
Join me this Thursday from 7pm for my Seed Talk at 21 Soho in London (& online)! Though we won’t be summoning spirits…we will be talking about vibrant female spiritualist authors like Florence Marryat and artists like Anna Mary Howitt! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
May 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Join me this Thursday from 7pm for my Seed Talk at 21 Soho in London (& online)! Though we won’t be summoning spirits…we will be talking about vibrant female spiritualist authors like Florence Marryat and artists like Anna Mary Howitt! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
Exciting news for @gothicauob.bsky.social and the Dark Arts Research Group at Copenhagen - what a brilliant collaboration opportunity! 🦇
A small bit of news, the Dark Arts Research Group at the Univ. of Copenhagen is teaming up with @gothicauob.bsky.social. I am so excited about this collaboration and look forward to the future of working together 👻 🦇 🧌
uobgothica.wordpress.com/collaboratio...
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Collaborations
We are very excited to announce out our new collaboration with Copenhagen University! Feel free to check out their page here!
uobgothica.wordpress.com
May 18, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Exciting news for @gothicauob.bsky.social and the Dark Arts Research Group at Copenhagen - what a brilliant collaboration opportunity! 🦇
For all fans of #spiritualism and #occult history 👻 you can join my public Seed Talk at 21 Soho, London (& online) on Thursday 21st May 7pm. We will focus on how powerful female mediums, authors & artists were foundational in forming the séance movement. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
May 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
For all fans of #spiritualism and #occult history 👻 you can join my public Seed Talk at 21 Soho, London (& online) on Thursday 21st May 7pm. We will focus on how powerful female mediums, authors & artists were foundational in forming the séance movement. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
Today was my first day teaching the ‘Ghosts Across Time’ course I’ve designed for the wonderful Astrophoria Foundation Year students at Oxford @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk 👻 We looked at Early Spectres and the ghosts in Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Castle of Otranto 📚 👩🏻🏫 👻
May 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Today was my first day teaching the ‘Ghosts Across Time’ course I’ve designed for the wonderful Astrophoria Foundation Year students at Oxford @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk 👻 We looked at Early Spectres and the ghosts in Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Castle of Otranto 📚 👩🏻🏫 👻
Reposted by Dr Emily Vincent
Don't miss our upcoming Gothica events🦇⬇️
This Thursday:
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅30th April
May:
🐺Animal Gothic
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅28th May
June:
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
DM to join, sessions are online & all welcome! Please share 🖤
This Thursday:
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅30th April
May:
🐺Animal Gothic
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅28th May
June:
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
DM to join, sessions are online & all welcome! Please share 🖤
April 28, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Don't miss our upcoming Gothica events🦇⬇️
This Thursday:
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅30th April
May:
🐺Animal Gothic
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅28th May
June:
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
DM to join, sessions are online & all welcome! Please share 🖤
This Thursday:
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅30th April
May:
🐺Animal Gothic
🗣️ Dr Lauren Cullen
📅28th May
June:
✝️Irish Gothic
🗣️Lucy O'Hora
📅18th June
DM to join, sessions are online & all welcome! Please share 🖤
Spiritualism talk! If you like all things #spiritualism and #occult you can join my public Seed Talk at 21 Soho, London (& online) on Thursday 21st May 7pm. We will uncover the powerful women whose contact with the dead stirred a new way of living. Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
April 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Spiritualism talk! If you like all things #spiritualism and #occult you can join my public Seed Talk at 21 Soho, London (& online) on Thursday 21st May 7pm. We will uncover the powerful women whose contact with the dead stirred a new way of living. Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
Join us next Thursday 30th April for a @gothicauob.bsky.social session on Cinematic Indigenous Gothic with James Rose! DM Gothica to join 🎬
2 weeks to go!
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅Thurs 30th April
⏰6–7:30PM BST
💻Zoom
James discusses Indigenous Gothic, in response & in reaction to colonial literatures, the Gothic, American Literature, the American Gothic & Indian Captivity narratives.
DM to join!
🎬Cinematic Indigenous Gothic
🗣 James Rose
📅Thurs 30th April
⏰6–7:30PM BST
💻Zoom
James discusses Indigenous Gothic, in response & in reaction to colonial literatures, the Gothic, American Literature, the American Gothic & Indian Captivity narratives.
DM to join!
April 20, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Join us next Thursday 30th April for a @gothicauob.bsky.social session on Cinematic Indigenous Gothic with James Rose! DM Gothica to join 🎬
Exciting news! If you like all things #spiritualism and #occult you can join my public Seed Talk at 21 Soho, London (& online) on Thursday 21st May 7pm. We will uncover the powerful women whose contact with the dead stirred a new way of living. Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
April 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Exciting news! If you like all things #spiritualism and #occult you can join my public Seed Talk at 21 Soho, London (& online) on Thursday 21st May 7pm. We will uncover the powerful women whose contact with the dead stirred a new way of living. Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
Reposted by Dr Emily Vincent
Take a look at our latest project output about influenza epidemics and alternative healing from @dremilyvincent.bsky.social
Exciting! 🎉My latest article is now live in ‘Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research’ @incsa.bsky.social. You can read all about influenza epidemics, alternative healing, and occult periodicals in the late 19C as part of the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
April 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Take a look at our latest project output about influenza epidemics and alternative healing from @dremilyvincent.bsky.social