Dr Laura Eastlake
@victorianmasc.bsky.social
James Murray Beattie Lecturer in Victorian Lit | University of Glasgow | Co-founder @EHUNineteen.bsky.social Research Centre | #Classics | #Gothic lit | Author: Ancient Rome & Victorian Masculinity (OUP, 2019). FRHistS. She/her. #c19th
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In Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Dr Seward’s journals are famously ‘Kept in Phonograph’. Join me for a nerdy deep dive in which I, brandishing back-of-an-envelope math, calculate the cost of Seward's phonograph habit, & encounter a creature more uncanny than Dracula himself! 1/14 #Gothic
September 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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September 10, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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For everyone starting term today, some advice from my (very wise) MA 19thC students from a few years back.
Wishing everyone a successful 26-27!
Wishing everyone a successful 26-27!
September 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
For everyone starting term today, some advice from my (very wise) MA 19thC students from a few years back.
Wishing everyone a successful 26-27!
Wishing everyone a successful 26-27!
Reposted by Dr Laura Eastlake
The users had a great deal of difficulty conveying this message without the aid of their digital brains, but the inarticulate sobs and howls got the point across.
September 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The users had a great deal of difficulty conveying this message without the aid of their digital brains, but the inarticulate sobs and howls got the point across.
Supermarket product: “NEW IMPROVED RECIPE! EVEN BETTER TASTE!!”
Everyone: “Did you just add palm oil tho? It’s palm oil, isn’t it?”
Supermarket product: “Shhhhhh. ITS BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR!”
Everyone: …
Everyone: “Did you just add palm oil tho? It’s palm oil, isn’t it?”
Supermarket product: “Shhhhhh. ITS BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR!”
Everyone: …
September 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Supermarket product: “NEW IMPROVED RECIPE! EVEN BETTER TASTE!!”
Everyone: “Did you just add palm oil tho? It’s palm oil, isn’t it?”
Supermarket product: “Shhhhhh. ITS BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR!”
Everyone: …
Everyone: “Did you just add palm oil tho? It’s palm oil, isn’t it?”
Supermarket product: “Shhhhhh. ITS BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR!”
Everyone: …
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Here's the paper - the abstract suggests that students who outsource their homework to AI later do worse on exams (which makes sense!) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Here's the paper - the abstract suggests that students who outsource their homework to AI later do worse on exams (which makes sense!) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Turns out visiting Madame Tussaud’s in summertime has always been a deeply nightmarish experience! #c19th
"OH, UNCLE GEORGE! DO THEY KILL THEM BEFORE THEY STUFF THEM?"
"OH, UNCLE GEORGE! DO THEY KILL THEM BEFORE THEY STUFF THEM?"
August 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Turns out visiting Madame Tussaud’s in summertime has always been a deeply nightmarish experience! #c19th
"OH, UNCLE GEORGE! DO THEY KILL THEM BEFORE THEY STUFF THEM?"
"OH, UNCLE GEORGE! DO THEY KILL THEM BEFORE THEY STUFF THEM?"
A spin-off to the📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" series…Covers that actually work in a deep-cut kinda way!
This one is a nice ref to Heathcliff’s dogs, but also captures the malevolent centrality of H himself. Remember folks, there r no bad dogs, only bad Heathcliffs!
This one is a nice ref to Heathcliff’s dogs, but also captures the malevolent centrality of H himself. Remember folks, there r no bad dogs, only bad Heathcliffs!
August 12, 2026 at 10:50 AM
A spin-off to the📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" series…Covers that actually work in a deep-cut kinda way!
This one is a nice ref to Heathcliff’s dogs, but also captures the malevolent centrality of H himself. Remember folks, there r no bad dogs, only bad Heathcliffs!
This one is a nice ref to Heathcliff’s dogs, but also captures the malevolent centrality of H himself. Remember folks, there r no bad dogs, only bad Heathcliffs!
As a child this one sentence, with its misleading context clues, from M.R. James's 'Number 13' led me to believe that 'stuepige' was a (frankly glorious, and much-needed) noun for the person who had committed an act of stupidity.
I am to this day still sad that it means 'housemaid'.
#19thC #stupid
I am to this day still sad that it means 'housemaid'.
#19thC #stupid
August 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" Episode 5: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.
“Get in, loser. We’re going rowing on the Thames in a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance. Also on Wednesdays we wear arsenic green.” #c19th
“Get in, loser. We’re going rowing on the Thames in a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance. Also on Wednesdays we wear arsenic green.” #c19th
August 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" Episode 5: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.
“Get in, loser. We’re going rowing on the Thames in a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance. Also on Wednesdays we wear arsenic green.” #c19th
“Get in, loser. We’re going rowing on the Thames in a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance. Also on Wednesdays we wear arsenic green.” #c19th
Menu from a banquet in Auckland in 1916, given in honour of novelist Henry Rider Haggard. What are we having?
Alas, if you’re a veggie then you’re having boiled potatoes and vanilla custard. 😐 #food
Alas, if you’re a veggie then you’re having boiled potatoes and vanilla custard. 😐 #food
July 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Menu from a banquet in Auckland in 1916, given in honour of novelist Henry Rider Haggard. What are we having?
Alas, if you’re a veggie then you’re having boiled potatoes and vanilla custard. 😐 #food
Alas, if you’re a veggie then you’re having boiled potatoes and vanilla custard. 😐 #food
Reposted by Dr Laura Eastlake
New primary source collection coming soon—The Strand Magazine, 1891–1930.
Associated, famously, with Sherlock Holmes, The Strand became a British cultural institution, blending literary sophistication with broad, popular appeal.
Learn more at buff.ly/99WFqyn.
Associated, famously, with Sherlock Holmes, The Strand became a British cultural institution, blending literary sophistication with broad, popular appeal.
Learn more at buff.ly/99WFqyn.
The Strand Magazine, 1891–1930 - Overview
The Strand Magazine was one of the most influential and popular illustrated monthly periodicals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded by George Newnes in 1890, the first issue…
britishonlinearchives.com
July 24, 2026 at 9:15 AM
New primary source collection coming soon—The Strand Magazine, 1891–1930.
Associated, famously, with Sherlock Holmes, The Strand became a British cultural institution, blending literary sophistication with broad, popular appeal.
Learn more at buff.ly/99WFqyn.
Associated, famously, with Sherlock Holmes, The Strand became a British cultural institution, blending literary sophistication with broad, popular appeal.
Learn more at buff.ly/99WFqyn.
What song did the sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.
July 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
What song did the sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.
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CFP 📢📢📢 *New Approaches to Teaching the Gothic*, co-edited by myself & @factorygothic.bsky.social
Critical practice; pedaogical reflections; case studies; particularly in a relation to these times/spaces of crisis.
VERY broad cfp. Qus welcome 👇👇👇
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/07/...
Critical practice; pedaogical reflections; case studies; particularly in a relation to these times/spaces of crisis.
VERY broad cfp. Qus welcome 👇👇👇
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/07/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
July 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
CFP 📢📢📢 *New Approaches to Teaching the Gothic*, co-edited by myself & @factorygothic.bsky.social
Critical practice; pedaogical reflections; case studies; particularly in a relation to these times/spaces of crisis.
VERY broad cfp. Qus welcome 👇👇👇
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/07/...
Critical practice; pedaogical reflections; case studies; particularly in a relation to these times/spaces of crisis.
VERY broad cfp. Qus welcome 👇👇👇
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/07/...
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Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
July 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
Reposted by Dr Laura Eastlake
@ncsascholars.bsky.social opens submissions to the Emerging Scholars Award, the Article Prize, and the BIPOC Scholars Award. Winners will each receive $500 at the Annual NCSA Conference in 2026. Details below!
Award submission deadline: July 1, 2025
tinyurl.com/yc3pnt4s
Award submission deadline: July 1, 2025
tinyurl.com/yc3pnt4s
June 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
@ncsascholars.bsky.social opens submissions to the Emerging Scholars Award, the Article Prize, and the BIPOC Scholars Award. Winners will each receive $500 at the Annual NCSA Conference in 2026. Details below!
Award submission deadline: July 1, 2025
tinyurl.com/yc3pnt4s
Award submission deadline: July 1, 2025
tinyurl.com/yc3pnt4s
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Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...
Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...
Totally outside my research expertise, but I've just discovered that @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social has the House of Fraser archive dating from 1849. It's a gorgeous peek into changes in fashion, culture & consumerism. Call your fashion historian pals! #c19th housefraserarchive.ac.uk
July 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Totally outside my research expertise, but I've just discovered that @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social has the House of Fraser archive dating from 1849. It's a gorgeous peek into changes in fashion, culture & consumerism. Call your fashion historian pals! #c19th housefraserarchive.ac.uk
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"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows."
ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69%
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68%
www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69%
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68%
www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
June 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows."
ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69%
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68%
www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69%
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68%
www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" Episode 4: The Great Gatsby.
“They say he killed a man, and bought that big-ass palace with the money he made from his Magic Mike themed speakeasy”
“They say he killed a man, and bought that big-ass palace with the money he made from his Magic Mike themed speakeasy”
June 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" Episode 4: The Great Gatsby.
“They say he killed a man, and bought that big-ass palace with the money he made from his Magic Mike themed speakeasy”
“They say he killed a man, and bought that big-ass palace with the money he made from his Magic Mike themed speakeasy”
📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" Episode 3: Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim” (1901).
Colonial adventure novel about an orphaned Irish boy who meets a Tibetan lama in Lahore and together they are drawn into the “great game” of imperial espionage.
Nice shoes, babe.
Colonial adventure novel about an orphaned Irish boy who meets a Tibetan lama in Lahore and together they are drawn into the “great game” of imperial espionage.
Nice shoes, babe.
June 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
📚"Covers designed by folk who didn't bother to read the book" Episode 3: Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim” (1901).
Colonial adventure novel about an orphaned Irish boy who meets a Tibetan lama in Lahore and together they are drawn into the “great game” of imperial espionage.
Nice shoes, babe.
Colonial adventure novel about an orphaned Irish boy who meets a Tibetan lama in Lahore and together they are drawn into the “great game” of imperial espionage.
Nice shoes, babe.
Reposted by Dr Laura Eastlake
Departmental Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford (specialism in eighteenth and nineteenth-century) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU210/d...
Departmental Lecturer in English Literature at University of Oxford
Discover Departmental Lecturer in English Literature jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
June 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Departmental Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford (specialism in eighteenth and nineteenth-century) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU210/d...
On train to Edinburgh and turn a page to find: 1870s jokes about train crashes?!
![Two men in a Victorian train carriage in huge, inflated, full body puffer jackets which have swallowed up their faces. Text reads: PATENT FIRST-CLASS COSTUME FOR THE COLLISION SEASON.
Traveller. "YES, IT'S DECIDEDLY WARM, BUT THERE'S A FEELING OF SECURITY ABOUT IT I RATHER LIKE." (Yauns.) "ANY CHANCE OF A SMASH TO-DAY!?"
[Drops off to Sleep!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:peg4j5by42fiqpf4rd6vfrjp/bafkreifvbcdlqqjc6u2sglqpr3m75gnu5tcti4o5ez4mvfarbdedy77gv4)
June 5, 2026 at 9:36 AM
On train to Edinburgh and turn a page to find: 1870s jokes about train crashes?!