Dana
@danalai6.bsky.social
PhD Candidate Simon Fraser University English
Novels and non-fiction, 1800 to c.1850.
#geocriticism #workingclass #ScottishLit #Romanticism #nineteenthcentury
Book Review Editor: @StudiesinHogg.bsky.social
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Novels and non-fiction, 1800 to c.1850.
#geocriticism #workingclass #ScottishLit #Romanticism #nineteenthcentury
Book Review Editor: @StudiesinHogg.bsky.social
Check out @lyoninmourning.bsky.social
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Who Stole My Cheese?
22 Sep, free online
Norse laws & sagas reveal a complex world of seasonal & itinerant work. Their stories show how people living on the margins navigated a world structured around belonging – & found inventive ways to survive when they did not
#WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky
22 Sep, free online
Norse laws & sagas reveal a complex world of seasonal & itinerant work. Their stories show how people living on the margins navigated a world structured around belonging – & found inventive ways to survive when they did not
#WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky
Next free online lecture Scottish Society for Northern Studies, free and open to all #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
SSNS Seminar - Tara Athanasiou - Who stole my cheese? The survival strategies of vagrants in the Norse period - Scottish Society for Northern Studies % %
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
www.ssns.org.uk
September 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Who Stole My Cheese?
22 Sep, free online
Norse laws & sagas reveal a complex world of seasonal & itinerant work. Their stories show how people living on the margins navigated a world structured around belonging – & found inventive ways to survive when they did not
#WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky
22 Sep, free online
Norse laws & sagas reveal a complex world of seasonal & itinerant work. Their stories show how people living on the margins navigated a world structured around belonging – & found inventive ways to survive when they did not
#WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky
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“This is a tale of Iceland, the isle of stories, and of a thing that befell in the year of the coming there of Christianity”
—So begins Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story “The Waif Woman” – unpublished in his lifetime, & found among the papers of his wife after her death in 1914
#WyrdWednesday 💙📚
—So begins Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story “The Waif Woman” – unpublished in his lifetime, & found among the papers of his wife after her death in 1914
#WyrdWednesday 💙📚
September 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
“This is a tale of Iceland, the isle of stories, and of a thing that befell in the year of the coming there of Christianity”
—So begins Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story “The Waif Woman” – unpublished in his lifetime, & found among the papers of his wife after her death in 1914
#WyrdWednesday 💙📚
—So begins Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story “The Waif Woman” – unpublished in his lifetime, & found among the papers of his wife after her death in 1914
#WyrdWednesday 💙📚
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This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
September 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
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September 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary #JaneAusten, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…
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#C18 #C19 #WomenWriters
www.nls.uk/collections/...
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#C18 #C19 #WomenWriters
www.nls.uk/collections/...
Susan Ferrier and her contemporaries | National Library of Scotland
Once more popular than Austen, Susan Ferrier is now forgotten. This piece reveals why Scotland’s literary stars faded from fame.
www.nls.uk
September 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary #JaneAusten, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…
A 🎂🧵
#C18 #C19 #WomenWriters
www.nls.uk/collections/...
A 🎂🧵
#C18 #C19 #WomenWriters
www.nls.uk/collections/...
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'Cò a dh'ionnsaich cànanan Ceilteach, carson, 's dè rinn iad leotha ?': www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
Cò a dh'ionnsaich cànanan Ceilteach, carson, 's dè rinn iad leotha?
Bheir pròiseact rannsachaidh ùr sùil air luchd-ionnsachaidh nan cànanan Ceilteach agus a' bhuaidh chultarail a th' air a bhith aca.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
'Cò a dh'ionnsaich cànanan Ceilteach, carson, 's dè rinn iad leotha ?': www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
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RIP Gerald of Wales, you would have loved this
Peekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western Canada
A 150-metre-long island appeared from nowhere on Williston Lake, British Columbia; vanished, then reappeared 20 miles away
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
RIP Gerald of Wales, you would have loved this
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September 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Very much enjoying having a re-listen to this Austen-inspired series of seasonal podcasts. Here’s the September episode:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
September
Podcast Episode · A Jane Austen Year · 31 August 2025 · 21min
podcasts.apple.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Very much enjoying having a re-listen to this Austen-inspired series of seasonal podcasts. Here’s the September episode:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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My favourite reading of a John Clare poem:- "Remembrances" read by Toby Jones (we recorded these at Oxford Brookes, 2019).
open.spotify.com/episode/45Ib...
open.spotify.com/episode/45Ib...
Remembrances
The Meeting · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
My favourite reading of a John Clare poem:- "Remembrances" read by Toby Jones (we recorded these at Oxford Brookes, 2019).
open.spotify.com/episode/45Ib...
open.spotify.com/episode/45Ib...
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Circulating this news on the copyright to John Clare's works again, because it doesn't seem to be as well known among Romantic-period scholars, editors and anthologisers, as it should. The copyright claim is dead.
Come we to the summer, to the summer we will come ...
A strange tale expertly told by @kovesi.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/ja...
A strange tale expertly told by @kovesi.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/ja...
Simon Kövesi | John Clare out of Copyright
‘It was not very manly of you to evade telling me what you had been up to when we met today,’ the late Eric Robinson...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Circulating this news on the copyright to John Clare's works again, because it doesn't seem to be as well known among Romantic-period scholars, editors and anthologisers, as it should. The copyright claim is dead.
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We asked our Executive Committee members what IASSL means for them. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing their answers. Follow the link below to learn more about them: scotlit-iassl.org/about/the-ex...
August 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
We asked our Executive Committee members what IASSL means for them. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing their answers. Follow the link below to learn more about them: scotlit-iassl.org/about/the-ex...
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Aberdeen, Enlightenment, & Global Legacies
15 Oct, in-person & online: free
A landmark 1986 gathering placed Aberdeen at the centre of Scottish Enlightenment studies. This event explores new perspectives on the city’s intellectual, cultural, & global impact
#C18
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-o...
15 Oct, in-person & online: free
A landmark 1986 gathering placed Aberdeen at the centre of Scottish Enlightenment studies. This event explores new perspectives on the city’s intellectual, cultural, & global impact
#C18
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-o...
40 Years On: Aberdeen, Enlightenment, and Global Legacies (Online)
Join us in Aberdeen to celebrate academic progress since the landmark 1986 conference (see separate link for in-person participation).
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Aberdeen, Enlightenment, & Global Legacies
15 Oct, in-person & online: free
A landmark 1986 gathering placed Aberdeen at the centre of Scottish Enlightenment studies. This event explores new perspectives on the city’s intellectual, cultural, & global impact
#C18
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-o...
15 Oct, in-person & online: free
A landmark 1986 gathering placed Aberdeen at the centre of Scottish Enlightenment studies. This event explores new perspectives on the city’s intellectual, cultural, & global impact
#C18
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-o...
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Lots of great talks and exhbitions - 5-16 September - some hybrid talks!
Curious 2026
Curious is Scotland's festival of knowledge – free, interdisciplinary events, in Edinburgh. Big ideas from Scotland's leading minds.
rse.org.uk
August 31, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Lots of great talks and exhbitions - 5-16 September - some hybrid talks!
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Our Fall 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent line-up is officially here! 🍂 Check out the graphic below for topics and dates. More info will be forthcoming as each individual event approaches, but you can reserve your spot now by registering here: rs4vp.org/fall-digital...
August 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Our Fall 2026 #RSVPDigiEvent line-up is officially here! 🍂 Check out the graphic below for topics and dates. More info will be forthcoming as each individual event approaches, but you can reserve your spot now by registering here: rs4vp.org/fall-digital...
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We are pleased to share our CfP: Framing the Human in the 19th Century. We meet in #Philadelphia, March 11-13, 2027.
🎃 Proposals due October 31, 2026. For more details, visit: ncsaweb.net/2027-confere...
💰We have four Conference Travel Grants, due January 15, 2027: ncsaweb.net/grants-fundi...
🎃 Proposals due October 31, 2026. For more details, visit: ncsaweb.net/2027-confere...
💰We have four Conference Travel Grants, due January 15, 2027: ncsaweb.net/grants-fundi...
August 23, 2026 at 7:34 PM
We are pleased to share our CfP: Framing the Human in the 19th Century. We meet in #Philadelphia, March 11-13, 2027.
🎃 Proposals due October 31, 2026. For more details, visit: ncsaweb.net/2027-confere...
💰We have four Conference Travel Grants, due January 15, 2027: ncsaweb.net/grants-fundi...
🎃 Proposals due October 31, 2026. For more details, visit: ncsaweb.net/2027-confere...
💰We have four Conference Travel Grants, due January 15, 2027: ncsaweb.net/grants-fundi...
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Last call for Microgrant funding! Applications for Round 3 close on 1 September. Whether you need support for archival or digital access, digital tools, or other research needs, these grants are designed to lower the financial barriers of your latest project! Apply here: buff.ly/7r9cM50
RSVP Microgrants – RSVP
Microgrants are seed grants designed to support new research projects and/or explore ideas in the field of nineteenth-century British/empire periodical studies. The Microgrants scheme was established…
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August 24, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Last call for Microgrant funding! Applications for Round 3 close on 1 September. Whether you need support for archival or digital access, digital tools, or other research needs, these grants are designed to lower the financial barriers of your latest project! Apply here: buff.ly/7r9cM50
My research draws on #geocriticism, Relph's placelessness, Malpas's #phenomenology, #feministgeography (Massey, Blunt, Rose, & McDowell) & human geographer Marco Antonsich. I explore how C19 Scots women articulated place as an existential condition of being and as a dynamic social field.
August 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM
My research draws on #geocriticism, Relph's placelessness, Malpas's #phenomenology, #feministgeography (Massey, Blunt, Rose, & McDowell) & human geographer Marco Antonsich. I explore how C19 Scots women articulated place as an existential condition of being and as a dynamic social field.
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Explore the world’s submarine cables in this interactive notebook! Dive into the global network that connects us across continents. 🌍
👉 observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...
#dataviz #gis #globe #webgl #tech #SubmarineCables
👉 observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...
#dataviz #gis #globe #webgl #tech #SubmarineCables
December 24, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Explore the world’s submarine cables in this interactive notebook! Dive into the global network that connects us across continents. 🌍
👉 observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...
#dataviz #gis #globe #webgl #tech #SubmarineCables
👉 observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...
#dataviz #gis #globe #webgl #tech #SubmarineCables
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Paul Evans
The Yellow Field
acrylic on canvas
The Yellow Field
acrylic on canvas
August 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Paul Evans
The Yellow Field
acrylic on canvas
The Yellow Field
acrylic on canvas
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“How you live your life is up to you.”
― Sarah Reijonen, Country Girl
Ben Aronson (b.1958, American painter)
― Sarah Reijonen, Country Girl
Ben Aronson (b.1958, American painter)
August 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“How you live your life is up to you.”
― Sarah Reijonen, Country Girl
Ben Aronson (b.1958, American painter)
― Sarah Reijonen, Country Girl
Ben Aronson (b.1958, American painter)
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Timothy Easton (British, 1943)
Iris Field In The Evening Light 1993
Iris Field In The Evening Light 1993
August 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Timothy Easton (British, 1943)
Iris Field In The Evening Light 1993
Iris Field In The Evening Light 1993
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When bees get tired of flying and carrying pollen, they can fall asleep in flowers like this.
August 24, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When bees get tired of flying and carrying pollen, they can fall asleep in flowers like this.
Philosopher Jeff Malpas has been pivotal to my work, especially early in my PhD when he assisted me with my comprehensive field exam reading lists. I hope to participate, even if I need to wake up at 0200 or register for later workshops! Thank you @memoryplace.bsky.social for organizing this.
What's lost when we treat place as just space? Philosopher Jeff Malpas opens a hybrid workshop on space, place & memory — interdisciplinary talks on perfume, Polaroids & more. Wed 16 Sept, Stirling + online.
Register: placememory.net/interdiscipl...
Register: placememory.net/interdiscipl...
Interdisciplinary approaches to space and place
A hybrid workshop on the neglected distinction between space and place — and what’s lost when disciplines like memory studies, cognitive science and environmental psychology gloss over it. Da…
placememory.net
August 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Philosopher Jeff Malpas has been pivotal to my work, especially early in my PhD when he assisted me with my comprehensive field exam reading lists. I hope to participate, even if I need to wake up at 0200 or register for later workshops! Thank you @memoryplace.bsky.social for organizing this.
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Two ways of writing/traversing the apocalypse. In yellow, Lionel Verney's journey in Mary Shelley's 'The last Man' (1826); in purple, Alba and Dídac's journey in Manuel de Pedrolo's 'Mecanoscrit del segon origen' (1974) #GIS #Geocriticism
April 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Two ways of writing/traversing the apocalypse. In yellow, Lionel Verney's journey in Mary Shelley's 'The last Man' (1826); in purple, Alba and Dídac's journey in Manuel de Pedrolo's 'Mecanoscrit del segon origen' (1974) #GIS #Geocriticism