Gavin Miller

@drgavinmiller.bsky.social

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Academic in medical humanities, science fiction, history of psy disciplines, and UFOs. English Literature, University of Glasgow. Blog www.ufos.ac.uk. Academic profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/gavinmiller/ .. more

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Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Jul 17

Funding news! I'm PI on a 2-yr Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant, 'A mutual fascination: British Horror and the Psy Disciplines, c.1955-present', with Tim Jones of Stirling University as Co-I. We'll be recruiting a Research Assistant in the coming months. Watch this space...

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 4d

Very happy to have received a physical copy of @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social fantastic new book. @edinburghup.bsky.social @bacls.bsky.social

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Alice Vernon @alicevernon10.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Halloween! My interview with @historyextra.bsky.social is quoted in this article about the infamous Harry Price and his Borley Rectory investigation. Mollie Goldney, his secretary and fellow ghost-hunter, deserves just as much research and discussion!

www.historyextra.com/period/victo...

When a Victorian ghost hunter investigated Britain’s most haunted house, this is what he found

Showman and psychic researcher Harry Price turned Borley Rectory into a national sensation, and its infamy as a haunted house hasn’t gone away

www.historyextra.com

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 11d

Philip Larkin’s this be the verse mangled into Ozymandias, the text reads

They Oz you up, your mandyias.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They give you vast and trunkless legs
A sunken shattered visage too.
But they were Ozzed up in their turn
By Mandyias upon the sand
Who half the time had wrinkled lips And half in sneering cold command.
Oz hands on mandyias to man.
Like mighty works atop a shelf Look on them early as you can
Ye mighty and despair yourself

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C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings @c21literature.bsky.social · 11d

We've refreshed out author guidelines for submissions to our journal, including new guidance for anyone looking to submit an interview. We'd love to hear from you!
c21.openlibhums.org/site/authorg...

Author Guidelines

c21.openlibhums.org

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · 13d

I'm glad someone is saying this.

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Kiron Ward @kironward.bsky.social · 15d

the costs that the academic publishing industry extract out of universities are not sustainable and present a substantial barrier to publication for precarious colleagues (and, in the future the govt is making, colleagues at smaller/less well-off institutions)

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19d

'New proposals by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage were sent to universities this week after their initial offers were decisively rejected by institutions in a sector-wide consultation run by Jisc,...negotiating jointly with Universities UK on behalf of universities.' 1/3

New offers from big five ‘still too costly’ for UK universities

‘Significant’ number of institutions predicted to drop deals with main scholarly imprints, leaving journal access much reduced

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 26d

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Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · 27d

Great to see this exhibition now live onsite and with online version. You can see my recent interview also bit.ly/47nb0QO and article bit.ly/4nItMrIin both in BJPsych Bulletin, where I get further into 'responsible' media work @uofglasgow.bsky.social

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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · Oct 4

Contributors' copies of THIS WAY LIES MADNESS are in. Can't wait to check out these stories by @ramseycampbell.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @sumikoska.bsky.social @timwaggoner.bsky.social Stephanie Wytovich @alanbaxter.bsky.social & more

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Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Oct 1

Delighted to see this latest book in the Series now in print, and with a great endorsement from @literarti.bsky.social: 'As compassionate as it is razor-sharp, Writing Contested Illness will reshape our understanding of what illness narratives can be and achieve.'

Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · Oct 1

NEW in our Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine series (edited by @drgavinmiller.bsky.social): Chloe R. Green examines how women’s experimental illness narratives are driving new conceptions of contested illness. Learn more at: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...

Writing Contested Illness

edinburghuniversitypress.com

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Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · Oct 1

Writing Contested Illness

edinburghuniversitypress.com

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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · Sep 30

Part-time RA role in my Leverhulme project "Reframing Ecoanxiety". Ideal for PGRs in the social sciences and environmental-medical humanities looking for flexible, remote work. Oppts for career advacement detailed. Right to work in the UK required. Apply by October 17th for a start November 1st.

CASUAL ACADEMIC - Research Assistant

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

durham.taleo.net

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Aug 28

24 month 1.0FTE RA post on Leverhulme Project, ‘A Mutual Fascination: British horror and the psy disciplines, c.1955-present’ with me and co-I Dr Timothy Jones (University of Stirling). Open to range of humanities disciplines. @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Associate

College of Arts & HumanitiesSchool of Critical Studies Research Associate Vacancy Ref: 180594Salary, Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum The School of Critical Studies seeks to appoint a ...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Medicine without Doctors @medicinewithoutdoctors.org · Aug 26

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨

We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).

At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Aug 25

24 month, 0.16 post at Glasgow University to cover my teaching while I'm leading a Leverhulme Project Grant. Desirable: Up-to-date knowledge and specialist understanding in science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war literature.
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Lecturer in English Literature (LTS)

Job Purpose The School of Critical Studies seeks to appoint a part-time fixed term Lecturer in English Literature (Learning, Teaching and Scholarship track) to provide teaching cover for Dr Gavin M...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 24

This is not only a serious issue for historians and not only a serious issue for academics (although it is that). It's a development that's also deleterious for the GLAM sector, for example, and part of a much larger trend nationally and internationally to restrict and dismantle access to archives.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

tinyurl.com

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Alistair Grant @alistairkgrant.bsky.social · Jul 27

👽 Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history, before items are lost forever?

Enjoyed writing this. Thanks to @drgavinmiller.bsky.social for speaking to me.

Features a pair of trousers dubbed “the Turin Shroud of Scottish ufology”:

www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...

Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history?

From world-famous cases to the Falkirk Triangle, items linked to this bizarre history risk being lost forever

www.scotsman.com

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Alistair Grant @alistairkgrant.bsky.social · Jul 27

Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history?

From world-famous cases to the Falkirk Triangle, items linked to this bizarre history risk being lost forever

www.scotsman.com

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Jul 27

A pleasure! Great to see it in print.

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Alistair Grant @alistairkgrant.bsky.social · Jul 27

Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history?

From world-famous cases to the Falkirk Triangle, items linked to this bizarre history risk being lost forever

www.scotsman.com

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Penguins and Pelicans: media psychiatrists and psychiatrists in the media" - I'm interviewed by Gordon Bates regarding a pending Royal College exhibition on psychiatrists (and other 'psy' folks) who published with Penguin
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Psychiatrists, Penguins and Pelicans: media psychiatrists and psychiatrists in the media | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core

Psychiatrists, Penguins and Pelicans: media psychiatrists and psychiatrists in the media

www.cambridge.org

Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · Jul 18

For saucerians out there, I'll be speaking on 'Scotland's History with UFOs' on Monday 8 September 7pm as part of the RSE Curious festival. rse.org.uk/event/scotla...

Scotland’s history with UFOs

Scotland has a long and surprising history with flying saucers and UFOs. This talk looks back on UFO sightings in Scotland from the 1950s–1990s, and how people experienced them.

rse.org.uk

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · Jul 3

The talk I gave yesterday for the Literature and Science forum is now live on YouTube. I talk about Boots Riley's I'm A Virgo, the Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, and @lancasteruni.bsky.social's Future of Human Reproduction project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAJ...

Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities (Dr Anna McFarlane, University of Glasgow)

YouTube video by Literature and Science

www.youtube.com

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · Jun 30

I'm going to be speaking online on the topic of 'Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities' for the Literature and Science Forum on Wed 2nd July, 5pm BST: literaturesa.co.uk/about-us

Literaturesa

literaturesa.co.uk

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Christine Ferguson @cferguson.bsky.social · Jun 7

The secrets are out! Great to see this years-long labour of love out in the world. The official publication date is June 28; available for pre-order on the OUP website now! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Roger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.social · May 20

...in a coupla weeks time...

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Apr 20

NEW: More than 400 members of staff at Scotland’s universities earn more than the First Minister, despite a funding crisis engulfing the sector that could see lower paid roles axed

Hundreds of staff at Scottish universities paid more than First Minister

MORE than 400 members of staff at Scotland’s universities earn more than the First Minister, despite a funding crisis engulfing

www.thenational.scot

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Apr 20

If you’re a creative and want to fight back against big tech mining your work for their AIs, please register below – and then share with your community.

And, if we get enough people, we believe we’ll be able to sue – and hold them to account.
goodlawproject.org/authorsai/?u...

Stop AI giants stealing our work | Good Law Project

Use the form and let us know the nature of your enquiry, so we can pass it to the relevant team as quickly as possible.

goodlawproject.org

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Penny Fielding @penfielding.bsky.social · Mar 27

Scotland! Ireland! Gothic! All in one afternoon. Come and hear @claireconnolly.bsky.social @dalegothic96.bsky.social @mjrsangster.bsky.social @madelinepotter.bsky.social @drtinamorin.bsky.social

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