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Lieven Ameel
@lievenameel.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer in comparative literature at Tampere University, Finland.
City in literature, civic community, narrative futures, energy, utopia, literary form and rising waters.
blog: https://lievenameel.hypotheses.org/ .. more

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The University of Winchester @uniwinchester.bsky.social · 11d
Matthew Leggatt, Senior Lecturer in English & American Literature @uniwinchester.bsky.social, has launched a new season of his Utopian & Dystopian Fictions podcast with guest Amy Brookes, an architect who discusses intersections between architecture and speculative fiction. Listen at bit.ly/45zeuyz

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 17d
CFP: Negations and Interruptions As World-Building, University College Dublin, 21-22 May 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 18d
Live! Tonight! Sold Out: "The Future of Helsinki" at the Night of Science. My brief talk will discuss the future of Helsinki as seen through literature of the early 2000s. Climate novels, YA novels, poetry & graphic novels. Here scenes from Ville Ranta's Rain/ Sade. lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2844

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 18d
Always nice to remind students that in the "Quarrel of Ancients and Moderns" the moderns were on the side of absolute monarchism and a public role for the Catholic Church, while the ancients had an interest in republican models and more pluralist religious forms (as found in classical literature).

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 18d
Today: back to teaching the "Quarrel of Ancients and Moderns"; I'll ask students to re-enact the quarrel for the 2020s. What is the role of classical literature for the present? Why have normative positions re literature's role? Dan Edelstein's "The enlightenment: a genealogy" provided a good intro

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 19d
Hey! I'm looking for a CS/DH post-doc to work on building a large corpus of news broadcasts in Finnish, Finland Swedish, Sámi & Finnish Sign Language: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#multimodality #digitalhumanities
Post-doctoral researcher in computer science or digital humanities specializing in audiovisual data
Post-doctoral researcher in computer science or digital humanities specializing in audiovisual data
jobs.helsinki.fi

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Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 20d
The first talk in the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series will be delivered by @rikjaz.bsky.social (@uclgeography.bsky.social)

Tuesday 27th January, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 22d
De navond komt zoo stil, zoo stil,
zoo traagzaam aangetreden,
dat geen en weet, wanneer de dag
of waar hij is geleden.
't Is avond, stille... en, mij omtrent,
is iets, of iemand, onbekend,
die, zachtjes mij beroerend, zegt:
‘'t Is avond en 't is rustens recht.’

1st stanza of a poem by Guido Gezelle
Park Abbey at night

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 24d
In Vienna for the Early Petropoetics conference, where I presented a paper on “‘Flickering’ Reading of Early Petro-Modernity”, w/ examples from English literature & interwar Finnish literature. Thanks to Anna Seidel, Clemens Günther & everyone at the Uni of Vienna lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2820

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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 27d
Deadline Sunday 18th January.
www.manchestercityofliterature.com/news/were-lo...
We're Looking for a New Multilingual City Poet - Manchester City of Literature
Manchester City of Literature are inviting poets to apply for consideration to be a new Multilingual City Poet alongside our current City Poet Nóra Blascsók. The City Poets will work together across o...
www.manchestercityofliterature.com

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Sarah Dowling @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social · 27d
I got to chat with @alixbeeston.bsky.social about Here Is a Figure for her @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast! Alix asks such great questions, and it was really a joy to talk to her about where the book came from and what it’s about!

If you’d like to listen:
newbooksnetwork.com/here-is-a-fi...
Sarah Dowling, "Here Is a Figure: Grounding Literary Form" (Northwestern UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Jan 9
Goeie soundbite! Ik ”citeer” je laatste opmerking msschn wel eens tegen mijn studenten als het gaat over gebruik van llm

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · Jan 7
Les 1001 nuances de la #neige à admirer au Petit Palais avec le peintre finlandais Pekka Halonen. #Exposition
www.beauxarts.com/grand-format...
Les 1001 merveilleuses nuances de la neige à admirer au Petit Palais avec le peintre finlandais Pekka Halonen
Le peintre finlandais Pekka Halonen a décrit avec talent la neige sous toutes ses formes et variations dans des paysages féeriques. Aperçu en quelques tableaux.
www.beauxarts.com

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Scott Selisker @sselisker.bsky.social · Jan 6
New book going to press: *Character Networks in Contemporary U.S. Fiction.* It’s about social networks as context for—and formal element of—the novel. For contemporary lit, novel/narrative theory, DH, lit and sociology, network analysis crowds. Here’s what it’s about: (1/n)

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jan 1
There is a great exhibit of Kawase Hasui’s work on at the Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis in Leiden on thru March 2026. His evolving techniques for showing rain & snow were cool to see, as was his printing of the same blocks with different color schemes to evoke different seasons.
Wood print of two people walking in snowy landscape Two printings of the same block showing urban water scene with different colors Print of town roofs covered in snow

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Dec 23
Bee-autifully crafted gold ornament in the form of a little bee 🐝 ❤️

Length 1.90 cm. From Minoan Crete, circa 1700-1600 BC.

📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

#Archaeology
The British Museum image shows a Minoan gold ornament in the form of bee viewed from above against a black background. The bee is symmetrical in shape. It has a round head with two large circular eyes. The body is elongated tapering to a point. An almond-shaped wing extends diagonally downward on each side of the body. The body is decorated with rows of tiny raised granules (gold balls) and thin bands, creating a striped abdomen. The wings are outlined with granules and the inner wing is smooth. Length 1.9 centimetres. From Minoan Crete circa 1700-1600 BC.

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · Dec 21
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven)

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Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven) - Academic Positions
Full-time tenure-track position in cultural storytelling research and teaching, with focus on inclusion and sustainability. PhD required. English proficiency...
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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Dec 10
Many thanks @mschulman.bsky.social ! And by all means, do self-promote! This sounds exactly like what I had been looking for re note-taking. I just ordered your book to our uni library. Looking forward to delve into the annotation section!

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Dec 10
Just finished my ”methods in literary studies” course. Still looking for material on annotation as part of reading strategies.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social
's recent book has some material but most teaching materials tend to be on writing. Any suggestions re note-taking?

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · Dec 10
JOB:
Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies @ the University of Cambridge

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Dec 3
Tambling’s book on Allegory? Has all the basics and key references + is a quick read

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Dec 3
when working on my PhD in literary urban studies, Rotella’s book October Cities was a huge inspiration – especially struck at the time by the distinct academic voice & the ’s original approach to the literary city. Good to have an opportunity to catch up (belatedly) w/ Rotella’s more recent thinking

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Dec 3
insightful article in NYT by Carlo Rotella about humanities classrooms in times of AI. Empowering thoughts on how this can be a space to rethink how we engage w/ students and how we can enable students to engage. Thanks to ‪@minsong.bsky.social‬ for the link!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · Dec 2
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Dec 2
Teaching @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social five-steps for writing out a close reading, today in my literary methods class. Also referencing Vanderburg on the "method wars" for a bit of context (although only partly applicable to the Nordics) www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/rev...
Crise en Abyme | Colin Vanderburg
Anyone who has ever emerged from a multiday academic conference will recognize this truth: as the sun sets on the jetsam of crumpled programs and the custodians vacuum the carpet, you set out for the ...
www.nplusonemag.com

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · Nov 29
Opening today in the Hendrik Conscience Library in #Antwerp: Letter by Letter (By the Woolf’s Hands).

This exhibition showcases the editions of the #Hogarth Press, printed and bound by Virginia and Leonard #Woolf.

It's the first time all 34 editions are brought together in an exhibition.
Cover of 'Stories of the East' by Leonard Woolf. A red design on orange paper, showing a woodcut of a tiger between two palm trees. Cover of 'Twelve original woodcuts' by Roger Fry. It is a red marbled paper with a white label showing the title.

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Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Nov 19
New publication on active life of lit-> "How does the study of literature, language, and humanities help build critical capacities? How do we address the current state of the humanities in the age of AI? What are examples of applied humanities programs and careers?"
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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Nov 19
Publishing soon in our flagship 'Environmental Cultures' series, 'Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment' by Pramod Nayar, which studies the work of over 50 poets: www.bloomsbury.com/postcolonial...
Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment
Examining a wide variety of poets from the last three decades of the 20th century to the present, from Asian, African, South American and settler colonies such…
www.bloomsbury.com

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · Nov 11
My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no

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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · Nov 10
If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
Conference
“The Underground: Prohibition, Abolition, Expression”2026 Call for Papers April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Baker Street Station on the Metropolitan Railway, 1863 &#…
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