19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
@19birkbeck.bsky.social
Online open access journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary study in the long nineteenth century.
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19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
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New issue now available!
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
New issue alert!
‘Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices’, guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth is now freely available online at 19.bbk.ac.uk. @openlibhums.org
‘Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices’, guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth is now freely available online at 19.bbk.ac.uk. @openlibhums.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New issue alert!
‘Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices’, guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth is now freely available online at 19.bbk.ac.uk. @openlibhums.org
‘Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices’, guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth is now freely available online at 19.bbk.ac.uk. @openlibhums.org
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🚨 Last call! 🚨
We're HIRING an Editorial Officer — deadline is this 📅 Sunday, 8 June 2025! If you're an academic passionate about open access publishing, we encourage you to apply.
Fully remote position!
Apply now: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/edit...
We're HIRING an Editorial Officer — deadline is this 📅 Sunday, 8 June 2025! If you're an academic passionate about open access publishing, we encourage you to apply.
Fully remote position!
Apply now: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/edit...
Editorial Officer (2137) - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🚨 Last call! 🚨
We're HIRING an Editorial Officer — deadline is this 📅 Sunday, 8 June 2025! If you're an academic passionate about open access publishing, we encourage you to apply.
Fully remote position!
Apply now: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/edit...
We're HIRING an Editorial Officer — deadline is this 📅 Sunday, 8 June 2025! If you're an academic passionate about open access publishing, we encourage you to apply.
Fully remote position!
Apply now: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/edit...
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Thanks to all who attended last week’s screening of ‘The Man Who Painted His House’, which played to a packed Birkbeck cinema. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social
More on this project soon!
More on this project soon!
May 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thanks to all who attended last week’s screening of ‘The Man Who Painted His House’, which played to a packed Birkbeck cinema. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social
More on this project soon!
More on this project soon!
19.bbk.ac.uk
The new issue of our open access journal (ed. by @drkarinkoehler.bsky.social and Gregory Tate) asks how our understanding of nineteenth-century literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the four nations’ multilingual past and present
The new issue of our open access journal (ed. by @drkarinkoehler.bsky.social and Gregory Tate) asks how our understanding of nineteenth-century literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the four nations’ multilingual past and present
19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
19.bbk.ac.uk
May 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The new issue of our open access journal (ed. by @drkarinkoehler.bsky.social and Gregory Tate) asks how our understanding of nineteenth-century literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the four nations’ multilingual past and present
The new issue of our open access journal (ed. by @drkarinkoehler.bsky.social and Gregory Tate) asks how our understanding of nineteenth-century literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the four nations’ multilingual past and present
@drkarinkoehler.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @navsa.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social @drvickymills.bsky.social @cncsi.bsky.social
New issue now available!
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
19.bbk.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New issue now available!
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
19.bbk.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New issue now available!
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
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Preview screening of my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and extraordinary work of Victorian art-workman David Parr. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social
Book your tickets here!
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
Book your tickets here!
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
April 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Preview screening of my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and extraordinary work of Victorian art-workman David Parr. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social
Book your tickets here!
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
Book your tickets here!
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
To close our latest issue, Professor Jacqueline Rose asks what nineteenth-century literary writing, and especially Mary Shelley’s relatively unknown novel 'Valperga', can teach us about the crisis facing the humanities today.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
February 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
To close our latest issue, Professor Jacqueline Rose asks what nineteenth-century literary writing, and especially Mary Shelley’s relatively unknown novel 'Valperga', can teach us about the crisis facing the humanities today.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
What did The Strand look like in 1823, through the eyes of William Blake at Fountain Court, or Mary Shelley at the church of St Clement's?
@afoggyplace.bsky.social walks us through the buskers, crowds, and pub meetings for radicals in her fascinating article: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
@afoggyplace.bsky.social walks us through the buskers, crowds, and pub meetings for radicals in her fascinating article: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
February 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What did The Strand look like in 1823, through the eyes of William Blake at Fountain Court, or Mary Shelley at the church of St Clement's?
@afoggyplace.bsky.social walks us through the buskers, crowds, and pub meetings for radicals in her fascinating article: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
@afoggyplace.bsky.social walks us through the buskers, crowds, and pub meetings for radicals in her fascinating article: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
In our latest issue, Emi Del Bene examines a rousing poem on Polish independence by Stanisław Egbert Koźmian, an entry in Anna Birkbeck's album which offers insights into the networks of European political exiles and insurrectionists in 1820-30s London.
19.bbk.ac.uk
19.bbk.ac.uk
January 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In our latest issue, Emi Del Bene examines a rousing poem on Polish independence by Stanisław Egbert Koźmian, an entry in Anna Birkbeck's album which offers insights into the networks of European political exiles and insurrectionists in 1820-30s London.
19.bbk.ac.uk
19.bbk.ac.uk
In our latest issue, Zoe Baron and Beatrice Mossman examine ‘M.S. Lines on Lady Caroline Lamb’, a poem by salon hostess and travel writer Elizabeth Spence which illuminates the provocative friendships, class dynamics, and fraught gender expectations of the early 19th century.
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January 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In our latest issue, Zoe Baron and Beatrice Mossman examine ‘M.S. Lines on Lady Caroline Lamb’, a poem by salon hostess and travel writer Elizabeth Spence which illuminates the provocative friendships, class dynamics, and fraught gender expectations of the early 19th century.
19.bbk.ac.uk
19.bbk.ac.uk
Continuing this issue's examination of contributions to Anna Birkbeck’s album, Professor Isobel Armstrong analyses the poetry of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, who advocated ‘the public circulation of affect and the necessity of dreaming as a social need’.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Continuing this issue's examination of contributions to Anna Birkbeck’s album, Professor Isobel Armstrong analyses the poetry of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, who advocated ‘the public circulation of affect and the necessity of dreaming as a social need’.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
In our latest issue, Dr. David McAllister unearths a little-known poem of geologist Gideon Mantell, featured in Anna Birkbeck's 1825 album, and offers a fascinating example of the imbrication of scientific and literary writing in the Romantic era.
Read this article and more at 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read this article and more at 19.bbk.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In our latest issue, Dr. David McAllister unearths a little-known poem of geologist Gideon Mantell, featured in Anna Birkbeck's 1825 album, and offers a fascinating example of the imbrication of scientific and literary writing in the Romantic era.
Read this article and more at 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read this article and more at 19.bbk.ac.uk
How did developments in adult education from 1823 shape Birkbeck, and how has the college adapted to survive over time?
Read Laurel Brake's fantastic article, followed by Robyn Jakeman's timeline, at 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read Laurel Brake's fantastic article, followed by Robyn Jakeman's timeline, at 19.bbk.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
How did developments in adult education from 1823 shape Birkbeck, and how has the college adapted to survive over time?
Read Laurel Brake's fantastic article, followed by Robyn Jakeman's timeline, at 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read Laurel Brake's fantastic article, followed by Robyn Jakeman's timeline, at 19.bbk.ac.uk
Was the London Mechanics' Institute (now @BirkbeckUoL) a pioneer of the visual lecture? Read @Prof_JPlunkett on the university's fascinating attempts to illustrate knowledge: from diagrams & transparencies to magic lantern shows to live experiments. 19.bbk.ac.uk
January 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Was the London Mechanics' Institute (now @BirkbeckUoL) a pioneer of the visual lecture? Read @Prof_JPlunkett on the university's fascinating attempts to illustrate knowledge: from diagrams & transparencies to magic lantern shows to live experiments. 19.bbk.ac.uk
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Celebrating Birkbeck English and a new edition of @19birkbeck.bsky.social on the anniversary of the college foundation day last night. A fantastic issue put together by @luisacale.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Celebrating Birkbeck English and a new edition of @19birkbeck.bsky.social on the anniversary of the college foundation day last night. A fantastic issue put together by @luisacale.bsky.social
"I believe, then, that the characteristics of Gothic are the following, placed in the order of their
importance:
1. Savageness
2. Changefulness
3. Naturalism
4. Grotesqueness
5. Rigidity
6. Redundance
6. Big neon signs bearing the word 'Gothic' in a sort of spooky typeface."
John Ruskin
importance:
1. Savageness
2. Changefulness
3. Naturalism
4. Grotesqueness
5. Rigidity
6. Redundance
6. Big neon signs bearing the word 'Gothic' in a sort of spooky typeface."
John Ruskin
November 26, 2024 at 2:44 PM
"I believe, then, that the characteristics of Gothic are the following, placed in the order of their
importance:
1. Savageness
2. Changefulness
3. Naturalism
4. Grotesqueness
5. Rigidity
6. Redundance
6. Big neon signs bearing the word 'Gothic' in a sort of spooky typeface."
John Ruskin
importance:
1. Savageness
2. Changefulness
3. Naturalism
4. Grotesqueness
5. Rigidity
6. Redundance
6. Big neon signs bearing the word 'Gothic' in a sort of spooky typeface."
John Ruskin
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The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
Please spread the word!!!!
Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History at Lancaster University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 3:26 PM
The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
Please spread the word!!!!
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Here's the link: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1... And here's the Westminster Review: catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00050...
November 20, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Here's the link: 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1... And here's the Westminster Review: catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00050...
The Westminster Review and the London Mechanics’ Institution were established within months of each other in 1823–24.
In our latest issue, Hilary Fraser unearths the early history of these two initiatives and the radical London milieu that produced them.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
In our latest issue, Hilary Fraser unearths the early history of these two initiatives and the radical London milieu that produced them.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 5:56 PM
The Westminster Review and the London Mechanics’ Institution were established within months of each other in 1823–24.
In our latest issue, Hilary Fraser unearths the early history of these two initiatives and the radical London milieu that produced them.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
In our latest issue, Hilary Fraser unearths the early history of these two initiatives and the radical London milieu that produced them.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
Next up, Ian Newman examines the relationship between the Mechanics’ Magazine and the founding of the London Mechanics’ Institution through the prism of Francis Place, who was involved in each.
Read here: 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read here: 19.bbk.ac.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Next up, Ian Newman examines the relationship between the Mechanics’ Magazine and the founding of the London Mechanics’ Institution through the prism of Francis Place, who was involved in each.
Read here: 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read here: 19.bbk.ac.uk
In our latest issue, Judith Thompson's '‘Operations and cooperations’: John Thelwall, George Birkbeck, and the Movement for Public Education in Britain' explores the collaborations between the radical Romantic polymath and Birkbeck's founder.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:07 AM
In our latest issue, Judith Thompson's '‘Operations and cooperations’: John Thelwall, George Birkbeck, and the Movement for Public Education in Britain' explores the collaborations between the radical Romantic polymath and Birkbeck's founder.
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
Read at: 19.bbk.ac.uk
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New issue of @19birkbeck.bsky.social out now! '1823-2023: Literature, Invention, Radical Thinking at the London Mechanics' Institution.' This issue revisits the Mechanics' Institute movement and urges new thinking to reinvent literature’s role across disciplines: 19.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1289/i...
November 14, 2024 at 12:15 PM
New issue of @19birkbeck.bsky.social out now! '1823-2023: Literature, Invention, Radical Thinking at the London Mechanics' Institution.' This issue revisits the Mechanics' Institute movement and urges new thinking to reinvent literature’s role across disciplines: 19.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1289/i...
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A new open-access journal, Public Humanities, has launched. I'm proud to have a piece in the inaugural "Manifesto" issue, on "The Necessity of Public Writing." I hope academo-friends will read, circulate, propose, and submit. doi.org/10.1017/pub....
November 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM
A new open-access journal, Public Humanities, has launched. I'm proud to have a piece in the inaugural "Manifesto" issue, on "The Necessity of Public Writing." I hope academo-friends will read, circulate, propose, and submit. doi.org/10.1017/pub....
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Our new issue is now live!
'1823-2023: Literature, Invention, Radical Thinking at the London Mechanics' Institution'
19.bbk.ac.uk
@openlibhums.bsky.social @navsa.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social
'1823-2023: Literature, Invention, Radical Thinking at the London Mechanics' Institution'
19.bbk.ac.uk
@openlibhums.bsky.social @navsa.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Our new issue is now live!
'1823-2023: Literature, Invention, Radical Thinking at the London Mechanics' Institution'
19.bbk.ac.uk
@openlibhums.bsky.social @navsa.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social
'1823-2023: Literature, Invention, Radical Thinking at the London Mechanics' Institution'
19.bbk.ac.uk
@openlibhums.bsky.social @navsa.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social