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British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies
www.bacls.org
📢Our new website is finally live!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
📢Announcement: We are pleased to announce the newly elected executive committee:
August 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📢Announcement: We are pleased to announce the newly elected executive committee:
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Deadline extended to 13 June! Send us your brilliant work please! 📝📚
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission!
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Calls for Submissions
bacls.org
May 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Deadline extended to 13 June! Send us your brilliant work please! 📝📚
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doing a retrospective on @c21literature.bsky.social at our @bacls.bsky.social roundtable this week so i thought i’d party like it’s 2009 and make a wordcloud of the journal’s most frequently discussed authors
June 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
doing a retrospective on @c21literature.bsky.social at our @bacls.bsky.social roundtable this week so i thought i’d party like it’s 2009 and make a wordcloud of the journal’s most frequently discussed authors
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If you’re at the @bacls.bsky.social conference this week, stop by the @scotunipress.bsky.social stand to find out more about institutional Open Access publishing, and to chat about publishing with SUP
June 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you’re at the @bacls.bsky.social conference this week, stop by the @scotunipress.bsky.social stand to find out more about institutional Open Access publishing, and to chat about publishing with SUP
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Off to the @bacls.bsky.social conference in Stirling. Looking forward to this one, programme looks good, lots of folks to catch up with & new research to hear about.
June 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Off to the @bacls.bsky.social conference in Stirling. Looking forward to this one, programme looks good, lots of folks to catch up with & new research to hear about.
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En route to Stirling for @bacls.bsky.social! I am making some final tweaks to my paper, but, more than anything, am greatly looking forward discussing all things contemporary lit over the next few days.
June 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
En route to Stirling for @bacls.bsky.social! I am making some final tweaks to my paper, but, more than anything, am greatly looking forward discussing all things contemporary lit over the next few days.
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Really looking forward to speaking on the opening panel for @bacls.bsky.social later, along with @alicebennett.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and Andy Perluzzo. We'll all be talking about various issues of writing and professionalism!
June 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Really looking forward to speaking on the opening panel for @bacls.bsky.social later, along with @alicebennett.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and Andy Perluzzo. We'll all be talking about various issues of writing and professionalism!
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Heading north for the @bacls.bsky.social conference - very excited for this one! I’ll be giving a paper on Alan Hollinghurst’s recent work later in the week.
June 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Heading north for the @bacls.bsky.social conference - very excited for this one! I’ll be giving a paper on Alan Hollinghurst’s recent work later in the week.
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Please do stop by the SUP stall at the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS) conference @bacls.bsky.social at the University of Stirling.
Our Commissioning Editor, @paulmclarke.bsky.social, will be delighted to talk to you about publishing your next book #OpenAccess! 👋
Our Commissioning Editor, @paulmclarke.bsky.social, will be delighted to talk to you about publishing your next book #OpenAccess! 👋
June 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Please do stop by the SUP stall at the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS) conference @bacls.bsky.social at the University of Stirling.
Our Commissioning Editor, @paulmclarke.bsky.social, will be delighted to talk to you about publishing your next book #OpenAccess! 👋
Our Commissioning Editor, @paulmclarke.bsky.social, will be delighted to talk to you about publishing your next book #OpenAccess! 👋
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We're at the @bacls.bsky.social conference this week
Visit the MUP stand to
📚 Chat with @mlhouston.bsky.social about a new proposal
📚 Explore our #ContemporaryLiterature titles
📚 Discover new #Literature series
Not attending? Browse our reading list,
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/06...
Visit the MUP stand to
📚 Chat with @mlhouston.bsky.social about a new proposal
📚 Explore our #ContemporaryLiterature titles
📚 Discover new #Literature series
Not attending? Browse our reading list,
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/06...
Contemporary Literary Studies, Reading list 2025 - Manchester University Press
Welcome to our Contemporary Literary Studies Reading List, a curated selection of new and bestselling titles from MUP. From critical insights into Geoffrey Hill’s poetry, to a survey of contemporary a...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're at the @bacls.bsky.social conference this week
Visit the MUP stand to
📚 Chat with @mlhouston.bsky.social about a new proposal
📚 Explore our #ContemporaryLiterature titles
📚 Discover new #Literature series
Not attending? Browse our reading list,
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/06...
Visit the MUP stand to
📚 Chat with @mlhouston.bsky.social about a new proposal
📚 Explore our #ContemporaryLiterature titles
📚 Discover new #Literature series
Not attending? Browse our reading list,
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/06...
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Moved to to Stirling for the @bacls.bsky.social What Happens Now 2025 Conference. I'm talking about Ken MacLeod on Thursday. Beautiful campus but the only photo I have taken so far is this pint of Robert the Juice.
June 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Moved to to Stirling for the @bacls.bsky.social What Happens Now 2025 Conference. I'm talking about Ken MacLeod on Thursday. Beautiful campus but the only photo I have taken so far is this pint of Robert the Juice.
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In this @jstordaily.bsky.social interview, Peter Sloane discusses his new book "From Rupture to Refuge" (published by @livunipress.bsky.social), which examines contemporary refugee narratives. The book is part of JSTOR’s Path to Open program.
Read and explore a free chapter: bit.ly/43E2Ro2
Read and explore a free chapter: bit.ly/43E2Ro2
Refugee Lit Stakes Its Worthy Claim - JSTOR Daily
Peter Sloane’s new study examines the narratives put forth by asylum seekers striving to reclaim their stories from mainstream media and political discourse.
bit.ly
May 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In this @jstordaily.bsky.social interview, Peter Sloane discusses his new book "From Rupture to Refuge" (published by @livunipress.bsky.social), which examines contemporary refugee narratives. The book is part of JSTOR’s Path to Open program.
Read and explore a free chapter: bit.ly/43E2Ro2
Read and explore a free chapter: bit.ly/43E2Ro2
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A new article by our own Dr Abs S. Ashley has been published in a special issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly ('Toward a Trans[]Crip Theory'): 'Neurotrans Affect: Choreography, Cocreation, and Coalitional Resistance'! @ainokash.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-...
June 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A new article by our own Dr Abs S. Ashley has been published in a special issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly ('Toward a Trans[]Crip Theory'): 'Neurotrans Affect: Choreography, Cocreation, and Coalitional Resistance'! @ainokash.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-...
Deadline extended to 13 June! Send us your brilliant work please! 📝📚
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission!
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Calls for Submissions
bacls.org
May 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Deadline extended to 13 June! Send us your brilliant work please! 📝📚
Deadline extended to 13 June!
We are particularly looking for nominations for the positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Publicity Officer.
If you have questions about Chair / Vice-Chair, get in touch with @tedilta.bsky.social; for publicity officer @juliaditter.bsky.social can answer your questions.
We are particularly looking for nominations for the positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Publicity Officer.
If you have questions about Chair / Vice-Chair, get in touch with @tedilta.bsky.social; for publicity officer @juliaditter.bsky.social can answer your questions.
Come join our Executive Committee by nominating yourself by 23rd May 2025!
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
Executive Committee Nominations 2025
bacls.org
May 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Deadline extended to 13 June!
We are particularly looking for nominations for the positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Publicity Officer.
If you have questions about Chair / Vice-Chair, get in touch with @tedilta.bsky.social; for publicity officer @juliaditter.bsky.social can answer your questions.
We are particularly looking for nominations for the positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Publicity Officer.
If you have questions about Chair / Vice-Chair, get in touch with @tedilta.bsky.social; for publicity officer @juliaditter.bsky.social can answer your questions.
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had a conversation with @melissaschuh.bsky.social years ago about how BACLS (@bacls.bsky.social) sounded like a bakery item and i have finally found out what that is (a sort of profiterole or little choux bun, i think)
May 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
had a conversation with @melissaschuh.bsky.social years ago about how BACLS (@bacls.bsky.social) sounded like a bakery item and i have finally found out what that is (a sort of profiterole or little choux bun, i think)
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Come join our Executive Committee by nominating yourself by 23rd May 2025!
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
Executive Committee Nominations 2025
bacls.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Come join our Executive Committee by nominating yourself by 23rd May 2025!
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
Reposted by BACLS
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission!
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Calls for Submissions
bacls.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission!
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
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Looking forward to talk about my research on Scottish literature, environmental methodologies, borders and literary form at the Scot Hub next week! 📚⛰️🐔🌊
Beyond the Caledonian Antisyzygy: Scottish Studies for the Future
13 May, free online
@juliaditter.bsky.social reflects on what a future-oriented Scottish Studies might look like, & highlights the need to move beyond historicist & nationalist frameworks
www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
13 May, free online
@juliaditter.bsky.social reflects on what a future-oriented Scottish Studies might look like, & highlights the need to move beyond historicist & nationalist frameworks
www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
May 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Looking forward to talk about my research on Scottish literature, environmental methodologies, borders and literary form at the Scot Hub next week! 📚⛰️🐔🌊
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Come and join us at the BACLS-WHN biennial conference next month!
BACLS WHN 2025: Conference Registration now open!
The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...
The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...
British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies – What Happens Now? (BACLS-WHN 2025) | University of Stirling Online Shop
Seventh Biennial Conference of the British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies.
shop.stir.ac.uk
May 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Come and join us at the BACLS-WHN biennial conference next month!
BACLS WHN 2025: Conference Registration now open!
The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...
The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...
British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies – What Happens Now? (BACLS-WHN 2025) | University of Stirling Online Shop
Seventh Biennial Conference of the British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies.
shop.stir.ac.uk
May 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
BACLS WHN 2025: Conference Registration now open!
The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...
The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission!
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Calls for Submissions
bacls.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission!
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’.
Deadline: 23 May
More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/...
Come join our Executive Committee by nominating yourself by 23rd May 2025!
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
Executive Committee Nominations 2025
bacls.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Come join our Executive Committee by nominating yourself by 23rd May 2025!
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Web Administrator
Publicity Officer
3 Graduate Student Reps
1 Ordinary Member
Details:
bacls.org/site/site/me...
With our new website, official membership registration is now open at the following rates:
Benefits: attend the yearly conference, submit your work for the yearly monograph, postgraduate essay and edited collection prizes, receive monthly newsletters and more!
Sign up here: bacls.org/site/join/
Benefits: attend the yearly conference, submit your work for the yearly monograph, postgraduate essay and edited collection prizes, receive monthly newsletters and more!
Sign up here: bacls.org/site/join/
Join
bacls.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
With our new website, official membership registration is now open at the following rates:
Benefits: attend the yearly conference, submit your work for the yearly monograph, postgraduate essay and edited collection prizes, receive monthly newsletters and more!
Sign up here: bacls.org/site/join/
Benefits: attend the yearly conference, submit your work for the yearly monograph, postgraduate essay and edited collection prizes, receive monthly newsletters and more!
Sign up here: bacls.org/site/join/
📢Our new website is finally live!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies
www.bacls.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
📢Our new website is finally live!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!
Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee
and much more!