Catriona Weiser
@catrionahenderson.bsky.social
PhD student in literature at the University of Vienna. Research focus - metamodernism, the historical novel, Scottish literature. Optimistic (mostly) and easily amused.
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For new followers, I'll mention my book again! It's a guided tour of the films, bands, TV shows, novels that define the metamodern landscape of the last few decades. These are artworks that engage the conflict between modernist and postmodern qualities by leaning on Felt Experience. amzn.to/4eeuHLN
Say Hello to Metamodernism!: Understanding Today's Culture of Ironesty, Felt Experience, and Empathic Reflexivity
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January 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
For new followers, I'll mention my book again! It's a guided tour of the films, bands, TV shows, novels that define the metamodern landscape of the last few decades. These are artworks that engage the conflict between modernist and postmodern qualities by leaning on Felt Experience. amzn.to/4eeuHLN
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Double Nation? Stevenson & the Doppelganger in 19th-Century Scottish Gothic
7 Jan, free online
Exploring Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic doppelganger in JEKYLL & HYDE within the evolution of 18th- & 19th-century Scottish & transatlantic Gothic traditions
www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
7 Jan, free online
Exploring Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic doppelganger in JEKYLL & HYDE within the evolution of 18th- & 19th-century Scottish & transatlantic Gothic traditions
www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
January 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Double Nation? Stevenson & the Doppelganger in 19th-Century Scottish Gothic
7 Jan, free online
Exploring Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic doppelganger in JEKYLL & HYDE within the evolution of 18th- & 19th-century Scottish & transatlantic Gothic traditions
www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
7 Jan, free online
Exploring Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic doppelganger in JEKYLL & HYDE within the evolution of 18th- & 19th-century Scottish & transatlantic Gothic traditions
www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
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“I am a chorus in search of a tragedy, a raker of middens in the industrial North.
“I am a genius in an obscure line of business. Try me a little.
“I may have something you can use.”
The author & artist Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) was born #OTD, 28 Dec
1/5
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
“I am a genius in an obscure line of business. Try me a little.
“I may have something you can use.”
The author & artist Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) was born #OTD, 28 Dec
1/5
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Arts - BBC Arts - Alasdair Gray at 80: Under the Helmet
Archive documentary from 1964 on the influential Scottish artist and writer.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 10:49 AM
“I am a chorus in search of a tragedy, a raker of middens in the industrial North.
“I am a genius in an obscure line of business. Try me a little.
“I may have something you can use.”
The author & artist Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) was born #OTD, 28 Dec
1/5
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
“I am a genius in an obscure line of business. Try me a little.
“I may have something you can use.”
The author & artist Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) was born #OTD, 28 Dec
1/5
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
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La Revue Ecossaise will return in January as a brand new podcast - six episodes per year covering key aspects of Scottish culture, history and politics. And all in French of course 🏴🇫🇷
December 21, 2024 at 5:55 PM
La Revue Ecossaise will return in January as a brand new podcast - six episodes per year covering key aspects of Scottish culture, history and politics. And all in French of course 🏴🇫🇷
Midday solstice sun.
December 21, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Midday solstice sun.
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CFP: The Uncanny in Language, Literature & Culture
22–23 Aug 2025 – University of Malta & online
This multidisciplinary conference invites scholars to engage with the uncanny in its myriad forms, exploring how it shapes & is shaped by language, literature, & culture.
uncanny.lcir.co.uk
22–23 Aug 2025 – University of Malta & online
This multidisciplinary conference invites scholars to engage with the uncanny in its myriad forms, exploring how it shapes & is shaped by language, literature, & culture.
uncanny.lcir.co.uk
"The Uncanny in Language, Literature and Culture" International Conference
uncanny.lcir.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 2:48 PM
CFP: The Uncanny in Language, Literature & Culture
22–23 Aug 2025 – University of Malta & online
This multidisciplinary conference invites scholars to engage with the uncanny in its myriad forms, exploring how it shapes & is shaped by language, literature, & culture.
uncanny.lcir.co.uk
22–23 Aug 2025 – University of Malta & online
This multidisciplinary conference invites scholars to engage with the uncanny in its myriad forms, exploring how it shapes & is shaped by language, literature, & culture.
uncanny.lcir.co.uk
My dog knows my fidgety ways and so likes to trap me at my desk by placing his legs here.
December 10, 2024 at 9:22 AM
My dog knows my fidgety ways and so likes to trap me at my desk by placing his legs here.
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It is time.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
December 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM
It is time.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
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CFP Alert! I'm very pleased to be co-organising the 24th International Congress of the French Society for Scottish Studies (SFEE) which will be held from 15th – 17th October 2025 at the University of La Rochelle on the theme of "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2020/
November 21, 2024 at 11:54 AM
CFP Alert! I'm very pleased to be co-organising the 24th International Congress of the French Society for Scottish Studies (SFEE) which will be held from 15th – 17th October 2025 at the University of La Rochelle on the theme of "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2020/
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@bacls.bsky.social has just launched the CfP for the next BACLS-WHN conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling)!
Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L3... and send abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025. #lit #C21Lit
Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L3... and send abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025. #lit #C21Lit
December 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM
@bacls.bsky.social has just launched the CfP for the next BACLS-WHN conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling)!
Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L3... and send abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025. #lit #C21Lit
Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L3... and send abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025. #lit #C21Lit
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This looks like a significant update to Raoul Ehshelman's original Performatism book, which itself was an important neighbor to metamodernism!
www.routledge.com/Transcending...
www.routledge.com/Transcending...
Transcending Postmodernism: Performatism 2.0
Transcending Postmodernism: Performatism 2.0 is an ambitious attempt to expand and deepen the theory of performatism. Its main thesis is that, beginning in the mid-1990s, the strategies and norms of p...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM
This looks like a significant update to Raoul Ehshelman's original Performatism book, which itself was an important neighbor to metamodernism!
www.routledge.com/Transcending...
www.routledge.com/Transcending...
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The theory
It’s destroyed it’s cage
Yes
YES
The theory is out
It’s destroyed it’s cage
Yes
YES
The theory is out
Lots of new books about metamodernism have come out recently.
- Our own Greg Dember's Say Hello to Metamodernism!
- Tom Drayton's Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theater
- Steve Jones: The Metamodern Slasher Film
- Spencer Jordan: Metamodernism and the Postdigital in the Contemporary Novel
- Our own Greg Dember's Say Hello to Metamodernism!
- Tom Drayton's Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theater
- Steve Jones: The Metamodern Slasher Film
- Spencer Jordan: Metamodernism and the Postdigital in the Contemporary Novel
November 16, 2024 at 8:19 PM
The theory
It’s destroyed it’s cage
Yes
YES
The theory is out
It’s destroyed it’s cage
Yes
YES
The theory is out
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If you're bored this weekend, check out this article I wrote for Mid-Theory Collective about how the Real Housewives taught me close reading! :)
mid-theory.com/2024/10/06/r...
mid-theory.com/2024/10/06/r...
How the Real Housewives Taught Me How to Close Read
What happens when literary scholars venture away from the work and fields we’re trained in and rove the land of pignoli cookies, oranges, diamonds, and champagne? And what happens when we treat tha…
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November 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM
If you're bored this weekend, check out this article I wrote for Mid-Theory Collective about how the Real Housewives taught me close reading! :)
mid-theory.com/2024/10/06/r...
mid-theory.com/2024/10/06/r...
A journal for metamodern theory is great news!
The first issue of our new journal "Metamodern Theory & Praxis" is now out! Completely free to read. Check it out!
(We hope to interview the contributors to the journal so if you prefer your content in a different format stay tuned for that as well) sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v...
(We hope to interview the contributors to the journal so if you prefer your content in a different format stay tuned for that as well) sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v...
November 16, 2024 at 5:14 PM
A journal for metamodern theory is great news!
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Giving this #scotlit starter pack another punt for all the new followers. Hello there :) go.bsky.app/SeyRqwU
November 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Giving this #scotlit starter pack another punt for all the new followers. Hello there :) go.bsky.app/SeyRqwU
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The first issue of our new journal "Metamodern Theory & Praxis" is now out! Completely free to read. Check it out!
(We hope to interview the contributors to the journal so if you prefer your content in a different format stay tuned for that as well) sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v...
(We hope to interview the contributors to the journal so if you prefer your content in a different format stay tuned for that as well) sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v...
November 15, 2024 at 2:32 PM
The first issue of our new journal "Metamodern Theory & Praxis" is now out! Completely free to read. Check it out!
(We hope to interview the contributors to the journal so if you prefer your content in a different format stay tuned for that as well) sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v...
(We hope to interview the contributors to the journal so if you prefer your content in a different format stay tuned for that as well) sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v...
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As I haven't seen one yet, I've created a Starter Pack for #Metamodernism. If you're a metamodernist or your work is connected to metamodernism and you'd like to be included, please let me know. Equally, if you're on this list and would like to be removed, just let me know too! go.bsky.app/P7DJ2ww
November 10, 2024 at 8:06 PM
As I haven't seen one yet, I've created a Starter Pack for #Metamodernism. If you're a metamodernist or your work is connected to metamodernism and you'd like to be included, please let me know. Equally, if you're on this list and would like to be removed, just let me know too! go.bsky.app/P7DJ2ww
I really need to learn how to deal with distraction. My labradoodle has more focus than me at the moment. Maybe I should try training myself: sit at your desk … stay…. good girl!
November 7, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I really need to learn how to deal with distraction. My labradoodle has more focus than me at the moment. Maybe I should try training myself: sit at your desk … stay…. good girl!
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Submissions invited: Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson
The University of Glasgow invites submissions for a new collection of poems that reflect on, resonate with, & respond to Robert Fergusson’s life, poetry, & legacies – deadline 31 Jan 2025
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submi...
The University of Glasgow invites submissions for a new collection of poems that reflect on, resonate with, & respond to Robert Fergusson’s life, poetry, & legacies – deadline 31 Jan 2025
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submi...
Submissions invited: Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson Poetry Collection – The Collected Works of Robert Fergusson
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
October 24, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Submissions invited: Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson
The University of Glasgow invites submissions for a new collection of poems that reflect on, resonate with, & respond to Robert Fergusson’s life, poetry, & legacies – deadline 31 Jan 2025
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submi...
The University of Glasgow invites submissions for a new collection of poems that reflect on, resonate with, & respond to Robert Fergusson’s life, poetry, & legacies – deadline 31 Jan 2025
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submi...
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The @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social project is holding a special event next week, on the 250th anniversary of Fergusson's death. Join us, Andrew O'Hagan, James Robertson, Billy Kay, Kirsteen McCue and David Hamilton to remember the phenomenon that is Robert Fergusson www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rememberin...
Remembering Robert Fergusson
Join Billy Kay, Kirsteen McCue, Andrew O’Hagan and James Robertson to celebrate Robert Fergusson on the 250th anniversary of his death
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October 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
The @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social project is holding a special event next week, on the 250th anniversary of Fergusson's death. Join us, Andrew O'Hagan, James Robertson, Billy Kay, Kirsteen McCue and David Hamilton to remember the phenomenon that is Robert Fergusson www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rememberin...
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We are excited to say that The Modernist Review is seeking papers for a ‘Modernism and Data’ special issue! Deadline 20th December for submissions. Please see the link below for the full CFP: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/m...
Modernism and Data Special Issue: Call for Papers
“A New World of Information”: Modernism and Data Modernism has a problem with data. Within adjacent fields—Victorian, Post45, and Black studies—there has been a proliferation of attempts to expound…
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September 27, 2024 at 1:18 PM
We are excited to say that The Modernist Review is seeking papers for a ‘Modernism and Data’ special issue! Deadline 20th December for submissions. Please see the link below for the full CFP: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/m...
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Ten collective noun ideas:
10. A rash of dermatologists
9. A great deal of car salesman
8. A lot of auctioneers
7. A (polyg)lot of translators
6. A tedium of golfers
5. A well actually of pedants
4. A fraid of clowns
3. A deliverance of postmen
2. A lack of principals
1. An enlargement of pianists
10. A rash of dermatologists
9. A great deal of car salesman
8. A lot of auctioneers
7. A (polyg)lot of translators
6. A tedium of golfers
5. A well actually of pedants
4. A fraid of clowns
3. A deliverance of postmen
2. A lack of principals
1. An enlargement of pianists
September 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Ten collective noun ideas:
10. A rash of dermatologists
9. A great deal of car salesman
8. A lot of auctioneers
7. A (polyg)lot of translators
6. A tedium of golfers
5. A well actually of pedants
4. A fraid of clowns
3. A deliverance of postmen
2. A lack of principals
1. An enlargement of pianists
10. A rash of dermatologists
9. A great deal of car salesman
8. A lot of auctioneers
7. A (polyg)lot of translators
6. A tedium of golfers
5. A well actually of pedants
4. A fraid of clowns
3. A deliverance of postmen
2. A lack of principals
1. An enlargement of pianists
Making reservations today for my trip home and using my maiden name, because it avoids me having to say “it’s like Budweiser but without the bud” on repeat.
September 6, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Making reservations today for my trip home and using my maiden name, because it avoids me having to say “it’s like Budweiser but without the bud” on repeat.