Clare Clarke
@clareclarke.bsky.social
Lady Literature Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin. Belfast based. Cat person. Expert on Sherlock, crime fiction, true crime, Victorian literature, and 19th century newspapers.
New book coming soon(ish)
Rep: Aevitas Creative UK
New book coming soon(ish)
Rep: Aevitas Creative UK
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What a treat to see my friend @amyfuller.bsky.social at the launch of the major new BBC Arts documentary series, 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall', which is coming to BBC2 later this month. It's all still thoroughly embargoed, but apparently we're now allowed to officially admit that we're in it!
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What a treat to see my friend @amyfuller.bsky.social at the launch of the major new BBC Arts documentary series, 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall', which is coming to BBC2 later this month. It's all still thoroughly embargoed, but apparently we're now allowed to officially admit that we're in it!
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Was an absolute dream to appear on this podcast and talk about the craft of writing history - give it a listen!
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Was an absolute dream to appear on this podcast and talk about the craft of writing history - give it a listen!
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
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👇Brilliant discussion w/ @evepatt.bsky.social, @clareclarke.bsky.social, @murphgothic.bsky.social, @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social, & Una Mannion on the moral complexities of creating & consuming #truecrime for the 2025 Arts & Humanities Research Festival @tlrhub.bsky.social
#skystorians #academicsky 🗃️
#skystorians #academicsky 🗃️
‘The Evidence of Things Not Seen’: Ethics and the True Crime Industry
Recorded 22nd September 2025.
Why are we so drawn to true crime? And what are the ethical stakes behind the stories? Join popular literature experts Clare Clarke, Bernice Murphy, writer Una Mannion (
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October 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
👇Brilliant discussion w/ @evepatt.bsky.social, @clareclarke.bsky.social, @murphgothic.bsky.social, @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social, & Una Mannion on the moral complexities of creating & consuming #truecrime for the 2025 Arts & Humanities Research Festival @tlrhub.bsky.social
#skystorians #academicsky 🗃️
#skystorians #academicsky 🗃️
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"Billy Waters Is Dancing", a #biography by @drmarylshannon.bsky.social retraces the forgotten story of Black Regency sailor, who became London's most celebrated street performer & finds him & other figures of Black Regency Britain in #popularculture
#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
"Billy Waters Is Dancing", a #biography by @drmarylshannon.bsky.social retraces the forgotten story of Black Regency sailor, who became London's most celebrated street performer & finds him & other figures of Black Regency Britain in #popularculture
#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth
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Are you a grad student, untenured faculty member, or an independent scholar doing research in Romantic-era literature and culture? There's still time to apply for a Pforzheimer Award!
Apply by Nov. 1 to be considered.
Find more information here: www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...
Apply by Nov. 1 to be considered.
Find more information here: www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...
Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr, Award — K-SAA
www.k-saa.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Are you a grad student, untenured faculty member, or an independent scholar doing research in Romantic-era literature and culture? There's still time to apply for a Pforzheimer Award!
Apply by Nov. 1 to be considered.
Find more information here: www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...
Apply by Nov. 1 to be considered.
Find more information here: www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...
Obligatory photo of me and the Trinity big gold ball with added seagull!
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Obligatory photo of me and the Trinity big gold ball with added seagull!
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Fuck off with this bullshit
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you | TechCrunch
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fuck off with this bullshit
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go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
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A reminder that pg researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies in the UK are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award (valued up to £500)
The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Stephen Copley Research Awards – British Association for Romantic Studies
www.bars.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A reminder that pg researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies in the UK are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award (valued up to £500)
The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
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My fab colleague Sharon Ruston on the new Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein: theconversation.com/guillermo-de...
Guillermo de Toro’s Frankenstein: beguiling adaptation stays true to heart of Mary Shelley’s story
Guillermo del Toro’s retelling of the story about a scientist trying to create life is a visual treat and a rousing adaptation.
theconversation.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My fab colleague Sharon Ruston on the new Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein: theconversation.com/guillermo-de...
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BARS Independent Scholar bursary is now open: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
BARS Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
BARS Independent Scholar bursary is now open: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Talented colleagues being amazing, once again. Congratulations Rosie and co.
'So many poets burn out: Heaney didn’t. His talent never left him.'
The Telegraph on the Poems of Seamus Heaney. Out now.
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The Telegraph on the Poems of Seamus Heaney. Out now.
faber.co.uk/product/9780571340385-the-poems-of-seamus-heaney/
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Talented colleagues being amazing, once again. Congratulations Rosie and co.
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We are pleased to announce that the 2025 winner of the Hamilton Prize is Katharine Williams (CUNY Graduate Center) for the essay "Missing Members in Charlotte Yonge's The Clever Woman of the Family." Congratulations! The essay will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal.
October 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 winner of the Hamilton Prize is Katharine Williams (CUNY Graduate Center) for the essay "Missing Members in Charlotte Yonge's The Clever Woman of the Family." Congratulations! The essay will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal.
Ok, does anyone know how to easily convert references and bib to MHRA? Word seems to have every style but that one!
October 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ok, does anyone know how to easily convert references and bib to MHRA? Word seems to have every style but that one!
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🎉 Happy Birthday to #SSVanDine (Willard Huntington), #bornonthisday in 1888!
He was a key figure in Golden Age detective fiction, creating detective Philo Vance in The Benson Murder Case (1926), which inspired films and radio dramas. A puzzle mystery master! #CrimeFiction
He was a key figure in Golden Age detective fiction, creating detective Philo Vance in The Benson Murder Case (1926), which inspired films and radio dramas. A puzzle mystery master! #CrimeFiction
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🎉 Happy Birthday to #SSVanDine (Willard Huntington), #bornonthisday in 1888!
He was a key figure in Golden Age detective fiction, creating detective Philo Vance in The Benson Murder Case (1926), which inspired films and radio dramas. A puzzle mystery master! #CrimeFiction
He was a key figure in Golden Age detective fiction, creating detective Philo Vance in The Benson Murder Case (1926), which inspired films and radio dramas. A puzzle mystery master! #CrimeFiction
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Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
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Lecturer - English
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
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We have a cover!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
September 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We have a cover!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
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A must-have, for every home.
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A must-have, for every home.
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It's always striking seeing other academics talk about their academic parents and be reminded that close to a quarter of all tenure-line academics have at least one PhD parent.
That's not a critique, but I always wonder how different it would be to have a parent who already understood academia.
That's not a critique, but I always wonder how different it would be to have a parent who already understood academia.
October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's always striking seeing other academics talk about their academic parents and be reminded that close to a quarter of all tenure-line academics have at least one PhD parent.
That's not a critique, but I always wonder how different it would be to have a parent who already understood academia.
That's not a critique, but I always wonder how different it would be to have a parent who already understood academia.
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Buying this for whenever one of our cats claims they're hungry
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Buying this for whenever one of our cats claims they're hungry
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has anyone done research on how much mothers were separated from children under New Poor Law? a topic I know nothing about, but Strand Union rules say that, for under sevens, mothers should be 'permitted to have access to them at all reasonable times'. a lot hanging on 'reasonable' perhaps.
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
has anyone done research on how much mothers were separated from children under New Poor Law? a topic I know nothing about, but Strand Union rules say that, for under sevens, mothers should be 'permitted to have access to them at all reasonable times'. a lot hanging on 'reasonable' perhaps.