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Rebecca Hutcheon
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Research Fellow @USW, C19th literature, spatial theory, digital humanities, walking, black metal, black coffee and animals.
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New Approaches for Digital Literary Mapping, by me & Sally Bushell.

Want to know how we can harness the #digital to find new ways of understanding spatial meaning in the humanities?

Read all about it: tinyurl.com/digilitmapping

#digitalhumanities #cambridgeelements #19thcentury
New Approaches for Digital Literary Mapping
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - New Approaches for Digital Literary Mapping
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Ever wondered what 1890s London would look like in Minecraft? Now's your chance to find out with this world I built with Sally Bushell, Blockworks and @lselibrary.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
#minecraft #victorian #history
Minecraft world brings Victorian London to life
Experience created by academics and Minecraft builders gives an insight into what life was like in Victorian London.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If anyone's in the area of Dove Cottage, Grasmere tomorrow, come along and hear me and others explain how (and why you might want) to build literary worlds in Minecraft
wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2025/08...
Minecraft meets Wordsworth - Wordsworth Grasmere
wordsworth.org.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Love this idea! Minecraft + Wordsworth. Can't wait to learn more about this and other worlds in LitCraft from Lancaster University.
Minecraft meets Wordsworth - experience for free this August
In what is possibly the most imaginative cultural crossovers yet, the globally popular game Minecraft, has been reimagined into a unique way for kids to engage with history thanks to a collaboration b...
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August 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
@bloodstockopenair.bsky.social Letter to BOA concerning the line-up for 2026. Having emailed the organisers, & not getting a response, I'm making the letter public. Turns out 'for the fans' isn't all fans. #sophielancasterfoundation #metalforgood #bloodstockopenair #metalmusic #metalukraine
August 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This, from Dorothy Richardson, is quite frankly the best Reformation joke I've ever heard.
July 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#JobAlert
Come & work with us! USW is looking for a Research Fellow who has experience in performance & immersive technology, with a focus on the way it intersects with the skills & innovation challenges facing the creative industries.

#ResearchFellow #ImmersivePerformance #ImmersiveTech #ApplyNow
June 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
How many more articles?! It's an affront seeing great swathes of buildings under reconstruction whilst at the same time losing brilliant colleagues from those self same campuses...

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely · Short Cuts: University Finances
Universities’ reliance on international students is only the most recent attempt to solve a broader problem, one that...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#Geohumanities #AcademicSky
The launch of the new Geohumanities Platform is a month away!
When? Wednesday 9th July 10am-1pm
Where? Glamorgan Building (Rm 3.51), King Edward VII Ave. Cardiff
With? Dr Rebecca Hutcheon (USW) & Prof. Jon Anderson (Cardiff)

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geohumanit...
Geohumanities Platform Launch
Come join us for the exciting launch of our Geohumanities Platform where we explore the intersections of geography and the humanities!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Reposted by Rebecca Hutcheon
This is an open invitation to participate in & publish on a new Geohumanities Platform from colleagues at Cardiff University.
The Platform will be launched at an in-person event in Cardiff University on Wednesday 9th July 10am-1pm (Glamorgan Building, Room 3.51)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geohumanit...
Geohumanities Platform Launch
Come join us for the exciting launch of our Geohumanities Platform where we explore the intersections of geography and the humanities!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Oh, I don't like the look of this at all...
May 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Come along to the exciting launch of our Geohumanities Platform where we explore the intersections of geography & the humanities!
When? 10-1, 9.7.25
Where? Glamorgan Building (Rm 3.51), King Edward VII Ave. Cardiff
Who? Dr Rebecca Hutcheon & Prof. Jon Anderson
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geohumanit...
Geohumanities Platform Launch
Come join us for the exciting launch of our Geohumanities Platform where we explore the intersections of geography and the humanities!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What were you doing on the 8th of November 2011? Buying some shoes. Anything else? Doing some reading which somehow connected Aristotle and Derrida (the classic pair).
What it was to be a first year PhD student...
April 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Job Alert!

We are looking for a Research Fellow (0.8 FTE) to join the USW Media Cymru team working on screen industries research, supporting training evaluation, pathways to impact and impact analysis.

Closing date 6th May so don’t hang about!

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April 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reposted by Rebecca Hutcheon
Set in a fictionalised Bristol, William explores the pressures of class, gender and modernity.
Once a bestseller, now forgotten – why William by E.H. Young deserves a revisit
Set in a fictionalised Bristol, William explores the pressures of class, gender and modernity.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Last year I (re)discovered E. H Young and have been reading everything of hers I can get my hands on. Her novel, William, is 100 years old this year and I can't recommend it enough. I've written about it for #theconversation here: theconversation.com/once-a-bests... #author #literature #moderism
Once a bestseller, now forgotten – why William by E.H. Young deserves a revisit
Set in a fictionalised Bristol, William explores the pressures of class, gender and modernity.
theconversation.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Join me for a literary walking tour celebrating 225 years of Lyrical Ballads, 2nd edition! #lyra #bristol #coleridge #wordsworth
www.lyrafest.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Reposted by Rebecca Hutcheon
I’m hosting the event on Romantic poetry as part of this. 25 April: New Lyrical Ballads: Coleridge and Wordsworth. Book here: www.lyrafest.com#e126198
@lyrafest.com runs from 25th April to 4th May featuring readings, workshops, slams, walking tours, open mics, and a poetry retreat. The 2025 theme, Weird and Wild, explores nature, rewilding, and otherness through poetry.

www.lyrafest.com
Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival
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March 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Reposted by Rebecca Hutcheon
@lyrafest.com runs from 25th April to 4th May featuring readings, workshops, slams, walking tours, open mics, and a poetry retreat. The 2025 theme, Weird and Wild, explores nature, rewilding, and otherness through poetry.

www.lyrafest.com
Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival
www.lyrafest.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
To anyone in or near Bristol (or who fancies a trip), check out this year's Lyra Poetry Fest programme. Lots of free events, including this: www.lyrafest.com#e126198 with two old colleagues. It promises to be a fantastic evening; do come along if you can!
www.lyrafest.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I think some better advice would be: 'keep it closed'...
April 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
How do you map landscapes from #literature?
Can we build a digital twin of the whole of #Wales?
Is the technology used to build #videogame worlds useful for architecture and urban landscapes?

Join the first Fieldnotes Stiwdio & learn more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-note...
Field Notes Stiwdio
Science and the arts, come together in 90 minutes of lightning talks and networking
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April 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Flowers in Cardiff looking very pretty. The bin really sets the daffodils off.
March 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Reposted by Rebecca Hutcheon
REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association : Please read this important joint letter we have written (on behalf of us, our chair @jennyrichards.bsky.social ) along with @ies-sas.bsky.social & @univeng.bsky.social
englishassociation.ac.uk/ref2029-conc...
REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
englishassociation.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Now *this* is a sense of humour in adversity.
March 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Take the petulant child's new toy away. Trump should not be invited back. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM