Dr Emily Vincent
@dremilyvincent.bsky.social
👩🏻🏫Tutoring English @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social
✍️Co-writing book for @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
📚Research Deputy @cncsi.bsky.social
🦇Co-host @GothicaUob.bsky.social
👋🏼ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social
👻 Summoned to the Séance @britishlibrary.bsky.social
✍️Co-writing book for @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
📚Research Deputy @cncsi.bsky.social
🦇Co-host @GothicaUob.bsky.social
👋🏼ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social
👻 Summoned to the Séance @britishlibrary.bsky.social
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An exciting conclusion to my time as Research Fellow on the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project! Dr Melissa Dickson & I are co-writing a book ‘A British Literary Contagion: ‘Russian Flu’ and Popular Culture at the Fin de Siècle’ for the @manchesterup.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social series🦠
If you’re a BAVS ECR, join @laurenicullen.bsky.social and I on Zoom tomorrow anytime between 5pm - 6pm (GMT) for the first @bavs-uk.bsky.social Tea Time of 2026! DM us for the link 🫖
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January 21, 2026 at 10:11 AM
If you’re a BAVS ECR, join @laurenicullen.bsky.social and I on Zoom tomorrow anytime between 5pm - 6pm (GMT) for the first @bavs-uk.bsky.social Tea Time of 2026! DM us for the link 🫖
Exciting news! I’m now a Teaching Associate in English @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social on the Astrophoria Foundation Year - a FANTASTIC access scheme for students. I’ll be teaching & assessing a ‘Ghosts Across Time’ course I’ve designed and supervising an extended project 👻 foundationyear.ox.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Exciting news! I’m now a Teaching Associate in English @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social on the Astrophoria Foundation Year - a FANTASTIC access scheme for students. I’ll be teaching & assessing a ‘Ghosts Across Time’ course I’ve designed and supervising an extended project 👻 foundationyear.ox.ac.uk
An exciting conclusion to my time as Research Fellow on the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project! Dr Melissa Dickson & I are co-writing a book ‘A British Literary Contagion: ‘Russian Flu’ and Popular Culture at the Fin de Siècle’ for the @manchesterup.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social series🦠
January 8, 2026 at 11:06 AM
An exciting conclusion to my time as Research Fellow on the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project! Dr Melissa Dickson & I are co-writing a book ‘A British Literary Contagion: ‘Russian Flu’ and Popular Culture at the Fin de Siècle’ for the @manchesterup.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social series🦠
Join the @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR team today (anytime between 5pm - 6pm GMT on Zoom) for our festive final BAVS Tea Time of 2025 to chat about all things ECR and nineteenth century. DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for link or to be added to the BAVS ECR mailing list for future events! 🫖 ☕️ 📚
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December 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Join the @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR team today (anytime between 5pm - 6pm GMT on Zoom) for our festive final BAVS Tea Time of 2025 to chat about all things ECR and nineteenth century. DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for link or to be added to the BAVS ECR mailing list for future events! 🫖 ☕️ 📚
These metaphorical conceptions of #influenza #flu #superflu have been shaping our understanding of epidemic diseases from the late nineteenth century 1890s influenza pandemic to now
As the UK’s #flu #influenza #superflu season intensifies, it is interesting to see it being personified as ‘unrelenting’, or ecologically as a ‘wave’. Our researchers examine how figurative language & texts have shaped media responses to the flu since the 19th century🤧 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Flu in five charts - how this year's winter outbreak is different - BBC News
NHS England says it's facing a "worst-case scenario" after flu hospital cases jump 55% in a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
These metaphorical conceptions of #influenza #flu #superflu have been shaping our understanding of epidemic diseases from the late nineteenth century 1890s influenza pandemic to now
Join @gothicauob.bsky.social on Thursday 6pm (Zoom) with @sorchanf.bsky.social ⬇️
🦇 Gothica returns!
Join Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (Reader in Film Studies & expert in Gothic & Horror Cinema) for ⬇️
🗣1980s Popular Gothic 2
We can't wait to discuss Stranger Things!⚡️
📅 Thurs 11 Dec
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom
DM for link!
Join Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (Reader in Film Studies & expert in Gothic & Horror Cinema) for ⬇️
🗣1980s Popular Gothic 2
We can't wait to discuss Stranger Things!⚡️
📅 Thurs 11 Dec
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom
DM for link!
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December 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Join @gothicauob.bsky.social on Thursday 6pm (Zoom) with @sorchanf.bsky.social ⬇️
Have a listen to my analysis of Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Playing With Fire’ on the fantastic @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social podcast! 👻
🚨NEW EPISODE S5 E9🚨 Join me and my special guest Dr. Emily Vincent (@dremilyvincent@bsky.social) as we discuss 'Playing with Fire' by Arthur Conan Doyle. Out wherever you get your podcasts!
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Have a listen to my analysis of Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Playing With Fire’ on the fantastic @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social podcast! 👻
Join us next Thursday for an exciting @gothicauob.bsky.social with the amazing @sorchanf.bsky.social ⬇️
Happy Stranger Things week ❤️⚡️
We have summoned Sorcha Ní Fhlainn for an exciting electrifying return of 1980s Popular Gothic 🎉
📅 Thurs 11 Dec
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom
Travel back to the 1980s for synths, shadows & all the wonderful Stranger Things ✨️
🔗 DM/ email for the link
We have summoned Sorcha Ní Fhlainn for an exciting electrifying return of 1980s Popular Gothic 🎉
📅 Thurs 11 Dec
⏰ 6–7:30PM GMT
💻 Zoom
Travel back to the 1980s for synths, shadows & all the wonderful Stranger Things ✨️
🔗 DM/ email for the link
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Join us next Thursday for an exciting @gothicauob.bsky.social with the amazing @sorchanf.bsky.social ⬇️
Get your BAVS abstracts in! ⬇️
Check out the BAVS 2026 conference website: www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) conference
The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History, with the Centre for Port and Maritime History, are delighted to welcome BAVS delegates to Liverpool in 2026.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Get your BAVS abstracts in! ⬇️
A little insight into some archival research on influenza I did at the National Archives last week on the unfolding 1890s influenza epidemic in Britain and Barbados and its ties to the current #Covid19 enquiry ⬇️
As #Covid19enquiry documents are released, it highlights the themes of secrecy & exposure in the masses of correspondence, manuscripts & media which underpin #pandemic outbreaks. The Media and Epidemics project explores many of these themes from the 19th century to now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response
The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made in 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A little insight into some archival research on influenza I did at the National Archives last week on the unfolding 1890s influenza epidemic in Britain and Barbados and its ties to the current #Covid19 enquiry ⬇️
Reminder that the next @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR Tea Time will take place tomorrow at 5pm - 6pm on Zoom! DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for the Zoom link and join us for an informal chat about all things early career and nineteenth century 🫖 ☕️
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November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reminder that the next @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR Tea Time will take place tomorrow at 5pm - 6pm on Zoom! DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for the Zoom link and join us for an informal chat about all things early career and nineteenth century 🫖 ☕️
Our Media and Epidemics team is clearly on the same (archival) page with an unplanned encounter in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! ⬇️
When the @euchanse.bsky.social UK and Polish team bumped into each other in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! @dremilyvincent.bsky.social was reviewing the Medical Officers of Health records & adverts about the 1890s flu #epidemic and Zuza was researching deaf studies & zine culture 🦠 📖
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our Media and Epidemics team is clearly on the same (archival) page with an unplanned encounter in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! ⬇️
Had an exciting invitation on Sunday for a book reading, Q&A, and book signing for my @blpublishing.bsky.social ‘Summoned to the Séance’ #TalesOfTheWeird collection at Hestia Books in Wirksworth! Thanks to everyone who attended and hope you enjoy your spooky tales 👻
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Had an exciting invitation on Sunday for a book reading, Q&A, and book signing for my @blpublishing.bsky.social ‘Summoned to the Séance’ #TalesOfTheWeird collection at Hestia Books in Wirksworth! Thanks to everyone who attended and hope you enjoy your spooky tales 👻
Reposted by Dr Emily Vincent
Fantastic Sunday afternoon spent listening to @dremilyvincent.bsky.social talk about her new book at Hestia Books
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fantastic Sunday afternoon spent listening to @dremilyvincent.bsky.social talk about her new book at Hestia Books
🎃2 days until @cncsi.bsky.social #Halloween ‘Nineteenth-Century #Gothic Afterlives’ with Sonja Lawrenson, @romgothsam.bsky.social, Richard Hand, @marijkevalk.bsky.social & @drdjohnston.bsky.social - join us (for all or part of the day) here: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
Our @cncsi.bsky.social C19 Gothic Afterlives programme!
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎃2 days until @cncsi.bsky.social #Halloween ‘Nineteenth-Century #Gothic Afterlives’ with Sonja Lawrenson, @romgothsam.bsky.social, Richard Hand, @marijkevalk.bsky.social & @drdjohnston.bsky.social - join us (for all or part of the day) here: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
Honoured to be on this spooky starter pack 👻
I’ve recently manifested on this platform, and I am in a search for more community. Please let me know who I should summon to my starter pack….
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October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Honoured to be on this spooky starter pack 👻
Register below for this Friday’s @cncsi.bsky.social #Halloween Nineteenth-Century #Gothic Afterlives event with our 5 fantastic speakers: Sonja Lawrenson, @romgothsam.bsky.social, Richard Hand, @marijkevalk.bsky.social & @drdjohnston.bsky.social ⬇️🎃
Our @cncsi.bsky.social C19 Gothic Afterlives programme!
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Register below for this Friday’s @cncsi.bsky.social #Halloween Nineteenth-Century #Gothic Afterlives event with our 5 fantastic speakers: Sonja Lawrenson, @romgothsam.bsky.social, Richard Hand, @marijkevalk.bsky.social & @drdjohnston.bsky.social ⬇️🎃
Delighted with my copy of Peter Lang ‘Where Love Happens: Changing Social Practices of Love in the Long Nineteenth-Century. My chapter is on #love, loss, and #spiritualism in texts by Florence Marryat, Oliver Lodge & the Brownings. Thanks to Helene Grøn, Lene Østermark-Johansen & Victoria de Rijke!
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Delighted with my copy of Peter Lang ‘Where Love Happens: Changing Social Practices of Love in the Long Nineteenth-Century. My chapter is on #love, loss, and #spiritualism in texts by Florence Marryat, Oliver Lodge & the Brownings. Thanks to Helene Grøn, Lene Østermark-Johansen & Victoria de Rijke!
Lovely autumnal views from my office on campus @unibirmingham.bsky.social 🍁
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Lovely autumnal views from my office on campus @unibirmingham.bsky.social 🍁
Calling @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECRs! Our next BAVS Tea Time will take place tomorrow (Weds 22nd) at 5pm-6pm (UK) on Zoom - join for all or part of an informal catch up about all things Victorian and ECR. DM me for link! We will also welcome our new BAVS ECR Rep @laurenicullen.bsky.social 🎉🫖☕️
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October 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Calling @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECRs! Our next BAVS Tea Time will take place tomorrow (Weds 22nd) at 5pm-6pm (UK) on Zoom - join for all or part of an informal catch up about all things Victorian and ECR. DM me for link! We will also welcome our new BAVS ECR Rep @laurenicullen.bsky.social 🎉🫖☕️
Sign up for this week and next week’s online #Halloween #Gothic events with @gothicauob.bsky.social and @cncsi.bsky.social 🎃⬇️
The #Gothic haunting season is upon us! Free online events⬇️
👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link.
🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link.
🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Sign up for this week and next week’s online #Halloween #Gothic events with @gothicauob.bsky.social and @cncsi.bsky.social 🎃⬇️
Reposted by Dr Emily Vincent
The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
October 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
A reminder to sign up for our below #Gothic #Halloween events with @gothicauob.bsky.social and @cncsi.bsky.social - tis the spooky season! 👻 ⬇️
The #Gothic haunting season is upon us! Free online events⬇️
👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link.
🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link.
🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A reminder to sign up for our below #Gothic #Halloween events with @gothicauob.bsky.social and @cncsi.bsky.social - tis the spooky season! 👻 ⬇️
Our @cncsi.bsky.social C19 Gothic Afterlives programme!
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Our @cncsi.bsky.social C19 Gothic Afterlives programme!
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
Register & sign up below for 2 exciting #Halloween season #Gothic events! ⬇️🎃
The #Gothic haunting season is upon us! Free online events⬇️
👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link.
🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
👾👹 Thurs 23rd Oct (5-6.30pm, UK) @gothicauob.bsky.social with @dreframss.bsky.social - email Gothica for link.
🎥📖 Fri 31st Oct, Halloween (10.45-5pm, CET) @cncsi.bsky.social Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives: cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Register & sign up below for 2 exciting #Halloween season #Gothic events! ⬇️🎃