Dr Clare Horrocks
@drhorrocks.bsky.social
SL in Cultural History, published researcher on Victorian magazine culture, Punch & Dickens. Submissions Editor for Victorian Periodicals Review (@RSVP)
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Does anyone in our orbit know?
Hey, folks, I think I heard that Renton Nicholson's The Town was digitized recently, but I can't find where — is it publicly available? Thinking that @victorianlondon.bsky.social or @rs4vp.org may know!
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Does anyone in our orbit know?
Challenging AI to create a Punch Pocket Book. We still rely on keywords for tagging as the most effective method for training data sets. Julia Thomas Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Challenging AI to create a Punch Pocket Book. We still rely on keywords for tagging as the most effective method for training data sets. Julia Thomas Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
Second keynote at our Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Julia Thomas, Cardiff, on A Digital Treasure Hunt @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Second keynote at our Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Julia Thomas, Cardiff, on A Digital Treasure Hunt @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
Fascinating discussion of the Almanacks and Pocket Books as depicted in the Silver Diary with @patrickleary.bsky.social for the Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fascinating discussion of the Almanacks and Pocket Books as depicted in the Silver Diary with @patrickleary.bsky.social for the Pictorial Punch Study Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @rs4vp.org
Panel 2 on Decadence, Celebrity and Social Networks at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Bethany Dahlstrom, myself and Jane Harrison
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Panel 2 on Decadence, Celebrity and Social Networks at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Bethany Dahlstrom, myself and Jane Harrison
First keynote at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social from @patrickleary.bsky.social on The Education of Henry Silver @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
First keynote at Pictorial Punch @britishlibrary.bsky.social from @patrickleary.bsky.social on The Education of Henry Silver @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
Panel 1 at Pictorial Punch on Illustrators, Engravers and the Sensational @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social With Emma Liggins, Anne Anderson and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Panel 1 at Pictorial Punch on Illustrators, Engravers and the Sensational @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social With Emma Liggins, Anne Anderson and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
And we are off. Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And we are off. Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
Pre conference dinner at the Punch Tavern with our keynote speakers @patrickleary.bsky.social and Julia Thomas ahead of our @britishlibrary.bsky.social Study Day tomorrow @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @fbaillet.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Pre conference dinner at the Punch Tavern with our keynote speakers @patrickleary.bsky.social and Julia Thomas ahead of our @britishlibrary.bsky.social Study Day tomorrow @punchspocketbook.bsky.social @fbaillet.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social
Pater Punch, aka @patrickleary.bsky.social outside the old Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, just down from where the Punch offices were at Bouverie Street @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Pater Punch, aka @patrickleary.bsky.social outside the old Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, just down from where the Punch offices were at Bouverie Street @punchspocketbook.bsky.social
To celebrate Digital Preservation Day, we are delighted to see the first pages of the Beta @punchspocketbook.bsky.social being released. Huge thanks to the Technical team, Julia and Subha, for pushing against time to release this. More to come at our Pictorial Punch day tomorrow #unlockingarchives
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
To celebrate Digital Preservation Day, we are delighted to see the first pages of the Beta @punchspocketbook.bsky.social being released. Huge thanks to the Technical team, Julia and Subha, for pushing against time to release this. More to come at our Pictorial Punch day tomorrow #unlockingarchives
Do come and join us in Liverpool next July, we look forward to welcoming you!
The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
victorianist.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Do come and join us in Liverpool next July, we look forward to welcoming you!
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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.
Nearly time for our @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social. See you Friday 7 November with @patrickleary.bsky.social, Sonja Lawrenson, Francoise Baillet and others for a stimulating day of frivolity and japes!
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nearly time for our @punchspocketbook.bsky.social Pictorial Punch Study Day at @britishlibrary.bsky.social. See you Friday 7 November with @patrickleary.bsky.social, Sonja Lawrenson, Francoise Baillet and others for a stimulating day of frivolity and japes!
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Our first bit of business? Registration for #RSVP2025 is now live! You can register and find out more details about travel, accommodations, and a bird's eye view of the program, and more at our conference website! Share your enthusiasm via #VoicesandVisions conference.rs4vp.org
RSVP Conference 2025 – RSVP
Dates July 10-12, 2025
conference.rs4vp.org
February 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our first bit of business? Registration for #RSVP2025 is now live! You can register and find out more details about travel, accommodations, and a bird's eye view of the program, and more at our conference website! Share your enthusiasm via #VoicesandVisions conference.rs4vp.org
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The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
Please spread the word!!!!
Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History at Lancaster University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 3:26 PM
The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
Please spread the word!!!!
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Warm welcome to all new followers! To my fellow Victorianists: the VICTORIA discussion group remains a generous, welcoming space, supportive without at all overwhelming your inbox. And the archives are a great resource. If you’re not already a member, check it out: list.iu.edu/sympa/info/v...
November 9, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Warm welcome to all new followers! To my fellow Victorianists: the VICTORIA discussion group remains a generous, welcoming space, supportive without at all overwhelming your inbox. And the archives are a great resource. If you’re not already a member, check it out: list.iu.edu/sympa/info/v...
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Thanks, Beth! This is enormously useful, particularly to independent researchers, and a welcome complement to the much more modest but also helpful Open Access 19th-c. Periodicals list: www.victorianresearch.org/openaccesspe...
November 14, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Thanks, Beth! This is enormously useful, particularly to independent researchers, and a welcome complement to the much more modest but also helpful Open Access 19th-c. Periodicals list: www.victorianresearch.org/openaccesspe...
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It’s time, friends! We welcome submissions for #batw2025 in Liverpool, UK. Join us at John Moores University 25-27 June 2025 for another great conference!
We can’t wait to see you there! Watch here for more info.
britainandtheworld.org/2025
We can’t wait to see you there! Watch here for more info.
britainandtheworld.org/2025
2025 Conference - Liverpool John Moores University — Britain and the World
britainandtheworld.org
November 12, 2024 at 12:13 AM
It’s time, friends! We welcome submissions for #batw2025 in Liverpool, UK. Join us at John Moores University 25-27 June 2025 for another great conference!
We can’t wait to see you there! Watch here for more info.
britainandtheworld.org/2025
We can’t wait to see you there! Watch here for more info.
britainandtheworld.org/2025