Naomi Milthorpe
@drmilthorpe.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania. Modernism-adjacent; reformed all-caps user. Working on Evelyn Waugh for the rest of time? She/her.
Repeal the “inequitable, “pernicious,” and “perverse" Jobs Ready Graduate Policy! openpetition.org/!repealjrg
Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition
We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Repeal the “inequitable, “pernicious,” and “perverse" Jobs Ready Graduate Policy! openpetition.org/!repealjrg
Great piece on the bad things happening at my alma mater. insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...
The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Tom Griffiths & Mark McKenna
Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts
insidestory.org.au
July 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Great piece on the bad things happening at my alma mater. insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...
New equity in teaching survey is dropping as part of our ACSES-supported project, "Supporting academics with inclusive & equitable curricula, teaching and learning"!
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New equity in teaching survey is dropping as part of our ACSES-supported project, "Supporting academics with inclusive & equitable curricula, teaching and learning"!
C20th folks, is anyone doing / can you recommend good work on Marghanita Laski?
June 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
C20th folks, is anyone doing / can you recommend good work on Marghanita Laski?
It finally happened
May 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It finally happened
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The Australasian Modernist Studies Network exec. (which I recently joined as Treasurer) is delighted to announce a CFP for a guaranteed AMSN panel at this year’s MSA. The panel is on Southern (Infra)Structures. Details below.
March 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Australasian Modernist Studies Network exec. (which I recently joined as Treasurer) is delighted to announce a CFP for a guaranteed AMSN panel at this year’s MSA. The panel is on Southern (Infra)Structures. Details below.
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Reviews by @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social, @drmilthorpe.bsky.social, Alexander Howard, Allison Nick, Lauryl Tucker, Ashley Maher, Rachel Farebrother, Brigid Rooney, and John Attridge cover a range of new books on #MeToo and modernism, British parody, Australian writer Eleanor Dark, and queer forms.
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Reviews by @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social, @drmilthorpe.bsky.social, Alexander Howard, Allison Nick, Lauryl Tucker, Ashley Maher, Rachel Farebrother, Brigid Rooney, and John Attridge cover a range of new books on #MeToo and modernism, British parody, Australian writer Eleanor Dark, and queer forms.
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The new issue of The Space Between journal (@spacebetween.bsky.social) "Searching for the Truly Strong Man: Masculinities 1914-1945" is out! Including a brand new suite of book reviews, edited by @sarahgleesonwhite.bsky.social and myself.
scalar.usc.edu/works/the-sp...
scalar.usc.edu/works/the-sp...
The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945: Volume 20 | 2024 | Searching for the Truly Strong Man: Masculinities 1914-1945
A SPECIAL TOPICS ISSUE FROM THE SPACE BETWEENLuke Seaber, University College London, Special Topic EditorSEARCHING FOR THE TRULY STRONG MAN: MASCULINITIES 1914-1945“Do Not Touch”: The...
scalar.usc.edu
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The new issue of The Space Between journal (@spacebetween.bsky.social) "Searching for the Truly Strong Man: Masculinities 1914-1945" is out! Including a brand new suite of book reviews, edited by @sarahgleesonwhite.bsky.social and myself.
scalar.usc.edu/works/the-sp...
scalar.usc.edu/works/the-sp...
Sadly, there's no skin care regime that will get you as iconic as Clarissa D
Excellent essay by @drmilthorpe.bsky.social on Mrs Dalloway, who doesn't look a day over 52.
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Friday essay: Seize the day – Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway at 100
Virginia Woolf’s classic Mrs Dalloway was revolutionary for its challenge to the novel form and its representation of time.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sadly, there's no skin care regime that will get you as iconic as Clarissa D
The work experience kid was having fun that day
December 16, 2024 at 2:23 AM
The work experience kid was having fun that day
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I'm exhausted and drained, but what a wonderful few days at AMSN 2024 was! Michelle Cahill discussing and reading from her novel, Daisy and Woolf, was such a grand way to finish, too. Congratulations and thanks to @utasenglish.bsky.social and @drmilthorpe.bsky.social and team for hosting!
December 13, 2024 at 11:29 PM
I'm exhausted and drained, but what a wonderful few days at AMSN 2024 was! Michelle Cahill discussing and reading from her novel, Daisy and Woolf, was such a grand way to finish, too. Congratulations and thanks to @utasenglish.bsky.social and @drmilthorpe.bsky.social and team for hosting!
Last day of "Modernism and modernity at the edge" started (depending on who you were) with a masterclass on life writing led by the brilliant @noreenmasud.bsky.social, or a wander thru the colonial house museum Narryna to ponder the ruptures of history and modernity on this island...
December 13, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Last day of "Modernism and modernity at the edge" started (depending on who you were) with a masterclass on life writing led by the brilliant @noreenmasud.bsky.social, or a wander thru the colonial house museum Narryna to ponder the ruptures of history and modernity on this island...
Day 2 of AMSN, "Modernism and modernity at the edge", opened with bracing and wide-ranging panels (Elizabeth von Arnim! Print culture! Limits!)...
December 12, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Day 2 of AMSN, "Modernism and modernity at the edge", opened with bracing and wide-ranging panels (Elizabeth von Arnim! Print culture! Limits!)...
Some amazing papers from day 1 of AMSN6 "Modernism and modernity at the edge", including our keynote @thomassdavis.bsky.social on aesthetic and ecological attachment... (1/)
December 11, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Some amazing papers from day 1 of AMSN6 "Modernism and modernity at the edge", including our keynote @thomassdavis.bsky.social on aesthetic and ecological attachment... (1/)
This week @utas.edu.au! AMSN's 6th conference, "Modernism and modernity at the edge", in honour of modernism's edgy aesthetics/ extreme politics/ living in edgy times/ us being at the ocean's edge / valuing the edge/ margins/ disciplinary boundaries.
December 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM
This week @utas.edu.au! AMSN's 6th conference, "Modernism and modernity at the edge", in honour of modernism's edgy aesthetics/ extreme politics/ living in edgy times/ us being at the ocean's edge / valuing the edge/ margins/ disciplinary boundaries.
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Have a look at our fabulous line-up of speakers, and register to join us at the Australasian Modernist Studies Network conference on Zoom or in Hobart in December! amsn.org.au/amsn6-modern...
Programme
University of Tasmania, 11-13 December 2024 Registration portal AMSN Draft Schedule 25 SeptemberDownload
amsn.org.au
November 13, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Have a look at our fabulous line-up of speakers, and register to join us at the Australasian Modernist Studies Network conference on Zoom or in Hobart in December! amsn.org.au/amsn6-modern...
Research: spending several hours combing census records and land registries to find the owner of a house you mention once in a footnote and which is entirely tangential to the main thrust of your work.
And when you find them, pumping your fist in the air like you're Rocky.
And when you find them, pumping your fist in the air like you're Rocky.
November 15, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Research: spending several hours combing census records and land registries to find the owner of a house you mention once in a footnote and which is entirely tangential to the main thrust of your work.
And when you find them, pumping your fist in the air like you're Rocky.
And when you find them, pumping your fist in the air like you're Rocky.
One *might* argue that the quotation doesn't necessarily clarify things all that much
May 30, 2024 at 3:21 AM
One *might* argue that the quotation doesn't necessarily clarify things all that much
Themes we shall find!
May 29, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Themes we shall find!
Deadline extended to April 30! We have some absolutely brilliant international keynotes & home grown plenary events planned. Attend in person on beautiful lutruwita (Tasmania) or consider remote attendance!
Call for Papers for the Australasian Modernist Studies Network 2024 Conference: Modernism and modernity at the edge
University of Tasmania, 11-13 December 2024
amsn.org.au/amsn6-call-f...
University of Tasmania, 11-13 December 2024
amsn.org.au/amsn6-call-f...
March 30, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Deadline extended to April 30! We have some absolutely brilliant international keynotes & home grown plenary events planned. Attend in person on beautiful lutruwita (Tasmania) or consider remote attendance!
Call for Papers for the Australasian Modernist Studies Network 2024 Conference: Modernism and modernity at the edge
University of Tasmania, 11-13 December 2024
amsn.org.au/amsn6-call-f...
University of Tasmania, 11-13 December 2024
amsn.org.au/amsn6-call-f...
February 15, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Call for Papers for the Australasian Modernist Studies Network 2024 Conference: Modernism and modernity at the edge
University of Tasmania, 11-13 December 2024
amsn.org.au/amsn6-call-f...
University of Tasmania, 11-13 December 2024
amsn.org.au/amsn6-call-f...
Every so often, Evelyn and I agree on something. (from "A Tourist in Africa")
December 4, 2023 at 2:59 AM
Every so often, Evelyn and I agree on something. (from "A Tourist in Africa")
What a way to end a paragraph
November 19, 2023 at 11:35 AM
What a way to end a paragraph