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Dr Rhonda Mayne
@drrmayne.bsky.social
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Academic in modernist literature & culture: Virginia Woolf, feminism, social class, dance & performance.
Senior Executive Member, Steering Committee, British Association for Modernist Studies.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/drrhondamayne/home
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Dr Rhonda Mayne @drrmayne.bsky.social · Dec 16
I’ve put together a Virginia Woolf starter pack here, collecting scholars, readers, and institutions engaged with Woolf’s work.

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moderniststudies.bsky.social
A very cool collaboration for next winter's MLA in LA! See this CFP below.
matthewlevay.bsky.social Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 1d
Friends: @moderniststudies.bsky.social and @sharpweb.org are teaming up for a non-guaranteed panel on “Modernism in Ephemeral Print” at MLA 2027, in LA. Consider submitting!
Call for Papers: Modernism in Ephemeral Print (2027 MLA Annual Convention)
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February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
Join us on Tuesday, 24 February to hear Dr Valerie Schutte kick off our Spring Seminar Series with a fascinating paper on 'Katherine Basset as a Case Study of the Household of Anne of Cleves'. Please find the sign-up link via this page: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
Sign up now for the first session of our Spring Seminar Series, featuring Dr Valerie Schutte.
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, at 5pm GMT Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. “Katherine Basset as a Case Study of the Household of Anne of Cleves”, Dr Valerie Schutte This p…
womenshistorynetwork.org
February 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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nlireland.bsky.social
#WorldRadioDay: Women tuning in for news of #CharlesKingsfordSmith’s round-the-world flight https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000599776. He landed at Portmarnock before completing his historic journey in California: https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/exploring-aviation-ireland-nli-collections
Two women listening to the radio
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
Fantastic funded PhD opportunity here in the School of Humanities at Reading - please share widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Young Refugees to Britain in the early Twentieth Century at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Young Refugees to Britain in the early Twentieth Century at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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pastandotherplaces.bsky.social
Women are far from invisible. Women’s activities in seventeenth-century St Andrews investigated using a broad range of archival sources including wills, guild records, court books, and church records.
#archives #Fife #LocalHistory #genealogy #herstory #skystorians 🗃️ 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
elizabethbeattie.bsky.social Elizabeth Beattie @elizabethbeattie.bsky.social · Sep 17
My blog for the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Library Special Collections went live yesterday! It's a very short glimpse of the thousands of women whose lives I've been researching over the last 16 months.
Women’s activities in seventeenth-century St Andrews: the evidence of the Kirk Sessions – University Collections blog
university-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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drdanielletw.bsky.social
Fellowship Opportunity!

Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History
University of Oxford - St Hilda’s College

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL341/j...
Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History at University of Oxford
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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tsasson.bsky.social
Such a great paper—rich comparative analysis of “baby farms” in Britain, France, and the USA (late 19th–early 20th c.), showing how labor and care were reconfigured differently despite similar feminist arguments. Can’t wait for the book @emilybaughan.bsky.social! (also check out this wild image)
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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davidc1935.bsky.social
"I think Virginia Woolf is probably the person whose technical daring & her skill at doing that kind of thing & moving from one head to another head, from one point of view to another, in the years and in the ways, is the most admirable."

(Ursula Le Guin)

Virginia Woolf, born 25 January 1882.
January 25, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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uhume.bsky.social
birthday wishes to Virginia Woolf (born 25th January, 1882)
yellowed photo of the baby Virginia looking intently at the camera. she is holding a mysterious black object.
January 25, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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femalephotogs.bsky.social
This is one of the only color photographs of Virginia Woolf & her last professional portrait.

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femalephotogs.bsky.social #FemalePhotogs @femalephotogs.bsky.social · Dec 19
L: Self-portrait, 1952
R: Virginia Woolf, 1939
by Gisèle Freund

Freund, born #OTD in 1908, did pioneering work in color photojournalism & intimate portraits of literary figures. This is one of the only color photographs of Virginia Woolf & the last professional portrait #photography #FemalePhotogs
A black-and-white self-portrait of Gisèle Freund in a medium shot. Freund stands behind a Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera mounted on a small tripod. She is looking directly at the lens and is holding a cable release in her left hand. She has dark, curly hair and is wearing a dark, button-down shirt with a patterned scarf around her neck and a ring on her finger. The background is simple and uncluttered, focusing attention on the photographer and her equipment. Color portrait of Virginia Woolf, with her head turned slightly to the viewer's left and her eyes cast downwards in a pensive expression. The photograph, taken in 1939 by Gisèle Freund, highlights her fine facial features, including prominent eyes and the lines on her forehead and neck. Her graying hair is pulled back, and she wears a dark garment with a distinctive white, ruffled collar. The background is a soft, blurred mix of warm, reddish-brown tones.
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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literland.bsky.social
"Quien nos roba los sueños nos roba la vida".
📷T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf y Vivienne Eliot (1932)
En recuerdo de Virginia Woolf, nacida tal día como hoy de 1882.
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Virginia Woolf book cover designs by her sister, artist Vanessa Bell ( 1920's - 30's) #WomensArt
Nine book covers with individual images for Virginia Woolf's novejs
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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britishlibrary.bsky.social
It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Here are a few highlights from Kodak Research Laboratories in Harrow, documenting innovations led by women in as early as 1891.

#KodakHistory #Harrow #WomenInSTEM #Innovation #PhotographyHistory #HiddenHistories
Part of a series of negatives, some half plate glass negatives, some large format film negatives labelled ‘Time and motion studies’ which feature women with wires attached to their hands and arms which record the movements made. These two images are black and white half plate glass negatives ordered from the Kodak Research Laboratory, Harrow by WH Smith on 20th October 1959. British Library, Kodak A3038/20(1-2) Colour print of a woman in a lab coat and goggles using glass laboratory apparatus. Photograph part of a series used for Kodak's internal newsletters. February 1975. British Library, Kodak A3146/27(8)
February 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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nicholasguyatt.bsky.social
Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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alborzdianat.bsky.social
🚨We are looking for deputy editors to join the editorial board of Architectural History, the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Apply by 16 March - please spread the word with anyone who may be interested!🚨
www.sahgb.org.uk/features/cal...
Call for Deputy Editors - SAHGB
Deputy editors are sought for Architectural History , the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Successful applicants will be appointed to the editorial board from spri...
www.sahgb.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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ihr.bsky.social
In this blog post, Richard Ansell (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is contributing to his research on non-elite travel writing as part of ‘Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writing in Seventeenth-Century England’
Non-Elite Travel Writing and the Bibliography of British and Irish History  - On History
In this blog post, Richard Ansell (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses several ways that the Bibliography of British and Irish History is contributing to his research on non-elite travel…
blog.history.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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beinghumanfest.bsky.social
Two grant schemes from the School of Advanced Study are now open for applications: Being Human Festival 2026 and the Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities’ new Collaboration and Innovation Grant.

Go to bit.ly/3ZoolUq for details on how to apply
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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lostglasgow.bsky.social
A Glasgow glazer's advert from 1912.
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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suegreaney.bsky.social
Did you know that a new education centre is being built by hand at Stonehenge? It is based on Durrington 68, a late Neolithic square-in-circle timber structure. Watch regular updates from Luke, the project leader, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATY...
Week 17 Durrington 68 Neolithic Hall
YouTube video by Historic Concepts
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February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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nonsuchbook.bsky.social
Very excited for this one.
drjamesbailey.bsky.social James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social · 4d
Hello - just a quick message to US writers: early copies of my book, LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, will be available soon! Please message me if you’re interested in reading it, and I’ll let my publisher know 🐈‍⬛
A copy of my book, Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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c21literature.bsky.social
We are looking for review essays! You can see some of our selected titles at the post below. Get in contact with our review editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and @olihaslam.bsky.social to request some or for further info
Call for book review essays - book list
C21 is inviting scholars and researchers to contribute book review essays for upcoming issues. We currently have a selection of titles published in 2025 available for review, spanning film and …
c21.openlibhums.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Botany valentine. Another oldie.
A four panel comic. In panel 1, there are three beautiful blooming roses, and the text says "Roses are red..." In panel 2, there are some lovely violets budding and blooming, and the text says "Violets are blue..." In panel 3, there are some terrifying red and flesh colored plants with toothy maws and the text says "Hydnora are leafless, bizarrely fleshy, and incapable of producing chlorophyl..." and in panel 4 there are some cute hearts and the text says "And so are you. Happy Valentine's Day"
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium (Vandal Live at Emory)
Podcast Episode · The American Vandal · S12 E4 · 1 sec
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February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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themhra.bsky.social
MHRA Research Fellowships provide funding for postdoctoral researchers to assist with large research projects in the humanities.
📅 The deadline to apply for the current round of MHRA Research Fellowships is 28 February.
More details here: www.mhra.org.uk/funding/
Funding
www.mhra.org.uk
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
drrmayne.bsky.social
Working on microscopes and modernism today — reviewing Patrick Armstrong on Woolf, Hardy, and Beckett, and the disruptive effects of shifting scale. #ModWriteMonday #VirginiaWoolf #ThomasHardy #SamuelBeckett
a woman in a lab coat looks through a microscope with the nbc logo in the corner
ALT: a woman in a lab coat looks through a microscope with the nbc logo in the corner
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February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM