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Sally Blackburn Daniels
@drsallybd.bsky.social
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Academic interested in Vernon Lee, pacifism, the future of intelligence, performance, memory & Digital Humanities. Jack of all trades, master of none. Impact Acceleration Fellow at ICPL, TU.
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‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... such a significant collection of materials for Victorianists and Lee scholars.
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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plashingvole.bsky.social
This is the context in which I and all my colleagues are being told that we must bring in a minimum of £25k in external funding per year. We get 100 hours of research time per year. The bid-writing process will take up most of it.
anavaldi.bsky.social ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · 23d
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:

- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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ouliterature.bsky.social
Great write-up in @thenorthernecho.bsky.social for The Writers' Nook at UHNT: tinyurl.com/ya9wu4jz
Over 200 visitors in less than a week! Well done @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social, Mel McEvoy, @drsallybd.bsky.social and all involved. @ouhealtharts.bsky.social
@ncch.bsky.social
@thechc.bsky.social
Dr Siobhan Campbell, Mel McAvoy and others in the Writers Nook at UHNT
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
drsallybd.bsky.social
Fab article about the launch of The Writers’ Nook at UHNT. #CreativeWriting with #NHS staff is incredibly rewarding & I’m grateful to @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social and Mel McEvoy for sharing their expertise, and the staff for their creative generosity! www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2555243...
New Writers' Nook unveiled at North East hospital
A new Writers' Nook has been launched at the University Hospital of North Tees in the café area of the Tees Restaurant.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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emmamerkling.bsky.social
Calling all c19 art and queer theory ppl! @frankiedytor.bsky.social and I are still welcoming proposals for our #AAH panel on c19 British art after trans studies: see CFP below. #c19 #lgbtqhistory
Call for papers: “The nineteenth century saw profound transformations in how being and embodiment were figured across British culture. Art and science were at the forefront of these changes. As new forms of subjectivity were being formulated, the relationship between the self and the body, and between the body and life itself, were being reconfigured in visual productions and scientific writings alike. These transformations were entangled with new, ambivalent, and profoundly modern ways of thinking about gender, sexuality, form, and the nature and limits of the human. In Victorian art, the body was opened up to forces and flows which constituted and exceeded it. This panel invites papers which centre trans studies as a lens through which to explore these turbulent transformations in nineteenth-century art. What modes of…” “… embodiment, being, or becoming come into view when Victorian visual culture is approached via trans theory? What kinds of subjects and materials come to matter differently? What are the uses of transness— attuned to transition, indeterminacy, multiplicity, and bodily change—as a theoretical and historical framework? We invite 20-minute papers exploring British art (broadly conceived) in the long nineteenth century through the lens of trans theory and/or from trans perspectives. Topics might include, but are not limited to: • The (un) making of the human; nonhuman bodies; monstrosity; animality • Ecology, metamorphosis, bodies and environments • Racialization of sex, gender, and embodiment • Coloniality of gender; imperialism and difference • Transness and disability; mutable, prosthetic, and anomalous bodies • Fairytales, folklore, myth, and transformation • Spirituality and immaterial bodies • Sexology and medical imaging”
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
drsallybd.bsky.social
Still buzzing after attending the #SayakaMurata event @mcrlitfest.bsky.social yesterday. Fascinating to hear about her compulsion to write and process. Kudos to the incredible interpreter who brought across Muraka’s humour and voice so beautifully.
Sayaka Murata on stage at the Manchester Literature Festival. Murata is sat on a chair at the centre of the stage, on her right is her translator, on her left, the host of the session.
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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naoisedolan.bsky.social
This averages out at a violation roughly every four hours, around the clock, continuously since 10 October. At what point do we stop calling it a ceasefire when Israel has just literally not ceased firing
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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wherecreditsdue.bsky.social
As Minsky (almost) said, anyone can create Boro Bucks, the problem is getting them accepted
moneyontheleft.bsky.social Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 28d
Tomorrow in Middlesbrough @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social will issue the first ever “Boro Bucks,” then redeem them via a tax that expresses intersectional solidarity!
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
drsallybd.bsky.social
Food is recognised by UNESCO as an important part of a community's cultural identity and living heritage. I am so happy to be part of the Redcar Community Kitchen project which provides space for participants to cook and share food that forms part of their cultural identity. #WorldFoodDay2025
Members or Redcar community kitchen cooking three dishes from Iran Nigerian rice dish with peas, beans, sweetcorn and beef Participants eating Thai food around a table
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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flippinpain.bsky.social
🎭Chronic pain is real: and so are the people behind the stories.

There's still time to catch the last few performances of 'The Uninvited Guest', a new play blending lived experience, comedy and compassion.

More info >> www.theatrespace.org.uk
The Uninvited Guest by Jamie Brown
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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poetrysiobhan.bsky.social
@drsallybd.bsky.social @teessidelive.bsky.social @hwstockton.bsky.social @bnteesside.bsky.social @ouliterature.bsky.social
Thanks to Gary Wright & Dr. Jean McCleod, University-Hospitals-Tees at The Writers' Nook exhibit-NHS voices, an OU Knowledge Exchange, supported bythe Northern Cancer Alliance
Dr. Siobhan Campbell, creative writing lead on the Creating Space for NHS voices project in front of The Writers' Nook wall at North Tees Hospital. NHS writers read their creative works on display in Teesside Restaurant, University Hospital North Tees Plaque acknowledging NHS writers, the Creative Writing workshop series, Mel McEvoy Nurse Consultant, Convenor Dr. Sally Blackburn-Daniels and the Northern Cancer Alliance for the Open University Knowledge Exchange Project - Creative Writing for psychosocial support of NHS workers.
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
drsallybd.bsky.social
I have been lucky to support @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social and Mel McEvoy with the Creative Writing to support Healthcare workers Knowledge Exchange project at @ouliterature.bsky.social Yesterday we launched The Writers’ Nook at UHNT, showcasing impactful work of CW workshop participants.
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
drsallybd.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Vernon Lee and empathy or Elon Musk?
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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coveeditions.bsky.social
Announcing the return of COVE Collective to digital discourse. We're revitalizing our online presence to better serve scholars in the Digital Humanities. Looking forward to sharing advancements in our peer-reviewed publications and collaborative platforms. Learn more, editions.covecollective.org
COVE | COVE is Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education, a scholar-driven open-access publishing platform.
editions.covecollective.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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sharpweb.org
Hi there!

We are the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. Our members promote research in the history of the book including manuscript culture, print, digital technologies + beyond.

Follow to connect with bookish scholarship from around the world + across time periods.
February 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
drsallybd.bsky.social
Hurrah! We had such a good time at Teesside running a Being Human festival hub - looking forward to hearing about this year’s theme @beinghumanfest.bsky.social
beinghumanfest.bsky.social Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social · Jan 15
Hello Bluesky! 👋 🌞

We're the team behind Being Human - the UK's national festival of the humanities.

We're all about opening up humanities research and bringing it to life in creative, fun and participatory ways for communities across the UK.

It's nice to be here!
youtu.be/Wb0pMG0GnNc
Introducing Being Human Festival
YouTube video by Being Human Festival
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
drsallybd.bsky.social
We have adopted the tradition of Jólabókaflóð in our house and this year I got a wonderful selection! Started with the Balle!
December 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM
drsallybd.bsky.social
Snow in NYC this morning - thanks to jet lag, I’ve had a solid four hours pottering around in the city in beautiful wintry weather!
A view of skyscrapers in the snow from Central Park, New York City
December 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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ndhumanities.bsky.social
Hello to all #academics! The #Neurodivergent #Humanities Network, is now on Bluesky!

We've got many exciting events lined up for 2025, including the relaunch of our NDHums #mentorship scheme!

Follow us here for important updates, and join the network via our website.

#AcademicSky
#PhD
December 17, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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janeford.bsky.social
Final workshop of the first phase of our “Deliberate Ink” project. It’s been a privilege to work with such amazing women to produce these political messages. Still populating the website but you can find out a bit more at deliberateink.org
December 9, 2024 at 7:35 PM
drsallybd.bsky.social
Vernon Lee: Text, Applications, and Practice - the first North American Vernon Lee conference is waiting for your abstracts! Jan 3 2025 is your deadline. Conference is at Colorado College, 29 June - 2 July 2025 💜
December 8, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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whpt.bsky.social
Delighted to share our call for papers for the 2025 Women in the History of Political Thought conference. We welcome papers related to women's contributions to political thought. We look forward to receiving your submissions! womeninhpt.com
Call for papers. Women in the History of Political Thought conference. To be held on May 7th-9th in Ghent Belgium. Submit abstracts to womeninhpt@gmail.com by January 24th for consideration.
December 5, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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heikebauer.bsky.social
Amidst all the 'English in crisis' rhetoric, let's have a look at the figures & why the data measuring enrolments to 'English Studies' degrees is contested (provided by subject specialists @englishassociation.bsky.social).

englishassociation.ac.uk/english-stud...
English Studies in numbers: data on student enrolment and trends | 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
December 6, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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teddyroland.bsky.social
I made a starter pack for grad students in DH, to build visibility for a rising group of scholars.

If you want to be added (or know someone who should be), just comment!

go.bsky.app/8Bju8SY
November 30, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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jfwinters.bsky.social
Call for papers: UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association annual event, Glasgow, 17-18 June 2025 (CFP deadline 15 Jan 2025) easychair.org/cfp/ukie2025. The theme is ‘Collaboration beyond boundaries’ #DigitalHumanities
November 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM