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@eflcam.bsky.social
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Sorting books and knowing things. Library supporting the teaching and research for the English Faculty at the University of Cambridge. Working under @theul.bsky.social.

See more at: linktr.ee/eflcam

Term Hours:
Mon-Fri: 9.15am to 7pm
Sat: 11am-5pm
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jakestattel.bsky.social
Mini-article out now Open Access in Notes & Queries – take a look for my theory of what Wulfstan II means by ‘injustice in the north’ (spoiler: Vikings and weird legal stuff in the Danelaw) doi.org/10.1093/note... #Medievalsky #Medievalists
Wulfstan II’s Complaints of ‘Unlagu in the North’
One of the most prolific late Old English writers, Archbishop Wulfstan II of York ‘Lupus’ (d. 1023), is particularly known for drafting law-codes for King
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January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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lauraestill.bsky.social
Coming soon!

"Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean Bibliography" a minigraph from the Cambridge Elements Shakespeare and Text series (ed @roaringgirle.bsky.social and @loughnrv.bsky.social ) by me, Heidi Craig, Kris L. May, and Dorothy Todd

ANNNNND it will be open access!
Book cover with a row of old books about Shakespeare at the bottom Black background and white text: Cambridge Elements Shakespeare and Text Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean Bibliography Heidi Craig, Laura Estill, Kris L. May, and Dorothy Todd
January 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
eflcam.bsky.social
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is an award winning poet, translator and professor @tcddublin.bsky.social, who served as the Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2016-2019.

Find her works in @theul.bsky.social libraries across Cambridge via idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk.

What is her advice for young poets?

🧵⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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niamhroisin.bsky.social
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! Sharing again for morning Bluesky!
Sheet of information on the locating loss project which aims to explore histories of infertility through landscapes and spaces. Please Dm me for more info if needed!
January 15, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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theul.bsky.social
📝 The Research Skills Training Programme from University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives is open for bookings!

👋 Designed primarily for PhD students and researchers, the sessions are open to all Cambridge staff and students.

🔎Learn more and book: https://loom.ly/RjU6dj4
Promotional poster for University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives’ “Research Skills Training Programme.” The poster features the university library's logo at the top, followed by the title of the programme. It describes the training as “a programme of events to teach essential skills and build confidence for every stage of the research journey.” Topics include reading and note-making, literature searching, academic writing, data management, referencing and copyright, thesis deposit, and publishing, fair attribution & metrics. The background image shows a student working at a desk with books, a laptop, and stationery.
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Of especial interest for UK researchers, research institutes/organisations and/or partnerships with higher education expertise and the ability to measure social & cultural infrastructure.

Deadline 17:00 GMT 4 February; duration 10 months; value c. £60k. 1/2
Call for proposals - Measurement of social and cultural infrastructure in the higher education sector
The British Academy is commissioning a major new research element as part of its work theme on social and cultural infrastructure. The research will investigate how social and cultural infrastructure ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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camdiglib.bsky.social
A miniature battle for 'Freedom' at the edge of the paper landscape... A poetic doodle from Alfred Lord Tennyson's Notebook 'X' (@trincolllibcam.bsky.social O.15.17).
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-O-00...
January 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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orkneylibrary.bsky.social
Today (12th January) marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dame Agatha Christie; mystery writer, playwright, plotting genius, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple AND THE BESTSELLING NOVELIST OF ALL TIME.

If you've never read her, the time is now. #ReadChristie2026
A collage of photographs of Agatha Christie books with her in the middle
January 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
eflcam.bsky.social
Edward George's 'Black Atlas' exhibit is open at the Warburg Institute (London) until 31 January!
lrb.co.uk London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10d
‘Nothing in modern history has been subject to such violent and intentional forgetting as the history of empire, and with it the history of race and racialisation.’

Francis Gooding on Edward George’s ‘Black Atlas’, at the Warburg Institute:

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
Francis Gooding | At the Warburg
Edward George’s exhibition Black Atlas, at the Warburg Institute until the end of January 2026, operates in the...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
eflcam.bsky.social
⏯️GOOD NEWS! New linguistics mnemonic just dropped. 🎤✒️👂🕶️
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d
'E' before 'i,' when the “rule” feels like a lie...
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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phillipcrymble.bsky.social
A poem by John Kelly as it first appeared in Poetry Ireland Review.
POEM FOR DAVID BOWIE There was a man who used to cut the grass. He used a scythe - the snaking shaft of it – the sned - just right for swivel and for sweep. A blade so sharp, they said, it would cut wool floating down a stream. And tonight I dreamed that man again. Corrigan or Kerrigan – I forget his name – but he cut a swathe. He cleared a path. I saw the frogs, the twitching leveret, the grasshoppers in splashes. Then the sudden tilt in everything – and everything collapses.
January 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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byleaveswelive.bsky.social
'Our Ukrainian Robert Burns'

Tues 27 Jan.
6.30pm
FREE

Hanna Dyka talks about translating Robert Burns into Ukrainian and latest bilingual publication of Ukrainian translations of Burns’ poems. Also features recitals of Burns' poetry in Ukrainian and Scots.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/edinburgh-ce...
January 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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janeclarke.bsky.social
In advance of this year's T. S. Eliot Prize readings on 18 January I was invited to write a short piece about my experience when A Change in the Air @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social was shortlisted for the 2023 prize.
T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings: Jane Clarke on ‘this place of listening’ – T. S. Eliot Prize
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January 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
eflcam.bsky.social
The EFL awoke from our long winter nap to a new year, and new #SlowShakespeare from Cam English's own brilliant Hester Lees-Jeffries!

Follow along daily with #MoodMad as @starcrossed2018.bsky.social critically interprets Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and scenes through the years. 🌕🧚🥀🎭
starcrossed2018.bsky.social Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 18d
Theseus: we're getting married! soon but not soon enough! Hippolyta: *thrilled* #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
The (London transfer) poster for the great 1970 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Peter Brook. It changed theatre; my parents saw it & we had the poster...
A theatre poster. Main text reads RSC in A Midsummer Night's Dream. There is a cast list at the bottom of the poster. The main graphic is a circular design of faces with punky hair, as if a kaleidoscope; the circle is divided into 8 segments, each in 2 colours (green/black, red/yellow) each with a face.
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
eflcam.bsky.social
The EFL staff counting the sleeps till #MoonMad....✨😴🕯️🌕

#SlowShakespeare
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
Are you an early career researcher in the arts & humanities with bold ideas? Apply for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and join a world-class research community.

· Develop your vision
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Apply: https://ow.ly/jxqz50XIkpu
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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thecelticist.bsky.social
Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Celtic, with a specialism in Old Irish, University of Cambridge.

#MedievalSky

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in Celtic
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, within the Faculty of English wishes to appoint an Assistant Professor in Celtic from 1 September 2026. We seek applicants who have research and
www.cam.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
eflcam.bsky.social
People ask what being a #medieval scholar is like.

#EveryDayImCodexing
#ReferencingProblems
finnlongman.com Finn Longman @finnlongman.com · Dec 17
Forgot to put the page/folio numbers in.

Need to put the page/folio numbers in.

SIGH.
finnlongman.com Finn Longman @finnlongman.com · Dec 12
The bibliography for this article is so funny. There are literally 14 things there, including two of my own articles and three unpublished PhD theses, and then there are like. sixty unedited manuscripts.
December 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Jane Austen was born 250 years ago today ✨

Our new display, Dancing with Austen, explores how dance shaped her social world and drove the plots of her novels.

Now on display at the Weston Library.

#JaneAusten
Person viewing an exhibition related to Jane Austen, featuring displays of historical clothing and documents.
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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trincolllibcam.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, born #OTD in 1775. For those needing an escape from the shopping crowds pop into The Wren Library to see the display or books and modern manuscripts related to her work. Weekdays 12-2pm. Try the parlour game quiz on Emma. Examiner's report to follow...
A printed document with questions on the book 'Emma' by Jane Austen.
December 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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material-cam.bsky.social
🚨 CfP 🚨 We are delighted to announce our Lent term call for papers, deadline 13 January 2026! This term we are accepting work on any theme - we look very forward to receiving your abstracts!
December 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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moderniststudies.bsky.social
Deadline is just two weeks away! But DM them now if you're looking for a panel.
jocularfowl.bsky.social 👽 🐖 Graham Borland 🐗 🗻 @jocularfowl.bsky.social · Dec 14
The conference is on in Loughborough, on the 1st to 4th of July 2026!

Message us ASAP if you’re interested in joining our panel!

@modernistudies.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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oulibrary.bsky.social
There are loads of great online tools & gadgets that can help you with a wide range of tasks. But how do you judge its quality? 💻🤔

Find out how to evaluate online tools for their relevance to your purpose & use them to the best effect 👉 https://ow.ly/OYeX50XxZaO

#BeingDigital
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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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mollytwomey.bsky.social
Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 11 is 'When Nobody Was Watching' from 'What Remains the Same' by Alvy Carragher 💖 @thegallerypress.bsky.social
Cover of Carragher's book is a painted woman's face with darkness and yellow around the eyes and neck When Nobody Was Watching We were violent sisters who grabbed each other by the hair and swung with all our strength. No strangers to kicking heads or stomachs, fists pummelling. Experts at pinching, twisting. We wielded elbows, knees, sometimes a skipping rope, a stick. We fought, we fled. I'm not sure what other sisters teach each other. I've learnt to forgive what she's forgiven -how I rose in deepest hurt to lunge for her ankle, force her back down to the dirt.
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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emgscam.bsky.social
We are thrilled to share our Lent CFP! Please share widely and get in touch if you have any questions!
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM