Historical Fictions Research Network
@historicalfic.bsky.social
Discussing all aspects of the construction of the historical narrative
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📣 CFP: Modes of Engagement – Adapting (Neo-)Victorians
🗓️ 7 May 2026 | Zoom | Hosted by QAQV & @bavs-uk.bsky.social
Exploring how today’s culture rewrites & remixes the Victorian past across media — film, games, theatre, comics, VR & more.
🔍 Abstracts due 27 Feb 2026
Link: qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl/wlm14/
🗓️ 7 May 2026 | Zoom | Hosted by QAQV & @bavs-uk.bsky.social
Exploring how today’s culture rewrites & remixes the Victorian past across media — film, games, theatre, comics, VR & more.
🔍 Abstracts due 27 Feb 2026
Link: qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl/wlm14/
WLM 14
In this meeting, we would like to explore the interactions and connections between the different ways contemporary culture engages with the traces of the Victorian past as well as how these different ...
qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
📣 CFP: Modes of Engagement – Adapting (Neo-)Victorians
🗓️ 7 May 2026 | Zoom | Hosted by QAQV & @bavs-uk.bsky.social
Exploring how today’s culture rewrites & remixes the Victorian past across media — film, games, theatre, comics, VR & more.
🔍 Abstracts due 27 Feb 2026
Link: qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl/wlm14/
🗓️ 7 May 2026 | Zoom | Hosted by QAQV & @bavs-uk.bsky.social
Exploring how today’s culture rewrites & remixes the Victorian past across media — film, games, theatre, comics, VR & more.
🔍 Abstracts due 27 Feb 2026
Link: qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl/wlm14/
The programme for the Historical Fictions Research Network's Annual Conference for this year is now available on our website.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:41 AM
The programme for the Historical Fictions Research Network's Annual Conference for this year is now available on our website.
historicalfictionsresearch.org/hfrn-confere...
historicalfictionsresearch.org/hfrn-confere...
Good afternoon! In order to launch the second edition of his book, Jerome de Groot will talk about his book on Mar 31 from 6pm to 7pm GMT+2 (online). You can register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jerome-de-...
February 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Good afternoon! In order to launch the second edition of his book, Jerome de Groot will talk about his book on Mar 31 from 6pm to 7pm GMT+2 (online). You can register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jerome-de-...
Good morning! The Jahrbuchs der Internationalen Germanistik's theme for this year is neo-medievalism / Mediävalismus. Papers can be accepted in English as well as German. Keep a lookout for the CfA: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/plg/...
January 23, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Good morning! The Jahrbuchs der Internationalen Germanistik's theme for this year is neo-medievalism / Mediävalismus. Papers can be accepted in English as well as German. Keep a lookout for the CfA: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/plg/...
A quick reminder: the CfP for the historical fictions conference "History up for Debate" in July next year ends soon. www.plus.ac.at/anglistik-un...
January 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
A quick reminder: the CfP for the historical fictions conference "History up for Debate" in July next year ends soon. www.plus.ac.at/anglistik-un...
The Journal of Historical Fictions historicalfictionsresearch.org/the-journal-... is looking for peer reviewers! If you would like to be involved, please contact Stephanie Russo at mail@historicalfictionsjournal.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The Journal of Historical Fictions historicalfictionsresearch.org/the-journal-... is looking for peer reviewers! If you would like to be involved, please contact Stephanie Russo at mail@historicalfictionsjournal.org
The programme for the #HFRNConference2026 will be out shortly!
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The programme for the #HFRNConference2026 will be out shortly!
Final reminder - the registration for the HFRN 2026 Conference closes on 7 December!
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Final reminder - the registration for the HFRN 2026 Conference closes on 7 December!
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The winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 is…
Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
A big congratulations to Hannah!
Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
A big congratulations to Hannah!
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 is…
Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
A big congratulations to Hannah!
Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
A big congratulations to Hannah!
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From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thank you to all the speakers for your fascinating papers!
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thank you to all the speakers for your fascinating papers!
Currently listening to Nat Reeve talking about fungi as narrators in historical fictions.
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Currently listening to Nat Reeve talking about fungi as narrators in historical fictions.
Fascinating talk by Elena Ippendorf on 'The Rush'. Another item to add to the reading list.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Fascinating talk by Elena Ippendorf on 'The Rush'. Another item to add to the reading list.
Thank you to Maliha Iqbal, Jacob Mettin and Ashish Kumar Pandey for starting us off with three great talks.
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Thank you to Maliha Iqbal, Jacob Mettin and Ashish Kumar Pandey for starting us off with three great talks.
The 2025 Winter Online Workshop is now live!
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The 2025 Winter Online Workshop is now live!
Quick reminder: The registration for the HFRN Annual Conference 2026 at Erlangen closes soon.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Quick reminder: The registration for the HFRN Annual Conference 2026 at Erlangen closes soon.
Just a quick reminder that our Online Winter workshop on historical fictions and the climate crisis is this Saturday!
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Just a quick reminder that our Online Winter workshop on historical fictions and the climate crisis is this Saturday!
Please find here another CfP for a conference entitled "À nous l’homme et ses passions ! Pour une réhabilitation de l’élan romanesque du roman historique." You can find the link here: www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Please find here another CfP for a conference entitled "À nous l’homme et ses passions ! Pour une réhabilitation de l’élan romanesque du roman historique." You can find the link here: www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
Just a quick reminder: HFRN is offering 10 fee waivers to MA- and PhD-students to take part in the HFRN Conference 2026 at Erlangen. Send us an informal email to apply.
(Deadline: 15 November).
(Deadline: 15 November).
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Just a quick reminder: HFRN is offering 10 fee waivers to MA- and PhD-students to take part in the HFRN Conference 2026 at Erlangen. Send us an informal email to apply.
(Deadline: 15 November).
(Deadline: 15 November).
The University of Salzburg is orgainising a conference on “History up for Debate: Literature, Storytelling and the Imagined Past | SEC26” in early July 2026. Please find here the call for papers: www.plus.ac.at/anglistik-un...
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The University of Salzburg is orgainising a conference on “History up for Debate: Literature, Storytelling and the Imagined Past | SEC26” in early July 2026. Please find here the call for papers: www.plus.ac.at/anglistik-un...
The preliminary programme for the HFRN Winter workshop is out now on our website.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The preliminary programme for the HFRN Winter workshop is out now on our website.
Thank you to Kelly, Catherine and Stephanie for a wonderful talk on Austrialian historical fiction!
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thank you to Kelly, Catherine and Stephanie for a wonderful talk on Austrialian historical fiction!
Don't forget to join us for Friday's online lecture. Catherine Padmore, Stephanie Downes and Kelly Gardiner (University of La Trobe) will be talking about historical novels in Australia. You can register here: historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-lectu...
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Don't forget to join us for Friday's online lecture. Catherine Padmore, Stephanie Downes and Kelly Gardiner (University of La Trobe) will be talking about historical novels in Australia. You can register here: historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-lectu...