Jennie Batchelor

@jenniebatchelor.bsky.social

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Academic (#c18th century #literature) and Head and Prof of English and Related Literature at the Uni of York working on periodicals, media, women writers, material culture, dress history. Writer. Crafter. #SEND parent. Coffee Lover. .. more

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 12

Book selfie! So pleased to have been part of Encounters with Jane Austen which out in just a few days from @aurorametro.bsky.social . It had been terrific to work with the brilliant Cheryl Robson and to be in such stellar contributor company. Find out more here: www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...

A picture of me ( a woman with glasses and smile) holding a copy of a book entitled Encounters with Jane Austen beating a picture of Jane Austen sites on a pink backround

Top paragraph of my introduction to the book featuring a long quotation from Northanger Abbey that criticises those who decry novels

The title page of the book listing Jennie Batchelor as the author of the introduction and Cheryl Robson as compiled and editor

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 14d

But really, I (unapologetically) work on one thing: women’s work in the eighteenth century and to unearth women’s contributions to all of our histories. 3/3

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 14d

Someone said to me recently, “You work on rather a lot of things: literary history, women writers, sewing and craft, book history, the eighteenth-century sex trades, education and so on”. I am not sure it was a compliment. 2/

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted to have received a text from a friend who saw the Beyond the Bonnets exhibition at the Winchester ARC, which (to my surprise) featured my published research on Susanna Sackree, who looked after the children of Jane Austen’s brother and later become the housekeeper of Godmersham Park. 1/

Exhibition label about Susanna Sackree who helped raise the children of Edward Knight, the brother of Jane Austen.

Leaflet for the exhibition “Beyond the Bonnets”, featuring a fashionably dressed woman in 1780s clothing with a massive hat

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 16d

After a mad few weeks of work, I finally finished a couple of projects. One big and one small. The crochet craft bag was supposed to be a beginner’s project, but every one of the 36 granny squares, magic circles and mattress stitch joins tested this beginner. The sprig was much more my comfort zone.

A crocheted bag with blue squares each filled with a white daisy.

A floral sprig: three flower heads on a single stem. The petals are purple, the leaves green.

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 17d

Couldn’t resist this almost disbound copy of the Lady’s Magazine for 1777. It has a map sampler pattern for the Americas I have desperately wanted for some time and I was worried this was going to be chopped up for its lovely plates. I hope “Ann Nickleson” would approve. This is her book.

A frontispiece and title page of the Lady’s Magazine for 1777. The frontispiece shows Minerva and a woman presenting the magazine to two young girls

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 24d

Looks terrific, Meg. Congratulations!

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 24d

Still pinching myself. Last night I talked about “Jane Austen, Her Writing and Her Craft” before a sold out crowd at Harewood House and enjoyed one last walk round of our exhibition Austen & Turner: A Country House Encounter. It was both wonderful and sad But all good things, as they say…

A long gallery filled with art work and plasterwork ceiling

A slide featuring a portrait of Jane Austen and a white worked shawl she embroidered

A picture of a woman in a black top looking into a mirror that reflects a gallery space filled with Turner’s art.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 25d

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Dr Meg Kobza @fancyhistorian.bsky.social · 26d

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 27d

What a marvellous day in Bath with Strictly Jane Austen Tours, talking all things Austen and attending and helping out at an embroidery workshop led by Alison Larkin. #Austenat250

A picture of a woman with glasses and long blonde hair standing in front of a poster with men and women in Regency clothing

Copies of the book Jane Austen Embroidery on a table

A handkerchief with a half completed floral sprig design in green and purple

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Oct 11

I remember meeting you! Thank you so much for your kind words. I will be participating again next year with a completely new round of talks. So happy to be part of it!

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Oct 11

Excited for the week ahead. Not one but two talks to celebrate #Austen250. On Tuesday, I will be at the Gainsborough Hotel in Bath talking about Austen and women’s magazines. On Thursday, I will be at Harewood talking about Jane Austen’s Craft. Around that will be a lot of Head of Departmenting.

A picture of Regency costumes on display in the Old Library Harewood House with text describing a lecture by Batchelor entitled “Jane Austen, Her Writing and her Craft”

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Oct 6

Today has been a long one. Nonetheless, I feel energised and humbled by the last meeting of today in which I joined the wonderful editorial team (and fellow editorial board members) of @abojournal.bsky.social for our annual meeting. ABO’s work and the work it supports are vital and outstanding!

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Oct 3

Last night was the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen, a collection of essays, interviews, poems and short fiction about to commemorate the 250th anniversary of her birth. I wrote the book’s introduction to the book, which includes a short account of Austen’s life, work and legacies. #Austen250

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 27

So happy you got to see it, Susannah. And even happier you liked it!

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 27

So excited for the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen on 2 October. Join Cheryl Robson (and me!) for a wonderful evening with April de Angelis, Katie Lumsden, Mary Hamer, Jen Francis, Caitlin Grills,Karenjit Sandhu and Kim Bailey. Tickets can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...

Celebrating Jane Austen: A Talk and Readings

Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen and launch of a new book

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Susannah Lyon-Whaley @susannah-lw.bsky.social · Sep 26

Back into research after attending Attingham Trust's 'New Perspectives in Country Houses' course, and channelling Jane (photo from the amazing Austen/Turner exhibition at Harewood House, in collaboration with @cecs-york.bsky.social @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social )

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 25

Wonderful article on Miss Lambe in Jane Austen’s Sanditon in The Conversation by our brilliant colleague, Olivia Carpenter! theconversation.com/jane-austens...

Jane Austen’s real and literary worlds weren’t exclusively white – just read her last book, Sanditon

While her inclusion of Miss Lambe, a Black character, is great, we should be wary of seeing it as representative of Austen having ‘radical politics’

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Aurora Metro Books @aurorametro.bsky.social · Sep 20

Thanks so much for your fab introduction @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social Looking forward to our upcoming event too! Thanks also to contributors @juliamiller.bsky.social @aprildeangelis.bsky.social @zitaholbourne.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social #janeausten #englishliterature bit.ly/42vsQyk

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 14

It was so lovely to be at the launch of Jane Austen’s Fashion Bible by the incomparable Ros Ballaster at Chawton House last night. Always a pleasure to hear Ros talk about Austen and the book is sumptuous #JaneAusten #Austen250

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 12

The book’s contributor list is incredible and includes Natalie Jenner, Julia Quinn, Katherine Reay,Talulah Riley, Janet Todd and so many incredible writers and artists.

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 10

Today was the last session of the Jane Austen Book Club at Harewood House. led by @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social and me to run alongside Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter exhibition. Today, we spent a lot of time talking (amongst other things) about silence. #AustenandTurner #Austen250

A glass case in front of a fireplace. The case contains three volumes of the first edition of Mansfield Park. Above the case, hangs a banner with a quotation from Mansfield Park in which Fanny Price is recalled to have asked a question about the slave trade that is met with a dead silence.

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 6

I took 150 photos…

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Sep 6

I had the best morning ever earlier this week at the fabulous Quilt Museum in York conducting research for my book The Writer’s Craft. The collection is extraordinary and the generosity and expertise of Curator, Heather Audin, equal to it. #quilting #needlework #craft #writing #sewing #18c

Back of a hexagonal quilt (1820s) made of different coloured and plain cottons with some paper templates still attached.

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Monica Descalzi @austenmicrocosm.bsky.social · Aug 29

The wonderfully accomplished @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social talks about needlework & embroidered accessories in #JaneAusten's life & novels. Loved it --- fascinating detail. Lots of things to learn/think about --- always wondered about stomachers, for instance.
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