Dr Jordan Kistler
@jordankistler.bsky.social
Lecturer in English at the University of Strathclyde. Interested in Victorian literature, literature and science, and museum studies.
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Just back from brilliant Snake Summer event at Hunterian Museum of Zoology, big thanks to @tattersdill.bsky.social and @jordankistler.bsky.social. Bothrodon pridii, lost worlds, cryptid snakes and snake diversity and biology. Thanks to those who bought my tsuchinoko stickers :)
August 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just back from brilliant Snake Summer event at Hunterian Museum of Zoology, big thanks to @tattersdill.bsky.social and @jordankistler.bsky.social. Bothrodon pridii, lost worlds, cryptid snakes and snake diversity and biology. Thanks to those who bought my tsuchinoko stickers :)
Hugely bittersweet to see all the wonderful doctoral projects that have received AHRC funding this year in Scotland - 50 in total! - and to know that the introduction of the Landscape Awards for 2026 will mean a 58% reduction in funding for Scottish institutions.
August 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hugely bittersweet to see all the wonderful doctoral projects that have received AHRC funding this year in Scotland - 50 in total! - and to know that the introduction of the Landscape Awards for 2026 will mean a 58% reduction in funding for Scottish institutions.
I always knew he was no good
July 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I always knew he was no good
I just feel like I'd have trouble taking news from this source seriously.
June 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I just feel like I'd have trouble taking news from this source seriously.
Want to know how baseless the claim that em dashes indicate GenAI use is? I just had to change all my book's em dashes to en dashes to fit house style (SOB), which means I now know that I used 275 em dashes in this book.
Of course, I also named my rabbit Em Dash, so perhaps this isn't a surprise.
Of course, I also named my rabbit Em Dash, so perhaps this isn't a surprise.
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Want to know how baseless the claim that em dashes indicate GenAI use is? I just had to change all my book's em dashes to en dashes to fit house style (SOB), which means I now know that I used 275 em dashes in this book.
Of course, I also named my rabbit Em Dash, so perhaps this isn't a surprise.
Of course, I also named my rabbit Em Dash, so perhaps this isn't a surprise.
Funded PhD in heritage! Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century.
Closing date: 25 May
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Closing date: 25 May
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Funded PhD in heritage! Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century.
Closing date: 25 May
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Closing date: 25 May
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Very pleased that my article 'Facts and Fictions: Emotional Authenticity and Narrative in Natural History Exhibitions', which close reads the displays of the NHM and the Loch Ness Centre, has been published today!
journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/mas
journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/mas
May 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Very pleased that my article 'Facts and Fictions: Emotional Authenticity and Narrative in Natural History Exhibitions', which close reads the displays of the NHM and the Loch Ness Centre, has been published today!
journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/mas
journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/mas
Absolutely lovely feeling of Friday 5 o'clock (nearly) coinciding with the completion of the last chapter of my book! There's still a conclusion to be written and the notes and the index (shudder) to sort out, but that's still 90,000 words drafted!
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Absolutely lovely feeling of Friday 5 o'clock (nearly) coinciding with the completion of the last chapter of my book! There's still a conclusion to be written and the notes and the index (shudder) to sort out, but that's still 90,000 words drafted!
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Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House.
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House.
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
The problem with comical nicknames for your pets is that you call for "stinky baby" and "darling horror", and that's at least several of them, if not all of them.
March 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The problem with comical nicknames for your pets is that you call for "stinky baby" and "darling horror", and that's at least several of them, if not all of them.
I visited the Museu Martorell in Barcelona last week and can't get over the spectacular taxidermy they currently have on display, by Antonio Perez Rodriguez. A genuine feat of engineering, I can't quite work out how he did it!
March 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I visited the Museu Martorell in Barcelona last week and can't get over the spectacular taxidermy they currently have on display, by Antonio Perez Rodriguez. A genuine feat of engineering, I can't quite work out how he did it!
Victorianist friends: I'm looking for appearance of the Egyptian Hall Piccadilly in fiction. Any ideas?
March 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Victorianist friends: I'm looking for appearance of the Egyptian Hall Piccadilly in fiction. Any ideas?
For very important research reasons, I need to know everyone's favourite cryptid (not just nessie). @tetzoo.bsky.social ?
February 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For very important research reasons, I need to know everyone's favourite cryptid (not just nessie). @tetzoo.bsky.social ?
A new obstacle to work has appeared in my life
February 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A new obstacle to work has appeared in my life
The BSLS is now on bluesky! Give us a follow for all the latest lit and science news.
@thebsls.bsky.social
@thebsls.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The BSLS is now on bluesky! Give us a follow for all the latest lit and science news.
@thebsls.bsky.social
@thebsls.bsky.social
I love that the Stardew Valley update allows me to blow half a million on a purple tortoise. Living my best Des Esseintes life.
January 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I love that the Stardew Valley update allows me to blow half a million on a purple tortoise. Living my best Des Esseintes life.
It's nearly time for the BSLS Winter Symposium!
Interested in the medical humanities? Narratives about bodies? Intersections between fatness, race, queerness, and disability?
Register here for 'Fat Fictions', January 25 (online)
Interested in the medical humanities? Narratives about bodies? Intersections between fatness, race, queerness, and disability?
Register here for 'Fat Fictions', January 25 (online)
BSLS Winter Symposium 2024/25
‘Fat Fictions’ is a free one-day digital symposium hosted by the BSLS and the University of Strathclyde.
www.eventbrite.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It's nearly time for the BSLS Winter Symposium!
Interested in the medical humanities? Narratives about bodies? Intersections between fatness, race, queerness, and disability?
Register here for 'Fat Fictions', January 25 (online)
Interested in the medical humanities? Narratives about bodies? Intersections between fatness, race, queerness, and disability?
Register here for 'Fat Fictions', January 25 (online)
What is life like for people who don't struggle with word count? Who have never spent hours deleting every word that can possibly be spared? Who haven't wondered if "the" is really REALLY necessary?
You must feel so light and free.
You must feel so light and free.
January 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What is life like for people who don't struggle with word count? Who have never spent hours deleting every word that can possibly be spared? Who haven't wondered if "the" is really REALLY necessary?
You must feel so light and free.
You must feel so light and free.
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Once any space becomes less than 40% male, (straight) men tend to cede it entirely while shouting about how it “went woke”. Fascinating read:
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Once any space becomes less than 40% male, (straight) men tend to cede it entirely while shouting about how it “went woke”. Fascinating read:
A great start to a new year's pleasure reading. Sea monsters galore!
January 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A great start to a new year's pleasure reading. Sea monsters galore!
Abstract deadline extension:
The BSLS winter symposium on 'Fat Fictions' will accept paper abstracts up until 5 January - if you missed the earlier deadline, please do submit an abstract now!
www.bsls.ac.uk/2024/11/cfp-...
The BSLS winter symposium on 'Fat Fictions' will accept paper abstracts up until 5 January - if you missed the earlier deadline, please do submit an abstract now!
www.bsls.ac.uk/2024/11/cfp-...
CFP: Fat Fictions (BSLS Winter Symposium, 25 January 2025) – The British Society for Literature and Science
www.bsls.ac.uk
December 26, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Abstract deadline extension:
The BSLS winter symposium on 'Fat Fictions' will accept paper abstracts up until 5 January - if you missed the earlier deadline, please do submit an abstract now!
www.bsls.ac.uk/2024/11/cfp-...
The BSLS winter symposium on 'Fat Fictions' will accept paper abstracts up until 5 January - if you missed the earlier deadline, please do submit an abstract now!
www.bsls.ac.uk/2024/11/cfp-...
Frankly, should I even correct this? It gives all the important information
December 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Frankly, should I even correct this? It gives all the important information
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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
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
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
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
Excited to announce that Prof Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Dr Francis Ray White will be giving keynotes at this year's symposium! Prof Piatti-Farnell's work marries the Gothic with literary food studies, while Dr White's work focuses on queer, trans, and fat embodiment and activism.
The British Society for Literature and Science (not yet on bluesky) is excited to announce the 2025 Winter Symposium on 'Fat Fictions', which will take place online on 25 January.
The deadline for abstracts is 20 Dec.
www.bsls.ac.uk/2024/11/cfp-...
Please spread the word!
The deadline for abstracts is 20 Dec.
www.bsls.ac.uk/2024/11/cfp-...
Please spread the word!
CFP: Fat Fictions (BSLS Winter Symposium, 25 January 2025) – The British Society for Literature and Science
www.bsls.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Excited to announce that Prof Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Dr Francis Ray White will be giving keynotes at this year's symposium! Prof Piatti-Farnell's work marries the Gothic with literary food studies, while Dr White's work focuses on queer, trans, and fat embodiment and activism.