Dr Lauren Nixon
@laurenjnixon.bsky.social
Doctor of Gothic Studies, specialising in masculinity, war and nation. Works in doctoral education and research culture. One half of The Ghoul Guides, spooky pop culture podcasting. She/Her.
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Dr Lauren Nixon
@laurenjnixon.bsky.social
· Jun 18
I came home last night to find this waiting for me: my first academic monograph. The Gothic at War is developed from my PhD research, with new work on Clara Reeve & Charlotte Smith, exploring the Gothic as a literature of conflict. Thank you to @uniwalespress.bsky.social for being great publishers!
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A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
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Real ghouls match their bookmarks to their books.
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Real ghouls match their bookmarks to their books.
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
Reposted by Dr Lauren Nixon
Professor Angela Wright is editing Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho for The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ann Radcliffe.
Discover how this groundbreaking Gothic novel shaped Radcliffe’s legacy and why it remains essential reading: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/editi...
#GothicFiction
Discover how this groundbreaking Gothic novel shaped Radcliffe’s legacy and why it remains essential reading: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/editi...
#GothicFiction
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Professor Angela Wright is editing Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho for The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ann Radcliffe.
Discover how this groundbreaking Gothic novel shaped Radcliffe’s legacy and why it remains essential reading: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/editi...
#GothicFiction
Discover how this groundbreaking Gothic novel shaped Radcliffe’s legacy and why it remains essential reading: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/editi...
#GothicFiction
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We're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!
September 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!
I was expecting Born With Teeth to be good, but it was Really Very Good.
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I was expecting Born With Teeth to be good, but it was Really Very Good.
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Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Consider applying for our Postgraduate Seminar Series ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/ihr-...
IHR Digital History Seminar Postgraduate Panels Call for Papers 2025-26 - Digital History Seminar
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Is your historical research made possible by the use of electronic tools ...
ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Consider applying for our Postgraduate Seminar Series ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/ihr-...
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$483k!! Can we get to half a million for PCRF?
August 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
$483k!! Can we get to half a million for PCRF?
Last year we got a box of Lego to use @ntudoctoralschool.bsky.social for inductions and development workshops, so today I’m at the University of Birmingham for a whole day of training on using Lego for inclusive teaching & learning facilitated by the @britishacademy.bsky.social ECR network
September 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Last year we got a box of Lego to use @ntudoctoralschool.bsky.social for inductions and development workshops, so today I’m at the University of Birmingham for a whole day of training on using Lego for inclusive teaching & learning facilitated by the @britishacademy.bsky.social ECR network
Current fiction TBR. Starting with The Year of the Witching, then maybe The Midnight Shift next? Finished Victorian Psycho yesterday, but didn’t find it as satisfying as Mrs March - the textual presentation and the engraving illustrations I did however really appreciate.
September 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Current fiction TBR. Starting with The Year of the Witching, then maybe The Midnight Shift next? Finished Victorian Psycho yesterday, but didn’t find it as satisfying as Mrs March - the textual presentation and the engraving illustrations I did however really appreciate.
Reposted by Dr Lauren Nixon
And for the visual version: youtu.be/qRiDK5aWqQc?...
A History of Moral Panics: Folk Devils and Labubu | Ghoul Guides Association
YouTube video by The Ghoul Guides
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And for the visual version: youtu.be/qRiDK5aWqQc?...
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THEY’RE BURNING THE LABUBUS.
The Association is in session and we’re discussing the Labubu craze, the people crying demon, and the Gothic history of moral panics. Guest starring Lauren’s Labubus, obviously.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/26fk...
The Association is in session and we’re discussing the Labubu craze, the people crying demon, and the Gothic history of moral panics. Guest starring Lauren’s Labubus, obviously.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/26fk...
September 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
THEY’RE BURNING THE LABUBUS.
The Association is in session and we’re discussing the Labubu craze, the people crying demon, and the Gothic history of moral panics. Guest starring Lauren’s Labubus, obviously.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/26fk...
The Association is in session and we’re discussing the Labubu craze, the people crying demon, and the Gothic history of moral panics. Guest starring Lauren’s Labubus, obviously.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/26fk...
Spotted this yesterday at the Graves Gallery in Sheffield: a circular chronology of George III’s reign, including the National debt, prime minister, military engagements and the price of bread. I wish I’d discovered this when I was doing the PhD instead of hand drawing timelines! #AcademicChatter
August 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Spotted this yesterday at the Graves Gallery in Sheffield: a circular chronology of George III’s reign, including the National debt, prime minister, military engagements and the price of bread. I wish I’d discovered this when I was doing the PhD instead of hand drawing timelines! #AcademicChatter
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An absolutely amazing night at the world premiere of Survivors: The Spectre Of Threads, here in #Sheffield where the film was shot 41 years ago. I can't stress enough how much I want @craigimann.bsky.social and Robert Nevitt's brilliant documentary to be seen as widely as possible.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
An absolutely amazing night at the world premiere of Survivors: The Spectre Of Threads, here in #Sheffield where the film was shot 41 years ago. I can't stress enough how much I want @craigimann.bsky.social and Robert Nevitt's brilliant documentary to be seen as widely as possible.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
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And if you prefer to consume who video: youtu.be/24I-Ln9oL8s?...
#WednesdayS2 #booktalk #GothsAssemble
#WednesdayS2 #booktalk #GothsAssemble
REVIEW: Wednesday Season 2 | Ghoul Guides Association
YouTube video by The Ghoul Guides
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
And if you prefer to consume who video: youtu.be/24I-Ln9oL8s?...
#WednesdayS2 #booktalk #GothsAssemble
#WednesdayS2 #booktalk #GothsAssemble
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This evening’s meeting of the Ghoul Guides Association is Lauren’s thought on Wednesday season 2 so far, as well as some recommending reading if you’re looking for some more dark academia, mystery or weirdness.
Spotify link (or find us on other platofrms!) open.spotify.com/episode/6IkC...
Spotify link (or find us on other platofrms!) open.spotify.com/episode/6IkC...
August 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This evening’s meeting of the Ghoul Guides Association is Lauren’s thought on Wednesday season 2 so far, as well as some recommending reading if you’re looking for some more dark academia, mystery or weirdness.
Spotify link (or find us on other platofrms!) open.spotify.com/episode/6IkC...
Spotify link (or find us on other platofrms!) open.spotify.com/episode/6IkC...
Doh Ho Suh’s Walk the House at the Tate Modern. Nothing in the exhibition was made from the materials I thought they would be and this was maybe the first time I’ve had to consciously remind myself not to touch the artwork
August 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Doh Ho Suh’s Walk the House at the Tate Modern. Nothing in the exhibition was made from the materials I thought they would be and this was maybe the first time I’ve had to consciously remind myself not to touch the artwork
To whoever finds my the copy of JK Chukwu’s The Unfortunates that I have managed to loose somewhere in Seven Dials I wish you well
August 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
To whoever finds my the copy of JK Chukwu’s The Unfortunates that I have managed to loose somewhere in Seven Dials I wish you well
Some favourites from the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.
August 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Some favourites from the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.
The guy in Pop Mart tried to shake my confidence and said this box felt like the sweetcorn but OH HOW WRONG HE WAS.
August 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The guy in Pop Mart tried to shake my confidence and said this box felt like the sweetcorn but OH HOW WRONG HE WAS.
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On our YouTube: youtu.be/GNO2ZeNIlIk?...
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1chO...
#horrorreview #gothsassemble
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1chO...
#horrorreview #gothsassemble
REVIEW: 28 Days Later franchise PART 1 | Ghoul Guides Association
YouTube video by The Ghoul Guides
youtu.be
August 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
On our YouTube: youtu.be/GNO2ZeNIlIk?...
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1chO...
#horrorreview #gothsassemble
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1chO...
#horrorreview #gothsassemble
A coworker said to me ‘you watch horror right’ and I explained that actually, I don’t, @mazgoing.bsky.social explains the plots to me on the Internet because I get too scared.
What do zombies have to do with masculinity, empire and identity? Everything, it turns out!
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform or head over to our YouTube for our review of 28 Years Later (2025) featuring special guest @kathleenh42.bsky.social and a discussion of the franchise so far
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform or head over to our YouTube for our review of 28 Years Later (2025) featuring special guest @kathleenh42.bsky.social and a discussion of the franchise so far
August 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A coworker said to me ‘you watch horror right’ and I explained that actually, I don’t, @mazgoing.bsky.social explains the plots to me on the Internet because I get too scared.
Reposted by Dr Lauren Nixon
The first episode of our podcast series for Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now is live! Join Michael Gamer discussing his editing of The Italian by Radcliffe with project research associate Rosie Whitcombe.
Introducing our brand new podcast for the 'Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now' project! You can find our first episode, 'Editing The Italian', an interview with Professor Michael Gamer, by clicking the link below 👇
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/editi...
And be look out for episode two, coming soon..
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/editi...
And be look out for episode two, coming soon..
Editing The Italian | The University of Sheffield Player
Discover why Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian deserves a comeback, with expert insight from editor Professor Michael Gamer.
player.sheffield.ac.uk
August 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The first episode of our podcast series for Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now is live! Join Michael Gamer discussing his editing of The Italian by Radcliffe with project research associate Rosie Whitcombe.
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Jumping on the Jane Austen bandwagon and offering a short course from Halloween to her birthday (approx!) - join me! Or help me spread the word! Please and thank you!!
Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution - Edge Hill University
Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution—a course for book lovers exploring her novels through fresh historical and critical lenses, from the French Rev...
www.edgehill.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Jumping on the Jane Austen bandwagon and offering a short course from Halloween to her birthday (approx!) - join me! Or help me spread the word! Please and thank you!!
Reposted by Dr Lauren Nixon
New: 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)' bit.ly/4mtRQgS
The Society's latest Camden volume of primary sources presents the 115 holograph letters of Margaret Tudor. This new edition, by Helen Newsome-Chandler, is an unprecedented epistolary archive 1/2 #Skystorians
The Society's latest Camden volume of primary sources presents the 115 holograph letters of Margaret Tudor. This new edition, by Helen Newsome-Chandler, is an unprecedented epistolary archive 1/2 #Skystorians
The Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots: new Camden volume published - RHS
The Society is very pleased to announced publication of its latest Camden series volume: The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541), edited by Helen Newsome-Chandler. This vol...
bit.ly
August 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
New: 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)' bit.ly/4mtRQgS
The Society's latest Camden volume of primary sources presents the 115 holograph letters of Margaret Tudor. This new edition, by Helen Newsome-Chandler, is an unprecedented epistolary archive 1/2 #Skystorians
The Society's latest Camden volume of primary sources presents the 115 holograph letters of Margaret Tudor. This new edition, by Helen Newsome-Chandler, is an unprecedented epistolary archive 1/2 #Skystorians