Luisa Calè
@luisacale.bsky.social
Reader in Romantic & 19C literature & visual culture @BirkbeckUoL. Unbound Forms; Cultures of reading, collecting, altered books; exhibitions editor @BlakeQuarterly, associate editor at Word&Image.
Off to see some #Turner sketchbooks on Thursday, so I am looking for inspiring essays about the #sketchbook as a cultural form and material support for invention. Please send recommendations
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Off to see some #Turner sketchbooks on Thursday, so I am looking for inspiring essays about the #sketchbook as a cultural form and material support for invention. Please send recommendations
Please join us to discuss detached pieces, single leaves, and un/bound forms, and mark the publication of The Book Unbound @universitypress.cambridge.org
Friday 30 January, Senate House, University of London
@ies-sas.bsky.social
@bars.bsky.social, @bsecs.bsky.social
please spread the word
Friday 30 January, Senate House, University of London
@ies-sas.bsky.social
@bars.bsky.social, @bsecs.bsky.social
please spread the word
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Please join us to discuss detached pieces, single leaves, and un/bound forms, and mark the publication of The Book Unbound @universitypress.cambridge.org
Friday 30 January, Senate House, University of London
@ies-sas.bsky.social
@bars.bsky.social, @bsecs.bsky.social
please spread the word
Friday 30 January, Senate House, University of London
@ies-sas.bsky.social
@bars.bsky.social, @bsecs.bsky.social
please spread the word
OUT TODAY: My monograph, The Book Unbound, is printed in hardback today @universitypress.cambridge.org: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
The Book Unbound
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1830-1900 - The Book Unbound
www.cambridge.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
OUT TODAY: My monograph, The Book Unbound, is printed in hardback today @universitypress.cambridge.org: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Looking forward to discussing printmakers' book forms with printmaker and book artist Marina Bindella in Rome tomorrow. This is the first outing of my monograph The Book Unbound, coming out universitypress.cambridge.org on 8 January. @blakesociety.bsky.social @blakequarterly.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Looking forward to discussing printmakers' book forms with printmaker and book artist Marina Bindella in Rome tomorrow. This is the first outing of my monograph The Book Unbound, coming out universitypress.cambridge.org on 8 January. @blakesociety.bsky.social @blakequarterly.bsky.social
follow serpentine paths: will Eternity swallow 'the vast / Leviathan, the Bubbles vain, that ride / High on the foaming Billow'? This #Blake watercolour @britishmuseum.bsky.social sees a scaly green man riding his glorious green serpent up from the bottom of the sea around Edward Young's words...
July 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
follow serpentine paths: will Eternity swallow 'the vast / Leviathan, the Bubbles vain, that ride / High on the foaming Billow'? This #Blake watercolour @britishmuseum.bsky.social sees a scaly green man riding his glorious green serpent up from the bottom of the sea around Edward Young's words...
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Delighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House!
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social
www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social
www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...
Birkbeck film brings hidden history of Victorian art-workman to light
Thanks to funding from Birkbeck’s Research Innovation Fund, supported by alumni donations, the legacy of Victorian art-workman David Parr has been brought to life in The Man Who Painted His House, a s...
www.bbk.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Delighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House!
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social
www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social
www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...
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Applications are invited for the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher with expertise in digital and spatial humanities (11 months, whole-time) - to work with me and @insightcentre.bsky.social on a project called 'Data Travels: Analysing the Ladies of Llangollen'.
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University College Cork Vacancies
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July 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Applications are invited for the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher with expertise in digital and spatial humanities (11 months, whole-time) - to work with me and @insightcentre.bsky.social on a project called 'Data Travels: Analysing the Ladies of Llangollen'.
ore.ucc.ie (Job ID: 088233)
ore.ucc.ie (Job ID: 088233)
what I am working on today, thinking about serpentine formations in #Blake's trees for bsky.app/profile/abda... and bsky.app/profile/dran... #LiteraryArboretum
July 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
what I am working on today, thinking about serpentine formations in #Blake's trees for bsky.app/profile/abda... and bsky.app/profile/dran... #LiteraryArboretum
Sorting my papers, looking back and looking forward, still thinking about the metaphors and material forms that shape the #sibyl's prophetic leaves #TheBookUnbound
July 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sorting my papers, looking back and looking forward, still thinking about the metaphors and material forms that shape the #sibyl's prophetic leaves #TheBookUnbound
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Not medieval or Renaissance, but Gillian Russell's _The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century_ is amazing. Or you could pre-order the new book by @luisacale.bsky.social , _The Book Unbound: Material Cultures of Reading and Collecting_, which will soon be knocking all our socks off.
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Not medieval or Renaissance, but Gillian Russell's _The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century_ is amazing. Or you could pre-order the new book by @luisacale.bsky.social , _The Book Unbound: Material Cultures of Reading and Collecting_, which will soon be knocking all our socks off.
Tonight at Birkbeck Arts Week: "The Man who painted his house": join @drvickymills.bsky.social, Derek Jarman Lab film maker Lily Ford, composer Richard Uttley for a screening and discussion about Victorian Art Labourer David Parr's House
Birkbeck Cinema, 6pm: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
Birkbeck Cinema, 6pm: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
May 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Tonight at Birkbeck Arts Week: "The Man who painted his house": join @drvickymills.bsky.social, Derek Jarman Lab film maker Lily Ford, composer Richard Uttley for a screening and discussion about Victorian Art Labourer David Parr's House
Birkbeck Cinema, 6pm: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
Birkbeck Cinema, 6pm: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
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@drkarinkoehler.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @navsa.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social @drvickymills.bsky.social @cncsi.bsky.social
New issue now available!
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
'Issue 37: Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages' asks how our understanding of C19th literature and culture changes when we attend more closely to the multilingual past and present of the 4 nations in the UK.
Ed. by Karin Koehler and Gregory Tate
19.bbk.ac.uk
19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
19.bbk.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Not to be missed:
'The Man who painted his house':
#Victorian Art-Labourer David Parr
An essay film screening & panel discussion
Birkbeck Cinema, 7 May
#BBKArtsWeek
'The Man who painted his house':
#Victorian Art-Labourer David Parr
An essay film screening & panel discussion
Birkbeck Cinema, 7 May
#BBKArtsWeek
Preview screening of my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and extraordinary work of Victorian art-workman David Parr. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social
Book your tickets here!
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
Book your tickets here!
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event....
May 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Not to be missed:
'The Man who painted his house':
#Victorian Art-Labourer David Parr
An essay film screening & panel discussion
Birkbeck Cinema, 7 May
#BBKArtsWeek
'The Man who painted his house':
#Victorian Art-Labourer David Parr
An essay film screening & panel discussion
Birkbeck Cinema, 7 May
#BBKArtsWeek
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Save the date for the Great CECS book sale on 16 & 17 May! We’re raising funds to support the research of our brilliant postgraduate community at York’s Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. Not in York in those dates? You can still lend your support; full details at spsr.me/6Gxx
April 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Save the date for the Great CECS book sale on 16 & 17 May! We’re raising funds to support the research of our brilliant postgraduate community at York’s Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. Not in York in those dates? You can still lend your support; full details at spsr.me/6Gxx
Arts Week is coming: join us for an exciting range of events showcasing what we do, from essay films in collaboration with the Derek Jarman Lab in our Cinema to theatre scratch nights, exhibitions, workshops, debates, & much more
6-9 May, Gordon Sq, London: www.bbk.ac.uk/annual-event...
6-9 May, Gordon Sq, London: www.bbk.ac.uk/annual-event...
www.bbk.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Arts Week is coming: join us for an exciting range of events showcasing what we do, from essay films in collaboration with the Derek Jarman Lab in our Cinema to theatre scratch nights, exhibitions, workshops, debates, & much more
6-9 May, Gordon Sq, London: www.bbk.ac.uk/annual-event...
6-9 May, Gordon Sq, London: www.bbk.ac.uk/annual-event...
Fabulous panel on craft culture. I wish I could be there. Will it be streamed/recorded, @amyeelkins.bsky.social?
DREAM panel at the Houghton Library May 1st— I’d ♥️ to see you there! Co-sponsored by Harvard English and organized by @cejacobson.bsky.social w/ @drbibliomane.bsky.social, Jen Bervin, & Mande Zecca. I’ll be sharing new work in queer craft and archives.
April 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Fabulous panel on craft culture. I wish I could be there. Will it be streamed/recorded, @amyeelkins.bsky.social?
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Our latest issue to become free to read is spring 2020
blakequarterly.org/index.php/bl...,
which contains our annual sales feature, plus a review by @luisacale.bsky.social of the 2019-20 @tate.bsky.social exhibition and catalogue. I remember this one as our first issue published during lockdown.
blakequarterly.org/index.php/bl...,
which contains our annual sales feature, plus a review by @luisacale.bsky.social of the 2019-20 @tate.bsky.social exhibition and catalogue. I remember this one as our first issue published during lockdown.
April 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our latest issue to become free to read is spring 2020
blakequarterly.org/index.php/bl...,
which contains our annual sales feature, plus a review by @luisacale.bsky.social of the 2019-20 @tate.bsky.social exhibition and catalogue. I remember this one as our first issue published during lockdown.
blakequarterly.org/index.php/bl...,
which contains our annual sales feature, plus a review by @luisacale.bsky.social of the 2019-20 @tate.bsky.social exhibition and catalogue. I remember this one as our first issue published during lockdown.
Looking forward to hearing Elizabeth Denlinger from @nypl.bsky.social discuss books, chapbooks, games, fiction, periodicals, and autobiographical accounts of trades and career choices for children in the Romantic Period at the London-Paris Romanticism Seminar @ies-sas.bsky.social on Friday 2 May.
April 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Looking forward to hearing Elizabeth Denlinger from @nypl.bsky.social discuss books, chapbooks, games, fiction, periodicals, and autobiographical accounts of trades and career choices for children in the Romantic Period at the London-Paris Romanticism Seminar @ies-sas.bsky.social on Friday 2 May.
Looking forward to hearing Sanja Perovic speak about 'Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture in France, Britain, Italy (1789-1815)'
6 March, 6 pm, Birkbeck School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, 43 Gordon Sq
Book your place here:
my.bbk.ac.uk/ords/f?p=832...
6 March, 6 pm, Birkbeck School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, 43 Gordon Sq
Book your place here:
my.bbk.ac.uk/ords/f?p=832...
February 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Looking forward to hearing Sanja Perovic speak about 'Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture in France, Britain, Italy (1789-1815)'
6 March, 6 pm, Birkbeck School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, 43 Gordon Sq
Book your place here:
my.bbk.ac.uk/ords/f?p=832...
6 March, 6 pm, Birkbeck School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, 43 Gordon Sq
Book your place here:
my.bbk.ac.uk/ords/f?p=832...
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The YCBA will have a Blake exhibition from Aug. to Nov.:
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
There's also Romney at the art gallery, in collaboration with the YCBA, from March to Sept.:
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
Thanks to our exhibitions editor @luisacale.bsky.social for alerting me.
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
There's also Romney at the art gallery, in collaboration with the YCBA, from March to Sept.:
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
Thanks to our exhibitions editor @luisacale.bsky.social for alerting me.
February 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The YCBA will have a Blake exhibition from Aug. to Nov.:
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
There's also Romney at the art gallery, in collaboration with the YCBA, from March to Sept.:
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
Thanks to our exhibitions editor @luisacale.bsky.social for alerting me.
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
There's also Romney at the art gallery, in collaboration with the YCBA, from March to Sept.:
britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
Thanks to our exhibitions editor @luisacale.bsky.social for alerting me.
Looking forward to @katherineharloe.bsky.social talking about Goethe's Winckelmann at the London Paris Romanticism Seminar at Senate House, University of London on Friday @ies-sas.bsky.social @ics.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Looking forward to @katherineharloe.bsky.social talking about Goethe's Winckelmann at the London Paris Romanticism Seminar at Senate House, University of London on Friday @ies-sas.bsky.social @ics.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social
Creator of Nightmares has just been delivered to my door. I am looking forward to reading and reviewing it for @blakequarterly.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Creator of Nightmares has just been delivered to my door. I am looking forward to reading and reviewing it for @blakequarterly.bsky.social
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LP 68: 'Oaths, Odes and Orations', edited by David Duff & Marc Porée. Essays by Francesco Buscemi, Rémy Duthille, Judith Thompson, Pierre Lurbe, Robert W. Jones, Dafydd Moore, Catherine Bois, David Duff, and Paul Hamilton. 🔓 Available in open access: litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/magazin/2024...
February 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
LP 68: 'Oaths, Odes and Orations', edited by David Duff & Marc Porée. Essays by Francesco Buscemi, Rémy Duthille, Judith Thompson, Pierre Lurbe, Robert W. Jones, Dafydd Moore, Catherine Bois, David Duff, and Paul Hamilton. 🔓 Available in open access: litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/magazin/2024...
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If you're in US or Canada you can win a free copy of my @mitpress.bsky.social book until 14th Feb at Good Reads. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
It's got such beautiful illustrations, by my long term collaborator, Anna Burel. I know you'll want one. Oh and the words are good, too.
Please share!
It's got such beautiful illustrations, by my long term collaborator, Anna Burel. I know you'll want one. Oh and the words are good, too.
Please share!
January 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're in US or Canada you can win a free copy of my @mitpress.bsky.social book until 14th Feb at Good Reads. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
It's got such beautiful illustrations, by my long term collaborator, Anna Burel. I know you'll want one. Oh and the words are good, too.
Please share!
It's got such beautiful illustrations, by my long term collaborator, Anna Burel. I know you'll want one. Oh and the words are good, too.
Please share!