Madeleine Rose
@madeleinerose.bsky.social
Oxford University, DPhil English | Modernism and Ecocriticism | she/her
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DM: 3 orcs attack your party
Me: my level 20 literary critic critiques their racialised traits *rolls a 1*
DM: uh oh your critique runs out of steam
Me, panicking: I surface read them!
DM: your thin description reveals they are brigands in disguise and they flee. Well played!
Me: my level 20 literary critic critiques their racialised traits *rolls a 1*
DM: uh oh your critique runs out of steam
Me, panicking: I surface read them!
DM: your thin description reveals they are brigands in disguise and they flee. Well played!
May 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
DM: 3 orcs attack your party
Me: my level 20 literary critic critiques their racialised traits *rolls a 1*
DM: uh oh your critique runs out of steam
Me, panicking: I surface read them!
DM: your thin description reveals they are brigands in disguise and they flee. Well played!
Me: my level 20 literary critic critiques their racialised traits *rolls a 1*
DM: uh oh your critique runs out of steam
Me, panicking: I surface read them!
DM: your thin description reveals they are brigands in disguise and they flee. Well played!
The sun is shining in Lancaster and I’m looking forward to the start of the @thebsls.bsky.social conference!
April 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The sun is shining in Lancaster and I’m looking forward to the start of the @thebsls.bsky.social conference!
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There is power in coming together and acting as a collective in moments of crisis, and we need to act together to support all our colleagues who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy.
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
UEA staff to strike over plans to cut more than 150 jobs
Union branch at redundancy-hit institution to stage one-day walkout
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
There is power in coming together and acting as a collective in moments of crisis, and we need to act together to support all our colleagues who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy.
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
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Listening to #radio4 discussion of 'sovereign data' such as the British Libraries books as a resource that can generate income by being leased to Ai tech companies. Rather wish government had recognised its sovereign data status for the rest of us when the Library was hacked. #AcademicSky
January 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Listening to #radio4 discussion of 'sovereign data' such as the British Libraries books as a resource that can generate income by being leased to Ai tech companies. Rather wish government had recognised its sovereign data status for the rest of us when the Library was hacked. #AcademicSky
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📣 CfP: #NWiMS Special Issue
Presenters, please consider submitting your abridged papers (extracts or summaries also welcome) of c.1000 words to The Modernist Review.
🖋 Express interest by 31 December 2024
🖋 Submit by 15 January 2025
Any questions do contact us at tmr@bams.ac.uk
Presenters, please consider submitting your abridged papers (extracts or summaries also welcome) of c.1000 words to The Modernist Review.
🖋 Express interest by 31 December 2024
🖋 Submit by 15 January 2025
Any questions do contact us at tmr@bams.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 4:29 PM
📣 CfP: #NWiMS Special Issue
Presenters, please consider submitting your abridged papers (extracts or summaries also welcome) of c.1000 words to The Modernist Review.
🖋 Express interest by 31 December 2024
🖋 Submit by 15 January 2025
Any questions do contact us at tmr@bams.ac.uk
Presenters, please consider submitting your abridged papers (extracts or summaries also welcome) of c.1000 words to The Modernist Review.
🖋 Express interest by 31 December 2024
🖋 Submit by 15 January 2025
Any questions do contact us at tmr@bams.ac.uk
Very much enjoyed #NWiMS yesterday! Met lots of lovely people and was treated to a great variety of papers. Huge thanks to @matthewtaunton.bsky.social and @modernistudies.bsky.social for organising
December 14, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Very much enjoyed #NWiMS yesterday! Met lots of lovely people and was treated to a great variety of papers. Huge thanks to @matthewtaunton.bsky.social and @modernistudies.bsky.social for organising
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The Bodleian Christmas Tree is up in the Old Schools Quad, for those who like their 17th Gothic Revival architecture served with a side of festive foliage. Christmas starts now!
Photo by @tansybranscombe.bsky.social.
Photo by @tansybranscombe.bsky.social.
December 4, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The Bodleian Christmas Tree is up in the Old Schools Quad, for those who like their 17th Gothic Revival architecture served with a side of festive foliage. Christmas starts now!
Photo by @tansybranscombe.bsky.social.
Photo by @tansybranscombe.bsky.social.
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📢 CfP Modernism & Data Special Issue of The Modernist Review
Submissions of 1000-1500 words (articles, creative responses) to the topic. We are just as excited about papers that use digital methods as those that refuse to; as long as you tell us why!
📌 Deadline - 20th December 2024
Submissions of 1000-1500 words (articles, creative responses) to the topic. We are just as excited about papers that use digital methods as those that refuse to; as long as you tell us why!
📌 Deadline - 20th December 2024
Modernism and Data Special Issue: Call for Papers
27 September 2024 “A New World of Information”: Modernism and Data Modernism has a problem with data. Within adjacent fields—Victorian, Post45, and Black studies—there has been a proliferation of a…
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December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
📢 CfP Modernism & Data Special Issue of The Modernist Review
Submissions of 1000-1500 words (articles, creative responses) to the topic. We are just as excited about papers that use digital methods as those that refuse to; as long as you tell us why!
📌 Deadline - 20th December 2024
Submissions of 1000-1500 words (articles, creative responses) to the topic. We are just as excited about papers that use digital methods as those that refuse to; as long as you tell us why!
📌 Deadline - 20th December 2024
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I'm on strike today and tomorrow with hundreds of my Guardian colleagues over the proposed sale of the Observer. Much of the brilliant journalism you enjoy for free on the Guardian website over the weekend is Observer journalism... cont'd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:52 AM
I'm on strike today and tomorrow with hundreds of my Guardian colleagues over the proposed sale of the Observer. Much of the brilliant journalism you enjoy for free on the Guardian website over the weekend is Observer journalism... cont'd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
It’s the final ModCon Graduate Forum of term tonight! Looking forward to hearing from Sara L. Borga on '"Impractical" and "unsummarizable": The Terms of Tracy K. Smith's Poetry' and Shivani Arulalan Pillai on 'Memory and Imperial Ruins in Rohinton Mistry's ‘Family Matters’'
November 27, 2024 at 12:37 PM
It’s the final ModCon Graduate Forum of term tonight! Looking forward to hearing from Sara L. Borga on '"Impractical" and "unsummarizable": The Terms of Tracy K. Smith's Poetry' and Shivani Arulalan Pillai on 'Memory and Imperial Ruins in Rohinton Mistry's ‘Family Matters’'
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Diplodocus, in Ray Lankester's book Secrets of Earth and Sea (1920): 'It seems probable that Diplodocus was an aquatic reptile, and never raised himself on to his four legs on dry land as the Carnegie skeleton at the Natural History Museum is doing'. Sorry, Dippy (and Fern).
November 27, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Diplodocus, in Ray Lankester's book Secrets of Earth and Sea (1920): 'It seems probable that Diplodocus was an aquatic reptile, and never raised himself on to his four legs on dry land as the Carnegie skeleton at the Natural History Museum is doing'. Sorry, Dippy (and Fern).
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Another Monday, another #ModWrite! Share with us what you're working on using the hashtag. Also, if you're joining us for New Work in Modernist Studies don't forget to register:
New Work in Modernist Studies 14 | University of East Anglia Online Store
The fourteenth conference on New Work in Modernist Studies (NWiMS) will take place at the University of East Anglia and online, on Friday 13th December 202
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November 25, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Another Monday, another #ModWrite! Share with us what you're working on using the hashtag. Also, if you're joining us for New Work in Modernist Studies don't forget to register:
This #modwrite I’m thinking about tangled threads in H.D.’s ‘Helen in Egypt’ and wondering how to untangle the argument of this thesis chapter
November 25, 2024 at 5:52 PM
This #modwrite I’m thinking about tangled threads in H.D.’s ‘Helen in Egypt’ and wondering how to untangle the argument of this thesis chapter
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The point is that at university you're meant to be taught by researchers. It's higher education because it's not just a static body of knowledge; researchers are the people who can teach you to make new knowledge yourself
King's vice-chancellor: "It’s not that we are going broke teaching our students,it's that we are going broke fulfilling our mission of doing research and doing research-led and research-informed teaching."
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Research-led teaching means UK universities ‘going broke’ - Research Professional News
King’s vice-chancellor warns current system “cannot continue” unless research time is protected
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The point is that at university you're meant to be taught by researchers. It's higher education because it's not just a static body of knowledge; researchers are the people who can teach you to make new knowledge yourself
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Put together a wee modernism/contemporary lit Starter Pack (because there simply wasn't not enough research/teaching prep/admin/housework to keep me occupied)
DM me if I've made any glaring omissions or besmirched your good name by implying that you're a modernist
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DM me if I've made any glaring omissions or besmirched your good name by implying that you're a modernist
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November 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Put together a wee modernism/contemporary lit Starter Pack (because there simply wasn't not enough research/teaching prep/admin/housework to keep me occupied)
DM me if I've made any glaring omissions or besmirched your good name by implying that you're a modernist
go.bsky.app/CkQhf9v
DM me if I've made any glaring omissions or besmirched your good name by implying that you're a modernist
go.bsky.app/CkQhf9v
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A stunning Washington Post editorial cartoon tonight, by Ann Telnaes, titled "Democracy Dies in Darkness."
October 26, 2024 at 1:52 AM
A stunning Washington Post editorial cartoon tonight, by Ann Telnaes, titled "Democracy Dies in Darkness."
Looking forward to the first Modern and Contemporary Literature Graduate Forum of term on Wednesday! We’ll be hearing papers from Aryehi Bhushan and Leo Kadokura.
October 21, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Looking forward to the first Modern and Contemporary Literature Graduate Forum of term on Wednesday! We’ll be hearing papers from Aryehi Bhushan and Leo Kadokura.
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Ta da! Our autumn programme is ready for launch.
October 1, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Ta da! Our autumn programme is ready for launch.
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The Sound of the Fens: wonderful BBC Open Country in which Martha Kearney visits Helpston & Fen Edge to explore how the landscape has changed since the days of John Clare. Features Francesca Mackenney discussing Clare’s soundscapes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, The Sound of the Fens
Martha Kearney is on Fen Edge in Cambridgeshire listening to the sound of the countryside.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2024 at 6:22 AM
The Sound of the Fens: wonderful BBC Open Country in which Martha Kearney visits Helpston & Fen Edge to explore how the landscape has changed since the days of John Clare. Features Francesca Mackenney discussing Clare’s soundscapes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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This #ModWrite we're pleased to announce:
📢 New Work in Modernist Studies 14
📌 13 December 2024 @uniofeastanglia
🖋Abstract deadline 18 October 2024
An opportunity for PhDs/Early Career Researchers working on modernism (broadly defined!) to share work & connect. Please share!
📢 New Work in Modernist Studies 14
📌 13 December 2024 @uniofeastanglia
🖋Abstract deadline 18 October 2024
An opportunity for PhDs/Early Career Researchers working on modernism (broadly defined!) to share work & connect. Please share!
September 23, 2024 at 1:44 PM
This #ModWrite we're pleased to announce:
📢 New Work in Modernist Studies 14
📌 13 December 2024 @uniofeastanglia
🖋Abstract deadline 18 October 2024
An opportunity for PhDs/Early Career Researchers working on modernism (broadly defined!) to share work & connect. Please share!
📢 New Work in Modernist Studies 14
📌 13 December 2024 @uniofeastanglia
🖋Abstract deadline 18 October 2024
An opportunity for PhDs/Early Career Researchers working on modernism (broadly defined!) to share work & connect. Please share!
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Happy to share The Modernist Review #50! Read a selection of papers from New Work in Modernist Studies our annual PG/ECR conference (organised by Daniel Abdalla & @greenbowlerhat.bsky.social).
Your Editors, Serena Wong & @jenniferashby.bsky.social
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Your Editors, Serena Wong & @jenniferashby.bsky.social
modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/t...
The Modernist Review Issue #50: New Work in Modernist Studies
With the promise of the coming spring, we are delighted to share with you our first issue of 2024 after a short hiatus over the winter break. This issue contains a selection of some of the brilliant p...
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March 4, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Happy to share The Modernist Review #50! Read a selection of papers from New Work in Modernist Studies our annual PG/ECR conference (organised by Daniel Abdalla & @greenbowlerhat.bsky.social).
Your Editors, Serena Wong & @jenniferashby.bsky.social
modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/t...
Your Editors, Serena Wong & @jenniferashby.bsky.social
modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/t...
Looking forward to the first Modern and Contemporary Graduate Forum of term on Wednesday with Alex Gunn and Hadas Wagner!
January 29, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Looking forward to the first Modern and Contemporary Graduate Forum of term on Wednesday with Alex Gunn and Hadas Wagner!
Had a great time at NWiMS yesterday! It was fab to listen to such a variety of thought-provoking papers, and add my own contribution on Marianne Moore and rats. Thanks so much to @modernistudies.bsky.social, and especially @greenbowlerhat.bsky.social and Daniel for organising!
December 9, 2023 at 12:05 PM
Had a great time at NWiMS yesterday! It was fab to listen to such a variety of thought-provoking papers, and add my own contribution on Marianne Moore and rats. Thanks so much to @modernistudies.bsky.social, and especially @greenbowlerhat.bsky.social and Daniel for organising!
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The CFP for Ephemeral Modernisms, BAMS International Conference, 2024, is here! We’ll be at the University of Leeds. We welcome proposals for papers, panels, or for something more innovative if the spirit moves you! wordpress.com/page/bams.ac... @modernistudies.bsky.social
October 26, 2023 at 8:34 AM
The CFP for Ephemeral Modernisms, BAMS International Conference, 2024, is here! We’ll be at the University of Leeds. We welcome proposals for papers, panels, or for something more innovative if the spirit moves you! wordpress.com/page/bams.ac... @modernistudies.bsky.social