Maria Damkjær
@mdamkjaer.bsky.social
Dr.Dr. (no, really!) Victorianist and knitter; Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines (OUP) out now
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Maria Damkjær
@mdamkjaer.bsky.social
· Jan 6
My book, Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines, is out now with Oxford University Press!
academic.oup.com/book/58989
It’s a book about page fillers, product placement, and strange hybrid fiction. It asks how the page of the magazine became a spur for new, odd genres.
academic.oup.com/book/58989
It’s a book about page fillers, product placement, and strange hybrid fiction. It asks how the page of the magazine became a spur for new, odd genres.
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PhD students in the UK with a Victorianist bent will want to take particular note of the placement titled "Illustrated Newspapers: Beyond the Illustrated London News": cdn.sanity.io/files/v5dwki...
@rs4vp.org #Victorian
@rs4vp.org #Victorian
February 5, 2026 at 8:43 AM
PhD students in the UK with a Victorianist bent will want to take particular note of the placement titled "Illustrated Newspapers: Beyond the Illustrated London News": cdn.sanity.io/files/v5dwki...
@rs4vp.org #Victorian
@rs4vp.org #Victorian
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Congratulations are in order to our 2026 Peterson Fellowship winner, Clare Clark! The committee notes that her project "promises a new angle on a familiar figure by applying a lens of periodical literature" to it. Read more here: rs4vp.org/awards/peter... We can't wait to read the finished product!
February 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Congratulations are in order to our 2026 Peterson Fellowship winner, Clare Clark! The committee notes that her project "promises a new angle on a familiar figure by applying a lens of periodical literature" to it. Read more here: rs4vp.org/awards/peter... We can't wait to read the finished product!
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I must not discourse. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face discourse. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. Where the discourse has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
February 4, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I must not discourse. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face discourse. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. Where the discourse has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works.” - Stuart Hall, born Feb. 3, 1932
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works.” - Stuart Hall, born Feb. 3, 1932
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My brain is mush. I need to secure permissions for two famous C19 paintings to appear in my book. My recollection is there’s a database (or two, or…?) where you can get images of many C19 paintings for free or a small fee. Any tips? With thx from a person who deals mostly in words.
February 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
My brain is mush. I need to secure permissions for two famous C19 paintings to appear in my book. My recollection is there’s a database (or two, or…?) where you can get images of many C19 paintings for free or a small fee. Any tips? With thx from a person who deals mostly in words.
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The final final proofs have headed off for 'Hilary Mantel', part of @livunipress.bsky.social 'Writers and their Work Series'. Can't wait to see this one in the flesh liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The final final proofs have headed off for 'Hilary Mantel', part of @livunipress.bsky.social 'Writers and their Work Series'. Can't wait to see this one in the flesh liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
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Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction.
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
February 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction.
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Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
February 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
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It’s actually pretty easy to beat Isaac Chotiner if you know what to do (wait until he completes his third attack sequence, roll behind him, use Flame Dart until you’re out of mana, hide under the gargoyle head until his Rage Wing Spin finishes, stun him with a Sylvan Dagger, equip the Thallslayer w
February 2, 2026 at 1:33 AM
It’s actually pretty easy to beat Isaac Chotiner if you know what to do (wait until he completes his third attack sequence, roll behind him, use Flame Dart until you’re out of mana, hide under the gargoyle head until his Rage Wing Spin finishes, stun him with a Sylvan Dagger, equip the Thallslayer w
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The thing about Elon Musk's pop culture takes is that he's responsible for perhaps the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century and it's a societal failure that he's not already in the dock at Nuremberg 2.
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The thing about Elon Musk's pop culture takes is that he's responsible for perhaps the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century and it's a societal failure that he's not already in the dock at Nuremberg 2.
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Hey, the @locusmag.bsky.social annual Recommended Reading list is up for 2025! Which means voting is open for the Locus Awards!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Hey, the @locusmag.bsky.social annual Recommended Reading list is up for 2025! Which means voting is open for the Locus Awards!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
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And "Dammit it's not Alzheimers". Pro chipping in.
https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f
https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f
DAMMIT It's Not Alzheimer's! Here's Why It's A Far Worse Nightmare Scenario
You deserve the facts, not conjecture. Alzheimer's diminishes a person. Trump's not diminishing, he's escalating, and you need to know the frightening reason why.
frankgeorge8675309.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:34 PM
And "Dammit it's not Alzheimers". Pro chipping in.
https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f
https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f
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Am currently comfort reading Sourcery, the fifth Discworld novel, and I’m tempted to put this in the front of all my future books
January 31, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Am currently comfort reading Sourcery, the fifth Discworld novel, and I’m tempted to put this in the front of all my future books
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This trend is giving me life. College is cool, knowledge is great. The liberal arts is rad. Being well rounded is the GOAT.
Fund all colleges and universities. We should be throwing money at them. Make it affordable for all. Let people take underwater basket weaving if they choose.
Fund all colleges and universities. We should be throwing money at them. Make it affordable for all. Let people take underwater basket weaving if they choose.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This trend is giving me life. College is cool, knowledge is great. The liberal arts is rad. Being well rounded is the GOAT.
Fund all colleges and universities. We should be throwing money at them. Make it affordable for all. Let people take underwater basket weaving if they choose.
Fund all colleges and universities. We should be throwing money at them. Make it affordable for all. Let people take underwater basket weaving if they choose.
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Learn to ode.
among everything else this week dunno if you heard but coding is over. huge opp for humanities folks. should be megaphoning 'learning to think never goes out of style'
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Learn to ode.
Lacanian Pixar movies
Thomas Mann’s Zauberberg
Appearance of pointed arches in Eastern European church architecture
Victorian Pasts
Dante’s Divine Comedy
Thomas Mann’s Zauberberg
Appearance of pointed arches in Eastern European church architecture
Victorian Pasts
Dante’s Divine Comedy
ballroom dance
advanced geometry
kafka in prague
elementary real analysis
hegel
advanced geometry
kafka in prague
elementary real analysis
hegel
tell me five classes you took in college:
Meteorology
Indian Wars and Treaties (got to write a research paper on the treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the CSA)
History of Pirates
The Vietnam War
International Institutions
Meteorology
Indian Wars and Treaties (got to write a research paper on the treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the CSA)
History of Pirates
The Vietnam War
International Institutions
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Lacanian Pixar movies
Thomas Mann’s Zauberberg
Appearance of pointed arches in Eastern European church architecture
Victorian Pasts
Dante’s Divine Comedy
Thomas Mann’s Zauberberg
Appearance of pointed arches in Eastern European church architecture
Victorian Pasts
Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
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Submitted today! Following a few years of rigorous peer-review and working with my co-editor @lukebshelton.bsky.social and many Tolkienists!
- 44 chapters
- 46 Tolkien scholars globally
- over 280K words overall
Still tons of work to do as proofs arrive, but feels like a moment to celebrate. ☺️
- 44 chapters
- 46 Tolkien scholars globally
- over 280K words overall
Still tons of work to do as proofs arrive, but feels like a moment to celebrate. ☺️
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Submitted today! Following a few years of rigorous peer-review and working with my co-editor @lukebshelton.bsky.social and many Tolkienists!
- 44 chapters
- 46 Tolkien scholars globally
- over 280K words overall
Still tons of work to do as proofs arrive, but feels like a moment to celebrate. ☺️
- 44 chapters
- 46 Tolkien scholars globally
- over 280K words overall
Still tons of work to do as proofs arrive, but feels like a moment to celebrate. ☺️
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This is a platonic Lower Decks episode and the fact it doesn't exist is an attack against me personally
All I want for Star Trek's 60th anniversary is a time travel episode where they go to the events is The Trouble With Tribbles and have to avoid both the crew of the Enterprise and Deep Space Nine.
January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This is a platonic Lower Decks episode and the fact it doesn't exist is an attack against me personally
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Anyone who paid attention knew that there was no doubt about the official number from the GHM being an undercount due to its historically conservative approach and due to inability to keep pace with the actual death rate. IDF now admits, like it did in 2021 and 2014, that it has an accurate record.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Anyone who paid attention knew that there was no doubt about the official number from the GHM being an undercount due to its historically conservative approach and due to inability to keep pace with the actual death rate. IDF now admits, like it did in 2021 and 2014, that it has an accurate record.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS)
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS) at Aarhus University
An academic position as a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional acade...
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS)
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
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Microsoft and Blackrock have "have largely given up on organic adoption [of AI] by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos
Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?
theamericanvandal.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Microsoft and Blackrock have "have largely given up on organic adoption [of AI] by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
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Disabled academics: how often are you made to pay for accommodations out of your ProD account (money that your colleagues get to put toward research travel, conferences, etc.)?
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Disabled academics: how often are you made to pay for accommodations out of your ProD account (money that your colleagues get to put toward research travel, conferences, etc.)?
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Cool to see GenAI eroding social trust, deteriorating academic quality, and pushing students away from higher learning institutions.
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
nbcnews.to
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Cool to see GenAI eroding social trust, deteriorating academic quality, and pushing students away from higher learning institutions.