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Mila Daskalova
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Exploring intersections between literature and psychiatry in the 19th century as a British Academy and LKAS Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Glasgow / Medical Humanities Research Centre. Into literature, the history of medicine, and book history.
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miladaskalova.bsky.social
Gathering proposals for the 'Figments: Madness, Health and Creativity' Conference (University of Glasgow, 15 June 2026). Deadline: 12 December.

More information and submission form here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

#cfp #medhums #healthhums #madstudies #histmed #histpsych
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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post-doc-club.bsky.social
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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cathfletcher.bsky.social
Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.
OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
miladaskalova.bsky.social
Interrupting the madness of reality to share some exciting news: the first Centre for Mad Culture in the UK will be launched in Edinburgh on 17 October! Below I have listed all the other activities planned by the Centre (including my own poetry workshop). Book your free tickets and see you there!
Mad Pride, Mad Perspectives: Centre for Mad Culture UK launch night
Be part of the launch of Centre for Mad Culture UK — a night of bold art, powerful voices, and mad cabaret.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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vpreditors.bsky.social
Drawing on a transatlantic archive, @miladaskalova.bsky.social explores the experience of time in asylum #periodicals. Learn how these publications served as instruments of both recalibration and resistance in the latest issue of VPR: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org
Front page of The Gartnavel Gazette; or Monthly Journal of the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum, Wednesday, July 6, 1853, image courtesy of Wellcome Collection, https://wellcomecollection.org/works/jvk8aued/items?canvas=7. Accompanied by text that says: Mila Daskalova, Passing the Hours: Measuring, Recording and Experiencing Time Through Periodical Publishing in Victorian Asylums, Victorian Periodicals Review, volume 58, number 1, Spring 2025.
September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
miladaskalova.bsky.social
What can periodicals tell us about the experience of time in Victorian asylums? I reflect on that in my article 'Passing the Hours' in the new VPR.

#histmed #MedHums #histpsych #Victorian #madstudies
vpreditors.bsky.social Victorian Periodicals Review @vpreditors.bsky.social · Sep 15
NEW ISSUE ALERT! It's a happy day when you find the latest VPR in your mailbox. This number includes the 2024 VanArsdel and Expanding the Field essays as well as articles on asylum periodicals and the bookselling trade. Treat yourself to some delightful reading: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55567 @rs4vp.org
Cover of Victorian Periodicals Review, volume 58, number 1, spring 2025; burgundy background with illustration of alien aircraft from H. G. Wells's _The War of the Worlds_.
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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rebeccawynter.bsky.social
💫New Workshop #CfP💫

'Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900', 5 December, online, organised by the very fabulous @annafranjam.bsky.social & @rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social.

#HistMed #HistSTM #HistPsych #DisHist #HistNursing #MatCult #MaterialCulture #MedHums #Skystorians🗃️
Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham
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www.birmingham.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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bars.bsky.social
Now on the BARS Blog: CfP: 'Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century' - Romance, Revolution and Reform Journal 2026 Conference

See all the details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6071

Please share widely!!
July 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
miladaskalova.bsky.social
Excited that my short story, 'The Holiday', will be published in New Writing Scotland. I'm grateful to the editors for offering it a home. And now I'm off to the same shores where I started writing it...
asls.org.uk Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jul 10
A CHAOS OF LIGHT
New Writing Scotland 43
Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher

“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”

Aug 2025 – available for preorder!
💙📚
asls.org.uk/publications...
New Writing Scotland 43
Edited by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher Published in: Paperback, 184 pages By: Association for Scottish Literature, Glasgow, August 2025 Price: £9.95 ISBN: 9781906841669 Cover image…
asls.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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navsa.bsky.social
Prize: The Hamilton Prize (Deadline: 7/1/25) bit.ly/43VtyWL
Prize: The Hamilton Prize (Deadline: 7/1/25) | NAVSA
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June 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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slobogin.bsky.social
Reminder that this event is on Friday! Join us as we talk anonymity, ethics, and medical photography.

For my part, I'll be exploring material and aesthetic anonymities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Ethics of Medical Photography Network Online Seminar
Join us for the next online seminar! Friday 20 June 2020, 2-3.30 pm UK time THE ETHICS OF ANONYMITY IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Speakers: Dr Christine Slobogin (University of Rochester, NY) Dr Rebecca ...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
miladaskalova.bsky.social
A few free tickets left for the 'Aesthetics of the Clinic' symposium in Cambridge next week! Proud to be part of such a great programme. I'll be talking about patients' 'rewriting' of mental institutions in asylum periodicals.
The Aesthetics of the Clinic
A one-day symposium, at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, on the intersection of literature, aesthetics and mental health.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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societyofauthors.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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themhra.bsky.social
The MHRA has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky to communicate our work. We are excited to contribute to establishing Bluesky as a dynamic, inclusive, and engaging platform for academic exchange and collaboration.

To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a book giveaway! 👇
March 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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reinarz.bsky.social
If you think your medical history monograph is worth a prize, why not enter it for the EAHMH book prize this year? Details in this link: eahmh.org/prizes/
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January 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open

Applications close on 31st Jan 2025

Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months

Please share with your network

www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Past & Present Fellowships
Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.
www.history.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
miladaskalova.bsky.social
Something to look forward to in the post-holiday lull of early January
December 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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medhistoryman.bsky.social
The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History at Lancaster University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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lemonylemons.bsky.social
"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible." — Paul Klee On Modern Art. Trans. by Paul Findlay (Faber & Faber, 1966).

Intersecting Minds “Sensing the Unseen”
neurohumanism.com/call-for-sub...

#CallforSubmissions
#ArtAndPerception #IntersectingMinds #ArtNeureau #NeuroHumanities
A textured abstract artwork by Lemony featuring a grid of nine sections, each with colorful circular and semi-circular designs. The circles and arcs overlap in dynamic compositions, using shades of orange, teal, yellow, black, and white. The image has a distressed, painterly look with visible brushstrokes, scratches, and a rough, handmade feel. The background is beige with subtle grain patterns, enhancing the organic, layered aesthetic. The design emphasizes symmetry and contrast, blending geometric precision with artistic spontaneity.
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
miladaskalova.bsky.social
After some hesitation if I wanted yet another social media account, here I am, keen to bring back the old Twitter days. Excited about any news about the Medical Humanities, the history of medicine, book history and 19th-century studies (plus literature and art more generally).
November 22, 2024 at 12:30 PM