Patrick Leary
@patrickleary.bsky.social
Historian, esp. 19c press, talk, book history. Author “Googling the Victorians,” “Punch Brotherhood,” etc. Co-founder SHARP, mgr VICTORIA. Fond of Old Time Radio, 60s Top 40, tennis, London. Liberal Texan in self-imposed Midwest exile. FRHistS
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‘Entomology in sport, and entomology in earnest’ by Mrs. W. (Mary King Ward, 1827-1869) and her sister Lady M. (Lady Jane Mahon), published in London, [1859].
University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#insectart #hernaturalhistory #19thcentury #rarebooks #bookhistory
University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#insectart #hernaturalhistory #19thcentury #rarebooks #bookhistory
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
‘Entomology in sport, and entomology in earnest’ by Mrs. W. (Mary King Ward, 1827-1869) and her sister Lady M. (Lady Jane Mahon), published in London, [1859].
University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#insectart #hernaturalhistory #19thcentury #rarebooks #bookhistory
University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#insectart #hernaturalhistory #19thcentury #rarebooks #bookhistory
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Every Xmas, @patrickleary.bsky.social shares w his Victorian buddies how Kate Wiggins (of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm fame) met Charles Dickens. It's a joy, & should be better known, especially when she kindly tells him not to worry about the 'very dull parts' in his books.
Happy holidays, all!
Happy holidays, all!
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December 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every Xmas, @patrickleary.bsky.social shares w his Victorian buddies how Kate Wiggins (of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm fame) met Charles Dickens. It's a joy, & should be better known, especially when she kindly tells him not to worry about the 'very dull parts' in his books.
Happy holidays, all!
Happy holidays, all!
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Issue 10.2 of JEPS is now live! openjournals.ugent.be/jeps/
December 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Issue 10.2 of JEPS is now live! openjournals.ugent.be/jeps/
Daniel Biss, mayor of Evanston, walks the walk. Here he is quietly confronting Greg Bovino this afternoon, who declared that ICE/BP was there "to make your city safe." Nothing threatens the safety of Evanstonians more acutely than the presence of these masked MAGA thugs.
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss confronted Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino and other federal agents in the northern suburb Wednesday amid a renewed increase in immigration enforcement in and around Chicago this week. https://to.wttw.com/4qj8FgE
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss Confronts Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino as Immigration Enforcement Continues
Video shared with WTTW News showed Daniel Biss walk up to Greg Bovino and a handful of masked immigration agents outside a gas station Wednesday morning. The group was surrounded by people holding cam...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Daniel Biss, mayor of Evanston, walks the walk. Here he is quietly confronting Greg Bovino this afternoon, who declared that ICE/BP was there "to make your city safe." Nothing threatens the safety of Evanstonians more acutely than the presence of these masked MAGA thugs.
I was just on the Brown campus in May for a class reunion. News of horrors like these hits so much harder when it’s a place you know and love. My heart aches for these shooting victims, and for the terrified students and staff.
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I was just on the Brown campus in May for a class reunion. News of horrors like these hits so much harder when it’s a place you know and love. My heart aches for these shooting victims, and for the terrified students and staff.
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Still time to get a proposal in for BAVS2026 in Liverpool. Go on - you know you'll regret it if you don't!
Check out the BAVS 2026 conference website: www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) conference
The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History, with the Centre for Port and Maritime History, are delighted to welcome BAVS delegates to Liverpool in 2026.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Still time to get a proposal in for BAVS2026 in Liverpool. Go on - you know you'll regret it if you don't!
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CfP for VPFA's 18th Annual Conference is now live and the topic is 'Victorians and their Publics'. To read the CfP and full submission guidelines online, please head to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-....
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
CfP for VPFA's 18th Annual Conference is now live and the topic is 'Victorians and their Publics'. To read the CfP and full submission guidelines online, please head to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-....
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What treasures can a Peterson Fellowship unearth? Robert Burroughs shares some outcomes from his research on #19thC Black British editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards, which was supported by his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award. Thanks for #SharingYourNews, Robert! rs4vp.org/new-work-on-...
New Work on Britain's First Black Newspaper Editor – RSVP
Robert Burroughs shares the outcomes of his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award on Britain's first Black newspaper editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards
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November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What treasures can a Peterson Fellowship unearth? Robert Burroughs shares some outcomes from his research on #19thC Black British editor, S. J. Celestine Edwards, which was supported by his 2023 Peterson Fellowship award. Thanks for #SharingYourNews, Robert! rs4vp.org/new-work-on-...
So glad of this news: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio.... These folks didn't float down the Lagan in a bubble.
‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
The hit BBC crime drama is coming back to screens for the first time since its record-breaking 2021 finale
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November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So glad of this news: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio.... These folks didn't float down the Lagan in a bubble.
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Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
Small Chicagoland towns and villages like Skokie are doing their best to meet the moment. tinyurl.com/4j3f2eff
Protecting Your Rights | Skokie, IL
Village of Skokie is committed to protecting the rights of all residents and visitors—regardless of immigration status—by ensuring privacy, access to services, protection from discrimination, and conn...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Small Chicagoland towns and villages like Skokie are doing their best to meet the moment. tinyurl.com/4j3f2eff
I saw this sign today at a mall in Skokie, Illinois, listing prohibited behaviors. All seemed more or less OK til I got to #9: “Free speech activity not authorized in advance.” Shove it, Westfield Old Orchard. We won’t be asking your permission for “free speech activity.”
October 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I saw this sign today at a mall in Skokie, Illinois, listing prohibited behaviors. All seemed more or less OK til I got to #9: “Free speech activity not authorized in advance.” Shove it, Westfield Old Orchard. We won’t be asking your permission for “free speech activity.”
Favorite sign at Wilmette, Illinois No Kings rally today: “If Kamala had won we’d all be at brunch right now.”
October 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Favorite sign at Wilmette, Illinois No Kings rally today: “If Kamala had won we’d all be at brunch right now.”
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The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
October 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The official CFP is a few days off, but I can't wait that long to announce that #BAVS2026 will be held in Liverpool, 27-29 July. We hope that some of the @rs4vp.org crowd will be able to make the trip over from #RSVP2026 and join @bavs-uk.bsky.social for more Victorian stuff. Details to follow.
Great news for the cause of open access scholarship!
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Great news for the cause of open access scholarship!
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I was there again in the summer. It's a real throwback, and with some fantastic archival collections as well.
Somewhere free, quiet, and right next to Liverpool Street? 👀
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
Reading Room | Bishopsgate Institute
The Reading Room is separate to the Researchers’ Service, so if you’d like to look at our special collections and archives, you’ll need this instead https:
www.bishopsgate.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I was there again in the summer. It's a real throwback, and with some fantastic archival collections as well.
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Peterson Fellowships open today! Named for Yale professor and our dear friend, Linda H. Peterson, the Peterson Fellowship is designed to support one scholar for four full-time months conducting research focused on the British periodical press of long #19thC. Applications due Nov. 15!
The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship – RSVP
The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship was named after the widely influential Yale professor and longtime RSVP Board member and Vice President, Linda Peterson. The purpose of the Peterson Fellowship is to…
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September 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Peterson Fellowships open today! Named for Yale professor and our dear friend, Linda H. Peterson, the Peterson Fellowship is designed to support one scholar for four full-time months conducting research focused on the British periodical press of long #19thC. Applications due Nov. 15!
So sorry to hear that Jane Goodall has died. She was just here in Chicago for the “Becoming Jane” exhibit at the Field. I treasure the memory of meeting her in 1971, after a lecture she gave; she was kindly, I was in awe. Lately I learned that she’s the heroine of several kids’ books, & rightly so.
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So sorry to hear that Jane Goodall has died. She was just here in Chicago for the “Becoming Jane” exhibit at the Field. I treasure the memory of meeting her in 1971, after a lecture she gave; she was kindly, I was in awe. Lately I learned that she’s the heroine of several kids’ books, & rightly so.
The indispensable Carlyle Letters Online, guided by Brent Kinser, has found a new home at Western Carolina University: carlyleletters.wcu.edu This magnificent resource features free access to all of the letters of the 50-volume Duke-Edinburgh edition completed in 2023. #Victorian #19th-c.
Carlyle Letters
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September 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The indispensable Carlyle Letters Online, guided by Brent Kinser, has found a new home at Western Carolina University: carlyleletters.wcu.edu This magnificent resource features free access to all of the letters of the 50-volume Duke-Edinburgh edition completed in 2023. #Victorian #19th-c.
William & Mary University in Virginia is looking for an assistant professor of Global Victorian Literatures. Application deadline is November 9. williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det... #C19th #19th-c
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September 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
William & Mary University in Virginia is looking for an assistant professor of Global Victorian Literatures. Application deadline is November 9. williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det... #C19th #19th-c
The journal Victorians (formerly The Victorian Newsletter) is out, with new format and new editor Kristen Pond, featuring a forum on amateurism and professionalization in science with intro by @aktange.bsky.social. Some terrific work here, and all is Open Access. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55573 #C19th
Project MUSE - Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature-Number 147, Summer 2025
muse.jhu.edu
September 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The journal Victorians (formerly The Victorian Newsletter) is out, with new format and new editor Kristen Pond, featuring a forum on amateurism and professionalization in science with intro by @aktange.bsky.social. Some terrific work here, and all is Open Access. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55573 #C19th
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New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView
Vivienne Seonaid Dunstan, 'The Scottish urban hierarchy and its interaction with the print trade and venues for reading, as revealed by an 1820s trade directory'
doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
Vivienne Seonaid Dunstan, 'The Scottish urban hierarchy and its interaction with the print trade and venues for reading, as revealed by an 1820s trade directory'
doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
September 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView
Vivienne Seonaid Dunstan, 'The Scottish urban hierarchy and its interaction with the print trade and venues for reading, as revealed by an 1820s trade directory'
doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
Vivienne Seonaid Dunstan, 'The Scottish urban hierarchy and its interaction with the print trade and venues for reading, as revealed by an 1820s trade directory'
doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
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September 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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A really fine summary of this important aspect of the 19th-c newspaper press. Thanks, too, to the always terrific Victorian Commons for the link to this splendid clip about Dickens's experience as a Parliamentary reporter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AROf... #19thc #C19th @rs4vp.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A really fine summary of this important aspect of the 19th-c newspaper press. Thanks, too, to the always terrific Victorian Commons for the link to this splendid clip about Dickens's experience as a Parliamentary reporter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AROf... #19thc #C19th @rs4vp.org
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Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913) was an intellectual icon of the Victorian era ✍️
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913) was an intellectual icon of the Victorian era ✍️
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org