Polly Hember
@pollyhember.bsky.social
Researching modernism, queer networks, literature and silent cinema 📚🎞️ writing about the POOL group 🌊 teaching film and poetry. She/her.
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Check out our "New Voices in Environmental Modernisms" Roundtable CFP (for MSA 2026, Loughborough): share widely with emerging and contingent modernist scholars, makers, and activists please! (DL 2/1/26): sites.google.com/risd.edu/mod...
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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If your take on "Weird Modernisms" includes cannibalism, consider submitting an abstract for an MSA 2026 panel I'd like to propose: "When Humans are On the Menu: Cannibalism and Modernity." Check it out below! @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If your take on "Weird Modernisms" includes cannibalism, consider submitting an abstract for an MSA 2026 panel I'd like to propose: "When Humans are On the Menu: Cannibalism and Modernity." Check it out below! @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social
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Please do consider applying to join us! I've found being a Rep incredibly fulfilling and rewarding - I'm sure you will too!!
We hope everyone is enjoying a much-needed break! At the end of another busy year, we are looking for three new Postgraduate Representatives. Please check out the dialogue below from our current Reps for more information:
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BAMS Elections: A Representative Dialogue
20 December 2025 At the end of another year and the start of the holiday season, it is once again time for the BAMS elections. As current Postgraduate Representatives, we would like to take this ti…
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December 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Please do consider applying to join us! I've found being a Rep incredibly fulfilling and rewarding - I'm sure you will too!!
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A final #ModWrite before Christmas, share with us using the hashtag! 🎄☃️
Don't forget to register to attend NWiMS 15 on 9th January using the form below before 29th December:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
Don't forget to register to attend NWiMS 15 on 9th January using the form below before 29th December:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
New Work in Modernist Studies 2026
Register here for the British Association for Modernist Studies postgraduate conference, New Work in Modernist Studies.
The 2026 edition will take place online on Friday 9 January from 10.30am to 4.3...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A final #ModWrite before Christmas, share with us using the hashtag! 🎄☃️
Don't forget to register to attend NWiMS 15 on 9th January using the form below before 29th December:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
Don't forget to register to attend NWiMS 15 on 9th January using the form below before 29th December:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
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This volume, a long time in the works, now lives on the Bloomsbury website. Thanks to my co-editor Katie, associate editors Lauren Faro and Petar Penda, and to @bendoyle.bsky.social and the Bloomsbury team. Look out for the excellent cover, coming very soon...
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Beyond Modernism
Underlining (and undermining) the notion of literary merit, this book focuses on noncanonical works and asks: what happens when we look away from modernism? See…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This volume, a long time in the works, now lives on the Bloomsbury website. Thanks to my co-editor Katie, associate editors Lauren Faro and Petar Penda, and to @bendoyle.bsky.social and the Bloomsbury team. Look out for the excellent cover, coming very soon...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beyond-mo...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beyond-mo...
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This is disastrous. And the news are mostly hidden- not at all prioritised by the BBC as breaking news across their channels/platforms. I had to dig deep to find this link. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What do we know about University of Essex's Southend campus closure?
The university says it will be moving students from its Southend campus to Colchester.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is disastrous. And the news are mostly hidden- not at all prioritised by the BBC as breaking news across their channels/platforms. I had to dig deep to find this link. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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CFP: 'Difficult Collections' Special issue of 'Paper Trails' @uclpress.bsky.social. Focus on challenges of working with troubling heritage collections (colonialism, eugenics, representation, etc). Proposals: 31/01/26; Submissions: 31/05/26. Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #GLAM ##HistorySky
Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
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December 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
CFP: 'Difficult Collections' Special issue of 'Paper Trails' @uclpress.bsky.social. Focus on challenges of working with troubling heritage collections (colonialism, eugenics, representation, etc). Proposals: 31/01/26; Submissions: 31/05/26. Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #GLAM ##HistorySky
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PhD studentships available in: Creative and Cultural Industries, Media, and Arts Practice (EDI in Practice); Identity, Representation, and Social Justice (EDI in Theory and Experience); Humanities, Philosophy, and Literature (EDI in Knowledge and Method). More details in link below.
Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
PhD Studentship : AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
PhD studentships available in: Creative and Cultural Industries, Media, and Arts Practice (EDI in Practice); Identity, Representation, and Social Justice (EDI in Theory and Experience); Humanities, Philosophy, and Literature (EDI in Knowledge and Method). More details in link below.
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Derby University is in chaos and management caused it.
🔻 265 redundancies proposed
🔻 Nursing & early childhood studies at risk
🔻 Staff pushed through a rushed, unfair process
Show your support for staff and students on strike from tomorrow.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
🔻 265 redundancies proposed
🔻 Nursing & early childhood studies at risk
🔻 Staff pushed through a rushed, unfair process
Show your support for staff and students on strike from tomorrow.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
Derby University is sleepwalking into a disaster - as the UCU has exposed
The Canary speaks to the UCU chair at Derby University - as staff prepare to take strike action over redundancies
www.thecanary.co
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Derby University is in chaos and management caused it.
🔻 265 redundancies proposed
🔻 Nursing & early childhood studies at risk
🔻 Staff pushed through a rushed, unfair process
Show your support for staff and students on strike from tomorrow.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
🔻 265 redundancies proposed
🔻 Nursing & early childhood studies at risk
🔻 Staff pushed through a rushed, unfair process
Show your support for staff and students on strike from tomorrow.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
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There is not one PhD between the directors of Nous, they have no experience of research or teaching and yet they're advising universities, student unions & governments on how to run HE.
Edinburgh Uni has paid ££££s to Nous Group to restructure their staff and curriculum. I suspect far more unis have been paying millions to Nous Group, for longer than we realise. A complete undermining of university governance & academic expertise & autonomy.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
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‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There is not one PhD between the directors of Nous, they have no experience of research or teaching and yet they're advising universities, student unions & governments on how to run HE.
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'The union said management had "agreed to halt all planned compulsory redundancies for academic staff until at least July 2026".'
Strikes suspended in Lancaster University staff job cuts row
The university is trying to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
'The union said management had "agreed to halt all planned compulsory redundancies for academic staff until at least July 2026".'
Some more job listings!
Assistant Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Early-Career Research Fellow (Fixed Term), Cambridge (Faculty of Divinity) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53175/
Lecturer in Creative Writing, Kent jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Assistant Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Early-Career Research Fellow (Fixed Term), Cambridge (Faculty of Divinity) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53175/
Lecturer in Creative Writing, Kent jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Some more job listings!
Assistant Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Early-Career Research Fellow (Fixed Term), Cambridge (Faculty of Divinity) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53175/
Lecturer in Creative Writing, Kent jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Assistant Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Early-Career Research Fellow (Fixed Term), Cambridge (Faculty of Divinity) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53175/
Lecturer in Creative Writing, Kent jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Stop the Closure of Film Studies at Uni of Leicester
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November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
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C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings |
Issue: Issue: 2(12) Novel Media / Media Novel (Autumn 2025) (2025)
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
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TOMORROW! Come join us--it'll be awesome!
New BARS Digital Event: Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles: The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley (12 November 6PM UK time)
Details and tickets below ⤵️
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Details and tickets below ⤵️
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Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles: The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
This roundtable will celebrate the publication of the latest volume, Volume IV, of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
TOMORROW! Come join us--it'll be awesome!
Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Kent, applications close 20th November 2025 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Creative Writing
Do you have the breadth and depth of specialist knowledge to teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Creative Writing fiction? Are you available for a fixed term part time post? If yes, then...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Kent, applications close 20th November 2025 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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New episode! @tealescope.bsky.social & Souki speak with Dr Luke Blaxill, founder of The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding, about how to help fund PhDs (with or without UKRI funding). Listen wherever you get your podcasts from! open.spotify.com/episode/2Acb...
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New episode! @tealescope.bsky.social & Souki speak with Dr Luke Blaxill, founder of The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding, about how to help fund PhDs (with or without UKRI funding). Listen wherever you get your podcasts from! open.spotify.com/episode/2Acb...
Lecturer/Associate Professor in Irish Folklore and Ethnology, University College Dublin, closes 17th November 2025
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November 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Lecturer/Associate Professor in Irish Folklore and Ethnology, University College Dublin, closes 17th November 2025
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Assistant Curator, Courtauld Gallery, applications close 18th November 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE223/a...
Assistant Curator, Paintings at Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Recruiting now: Assistant Curator, Paintings on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Assistant Curator, Courtauld Gallery, applications close 18th November 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE223/a...
Lecturer in Media & Film, York St John University, applications close 7th November 2025 jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at York St John University: Lecturer in Media & Film
Lecturer in Media & FilmLocation: YorkFull time, Permanent. Salary: £39,906 – 48,822 per annum. Introduction to YSJ university York St John is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Lecturer in Media & Film, York St John University, applications close 7th November 2025 jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Professor in Digital Media, UWE, applications close 16 November 2025 ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Professor in Digital Media, UWE, applications close 16 November 2025 ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...
New job listing: Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic, King's College London, deadline for applications 11th November 2025 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/129286-...
Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic | King's College London
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November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New job listing: Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic, King's College London, deadline for applications 11th November 2025 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/129286-...
Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (prose) at Edinburgh, deadline 31st October ✍️ elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (Prose)
The successful candidate will contribute primarily to the teaching of our MSc in Creative Writing (fiction workshops and seminars) and Literature courses (‘e.g. Acts of Storytelling’), and the supervi...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (prose) at Edinburgh, deadline 31st October ✍️ elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Part time & temporary role: Teaching Associate in 19th Century Literature at Cambridge 📚 deadline 10th November 2025 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53176/
Teaching Associate in 19th Century Literature [Temporary Cover] (Part Time) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Teaching Associate in 19th Century Literature [Temporary Cover] (Part Time) in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Part time & temporary role: Teaching Associate in 19th Century Literature at Cambridge 📚 deadline 10th November 2025 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53176/
Lecturer in Comparative Literature at King's College London, deadline 2nd November 📖 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE069/l...
Lecturer in Comparative Literature at King's College London
Apply for the Lecturer in Comparative Literature role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Lecturer in Comparative Literature at King's College London, deadline 2nd November 📖 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE069/l...