Talia Schaffer

@taliaschaffer.bsky.social

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I like thinking about Victorian care, disability, feminism, and also cooking (not necessarily Victorian).

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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 10h

If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/

Conference

“The Underground: Prohibition, Abolition, Expression”2026 Call for Papers April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Baker Street Station on the Metropolitan Railway, 1863 &#…

midwestvictorian.org

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Thom Sanger @thomsanger.bsky.social · 3d

The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131

Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track

Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...

www.careers.luc.edu

Talia Schaffer @taliaschaffer.bsky.social · 9d

ok, this is worth being on Bsky for

Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · Nov 10

In Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Dr Seward’s journals are famously ‘Kept in Phonograph’. Join me for a nerdy deep dive in which I, brandishing back-of-an-envelope math, calculate the cost of Seward's phonograph habit, & encounter a creature more uncanny than Dracula himself! 1/14 #Gothic

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 9d

JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400

Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note

www.cam.ac.uk

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

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Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie @wgss-umd.bsky.social · 13d

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky

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NAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · 13d

Event: Victorianist Writing Retreat at Dickens Universe 2026 (Application Deadline: 12/1/25) navsa.org/News/13556934

NAVSA - Event: Victorianist Writing Retreat at Dickens Universe 2026 (Application Deadline: 12/1/25)

navsa.org

Talia Schaffer @taliaschaffer.bsky.social · 15d

Pretty much, only every JE critic thinks they know exactly wtf and needs to explain it

Talia Schaffer @taliaschaffer.bsky.social · 15d

WTF is exactly the appropriate critical reaction to that scene

Talia Schaffer @taliaschaffer.bsky.social · 16d

If you're an independent scholar, faculty, high school teacher, or alt-ac professional, check out this beautiful opportunity at Dickens Universe! dickens.ucsc.edu/vwr/

Victorianist Writing Retreat – The Dickens Project

dickens.ucsc.edu

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18d

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 21d

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 23d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 23d

Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.

We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings

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Dr Jennie Orr @drjenniferorr.bsky.social · 27d

We will soon be announcing a new Fellowship through the British Association for Romantic Studies which supportsthe work of independent researchers. It's a tight deadline but if you fall into this category or know anyone who does, watch this space @bars.bsky.social

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Save Our Country (we/us) @rlab53.bsky.social · 29d

❌👑 OCTOBER 18 ❌👑
NoKings.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Oct 11

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · Oct 9

Job Alert! @uwmadisongws.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor or recently tenured associate professor who works on gender or sexuality and aging. If this sounds like you, please apply! If it’s not you, please share with your networks.

jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Oct 8

Are you doing #19thC attribution research? Do you have DH skills and nowhere to use them? YOU could be the next editor of the Curran Index! We're still accepting applications thru next week on 15 Oct. Lead this ongoing + fully supported DH project into its next iteration! rs4vp.org/curran-edito...

Lead the Curran Index as Our New Editor – RSVP

RSVP seeks a new Editor or Editors to lead the Curran Index! Applications should be sent to VP Alison Chapman by October 15.

rs4vp.org

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · Oct 7

We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox.

usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

usccareers.usc.edu

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Oct 6

You had me at “time”

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · Oct 6

Delightful doodles of some pipe smoking Georgians found by Maddock Fellow Danielle Magnusson on the works of Ben Jonson, printed in 1616 #Readers #Epigrams

Bottom corner of a 17th century book showing drawings

Title page of 'Epigrammes' by Ben Jonson, showing doodles at the bottom of the page

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Ansley Quiros @ansleyquiros.bsky.social · Sep 23

📣 JOB 📣: The University of North Alabama is hiring! Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Medieval History, subfield in science, technology, or medicine preferred. Great department in a growing public regional university and beautiful town. Come be my colleague!

www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of History - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

www.higheredjobs.com

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Sep 22

CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring two tenured associate professors in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies! Review of applications begins October 1. See link for more info.

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

cuny.jobs

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Sep 22

The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education is outraged by UC-Berkeley admin's decision to simply turn over its constituents' personal data to the Trump Department of Ed.

We support our Berkeley colleagues and call on CUNY not to repeat this mistake

Add your voice here: forms.gle/Kd2PGNagHoLM...

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VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · Sep 18

New opportunity for professors in the humanities & social sciences in the US: Our Transatlantic Bridge Professorships support research & exchange in Germany & the US (€300,000 for up to 3 years). Apply from Jan 15, 2026. 🌉🇩🇪🇺🇸 More: 👉 www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/f...

Transatlantic Bridge Professorships

The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations and wh...

www.volkswagenstiftung.de

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Sep 15

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!