Clare Stainthorp
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Clare Stainthorp
@claregs.bsky.social
University-Policy Engagement & ARIs at UPEN/UCL ∣ Impact at the RCA ∣ Researches Victorian literature, social history, freethought periodicals ∣ Book: Constance Naden: Scientist, Philosopher, Poet ∣ she/her
https://clarestainthorp.wordpress.com/
Next week @conwayhall.bsky.social is hosting what is sure to be a brilliant conversation between Daisy Dunn and Hetta Howes about the Lives of Ancient & Medieval Women. Looking forward to chairing! Join us in person or online 6:30 Wed 19 Nov. Details & tickets www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Find out more about the work I’m doing at the Universities Policy Engagement Network, plus my desert island disks!
upen.ac.uk/news/meet-th...
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A great conversation about two new books on the histories and future of disability rights and dignities. Highly recommend seeking out both Rachel Charlton-Dailey’s ‘Ramping Up Rights’ and Stephen Unwin’s ‘Beautiful Lives’ 📚 @conwayhall.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
yess!
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
With contract signed and a couple of preliminary meetings today, it feels like time to announce that from October I’ll be joining UPEN as Policy Engagement Coordinator for the UK-wide ARI Programme. I’m looking forward to joining a fantastic team at UCL and getting stuck in!
upen.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out this new podcast for ECRs - I’m proud to have been one of the guests on episode 3, where we talk about the importance of networks and mentors, and where to find them!
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
On Tuesday 30 Sept I’ll be the respondent to Nyala Karla Nauwelaer’s paper ‘The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th - early 20th century)’. Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating conversation!
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I’m delighted to be part of this term’s London 19th Century Studies Seminar line up, and on a periodicals panel with @andrewkingc19.bsky.social no less! Join us at Senate House on Tues 14 Oct - all welcome!
September 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I'll be running a workshop on 'thinking about impact' at the EC Festival in Derby on 18 Sept. Join us to explore how #EcologicalCitizenship is practised through creativity, community, and collaboration.

📣 Register now - attendance is free & incs lunch! ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📣 Registration is open for #ECFestival2025 🌿
Join us in #Derby for a #FreeEvent exploring #EcologicalCitizenship through workshops, shared meals & creative action. All welcome!
Register here: ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Such a joyous day yesterday at Trafalgar Square for The Triumph of Art 🥰
July 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Feeling good about having positioned myself for solstice yoga so I can focus on a Walthamstow motto: Fellowship is life and the lack of fellowship is death.
June 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A good wise friend supporting my decision not to apply for a fixed term job at a department I used to work in
May 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For Star Wars and sci-fi fans near London this #May4th - visit my cousin’s exhibition of quite incredible artwork.
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Very proud of Craig running the Manchester Marathon in a brilliant 3 hours 32 for the @braintumourcharity.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I categorised each of the 1639 entries to statistically analyse and reflect upon how far Wheeler achieved his aim to include ‘freethinkers of all ages and nations’, considering different modes of reading. You can access the data here: doi.org/10.17636/101...
April 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Pleased to be part of this issue of Secular Studies focused on biography, ed @antnlj.bsky.social & J Tyssens. I focus on the affordances of the biographical dictionary to consider how JM Wheeler’s 1889 vol framed freethinker’s sense of themselves as a diverse counterpublic brill.com/view/journal...
April 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Had a great time celebrating the launch of @jadefrench.bsky.social’s brilliant book, Modernist Poetics of Aging. As a bonus, came home with these two wonderful prints from Kim Rae Taylor’s Aging Beyond Modernism project.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
April 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Fitting that yesterday I finally framed my William Morris print, and today it is his birthday!
March 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The sweetest working from home pal 🐈‍⬛
March 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Not today, but weekend tacos from scratch
February 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
delightful! welcome to the black cat club!
February 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The forum of articles I edited with Carolin Kosuch is out now and open access!“19th-Century Secularist Poetry: Form and Formation of a New Worldview” brings together brilliant contributors to shed new light on the role of poetry in shaping freethought internationally
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54115
February 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
You can delve into the book yourself here! archive.org/details/cu31...
January 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM