Emma Parker
@dremmaparker.bsky.social
Lecturer in Lit & Gender, Uni of Bristol
📚Author: Life Writing & the End of Empire (24) https://bit.ly/4aoZrru
📝Co-editor: Janet Frame at 100 (25), British Culture After Empire (23) https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526159748/
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📚Author: Life Writing & the End of Empire (24) https://bit.ly/4aoZrru
📝Co-editor: Janet Frame at 100 (25), British Culture After Empire (23) https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526159748/
Views my own
Over the 🌙 that Life Writing & The End of Empire is joint winner of the 2025 @bacls.bsky.social Monograph Prize 🎉
Congrats to co-awardee @drdominicdean.bsky.social & brilliant shortlistees @olihaslam.bsky.social @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social. I can’t wait to read your books!
bacls.org/news/187/
Congrats to co-awardee @drdominicdean.bsky.social & brilliant shortlistees @olihaslam.bsky.social @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social. I can’t wait to read your books!
bacls.org/news/187/
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Over the 🌙 that Life Writing & The End of Empire is joint winner of the 2025 @bacls.bsky.social Monograph Prize 🎉
Congrats to co-awardee @drdominicdean.bsky.social & brilliant shortlistees @olihaslam.bsky.social @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social. I can’t wait to read your books!
bacls.org/news/187/
Congrats to co-awardee @drdominicdean.bsky.social & brilliant shortlistees @olihaslam.bsky.social @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social. I can’t wait to read your books!
bacls.org/news/187/
Our special issue, Janet Frame at 100, is here!
To mark Frame's centenary we commissioned 10 new essays on her glittering oeuvre, from discussions of working-class cultures to her writing as southern modernism. Out now with Literature, Critique, and Empire Today
journals.sagepub.com/toc/jclb/60/3
To mark Frame's centenary we commissioned 10 new essays on her glittering oeuvre, from discussions of working-class cultures to her writing as southern modernism. Out now with Literature, Critique, and Empire Today
journals.sagepub.com/toc/jclb/60/3
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Our special issue, Janet Frame at 100, is here!
To mark Frame's centenary we commissioned 10 new essays on her glittering oeuvre, from discussions of working-class cultures to her writing as southern modernism. Out now with Literature, Critique, and Empire Today
journals.sagepub.com/toc/jclb/60/3
To mark Frame's centenary we commissioned 10 new essays on her glittering oeuvre, from discussions of working-class cultures to her writing as southern modernism. Out now with Literature, Critique, and Empire Today
journals.sagepub.com/toc/jclb/60/3
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Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
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The first in our new TTiN podcast series of interviews with academics and artists working on infrastructure is now live!
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The first in our new TTiN podcast series of interviews with academics and artists working on infrastructure is now live!
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this episode, Nicola Kirkby discusses her new book, Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. Listen on your usual podcast platform!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
For the latest @wasafirimag.bsky.social I talk to memoirist Cato Pedder about apartheid, her family (including Jan Smuts), and encountering #DorisLessing in a public bathroom. Her brilliant book, Moederland, is out now with @johnmurrays.bsky.social.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Journey to the Heart of Whiteness: An Interview With Cato Pedder
Published in Wasafiri (Vol. 40, No. 3, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For the latest @wasafirimag.bsky.social I talk to memoirist Cato Pedder about apartheid, her family (including Jan Smuts), and encountering #DorisLessing in a public bathroom. Her brilliant book, Moederland, is out now with @johnmurrays.bsky.social.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
“Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought. ” — Janet Frame
In all seriousness, how lovely to see my book in such excellent company, alongside work by @maebhlong.bsky.social, Matthew Hayward, & Wan-Chuan Kao.
Janet Frame on prizes: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
In all seriousness, how lovely to see my book in such excellent company, alongside work by @maebhlong.bsky.social, Matthew Hayward, & Wan-Chuan Kao.
Janet Frame on prizes: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
Emma Parker’s Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2024) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize! www.litencyc.com/book-prizes/...
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought. ” — Janet Frame
In all seriousness, how lovely to see my book in such excellent company, alongside work by @maebhlong.bsky.social, Matthew Hayward, & Wan-Chuan Kao.
Janet Frame on prizes: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
In all seriousness, how lovely to see my book in such excellent company, alongside work by @maebhlong.bsky.social, Matthew Hayward, & Wan-Chuan Kao.
Janet Frame on prizes: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
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Emma Parker’s Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2024) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize! www.litencyc.com/book-prizes/...
September 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Emma Parker’s Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2024) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize! www.litencyc.com/book-prizes/...
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This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
www.lse.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Joyous to give my 1st keynote @ the postgrad forum of @gapsnet.bsky.social, sharing research on #SouthAfrican & #British women writers
Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies
Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Joyous to give my 1st keynote @ the postgrad forum of @gapsnet.bsky.social, sharing research on #SouthAfrican & #British women writers
Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies
Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies
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New old Janet Frame coming from Fitzcarraldo Editions in November: her 1966 novel A State of Siege.
Wise words from the chap on the back cover.
Wise words from the chap on the back cover.
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New old Janet Frame coming from Fitzcarraldo Editions in November: her 1966 novel A State of Siege.
Wise words from the chap on the back cover.
Wise words from the chap on the back cover.
A bright end 🌞 to my visiting fellowship in women’s history @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, mapping women’s literary contributions to the anti-apartheid movement.
Offering free College lunches to a heavily pregnant lecturer was risky, and I mourn my lost access to the daily dessert trolley. 🍰 💔
Offering free College lunches to a heavily pregnant lecturer was risky, and I mourn my lost access to the daily dessert trolley. 🍰 💔
June 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A bright end 🌞 to my visiting fellowship in women’s history @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, mapping women’s literary contributions to the anti-apartheid movement.
Offering free College lunches to a heavily pregnant lecturer was risky, and I mourn my lost access to the daily dessert trolley. 🍰 💔
Offering free College lunches to a heavily pregnant lecturer was risky, and I mourn my lost access to the daily dessert trolley. 🍰 💔
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“Law-abiding protest has so far failed to stop the genocide. More than 50,000 innocent children have been killed or injured. In what circumstances could civil disobedience ever be justified if not now?”
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Law-abiding protest has so far failed to stop the genocide. More than 50,000 innocent children have been killed or injured. In what circumstances could civil disobedience ever be justified if not now?”
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📣🚨 CFP: Neurodiversity Special Issue: A Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies: Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences 📣🚨
📝Abstract deadline: 3 August 2025
✉️ Please share widely with arts, humanities and social science networks!
Full call: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
📝Abstract deadline: 3 August 2025
✉️ Please share widely with arts, humanities and social science networks!
Full call: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
journals.sagepub.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📣🚨 CFP: Neurodiversity Special Issue: A Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies: Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences 📣🚨
📝Abstract deadline: 3 August 2025
✉️ Please share widely with arts, humanities and social science networks!
Full call: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
📝Abstract deadline: 3 August 2025
✉️ Please share widely with arts, humanities and social science networks!
Full call: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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‘Janet Frame’s writing is often compared to Faulkner’s, and her family history reads like a Southern Gothic novel. Yet Frame can be an extraordinarily cheerful, funny writer. Language was a source of continual revelation.’
@lucieelven.bsky.social on the novelist: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@lucieelven.bsky.social on the novelist: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lucie Elven · Wouldn’t you like to be normal? Janet Frame’s Place
There were her nicknames: Nini with the nits at home as a child, Miss Educated in Seacliff psychiatric hospital, Waldo...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
‘Janet Frame’s writing is often compared to Faulkner’s, and her family history reads like a Southern Gothic novel. Yet Frame can be an extraordinarily cheerful, funny writer. Language was a source of continual revelation.’
@lucieelven.bsky.social on the novelist: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@lucieelven.bsky.social on the novelist: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Today is the centenary of the publication of Mrs Dalloway! Dr Elizabeth Gourd writes on the novel’s relevance to post-pandemic life in @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/essay-it-was...
May 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Today is the centenary of the publication of Mrs Dalloway! Dr Elizabeth Gourd writes on the novel’s relevance to post-pandemic life in @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/essay-it-was...
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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"The decisive fact of our time is that, on the whole, we know a lot and yet we can do very little. We are both enlightened and illiterate." – Marina Garcés
How can we know the world in ways that are empowering rather than overwhelming? Where is the future of radical knowledge production?
How can we know the world in ways that are empowering rather than overwhelming? Where is the future of radical knowledge production?
April 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"The decisive fact of our time is that, on the whole, we know a lot and yet we can do very little. We are both enlightened and illiterate." – Marina Garcés
How can we know the world in ways that are empowering rather than overwhelming? Where is the future of radical knowledge production?
How can we know the world in ways that are empowering rather than overwhelming? Where is the future of radical knowledge production?
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Great to read my colleague @drdomdavies.bsky.social on three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance theconversation.com/three-graphi...
Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance
Graphic novels are well-placed to bring forgotten history to life.
theconversation.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Great to read my colleague @drdomdavies.bsky.social on three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance theconversation.com/three-graphi...
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'Frame refuses to bask in her exceptionalism, her almost miraculous escape. Triumphantly, mournfully, her plots are anti-redemption and anti-assimilation.' Audrey Wollen reviews THE EDGE OF THE ALPHABET by Janet Frame for @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/books/second...
A Writer Whose Novels Explored the Edges of Normalcy
Misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized for years, Janet Frame was drawn to the inner worlds of people conventionally treated as inside-less.
www.newyorker.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
'Frame refuses to bask in her exceptionalism, her almost miraculous escape. Triumphantly, mournfully, her plots are anti-redemption and anti-assimilation.' Audrey Wollen reviews THE EDGE OF THE ALPHABET by Janet Frame for @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/books/second...
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My first book is going to print! All being well, it should be out in paperback and OA on March 28. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
If you read it and enjoy it (or hate it!), let me know.
If you read it and enjoy it (or hate it!), let me know.
February 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My first book is going to print! All being well, it should be out in paperback and OA on March 28. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
If you read it and enjoy it (or hate it!), let me know.
If you read it and enjoy it (or hate it!), let me know.
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Applications for the MA Black Humanities are open @brisblackhums.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social.
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
MA Black Humanities | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Applications for the MA Black Humanities are open @brisblackhums.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social.
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
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Hiya BlueSky! We've got a cracking special issue on Ali Smith which features an interview with Ali Smith, published in December 2024: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/in.... Check it out, if you haven't already had a chance! #AcademicSky #BookSky #Literature #OpenAccess @bacls.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hiya BlueSky! We've got a cracking special issue on Ali Smith which features an interview with Ali Smith, published in December 2024: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/in.... Check it out, if you haven't already had a chance! #AcademicSky #BookSky #Literature #OpenAccess @bacls.bsky.social
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We are building a Hong Kong Collection at @bristoluni.bsky.social! We now call for donation of photos of HK in 19 and 20th centuries. We'd also love to hear about other materials, such as family letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs etc.
【Call for Donations!】
The Hong Kong Collection, based in Special Collections and part of the Hong Kong History Centre, is accepting donations of significant interest to scholars and students seeking to understand the diverse histories of HK.
More on:
hkhistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/hphk-call/
The Hong Kong Collection, based in Special Collections and part of the Hong Kong History Centre, is accepting donations of significant interest to scholars and students seeking to understand the diverse histories of HK.
More on:
hkhistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/hphk-call/
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We are building a Hong Kong Collection at @bristoluni.bsky.social! We now call for donation of photos of HK in 19 and 20th centuries. We'd also love to hear about other materials, such as family letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs etc.