Gavin Miller
@drgavinmiller.bsky.social
Academic in medical humanities, science fiction, history of psy disciplines, and UFOs. English Literature, University of Glasgow. Blog www.ufos.ac.uk. Academic profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/gavinmiller/
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Gavin Miller
@drgavinmiller.bsky.social
· Jul 17
Funding news! I'm PI on a 2-yr Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant, 'A mutual fascination: British Horror and the Psy Disciplines, c.1955-present', with Tim Jones of Stirling University as Co-I. We'll be recruiting a Research Assistant in the coming months. Watch this space...
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One of our reviews editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social has a book out! Congratulations Denise!
Very happy to have received a physical copy of @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social fantastic new book. @edinburghup.bsky.social @bacls.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
One of our reviews editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social has a book out! Congratulations Denise!
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Happy Halloween! My interview with @historyextra.bsky.social is quoted in this article about the infamous Harry Price and his Borley Rectory investigation. Mollie Goldney, his secretary and fellow ghost-hunter, deserves just as much research and discussion!
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
When a Victorian ghost hunter investigated Britain’s most haunted house, this is what he found
Showman and psychic researcher Harry Price turned Borley Rectory into a national sensation, and its infamy as a haunted house hasn’t gone away
www.historyextra.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Happy Halloween! My interview with @historyextra.bsky.social is quoted in this article about the infamous Harry Price and his Borley Rectory investigation. Mollie Goldney, his secretary and fellow ghost-hunter, deserves just as much research and discussion!
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
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As part of the @openlibhums.org C21 never charges authors processing charges. One of the many positives of open access publishing
the costs that the academic publishing industry extract out of universities are not sustainable and present a substantial barrier to publication for precarious colleagues (and, in the future the govt is making, colleagues at smaller/less well-off institutions)
'New proposals by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage were sent to universities this week after their initial offers were decisively rejected by institutions in a sector-wide consultation run by Jisc,...negotiating jointly with Universities UK on behalf of universities.' 1/3
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As part of the @openlibhums.org C21 never charges authors processing charges. One of the many positives of open access publishing
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We've refreshed out author guidelines for submissions to our journal, including new guidance for anyone looking to submit an interview. We'd love to hear from you!
c21.openlibhums.org/site/authorg...
c21.openlibhums.org/site/authorg...
Author Guidelines
c21.openlibhums.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We've refreshed out author guidelines for submissions to our journal, including new guidance for anyone looking to submit an interview. We'd love to hear from you!
c21.openlibhums.org/site/authorg...
c21.openlibhums.org/site/authorg...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Please share! Strictly no AI is used! I love correcting spelling!
#Editing #Spellcheck #Proofing
Please share! Strictly no AI is used! I love correcting spelling!
#Editing #Spellcheck #Proofing
Great to see this exhibition now live onsite and with online version. You can see my recent interview also bit.ly/47nb0QO and article bit.ly/4nItMrIin both in BJPsych Bulletin, where I get further into 'responsible' media work @uofglasgow.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great to see this exhibition now live onsite and with online version. You can see my recent interview also bit.ly/47nb0QO and article bit.ly/4nItMrIin both in BJPsych Bulletin, where I get further into 'responsible' media work @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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Contributors' copies of THIS WAY LIES MADNESS are in. Can't wait to check out these stories by @ramseycampbell.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @sumikoska.bsky.social @timwaggoner.bsky.social Stephanie Wytovich @alanbaxter.bsky.social & more
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Contributors' copies of THIS WAY LIES MADNESS are in. Can't wait to check out these stories by @ramseycampbell.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @sumikoska.bsky.social @timwaggoner.bsky.social Stephanie Wytovich @alanbaxter.bsky.social & more
Delighted to see this latest book in the Series now in print, and with a great endorsement from @literarti.bsky.social: 'As compassionate as it is razor-sharp, Writing Contested Illness will reshape our understanding of what illness narratives can be and achieve.'
NEW in our Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine series (edited by @drgavinmiller.bsky.social): Chloe R. Green examines how women’s experimental illness narratives are driving new conceptions of contested illness. Learn more at: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
Writing Contested Illness
Writing Contested Illness
edinburghuniversitypress.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Delighted to see this latest book in the Series now in print, and with a great endorsement from @literarti.bsky.social: 'As compassionate as it is razor-sharp, Writing Contested Illness will reshape our understanding of what illness narratives can be and achieve.'
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Part-time RA role in my Leverhulme project "Reframing Ecoanxiety". Ideal for PGRs in the social sciences and environmental-medical humanities looking for flexible, remote work. Oppts for career advacement detailed. Right to work in the UK required. Apply by October 17th for a start November 1st.
CASUAL ACADEMIC - Research Assistant
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Part-time RA role in my Leverhulme project "Reframing Ecoanxiety". Ideal for PGRs in the social sciences and environmental-medical humanities looking for flexible, remote work. Oppts for career advacement detailed. Right to work in the UK required. Apply by October 17th for a start November 1st.
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Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!
🚨JOB KLAXON🚨
We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).
At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025
We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).
At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!
24 month 1.0FTE RA post on Leverhulme Project, ‘A Mutual Fascination: British horror and the psy disciplines, c.1955-present’ with me and co-I Dr Timothy Jones (University of Stirling). Open to range of humanities disciplines. @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Associate
College of Arts & HumanitiesSchool of Critical Studies Research Associate Vacancy Ref: 180594Salary, Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum The School of Critical Studies seeks to appoint a ...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
24 month 1.0FTE RA post on Leverhulme Project, ‘A Mutual Fascination: British horror and the psy disciplines, c.1955-present’ with me and co-I Dr Timothy Jones (University of Stirling). Open to range of humanities disciplines. @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
24 month, 0.16 post at Glasgow University to cover my teaching while I'm leading a Leverhulme Project Grant. Desirable: Up-to-date knowledge and specialist understanding in science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war literature.
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Lecturer in English Literature (LTS)
Job Purpose The School of Critical Studies seeks to appoint a part-time fixed term Lecturer in English Literature (Learning, Teaching and Scholarship track) to provide teaching cover for Dr Gavin M...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
24 month, 0.16 post at Glasgow University to cover my teaching while I'm leading a Leverhulme Project Grant. Desirable: Up-to-date knowledge and specialist understanding in science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war literature.
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
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This is not only a serious issue for historians and not only a serious issue for academics (although it is that). It's a development that's also deleterious for the GLAM sector, for example, and part of a much larger trend nationally and internationally to restrict and dismantle access to archives.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is not only a serious issue for historians and not only a serious issue for academics (although it is that). It's a development that's also deleterious for the GLAM sector, for example, and part of a much larger trend nationally and internationally to restrict and dismantle access to archives.
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It’s no wonder there are so many signatories to this letter objecting to BBC restrictions to archive access. Such records are so important, and the best insights and stories are always accidental discoveries
Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign:
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
tinyurl.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
It’s no wonder there are so many signatories to this letter objecting to BBC restrictions to archive access. Such records are so important, and the best insights and stories are always accidental discoveries
👽 Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history, before items are lost forever?
Enjoyed writing this. Thanks to @drgavinmiller.bsky.social for speaking to me.
Features a pair of trousers dubbed “the Turin Shroud of Scottish ufology”:
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
Enjoyed writing this. Thanks to @drgavinmiller.bsky.social for speaking to me.
Features a pair of trousers dubbed “the Turin Shroud of Scottish ufology”:
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history?
From world-famous cases to the Falkirk Triangle, items linked to this bizarre history risk being lost forever
www.scotsman.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
👽 Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history, before items are lost forever?
Enjoyed writing this. Thanks to @drgavinmiller.bsky.social for speaking to me.
Features a pair of trousers dubbed “the Turin Shroud of Scottish ufology”:
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
Enjoyed writing this. Thanks to @drgavinmiller.bsky.social for speaking to me.
Features a pair of trousers dubbed “the Turin Shroud of Scottish ufology”:
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history?
From world-famous cases to the Falkirk Triangle, items linked to this bizarre history risk being lost forever
www.scotsman.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"Penguins and Pelicans: media psychiatrists and psychiatrists in the media" - I'm interviewed by Gordon Bates regarding a pending Royal College exhibition on psychiatrists (and other 'psy' folks) who published with Penguin
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Psychiatrists, Penguins and Pelicans: media psychiatrists and psychiatrists in the media | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Psychiatrists, Penguins and Pelicans: media psychiatrists and psychiatrists in the media
www.cambridge.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"Penguins and Pelicans: media psychiatrists and psychiatrists in the media" - I'm interviewed by Gordon Bates regarding a pending Royal College exhibition on psychiatrists (and other 'psy' folks) who published with Penguin
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
For saucerians out there, I'll be speaking on 'Scotland's History with UFOs' on Monday 8 September 7pm as part of the RSE Curious festival. rse.org.uk/event/scotla...
Scotland’s history with UFOs
Scotland has a long and surprising history with flying saucers and UFOs. This talk looks back on UFO sightings in Scotland from the 1950s–1990s, and how people experienced them.
rse.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
For saucerians out there, I'll be speaking on 'Scotland's History with UFOs' on Monday 8 September 7pm as part of the RSE Curious festival. rse.org.uk/event/scotla...
Funding news! I'm PI on a 2-yr Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant, 'A mutual fascination: British Horror and the Psy Disciplines, c.1955-present', with Tim Jones of Stirling University as Co-I. We'll be recruiting a Research Assistant in the coming months. Watch this space...
July 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Funding news! I'm PI on a 2-yr Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant, 'A mutual fascination: British Horror and the Psy Disciplines, c.1955-present', with Tim Jones of Stirling University as Co-I. We'll be recruiting a Research Assistant in the coming months. Watch this space...
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The talk I gave yesterday for the Literature and Science forum is now live on YouTube. I talk about Boots Riley's I'm A Virgo, the Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, and @lancasteruni.bsky.social's Future of Human Reproduction project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAJ...
Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities (Dr Anna McFarlane, University of Glasgow)
YouTube video by Literature and Science
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The talk I gave yesterday for the Literature and Science forum is now live on YouTube. I talk about Boots Riley's I'm A Virgo, the Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, and @lancasteruni.bsky.social's Future of Human Reproduction project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAJ...
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I'm going to be speaking online on the topic of 'Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities' for the Literature and Science Forum on Wed 2nd July, 5pm BST: literaturesa.co.uk/about-us
Literaturesa
literaturesa.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I'm going to be speaking online on the topic of 'Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities' for the Literature and Science Forum on Wed 2nd July, 5pm BST: literaturesa.co.uk/about-us
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The secrets are out! Great to see this years-long labour of love out in the world. The official publication date is June 28; available for pre-order on the OUP website now! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
June 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The secrets are out! Great to see this years-long labour of love out in the world. The official publication date is June 28; available for pre-order on the OUP website now! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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...in a coupla weeks time...
May 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
...in a coupla weeks time...
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For those of us in the UK who’ve had our work stolen by people developing gen AI models.
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And, if we get enough people, we believe we’ll be able to sue – and hold them to account.
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And, if we get enough people, we believe we’ll be able to sue – and hold them to account.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
For those of us in the UK who’ve had our work stolen by people developing gen AI models.