Dr Maria Salenius
@drmariasalenius.bsky.social
Docent, Senior University Lecturer in British Literature at the University of Helsinki; Past President of the John Donne Society. @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
#JohnDonne #language&religion #TheTudors
#JohnDonne #language&religion #TheTudors
An excellent event today with @tracyborman.bsky.social and @cjfaraday.bsky.social at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 📚 #CheltLitFest
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
An excellent event today with @tracyborman.bsky.social and @cjfaraday.bsky.social at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 📚 #CheltLitFest
Tervetuloa kaikki Kielten kandiohjelman uudet opiskelijat! 📚 Hjärtligt välkommen till Kandidatprogrammet i språk! 📖 @helsinki.fi
August 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tervetuloa kaikki Kielten kandiohjelman uudet opiskelijat! 📚 Hjärtligt välkommen till Kandidatprogrammet i språk! 📖 @helsinki.fi
Another amazing gathering of the John Donne Society. Good meetings, inspiring discussions, and strong collegial support. A research community at its best.
July 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Another amazing gathering of the John Donne Society. Good meetings, inspiring discussions, and strong collegial support. A research community at its best.
Today’s Doctoral defence at the Faculty of Arts, @helsinki.fi, with @stockwell.bsky.social as opponent.
June 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Today’s Doctoral defence at the Faculty of Arts, @helsinki.fi, with @stockwell.bsky.social as opponent.
Visiting the amazing Sudeley Castle last week! What an intriguing amount of history on one site 🏰⚔️🛡️👑📚
May 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Visiting the amazing Sudeley Castle last week! What an intriguing amount of history on one site 🏰⚔️🛡️👑📚
Inspiring weekend of poetry and scholarship at the Vaughan Association Colloquium in Brecon, Wales 📖📚
April 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Inspiring weekend of poetry and scholarship at the Vaughan Association Colloquium in Brecon, Wales 📖📚
Happy Easter 🌿🐣
April 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy Easter 🌿🐣
… as well as rereading this one 👑
April 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
… as well as rereading this one 👑
Palm Sunday reading. Revisiting this chapter @nicolatallis.bsky.social in preparation for a visit to Sudeley in a couple of weeks.
April 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Palm Sunday reading. Revisiting this chapter @nicolatallis.bsky.social in preparation for a visit to Sudeley in a couple of weeks.
I did receive a few, but this must be on top of the pile this year. (And signed by the author, no less, thanks to @nicolatallis.bsky.social 😊)
December 25, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I did receive a few, but this must be on top of the pile this year. (And signed by the author, no less, thanks to @nicolatallis.bsky.social 😊)
Happy Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Happy Christmas 🎄
Closing the day with most beautiful poetry 📙
November 6, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Closing the day with most beautiful poetry 📙
A fascinating deep dive into the lives of two #EarlyModern European royals, #QueenElizabethI and #CatherineDeMedici, by @estelleprnq.bsky.social
August 10, 2024 at 9:35 AM
A fascinating deep dive into the lives of two #EarlyModern European royals, #QueenElizabethI and #CatherineDeMedici, by @estelleprnq.bsky.social
Born #otd Emily Brontë, in 1818 — as well as Kate Bush, in 1958, interpreting the spirit of the novel and helping a new generation find the literature anew 📚
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pM...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pM...
July 30, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Born #otd Emily Brontë, in 1818 — as well as Kate Bush, in 1958, interpreting the spirit of the novel and helping a new generation find the literature anew 📚
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pM...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pM...
Enjoying a beautiful, leisurely summer’s day. @nikkiclark86.bsky.social
July 18, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Enjoying a beautiful, leisurely summer’s day. @nikkiclark86.bsky.social
Thinking about Anne Boleyn today (d. 19 May 1536). What an unexpected life, and such a powerful legacy🥀👑(image from the National Portrait Gallery).
May 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Thinking about Anne Boleyn today (d. 19 May 1536). What an unexpected life, and such a powerful legacy🥀👑(image from the National Portrait Gallery).
Closing #WorldPoetryDay with the caressing magic of the timeless power of words. 📚
March 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Closing #WorldPoetryDay with the caressing magic of the timeless power of words. 📚
To mark #WorldSleepDay, here is a sumptuous four-poster bed in the Waldegrave room from c. 1485 at Hever Castle (plus a tiny chapel, originally hidden behind the panelling). The picture is from a lovely visit two years ago.
March 15, 2024 at 7:30 PM
To mark #WorldSleepDay, here is a sumptuous four-poster bed in the Waldegrave room from c. 1485 at Hever Castle (plus a tiny chapel, originally hidden behind the panelling). The picture is from a lovely visit two years ago.
Cannot name a favourite, there are many intriguing books on the era. But currently reading this one. Hoping for new insights, and maybe some further variation to the traditional narrative.
March 7, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Cannot name a favourite, there are many intriguing books on the era. But currently reading this one. Hoping for new insights, and maybe some further variation to the traditional narrative.
#WorldBookDay today, they say. Well, that would be every day, right? Anyway, here is one favourite to which I keep returning – beautifully written, and this copy with such a lovely cover. Plus a #shelfie. 📚
March 7, 2024 at 9:39 PM
#WorldBookDay today, they say. Well, that would be every day, right? Anyway, here is one favourite to which I keep returning – beautifully written, and this copy with such a lovely cover. Plus a #shelfie. 📚
Time for the 37th John Donne Society Conference, in Baton Rouge, LA (at Louisiana State University). What a glorious meeting of people and papers!
February 12, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Time for the 37th John Donne Society Conference, in Baton Rouge, LA (at Louisiana State University). What a glorious meeting of people and papers!
Always worth a good, long visit 😊📚
February 11, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Always worth a good, long visit 😊📚
Teaching does not get much better than this 😊
February 7, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Teaching does not get much better than this 😊
On 28 January 1457, the birth of Henry Tudor. So many unlikely and improbable events in his life before he became King Henry VII. Hard to imagine how English Renaissace history had turned out had any of those moments gone differently.
January 28, 2024 at 2:41 PM
On 28 January 1457, the birth of Henry Tudor. So many unlikely and improbable events in his life before he became King Henry VII. Hard to imagine how English Renaissace history had turned out had any of those moments gone differently.
Drop something yellow? Detail from a painting (by Helena Helkama; viewed at a charity ball last night) of a medieval tower, in its 1930s glory. This image glows of warmth and serenity, and makes me believe in the past – and in the future.
January 21, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Drop something yellow? Detail from a painting (by Helena Helkama; viewed at a charity ball last night) of a medieval tower, in its 1930s glory. This image glows of warmth and serenity, and makes me believe in the past – and in the future.