Helen Dallas
@helcdall.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Galway working on Romantic theatre. Current project on history plays. Writer, theatre fan, cat aunt. she/her
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'His book tour brought him to Cambridgeshire, where he would marry and have two children with Susannah Cullen, an Englishwoman from Ely. They settled in Soham, supported by a local network including abolitionist friends, safe...when reactionary “church and king” mobs were targeting reformers.' 1/3
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'His book tour brought him to Cambridgeshire, where he would marry and have two children with Susannah Cullen, an Englishwoman from Ely. They settled in Soham, supported by a local network including abolitionist friends, safe...when reactionary “church and king” mobs were targeting reformers.' 1/3
Thank you @srwride.bsky.social, and thank you for your amazing editing! 😊
Today @helcdall.bsky.social's mega-review of 2024 #c18th #drama scholarship for @englishassociation.bsky.social journal #YWES landed on my digital doormat. So looking forward to diving in!
#YWESnesday
#editing #academicsky
#YWESnesday
#editing #academicsky
October 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thank you @srwride.bsky.social, and thank you for your amazing editing! 😊
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Our second seminar is:
27/11/25: David Coates, ‘Amateur Theatricals: in Fiction and in Fact’, 6-7 pm
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#EHU19SeminarSeries
27/11/25: David Coates, ‘Amateur Theatricals: in Fiction and in Fact’, 6-7 pm
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#EHU19SeminarSeries
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our second seminar is:
27/11/25: David Coates, ‘Amateur Theatricals: in Fiction and in Fact’, 6-7 pm
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#EHU19SeminarSeries
27/11/25: David Coates, ‘Amateur Theatricals: in Fiction and in Fact’, 6-7 pm
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#EHU19SeminarSeries
18th C theatre people, is there any text of Cape St Vincent (the adaptation of Glorious First of June) other than what's in the printed songbook? I have a point that I can back up with the songbook alone, but I just want to check I'm not overlooking the play somewhere!
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
18th C theatre people, is there any text of Cape St Vincent (the adaptation of Glorious First of June) other than what's in the printed songbook? I have a point that I can back up with the songbook alone, but I just want to check I'm not overlooking the play somewhere!
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Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC.
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
September 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC.
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
Rusted hinges squeal and a cloud of dust chokes the intrepid academic as she opens up the document file for the chapter she abandoned months ago...
September 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Rusted hinges squeal and a cloud of dust chokes the intrepid academic as she opens up the document file for the chapter she abandoned months ago...
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#18thc pals, pls RT: @kasiaiskasia.bsky.social & I are assembling a roundtable for the American Society for 18th-C Studies mting in Philly in April, on Olga Tokarczuk's 18th Century. Abstracts due 9/22. Pls help us think together about this fabulous novelist's wayward ways with our period & its 📚.
September 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#18thc pals, pls RT: @kasiaiskasia.bsky.social & I are assembling a roundtable for the American Society for 18th-C Studies mting in Philly in April, on Olga Tokarczuk's 18th Century. Abstracts due 9/22. Pls help us think together about this fabulous novelist's wayward ways with our period & its 📚.
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YOU GUYS. DAVID BOWIE WAS WRITING AN 18thc MUSICAL CALLED THE SPECTATOR WHEN HE DIED.
Between this and Hilary Mantel’s unfinished rewriting of Pride & Prejudice… I cannot.
David Bowie’s secret final project discovered locked in his study www.bbc.com/news/article...
Between this and Hilary Mantel’s unfinished rewriting of Pride & Prejudice… I cannot.
David Bowie’s secret final project discovered locked in his study www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
YOU GUYS. DAVID BOWIE WAS WRITING AN 18thc MUSICAL CALLED THE SPECTATOR WHEN HE DIED.
Between this and Hilary Mantel’s unfinished rewriting of Pride & Prejudice… I cannot.
David Bowie’s secret final project discovered locked in his study www.bbc.com/news/article...
Between this and Hilary Mantel’s unfinished rewriting of Pride & Prejudice… I cannot.
David Bowie’s secret final project discovered locked in his study www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Professors Jarrar and Mohammed discuss the relationship between Romantic literature and Palestinian literature, as well as what it looks like to teach such literature during a genocide.
“This Experience Was a Reminder That No Matter How Much We May Try to Distance Ourselves, This Reality Remains Inescapably Present”: An Interview with Professors Osama Jarrar and Sumaya Haj Mohammed
In this interview, which took place virtually at the 2024 North American Society for the Study of Romanticism conference with the International Conference on Romanticism, Professors Jarrar and Moha...
www.tandfonline.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Professors Jarrar and Mohammed discuss the relationship between Romantic literature and Palestinian literature, as well as what it looks like to teach such literature during a genocide.
I'd love to put together a theatre panel for this! Let me know if you'd also be interested?
The British Association for Romantic Studies Biennal International Conference 2026 - Romantic Retrospection
In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026
Updates & CfP announced:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
[Image: Birmingham Museums Trust]
In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026
Updates & CfP announced:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
[Image: Birmingham Museums Trust]
August 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'd love to put together a theatre panel for this! Let me know if you'd also be interested?
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Okay. You all ready for a feel-good thread?
Because one literally fell out of the sky for us last week and it's only fair we share this heartwarming tale with you.
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Because one literally fell out of the sky for us last week and it's only fair we share this heartwarming tale with you.
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Been away for a week and not quite back yet, but when I get a chance, I am excited to share how our family vacation turned into a little wildlife rescue adventure with a wild start and a happy ending.
More soon. For now, here's a sneak peek...
Meet Muppet. ❤️
More soon. For now, here's a sneak peek...
Meet Muppet. ❤️
July 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Okay. You all ready for a feel-good thread?
Because one literally fell out of the sky for us last week and it's only fair we share this heartwarming tale with you.
1/?
Because one literally fell out of the sky for us last week and it's only fair we share this heartwarming tale with you.
1/?
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An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
docs.google.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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People in #Gaza, including UNRWA colleagues, are fainting due to severe hunger. They are being starved.
Meanwhile, just a few kilometers away from Gaza supermarkets and shops are loaded with food and other goods.
Lift the siege.
Allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.
Meanwhile, just a few kilometers away from Gaza supermarkets and shops are loaded with food and other goods.
Lift the siege.
Allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
People in #Gaza, including UNRWA colleagues, are fainting due to severe hunger. They are being starved.
Meanwhile, just a few kilometers away from Gaza supermarkets and shops are loaded with food and other goods.
Lift the siege.
Allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.
Meanwhile, just a few kilometers away from Gaza supermarkets and shops are loaded with food and other goods.
Lift the siege.
Allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.
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You know, I'm a "knowledge worker", and one of the big reasons for me doing the job I do is that I want to *tear down* the boundaries and share knowledge with people who don't have it. LLMs *reinforce* those boundaries, which is why I loathe them.
July 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You know, I'm a "knowledge worker", and one of the big reasons for me doing the job I do is that I want to *tear down* the boundaries and share knowledge with people who don't have it. LLMs *reinforce* those boundaries, which is why I loathe them.
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3/4 For those interested in the details of what Eltis actually said about the cost of antislavery patrols and how it has been misused the details are here: alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-wes...
The West Africa Squadron Memorial: An Exercise in Virtue Signalling and Denial
Alan Lester* In recent months the Daily Mail and right wing groups have mounted a clamour for a new memorial to be built in Portsmouth. In principle, the proposal seems reasonable, since it is to c…
alanlester.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
3/4 For those interested in the details of what Eltis actually said about the cost of antislavery patrols and how it has been misused the details are here: alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-wes...
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How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Indigenous Historical Practices
Delve into Indigenous history with our History Workshop series, highlighting complex systems of historical knowledge and their significance.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
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Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW.
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
May 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW.
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
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'a leading Shakespeare expert [Matthew Steggle, Bristol] has analysed a fragment of a 17th-century letter that appears to cast dramatic new light on their relationship, overturning the idea that the couple never lived together in London.' 1/2
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
'a leading Shakespeare expert [Matthew Steggle, Bristol] has analysed a fragment of a 17th-century letter that appears to cast dramatic new light on their relationship, overturning the idea that the couple never lived together in London.' 1/2
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We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history.
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
April 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history.
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
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This. Protect trans kids. Protect trans rights. Gender is a spectrum. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people exist. Inter-sex & DSD people exist. Gender-non-conforming people exist. Transphobia is anti-feminist. Laws are often wrong and unjust. We must fight for a fairer future.
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This. Protect trans kids. Protect trans rights. Gender is a spectrum. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people exist. Inter-sex & DSD people exist. Gender-non-conforming people exist. Transphobia is anti-feminist. Laws are often wrong and unjust. We must fight for a fairer future.
I don't know if I have enough of an audience here for an announcement, but the wonderful production of Joanna Baillie's The Tryal that I was in at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds is available to watch online! youtu.be/E3ksanlDElU?...
The Tryal
YouTube video by Chris Bundock
youtu.be
April 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I don't know if I have enough of an audience here for an announcement, but the wonderful production of Joanna Baillie's The Tryal that I was in at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds is available to watch online! youtu.be/E3ksanlDElU?...
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just imagine working at microsofft and thinking “let’s spend billions, steal a load of intellectual property, and destroy the planet to make an interface to write bad essays” rather than “let’s update MS Word so users can comment on footnotes”
March 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
just imagine working at microsofft and thinking “let’s spend billions, steal a load of intellectual property, and destroy the planet to make an interface to write bad essays” rather than “let’s update MS Word so users can comment on footnotes”
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Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been assaulted & injured by settlers at his home in the West Bank & arrested by the IDF.
No trace of him since.
The vengeance is clear.
Do not let Hamdan disappear.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
No trace of him since.
The vengeance is clear.
Do not let Hamdan disappear.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been assaulted & injured by settlers at his home in the West Bank & arrested by the IDF.
No trace of him since.
The vengeance is clear.
Do not let Hamdan disappear.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
No trace of him since.
The vengeance is clear.
Do not let Hamdan disappear.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Calling all fans of my work both organisational and research-based:
The programme:
Personation, translated by Marie Thérèse De Camp from Michel Dieulafoy’s Défiance et Malice
Hugo Spritz with a Twist, translated by Patience Haggin
from Margherita Monga’s Hugo—burla veronese
Children of Misfortune, translated by Minna Jeffery from Minna Canth’s Kovan onnen lapsia
Personation, translated by Marie Thérèse De Camp from Michel Dieulafoy’s Défiance et Malice
Hugo Spritz with a Twist, translated by Patience Haggin
from Margherita Monga’s Hugo—burla veronese
Children of Misfortune, translated by Minna Jeffery from Minna Canth’s Kovan onnen lapsia
March 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Calling all fans of my work both organisational and research-based: