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Kirsten Harris
@kirstanneharris.bsky.social
Lecturer in Liberal Arts @ Bristol

Walt Whitman // C19 socialism // utopias // interdisciplinarity // equity in HE

Book on Whitman and British socialism http://goo.gl/fGYLXY
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Utopian Studies 36.1 out now, with articles by Jack Halberstam, @sean-seeger.bsky.social & @alothian.bsky.social which I'm excited to read. Oh, plus my review of @danhf.bsky.social Janelle Monáe's Queer Afrofuturism: Defying Every Label scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/utopian... #academicsky
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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What the heck: Long Eighteenth Starter Pack right here:
go.bsky.app/6aF4mek -- I'm sure I missed lots of people; respond if you want to be added.
November 8, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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I've started a starter pack for academics and organizations focused on the #19th century! I'm sure I have missed many, many people (I was trying to get this started quickly) — comment below if you want to be added.

go.bsky.app/6ZkJ592
November 8, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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Some good library news (for a change): John Rylands in Manchester to be adapted and enhanced, amid a sea of library closures elsewhere). Nice work Manchester City Council!
Council approves £7.6m John Rylands library renovation
The Grade-I listed library houses historic documents from around the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 25, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Some nice news! I'm v happy to be one of the winners of the 2023 Kenneth M. Roemer Award for innovative course design in #UtopianStudies.
February 21, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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Our call got a makeover!

CFP: Still Cruising Utopia
Utopian Studies: The Journal
Deadline: April 1, 2024
November 7, 2023 at 5:09 PM