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Dr Leah Veronese
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She/her. Early modernist at Balliol/Queen's Oxford. Petition. John Donne. Queer history 🌈 Lover of manuscripts 💖💜💙
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Very excited to be running this conference with Paul Norris. Delighted to have @mcculloughp.bsky.social as our keynote speaker. We can't wait to hear your ideas! Please share widely
Poster: detail from Lincoln's Inn stained glass window showing palatial buildings, with a forest covered landscape beyond. In the foreground are two men in hats and cloaks having a little chat. A dog runs towards them from the right. In the centre of the poster is a black circle containing the following text TEXT: Call for Papers on John Donne and Architecture 13th January 2026 Lincoln College, Oxford Keynote Speaker: Professor Peter McCullough Please send abstract of up to 250 words to Leah Veronese-Clucas (leah.veronese-clucas@univ.ox.ac.uk) & Paul Norris (paul.norris@bnc.ox.ac.uk) by 14th November 2025 Call for Papers John Donne’s Architecture Submission Deadline: 14th November 2025 Event Date: 13th January 2026, Lincoln College, Oxford Keynote Speaker: Professor Peter McCullough. We welcome 150–250 word abstracts for twenty-minute papers relating to any aspect of Donne and architecture from critics and historians of literature, architecture and related fields. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): The use of buildings in rhetoric or the arts of memory. Donne’s metaphorical use of architecture, as well as related disciplines such as geometry, cartography, and visual art. The buildings in which Donne lived, worked and preached (e.g. the Chapel Royal, York House, St Paul’s Cathedral, Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, St Dunstan’s in the West, etc.) and their influence on his life and work. Donne’s encounters with buildings on his travels through Europe. The relationship of literary to architectural form. Please send proposals or enquiries to Leah Veronese-Clucas (leah.veronese-clucas@univ.ox.ac.uk) and Paul Norris (paul.norris@bnc.ox.ac.uk).
September 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Little portraits by visiting students 🥹❤️ Particularly love the observation of the coffee cup in the second one 🤣
Cartoon drawing of a smiling face with glasses and curly hair Cartoon drawing of a smiling figure with glasses and curly hair, holding a coffee cup
August 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Radigund decided to lend a paw to prepare today's teaching materials Adding to the materiality. Very kind. 🐈‍⬛💌🐾
Handwritten letter with smudged word. Word annotated with an arrow and the caption 'apologies: kitten smudge' Photo of a kitten sitting on an open folder looking at papers spread out beneath her Photo of kitten sitting on a document, with a slightly deranged expression
May 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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nibble
Close up of verse in manuscript. To the right of the verse is a marginal correction 'nibble'
March 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Do we think this little guy is a unicorn??? (/ cuboid rhino???) Love him so much 🤣❤️🦄
Close up of a watermark of a four legged creature with a horn on its head Manuscript leaf with a watermark of a four legged creature with a horn on its head
March 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Hello Blueksy! I expect this first post will be my most exciting post 🤣 My article about a new manuscript copy of Sonnet 116 I have identified has been published online open access academic.oup.com/res/advance-... @oupacademic.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM