Dr Eleanor Lowe
@loweee.bsky.social
Principal lecturer; early modern drama, material culture; music, theatre, cats, the outdoors; twin mum. Views my own. She/her. #BLM #lgbtq+ 🌈 #MHmatters
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I've put up the new call for papers for the 2026 Romancing the Gothic programme!
Come join us!
(I welcome feedback)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
Come join us!
(I welcome feedback)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Talk Series – Call for Papers
In 2026, our annual conference will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe’s final, posthumous, publications. An early Gothic writer, Radcliffe was known to some as the ‘…
romancingthegothic.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I've put up the new call for papers for the 2026 Romancing the Gothic programme!
Come join us!
(I welcome feedback)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
Come join us!
(I welcome feedback)
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
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Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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Skenè. Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies is now on Bluesky! It is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal founded in 2014, skenejournal.skeneproject.it/index.php/JTDS
Skenè. Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies
Skenè. Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies
skenejournal.skeneproject.it
September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Skenè. Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies is now on Bluesky! It is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal founded in 2014, skenejournal.skeneproject.it/index.php/JTDS
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🚨Due to popular demand, a few more tickets have been added to this previously sold out event!
Sign up now to save your place👇
🎬 bit.ly/3YiK67P
Sign up now to save your place👇
🎬 bit.ly/3YiK67P
🎬Dive into the magical world of film music! 🎵
Why do films have music? How has film music changed over time and what happens when we change or remove music? Join us at the Old Fire Station as we explore these questions and more!
Book your free space here👇
🔗 bit.ly/3YiK67P
Why do films have music? How has film music changed over time and what happens when we change or remove music? Join us at the Old Fire Station as we explore these questions and more!
Book your free space here👇
🔗 bit.ly/3YiK67P
May 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🚨Due to popular demand, a few more tickets have been added to this previously sold out event!
Sign up now to save your place👇
🎬 bit.ly/3YiK67P
Sign up now to save your place👇
🎬 bit.ly/3YiK67P
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The Gibbs building on campus isn’t spectacular. But the woman it’s named after was. She left a wonderful legacy for Oxford, and for Oxford Brookes. Join us to uncover the story. It’s free and everyone is warmly welcome. 👇
Discover the legacy of Olive Gibbs - peace campaigner, politician and education advocate - through a film screening of ‘Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman’ followed by a panel discussion on her enduring legacy
📍Headington Campus
🗓️ Thursday 8 May ⏰6pm
Register here👇
bit.ly/4iSvx2Z
@gary1234.bsky.social
📍Headington Campus
🗓️ Thursday 8 May ⏰6pm
Register here👇
bit.ly/4iSvx2Z
@gary1234.bsky.social
Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman - Film screening and discussion
Film screening and discussion celebrating Olive Gibbs, twice lord mayor of Oxford, influential anti-nuclear and community campaigner.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Gibbs building on campus isn’t spectacular. But the woman it’s named after was. She left a wonderful legacy for Oxford, and for Oxford Brookes. Join us to uncover the story. It’s free and everyone is warmly welcome. 👇
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Take a look at our amazing Oxford Brookes @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social schedule! Tons of events for everyone between 7 May and 10 May this year! There's a QR below you can use too. Come along, I'm really looking forward to it.
April 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Take a look at our amazing Oxford Brookes @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social schedule! Tons of events for everyone between 7 May and 10 May this year! There's a QR below you can use too. Come along, I'm really looking forward to it.
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Lucy Holehouse on partying through the plague (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/partying-t...)
Lydia Valentine on civic racemaking (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-makin...)
And ClareMcManus on Shax on the ropes (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...)
Lydia Valentine on civic racemaking (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-makin...)
And ClareMcManus on Shax on the ropes (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...)
Partying through the Plague with the London Livery Companies
In 1603, plague struck London.
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April 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lucy Holehouse on partying through the plague (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/partying-t...)
Lydia Valentine on civic racemaking (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-makin...)
And ClareMcManus on Shax on the ropes (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...)
Lydia Valentine on civic racemaking (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-makin...)
And ClareMcManus on Shax on the ropes (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...)
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Amazing series (online & in person) coming up at @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social (c/o @lucyholehouse.bsky.social): Performing (in) the Early Modern City'. 3 brilliant talks with exhibited material—for what more can 16th/17th century London fans ask!?
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Thing...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Amazing series (online & in person) coming up at @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social (c/o @lucyholehouse.bsky.social): Performing (in) the Early Modern City'. 3 brilliant talks with exhibited material—for what more can 16th/17th century London fans ask!?
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Thing...
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www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Thing...
(1/2) …
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We’re having a symposium at @livesandletters.bsky.social! Come and geek out with us over early modern libraries and the books that filled them. Abstracts due May 16th, full details here www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... #bookhistory #earlymodern
April 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We’re having a symposium at @livesandletters.bsky.social! Come and geek out with us over early modern libraries and the books that filled them. Abstracts due May 16th, full details here www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... #bookhistory #earlymodern
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Stop what you’re doing. Go into your Bluesky setting, click Accessibility and toggle on the setting that says ‘require alt text before posting’ and then you’ll *never* forget.
Provide alt text for your images.
That's it. That's the post.
That's it. That's the post.
April 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Stop what you’re doing. Go into your Bluesky setting, click Accessibility and toggle on the setting that says ‘require alt text before posting’ and then you’ll *never* forget.
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Probably one more session of tidying to go before I've got a complete route network for Italy as published #16thCentury - #18thCentury! I like this view of Northern Italy to show that the #earlymodern routes (red) are not just the Roman roads (green). 🗃️ @emdigit.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Probably one more session of tidying to go before I've got a complete route network for Italy as published #16thCentury - #18thCentury! I like this view of Northern Italy to show that the #earlymodern routes (red) are not just the Roman roads (green). 🗃️ @emdigit.bsky.social
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My favourite library quote is from newsman Walter Cronkite:
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
April 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My favourite library quote is from newsman Walter Cronkite:
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
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@ThinkHumanFest
is coming to Oxford Brookes University, 7-10 May! 🎉
Highlights include explorations of War & Peace in Ukraine, New Labour in Power,
Navigating Hybrid Work & more!
brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke... #ThinkHumanFestival #OxfordBrookes #FreeEvents
is coming to Oxford Brookes University, 7-10 May! 🎉
Highlights include explorations of War & Peace in Ukraine, New Labour in Power,
Navigating Hybrid Work & more!
brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke... #ThinkHumanFestival #OxfordBrookes #FreeEvents
Think Human Festival 2025: A celebration of ideas, creativity, and community - Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University will host the Think Human Festival 2025 from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 May, offering a four-day programme of free public events exploring contemporary social issues, creativ...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
@ThinkHumanFest
is coming to Oxford Brookes University, 7-10 May! 🎉
Highlights include explorations of War & Peace in Ukraine, New Labour in Power,
Navigating Hybrid Work & more!
brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke... #ThinkHumanFestival #OxfordBrookes #FreeEvents
is coming to Oxford Brookes University, 7-10 May! 🎉
Highlights include explorations of War & Peace in Ukraine, New Labour in Power,
Navigating Hybrid Work & more!
brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke... #ThinkHumanFestival #OxfordBrookes #FreeEvents
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Are you in Oxford on 7 May? Join us for this important event @oxfordbrookes #humanities 👇👇👇 Free, all warmly welcome!
War and Peace in Ukraine
🗓️Weds 7 May, 3pm-5pm
Join us for a discussion on possible peace deals & plans for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, featuring exhibit posters from Yurko Gutsulyak’s ‘Blue-Yellow Series’ 🇺🇦
Tea/coffee & Ukrainian snacks provided!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1259287907...
🗓️Weds 7 May, 3pm-5pm
Join us for a discussion on possible peace deals & plans for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, featuring exhibit posters from Yurko Gutsulyak’s ‘Blue-Yellow Series’ 🇺🇦
Tea/coffee & Ukrainian snacks provided!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1259287907...
April 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Are you in Oxford on 7 May? Join us for this important event @oxfordbrookes #humanities 👇👇👇 Free, all warmly welcome!
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ok. because we all could use a little joy here are some silly medieval hedgehogs for hedgehog day:
February 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
ok. because we all could use a little joy here are some silly medieval hedgehogs for hedgehog day:
In case this is of use to anyone...
February 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In case this is of use to anyone...
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Greg Walker - newly appointed Chair of main panel D for REF 2029 - will be speaking to the @univeng.bsky.social OGM this Friday, 1-2pm. Please contact ben.davies@port.ac.uk for the zoom link
Hope to see you there. Please spread the word
Hope to see you there. Please spread the word
December 3, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Greg Walker - newly appointed Chair of main panel D for REF 2029 - will be speaking to the @univeng.bsky.social OGM this Friday, 1-2pm. Please contact ben.davies@port.ac.uk for the zoom link
Hope to see you there. Please spread the word
Hope to see you there. Please spread the word
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Bluesky! Can you out-twitter twitter & do the thing that place used to be really good at: pool info about resources?
Which funds are there to support individuals' conference participation & travel?
We have this list of external funds, any to add/remove? rensoc.org.uk/features/ext... #skystorians
Which funds are there to support individuals' conference participation & travel?
We have this list of external funds, any to add/remove? rensoc.org.uk/features/ext... #skystorians
October 8, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Bluesky! Can you out-twitter twitter & do the thing that place used to be really good at: pool info about resources?
Which funds are there to support individuals' conference participation & travel?
We have this list of external funds, any to add/remove? rensoc.org.uk/features/ext... #skystorians
Which funds are there to support individuals' conference participation & travel?
We have this list of external funds, any to add/remove? rensoc.org.uk/features/ext... #skystorians
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And then there were three!
Though this party is a bit empty. Any #earlymodern -ist want to come and hang out with this lovely bunch? go.bsky.app/K2gp9GK
Though this party is a bit empty. Any #earlymodern -ist want to come and hang out with this lovely bunch? go.bsky.app/K2gp9GK
November 24, 2024 at 11:01 AM
And then there were three!
Though this party is a bit empty. Any #earlymodern -ist want to come and hang out with this lovely bunch? go.bsky.app/K2gp9GK
Though this party is a bit empty. Any #earlymodern -ist want to come and hang out with this lovely bunch? go.bsky.app/K2gp9GK
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GOOD NEWS for the discipline: there are *many* #earlymodern historians. Bad news: we couldn't all squeeze into one pack. So here's the second, do follow all the wonderful researchers in this one as well: go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1 #skystorians
November 9, 2024 at 8:47 PM
GOOD NEWS for the discipline: there are *many* #earlymodern historians. Bad news: we couldn't all squeeze into one pack. So here's the second, do follow all the wonderful researchers in this one as well: go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1 #skystorians
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With the twitter exodus: welcome, and here are some #earlymodern historians posting about early modern stuff (though I should update it now it’s more than 50 in those things) go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
November 7, 2024 at 4:03 PM
With the twitter exodus: welcome, and here are some #earlymodern historians posting about early modern stuff (though I should update it now it’s more than 50 in those things) go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
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Now we’re all settling into this app: the starter packs of #EarlyModern historians for an easy follow — and check the update as some new ones have moved over.
1: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
2: go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1
There’s still space in that second one so do wave if you’re around and want in!
#SkyStorians
1: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
2: go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1
There’s still space in that second one so do wave if you’re around and want in!
#SkyStorians
earlymodern historians OG
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Now we’re all settling into this app: the starter packs of #EarlyModern historians for an easy follow — and check the update as some new ones have moved over.
1: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
2: go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1
There’s still space in that second one so do wave if you’re around and want in!
#SkyStorians
1: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
2: go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1
There’s still space in that second one so do wave if you’re around and want in!
#SkyStorians