Maria Scott
@mariascott.bsky.social
Dubliner in SW England. Commuter. Often found at weekends on strangers' doorsteps, asking questions. Otherwise, head regularly found in nineteenth-century France.
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The second session on Impact will take place on 14th November, 4pm GMT. It will be hosted by Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle).
Sign ups will open in October for this event.
Sign ups will open in October for this event.
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The second session on Impact will take place on 14th November, 4pm GMT. It will be hosted by Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle).
Sign ups will open in October for this event.
Sign ups will open in October for this event.
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The first session will be on Alt-Ac Careers on 26th September at 4pm BST, delivered by Dr James Illingworth (IFSA) and Dr Stacie Allan (Translator and Consultant)
To sign up for this session, please register with eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn-2025-a...
To sign up for this session, please register with eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn-2025-a...
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The first session will be on Alt-Ac Careers on 26th September at 4pm BST, delivered by Dr James Illingworth (IFSA) and Dr Stacie Allan (Translator and Consultant)
To sign up for this session, please register with eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn-2025-a...
To sign up for this session, please register with eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.com/e/edn-2025-a...
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We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.
September 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.
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It’s mid-September and we are fully feeling those “back-to-school” vibes here at SDN. Start the new academic year on a high by sending us your abstract for #SDNCardiff2026, on the theme of health and happiness.
More details here: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...
More details here: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...
Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur (Cardiff University, 2026)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Déjeuner des canotiers, 1881. TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Health and happiness / La santé et le bonheur Cardiff University, 8–10 April 2026 …
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September 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It’s mid-September and we are fully feeling those “back-to-school” vibes here at SDN. Start the new academic year on a high by sending us your abstract for #SDNCardiff2026, on the theme of health and happiness.
More details here: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...
More details here: uksdn.co.uk/health-and-h...
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Very excited for this semester's NCFS Unbound events (@ncfsassn.bsky.social). This is a great chance to hear from lots of fantastic 19th-century scholars who’ll be discussing their new books! Find out more here: ncfs-assn.byu.edu/ncfs-in-capt...
NCFS Unbound - Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association
A series of virtual book dialogues Fall 2025 Friday, October 3, 2PM EasternBetween the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in FranceHannah Frydman in conver...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Very excited for this semester's NCFS Unbound events (@ncfsassn.bsky.social). This is a great chance to hear from lots of fantastic 19th-century scholars who’ll be discussing their new books! Find out more here: ncfs-assn.byu.edu/ncfs-in-capt...
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Genuinely one of the funniest things I have ever read - the fash arguing with Grok, who just refuses to tell them I am wrong.
"I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."
"I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."
September 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Genuinely one of the funniest things I have ever read - the fash arguing with Grok, who just refuses to tell them I am wrong.
"I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."
"I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."
Ok it's probably nearly 20 years since I last used it regularly but god the staff in the BnF café have changed their approach. Helpful, friendly, warm. I *think* I like it.
September 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Ok it's probably nearly 20 years since I last used it regularly but god the staff in the BnF café have changed their approach. Helpful, friendly, warm. I *think* I like it.
Anyone have suggestions for a v. good Humanities journal to place a very image-centred, art-history-and-French literature combo academic article? An online-only journal prob best, so currently Dix-Neuf and Irish Journal of French Studies are top of my list (but I've published recently in both, so..)
September 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Anyone have suggestions for a v. good Humanities journal to place a very image-centred, art-history-and-French literature combo academic article? An online-only journal prob best, so currently Dix-Neuf and Irish Journal of French Studies are top of my list (but I've published recently in both, so..)
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And if you are an ECR who is not a member of SDN, you can sort that out here: uksdn.co.uk/membership/
MEMBERSHIP
SDN Membership Advantages Amongst the benefits of membership of SDN are free access to the Dix-Neuf journal and voting rights at the Society’s AGM. Membership entitles ECR members to submit publish…
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August 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
And if you are an ECR who is not a member of SDN, you can sort that out here: uksdn.co.uk/membership/
This deadline is fast approaching, if you are an ECR SDN member...
🚨 Tim Unwin Early Career Researcher Grant 🚨
Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to SDN members to assist with a research project related to 19th-century French studies.
Send us your application by 1 September!
More info here: uksdn.co.uk/ecr-grant/
Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to SDN members to assist with a research project related to 19th-century French studies.
Send us your application by 1 September!
More info here: uksdn.co.uk/ecr-grant/
SDN
Tim Unwin Early Career Researcher Grant SDN ECR Grant_Application form with notesDownload Early career researcher grants of up to £500 are available to members of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes to…
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August 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This deadline is fast approaching, if you are an ECR SDN member...
Is it normal, when you've bought a RER ticket via Bonjour RATP app, to open your Navigo app and see only the home screen? I am told my ticket is stored on this app, but... nothing showing.
July 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Is it normal, when you've bought a RER ticket via Bonjour RATP app, to open your Navigo app and see only the home screen? I am told my ticket is stored on this app, but... nothing showing.
Really enjoyed this excellent and long-delayed inaugural lecture (on Hugo and stars) by a wonderful colleague, Head of Department, scholar, and human being, Prof Fiona Cox -- it was a few weeks ago now, but I am still thinking about it. What a privilege it was to be there.
June 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Really enjoyed this excellent and long-delayed inaugural lecture (on Hugo and stars) by a wonderful colleague, Head of Department, scholar, and human being, Prof Fiona Cox -- it was a few weeks ago now, but I am still thinking about it. What a privilege it was to be there.
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See a comparison fashion plate for the Jeanne Duval photo in replies to this thread (and in my book).
Some thoughts about this photo of Jeanne Duval, which I have been obsessing over since seeing it for the first time at the weekend. Thanks again, SO much, to @summerbrennan.bsky.social who discovered it, and please do go to her substack for more on this www.awritersnotebook.org/p/jeanne-duv... 1/12
Does anyone recognise this photo? Saw it for the first time yesterday, in the Wikipedia entry for Jeanne Duval, uploaded in late April. If it's really her, I can't believe it isn't better known. Date (1862) rings true.
June 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
See a comparison fashion plate for the Jeanne Duval photo in replies to this thread (and in my book).
Some thoughts about this photo of Jeanne Duval, which I have been obsessing over since seeing it for the first time at the weekend. Thanks again, SO much, to @summerbrennan.bsky.social who discovered it, and please do go to her substack for more on this www.awritersnotebook.org/p/jeanne-duv... 1/12
Does anyone recognise this photo? Saw it for the first time yesterday, in the Wikipedia entry for Jeanne Duval, uploaded in late April. If it's really her, I can't believe it isn't better known. Date (1862) rings true.
June 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some thoughts about this photo of Jeanne Duval, which I have been obsessing over since seeing it for the first time at the weekend. Thanks again, SO much, to @summerbrennan.bsky.social who discovered it, and please do go to her substack for more on this www.awritersnotebook.org/p/jeanne-duv... 1/12
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A really exciting find!
So, this seems totally legitimate -- what an amazing, incredible find by writer and investigative journalist Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social, who found it in a box of photo archives in the Richelieu library. For a sense of why this is so important, see Therese Dolan's 1/5
Does anyone recognise this photo? Saw it for the first time yesterday, in the Wikipedia entry for Jeanne Duval, uploaded in late April. If it's really her, I can't believe it isn't better known. Date (1862) rings true.
June 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A really exciting find!
So, this seems totally legitimate -- what an amazing, incredible find by writer and investigative journalist Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social, who found it in a box of photo archives in the Richelieu library. For a sense of why this is so important, see Therese Dolan's 1/5
Does anyone recognise this photo? Saw it for the first time yesterday, in the Wikipedia entry for Jeanne Duval, uploaded in late April. If it's really her, I can't believe it isn't better known. Date (1862) rings true.
May 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So, this seems totally legitimate -- what an amazing, incredible find by writer and investigative journalist Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social, who found it in a box of photo archives in the Richelieu library. For a sense of why this is so important, see Therese Dolan's 1/5
Does anyone recognise this photo? Saw it for the first time yesterday, in the Wikipedia entry for Jeanne Duval, uploaded in late April. If it's really her, I can't believe it isn't better known. Date (1862) rings true.
May 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Does anyone recognise this photo? Saw it for the first time yesterday, in the Wikipedia entry for Jeanne Duval, uploaded in late April. If it's really her, I can't believe it isn't better known. Date (1862) rings true.
Susan Hiner is about to start speaking now...
Very excited for tomorrow’s SERD-organised seminar "Le XIXe siècle autour du monde", featuring Angela di Benedetto (Université de Foggia) and SDN member Susan Hiner (Vassar College). The theme is :« Séduire et éblouir : des stratagèmes amoureux aux travailleuses de la mode ».
May 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Susan Hiner is about to start speaking now...
Start thinking about health and happiness for your SDN conference proposal for 2026...
We are delighted to announce that our call for papers for the next annual SDN conference, on the theme of 'Health and happiness/La santé et le bonheur', to take place in Cardiff 8-10 April, is now online, and our new abstract submission form is open for business!
May 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Start thinking about health and happiness for your SDN conference proposal for 2026...
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Congratulations to the winner of our 2025 Postgraduate Prize, Abigail Fields, for her paper, ‘Vous, les agriculteurs, hommes de progrès et de moralité!’; or, Flaubert and the Politics of the Comices Agricoles’ 🥳
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Congratulations to the winner of our 2025 Postgraduate Prize, Abigail Fields, for her paper, ‘Vous, les agriculteurs, hommes de progrès et de moralité!’; or, Flaubert and the Politics of the Comices Agricoles’ 🥳
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Oh good grief. This is what happens when we devalue expertise. Journalists, Librarians, Booksellers, Writers, literally ANYONE WHO READS could have made a real list of real books that actually exist.
Yep- the bogus summer reading list from the Chicago Sun Times is real. Here I am with it from a few minutes ago.
(Support your local library!!)
(Support your local library!!)
May 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh good grief. This is what happens when we devalue expertise. Journalists, Librarians, Booksellers, Writers, literally ANYONE WHO READS could have made a real list of real books that actually exist.
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A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).
I regularly measure gender distribution of citations. Once you see the problem it's hard to stop.
surely someone must already have published something like this:
i was just musing on whether i could be bothered to do a simple spreadsheet of gender and citations for the latest issue of a few generalist history journals 🗃️
i was just musing on whether i could be bothered to do a simple spreadsheet of gender and citations for the latest issue of a few generalist history journals 🗃️
May 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I regularly measure gender distribution of citations. Once you see the problem it's hard to stop.
If General Aupick was really the Head of the Ecole Polytechnique in the middle of a révolution democratique then how come his stepson never wrote a poem about this?
April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If General Aupick was really the Head of the Ecole Polytechnique in the middle of a révolution democratique then how come his stepson never wrote a poem about this?