Olivia Scarr
@oliviascarr.bsky.social
writer + DPhil candidate @ Oxford, researching glasshouse culture and Victorian embodiment
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This little blog article of mine has been up since end of July—it was so nice to be able to flex those drawing muscles again and engage creatively with Soloúp’s graphic novel ✏️ gc.fairead.net/blog
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This little blog article of mine has been up since end of July—it was so nice to be able to flex those drawing muscles again and engage creatively with Soloúp’s graphic novel ✏️ gc.fairead.net/blog
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Huge thanks to all who attended the BARS 2025 Early Career and Postgraduates Conference! We had a wonderful time!
See you this Friday 12th Sept for the online portion of the conference!
See you this Friday 12th Sept for the online portion of the conference!
What an inspiring 2 days in Cambridge!
The generosity of thought, depth & breadth of discussion, & the diversity of perspectives created space for truly insightful dialogue at this conference, an inspiring exchange we hope continues well beyond Trinity Hall.
Remember, #BARS2025 is not over yet...
The generosity of thought, depth & breadth of discussion, & the diversity of perspectives created space for truly insightful dialogue at this conference, an inspiring exchange we hope continues well beyond Trinity Hall.
Remember, #BARS2025 is not over yet...
September 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Huge thanks to all who attended the BARS 2025 Early Career and Postgraduates Conference! We had a wonderful time!
See you this Friday 12th Sept for the online portion of the conference!
See you this Friday 12th Sept for the online portion of the conference!
And now home bound — Vienna calling.
September 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And now home bound — Vienna calling.
Had an amazing time at my first ever BARS conference @bars.bsky.social + @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social presenting on Cowper, botanical literatures and greenhouses at Trinity Hall, Cambridge 🌱✨ Brilliant people and brilliant papers giving me so much to think about! St John’s + Wren library were a treat
September 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had an amazing time at my first ever BARS conference @bars.bsky.social + @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social presenting on Cowper, botanical literatures and greenhouses at Trinity Hall, Cambridge 🌱✨ Brilliant people and brilliant papers giving me so much to think about! St John’s + Wren library were a treat
Jack Halberstam at the opening of @icgp.bsky.social yesterday! Beautifully organised and such a pleasure to attend - full house!
June 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Jack Halberstam at the opening of @icgp.bsky.social yesterday! Beautifully organised and such a pleasure to attend - full house!
Went for a ‘quick run’ before my seminar and was so slow that I’m now running again to be on time for said seminar
June 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Went for a ‘quick run’ before my seminar and was so slow that I’m now running again to be on time for said seminar
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That feeling when an idea/argument just won’t leave you alone. And so you know it’s going to be a new project.
May 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
That feeling when an idea/argument just won’t leave you alone. And so you know it’s going to be a new project.
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“She says, he is a great soul. —A great bladder for dried peas to rattle in!”
One of the all-time great literary burns. We love you, Mrs Cadwallader
One of the all-time great literary burns. We love you, Mrs Cadwallader
Bless Mrs. Cadwallader.
May 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“She says, he is a great soul. —A great bladder for dried peas to rattle in!”
One of the all-time great literary burns. We love you, Mrs Cadwallader
One of the all-time great literary burns. We love you, Mrs Cadwallader
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seriously why are those RAM-type cars legal
April 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
seriously why are those RAM-type cars legal
book mail! best surprise when you completely forgot about having preordered #OpenHeaven ages ago and then it suddenly arrives 💚
April 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
book mail! best surprise when you completely forgot about having preordered #OpenHeaven ages ago and then it suddenly arrives 💚
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Applications are open for six PhD studentships @camglamresearch.bsky.social, including opportunities at The Fitzwilliam Museum, @maacambridge.bsky.social & @theul.bsky.social in association with @whipplemuseum.bsky.social @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social.👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/cc-ee/studentships
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/cc-ee/studentships
PhD Opportunities - Collections Connections Communities
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk
April 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Applications are open for six PhD studentships @camglamresearch.bsky.social, including opportunities at The Fitzwilliam Museum, @maacambridge.bsky.social & @theul.bsky.social in association with @whipplemuseum.bsky.social @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social.👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/cc-ee/studentships
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/cc-ee/studentships
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Arthur Conan Doyle has one of the most delightfully legible handwriting styles of any 19thC writer. The letter below is to Bram Stoker, congratulating him on the publication of Dracula. Font people! Why has no-one made this into a font yet, like the Jane Austen font? #C19th
April 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Arthur Conan Doyle has one of the most delightfully legible handwriting styles of any 19thC writer. The letter below is to Bram Stoker, congratulating him on the publication of Dracula. Font people! Why has no-one made this into a font yet, like the Jane Austen font? #C19th
remembering when Homi Bhabha held the #SigmundFreud lecture in Vienna last October and my pen never left the paper in my notebook; ‘attention becomes a very important measure of time’. Still find myself ruminating on so much of what he said.
April 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
remembering when Homi Bhabha held the #SigmundFreud lecture in Vienna last October and my pen never left the paper in my notebook; ‘attention becomes a very important measure of time’. Still find myself ruminating on so much of what he said.
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Really recommend this new small exhibition in Kew's Library Reading Room exploring shifts in the practices of 18 and 19C botany and how indigenous knowledge was used and acknowledged #BotanicalRevolutions #Archives #Kew
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Really recommend this new small exhibition in Kew's Library Reading Room exploring shifts in the practices of 18 and 19C botany and how indigenous knowledge was used and acknowledged #BotanicalRevolutions #Archives #Kew
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Conference programme now up here! Stay tuned for registration details sites.google.com/view/before-...
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Conference programme now up here! Stay tuned for registration details sites.google.com/view/before-...
Also very thrilled this came hot off the press recently - our catalogue for this year’s international #JosephBinderAward for graphic design and illustration (designed by the collective so-super.com) ✨ wonderful time working with a fantastic team of editors and creatives!
March 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Also very thrilled this came hot off the press recently - our catalogue for this year’s international #JosephBinderAward for graphic design and illustration (designed by the collective so-super.com) ✨ wonderful time working with a fantastic team of editors and creatives!
Thank you so much @bars.bsky.social / @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social for a bursary to travel to Cambridge in Sep. So excited to be presenting on Cowper, Eco (Un)Consciousness and Botanical Literatures - and v much looking forward to hearing all the other papers! 🌱
March 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Thank you so much @bars.bsky.social / @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social for a bursary to travel to Cambridge in Sep. So excited to be presenting on Cowper, Eco (Un)Consciousness and Botanical Literatures - and v much looking forward to hearing all the other papers! 🌱
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Gonna open an Ishiguro salad restaurant called Romaines of the Day
March 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Gonna open an Ishiguro salad restaurant called Romaines of the Day
Introducing my tiny greyhound Oona (who is actually a cat) to bluesky. She’s four years old, smaller than your average cat (she has issues with this) and loves to bask in sunshine on the windowsill, judging all passers-by. She’s dorky, toothless, and a frequent guest at cafés and vintage shops 🎠✨
March 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Introducing my tiny greyhound Oona (who is actually a cat) to bluesky. She’s four years old, smaller than your average cat (she has issues with this) and loves to bask in sunshine on the windowsill, judging all passers-by. She’s dorky, toothless, and a frequent guest at cafés and vintage shops 🎠✨
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The British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within the field and is pleased to offer several bursaries to support delegates' attendance at the 2025 ECR & PGR Conference, 'Romantic (Un)Consciousness', in Cambridge.
January 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within the field and is pleased to offer several bursaries to support delegates' attendance at the 2025 ECR & PGR Conference, 'Romantic (Un)Consciousness', in Cambridge.
V excited to be tutoring an Advanced Course on African Literatures this coming summer term at @univie.ac.at ✨ we’ll be close-reading and analysing texts by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ndyanao Balisidya, Assia Djebar, Ken Bugul and Zukiswa Wanner 📚
February 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
V excited to be tutoring an Advanced Course on African Literatures this coming summer term at @univie.ac.at ✨ we’ll be close-reading and analysing texts by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ndyanao Balisidya, Assia Djebar, Ken Bugul and Zukiswa Wanner 📚