Valentina López Liendo
@vlopezliendo.bsky.social
she/her · post-doc @sfb1671.bsky.social at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · home & belonging in U.S. literature, culture & its institutions · views are my own
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📨 You are invited to our annual conference. BAAS 2026 will be held at the University of Glasgow in April 2026 🎉
Proposals are welcomed for papers, panels, & roundtables. Creative departures from the traditional panel format are encouraged. These should be shared by 28th November.
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Proposals are welcomed for papers, panels, & roundtables. Creative departures from the traditional panel format are encouraged. These should be shared by 28th November.
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BAAS Annual Conference - Glasgow 2026 - British Association for American Studies
The College of Arts & Humanities and Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies at the University of Glasgow are delighted to invite submissions for the 71st annual British Association for American…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
📨 You are invited to our annual conference. BAAS 2026 will be held at the University of Glasgow in April 2026 🎉
Proposals are welcomed for papers, panels, & roundtables. Creative departures from the traditional panel format are encouraged. These should be shared by 28th November.
buff.ly/xAdQJB8
Proposals are welcomed for papers, panels, & roundtables. Creative departures from the traditional panel format are encouraged. These should be shared by 28th November.
buff.ly/xAdQJB8
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
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Consider submitting and please share with your network this CFP for a Society for the Study of American Women Writers panel at the American Literature Association conference in Chicago in May
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46130
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46130
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Consider submitting and please share with your network this CFP for a Society for the Study of American Women Writers panel at the American Literature Association conference in Chicago in May
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46130
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46130
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Why did Sarah Hall stamp her new novel with a “human-written” maker’s mark? On AI and “creative larceny.”
“Human Written.” Why Sarah Hall Put a Maker’s Mark on Her New Novel
Helm is my tenth work of fiction, and the front jacket of the novel will feature a Human-Written maker’s mark—one of the first in the book trade. I’m not exaggerating when I say this novel took dec…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why did Sarah Hall stamp her new novel with a “human-written” maker’s mark? On AI and “creative larceny.”
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CFP: Translation und Transformation als operationale Formen von Vermittlung und Ordnung
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158647
Mainz, 18.06.2026-19.06.2026, Georg Forster Forum an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158647
Mainz, 18.06.2026-19.06.2026, Georg Forster Forum an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
CFP: Translation und Transformation als operationale Formen von Vermittlung und Ordnung
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158647
Mainz, 18.06.2026-19.06.2026, Georg Forster Forum an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158647
Mainz, 18.06.2026-19.06.2026, Georg Forster Forum an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
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"Stevenson-Yang narrates in a detached tone, dark tales of fissure and falsehood, cruelty and crime, alienation and apathy." Minjie Chen on "Hello, Kitty and Other Stories" by Anne Stevenson-Yang: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/hello-kitty-goodbye-illusions-a-journey-through-chinas-shadowlands/
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Stevenson-Yang narrates in a detached tone, dark tales of fissure and falsehood, cruelty and crime, alienation and apathy." Minjie Chen on "Hello, Kitty and Other Stories" by Anne Stevenson-Yang: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/hello-kitty-goodbye-illusions-a-journey-through-chinas-shadowlands/
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These titles in translation from university presses include works originally written in Uzbek, French, Arabic and more!
Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses
Want to travel around the world without leaving your house? Just pick up a book that was translated from another language. Whether you are reading a novel originally written in French, a memoir ori…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
These titles in translation from university presses include works originally written in Uzbek, French, Arabic and more!
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City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Close Reading Today - Celebrating University Press Week 2025
YouTube video by CityLightsBooks
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
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Have you heard about our new Archie L. Dick Research Grants? If not, take a look and see if you qualify! Even if you don't, maybe someone you know does? Deadline to apply is December 1, 2025.
sharpweb.org/grants-prize...
sharpweb.org/grants-prize...
The Archie L. Dick Research Development Grants – SHARPweb
sharpweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Have you heard about our new Archie L. Dick Research Grants? If not, take a look and see if you qualify! Even if you don't, maybe someone you know does? Deadline to apply is December 1, 2025.
sharpweb.org/grants-prize...
sharpweb.org/grants-prize...
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Love this piece by Laura McGrath, who finds an important question for the book industry—“What if we’ve been over-estimating the role that genre plays in the life of a reader?"—in a recent paper I wrote with James English.
The Omnivore Dilemma
Digging into the Data of Contemporary Readers
laurabmcgrath.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Love this piece by Laura McGrath, who finds an important question for the book industry—“What if we’ve been over-estimating the role that genre plays in the life of a reader?"—in a recent paper I wrote with James English.
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A user’s guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social's Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century is out now!
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social's Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century is out now!
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A user’s guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social's Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century is out now!
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social's Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century is out now!
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Postdoc in the new @dfg.de Research Training Group 3064 “Technologies of Witnessing: Media and Cultural Practices“ at the University Mainz – Deadline Oct 17
The (RTG) examines technologies of witnessing in contemporary media cultures in transformation.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726
The (RTG) examines technologies of witnessing in contemporary media cultures in transformation.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Postdoc in the new @dfg.de Research Training Group 3064 “Technologies of Witnessing: Media and Cultural Practices“ at the University Mainz – Deadline Oct 17
The (RTG) examines technologies of witnessing in contemporary media cultures in transformation.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726
The (RTG) examines technologies of witnessing in contemporary media cultures in transformation.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726
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📢Registration is now open for the 7th International Conference of the #CRC1265!
"Designing Refiguration - Refiguring Design" will explore the role of design in socio-spatial change and its potential to address societal challenges.
📆6./7. Nov. 📍TU Berlin
Register here 👇
sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
"Designing Refiguration - Refiguring Design" will explore the role of design in socio-spatial change and its potential to address societal challenges.
📆6./7. Nov. 📍TU Berlin
Register here 👇
sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
October 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
📢Registration is now open for the 7th International Conference of the #CRC1265!
"Designing Refiguration - Refiguring Design" will explore the role of design in socio-spatial change and its potential to address societal challenges.
📆6./7. Nov. 📍TU Berlin
Register here 👇
sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
"Designing Refiguration - Refiguring Design" will explore the role of design in socio-spatial change and its potential to address societal challenges.
📆6./7. Nov. 📍TU Berlin
Register here 👇
sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
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Jetzt online: Der Forschungsüberblick der Transfer Unit zum Thema Emotionen in der #Wisskomm! Emotionalisierende Inhalte können das Verstehen fördern und zum Handeln anregen. Doch welche Emotionen wirken wie? Welche Chancen bieten sie? transferunit.de/thema/emotio... 1/3
October 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Jetzt online: Der Forschungsüberblick der Transfer Unit zum Thema Emotionen in der #Wisskomm! Emotionalisierende Inhalte können das Verstehen fördern und zum Handeln anregen. Doch welche Emotionen wirken wie? Welche Chancen bieten sie? transferunit.de/thema/emotio... 1/3
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With media such as “28 Years Later” and “The Last of Us,” 2025 has been a bacchanalia of zombies. Katy Waldman writes about our cultural fixation on the walking dead.
Our Age of Zombie Culture
Zombies are the least eloquent monster. But they have a lot to say about us.
www.newyorker.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
With media such as “28 Years Later” and “The Last of Us,” 2025 has been a bacchanalia of zombies. Katy Waldman writes about our cultural fixation on the walking dead.
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"After a pilot was written and slated for production, the broadcaster asked for a rewrite. The Italian backdrop, they said, was too unfamiliar. Why not set it in Ireland?" www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
‘It’s another form of imperialism’: how anglophone literature lost its universal appeal
There’s a growing appetite for stories from around the globe – if only we can avoid the cliches and exoticism of recent years, writes the International Booker nominee
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"After a pilot was written and slated for production, the broadcaster asked for a rewrite. The Italian backdrop, they said, was too unfamiliar. Why not set it in Ireland?" www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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UPDATE: 10 of the 24 longlisted authors have now withdrawn from the Polari Prize.
First Book:
Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
Main award:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth
Judging panel:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
First Book:
Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
Main award:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth
Judging panel:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
August 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
UPDATE: 10 of the 24 longlisted authors have now withdrawn from the Polari Prize.
First Book:
Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
Main award:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth
Judging panel:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
First Book:
Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
Main award:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth
Judging panel:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
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#Vortragsankündigung Am 18.06. ist Prof. Dr. Andrea Geier @andreageier.bsky.social (Uni Trier) im Rahmen der Vorlesung „Was sollen wir lesen?“ von @sigridgkoehler.bsky.social in Tü zu Gast! Sie spricht über Brigitte Reimanns „Die Frau am Pranger“ (1956). Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf den Vortrag!👇
June 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#Vortragsankündigung Am 18.06. ist Prof. Dr. Andrea Geier @andreageier.bsky.social (Uni Trier) im Rahmen der Vorlesung „Was sollen wir lesen?“ von @sigridgkoehler.bsky.social in Tü zu Gast! Sie spricht über Brigitte Reimanns „Die Frau am Pranger“ (1956). Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf den Vortrag!👇
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📍🌎📚 Interested in the intersections of American literature and cartography? Our 2026 conference in Lyon, France, invites papers on map-text interactions. Deadline flexible upon request — don’t hesitate to reach out!
Full CFP ➡️ maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
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Full CFP ➡️ maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Please share and repost!
June 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📍🌎📚 Interested in the intersections of American literature and cartography? Our 2026 conference in Lyon, France, invites papers on map-text interactions. Deadline flexible upon request — don’t hesitate to reach out!
Full CFP ➡️ maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Please share and repost!
Full CFP ➡️ maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Please share and repost!
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More than 30 years worth of data on UK literary prizes (and their winners) goes live today @post45data.bsky.social! Bravo to researchers Katherine Binhammer, Kanika Batra, Theo Gray, and Maryse Jayasuriya for compiling and publishing this incredible resource! data.post45.org/posts/britis...
Selected British Literary Prizes (1990-2022) – Post45 Data Collective
The Selected British Literary Prizes (SBLP) dataset contains information on nine major literary prizes in the U.K. from 1990 to 2022 and demographic information on 682 prize winners and shortlisted au...
data.post45.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
More than 30 years worth of data on UK literary prizes (and their winners) goes live today @post45data.bsky.social! Bravo to researchers Katherine Binhammer, Kanika Batra, Theo Gray, and Maryse Jayasuriya for compiling and publishing this incredible resource! data.post45.org/posts/britis...
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When a big @nytimes.com feature about #reeesesbookclub dropped in mid-May 2024, @astarre.bsky.social and I had just submitted our manuscript about - you guessed it - the club to @cl-journal.bsky.social. #Academicpublishing is slow, but here we are, 13 months later... (1/4)
June 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When a big @nytimes.com feature about #reeesesbookclub dropped in mid-May 2024, @astarre.bsky.social and I had just submitted our manuscript about - you guessed it - the club to @cl-journal.bsky.social. #Academicpublishing is slow, but here we are, 13 months later... (1/4)
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I went clubbing - book clubbing that is - with @corinnanorue.bsky.social and you can read about it in the new issue of @cl-journal.bsky.social. open access!
cl.uwpress.org/content/65/3...
More in Corinna's🧵
cl.uwpress.org/content/65/3...
More in Corinna's🧵
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I went clubbing - book clubbing that is - with @corinnanorue.bsky.social and you can read about it in the new issue of @cl-journal.bsky.social. open access!
cl.uwpress.org/content/65/3...
More in Corinna's🧵
cl.uwpress.org/content/65/3...
More in Corinna's🧵
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🗺️🌎🔔CFP: Maps in American Literature, 15th–21st Century
International Symposium | April 1–3, 2026 | ENS de Lyon, France
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Keynote Speaker: Martin Brückner (U Delaware)
Full CFP: maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social
International Symposium | April 1–3, 2026 | ENS de Lyon, France
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Keynote Speaker: Martin Brückner (U Delaware)
Full CFP: maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🗺️🌎🔔CFP: Maps in American Literature, 15th–21st Century
International Symposium | April 1–3, 2026 | ENS de Lyon, France
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Keynote Speaker: Martin Brückner (U Delaware)
Full CFP: maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social
International Symposium | April 1–3, 2026 | ENS de Lyon, France
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Keynote Speaker: Martin Brückner (U Delaware)
Full CFP: maps2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social
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Come check out our Leonard McCombe photography exhibition!👀📷
McCombe's impressive portrayal of the aftermath of war in Europe will be featured at the HCA until July 11th (Mo- Fri, 9 am - 5 pm, admission free).
McCombe's impressive portrayal of the aftermath of war in Europe will be featured at the HCA until July 11th (Mo- Fri, 9 am - 5 pm, admission free).
June 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Come check out our Leonard McCombe photography exhibition!👀📷
McCombe's impressive portrayal of the aftermath of war in Europe will be featured at the HCA until July 11th (Mo- Fri, 9 am - 5 pm, admission free).
McCombe's impressive portrayal of the aftermath of war in Europe will be featured at the HCA until July 11th (Mo- Fri, 9 am - 5 pm, admission free).