Clare Clarke

Finally, this magnificent book is coming out in paperback!

a job! in the 18thcentury! and in IRELAND 💚🍀💚@bsecs.bsky.social @asecsgradcaucus.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social

Assistant Professor in 18th Century Literature at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Discover Assistant Professor in 18th Century Literature jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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‘The Circulating Library’ personification illustration by George Spratt. Printed by Printed by G. E. Madeley and published by C. Tilt, Fleet Street, London ca. 1830.

#printhistory #bookhistory #CirculatingLibrary #historyofprint #botanicalart #romanceofbooks

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The FT Influence List 2025 Who are the people who shaped the world this year?

Horrifying/funny/horrifying again to spot how many of these were definitely written by ChatGPT

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How Sherlock Holmes, ancient Egypt and a mysterious ‘curse’ inspired Agatha Christie It is how the detectives respond to superstition which cements the connections between the Conan Doyle and Christie stories

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🚨applications due this Friday!

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Logo for Icarus flying academy in Farmingdale, NY

This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????

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If you were to do write about a close reading to show undergrads how to do *one* thing well, what would you choose?

The latest window display at the Trinity Long Room Hub celebrating the Pollard Collection of Children's Books

Our latest window display to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the Pollard Collection of Children’s Books to
@tcddublin.bsky.social
Library.

And...the full-day symposium kicking off now
@tlrhub.bsky.social

Find out more about the Pollard Collection here: bit.ly/449AL54

Bad Bridgets podcast about crime among Irish women in US inspires film Margot Robbie’s company to make movie based on Northern Ireland academics’ stories of poverty and prison

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Two red-headed women in front of a BBC Civilisations backdrop. Amy on the left in a fabulous dress, and Caroline on the right in a dark jacket and trousers.

What a treat to see my friend @amyfuller.bsky.social at the launch of the major new BBC Arts documentary series, 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall', which is coming to BBC2 later this month. It's all still thoroughly embargoed, but apparently we're now allowed to officially admit that we're in it!

The dream!!

Was an absolute dream to appear on this podcast and talk about the craft of writing history - give it a listen!

draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

‘The Evidence of Things Not Seen’: Ethics and the True Crime Industry Recorded 22nd September 2025. Why are we so drawn to true crime? And what are the ethical stakes behind the stories? Join popular literature experts Clare Clarke, Bernice Murphy, writer Una Mannion (

👇Brilliant discussion w/ @evepatt.bsky.social, @clareclarke.bsky.social, @murphgothic.bsky.social, @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social, & Una Mannion on the moral complexities of creating & consuming #truecrime for the 2025 Arts & Humanities Research Festival @tlrhub.bsky.social

#skystorians #academicsky 🗃️

Holding the book "Billy Waters is dancing" in front of a wall overgrown with autumnal leaves and vines

"Billy Waters Is Dancing", a #biography by @drmarylshannon.bsky.social retraces the forgotten story of Black Regency sailor, who became London's most celebrated street performer & finds him & other figures of Black Regency Britain in #popularculture

#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth

Are you a grad student, untenured faculty member, or an independent scholar doing research in Romantic-era literature and culture? There's still time to apply for a Pforzheimer Award!

Apply by Nov. 1 to be considered.

Find more information here: www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...

Obligatory photo of me and the Trinity big gold ball with added seagull!

Jen Baker THIS Sunday 26th October, 8pm (GMT), I will be talking about ghost children in long c19th literature and culture with the Viktor Wynd Museum online (zoom): "Spectral Embodiments: Manifesting and...

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Fuck off with this bullshit

You gotta tell us what book!

Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.

go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary

"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...

Seán Hewitt & Michael Amherst - Belfast International Arts Festival Seán Hewitt and Michael Amherst share their powerful new coming-of-age novels with John Self in this Festival conversation. With his first foray into fiction, award-winning poet and memoirist Seán…

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A reminder that pg researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies in the UK are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award (valued up to £500)

The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this

#Romanticism

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Guillermo de Toro’s Frankenstein: beguiling adaptation stays true to heart of Mary Shelley’s story Guillermo del Toro’s retelling of the story about a scientist trying to create life is a visual treat and a rousing adaptation.

My fab colleague Sharon Ruston on the new Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein: theconversation.com/guillermo-de...

BARS Independent Scholar bursary is now open: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189

Talented colleagues being amazing, once again. Congratulations Rosie and co.