@danielbreeze.com
Historian of ideas and human-animal relations. Monograph in progress based on my PhD: Creeds of Kinship. Thinking about intellectual history as multispecies dialogue and animals as 'cousins'. He/him. danielbreeze.com
The journal is now seeking papers for its next issue on Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century — consider submitting! RRR offers a welcoming and thorough editorial process for both first-time authors and experienced scholars alike.
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Great to see this published! Huge thanks to all the authors — it was a pleasure to help edit some of the pieces. Issue 8 also marks the end of my time on the RRR board. It’s been a wonderful three years working with such brilliant colleagues.
Thank you :)
Thanks Steve!
Some recent news...
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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📢 Just a few weeks left to submit your abstracts for our exciting conference at the University of Stirling in January!
🗓 Deadline: 22 Sept
📩 Email: rrr@soton.ac.uk
Chilli plant with red and green chillies ready to be harvested.
Harvest time 🌶
A sketch of Rufus the guinea pig, by Anna Kingsford.
Today is the 145th deathday of Rufus the guinea pig, one of Anna Kingsford's animal companions. In my thesis, I argue that her grief over his death contributed to her growing turn towards an esoteric mysticism and her belief in the immortality of animal souls.
Fig. 1 illustrates a novel approach to research supervision focussed on practical space-based methodologies in history, drawing on insights from peripatetic philosophy.
Sadly, @peteryeandle.bsky.social, @danielbreeze.com, and I won’t win awards, as it just looks like some guys on a hike.
We're delighted to announce that the CfP for our 2026 conference @stir.ac.uk, 'Sex in the Long C19', is now LIVE!
We are grateful to have received generous funding from @bavs-uk.bsky.social, allowing us to award travel bursaries to some delegates.
Abstracts due 22 September 2025. Share widely!
It says much when humans are duped by bots that regurgitate human ideas back to them, but are incapable of admitting any non-human (biological) forms of sentience that exist (and have existed for a while...)
He has shared his introduction to the collection here:
Delighted to see this project come to life! I first heard about it from Cezary when we met at a conference last year, and it’s fantastic to now see his collection of Henry Salt translations published.
📰 The latest issue of Post Print, the newsletter of @rrrjournal.bsky.social, is out now!
I'm excited to have contributed to the Researcher Insights series, where I share a summary of my PhD research. Check it out:
📖 Read here:
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This looks great - congratulations!
White ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) - ethereal!
Early morning at Bradford Dale. Dippers, Mandarins, and Marsh Marigold resplendent. Sunny afternoon by the pond.
I was honoured to present a paper this morning at the British Society for the History of Philosophy conference at Cambridge. The theme — Animals and the Environment in the History of Philosophy — is generating rich and timely discussions. Grateful to be taking part.
📣Exciting news! ✨ Romance, Revolution & Reform is now on Bluesky! Follow us to stay updated on journal news, opportunities, and all things nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Absolutely delighted about the publication of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY (Cambridge University Press): www.cambridge.org/.../globaliz... via @cambridgeup.bsky.social
Deadline: 18th April! CFS on the topic of Play in the Long Nineteenth Century.
Congratulations! This project looks fantastic.
Recruitment poster for new postgrad board members for the journal Romance, Revolution and Reform.
RRR is hiring 4 new PGR Editors!
Please share within your nineteenth century PGR circles. RRR is unique in its ability to offer PGRs the opportunity to be part of the editorial board of a journal.
I only have great things to say about my time on the board!
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The journal is now accepting submissions for our next issue, 'Play in the Long Nineteenth Century': www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub....
Issue 7 of Romance, Revolution & Reform, 'Labour in the Long Nineteenth Century', was published at the end of last week. It has some great articles and is well worth a browse: www.rrrjournal.com/issue/7.
Do any fellow 19th-cent historians or Victorianists know if Bradlaugh's National Reformer (1860-93) is digitised anywhere online?
Our patch of the woods.
My review of Jeremy Burchardt's "Lifescapes" (CUP) for
@socialhistsoc.bsky.social is now available online. An exemplary historical study of the emotional and physical experience of landscape. It's a wondrous book, contemplative and empathetic throughout. doi.org/10.1080/1478...
Bravo on the title!