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Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social · 16h

@drsallybd.bsky.social @teessidelive.bsky.social @hwstockton.bsky.social @bnteesside.bsky.social @ouliterature.bsky.social
Thanks to Gary Wright & Dr. Jean McCleod, University-Hospitals-Tees at The Writers' Nook exhibit-NHS voices, an OU Knowledge Exchange, supported bythe Northern Cancer Alliance

Dr. Siobhan Campbell, creative writing lead on the Creating Space for NHS voices project in front of The Writers' Nook wall at North Tees Hospital.

NHS writers read their creative works on display in Teesside Restaurant, University Hospital North Tees

Plaque acknowledging NHS writers, the Creative Writing workshop series, Mel McEvoy Nurse Consultant, Convenor Dr. Sally Blackburn-Daniels and the Northern Cancer Alliance for the Open University Knowledge Exchange Project - Creative Writing for psychosocial support of NHS workers.

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · 14h

I have been lucky to support @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social and Mel McEvoy with the Creative Writing to support Healthcare workers Knowledge Exchange project at @ouliterature.bsky.social Yesterday we launched The Writers’ Nook at UHNT, showcasing impactful work of CW workshop participants.

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Apr 8

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Vernon Lee and empathy or Elon Musk?

Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy

Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague

www.theguardian.com

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Apr 3

What am I doing?

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COVE Collective @coveeditions.bsky.social · Mar 28

Announcing the return of COVE Collective to digital discourse. We're revitalizing our online presence to better serve scholars in the Digital Humanities. Looking forward to sharing advancements in our peer-reviewed publications and collaborative platforms. Learn more, editions.covecollective.org

COVE | COVE is Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education, a scholar-driven open-access publishing platform.

editions.covecollective.org

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · Feb 24

Hi there!

We are the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. Our members promote research in the history of the book including manuscript culture, print, digital technologies + beyond.

Follow to connect with bookish scholarship from around the world + across time periods.

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Mar 3

Hurrah! Glad you made it!

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Jan 15

Hurrah! We had such a good time at Teesside running a Being Human festival hub - looking forward to hearing about this year’s theme @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social · Jan 15

Hello Bluesky! 👋 🌞

We're the team behind Being Human - the UK's national festival of the humanities.

We're all about opening up humanities research and bringing it to life in creative, fun and participatory ways for communities across the UK.

It's nice to be here!
youtu.be/Wb0pMG0GnNc

Introducing Being Human Festival

YouTube video by Being Human Festival

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Dec 25

We have adopted the tradition of Jólabókaflóð in our house and this year I got a wonderful selection! Started with the Balle!

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Dec 21

Very much feeling my Home Alone 2 fantasy!

Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Dec 21

Snow in NYC this morning - thanks to jet lag, I’ve had a solid four hours pottering around in the city in beautiful wintry weather!

A view of skyscrapers in the snow from Central Park, New York City

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Dec 20

… looking at flights to Australia…

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Dec 20

Where do I get ‘Shapes’? I need to try them

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Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · Dec 17

Hello to all #academics! The #Neurodivergent #Humanities Network, is now on Bluesky!

We've got many exciting events lined up for 2025, including the relaunch of our NDHums #mentorship scheme!

Follow us here for important updates, and join the network via our website.

#AcademicSky
#PhD

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Dec 9

My incredible colleague @janeford.bsky.social has developed this powerful project, which aims to support women of the Tees Valley to raise their voices. Take a look at the website - it is awesome!

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Jane Ford @janeford.bsky.social · Dec 9

Final workshop of the first phase of our “Deliberate Ink” project. It’s been a privilege to work with such amazing women to produce these political messages. Still populating the website but you can find out a bit more at deliberateink.org

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Dec 8

Vernon Lee: Text, Applications, and Practice - the first North American Vernon Lee conference is waiting for your abstracts! Jan 3 2025 is your deadline. Conference is at Colorado College, 29 June - 2 July 2025 💜

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Women in the History of Political Thought @whpt.bsky.social · Dec 5

Delighted to share our call for papers for the 2025 Women in the History of Political Thought conference. We welcome papers related to women's contributions to political thought. We look forward to receiving your submissions! womeninhpt.com

Call for papers. Women in the History of Political Thought conference. To be held on May 7th-9th in Ghent Belgium. Submit abstracts to womeninhpt@gmail.com by January 24th for consideration.

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Heike Bauer @heikebauer.bsky.social · Dec 6

Amidst all the 'English in crisis' rhetoric, let's have a look at the figures & why the data measuring enrolments to 'English Studies' degrees is contested (provided by subject specialists @englishassociation.bsky.social).

englishassociation.ac.uk/english-stud...

English Studies in numbers: data on student enrolment and trends | The English Association

We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

englishassociation.ac.uk

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Teddy Roland @teddyroland.bsky.social · Nov 30

I made a starter pack for grad students in DH, to build visibility for a rising group of scholars.

If you want to be added (or know someone who should be), just comment!

go.bsky.app/8Bju8SY

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · Nov 18

Call for papers: UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association annual event, Glasgow, 17-18 June 2025 (CFP deadline 15 Jan 2025) easychair.org/cfp/ukie2025. The theme is ‘Collaboration beyond boundaries’ #DigitalHumanities

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Natale Vacalebre @natvacalebre.bsky.social · Nov 26

🖋️ Join us to explore centuries of intellectual history in the margins.
#marginalia #bookhistory #manuscripts #rarebooks #incunabula #books #intellectualhistory
go.bsky.app/UqsF6np

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Cusp @cusplate.bsky.social · Nov 25

Cusp: Late 19th-/Early 20th-Century Cultures, a newer journal from Johns Hopkins UP, has migrated over to Bluesky. Please take a look at our submission guidelines. We welcome work across the turn of the century, across disciplines, and across national boundaries. www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cusp

Cusp: Late 19th-/Early 20th-Century Cultures

www.press.jhu.edu

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Nov 18

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Action Intent Links | Bluesky

Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · Nov 24

Here is the Manuscript and Book History starter pack, with experts working on Latin, Chinese, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Old English, Slavic, Ethiopian and many more manuscript and book traditions!

go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo

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