Lieven Ameel

@lievenameel.bsky.social

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Senior lecturer in comparative literature at Tampere University, Finland.
City in literature, civic community, narrative futures, energy, utopia, literary form and rising waters.
blog: https://lievenameel.hypotheses.org/ .. more

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Reposted by Diane Coyle, Joanna Bryson, Dorothy Bishop , and 37 more Diane Coyle, Joanna Bryson, Dorothy Bishop, Sherry Hamby, Garry Peterson, Simon Chapman, Andrew Scott, Tim Bale, Steven French, Alistair Munro, Mark D. White, Martin Paul Eve, Alex Callinicos, Richard H. King, Greg Walker, Kevin Carey, Jonathan Hopkin, Robert C. Richards, Justin Lewis, Margot C. Finn, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Stephen Ryan, Michael D. McDonald, Lieven Ameel, Maria Abreu, Fiona Moore, Graham Dutfield, Kevin O’Sullivan, Elliot Friedman, Paul Nightingale, Ann Bartow, Björn Heile, Patrick Stokes, Michael Larkin, Nicole Guenther Discenza, James A. Benn, Alex Drace‐Francis, David Darmofal, Francis Ruiz, Steven H. Seggie

Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 1d

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 1d

Teaching @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social five-steps for writing out a close reading, today in my literary methods class. Also referencing Vanderburg on the "method wars" for a bit of context (although only partly applicable to the Nordics) www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/rev...

Crise en Abyme | Colin Vanderburg

Anyone who has ever emerged from a multiday academic conference will recognize this truth: as the sun sets on the jetsam of crumpled programs and the custodians vacuum the carpet, you set out for the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 4d

Opening today in the Hendrik Conscience Library in #Antwerp: Letter by Letter (By the Woolf’s Hands).

This exhibition showcases the editions of the #Hogarth Press, printed and bound by Virginia and Leonard #Woolf.

It's the first time all 34 editions are brought together in an exhibition.

Cover of 'Stories of the East' by Leonard Woolf. A red design on orange paper, showing a woodcut of a tiger between two palm trees.

Cover of 'Twelve original woodcuts' by Roger Fry. It is a red marbled paper with a white label showing the title.

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · 13d

New publication on active life of lit-> "How does the study of literature, language, and humanities help build critical capacities? How do we address the current state of the humanities in the age of AI? What are examples of applied humanities programs and careers?"
asterismbooks.com/product/buil...

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 13d

Publishing soon in our flagship 'Environmental Cultures' series, 'Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment' by Pramod Nayar, which studies the work of over 50 poets: www.bloomsbury.com/postcolonial...

Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment

Examining a wide variety of poets from the last three decades of the 20th century to the present, from Asian, African, South American and settler colonies such…

www.bloomsbury.com

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Peter Stewart, Dolly Jørgensen , and 1 more Lesley A. Hall, Peter Stewart, Dolly Jørgensen, Lieven Ameel

Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 21d

My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!

PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026

www.jobbnorge.no

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Lieven Ameel, Talia Schaffer

Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 22d

If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/

Conference

“The Underground: Prohibition, Abolition, Expression”2026 Call for Papers April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Baker Street Station on the Metropolitan Railway, 1863 &#…

midwestvictorian.org

Reposted by Holger Nehring, Lieven Ameel, James Cameron

Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · Oct 30

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Oct 29

Congratulations! Narrative's prize is a huge honor, well deserved!

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Oct 22

Seen in the wild in Finland: @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social &
@johannawinant.bsky.social Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. Got my copy this morning, used it in teaching a seminar in the afternoon!

Reposted by Michael H. Whitworth, Lieven Ameel

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · Oct 21

Today is pub day for my third book: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. It is a handbook on how to read. It argues for the foundational importance of *caring* to thought. It offers an anatomy of close reading's five steps so we can hone the skills to perform them. It argues for why to read

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Oct 15

Looks like a great PhD course in the energy humanities! Applications welcome until 24 October.

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Oct 10

Great mini-thread on Krasznahorkai! (and about what literature can be all about)

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Oct 7

Many thanks, this looks wonderful! I've found the work of Elleke Boehmer and Dominic Davies on literary infrastructure really useful - & noted that A. Tickel has a new book on infrastructure and citizenship in Indian literature. I've mostly worked on the interaction between urban and literary form.

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Oct 7

A grad seminar on infrastructure and literature sounds great! Any chance of having a peek at the syllabus?

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Thinking Through Infrastructure Network @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social · Oct 6

How can art and storytelling help us to make sense of infrastructures? Join us online at lunchtime on Wed 29 Oct for our first session of the new academic year with visual artist, urban walker, and comics creator Giada Peterle. Sign up below! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Reposted by Lieven Ameel, Frans Mäyrä

Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · Sep 30

Come work with us! We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers working in cultural game studies from the beginning of 2026 until the end of 2027. Read more and apply by 31.10.2025 (at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2):

3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

tuni.rekrytointi.com

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Hanna Nikkanen @hannanik.bsky.social · Sep 26

The world’s largest carbon registry, Verra, has pulled millions of carbon credits from the market after they were scrutinized in my and Jonas Gerding’s @longplay.fi investigation (so far only available in Finnish, but more stories are coming up!)

(1/4)

Verran linja muuttui Long Playn paljastusten jälkeen

www.longplay.fi

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Sep 25

A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.

Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is now available in #paperback: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#History #Habsburg

Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Michael H. Whitworth, Lieven Ameel

Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · Sep 19

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation

Playmobil figure kitted out as prehistoric iceman Ötzi.

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen, Lieven Ameel

Stef Craps 🕊️ @stefcraps.com · Sep 16

🌱 Fully funded PhD scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University!

A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.

PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University

Discover a PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Fabián Muniesa, Dolly Jørgensen , and 2 more Lesley A. Hall, Fabián Muniesa, Dolly Jørgensen, Lieven Ameel, Hisham Zerriffi

Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · Sep 16

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Sep 14

Thanks, JD and everyone at #railwayaesthetics for great company on an unforgettable journey!

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · Sep 14

I spent the last 4 days with a band of mad academics and artists rolling from Vienna to Istanbul for a conference on #railwayaesthetics held on the train. The work was great and I can’t thank them enough. Some images

Vienna Hauptbahnhof at. Out. Wet and modern and shiny

Hungarian monument to the Malenkij Robot. Spooky as hell and politically welllll

The conference car where the presentations were held

Open gravel mine. Romania. An enormous project of replacing the rail ties with concrete underway

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Crossing into Bulgaria, #RailwayAsthetics

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Looking for a telephone operator

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Sep 11

panel "Disconnected Branches" starting at the Royal Salon, Bucharest North station), at the Railway Aesthetics conference lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2605

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Sep 10

Tot ziens in Wenen!

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'll present a paper on “Literary Flickers of Fossil-fueled Modernity”, with the focus on the sudden appearances of lights, fumes and glares as seen from a train window. Looking forward to reconnect with old acquaintances and to get to know new people in infrastructure & mobilities humanities.

Reposted by Jonathan Webber

Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social · Sep 10

In Vienna for the Railway Aesthetics conference, which takes place in and around trains, including several night-trains on the trajectory Vienna – Bucharest – Istanbul. Program includes a panel at the Royal Salon in Bucharest & visit to the Energy Museum in Istanbul lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2605

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