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Adam Neikirk
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Poet, Scholar, Pantisocrat 2025 ECF BARS/Wordsworth Grasmere "Writing like Wordsworth" & "Romantic Poets in the Wild" Verse culture(?) // Creative Liaison @ bars.bsky.social adamneikirk.wordpress.com (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · Aug 29
Excited to announce that my article "Poetic Lines and Social Thought" is now published over at contempaesthetics.org/2025/08/28/p...

An essay about #poetry #poetics and a little bit about aliens 👽
An international, interdisciplinary, peer- and blind-reviewed open-access online journalof contemporary theory, research, and application in aesthetics.
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 1d
On the job market and writing a book
an older man with a mustache is crying with his eyes closed
ALT: an older man with a mustache is crying with his eyes closed
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 1d
Introducing my niece to some bee boddily bo bop jazz
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 2d
Call for Papers: British Society for Literature and Science (@thebsls.bsky.social) 21st Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde, 9th-11th April 2026. 200-word abstracts due by 12th December 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6183
CfP: British Society for Literature and Science Annual Conference – BARS Blog
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 2d
My 1945 first edition of Harry Price's oddly-named 'Poltergeist Over England'. Its subject matter is clear enough, though. An uncommon book, especially in its dust jacket. The Wartime Economy Standard on paper meant the DJ was thin and fragile - it's not survived well on my copy.
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 2d
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
When I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 2d
First episode of RPW is in the books (or computer as it were)! I don't even think it needs much editing... hoping for many more such episodes in the future. 😀
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Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com · 4d
I must go down to the seas again
to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 3d
Stunning day at Abbotsford, the house and estate of Sir Walter Scott in the Scottish Borders.
Photo of Sir Walter Scott’s house on a sunny day with very blue skies.
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 3d
I've got my white handkerchief ready!
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 4d
Our friends at ‘Romanticism across Borders’ are back! As in previous years, all events will continue to be held online, with the first one coming up soon.

The session will take place on Wednesday 22 October, on Zoom at 5.30pm (London time, or GMT+01, i.e. 6.30, Paris time).
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 3d
Definitely feeling sick today, but looking forward to recording the first *video* episode of Romantic Poets in the Wild for BARS tomorrow - w/ Cumbrian poet Jessica Sneddon as our guest!
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 3d
Thinking about becoming a doomer
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 4d
I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon
Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher
www.theguardian.com
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 4d
The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 4d
BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 5d
We are now on Instagram, where you can follow us @bars_romanticism!

We’ll be posting news, videos, and photos about our activities.
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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 5d
New on the BARS Blog: Christina Morin's Open Fellowship Report, "Hocquet Caritat, the Minerva Press, and the ‘Patronizers of Polite and Entertaining Literature in America’".
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6159
Open Fellowship Report: Hocquet Caritat, the Minerva Press, and the ‘Patronizers of Polite and Entertaining Literature in America’ – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 5d
Keats Shelley Prize entries are now open, for both the Poetry and Essay Prize.
Deadline is 10am (GMT) on Monday 2 February 2026
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6155
Keats-Shelley Prize 2025-26 – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 5d
Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 5d
New on the BARS Blog: Jordan Welsh's (@jordanwelshy.bsky.social) Copley Report on his research into Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz's friendship. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6167
Stephen Copley Research Award Report: Jordan Welsh on Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz’s Friendship – BARS Blog
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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 5d
Applied for 3 more academic jobs today, including one in Roswell...

Was really tempted to write "I want to believe" on my cover letter.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 8d
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 8d
Reminder: BARS 2026 CFP can be found here:
Deadline Sunday 30 November.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
BARS Biennial Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection – Updates and Call for Papers Announced – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 8d
On the BARS blog: information on applying for the @ksaacomm.bsky.social Carl H. Pforzheimer Research Grants, worth $3000. Deadline 1st November. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6151
Funding Opportunity: Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 8d
The newest issue of the BARS Review is now published! Check out issue 61 at the link below.
Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers!
www.bars.ac.uk/review/index...
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