Dr Rhonda Mayne
@drrmayne.bsky.social
Academic in Modern Literature & Culture. Virginia Woolf, Modernism, Women’s Writing, 1920s–30s Poetry, WWI Literature, Social class, Feminism, Dance & Performance. Explore my work @ https://sites.google.com/view/drrhondamayne/current-projects
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Conservation at Monk's House
Learn about the conservation work carried out by the National Trust at Monk's House, from restoring shawls to protecting wildlife in the garden.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
100 years of Mrs Dalloway 🌿
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
The National Trust is restoring Virginia Woolf’s only surviving garment, a shawl from 1933, now too fragile to display.
Help ensure this rare piece of Woolf’s world endures.
🔗 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
#MrsDalloway100 #VirginiaWoolf #NationalTrust
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(To pin) You can download my book *Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War: Geographies of Care* for free (open access) here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-medical...
Paperback coming Feb 2025
Paperback coming Feb 2025
Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War
Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 4, 2024 at 12:01 PM
(To pin) You can download my book *Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War: Geographies of Care* for free (open access) here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-medical...
Paperback coming Feb 2025
Paperback coming Feb 2025
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📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
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Recordings are now available of Jane Ohlmeyer's excellent RHS Anniversary Lecture: 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland' bit.ly/3MdjXEn
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
Recordings available of the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture, with Professor Jane Ohlmeyer - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Recordings of Jan...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Recordings are now available of Jane Ohlmeyer's excellent RHS Anniversary Lecture: 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland' bit.ly/3MdjXEn
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
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As debate about the cost and purpose of higher education intensifies, the humanities are often the first target. Yet evidence shows that far from being outdated or indulgent, humanities degrees cultivate critical skills, resilience and, yes, viable career paths: https://ow.ly/2sER50XAzQx #HigherEd
The case for degrees that teach us how to think
As debate about the cost and purpose of higher education intensifies, the humanities are often the first target. Yet evidence shows that far from being outdated or indulgent, humanities degrees cultivate critical skills, resilience and, yes, viable career paths
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December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
As debate about the cost and purpose of higher education intensifies, the humanities are often the first target. Yet evidence shows that far from being outdated or indulgent, humanities degrees cultivate critical skills, resilience and, yes, viable career paths: https://ow.ly/2sER50XAzQx #HigherEd
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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A reminder that this fantastic event is taking place on Thursday and Friday next week - the programme has just been finalised and we are very excited for it! 🤩
📣 The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research is pleased to present RETHINKING RIGOUR, a two-day symposium exploring creative-critical research in medical humanities.
📅 4-5 December 2025
Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
📅 4-5 December 2025
Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
Rethinking Rigour: Conditions of Creativity & Criticality in the Academy - Durham University
4 December 2025 - 4 December 2025
www.durham.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A reminder that this fantastic event is taking place on Thursday and Friday next week - the programme has just been finalised and we are very excited for it! 🤩
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Really interesting read on the challenges AI poses to documentaries, truth, and the archive. All of this of course extends to static as well as moving images — and the full spectrum of colourisation to fabrication.
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Really interesting read on the challenges AI poses to documentaries, truth, and the archive. All of this of course extends to static as well as moving images — and the full spectrum of colourisation to fabrication.
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
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🔊 CfP: New Work in Modernist Studies 15
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔊 CfP: New Work in Modernist Studies 15
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
🗓️ Friday 9 January, online
⏰ Apply by 5pm (GMT) Friday 12 December
bams.ac.uk/new-work-in-...
A great opportunity for postgraduates & early career researchers to share work on modernist cultures in a supportive environment. See link above for full details.
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Make your own image of Winter
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Make your own image of Winter
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
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Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
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We're at it again!!
VPR is seeking an Associate Editor to oversee book reviews and assist the editor with special features. This is a great opportunity for a #periodicals scholar looking to develop editorial and leadership skills. Applications are due December 15. Details at rs4vp.org/vpr-seeks-as... @rs4vp.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We're at it again!!
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A new episode of The Virginia Woolf Podcast is out now - @kdclewin.bsky.social chats to Karina Jakubowicz about her new book #TheWritersRoom, the politics and practicalities of authorship, and (of course) about Virginia Woolf's own writing process:
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
Virginia Woolf Podcast — Literature Cambridge
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A new episode of The Virginia Woolf Podcast is out now - @kdclewin.bsky.social chats to Karina Jakubowicz about her new book #TheWritersRoom, the politics and practicalities of authorship, and (of course) about Virginia Woolf's own writing process:
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
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Middlemarch, published 1871-2, by George Eliot, born #OTD 1819; described by Virginia Woolf as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”.
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Middlemarch, published 1871-2, by George Eliot, born #OTD 1819; described by Virginia Woolf as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”.
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library
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Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
USIHS seminar: Irish women and the Reformation
Dr Henry Jefferies on Irish women and the Reformation
www.eventbrite.ie
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
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'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
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📣 BAMS 2026 election is now open!
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
BAMS Elections 2026
Call for Nominations for the 2026 Election of the Executive Steering Committee of the British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) There are five vacant senior positions on the Committee. The C…
bams.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 BAMS 2026 election is now open!
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
For this #ModWrite, I found myself dwelling on one sharp detail in The Years—a dancer’s tight shoes—and how Woolf uses that fleeting image to unravel the pretence and pressure of social hierarchy. Small moment, big resonance.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For this #ModWrite, I found myself dwelling on one sharp detail in The Years—a dancer’s tight shoes—and how Woolf uses that fleeting image to unravel the pretence and pressure of social hierarchy. Small moment, big resonance.
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Dresses created by Lucile fashion house, founded in 1894 by English designer and costumer Lady Duff Gordon (London, 1863 - 1935).
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Dresses created by Lucile fashion house, founded in 1894 by English designer and costumer Lady Duff Gordon (London, 1863 - 1935).
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
The photographs range from 1901 to 1912
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The top 10 of the top 100 British novels according to book critics outside the UK. Virginia Woolf came 2nd & 3rd for To the Lighthouse & Mrs Dalloway respectively. She is the only 20th C author to make the top 10. Full list on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The top 10 of the top 100 British novels according to book critics outside the UK. Virginia Woolf came 2nd & 3rd for To the Lighthouse & Mrs Dalloway respectively. She is the only 20th C author to make the top 10. Full list on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
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2025 marks the centenary of A.N. Whitehead’s Lowell Lectures, Science and the Modern World; 2026 the centenary of the first British edition.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
2025 marks the centenary of A.N. Whitehead’s Lowell Lectures, Science and the Modern World; 2026 the centenary of the first British edition.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
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Assistant Professor in Film Studies
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Assistant Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Film Studies on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Assistant Professor in Film Studies
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
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On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy, 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'
www.qub.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
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VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships