Lucie Matthews-Jones
@luciejones83.bsky.social
Victorian historian at a UK post-92. Usually lost in the past & admin. Slowly writing book. Looks at home, class & gender. Interested in pedagogy, & disability in higher education. Dyslexic/dyspraxic. Her/she. Sharing her home office with 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
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#SkyStorians #HIstory Triple article drop!
First up a forum piece by @luciejones83.bsky.social 'Making and Defining the Creative History Classroom: An Introduction', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...
First up a forum piece by @luciejones83.bsky.social 'Making and Defining the Creative History Classroom: An Introduction', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#SkyStorians #HIstory Triple article drop!
First up a forum piece by @luciejones83.bsky.social 'Making and Defining the Creative History Classroom: An Introduction', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...
First up a forum piece by @luciejones83.bsky.social 'Making and Defining the Creative History Classroom: An Introduction', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...
How are higher education peeps responding to AI in their creative assessments / #unessay work? I’m slightly anxious by the way AI can be used to make primary sources, but I don’t want to restrict students to only crafted or handmade assessments. #skyhistorians
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
How are higher education peeps responding to AI in their creative assessments / #unessay work? I’m slightly anxious by the way AI can be used to make primary sources, but I don’t want to restrict students to only crafted or handmade assessments. #skyhistorians
I’ve just walked past some college students making a music video & it’s given me flashbacks to when I did A Level Media Studies-like 20 years ago-we also made a music video! I do make a cameo. We really loved the fade & sepia filter. I’M GLAD THAT NO COPIES OF THIS EXIST ANYWHERE (at least I hope)
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I’ve just walked past some college students making a music video & it’s given me flashbacks to when I did A Level Media Studies-like 20 years ago-we also made a music video! I do make a cameo. We really loved the fade & sepia filter. I’M GLAD THAT NO COPIES OF THIS EXIST ANYWHERE (at least I hope)
For the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, @riacheyne.bsky.social & I gave a short talk to uni research leaders on our Disabled Researchers project. I hope it encouraged some thought on dismantling the barriers disabled researchers face. We need a research culture where all can thrive.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
For the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, @riacheyne.bsky.social & I gave a short talk to uni research leaders on our Disabled Researchers project. I hope it encouraged some thought on dismantling the barriers disabled researchers face. We need a research culture where all can thrive.
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You may have noticed that I talk A LOT abt creative methods in my teaching. Well I’ve explained in this piece why it’s important for student learning& wellbeing as well as being fun. I use this as opportunity to define creativity & how we are creative teachers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
You may have noticed that I talk A LOT abt creative methods in my teaching. Well I’ve explained in this piece why it’s important for student learning& wellbeing as well as being fun. I use this as opportunity to define creativity & how we are creative teachers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I’ve had a lovely afternoon chatting settlement history in Shoreditch today. It’s always fun sharing my titbits with settlements which ended with some strolling around the boundary estate. This might be one of favourite things to do as a historian.
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’ve had a lovely afternoon chatting settlement history in Shoreditch today. It’s always fun sharing my titbits with settlements which ended with some strolling around the boundary estate. This might be one of favourite things to do as a historian.
You may have noticed that I talk A LOT abt creative methods in my teaching. Well I’ve explained in this piece why it’s important for student learning& wellbeing as well as being fun. I use this as opportunity to define creativity & how we are creative teachers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
You may have noticed that I talk A LOT abt creative methods in my teaching. Well I’ve explained in this piece why it’s important for student learning& wellbeing as well as being fun. I use this as opportunity to define creativity & how we are creative teachers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I had a student tell me today that one of the reasons they loved my c19th gender history module was because it made them feel really clever AND I can’t stop feeling pleased by this observation. I’ve never had someone say this to me before and it was strangely joyful.
a painting of a young girl in a white dress and black shoes
ALT: a painting of a young girl in a white dress and black shoes
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November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I had a student tell me today that one of the reasons they loved my c19th gender history module was because it made them feel really clever AND I can’t stop feeling pleased by this observation. I’ve never had someone say this to me before and it was strangely joyful.
Had a really productive afternoon after at Liverpool’s Colonial Legacies’ event on archives & uncovering voices. The papers were thought provoking&stimulating (esp because mainly papers reflected on creative methods). I really liked the hands-on activity; tracing a Liverpool doorway from a photo
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Had a really productive afternoon after at Liverpool’s Colonial Legacies’ event on archives & uncovering voices. The papers were thought provoking&stimulating (esp because mainly papers reflected on creative methods). I really liked the hands-on activity; tracing a Liverpool doorway from a photo
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BAVS2026 has a shiny new website! www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026! To celebrate, we are extending our CFP to December 12th. Do come and join us
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) conference
The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History, with the Centre for Port and Maritime History, are delighted to welcome BAVS delegates to Liverpool in 2026.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
BAVS2026 has a shiny new website! www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026! To celebrate, we are extending our CFP to December 12th. Do come and join us
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Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
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Judith Butler in 2021
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Judith Butler in 2021
‘School trip!’ enthusiastically declared my students when I told them earlier this week we were leaving off to Liverpool’s Walker Gallery. I’m such a fan of off site activities. It was defo welcomed as I enter another week with a cold and made all the better when 1 student told me ‘they loved it’!
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
‘School trip!’ enthusiastically declared my students when I told them earlier this week we were leaving off to Liverpool’s Walker Gallery. I’m such a fan of off site activities. It was defo welcomed as I enter another week with a cold and made all the better when 1 student told me ‘they loved it’!
It’s amazing to think that my 1st lecturing gig saw me use acetate sheets&overhead projectors & not 15 years later I’m being asked to increase my AI capabilities through an institutional AI Academy &chatbot. I can’t help feeling that somewhere there is a grumpy male academic rolling in their grave.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s amazing to think that my 1st lecturing gig saw me use acetate sheets&overhead projectors & not 15 years later I’m being asked to increase my AI capabilities through an institutional AI Academy &chatbot. I can’t help feeling that somewhere there is a grumpy male academic rolling in their grave.
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Busy but brilliant week on the Divergent Minds in the Archive project: co-ran our "Accessing Archives and Collections" symposium Mon & Tues, now en route to Heriot-Watt to talk about our findings at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium! #Neurodiversity
Today @riacheyne.bsky.social, @amfoster.bsky.social & I showcased our Divergent Minds in the Archive project. It a great event & lovely to be able to talk about what we’ve done from our data collection, graphics, accessibility guide & zines. Thanks to everyone who came & your lovely comments!
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Busy but brilliant week on the Divergent Minds in the Archive project: co-ran our "Accessing Archives and Collections" symposium Mon & Tues, now en route to Heriot-Watt to talk about our findings at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium! #Neurodiversity
Today @riacheyne.bsky.social, @amfoster.bsky.social & I showcased our Divergent Minds in the Archive project. It a great event & lovely to be able to talk about what we’ve done from our data collection, graphics, accessibility guide & zines. Thanks to everyone who came & your lovely comments!
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today @riacheyne.bsky.social, @amfoster.bsky.social & I showcased our Divergent Minds in the Archive project. It a great event & lovely to be able to talk about what we’ve done from our data collection, graphics, accessibility guide & zines. Thanks to everyone who came & your lovely comments!
This afternoon I had one of my fav lectures: the Victorian Body. It’s interactive. I set up scholarship & prompts and then students look at archival material from @ljmu-sca.bsky.social. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful uni archive close to hand. Thanks Christopher for such great material!
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This afternoon I had one of my fav lectures: the Victorian Body. It’s interactive. I set up scholarship & prompts and then students look at archival material from @ljmu-sca.bsky.social. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful uni archive close to hand. Thanks Christopher for such great material!
Every Friday homeworker deserves to have a snuggly purring cat on their lap no
matter how uncomfortable it is. #proofofcat
matter how uncomfortable it is. #proofofcat
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every Friday homeworker deserves to have a snuggly purring cat on their lap no
matter how uncomfortable it is. #proofofcat
matter how uncomfortable it is. #proofofcat
Inspired by Matt Smith’s LGBTI Untold Story plates (pic 1) I asked my 2nd year gender history students to design and make plates based on the Oscar Wilde transcript they read in class. It was really good fun.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Inspired by Matt Smith’s LGBTI Untold Story plates (pic 1) I asked my 2nd year gender history students to design and make plates based on the Oscar Wilde transcript they read in class. It was really good fun.
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Still time to register for this free online event next week! With fantastic contributions from @nlisn.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @neurodiversemuseum.bsky.social @owenbarden.bsky.social @louisebell.bsky.social @sambrady.bsky.social and many more!
As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
Microsoft Forms
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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Still time to register for this free online event next week! With fantastic contributions from @nlisn.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @neurodiversemuseum.bsky.social @owenbarden.bsky.social @louisebell.bsky.social @sambrady.bsky.social and many more!
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“Among the fallen beech leaves”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“Among the fallen beech leaves”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
🍂Crisp autumn park walks are the best park walks 🍁🍂
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🍂Crisp autumn park walks are the best park walks 🍁🍂
I’ve just been invited to give my first keynote paper. So I did what this email truly deserved I squealed at my desk and wrote my acceptance reply with a big smile on my face and that’s such a nice way to start my Friday…
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’ve just been invited to give my first keynote paper. So I did what this email truly deserved I squealed at my desk and wrote my acceptance reply with a big smile on my face and that’s such a nice way to start my Friday…
When you’ve been away for a few days and your feline forever best friend wants to make sure that you haven’t forgotten them and that they are available for head scratches and chin rubs… #proofofcat
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
When you’ve been away for a few days and your feline forever best friend wants to make sure that you haven’t forgotten them and that they are available for head scratches and chin rubs… #proofofcat
How is the digital creative? Check out Jamie Wood’s article ‘Creativity&Historical Inquiry in Digital Spaces’. It’s the penultimate early view article for @cathfeely.bsky.social &my special issue on creative history for @hisjournalha.bsky.social! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
How is the digital creative? Check out Jamie Wood’s article ‘Creativity&Historical Inquiry in Digital Spaces’. It’s the penultimate early view article for @cathfeely.bsky.social &my special issue on creative history for @hisjournalha.bsky.social! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...