Nikki Hessell
@nikkihessell.bsky.social
Prof in 18th Century & Romantic Literature at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, she/her, Pākehā/settler scholar, #toitūtetiriti, 🏀
Books on Romanticism + settler colonialism + Indigenous studies
https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/nikki.hessell
Books on Romanticism + settler colonialism + Indigenous studies
https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/nikki.hessell
Pinned
I've woken up in Aotearoa NZ to a lot of new followers, so hi!👋
My new Marsden-funded project is "The Poetics of Treaties: Settler Treaty-Making and 18C Poetry," which looks at treaties as literature & the influence of poetic modes (elegy, georgic, prospect etc) on treaty writing in the colonies
My new Marsden-funded project is "The Poetics of Treaties: Settler Treaty-Making and 18C Poetry," which looks at treaties as literature & the influence of poetic modes (elegy, georgic, prospect etc) on treaty writing in the colonies
I've donated, and I really hope you can too, if you can spare some money at the moment 👇
Today (4/12) every dollar you donate to Orange Sky Aotearoa will be DOUBLED. Orange Sky does amazing work supporting individuals & whānau experiencing homelessness & hardship through access to free laundry & warm showers.
give.orangesky.org.nz/holidayappea...
give.orangesky.org.nz/holidayappea...
Holiday Appeal 2025
give.orangesky.org.nz
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I've donated, and I really hope you can too, if you can spare some money at the moment 👇
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
My brave and heroic daughter helped put together this open letter hoping to prevent others from suffering from Long Covid as she is, please sign
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/a-...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/a-...
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
My brave and heroic daughter helped put together this open letter hoping to prevent others from suffering from Long Covid as she is, please sign
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/a-...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/a-...
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
One of my heartfelt beliefs is that different teachers will be better at teaching different texts different ways w/in the same topic. To force a fixed curriculum is to intentionally elide that teachers are individual human beings w unique engagements w the ideas they communicate to students.
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my heartfelt beliefs is that different teachers will be better at teaching different texts different ways w/in the same topic. To force a fixed curriculum is to intentionally elide that teachers are individual human beings w unique engagements w the ideas they communicate to students.
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
Very grateful for the lovely gifts from my RSAA colleagues after we finished up our conference in Wellington. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing group of Romanticists around me in our region.
Looking forward to our next conference in Canberra in 2027!
Looking forward to our next conference in Canberra in 2027!
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Very grateful for the lovely gifts from my RSAA colleagues after we finished up our conference in Wellington. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing group of Romanticists around me in our region.
Looking forward to our next conference in Canberra in 2027!
Looking forward to our next conference in Canberra in 2027!
It’s the last day of Living / Building, our 2025 joint RSAA/DNS conference. Lots to come today, including @profchander.bsky.social’s keynote. but I’m taking a moment of calm & peace before all that
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s the last day of Living / Building, our 2025 joint RSAA/DNS conference. Lots to come today, including @profchander.bsky.social’s keynote. but I’m taking a moment of calm & peace before all that
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
mcusercontent.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
I feel so fortunate to have been at this talk. Smart, accessible, and the sort of thing that makes you think differently about the texts that you teach (even as a non-Shakespearean)
Nearly time for Patricia Akhimie’s lecture on “Setting Othello,” hosted by @elccprogramme.bsky.social here at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I feel so fortunate to have been at this talk. Smart, accessible, and the sort of thing that makes you think differently about the texts that you teach (even as a non-Shakespearean)
For 2 years this corner of my whiteboard has been covered with conference organising tasks. Today it is finally blank!
Looking forward to seeing everyone as we kick off "Living / Building"-the 2025 joint conference btw the Romantic Studies Association of Australasia & the David Nichol Smith Seminar
Looking forward to seeing everyone as we kick off "Living / Building"-the 2025 joint conference btw the Romantic Studies Association of Australasia & the David Nichol Smith Seminar
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For 2 years this corner of my whiteboard has been covered with conference organising tasks. Today it is finally blank!
Looking forward to seeing everyone as we kick off "Living / Building"-the 2025 joint conference btw the Romantic Studies Association of Australasia & the David Nichol Smith Seminar
Looking forward to seeing everyone as we kick off "Living / Building"-the 2025 joint conference btw the Romantic Studies Association of Australasia & the David Nichol Smith Seminar
Ooooh! I hadn't heard about this, but have registered now. This is the kind of conversation I've been hoping to hear as I'm developing my "Poetics of Treaties" project
It's great to see so many signing up for the @asleuki.bsky.social Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT, but there's still room for more! Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ooooh! I hadn't heard about this, but have registered now. This is the kind of conversation I've been hoping to hear as I'm developing my "Poetics of Treaties" project
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
Greens statement - @maramadavidson.bsky.social says "The Greens affirm our pledge to properly resource and promote clear pathways for timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination."
Our trans whānau deserve better than this Government
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Greens statement - @maramadavidson.bsky.social says "The Greens affirm our pledge to properly resource and promote clear pathways for timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination."
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
And then, in the second half of this week, we will be welcoming 50 speakers from around the world for a conference on 18th-century and Romantic studies www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
And then, in the second half of this week, we will be welcoming 50 speakers from around the world for a conference on 18th-century and Romantic studies www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
Schools commit to Te Tiriti anyway | E-Tangata
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
Such a disappointing stance from Te Rangi. If players decided they weren't prepared to support the Indigenous round because it conflicted with their beliefs, would he feel the same way? 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360893...
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360893...
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Such a disappointing stance from Te Rangi. If players decided they weren't prepared to support the Indigenous round because it conflicted with their beliefs, would he feel the same way? 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360893...
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360893...
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's hard enough to be a (4-10)🏀Breakers fan without the added homophobia.
If your values can be shaken by a few (anonymous) players in an individual season, then they weren't your values to begin with.
Beyond disappointed, but, as they say, the ball don't lie 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
If your values can be shaken by a few (anonymous) players in an individual season, then they weren't your values to begin with.
Beyond disappointed, but, as they say, the ball don't lie 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
Basketball: NZ Breakers won't wear ANBL 'Pride' insignia
The Auckland-based team have opted out of wearing rainbow insignia during the competition's 'Pride Round'.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It's hard enough to be a (4-10)🏀Breakers fan without the added homophobia.
If your values can be shaken by a few (anonymous) players in an individual season, then they weren't your values to begin with.
Beyond disappointed, but, as they say, the ball don't lie 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
If your values can be shaken by a few (anonymous) players in an individual season, then they weren't your values to begin with.
Beyond disappointed, but, as they say, the ball don't lie 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
If you're doing your holiday shopping and/or thinking about best to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday, 1 month from today, I have some news: Harvard UP's annotated editions of Austen's fiction (my own edition of Mansfield Park included) are now 25% off.
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
Happy 250th Birthday, Jane Austen — Harvard University Press
Celebrate with six gorgeous annotated editions of Jane Austen’s classics. “A sumptuous reading experience…richly illustrated with paintings, museum-quality photographs, and colorful Regency prints. A ...
www.hup.harvard.edu
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you're doing your holiday shopping and/or thinking about best to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday, 1 month from today, I have some news: Harvard UP's annotated editions of Austen's fiction (my own edition of Mansfield Park included) are now 25% off.
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
I know that, at some point, the monetization process will switch to "pay extra $ to get this without useless AI cluttering it up."
But for the moment, I'm enjoying the fact that there are online services & products where the free version works well, & the premium paid version is "this but with AI"
But for the moment, I'm enjoying the fact that there are online services & products where the free version works well, & the premium paid version is "this but with AI"
a man in a suit and tie is talking to a woman in a room .
Alt: Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) in The Office saying "win win"
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I know that, at some point, the monetization process will switch to "pay extra $ to get this without useless AI cluttering it up."
But for the moment, I'm enjoying the fact that there are online services & products where the free version works well, & the premium paid version is "this but with AI"
But for the moment, I'm enjoying the fact that there are online services & products where the free version works well, & the premium paid version is "this but with AI"
Congratulations @drleith.bsky.social! This is such a richly deserved award. Toasting you from afar 🎉
Sincere congratulations to @drleith.bsky.social on her receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 18th-Century Scottish Studies Society. Leith is a committed and prolific scholar who continues to make major contributions to numerous fields within Scottish Studies.
www.sfu.ca/scottishstud...
www.sfu.ca/scottishstud...
Leith Davis receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society
Professor Leith Davis has been recognized with a prestigious award for her outstanding contributions to 18th-century Scottish Studies over the course of her career.
www.sfu.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Congratulations @drleith.bsky.social! This is such a richly deserved award. Toasting you from afar 🎉
Excited to be at the “Dulles Airport is sending me flight updates” stage of conference organising!!
We’re looking forward to welcoming @profchander.bsky.social to the RSAA/DNS conference next week ❤️
We’re looking forward to welcoming @profchander.bsky.social to the RSAA/DNS conference next week ❤️
So pleased to announce our 1st keynote for the joint 18C & Romantic studies conference that we're hosting in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, this November....Manu Samriti Chander (Georgetown)! @profchander.bsky.social
More details about the conference here: www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
More details about the conference here: www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Excited to be at the “Dulles Airport is sending me flight updates” stage of conference organising!!
We’re looking forward to welcoming @profchander.bsky.social to the RSAA/DNS conference next week ❤️
We’re looking forward to welcoming @profchander.bsky.social to the RSAA/DNS conference next week ❤️
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850 – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
My book A FUNNY THING: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE UNDISCIPLINED is now available for pre-order in a paperback priced for humans! Go get it!
A Funny Thing | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My book A FUNNY THING: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE UNDISCIPLINED is now available for pre-order in a paperback priced for humans! Go get it!
Reposted by Nikki Hessell
Thierry and Annemarie Jutel, then and now: we’ll miss these two bright sparks at Te Herenga Waka, but wish them well in their ‘retirement’ down south!
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Thierry and Annemarie Jutel, then and now: we’ll miss these two bright sparks at Te Herenga Waka, but wish them well in their ‘retirement’ down south!
Can’t wait!!!
We have a very big week of ELCC events coming up at the end of the month, starting with an exciting lecture by Patricia Akhimie, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library!
Register here: www.wgtn.ac.nz/events/2025/...
Register here: www.wgtn.ac.nz/events/2025/...
“On the brow of the sea”—Race and setting in Shakespeare’s Othello | Events | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Join Dr Patricia Akhimie, Director of Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, as she discusses race and setting in Shakespeare’s Othello.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Can’t wait!!!