Ross Cameron
@rosscmrn.bsky.social
public engagement fellow @lcflondon.bsky.social | @victorianhand.bsky.social funded by the AHRC | dr of travel writing | formerly research and public engagement @uofglasgow.bsky.social.
I wrote a bit about touch and travel writing over on @victorianhand.bsky.social - read more at the link below!
🌎 What happens when a travel writer navigates the world through touch?
This month’s blog explores the journeys of James Holman, the self-described ‘Blind Traveller’, and how his haptic encounters challenged the visual conventions of travel writing.
www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/the-...
This month’s blog explores the journeys of James Holman, the self-described ‘Blind Traveller’, and how his haptic encounters challenged the visual conventions of travel writing.
www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/the-...
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I wrote a bit about touch and travel writing over on @victorianhand.bsky.social - read more at the link below!
Reposted by Ross Cameron
In 1895 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered mysterious ‘X-rays’. His image of his wife’s hand - bones and wedding ring visible - captivated Europe.
X-rays transformed medicine, revealing the body’s interior without surgery. Early radiologists paid a price, as missing hands became a mark of the work.
X-rays transformed medicine, revealing the body’s interior without surgery. Early radiologists paid a price, as missing hands became a mark of the work.
![A faint image of the bones inside a hand with a wedding ring. The picture is framed with green card with the title 'Hand mit Ringen [Hand with Ring]' and stamped by Wurzburg University.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:esngkbyspvv7ct3wyrog3ipx/bafkreifllb323g3xpedi7w4yzycio36ogbwwv6ohajjce4dn2l3svdxfii@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In 1895 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered mysterious ‘X-rays’. His image of his wife’s hand - bones and wedding ring visible - captivated Europe.
X-rays transformed medicine, revealing the body’s interior without surgery. Early radiologists paid a price, as missing hands became a mark of the work.
X-rays transformed medicine, revealing the body’s interior without surgery. Early radiologists paid a price, as missing hands became a mark of the work.
Reposted by Ross Cameron
🧵 We are delighted to be partnering with The Quilters’ Guild!
The Guild aims to give quilt-making the status it deserves as a craft and an art and its Quilt Collection preserves our patchwork and quilting heritage.
Stay tuned for more information about our collaboration and how to get involved!
The Guild aims to give quilt-making the status it deserves as a craft and an art and its Quilt Collection preserves our patchwork and quilting heritage.
Stay tuned for more information about our collaboration and how to get involved!
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🧵 We are delighted to be partnering with The Quilters’ Guild!
The Guild aims to give quilt-making the status it deserves as a craft and an art and its Quilt Collection preserves our patchwork and quilting heritage.
Stay tuned for more information about our collaboration and how to get involved!
The Guild aims to give quilt-making the status it deserves as a craft and an art and its Quilt Collection preserves our patchwork and quilting heritage.
Stay tuned for more information about our collaboration and how to get involved!
Reposted by Ross Cameron
We were thrilled to welcome Professor Alison Bashford to @globalaffairslu.bsky.social yesterday to discuss her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book, Decoding the Hand.
Thank you to everyone who came along to hear insights into the entangled histories of science, medicine and magic!
Thank you to everyone who came along to hear insights into the entangled histories of science, medicine and magic!
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We were thrilled to welcome Professor Alison Bashford to @globalaffairslu.bsky.social yesterday to discuss her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book, Decoding the Hand.
Thank you to everyone who came along to hear insights into the entangled histories of science, medicine and magic!
Thank you to everyone who came along to hear insights into the entangled histories of science, medicine and magic!
Reposted by Ross Cameron
We are delighted to announce that the plenary speakers for our upcoming conference are Dr Sarah Jackson, Professor Peter J. Capuano and Caroline Seymour!
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We are delighted to announce that the plenary speakers for our upcoming conference are Dr Sarah Jackson, Professor Peter J. Capuano and Caroline Seymour!
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
The always interesting Borders and Crossings conference series on travel writing is back - this time at Aix-Marseille University!
Check out this CFP for the next Borders and Crossings conference, Aix-Marseille Université, September 2026: www.crlv.org/actualites/a...
Appel: Aix, 16-18 septembre 2026, "Perspectives croisées francophones et anglophones sur les recherches viatiques" | CRLV / Astrolabe
See English version below Appel à communications « Nouvelles perspectives croisées francophones et anglophones sur les recherches viatiques » Seuils et Traverses Centre de Recherches sur la Littérat...
www.crlv.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The always interesting Borders and Crossings conference series on travel writing is back - this time at Aix-Marseille University!
Reposted by Ross Cameron
We’re launching our #handoftheweek series!
This week is Dr Hippolyte Baraduc, who tried to photograph the human soul via 'the most perfect organ after the brain', the hand.
Baraduc’s photos blend science and occult, showing how hands were seen as windows onto the inner self in the 19th century.
This week is Dr Hippolyte Baraduc, who tried to photograph the human soul via 'the most perfect organ after the brain', the hand.
Baraduc’s photos blend science and occult, showing how hands were seen as windows onto the inner self in the 19th century.
October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We’re launching our #handoftheweek series!
This week is Dr Hippolyte Baraduc, who tried to photograph the human soul via 'the most perfect organ after the brain', the hand.
Baraduc’s photos blend science and occult, showing how hands were seen as windows onto the inner self in the 19th century.
This week is Dr Hippolyte Baraduc, who tried to photograph the human soul via 'the most perfect organ after the brain', the hand.
Baraduc’s photos blend science and occult, showing how hands were seen as windows onto the inner self in the 19th century.
Reposted by Ross Cameron
How might hands reveal an inner self – a soul, a character, an identity?
Join us on 12 November at Lancaster University to explore this question with Professor Alison Bashford (University of New South Wales) as she presents her book, Decoding the Hand.
Tickets: thevictorianhand.uk/alison-bashf...
Join us on 12 November at Lancaster University to explore this question with Professor Alison Bashford (University of New South Wales) as she presents her book, Decoding the Hand.
Tickets: thevictorianhand.uk/alison-bashf...
October 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
How might hands reveal an inner self – a soul, a character, an identity?
Join us on 12 November at Lancaster University to explore this question with Professor Alison Bashford (University of New South Wales) as she presents her book, Decoding the Hand.
Tickets: thevictorianhand.uk/alison-bashf...
Join us on 12 November at Lancaster University to explore this question with Professor Alison Bashford (University of New South Wales) as she presents her book, Decoding the Hand.
Tickets: thevictorianhand.uk/alison-bashf...
Reposted by Ross Cameron
We are pleased to annouce that Dr Ross Cameron @rosscmrn.bsky.social has joined The Victorian Hand team as a Public Engagement Fellow at @lcflondon.bsky.social!
Watch this space for upcoming annoucements about public engagement activities and ways to get involved with The Victorian Hand.
Watch this space for upcoming annoucements about public engagement activities and ways to get involved with The Victorian Hand.
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We are pleased to annouce that Dr Ross Cameron @rosscmrn.bsky.social has joined The Victorian Hand team as a Public Engagement Fellow at @lcflondon.bsky.social!
Watch this space for upcoming annoucements about public engagement activities and ways to get involved with The Victorian Hand.
Watch this space for upcoming annoucements about public engagement activities and ways to get involved with The Victorian Hand.