Dr Lucy Whitehead
@drlucywhitehead.bsky.social
Leverhulme ECF on modern British manuscripts & the American archive @ RHUL | Dickens & life-writing | On BBC Radio 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jt6c
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Fascinating talk at DF Central this evening, with @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social, exploring the ways in which people have engaged with Dickens biographies over the years
Really enjoyed giving my second public lecture on my research into Dickens biographies yesterday, this time at the beautiful Charterhouse! Thank you @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome!
Nice to see this research, supported by my @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellowship, reach the most read spot in arts this week #AChristmasCarol #Dickens
December 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Nice to see this research, supported by my @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellowship, reach the most read spot in arts this week #AChristmasCarol #Dickens
#AChristmasCarol by #Dickens was first published #OTD in 1843. I wrote about my archival finding at the Houghton Library @harvard.edu which casts new light on the meanings Dickens may have seen in the story:
theconversation.com/did-charles-...
theconversation.com/did-charles-...
Did Charles Dickens see A Christmas Carol as an anti-slavery story?
Dickens’s views of slavery were shaped by a journey he made around the US.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#AChristmasCarol by #Dickens was first published #OTD in 1843. I wrote about my archival finding at the Houghton Library @harvard.edu which casts new light on the meanings Dickens may have seen in the story:
theconversation.com/did-charles-...
theconversation.com/did-charles-...
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The 2026 Sandars Lectures on 'What will survive of us', by Joan Winterkorn MBE are now available to watch online ▶️https://loom.ly/5bkd50k
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December 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The 2026 Sandars Lectures on 'What will survive of us', by Joan Winterkorn MBE are now available to watch online ▶️https://loom.ly/5bkd50k
One of my highlights of 2025 was a two-week trip to the Brontë Parsonage Museum to research the role of American collecting in shaping the Brontë archive - kindly funded by a @officialbaas.bsky.social Research Assistance Award. Would definitely recommend applying for these!
🏆 Good news - the submission window has been extended to 6th January for multiple BAAS Awards including...
* School Essay Award
* Undergraduate & Postgraduate Essay Awards
* Teaching Development Awards
Learn more & make your submission here:
* School Essay Award
* Undergraduate & Postgraduate Essay Awards
* Teaching Development Awards
Learn more & make your submission here:
Awards - British Association for American Studies
Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research assistance awards. In recent years, we have added new essay awards for students of colour at school,…
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December 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
One of my highlights of 2025 was a two-week trip to the Brontë Parsonage Museum to research the role of American collecting in shaping the Brontë archive - kindly funded by a @officialbaas.bsky.social Research Assistance Award. Would definitely recommend applying for these!
Today seems like a good day to post a picture of this beautifully-bound edition of 'Pride and Prejudice' I spotted in
@blackwellrare.bsky.social a few months back. I wonder who it was reserved for - I imagine they are now enjoying it! #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250
@blackwellrare.bsky.social a few months back. I wonder who it was reserved for - I imagine they are now enjoying it! #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today seems like a good day to post a picture of this beautifully-bound edition of 'Pride and Prejudice' I spotted in
@blackwellrare.bsky.social a few months back. I wonder who it was reserved for - I imagine they are now enjoying it! #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250
@blackwellrare.bsky.social a few months back. I wonder who it was reserved for - I imagine they are now enjoying it! #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250
Loved being on this great panel at #NAVSA2025!
Excited to announce "Histories of Reception" with papers by Tom Williams, Tom Gunther, Lucy Whitehead, & Mark Knight at #NAVSA2025
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Loved being on this great panel at #NAVSA2025!
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Gathered in London tonight with John Drew and assorted Dickensians to do a private reading of a never-performed play of Great Expectations, commissioned by Dickens himself to thwart the would-be pirates who made full use of the lax copyright laws of the time. Geek heaven!
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Gathered in London tonight with John Drew and assorted Dickensians to do a private reading of a never-performed play of Great Expectations, commissioned by Dickens himself to thwart the would-be pirates who made full use of the lax copyright laws of the time. Geek heaven!
So interesting - I'd heard about this archive, held privately, and wondered which institution would acquire it. Congratulations @uniofcam.bsky.social!
This sounds incredibly exciting www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
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November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So interesting - I'd heard about this archive, held privately, and wondered which institution would acquire it. Congratulations @uniofcam.bsky.social!
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Some of our Reading Rooms will be closed between 27 October and 9 November due to planned strike action at our St Pancras site, and there may be other short notice disruption.
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
Planned strike action in St Pancras
We have been notified of planned strike action taking place between Monday 27 October and Sunday 9 November 2025.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Some of our Reading Rooms will be closed between 27 October and 9 November due to planned strike action at our St Pancras site, and there may be other short notice disruption.
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (bonus if you can tell me who these two are and who drawn by…)
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (bonus if you can tell me who these two are and who drawn by…)
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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I'm really proud of this: the latest issue of #VictorianStudies has an article of mine in it!
It's on #ageing and #generations, & the insightful ways that Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant approaches these issues, with takeaways for us now.
doi.org/10.2979/vic....
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It's on #ageing and #generations, & the insightful ways that Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant approaches these issues, with takeaways for us now.
doi.org/10.2979/vic....
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October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm really proud of this: the latest issue of #VictorianStudies has an article of mine in it!
It's on #ageing and #generations, & the insightful ways that Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant approaches these issues, with takeaways for us now.
doi.org/10.2979/vic....
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It's on #ageing and #generations, & the insightful ways that Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant approaches these issues, with takeaways for us now.
doi.org/10.2979/vic....
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Really enjoyed this - thank you @britishacademy.bsky.social #ECR Network for organising it! Loved hearing about everyone’s writing projects across a range of disciplines.
What a fabulous location for a writing workshop - really looking forward to today.
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Really enjoyed this - thank you @britishacademy.bsky.social #ECR Network for organising it! Loved hearing about everyone’s writing projects across a range of disciplines.
When you get really excited about an archival holding, and then realise that access is restricted until 2095
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
When you get really excited about an archival holding, and then realise that access is restricted until 2095
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I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
September 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
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As a bit of a toy collector myself this one has extra appeal. Thanks Julia.
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#museums #museumfromhome #toys #london
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#museums #museumfromhome #toys #london
Pollock's Toy Museum
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September 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As a bit of a toy collector myself this one has extra appeal. Thanks Julia.
mainlymuseums.com/post/695//po...
#museums #museumfromhome #toys #london
mainlymuseums.com/post/695//po...
#museums #museumfromhome #toys #london
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Book news! I’m pleased to say that Railway Infrastructure and the Victoria Novel is now in circulation www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Book news! I’m pleased to say that Railway Infrastructure and the Victoria Novel is now in circulation www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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I'll be running a workshop on 'thinking about impact' at the EC Festival in Derby on 18 Sept. Join us to explore how #EcologicalCitizenship is practised through creativity, community, and collaboration.
📣 Register now - attendance is free & incs lunch! ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
📣 Register now - attendance is free & incs lunch! ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'll be running a workshop on 'thinking about impact' at the EC Festival in Derby on 18 Sept. Join us to explore how #EcologicalCitizenship is practised through creativity, community, and collaboration.
📣 Register now - attendance is free & incs lunch! ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
📣 Register now - attendance is free & incs lunch! ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
It makes me think of that Victorian exhib ‘Colour Revolution’ @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social a couple of years ago, that warned us off imagining the Victorian world in black and white just because of the photography. Point extravagantly made here!
fabulous! I've seen that style before somewhere, but not as well turned out
August 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It makes me think of that Victorian exhib ‘Colour Revolution’ @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social a couple of years ago, that warned us off imagining the Victorian world in black and white just because of the photography. Point extravagantly made here!
Really enjoying the colourful Victorian station at Great Malvern. @victorianlondon.bsky.social I thought of you!
August 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Really enjoying the colourful Victorian station at Great Malvern. @victorianlondon.bsky.social I thought of you!
Happy 25th birthday @bavs-uk.bsky.social! Thank you for the beautiful conference dinner and the fiendishly difficult quiz! Glorious Victorian architecture provided by Oxford Town Hall… it felt a bit like dining inside a wedding cake… #BAVS2025
July 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Happy 25th birthday @bavs-uk.bsky.social! Thank you for the beautiful conference dinner and the fiendishly difficult quiz! Glorious Victorian architecture provided by Oxford Town Hall… it felt a bit like dining inside a wedding cake… #BAVS2025
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There's a 50% discount on the audiobook of DICKENSLAND at the moment, if you're so minded, and can ignore the slightly odd cover www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...
50% OFF Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London
The intriguing history of Dickens's London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years
Tourists have sought out the landmarks, stree...
www.audiobooks.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
There's a 50% discount on the audiobook of DICKENSLAND at the moment, if you're so minded, and can ignore the slightly odd cover www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...
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You can now read most of the introduction (co-written by me and @johannawinant.bsky.social) to CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, out in October from Princeton UP press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century
A user’s guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises
press.princeton.edu
June 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
You can now read most of the introduction (co-written by me and @johannawinant.bsky.social) to CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, out in October from Princeton UP press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Really enjoyed giving my second public lecture on my research into Dickens biographies yesterday, this time at the beautiful Charterhouse! Thank you @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome!
Fascinating talk at DF Central this evening, with @drlucywhitehead.bsky.social, exploring the ways in which people have engaged with Dickens biographies over the years
June 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Really enjoyed giving my second public lecture on my research into Dickens biographies yesterday, this time at the beautiful Charterhouse! Thank you @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome!
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When English literature had a different place in society @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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June 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When English literature had a different place in society @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...