Elspeth Van Veeren
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Elspeth Van Veeren
@evanveeren.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Global Politics, Bristol (US security cultures, secrecy studies, visual politics)
Co-ordinating @researchspin.bsky.social Secrecy, Power and Ignorance research Network www.secrecyresearch.com
Owner of a moody teenager and a dog.
Of course it reminded me of Erased by @whitproject.bsky.social who joined us for a book talk @researchspin.bsky.social last month. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Both volumes speak to how women’s contributions to our intellectual life have been systematically and deliberately hidden.
Erased
How a field built on the intellectual labor and expertise of women erased them
press.princeton.edu
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Link to the book: See Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life. www.penguin.co.uk/books/319722...
Wifedom
Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own, and when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it's a revelation. Eile...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM