Kiera Obbard
@kieraobbard.bsky.social
#SSHRC Postdoc at uWaterloo exploring women's writing and publishing technologies (feminist media & lit studies, STS, DH). Romantasy reader and researcher. Co-director of @dlcplus.org. Freelance writer and poet.
We're all set up and ready for the @dlcplus.org mini-conference on lore and smut to begin!
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We're all set up and ready for the @dlcplus.org mini-conference on lore and smut to begin!
Join me on Nov. 24 to learn how to turn your research into action! In this hands-on workshop, participants will gain a foundational knowledge of policy processes, how academics can influence policy, and where to go in the Waterloo region to get started. Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/translatin...
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Join me on Nov. 24 to learn how to turn your research into action! In this hands-on workshop, participants will gain a foundational knowledge of policy processes, how academics can influence policy, and where to go in the Waterloo region to get started. Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/translatin...
Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A lovely panel and conversation for the @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum “In Pursuit of Bears” yesterday, featuring @martynobbard.bsky.social, Kel Pero, Jon Kretzu, and Graham Abbey.
September 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A lovely panel and conversation for the @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum “In Pursuit of Bears” yesterday, featuring @martynobbard.bsky.social, Kel Pero, Jon Kretzu, and Graham Abbey.
My summer, in photos.
August 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My summer, in photos.
My tuxedo cat Floof over the past two years.
August 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My tuxedo cat Floof over the past two years.
Day 3 of CSDH - I presented some of my research on how we can use computational tools to close read sound in Rupi Kaur's #Instapoetry to go beyond surface level analysis of her poetry.
June 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Day 3 of CSDH - I presented some of my research on how we can use computational tools to close read sound in Rupi Kaur's #Instapoetry to go beyond surface level analysis of her poetry.
and a presentation with @susanbrown.bsky.social (with many co-authors not able to present, listed in the photo) on our work to identify boundary objects in a knowledge graph of Orlando data. (2/2)
May 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
and a presentation with @susanbrown.bsky.social (with many co-authors not able to present, listed in the photo) on our work to identify boundary objects in a knowledge graph of Orlando data. (2/2)
Day 2 of @csdhschn.bsky.social - an early morning of back-to-back panels for me, presenting first with @antimony27.bsky.social and @susanbrown.bsky.social on our work rebuilding DH@Guelph and THINC Lab community post-pandemic... (1/2)
May 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Day 2 of @csdhschn.bsky.social - an early morning of back-to-back panels for me, presenting first with @antimony27.bsky.social and @susanbrown.bsky.social on our work rebuilding DH@Guelph and THINC Lab community post-pandemic... (1/2)
Here's a peek at a few things we made this week during the #DHatGuelph Summer Workshop - Making: A Feminist Praxis! #dhmakes
May 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Here's a peek at a few things we made this week during the #DHatGuelph Summer Workshop - Making: A Feminist Praxis! #dhmakes
I’m starting a romantasy book club on Fable where we read romantasy books by and featuring queer and POC people, and share our thoughts through the app (chapter by chapter). Want to join and read some diverse cliterature?
fable.co/club/the-div...
#romantasy #booksky #fable
fable.co/club/the-div...
#romantasy #booksky #fable
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I’m starting a romantasy book club on Fable where we read romantasy books by and featuring queer and POC people, and share our thoughts through the app (chapter by chapter). Want to join and read some diverse cliterature?
fable.co/club/the-div...
#romantasy #booksky #fable
fable.co/club/the-div...
#romantasy #booksky #fable
Here are four great reasons to come to the DH@Guelph Summer Workshops! #dhatguelph #digitalhumanities #dhworkshops www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...
April 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here are four great reasons to come to the DH@Guelph Summer Workshops! #dhatguelph #digitalhumanities #dhworkshops www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...
He was such a good boy and an excellent walking buddy. He also loved to chomp at the water.
April 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
He was such a good boy and an excellent walking buddy. He also loved to chomp at the water.
How do you bring together feminist praxis and making? I'm co-leading a #DHatGuelph workshop on feminist making with @antimony27.bsky.social where we'll weave together feminism and data with creative activities. Let’s make, resist, and reimagine together!
Reg: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...
Reg: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...
April 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How do you bring together feminist praxis and making? I'm co-leading a #DHatGuelph workshop on feminist making with @antimony27.bsky.social where we'll weave together feminism and data with creative activities. Let’s make, resist, and reimagine together!
Reg: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...
Reg: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...
I’ll be giving a talk at the THINC Lab this Wednesday! Join us in person to hear more about my research as the #DH postdoc at Guelph:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-p...
#digitalhumanities #instapoetry #poetess #academia
www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-p...
#digitalhumanities #instapoetry #poetess #academia
January 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I’ll be giving a talk at the THINC Lab this Wednesday! Join us in person to hear more about my research as the #DH postdoc at Guelph:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-p...
#digitalhumanities #instapoetry #poetess #academia
www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-p...
#digitalhumanities #instapoetry #poetess #academia
When the show came out in 2015, I was quickly enthralled by the grittiness of Jessica Jones and the way the show dealt with trauma and gender based violence. So, I wrote a chapter about it - at long last, available in this JJ anthology! Open access version: ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/978...
December 22, 2024 at 2:53 AM
When the show came out in 2015, I was quickly enthralled by the grittiness of Jessica Jones and the way the show dealt with trauma and gender based violence. So, I wrote a chapter about it - at long last, available in this JJ anthology! Open access version: ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/978...
my first zine, made with @antimony27.bsky.social during a CTS zine workshop hosted for Grade 9 students 😊
December 2, 2024 at 8:23 PM
my first zine, made with @antimony27.bsky.social during a CTS zine workshop hosted for Grade 9 students 😊
New here! Here is a photo of my best friend Floof to mark the occasion.
July 25, 2023 at 11:44 AM
New here! Here is a photo of my best friend Floof to mark the occasion.