Maria Damkjær
@mdamkjaer.bsky.social
Dr.Dr. (no, really!) Victorianist and knitter; Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines (OUP) out now
Thank you, I will!
I wrote a book about fiction as you’ve never seen it before: squeezed, stretched, compromised by advertising, and constantly addressing its imaginary readers with dreams of print culture heroism
academic.oup.com/book/58989?l...
I wrote a book about fiction as you’ve never seen it before: squeezed, stretched, compromised by advertising, and constantly addressing its imaginary readers with dreams of print culture heroism
academic.oup.com/book/58989?l...
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thank you, I will!
I wrote a book about fiction as you’ve never seen it before: squeezed, stretched, compromised by advertising, and constantly addressing its imaginary readers with dreams of print culture heroism
academic.oup.com/book/58989?l...
I wrote a book about fiction as you’ve never seen it before: squeezed, stretched, compromised by advertising, and constantly addressing its imaginary readers with dreams of print culture heroism
academic.oup.com/book/58989?l...
Just gave a talk to the English Teachers’ Association of Denmark on recent fantasy literature, and this is the stack of books I brought with me! It was the loveliest audience 💕
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Just gave a talk to the English Teachers’ Association of Denmark on recent fantasy literature, and this is the stack of books I brought with me! It was the loveliest audience 💕
Oof, The Apartment hits *real* different in 2025, when you’ve met a few ‘but I’m a nice guy’ guys in your life, and Buddy tells Fran that he looked up her personal details in the company files, including her address, date of birth, and medical history 😨
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oof, The Apartment hits *real* different in 2025, when you’ve met a few ‘but I’m a nice guy’ guys in your life, and Buddy tells Fran that he looked up her personal details in the company files, including her address, date of birth, and medical history 😨
I got myself a Dr.phil. diploma and it is much Latin - even the date!
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I got myself a Dr.phil. diploma and it is much Latin - even the date!
I had a very photogenic weekend: cake party (my own 10-year house-re-warming); farmers’ market; a long run; and HADES 2 OMG OMG OMG FINALLY
September 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I had a very photogenic weekend: cake party (my own 10-year house-re-warming); farmers’ market; a long run; and HADES 2 OMG OMG OMG FINALLY
Joint book launch yesterday with my friends and colleagues Martyn Bone and Christa Vogelius - a lovely event in always hospitable Sorte Firkant
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Joint book launch yesterday with my friends and colleagues Martyn Bone and Christa Vogelius - a lovely event in always hospitable Sorte Firkant
Today at #BAVS2025 I accepted the BAVS Rosemary Mitchell Prize for a Second Monograph and got to speak about my book, Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines. Thank you to @drmarylshannon.bsky.social (whose own book was highly commended) for taking these pictures ❤️
July 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today at #BAVS2025 I accepted the BAVS Rosemary Mitchell Prize for a Second Monograph and got to speak about my book, Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines. Thank you to @drmarylshannon.bsky.social (whose own book was highly commended) for taking these pictures ❤️
At #BAVS2025 I particularly enjoyed the Punch and Judy show, Pablo Mukherjee’s keynote, and this glorious cuneiform cylinder at the Ashmolean
July 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
At #BAVS2025 I particularly enjoyed the Punch and Judy show, Pablo Mukherjee’s keynote, and this glorious cuneiform cylinder at the Ashmolean
Verrrrry good Murderbot episode this week ✨
June 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Verrrrry good Murderbot episode this week ✨
Goodbye Passau, it’s been great!
May 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Goodbye Passau, it’s been great!
I get to witness a double inaugural lecture at the University of Passau! With musical interludes!!
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I get to witness a double inaugural lecture at the University of Passau! With musical interludes!!
I am in Passau to give a talk at the Passau-Regensburg English Studies colloquium and I am having a marvellous time
May 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I am in Passau to give a talk at the Passau-Regensburg English Studies colloquium and I am having a marvellous time
Just published! My article ‘Book Culture and Narrative in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire’ in Mythlore (Open Access)
This is me trying to think about book history in Westeros, oral culture, history writing, and the unnarrated life.
dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/
This is me trying to think about book history in Westeros, oral culture, history writing, and the unnarrated life.
dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/
April 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just published! My article ‘Book Culture and Narrative in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire’ in Mythlore (Open Access)
This is me trying to think about book history in Westeros, oral culture, history writing, and the unnarrated life.
dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/
This is me trying to think about book history in Westeros, oral culture, history writing, and the unnarrated life.
dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/
I liberated this gorgeous poster from my choir’s archive. I want to frame it; what do you think, print nerds, should I invest in UV glass to keep it fresh? I know nothing about cobolt blue Polish ink from the late 60s.
Just look at that type - how gorgeous is that? 😍
Just look at that type - how gorgeous is that? 😍
April 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I liberated this gorgeous poster from my choir’s archive. I want to frame it; what do you think, print nerds, should I invest in UV glass to keep it fresh? I know nothing about cobolt blue Polish ink from the late 60s.
Just look at that type - how gorgeous is that? 😍
Just look at that type - how gorgeous is that? 😍
Proofs! This little thing coming soon to the journal Mythlore
April 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Proofs! This little thing coming soon to the journal Mythlore
It gives good brick
March 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It gives good brick
Not too shabby, spending an afternoon in Grundtvigs Kirke listening to Mendlesohn 🎶🎵
March 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Not too shabby, spending an afternoon in Grundtvigs Kirke listening to Mendlesohn 🎶🎵
I never posted the closeups of my new Low Tide Sweater which matches my book cover! The pattern is from Unwind Knitwear, the yarn is from Danish dyer Wool Collective
March 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I never posted the closeups of my new Low Tide Sweater which matches my book cover! The pattern is from Unwind Knitwear, the yarn is from Danish dyer Wool Collective
Another pic, this one of me and the Dean
March 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Another pic, this one of me and the Dean
On Friday, I successfully defended my Dr. Phil at the University of Copenhagen! My amazing opponents were @mlmcgill.bsky.social and Paul Goring, chair was Tina Lupton. It was amazing, inspiring, exhausting, and a deeply meaningful culmination to all the work that went into Fiction on the Page
March 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On Friday, I successfully defended my Dr. Phil at the University of Copenhagen! My amazing opponents were @mlmcgill.bsky.social and Paul Goring, chair was Tina Lupton. It was amazing, inspiring, exhausting, and a deeply meaningful culmination to all the work that went into Fiction on the Page
Isn’t the line breaking of this poem absolutely awful? They’re clearly trying to squeeze it into the space. (Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, volume 4, 1855-6, p.8)
March 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Isn’t the line breaking of this poem absolutely awful? They’re clearly trying to squeeze it into the space. (Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, volume 4, 1855-6, p.8)
I just finished this: a really interesting Dark Academia fantasy in the vein of Kuang’s Babel
March 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I just finished this: a really interesting Dark Academia fantasy in the vein of Kuang’s Babel
Success! Very nice 🥞
My filling today is greek yoghurt mixed with tahin and maple syrup, + blueberries
My filling today is greek yoghurt mixed with tahin and maple syrup, + blueberries
March 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Success! Very nice 🥞
My filling today is greek yoghurt mixed with tahin and maple syrup, + blueberries
My filling today is greek yoghurt mixed with tahin and maple syrup, + blueberries
Not too shabby! They are a little harder to flip than normal, but not by much
March 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Not too shabby! They are a little harder to flip than normal, but not by much