Peter Adkins
@peteradkins.bsky.social
Lecturer in Modernism at University of Edinburgh | Author of 'The Modernist Anthropocene' and editor of 'Virginia Woolf and the Anthropocene' | Judge of James Tait Black Prize in Fiction | Views here not necessarily those of my employer etc etc | He/him
Exciting day to see what the postman has for me.
July 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Exciting day to see what the postman has for me.
Quoth the raven, "baguette".
July 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Quoth the raven, "baguette".
Reddit at its best.
Which character from Ulysses would YOU like to be friends with?
Which character from Ulysses would YOU like to be friends with?
May 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reddit at its best.
Which character from Ulysses would YOU like to be friends with?
Which character from Ulysses would YOU like to be friends with?
The latest headline in what looks to be a trend cascading across energy majors.
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The latest headline in what looks to be a trend cascading across energy majors.
The inaugural Crude Representations seminar takes place this coming Wednesday 4pm GMT.
The topic is audio-visual culture and BP (movies, soundtracks, records etc) and our speakers are Nariman Massoumi, Andrea Zarza Canova & Annette Davison.
Register here: tinyurl.com/oily25
The topic is audio-visual culture and BP (movies, soundtracks, records etc) and our speakers are Nariman Massoumi, Andrea Zarza Canova & Annette Davison.
Register here: tinyurl.com/oily25
February 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The inaugural Crude Representations seminar takes place this coming Wednesday 4pm GMT.
The topic is audio-visual culture and BP (movies, soundtracks, records etc) and our speakers are Nariman Massoumi, Andrea Zarza Canova & Annette Davison.
Register here: tinyurl.com/oily25
The topic is audio-visual culture and BP (movies, soundtracks, records etc) and our speakers are Nariman Massoumi, Andrea Zarza Canova & Annette Davison.
Register here: tinyurl.com/oily25
Following last week's symposium on BP, petroculture and the cultural imaginary, @malcolmcook76.bsky.social and myself are thrilled to announce a follow-up seminar series! Full programme and free registration to all four events here: tinyurl.com/oily25
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
January 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Following last week's symposium on BP, petroculture and the cultural imaginary, @malcolmcook76.bsky.social and myself are thrilled to announce a follow-up seminar series! Full programme and free registration to all four events here: tinyurl.com/oily25
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
Very happy to be able to share the programme for Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil, taking place online on Friday 24th January 2025. See the full programme and register to attend (for free!) here: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
December 13, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Very happy to be able to share the programme for Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil, taking place online on Friday 24th January 2025. See the full programme and register to attend (for free!) here: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
Not sure if I believe this, but if true it is a flagrant abuse of what food banks are for.
December 5, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Not sure if I believe this, but if true it is a flagrant abuse of what food banks are for.
new book review! read my take on Adam Biles's sequel to Animal Farm, 'Beasts of England', over at Review 31. review31.co.uk/article/view...
November 14, 2023 at 1:40 PM
new book review! read my take on Adam Biles's sequel to Animal Farm, 'Beasts of England', over at Review 31. review31.co.uk/article/view...