Talia Schaffer
@taliaschaffer.bsky.social
I like thinking about Victorian care, disability, feminism, and also cooking (not necessarily Victorian).
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"Penn does not maintain information on employees’ religion"
Gift link to article. Link to petition supporting Penn's refusal to collect and hand over this information below.
Gift link to article. Link to petition supporting Penn's refusal to collect and hand over this information below.
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"Penn does not maintain information on employees’ religion"
Gift link to article. Link to petition supporting Penn's refusal to collect and hand over this information below.
Gift link to article. Link to petition supporting Penn's refusal to collect and hand over this information below.
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Teaching post-doc position in UVa’s College, renewable for up to three years total. Apply!
Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at Un...
jobs.virginia.edu
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Teaching post-doc position in UVa’s College, renewable for up to three years total. Apply!
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
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Wonderful #Tiles in the chancel at St Oswald's, Ashbourne, part of the refitting by George Gilbert Scott. Such intricate patterns, & a fascinating study of them by Rita Wood! victorianweb.org/art/design/c...
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Wonderful #Tiles in the chancel at St Oswald's, Ashbourne, part of the refitting by George Gilbert Scott. Such intricate patterns, & a fascinating study of them by Rita Wood! victorianweb.org/art/design/c...
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"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
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From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
Behold the tragicomic catastrophe at Montclair State as their admin tries to replace departments with vacuous corporate pablum, for reasons even they don't understand. Adam Rzepka is blazing on this: academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
The Eternal Synergy of the Spotless Mind
BY ADAM RZEPKA A large public university is wiping out all of its humanities departments. It isn’t sure why. As I write this, our Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS…
academeblog.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Behold the tragicomic catastrophe at Montclair State as their admin tries to replace departments with vacuous corporate pablum, for reasons even they don't understand. Adam Rzepka is blazing on this: academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
Need some Austen in your December? Try this symposium! udel.libcal.com/event/15550706
Jane Austen Now: A Saturday Symposium
“It is a truth universally acknowledged …” that an academic research library in possession of a first edition of Pride and Prejudice … “must be in want of …” a celebration of the...
udel.libcal.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Need some Austen in your December? Try this symposium! udel.libcal.com/event/15550706
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If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
Conference
“The Underground: Prohibition, Abolition, Expression”2026 Call for Papers April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Baker Street Station on the Metropolitan Railway, 1863 &#…
midwestvictorian.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
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The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
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JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
ok, this is worth being on Bsky for
In Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Dr Seward’s journals are famously ‘Kept in Phonograph’. Join me for a nerdy deep dive in which I, brandishing back-of-an-envelope math, calculate the cost of Seward's phonograph habit, & encounter a creature more uncanny than Dracula himself! 1/14 #Gothic
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
ok, this is worth being on Bsky for
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky
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Event: Victorianist Writing Retreat at Dickens Universe 2026 (Application Deadline: 12/1/25) navsa.org/News/13556934
NAVSA - Event: Victorianist Writing Retreat at Dickens Universe 2026 (Application Deadline: 12/1/25)
navsa.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Event: Victorianist Writing Retreat at Dickens Universe 2026 (Application Deadline: 12/1/25) navsa.org/News/13556934
If you're an independent scholar, faculty, high school teacher, or alt-ac professional, check out this beautiful opportunity at Dickens Universe! dickens.ucsc.edu/vwr/
Victorianist Writing Retreat – The Dickens Project
dickens.ucsc.edu
October 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If you're an independent scholar, faculty, high school teacher, or alt-ac professional, check out this beautiful opportunity at Dickens Universe! dickens.ucsc.edu/vwr/
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
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To quote @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
October 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
To quote @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
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Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
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via @marydudziak.bsky.social The Germans are basically funding 3 year asylum professorships for US academics seeking to flee the country for the remainder of the Trump Administration.
New opportunity for professors in the humanities & social sciences in the US: Our Transatlantic Bridge Professorships support research & exchange in Germany & the US (€300,000 for up to 3 years). Apply from Jan 15, 2026. 🌉🇩🇪🇺🇸 More: 👉 www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/f...
Transatlantic Bridge Professorships
The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations and wh...
www.volkswagenstiftung.de
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
via @marydudziak.bsky.social The Germans are basically funding 3 year asylum professorships for US academics seeking to flee the country for the remainder of the Trump Administration.
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We will soon be announcing a new Fellowship through the British Association for Romantic Studies which supportsthe work of independent researchers. It's a tight deadline but if you fall into this category or know anyone who does, watch this space @bars.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We will soon be announcing a new Fellowship through the British Association for Romantic Studies which supportsthe work of independent researchers. It's a tight deadline but if you fall into this category or know anyone who does, watch this space @bars.bsky.social
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📣 JOB 📣: The University of North Alabama is hiring! Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Medieval History, subfield in science, technology, or medicine preferred. Great department in a growing public regional university and beautiful town. Come be my colleague!
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of History - HigherEdJobs
Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.
www.higheredjobs.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📣 JOB 📣: The University of North Alabama is hiring! Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Medieval History, subfield in science, technology, or medicine preferred. Great department in a growing public regional university and beautiful town. Come be my colleague!
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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