(she/her). PhD on #steampunk London. ❤️ #Ouida, Oscar, decadence, Meiji Japan, cyberpunk, Sir PTerry. Co-hosting @VPFAThirdSex #3rdSex.
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27 Sep 2018
#30daysteampunk Day 24: #steampunk inspiration. This is going to be a thread, and yes, inevitably, it's going to be a thread about #Ouida.
Bear with me.
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We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 VPFA Second Book Prize:
Tara MacDonald, Narrative, Affect, and Victorian Sensation: Wilful Bodies (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Prof. MacDonald will receive a £200 cash prize and be honoured at the Annual Conference AGM.
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11 Jul 2025
"Ouida" has been selected as the runner-up to the VPFA Second Book Prize 2025! Thank you very much to the lovely scholars who supported this book and for these wonderful, generous reviews! ✨
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Join our Third Sex Reading Group on 18th June to discuss the MET Exhibition, Superfine: Tailoring Black Clothing and its relation to c19 Black Dandyism with Jesse Erickson. Bring along your favourite MET Gala look from this year too! Sign up: eventbrite.com/e/superfine-b…
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
9 Dec 2024
✨Our new must-read Autumn 2024 issue on Neo-Victorian Decadence (Vol. 7, Issue 1) features a fascinating range of articles and reviews and an introduction by our Guest Editors, Marco Canani and Anna Enrichetta Soccio: ✨volupte.gold.ac.uk/neovicdec
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9 Dec 2024
A new and spectacular special issue of @VolupteJournal is here, featuring some absolutely brilliant contributions from our conference on #neoVictorian #decadence in lovely Pescara (and maybe a little something from me, too): volupte.gold.ac.uk/neovicdec
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3 Dec 2024
I'm so very chuffed to represent #Ouida
in this new & exciting collection on Tauchnitz, her German publisher. "English Literature in Your Pocket" offers fascinating insights into 19C transnational publishing:
link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
7 Nov 2024
I am giving a talk on Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White and asylum practices online with @aberdeenuni @EnglishAberdeen @CentreNovel and the Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine on 20th November 4-5pm.
Teams link:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
6 Nov 2024
Calling all detective fiction fans and others interested in detecting trope in literature and culture! 🕵️♀️🔍Our online & free conference starts next week! See the registration link below ⬇️
Our conference is coming up real soon! You can now register via Zoom: uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/meeting/re… Our programme and registration link is also available on our site: changingnarratives.weebly.co… See you there! #DSK2024
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
5 Nov 2024
Excited to announce our one-day online workshop on Ageing, Progress and Decline in the Victorian period on Fri 6 December. Join for papers on a range of topics by expert speakers - inc. a keynote by @jacob_jewusiak. Register via Eventbrite or email me: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ageing-pr…
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
4 Nov 2024
First, I can't sing enough praises for the brand new book by @EsserHelena, Ouida, out just last month. I jumped right in as soon as I got my copy in the mail and was treated to a delightfully refreshing and illuminating read! For anyone interested in Ouida studies, it's a must.
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
Join @CN_CSI on Thursday #Halloween from 9.45-5pm (Central European Time) for all or parts of the day for Horror and Nature in the C19! Our many amazing speakers: @TheLitCritGuy @JoanPassey @EllieCDobson @daisy2205, Matthew Wynn Sivils & @janetteleaf1: cn-csi.com/event/2024-nature…
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2 Oct 2024
Do you love Sarah Waters' Fingersmith? Then join @ThirdSexVPFA on 30th October for a fun and fascinating discussion of the novel! (If you haven't binge read it already, you're missing out). Sign up here:
eventbrite.com/e/sarah-water…
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
21 Oct 2024
Dropping this here again!! Still time to sign up - pack includes an exploration of Victorian pornography, textual cross-dressing and Fingersmith adaptations!
2 Oct 2024
Do you love Sarah Waters' Fingersmith? Then join @ThirdSexVPFA on 30th October for a fun and fascinating discussion of the novel! (If you haven't binge read it already, you're missing out). Sign up here:
eventbrite.com/e/sarah-water…
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Our Winter 2023 Issue on #Decadence and #fashion features compelling articles and reviews, plus an introduction ('Decadence and Aestheticism through Fashion and Textiles') by guest editors @robyneerica and @vt_isaac: volupte.gold.ac.uk/current-i…
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Zoom Talk on 5 November – Poetry Nouveau: Michael Field and the Art of the Book. delart.org/event/zoom-talk-p…
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16 Sep 2024
Super stoked for this month's @ThirdSexVPFA reading group, where we'll discuss all the fabulous #queer #steampunk of @gailcarriger's novels which I enjoy so much and which I wrote about in my (new! and very pretty!) book, Steampunk London.
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Dr Helena Esser retweeted
4 Sep 2024
it's impossible to overstate how important the internet archive has been for filling in gaps in access for any writer looking to do good work without a university affiliation! what is happening is really bad for everyone
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