@conversiontales

Professor, @UoYEnglish. Opinions mainly culled from the dustier corners of the sixteenth century.

 University of York, UK
york.ac.uk/english/our-staff/helen-smith/
Joined March 2011
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Hello all! If you're on bluesy, and I'm not yet following you, please say hello over there. I'm @wordsmith.bsky.social (and with a slightly zoomed-out version of my avatar!).
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Giving bluesky a go: please say hello at @wordsmith.bsky.social.
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Thinking of proposing a paper critically reflecting on my teaching periodicals and digital/physical (and my assessment for this). Specifically I am teaching Gothic Short Form. Anyone interested in forming a panel either on teaching periodicals and/or Gothic and/or short form?
Helen Smith@conversiontales21 Nov 2024
Call for Papers! Please spread the word. The next #englishsharedfutures will be in York, from July 3rd-5th. We've got lots of great events and special sessions planned, and warmly welcome submissions. englishsharedfutures.org/cfp #cfp
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Call for Papers — English: Shared Futures 2025 - in York. Proposals that relate to any area of English Studies, including creative writing, language, and literature are welcome. ⬇️⬇️ ⁦@EngSharedFuture⁩ englishsharedfutures.org/cfp
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Call for Papers! Please spread the word. The next #englishsharedfutures will be in York, from July 3rd-5th. We've got lots of great events and special sessions planned, and warmly welcome submissions. englishsharedfutures.org/cfp #cfp
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We're really keen to hear from teachers, academics working across English Studies disciplines, policy-makers, practitioners, and more.
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If you're keen, but not very sure what a proposal should look like, or whether your idea is what we're looking for, come along to our zoom session on December 17th! Details at the foot of the CfP...
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Ian Dunt
@IanDunt8 Nov 2024
I'd be much more concerned by a politician who hasn't criticised Trump in the past than one who has. The use of this as a gotcha speaks volumes.
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Evidence today of how many people would choose a criminal who trades in lies and hate rather than vote for a Black woman.
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Women will die because of this result. And many more will suffer.
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Call for submissions! *Embodied Knowledge and Making Texts: A Handbook* Send your research proposals and creative responses to @conversiontales and me by 13th Jan thinicepress.org/research/ca…

Call for submissions — Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print, offering memberships, workshops,...

Call for contributors! We’re looking for craftspeople and academics to be part of an exciting volume on embodied knowledge and making texts.

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Nobody says it better than Michelle. Watch this – and then make sure you’re ready to vote tomorrow: IWillVote.com
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I went to a state school and I can read long novels. Twelve before breakfast on a slow news day.
Prof Sara Lodge@LearNonsense19 Oct 2024
Slightly shy about posting this. But I took on Sir Jonathan Bate in the Scotsman this week. I love some of his critical writing, but he’s wrong when he says that state school students have lost the ability to read long books. They just need adaptable, realistic curricula.
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This is a great piece. My gorgeous niece gets transport to school, and it's outrageous to see it described as a 'perk'. It is very welcome support, and completely necessary if we want to do the best we can by children and young people.
The Guardian
@guardian15 Oct 2024
What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind | John Harris theguardian.com/commentisfre…

What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind |...

The Tory leadership hopeful paints a picture of special treatment. As the father of an autistic child, I can tell you that’s a lie, says Guardian columnist John Harris

theguardian.com
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📢📢📢@HakluytSociety Essay ECR Prize 2025 Essays (6k-8k) are invited on the history of travel, exploration, cultural encounter or their effects, or that critically engage with the work of the Society. 1st prize £1250 & 2nd prize £250. Enter by 1/3/25 hakluyt.com/hakluyt-society-…
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The OED@OED10 Oct 2024
OED #WordoftheDay: repullulescent, adj. That revives or springs up afresh. View the entry: oxford.ly/480VSaz
A cluster of 'repullulescent' snowdrops

ALT A cluster of 'repullulescent' snowdrops

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Just watching David Attenborough talk about a polarising camera. I don't like it.
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I'm all for objecting to Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff (and completely agree) but guys if Margot Robbie is coming to Haworth I'm going to be camped on that moor and wuthering my little heart out.
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Ian Dunt
@IanDunt20 Sep 2024
Farage and his mortifying dimwit entourage represent no-one but themselves iandunt.substack.com/p/farag…
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I'm in the early stages of organising some sort of network for people who are actively translating poetry, and publishing (or hoping to publish) their translations. If you might be interested, be in touch. And do please retweet!
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