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Last week I was in London for the excellent Sibylline Leaves: Chaos and Compilation in the Romantic Period conference. In this post, I’ll...

My object of the week is this INCREDIBLE Album of Seaweed Pictures from 1848, now held at the Brooklyn Museum. The album was made as a...

My object of the week is this INCREDIBLE Album of Seaweed Pictures from 1848, now held at the Brooklyn Museum. The album was made as a...

CFP: Collage, Montage, Assemblage: Collected and Composite Forms, 1700-Present (University of Edinburgh, 18-19 April 2018) Deadline for...

CFP: Collage, Montage, Assemblage: Collected and Composite Forms, 1700-Present (University of Edinburgh, 18-19 April 2018) Deadline for...

Usually following a conference, I write some kind of post-conference report, where I reflect on the conversations and ideas that the...

Usually following a conference, I write some kind of post-conference report, where I reflect on the conversations and ideas that the...

On Friday I’m heading to the Slavery and the Scottish Country House event, a day workshop examining the connections between Scotland and...

On Friday I’m heading to the Slavery and the Scottish Country House event, a day workshop examining the connections between Scotland and...

The University of Edinburgh and National Museums Scotland have recently teamed up on the forthcoming MOOC, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the...

The University of Edinburgh and National Museums Scotland have recently teamed up on the forthcoming MOOC, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the...

For the next few days I’ll be in Umeå, Sweden for the 2017 Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History. This...

For the next few days I’ll be in Umeå, Sweden for the 2017 Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History. This...

My review of Jonathon Shears and Jen Harrison’s edited volume Literary Bric-à-Brac and the Victorians: From Commodities to Oddities is...

My review of Jonathon Shears and Jen Harrison’s edited volume Literary Bric-à-Brac and the Victorians: From Commodities to Oddities is...

Thanks to a 2016-17 Travel Grant from the Lewis Walpole Library (taken in April 2017) I was able to conduct crucial primary research for...

Thanks to a 2016-17 Travel Grant from the Lewis Walpole Library (taken in April 2017) I was able to conduct crucial primary research for...

I’m thrilled to announce that from September 2017 until August 2018 I will be joining the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for...

I’m thrilled to announce that from September 2017 until August 2018 I will be joining the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for...

CFA: Making Masculinity: Craft, Gender, and Material Production in the Long Nineteenth Century Guest Editors:  Dr Katie Faulkner (The...