For #Archive30 #ArchiveCollections we have our collection of blogs on Harriet Grote, a leading figure in radical politics in the 1830s. Find out more about her activities, including election work for her husband and campaigning for the secret ballot: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/tag/harriet-...
Roodscreen, Blackawton
Two slots left on the Highgate, North London, course, now booking here shorturl.at/Wxtt5
Starts next Thursday morning (Mayday!) at 10.30am.
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The cartoon - Victorian-age paupers surrounded by paintings of the upper classes.
The caption given with the cartoon - a satire about the government not wanting to pay to help the poorer classes.
A picture of the Punch Magazine volume from 1843.
A picture of our collection of Punch magazine that dates from 1841 to the 1900s
Found in our stacks - a copy of the first ever recorded instance of a satirical drawing being labelled as a "cartoon"!
John Leech's "Cartoon, No. 1. Substance and Shadow" from an 1843 issue of Punch magazine permanently gave "cartoon" a new meaning in the English language.
#TreasuresOfTheStack
today's random theater photo:
Ada Rehan and John Drew in The Squire (c. 1889)
There's something very calming about a beautiful sunset.
Many thanks to Sam for taking this lovely photo earlier this week.
For #WomensHistoryMonth we are looking back at this guest article from Prof Sarah Richardson on women’s right to vote at local elections during the 19th century. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/t...
A ginger cat sleeping in an awkward position
That last day of term feeling encompassed perfectly by our campus cat, Napoleon! 😻💤 #ExeterUniLib
I only met Peter Jewell a few times, but I was charmed by his benign and generous presence, curious and interested in everything and everyone around him.
Such a loss to the world, and especially his friends and family.
@bdcmuseum.bsky.social #filmhistory #cinemastudies #theatrehistory
Happy #WorldTheatreDay! #TheatreHistoryRocks
Keen to find out more about theatre history in Exeter and Devon? 🎭
Then check out our online guide and explore our fascinating resources, including the archives of local theatres - such as @cygnettheatreuk.bsky.social!
#WorldTheatreDay #TheatreHistory #TheatreArchives @uniofexeterdrama.bsky.social
There's an interesting discussion on VICTORIA re: critical studies of 19th-c. culture. Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social has raised a number of provocative issues; his post today can be found here: list.iu.edu/sympa/arc/vi.... To join in, subscribe for free at list.iu.edu/sympa/info/v... #C19th
Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.
Four documents from the Gale and Morant family papers, laid out in a fan shape, which include accounts, lists and invoices.
Today is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery & the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Archives - such as the Gale & Morant Family Papers & Plantation Records (EUL MS 44) - can provide powerful evidence of enslavement & the atrocities of the Slave Trade.
(1/2) #RememberSlavery
Let’s put those just-published domestic violence deaths into comprehensible numbers: 1000 deaths over 3 years is one person murdered almost
every
single
day
And 73% of those are women. Murdered because they’re women #femicide
Trevor's slip ups have to date cost me approx £6,000.
Exeter Drama finalists have presented devised work for audiences around the city. There were shows about female codebreakers, fast fashion, women’s football, AI, the nature of art, our relationship with light, political cabaret, & toxic relationships. Quite a mix!
@uniofexeterdrama.bsky.social
The DH team have been working on the digitalisation of @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social 's Theatre Royal, Exeter Playbills Collection (1890-1955).
The process involves a 150MP CH Camera, Guardian Copystand, and Capture One software to create high quality images.
#Digitalhumanities #Digitalisation
The Director of the Exeter CVS, Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social and Ruth-Anne Walbank @ruthannereads.bsky.social will discuss the Lancashire Cotton Famine at the Lancaster Literature Festival @litfest.bsky.social on Sunday March 16th at 2pm - tickets here: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...
You’ve clearly never tried to decipher some of the copyists of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for licensing. Whoever copied George Dibdin Pitt’s #melodramas was diabolical
The Guardian has published an obituary of my dear friend Brian, written by his wife Maxine. I love the photo she chose for it. www.theguardian.com/education/20... #C19
We're delighted to announce that applications for the 2025-26 BARS/BAVS Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellowship are now open!
Deadline for applications: Monday 12 May 2025.
We look forward to hearing from you!
We've been shortlisted for the @museumsandheritage.com Awards 2025! 🙌
The awards celebrate the best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions. RAMM is shortlisted in their new Visitor #Accessibility category - find out more: awards.museumsandheritage.com
Things are dire. But the Royal Historical Society is still funding postgraduate research. Next deadline is 6 June 2025. Grants of £500 or £1,000 available. Details: royalhistsoc.org/research_fun...
Very cool job alert 🚨
Congratulations, Martin! @vicmanch.bsky.social
Here's the latest edition of Open Access 19th-century Periodicals, with a number of new listings, ranging from the Journal of the Institute of Bankers to the Asiatic Quarterly Review to Wide World Magazine. Suggestions very welcome. www.victorianresearch.org/openaccesspe... #C19 #19th-c
Job description for job at TCD
My lovely dept, The School of English at Trinity College Dublin, is hiring! We are looking for a postcolonial scholar who can also teach American literature. We’re a lovely bunch, I promise. Please spread the word!
