Siobhan Smith

9 days left to get an abstract in for this @VPFA1 study day on "The Critical Age". If you're into meonpause in the nineteenth century, then we want to hear from you! Please share widely @BAVS_PGs @RRRJournal @AgingStudies @l19thc @maddyclements @RobynOllett

VPFA Study Day: 'The Critical Age in Victorian Popular Literature' ❓literary representations of (peri-) menopause 🌏 online 📅 19th May 2026 💰 free for VPFA Members/ £5 for non-members Proposals to jessica.cox@brunel.ac.uk and siobhan.smith@tees.ac.uk by 19th Feb 2026

3 weeks to get your abstract into us for our study day on (peri-)menopause in Victorian literature. That's 1 week to jot it down on your to-do list, 1 week to forget about it & 1 week to write down your brilliant research ideas in a somewhat coherent manner and send it to us!

Hello 2026! Here's to a great new year, the same fabulous you, and a new(ish) CFP to submit an abstract to....

Thrilled to be co-organising this online study day on (peri-) menopause in Victorian literature. Please consider submitting an abstract and joining us.

The reading packs produced by the @VPFA1 's third sex reading group are always absolutely beautiful, thank you @ThirdSexVPFA. Join us Wed 17th Sept @ 5.30pm UK time to discuss the highly problematic "Lodore". Everybody welcome! Message for more details.

The link for the reading group on Lodore is now live ... eventbrite.com/e/lodore-ticke… please join us!

Everybody is welcome to join. Audio book and text available from Internet Archive and Gutenberg 📖

This photo may be upsetting to some people as it shows a book being vandalised... aka my notes on Mary Shelley's Lodore. Key words so far are: Incestuous, Angel of the House, and depression. Looking forward to discussing further on 17 September at the VPFA 3rd sex reading group.

@VPFA1 really looking forward to this, thank you ☺️

Please allow me to recommend some summer reading, followed with an invitation to join our book discussion. Everybody is welcome so please share widely (this poster has the correct start time of 5.30pm!) The text and audiobook are available on Internet Archive/Gutenberg.

@BAVS_PGs @CentreVictorian @susancivale @ICVWW

Oh where has the time gone! We are at our final Research Seminar. Join us this Wednesday (28th May) at 2pm UK time to hear Suzy Corrigan's paper on Vernon Lee, Ethel Smyth & Sapphonics. Everyone welcome

Join us online for Teesside's next research seminar... ‘Exploring Conceptual Spaces with Co-Creativity: Using Human and AI Collaboration to Investigate Constraints in Literary Forms’ by PhD Student Sam Pegg (Southampton University) on Wednesday 7th May at 2pm BST. All welcome!

@susancivale @ICVWW @TeessideUni @VPFA1

What a line-up! The Graduate Conference organised by Teesside's MA students looks incredible. So much so, that we've joined up with them to host this month's Research Seminar Series which will be given by Dr Susan Civale. Come join us next Wednesday (26th March) at 2pm UK time.

Things that make me happy .... 1. Watering my plants 2. A stroopwafel on my cup of tea I did both of these things this morning ... Happy Thursday 😊

A rare Victorian gem and one of the oldest surviving films of London. Shot in Hampstead Village on this day, 8th March 1896. It captures people arriving on their bicycles and horses and being welcomed by a gentleman in a top hat.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! If you were thinking about submitting a piece for Lilith 2025 but weren't sure you'd have it ready for Friday, we have good news! Our deadline for papers for our 2025 issue has been extended to COB MARCH 14! If you've got something, we'd love to hear from you!

Wednesday afternoons at 2pm (UK time) are the perfect time to hear interesting research, new ideas and different perspectives ... why not join us online for Teesside University's English & Creative Writing Research Seminar Series..... everybody is welcome