vicmanch.bsky.social
Victorianist. President of the British Association for Victorian Studies, and Editor of the Curran Index for the RSVP. Author: Darwinism's Generations. The Reception of Darwinian Evolution in Britain, 1859-1909 (2024). Check me out at profmartinhewitt.com
👤 Joined on 06 October 2024
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@vicmanch.bsky.socialRestricted replies so doing it by reposting. Nice little monograph by Martin Hewitt (full disclosure: an old friend) ‘Making Social Knowledge In The Victorian City’.
Show Post#Chartism #Historian In 1958, A.R.Schoyen write a fantastic biography of the Chartist editor and activist George Julian Harney (titled The Chartist Challenge). But then, apparently, nothing. I’ve often wondered who he was and what became of him… chartistancestors.blog/2026/09/23/t...
Show PostI'm probably a dinosaur, but I wish students were allowed more time just to be students: to study, to read, to think, to talk to each other, to have big ideas - maybe even to have fun now & then. I'm not convinced turning unis into training centres is going to fix bigger problems in the jobs market
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Show PostOk, we've had time to reminisce. It's time to look forward. We are thrilled to announce our CFP for #RSVP2027 is now live! We'll consider the theme of 'Structures' at our next annual gathering. The applications portal opens next week on 1 Sept. More details on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...
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