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This will be great! Looking forward to reading it.

Final corrections submitted! Publication date mid-November. Am now more than slightly queasy at the thought that it's too late to pick up any more errors. But at least I finally have a cast iron argument against further attempts to ferret out more reactions to Darwin.

KMO promptly ferrets out a (tongue in cheek) response to Darwin... kent-maps.online//19c/19c-darwi…

If you’re an #ECR with interests in the nineteenth century then join us BAVS BAVS Postgrads for the monthly BAVS Tea Time taking place tomorrow (Wednesday 2nd October) at 3.30-4.30pm (UK time). Join our JISCMAIL or DM me for the Zoom link 😃

Applications are now open for Newberry Library fellowships for 2025-26. Both long-term and short-term fellowships are available. Here are the details: mailchi.mp/df368812be45/n…

And speaking of the Newberry Library, here’s a delightful essay about its holdings in 19th-c periodicals (especially the comic ones), penned in 1952 by the late and much missed Richard D. Altick: newberry.org/uploads/files/…

I knew that a lot of archival work went into Darwinism's Generations, but even so, pretty surprised to find how many library IDs and passes I seem to have accumulated over the years. Favourite reading room? National Library of Scotland. Huntington the best all round visit. Yours?

How often does it happen? Had a fascinating discussion of the challenges of interpreting press 'leading articles' with Leslie Howsam and Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) last week. And today stumble across a detailed account by Thomas Wemyss Reid of how the collective 'we' of the leaders was constructed.

I'm told Darwinism's Generations is at the printers, and author's copies might be sent out within the next fortnight, which is pretty exciting. So here is a promo code giving 30% off, for anyone interested in buying or recommending a purchase.

Well, it would seem that Darwinism's Generations is actually 'published' in its e-version, and available to anyone whose institution has a subscription to Oxford Academic. Head to academic.oup.com/book/58805 Please repost and tell your friends! And then tell me what you think of it!

Sorry, that link may not work, but if you head direct to the Oxford Academic webpage, you should be able to find from there.

We'd like to invite submissions to the Gordon Forster Essay Prize. It is open to postgraduate students and ECRs. The winner will receive £200 and their essay will be considered for publication in the journal. Deadline: 1 March 2025. Please repost! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

At the OUP archive doing a bit of digging in the OED papers, and what should I spy on the desk. (Almost) Literally hot off the Press!

st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/people-life/wo… Competition now open for the 2025/26 Belcher Visiting Fellowship in Victorian Studies at St Hugh's College, Oxford. Now with added potential for teaching buyout to support a full year's residence. I can highly recommend it!

Courier arrived with an unexpected parcel, so of course we had to have a celebration. Ten years in the making, but now I think we can say it has been *published*. Hopefully understandings of Victorian generations will never be the same again! Available via Oxford Academic

14th and 15th NOVEMBER – 19th CENTURY NOW! This two-day event at Manchester Metropolitan University celebrates the continuing relevance of Nineteenth Century ideas in the Twenty-first, and the transformative impact of those ideas have today. Find out more: victorianist.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/14t…

Brian has always been a one of a kind scholar, and its been my pleasure and privilege over the years to work with him in various ways. My relationship with pineapples was transformed by one of his papers. I'm sure this event will be a joyous celebration of him and his work.

It can be a long time after publication before reviews start to appear. So I thought I'd write my own! If you want a more detailed sense of Darwinism's Generations and why I think it's an important book for all Victorianists, head to my 'autoreview' at profmartinhewitt.com.

Book launch for Darwinism's Generations (academic.oup.com/book/58805) today at 5pm GMT, School of English, University of Leeds. Still chance to register to come in person, or just join via Teams. ticketsource.co.uk/university-of-…