Polly Hember
Researching modernism, queer networks, literature and silent cinema 📚🎞️ writing about the POOL group 🌊 teaching film and poetry. She/her.
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- Check out our "New Voices in Environmental Modernisms" Roundtable CFP (for MSA 2026, Loughborough): share widely with emerging and contingent modernist scholars, makers, and activists please! (DL 2/1/26): sites.google.com/risd.edu/mod...
- Reposted by Polly HemberIf your take on "Weird Modernisms" includes cannibalism, consider submitting an abstract for an MSA 2026 panel I'd like to propose: "When Humans are On the Menu: Cannibalism and Modernity." Check it out below! @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social
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- We hope everyone is enjoying a much-needed break! At the end of another busy year, we are looking for three new Postgraduate Representatives. Please check out the dialogue below from our current Reps for more information: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/b...
- Reposted by Polly HemberA final #ModWrite before Christmas, share with us using the hashtag! 🎄☃️ Don't forget to register to attend NWiMS 15 on 9th January using the form below before 29th December: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We can't wait to see you there!
- Reposted by Polly HemberThis volume, a long time in the works, now lives on the Bloomsbury website. Thanks to my co-editor Katie, associate editors Lauren Faro and Petar Penda, and to @bendoyle.bsky.social and the Bloomsbury team. Look out for the excellent cover, coming very soon... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beyond-mo...
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- Reposted by Polly HemberCFP: 'Difficult Collections' Special issue of 'Paper Trails' @uclpress.bsky.social. Focus on challenges of working with troubling heritage collections (colonialism, eugenics, representation, etc). Proposals: 31/01/26; Submissions: 31/05/26. Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #GLAM ##HistorySky
- Reposted by Polly HemberPhD studentships available in: Creative and Cultural Industries, Media, and Arts Practice (EDI in Practice); Identity, Representation, and Social Justice (EDI in Theory and Experience); Humanities, Philosophy, and Literature (EDI in Knowledge and Method). More details in link below.
- Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
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- Some more job listings! Assistant Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Early-Career Research Fellow (Fixed Term), Cambridge (Faculty of Divinity) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53175/ Lecturer in Creative Writing, Kent jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
- Petition here to stop the closure of film studies at the University of Leicester: c.org/Md95YhF4zx
- Reposted by Polly HemberThrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
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- Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Kent, applications close 20th November 2025 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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- Lecturer/Associate Professor in Irish Folklore and Ethnology, University College Dublin, closes 17th November 2025 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
- Assistant Curator, Courtauld Gallery, applications close 18th November 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE223/a...
- Lecturer in Media & Film, York St John University, applications close 7th November 2025 jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
- Professor in Digital Media, UWE, applications close 16 November 2025 ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...
- New job listing: Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic, King's College London, deadline for applications 11th November 2025 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/129286-...
- Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (prose) at Edinburgh, deadline 31st October ✍️ elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
- Part time & temporary role: Teaching Associate in 19th Century Literature at Cambridge 📚 deadline 10th November 2025 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53176/
- Lecturer in Comparative Literature at King's College London, deadline 2nd November 📖 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE069/l...
- New role being advertised: Lecturer in Filmmaking at Kingston University 📽️ 🎞️ deadline 6 November jobs.kingston.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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- I’m putting together a guide for first time teachers in HE and would love your recommendations 💛 what are you favourite texts on pedagogy? Especially interested in any texts that focus on student centred learning, and on decolonising / uncolonising the curriculum. Thank you!
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- I'm teaching a module on critical theory this term. I'd love to know what your favourite books/articles are on critical theory - if there was one text you'd encourage students to read first, what would it be?
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- Stipendiary Lecturer in English at Exeter College, Oxford www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ137/s...
- Research fellow at St Andrews, working on AHRC project ‘Histories of Hope? Museum Redevelopment at Camp Nelson National Monument’. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOI436/r...
- 0.16FTE Lecturer in English Literature @ University of Glasgow, focusing on science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war lit. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK805/l...
- Starting back to work again after the bank holiday weekend
- Modernist Editing Symposium, 23 September 2025 - looks phenomenal! research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...
- Call for papers for new edited collection: Bureaucratic Modernism, edited by Alexandra Irimia and Jonathan Foster - deadline for submissions November 15 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
- Lecturer in Creative Writing (poetry) at Royal Holloway 💛 jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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- Reposted by Polly HemberI'm very happy to answer questions by email or chat to anyone who's interested in this job, in our brilliant, friendly @chppc.bsky.social team at @ihr.bsky.social. Send me a direct message or drop me an email via my IHR address. And please share! #job #history #Skystorians #HistoricEnvironment
- Me launching my substack
- Reposted by Polly HemberIn 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.
- I'm currently looking for visiting lecturing/tutoring work for the autumn 💛 I've worked in English, Media Arts and Liberal Arts departments, and have taught poetry, literature, film, television and critical theory. If you know of any vacancies, or anyone that might be looking, please let me know 😊
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- New job listing: Research Associate working on Percy Bysshe Shelley at Sheffield! Sounds amazing. Applications close 18th August. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA409/r...
- Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge working in: Classics History (restricted to work that falls substantially within the period c. 700–c. 1450) Music Politics & International Studies www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB206/s...
- New opportunity for poets! Part-time Lecturer in creative writing/poetry at Bath Spa. Applications close 11th Aug ✨ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB269/l...
- New temporary job post: Maternity Cover for Teaching Fellow in Translation and Transcultural Studies at Warwick, applications close 17th August www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB494/t...
- I (like everyone else on the internet) started a substack! This post contains a rant about the academic job market, and my rationale for sharing this 💛 open.substack.com/pub/pollyhem...
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- Sounds amazing! New job listing: Centre Administrator at Cambridge, working with the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre within the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ✨ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNZ645/c...
- Has anyone applied for one of the Yale Short-term Research Fellowships and would be open to sharing their application with me? Would hugely appreciate it! 💛
- Lecturer in Digital Media at Keele University - applications close 12th August 📺https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX238/lecturer-in-digital-media
- How it feels waiting for the outcome of my postdoc application
- New job listing: Lecturer in Creative Writing at Hull, closes 31st July www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY852/l...
- Great article from Nick Lee that came out of one of his lectures on media and class for Royal Holloway's Introduction to Media Histories that I was teaching on this year: theconversation.com/who-represen...
- Me submitting a postdoc application:
- Lecturer in film and media industries at Southampton 🎥closes 25th July www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR921/l...
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- This sounds incredible! Medieval Libraries of Great Britain Project Researcher at Oxford, deadline for applications is 14 July 📜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS496/m...
- Lecturer in Creative Writing at Exeter post, closes 15 July 💙https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS852/lecturer-in-creative-writing-education-and-scholarship
- Lecturer/Assistant Prof post in Creative Writing at University College Dublin 📝 deadline 15 July: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS988/l...
- Lecturer in Creative Writing post at Newcastle, closes 17 July: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT755/l...
- Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Early Modern Studies at Royal Holloway - deadline: Wednesday 16 July jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
- Lecturer in Film and Media Industries at the University of Southampton 🎞️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR921/l...
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- This looks super interesting! Victorian Popular Fiction Association Conference: Heights, Depths, and Extremes - Birmingham, 14th-16th July 2025 victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-...
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- Reposted by Polly Hember"As If!" by Chase Gregory explores the stylistically strategic, often campy, and productively fraught cross-identifications of early queer criticism. Read the introduction for free on our website! #LiteraryTheory #LGBTQBooks buff.ly/Cnz0S8L
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- Reposted by Polly HemberCheck out the special section of NCFS that Cary Hollingshead-Strick and I co-edited—“Fueling the Nineteenth Century"! It was so great working with all these wonderful authors!🔥🚂⛴️🌲 www.ncfs-journal.org/current-toc
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- Teaching Fellow in Film Studies at the University of Birmingham - application deadline 24th June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI241/t...
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- Reposted by Polly HemberApplications close 5pm tomorrow for our first research and knowledge exchange workshop at Imperial War Museums on 4th July! If you're a neurodivergent user of archives, or work in archives and heritage (ND or not), join us to explore neurodivergent archive accessibility. @edicaucus.bsky.social
- 'Queer Cruising, Politics and Protest' at KCL, 10th June at 6:30pm www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...
