Also at morethanhuming.bsky.social

Teaching 19C fictions in English in Thailand. Sherlock Holmes and animals. Tarot cards. Legends. Mythologies. Gothic and Fantasy fictions. Astrology. he/they

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

Plate from M. E. Descourtilz’s Atlas des Champignons (1827), a delightful series of colour lithographs of mushrooms, divided into those that are edible, poisonous and “suspect” — https://t.co/fJiYV9QiiY

[Bloomsbury Philosophy @BloomsburyPhilo]

Postcolonial Historical Materialism proposes an alternative genealogy of critical theory that moves beyond its European provenance, exploring the relevance of Bloch, Lukács, Adorno, and Benjamin to pressing concerns in postcolonial studies.

Find out more: https://t.co/Tn6m8cADX1

[The Plant Initiative @Plant_Init]

The special 2026 Plant Humanities issue of the International Journal of Contemporary Humanities is available online, with free downloads of over a dozen articles - it's worth checking out! https://t.co/q6NBwidOWD

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

In cities like Soweto and Ramallah, limited infrastructure and constrained freedom of movement don’t stop DIY skate communities from thriving. "When it comes down to it," writes Suridh Hassan, "a skatepark can come from virtually anything." https://t.co/7F80Ul4cbQ

[Nina Antonia @NinaAntonia13]

Book cover of the Day: 'Uncanny Tales' by Mrs. Molesworth, art Fred Hyland, 1896.

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

"Rivers on the Move," edited by Bathsheba Demuth, Mark A. Healey, Giacomo Parrinello, and Laurence C. Smith, explores the tension between ever-moving rivers and economic, social, and political desires for ecological stability. Read the intro for free now: https://t.co/gjpajoac1X

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

J. M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine (1896) — A genre-defying work by the creator of Peter Pan about the pleasures of smoking: https://t.co/YohFrfjJkW

[Florian Louis @flr_louis]

Brian P. Copenhaver - The Dawn of Renaissance Magic

And Its Twilight in the Enlightenment

À paraître en juillet aux Harvard UP

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

New books this month: A fresh and eye-opening explanation of AI; a collection of futures imagined by writers at the outer limits of science; the stories of America's unsung computing women; and more: https://t.co/5hw0OWoqMa

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

We have several new titles coming out this November, including Amanda Michelle Reid's "Smaddification," John Peffer's "Private Subjects," and Fredric Jameson's "The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism." Make sure to give them a read!
https://t.co/2pvnp1AR9x

[Simon Wolfgang Fuchs @Simon_W_Fuchs]

Leaving Madison and the Annual Conference on South Asian Studies with the urge to read these three stunning books after attending panels with the brilliant authors. Islam in South Asia is a thriving field indeed!

[Verso Books @VersoBooks]

Coming this November!

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

One of our wonderful new November titles is "Imperial Entanglements" by @stschrader1 and @jgo34. Don't miss it!
https://t.co/2pvnp1AR9x

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

We have many wonderful new titles making their debut in November, including Manuel Shvartzberg Carrió's "Inland Empire" and Doreen Lee's "The Urban Grotesque." Make sure to check them out!
https://t.co/2pvnp1AR9x

[Rashiq Shahzad @Rashiq__Shahzad]

Books on Homoeroticism in Islamic History:-

[Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD @araujohistorian]

NOV 1 is the start of Brazil’s Black Consciousness Month, leading to NOV 20, a national holiday honoring Zumbi, leader of Palmares (largest + longest-lasting quilombo =runaway slave community), killed in 1695. For + see my Humans in Shackles & Alencastro’s The Trade of the Living

[Knowing Animals @Knowing_Animals]

New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to the philosopher Meera Inglis, who challenges the idea of 'invasive species', which is (she says) scientifically and ethically questionable.

You can listen to the episode free in all the usual podcast places or here: https://t.co/9uv6IDxpFm

[Nina Antonia @NinaAntonia13]

Book cover of the day 'The Secret of the Court' 1895. In Egypt's deepest subterranean caverns, an esoteric order presides over a kingdom of zombies.....'

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

An 18th-century treatise by coffee enthusiast Benjamin Moseley, arguing for the drink's multitude of benefits when it was still relatively new to Europe: https://t.co/AxLD4U1FR2

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

"All nations prefer to celebrate themselves rather than acknowledge their darker histories."

Jane Lydon discusses why the legacies of British slavery in Australia and New Zealand have so often been overlooked, and how historical research can help recover stories that have long been absent from public memory.

Read our Q&A with Jane and co-editor Zoë Laidlaw to learn more about the research behind their book 'Legacies of British slavery in Australia and New Zealand': https://t.co/Y1TyxCgxUA