Jonathan Perris

Researching & teaching @uniofoxford | nationalism, empire, disease, politics, in the long eighteenth century

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Thrilled to see my research make an appearance in this week’s @spectator

The word ‘thug’ is culturally and racially charged, founded in 19th-century colonialism – we should think more critically about its use.

https://t.co/WbewMTrKvp

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Shockingly late of me, but many thanks to ⁦@elementaladam⁩ for having me on the panel for this year’s Satirical Bodies ⁦@BSECS to talk on Pitt, gothic satire, and bloody ghosts in Downing Street⁩! Great fun, and a privilege to speak alongside such amazing papers! #18C

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Thank you so much to @CUP_LitPerform!

[Cambridge UP - Literature & Performance @CUP_LitPerform]

The Paper of the Month from Victorian Literature and Culture @VLCjournal is '“Thuggee in London!”: Metropolitan Sensationalism and the Invention of the Thug' by Jonathan Perris, available #openaccess!

📚 https://t.co/ShSrGnyHVA

#VLC #Literature #VictorianStudies #PaperOfTheMonth

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

In case you ever wondered where the word thug comes from, my new article on thuggee just published in @VLCjournal!
https://t.co/0RUlX8H7f6

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Thanks to @BSECS for such a brilliant annual conference! Three days of amazing scholarship, discussions and seeing friends. I was particularly thrilled to present my latest research on Burke, India and disease

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

New paper! For those interested in evangelical abolitionism, slave narratives, Blake, Equiano, anti-slavery, 1790's radicalism:

https://t.co/WLqKDtzKAL

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

@SophiaDanielleD @vagina_museum @TheLancet a) It’s ironic that people are using this to attack a young woman (the author).

b) They clearly didn’t read the article

[Prof Kate Williams 💙 @KateWilliamsme]

The statue of #EdwardColston, slave trader, pulled down just now. Let's hope in its place we see a commemoration. such as this unofficial artwork added in 2018, of the suffering in the ships of horror and death that made him rich.

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

You know, the word 'thug' comes from imperialism - from C19th stories of British travellers being strangled (thuggee) by highway robbers in India. All mobs in London then came to be called 'thugs' - the word was used to divide society, to create 'us' and 'them'. Nothing changes

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

If you watch Fake News @CNN or MSDNC, you would think that the killers, terrorists, arsonists, anarchists, thugs, hoodlums, looters, ANTIFA & others, would be the nicest, kindest most wonderful people in the Whole Wide World. No, they are what they are - very bad for our Country!

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Pandemonium, aka Trump is an idiot

[Dr. Jennifer Cassidy @OxfordDiplomat]

Reason unlimited why I love this place. I walk out my door, up one street and see @Malala and @GretaThunberg talking outside. Two powerful young women standing for justice, truth and equality for all. So many, are so grateful, for all that you do. Keep shining bright.

📸: Malala

[Oxford Academic @OUPAcademic]

As coronavirus continues to spread in China and around the world, Oxford University Press is opening access to pertinent and related online content from across publishing divisions. Additional resources will be added as they become available. https://t.co/KMU8K7f2Mc

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Incredible total eclipse at La Silla observatory in the Atacama, Chile. And Venus lower middle. The photos don’t do it justice #eso #LaSillaTSE

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Can’t wait for schools to swap out Henry VIII’s wives for the Brexit cabinet.

Divorced, beheaded, died,
resigned, resigned, resigned

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Even though you’re sad it’s #backtowork remember that your Christmas was better than Polidori’s

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

The highlight of my week has been finding out that Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with wombats. He bought two for £8 and named one William Morris

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

To cheer up your Monday, here's a medieval illumination of a jousting rabbit riding a man-snail

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Planning on making use of 'Rouzy-bouzy' at the earliest opportunity https://t.co/WvGZS9iJng

[Jonathan Perris @Perris1]

Wave chasing