Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න)

She/Her. Scholar of Romanticism and colonialism; Actor on hiatus; Poetry, theatre, romance, & fantasy lover; Champion binge watcher.

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

Made the Bluesky leap! Academic pals, give me a follow if you’re one there!

https://t.co/fOWGfIcg3U

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@profchander Awww yay!! Going to email our librarian and make sure they get it!! So excited for this!!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@profchander Happy Anniversary!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

I zoomed into the first half of this (until it was 1am where I was and I had to go to bed) and it was so wonderful and interesting to hear about the incredible work @triciamatthew and the other folks of the Race and Regency Lab are doing! Can’t wait to explore the site more!

[John Carter Brown Library @JCBLibrary]

The JCB will host the launch of the Race and Regency Lab this Friday, September 13!

This hybrid event will feature an opportunity to view pieces from our Collection, a book signing with Nikki Payne, an evening lecture, and a reception.

Full program at https://t.co/9QEsO3Sj78

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@profchander Oh this sounds incredible! Can’t wait!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@profchander Oooof this. Ignoring is hard 😔 but spite is a hell of a motivator 🤣.

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@profchander So so excited for this!!!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@OfShrutiJain @profchander Thank you!!! And you were a wonderful chair!! Thanks for all the helps and fielding my frantic emails 😅😅

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

Virtual presentations are funny things but I’m so glad I got to participate in NASSR ‘24! Many thanks to @profchander and Lennie for all their hard work!

I also dedicated this presentation to my dad who passed in Jan. The CFP proposal was one of the last things I read to him.

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@joeykim @profchander 🥹🥹 Thank you! ❤️

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

Thanks to all who came online and in person! I couldn’t see too many of the audience from my little Zoom corner but grateful for everyone’s presence and questions.

[Joey S. Kim, PhD (she/her) @joeykim.bsky.social @joeykim]

I'm excited to be virtually presenting at #NASSR2024 on epistolarity and futurity in the Woman of Colour! I'll be presenting Thurs., 8/15, at 10:15 am on panel 2B. Hope to see you there!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@joeykim @Bigger6Romantix Me too! Im so stoked to attend from across the world!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

I’m going to be up from about 6pm - 4am for four days this week to virtually attend #NASSR24. Would love it if you came to see me also present on Friday in the panel immediately after lunch about weird Oriental plays and spectacle!
@Bigger6Romantix

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@jvitak A stress ball 🤣. In all seriousness tips or material goods for stress relief/mental health (perhaps adult colouring books). My undergrad used to also give incoming first years a coupon booklet with deals to local restaurants, cafes and businesses and that was so appreciated!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@DrSamiSchalk This is quite new and on my TBR, but Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams is exactly this, I believe.

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@profchander Yessssss! I’m hoping I have time to incorporate some of these articles into my diss before I defend!! Very excited!

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@travisclau …and then built in deadlines for a proposal, annotated bib, rough draft and final draft. Interspersed were one on one meetings with the prof and a day for each of us to teach a class on our paper topic to the rest of the class. We had six people so this was very doable.

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

@travisclau I’ve never taught one but the one I took in my undergrad had a huge impact on me. For us, it was structured as a practice for the thesis we would complete senior year. It’s where we learned what databases were, how to do searches with a reference librarian, what keywords were…

[Dr. Shavera Seneviratne 🇱🇰 (ශවේරා සෙනෙවිරත්න) @Shavera]

Delighted to confirm my virtual attendance for NASSR 2024! Once again, I’m stoked we now have a virtual option and while I’ll miss chatting with folks face to face I’m excited to present and hear other talks! Who else will I see? @nassr_romantics @Bigger6Romantix