Jessica R. Valdez

Assistant Prof of Nineteenth-Century Literature at Louisiana State University, formerly at the University of Hong Kong and University of East Anglia

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

.@uniofeastanglia has announced a programme of compulsory redundancies that will see 170 staff members lose their jobs, amid an ongoing financial crisis across the UK higher education sector. @JulietteRowsell reports
https://t.co/PgEOVxhAsf

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

excited to read this!

[Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) @RS4VP]

Our latest #RSVPDigEv talk "Publishing Academic Research" is now on YouTube. This was such a wonderful discussion, and our most well-attended digital event to date! Many thanks to our guests from @EdinburghUP and @C19thNewshound for moderating! https://t.co/5WI43XDKWl

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

@S_Insley_H OMG my first reaction ... for the mums, why are mothers having such a hard autumn?!

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

Hey 19th century friends, don't forget to submit your abstract to RSVP (Research Society for Victorian Periodicals) for 2025's conference in Chicago: https://t.co/BSMYnR37Yk

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

@S_Insley_H Yeah, we're actually still in the long nineteenth century.

[Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) @RS4VP]

If you had to miss our September book launch of @teja_pusapati's *Model Women of the Press* and @marylshannon's *Billy Waters is Dancing*, you're in luck! Check it out on our YouTube channel at your earliest convenience: https://t.co/6wO8PAOmoL

[Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) @RS4VP]

RSVP is hiring! Check out this paid, part-time position on our newly revamped website: https://t.co/JgrjGISyeq

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

@ProfMHewitt Congratulations!

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

@zarenaaslami Thanks! :)

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

I'm late in sharing this news, but I'm thrilled (chuffed, as some might say) to have my essay -- "The Memetic Form of Bret Harte's Ah Sin: From the American West to The Way We Live Now" -- in the most recent issue of Victorian Studies (https://t.co/Zn9QBvtjhb).

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

If you're interested in issues of migration, imperialism, media, and/or Trollope, check it out! If you don't have access, please message me and I'll be happy to share the pdf.

[NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction @novelforum]

Novel: A Forum on Fiction is now soliciting submissions for volume 58 (2025)!
We are looking for article-length pieces on novel history and theory, approx 6500-9000 words.
Please send submissions to [email protected] or see https://t.co/TRC4NsJ1Dx for more information.

[Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) @RS4VP]

More books to launch! Join the #RSVPDigEv team next Friday, Sept. 13 to hear from RSVP's own @teja_pusapati and @marylshannon about their recently published work!

As always, this is a *free* virtual event! Read more and register here: https://t.co/HRFVasCg5d

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

@clairejowitt @gloucesterwreck Congratulations!

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

@scriblerian Good luck!

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

Pls RT: @HakluytSociety Essay Prize 2025 for essays by ECRs in humanities/social sciences on history of travel, exploration & cultural encounter, their effects, or critically engage with the Society's work. 1st prize £1250, 2nd prize £250; deadline 1/3/25 https://t.co/pCMbSLq8XR

[Stephanie Insley Hershinow @S_Insley_H]

Early career colleagues reading this: this doesn’t apply to the humanities. At least not literary studies. Ignore and carry on.

[Jessica R. Valdez @JRae183]

@S_Insley_H Can't wait to see you there!! And you're welcome to come visit in Baton Rouge too hehe.