Diletta De Cristofaro

Asst prof @NorthumbriaUni contemporary lit & culture | Words @TheWeek @Salon @Review31 etc | Books: on apocalypse @BloomsburyLit; on sleep @mitpress

[Diletta De Cristofaro @tedilta]

Had fun chatting all things sleep with @earlymodernjohn, @sashahandley, @KenMillerWrites and @RaisingGinger on @BBCFreeThinking. Airing tonight at 10pm @BBCRadio3 https://t.co/ykAJJ87ukd & also available as podcast 💤🎧

[Diletta De Cristofaro @tedilta]

If you're in the US you can order the book at 30% off today with code MITP30. From tomorrow use READMIT20 for 20% off.

[Diletta De Cristofaro @tedilta]

Publication day for *Sleep and Its Meanings: Sociocultural Investigations from Critical Sleep Studies* @mitpress! Proud to have worked with such great sleep scholars. Out OA soon too! Find out more about the collection: https://t.co/GM0P3Acgmw

[Writing the Sleep Crisis Project @writing_sleep]

Contributors include @alicecbennett, @alekskaminska, @NCEugene, @AnnaNolda, @smurrayleeds, @M_Wolf_Meyer. Full list ⬇️

[Writing the Sleep Crisis Project @writing_sleep]

Not long to go: *Sleep and Its Meanings: Sociocultural Investigations from Critical Sleep Studies* edited by @tedilta is out with @mitpress in May '26 (print and OA). Featuring essays by a range of brilliant critical sleep studies scholars! https://t.co/xehEhNs3fD

[Diletta De Cristofaro @tedilta]

@META_PoliMi Thanks for the shout-out! The book features a great chapter on the history of the bed by Simona Chiodo and Imma Forino @META_PoliMi @dastu_polimi! Out soon 🛌

[META Politecnico Milano @META_PoliMi]

Sleep isn’t just biology: it’s a hot topic in the humanities too! "Sleep and Its Meanings" by @tedilta @NorthumbriaUni explores sleep in all its meanings 🌈
A read that won’t lull you into Morpheus’ arms.. but will keep you awake until the last page 📚

👉https://t.co/z7MVvDoXre

[Diletta De Cristofaro @tedilta]

For the Autumn issue of @NewHumanist, I had the pleasure of writing about health anxiety and two great new books about hypochondria by @c_crampton and Will Reiss. Out now!

[New Humanist @NewHumanist]

🚨 Our Autumn 2025 issue is out today! It's all about the battle over space and how it affects us all.

Let's take a look inside... 🧵

https://t.co/G9vJMhUe70

[New Humanist @NewHumanist]

Euan Lawson from @BJGPjournal covers the science sleuths fighting to save research from bias and fakery, while @tedilta writes about the the rise of health anxiety, and @andrew_mueller reviews two books about what war does to ordinary men…

[Writing the Sleep Crisis Project @writing_sleep]

All ready for the Reimagining Sleep pop-up at The Late Shows! Come see us at @NorthumbriaUni student central. https://t.co/oFS8Syl9ZH

[Dilek Öztürk @dilek_ozturky]

We are pleased to invite submissions for the BACLS Monograph Prize!
We look forward to celebrating exceptional scholarship once again this year.

Prize Coordinators: Dr Dilek Ozturk Yagci
Dr Yagmur Sonmez Demir

Please find the full details attached.
https://t.co/F2VszhGYtY

[deirdre flynn @deirdre_flynn]

Delighted to take up the role of Editor of the Irish Studies Publications Round the World section in Estudios Irlandeses - taking over from the fab @IrishEcocritic

I'll be looking for books to review, reviewers across #rishStudies History, Art, Literature, Theatre, Theory

[Diletta De Cristofaro @tedilta]

At a whopping 116k words, the finalised manuscript of *Sleep and Its Meanings: Socio-Cultural Investigations from Critical Sleep Studies* is off to @mitpress! Thanks to the wonderful sleep scholars who have contributed such exciting essays - full list in the ToC in pictures.

[Dr Liam J. L. Knight @DystopiaJunkie]

And in Episode 9 of the Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast, @MatthewLeggatt and I are joined by Prof. Nathan Waddell (of @unibirmingham) to talk about "dystopian elegance" and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Give it a listen! https://t.co/dOVvGgzQhE

[Dr Liam J. L. Knight @DystopiaJunkie]

ICYMI: The Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast is back with a bang! @MatthewLeggatt + I launched S2 with an awesome chat with @tedilta about all things (post-)apocalypse. It's always great listening to Diletta speak + this episode is no exception: https://t.co/Zu5T7rvc2L

[bacls @BACLS_official]

📢Exciting opportunity: C21 is seeking a new editor for a three-year term, to start on 19th May 2025

C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.

More details on the role: https://t.co/uPXF1Hq3Ii

[Diletta De Cristofaro @tedilta]

Had a fun chat a few weeks ago on (post-)apocalyptic fiction, and you can now listen to it on @MatthewLeggatt and @DystopiaJunkie's brilliant Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast https://t.co/ylKemcgzmW

[bacls @BACLS_official]

Deadline extended to 7th Feb! You know what to do...✍️✍️✍️
Submit your abstract here: https://t.co/k8l1el0t1K

[bacls @BACLS_official]

📢The CfP for our next WHN-BACLS conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling) is now live!

Find it here https://t.co/k8l1ekZVcc and send us your abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025.

[Professor Katy Shaw @ProfKatyShaw]

Are you applying to the @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Community Innovation Practitioner Awards 2025-6?

Read the call guidance & register for our EOI webinar 👀

Award details: https://t.co/WTfYjtIJ75

Webinar sign up: https://t.co/AMa8uBKTAo

[Medicine, Health and Wellbeing in the Humanities @HealthHumsNorth]

📣We'll be hosting @smurrayleeds on 13 Nov, 4pm, @InsHumanitiesNU. Stuart will be talking about "Partner-Led Research, Ways of Working and Living Values in Medical Humanities Research”.

All welcome - at Northumbria Uni (Lipman 121) or on Teams (📧[email protected])!