does anyone know anyone who's done work on (esp. mss and papers of) the Scottish writer Harriet Miller Davidson? I'm chasing down a somewhat enigmatic inscription in a book from someone named "Mrs Φ Φ." I *think* it might be Davidson, but don't yet have the right evidence to confirm it....
New article out! On popular representation in late 19th-century mass meetings. I demonstrate how participants in the meeting hall continuously negotiated questions of access, regulation, and representation. #c19thbrill.com/view/journal...
Very happy to see this review of the Digital Dickens Notes Project in #ReviewsInDH. Among many other things, it's such a great venue for learning about some amazing DH projects
* Digital Dickens Notes Project, an online critical edition of the working notes Charles Dickens used during serial composition of his novels, directed by @annagk.bsky.social and @adamgrener.bsky.social, and reviewed by Beverly Park Rilett #ReviewsInDH reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/digital-...
A review of Digital Dickens Notes Project, an online critical edition of the working notes Charles Dickens used during serial composition of his novels, directed by Anna Gibson and Adam Grener
Roger Fenton's stereoscopic photograph of the Megatherium in the British Museum (1850s). This print is held by The Met. One of surprisingly few images (that I'm aware of) depicting fossils on display in Bloomsbury, before the opening of the separate Natural History Museum in 1881. #FossilFriday
Good to hear! If they've gone as far as inviting you, I think most editors would be willing to respond to a quick query on expertise & in many cases happy to make use of the feedback on one aspect. Also maybe more focused & helpful for the author! (along with another set of comments)
I think this is especially true for the sorts of publication that want to reach a non-specialist and/or larger audience.
With my editor hat on: sometimes articles are interdisciplinary or have different elements, & if you can speak knowledgeably to part of an article but not another (& make the editor know) this can still be very useful, esp since there should be another reviewer with complementary expertise. /2
Really generous of you to pay it back! I have most experience with article & book peer reviews, and while I like to keep helping authors and editors where I can, I also approach this more selfishly and agree quickly to things directly relevant to my own work & more selectively with others. /1
A career-related question, with apologies for treating bsky as an agony aunt: How do you judge when you're ready to peer review in a particular area? I know I have very solid expertise in some areas, and in a couple I'm one of a handful of obvious reviewers. But I sometimes get invitations to +
Excited to see my article on Wordsworth's tree plantings published (open access) today! 🌳 'Planting for “posterity”: Wordsworthian tree planting in the English Lake District' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Published in Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)