Dear blog,<\/p>\n
So, it’s been busy of late. We’ve been working with candidates for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, which we haven’t been allowed to apply for before here at Lancaster. It is great news that we now can though of course it’s highly competitive. Applications came in early January and we’ve been through two sets of revisions so far. They are both great applications and I really would love it for one (or both!) to get funded. How brilliant would that be for all concerned.<\/p>\n
In other news, I gave a research seminar paper at Exeter this week.\u00a0There was an excellent — if quite scary — audience. I talked about the idea of transformation and Davy’s poetry. I’ve been thinking about this for a while and the essay I’m hoping to work on again this week and next (it’s reading week!) on literature and\u00a0chemistry explores\u00a0ideas of\u00a0how chemical processes might be\u00a0useful ways of thinking about the literary. The questions were stimulating and wide-ranging.\u00a0I’m not\u00a0sure that I answered them all very well but they certainly made me think. I’d really like my next book to be\u00a0something on Romantic Transformations. It may be\u00a0a while before I get there though!<\/p>\n
We had our first ever Medical Humanities Research Group\u00a0meeting today. There were four excellent ten minute talks from postdocs and colleagues in the department. There were lots of\u00a0synergies\u00a0and points of connection. It was a lovely\u00a0way to spend the afternoon and we’ve decided to meet once a term and use the time as we feel\u00a0we\u00a0want to, whether discussing an essay someone\u00a0is writing,\u00a0giving a short paper, that kind of thing.<\/p>\n
I’ve just put a new letter into the Davy Letters database too. Prof Frank James found it in the National Archives. It’s from\u00a0Davy to John Barrow at the Board of Admiralty. It’s great to enter another letter though there are some issues with\u00a0a name and a word that I’m not sure of. My co-editor will be along\u00a0soon and perhaps he can help.<\/p>\n
More soon,<\/p>\n
Sharon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear blog, So, it’s been busy of late. We’ve been working with candidates for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, which we haven’t been allowed to apply for before here at Lancaster. It is great news that we now can though … Continue reading