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ACADEMICLIVERPOOL
This list is for the announcement and discussion of academic research relating to the regions of Liverpool and Merseyside, in the north-west of England. Interdisciplinarity is strongly encouraged, in areas such as history, society, culture and language. Posts about research events and new publications relating to Liverpool and Merseyside are also warmly welcomed.

AHRC-CREATIVEWRITING
To discuss issues arising in the course of the Creative Writing Research Training project

AHRC-CREATIVEWRITING-RESEARCH
A list linked to discussions of research discussions in creative writing as relates to research council considerations around AHRC Creative Writing research training project (2005-2007)

ALCS
The ALCS list aims to promote the scholarly study of the language, culture, history and society of the Low Countries by facilitating communication between interested scholars.

ALONSERPER
Establishing and constructing an alternative heuristics for the study of the human subject and existence as whole, unique and dynamic, self-constructing totalities

ANTEQUEERIANS
There are contested categories in the history of lgbtq studies involving the extent to which modern concepts may be roled back into history. This list will assemble evidence showing cultural diversity across information spaces but with the intention to enhance theory and practice through building new information processing tools.

AUTISMANDCULTURE
The list will be used to facilitate collaboration between the recently established transatlantic research community working within Cultural Studies looking at issues of Autism and Representation.

BALLADS
News and discussion relevant to the study of popular / folk / traditional ballads - international and multilingual.

BAMS
Events, announcements, and discussion list for the British Association of Modernist Studies.

BARS
This list is only open to members of the Association. We will post on relevant call for papers, notices of conferences, and offer the opportunity to contact all members of BARS with queries regarding work-in-progress.

BARSPOSTGRAD
The list is for postgraduate researchers who are members of the British Association for Romantic Studies. It will enable individuals researching into any aspect of the Romantic studies to communicate with one another, bounce ideas of one another, share resources and network.

BBC-HISTORY
This list is for those who are working on or who are interested in any aspect of BBC history, to keep members in touch with each other,with current work and to publicise events.

BIBLIOTHERAPY
A mailing list for anyone interested in the links between reading fiction and non-fiction and health. Bibliotherapy, including Books on Prescription, reading groups, self-help etc.

BOOK-HISTORY
This list supports the activities and goals of the Book History Postgraduate Student Network. It aims to facilitate discussion and research in all areas and periods of book history and to encourage the growth of an interdisciplinary community of book historians in the early stages of their careers.

BRITISH-IRISH-POETS
Discussion and news list for practitioners and readers of current poetry and poetics, with emphasis on recent postmodern and innovative poetries in Britain and Ireland.

BSLS-ANNOUNCE
This list provides information and announcements relevant to the members of the British Society for Literature and Science.

CANCIONEROS
This list has been created for the discussion of issues surrounding the electronic publication of Cancioneros. Topics for discussion include, but are not restricted to,transcription of original documents, collation, variation, mss description, etc.

CHAIN
This list is for members of the Coalition of Humanities and Arts Infrastructures and Networks (CHAIN) which includes major digital humanities infrastructure projects, planning initiatives and networks. The members of CHAIN have agreed to work together and pool effort in a number of areas to overcome barriers, and to create a shared environment where technology services can interoperate and be sustained, thus enabling new forms of research in the Humanities.

CHILDREN-LITERATURE-UK
The UK list for academic discussion of all aspects of children's literature.

CLASSICSGRADS
This list is available to all post-graduate students in Classics, Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, etc. for the dissemination of relevant and useful information (conferences, seminars, projects, publications, jobs, etc.).

COLLATE
This mailing list has been set up for users of the computer program Collate, developed by Peter Robinson to assist in the production of scholarly editions based on many different versions of the one text. The aim of the listis to provide Collate users with a forum.

COMPARATIVE-LITERATURE
Comparative-literature intends to provide a forum for all who are interested in the study of literature without confinement to national or linguistic boundaries, and in relation to other disciplines. It will advertise the activities of the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA).

CORPUS-STYLE
This list is for discussion of research and announcement of events in the emerging field of corpus stylistics - the use of language corpora in the analysis of the language of literature.

CREATIVE-WRITING
A list for creative writers and researchers in creative writing in universities and colleges, considering ideas and issues, and developing links bewteen excellence in creative writing practice in universities and the quality of the writing arts, publishing and literary culture beyond.

CREW
A forum for researchers and readers of Welsh writing in English and the wider Welsh studies

CSIS-ANNOUNCE
The CSIS is a partnership between the University of Liverpool and National Museums Liverpool. This list is used to make announcements about slavery-studies events on Merseyside, and to facilitate the setting up of slavery research projects.

CULTUREFB-FORUM
This list provides a forum for discussion between members of the research network on Franco-British cultural relations since the end of the 19th century - CultureFB.

DISABILITYINDUSTRIALSOCIETY
Disability was endemic to industrial society with a high incidence of accidents and injuries. This discussion group is concerned with how industrialization shaped conceptions and experiences of disability and how the narratives of disability (historical, literary, journalistic etc) are represented.

DIX-NEUF
Dix-neuf is a mailing list run under the auspices of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes. This society was established to provide a scholarly focal point for nineteenth-century French studies in the UK and Ireland. It organizes events bringing together both postgraduates and academics and publishes articles in its online journal.

DRAMATURGY-FORUM
A forum for the exchange of ideas and contacts for all those involved in the theory and practice of dramaturgy

ENGLISH-E-LEARNING
English - E-Learning is a discussion list used to support the use of educational technology in English literature, Language and Creative Writing.

ENGLISH-HEACADEMY
The Higher Education Accademy, via its Discipline Lead for English and Creative Writing, provides a supportive network of communication and activities to advance the practice of teaching English across the UK higher education. This list service provides a forum to discuss the evolving pedagogy of professional English studies and keeps members informed of relevant HEA activities.

ENGLIT-VICTORIAN
Forum for discussion of research topics in Victorian Literature and related fields.

EPBC
For the discussion,sharing and development of EPBC teaching materials which will help academics and students to learn more about European literature, languages and culture

ESTUDOSGALEGOS
Lista de correo da Asociación Internacional de Estudos Galegos para o intercambio de información relacionada cos Estudos Galegos, perspectivas profesionais, e para favorecer o networking entre os seus membros.

FOLKTALES
This list is used to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion of folktales, fairy tales and fantasy literature. Contributions may include research enquiries as well information about relevant publications and events.

GASCOIGNE-SEMINAR
This list is a discussion list for scholars working on George Gascoigne and other early Elizabethan writers, to facilitate the exchange of ideas about the generation at the very beginning of the English literary renaissance. Gascoigne dominated the early Elizabethans and influenced Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare and many others. The list began as a forum for the continuation of discussions begun at The Gascoigne Seminar in September 2007.

GERMANPHILOSOPHY
The list will be used to provide information to and allow discussion between participants in the German Philosophy Seminar at the IGRS (University of London), convened by Dr. Johan Siebers, and to inform members of other relevant events.

HERTAMUELLER
This international list is for all those who research, publish and translate the works of Herta Mueller, the Romanian-German author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009. The list is to be used for disseminating information on Mueller and academic exchange. Messages may be posted in English or German.

LATAMCYBER
List for those interested in Latin American cultural products created for the Internet, and new discourses, practices and communities generated by such cultural products.

LCMRS
This will be the main means of communication for the Liverpool Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (formerly Liverpool Centre for Medieval Studies) - a hub for research, research networking and support in the field of medieval and Renaissance Studies in the UK, and especially in the North West.

LCS-INTERACTION
The lcs-interaction mailing list allows researchers to explore the potential application of approaches from literary and cultural studies to the design of interactive computer systems. For example, theories of narrative inform the design of interactive games, genre analysis may help us understand users' expectation of web sites. Researchers are welcome from any discipline. The hope is to develop interdisciplinary research in this area and to establish an active research community.

LEGACIESOFWAR-ARTS
This list is used to discuss the Culture and the Arts strand of the Legacies of War project based at the University of Leeds, which aims to commemorate the centenary of the First World War from 2014-18.

LESBIANLIVES
This email list provides a forum to discuss lesbian lives in the ethos of the Lesbian Lives conference. We aim to be an international social, cultural, political and artistic venue for sharing ideas and information of relevance to Lesbian Lives. We hope to develop dialogues and discussions that understand that 'the lesbian perspective still continues to be a critical gaze from a charged margin and the Lesbian Lives Conference continues to be a friendly experience of energetic engagement' O'Donnell, 2008.

LIS-CHILLIT
This list is for information exchange and discussion amongst librarians working with children's literature, academic research and collections.

LIT-LANG-CULTURE-EVENTS
This list carries announcements of UK calls for conference papers, conferences and other events (meetings, conferences, seminars etc) in English literature, language, linguistics and cultural studies. Please note that it does not carry announcements about publications. It is administered by the Institute of English Studies.

LITERARY-LONDON
This list serves the Literary London website which is being built round the Literary London Conference at Goldsmiths College, http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/literarylondon/

LITERATUREREVIEW
The purpose of the list is to allow persons involved in the academic reviews of research literature to share information and findings

LIVESANDLETTERS
This list is used by CELL to make announcements about research, publications, events, seminars, and studentships

LYNDSAY-L
This list is used by members of the Sir David Lyndsay Society to share information, questions and research discussion relating to the work of Sir David Lyndsay (c. 1486-1555)

MAKING-BRITAIN
This list is used by the AHRC-funded project 'Beyond the Frame: Indian British Connections', the Arts and Humantieis Research Council-funded follow on project to 'Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad, 1870-1950' (2007-10) to make announcements about conferences, exhibitions, events, publications and workshops.

MANUSCRIPTS-ONLINE
A forum for the discussion, promotion and development of online manuscript research among the professionals, researchers and students collaborating in the field.

MASCULINITY-STUDIES
This list is for use by researchers in the field of masculinity studies accross academic disciplines to post announcements and generate discussions in this field.

MASS-DIGITIZATION
This list is for scholars and archivists, etc, interested in the mass digitization of original textual materials, particularly digital photography of medieval manuscripts.

MCN
The Marxist Cultural Network is a loose affiliation of academics, educators, activists and students working within the field of Marxist and radical cultural studies and politics. By Marxism we understand a broad theoretical framework ranging from the classical texts of Marxism through the diverse traditions and currents of Western Marxism to the current critiques of post-Marxism. We are also committed to the study and analysis of the many histories and activism of Marxist inspired anti- capitalist political struggle and their legacies in terms of the contemporary conjuncture.

MEDICINALRECEIPTS
A list to promote research into medicinal and other receipts of a historical nature, and to encourage contact betweeen researchers in this field of study sharing queries, advice and information.

MEDIEVALISTS-IN-SCOTLAND
This list is used by medievalists working IN Scotland (not necessarily ON Scotland) for networking: looking for potential collaborators for research; planning, announcing or advertising conferences, workshops, events, publication opportunities, jobs, studentships, post-docs, grants etc.

METH
Discussion list for Medieval English Theatre

MILTON
This list is designed to provide a sounding board for criticism of; research into; and discussion about John Milton and his time.

MODERN-BRITISH-FICTION
Discussion includes all post-war fiction originating in the British Isles, though specific attention is aimed at recent publications.

MODLANGSRT
This list forms part of an IGRS national specialist training for doctoral students in the modern languages funded by the AHRC

MUSIC-19THC-LIT
This list aims to encourage discussion and the exchange of ideas about ways in which literature written in English during the period c. 1800 - 1918 can be used to enrich understanding of musical meaning and/or music as cultural and social activity.

NARRATIVEINQUIRY
This cross disciplinary list is for scholars in the area of narrative inquiry broadly who are interested in the aesthetics of their approaches. This cross-fertilisation of social and human science with art and humanities may include, for example, autoethnographers, performance and experimental ethnographers, cultural and communication scholars with an interest in performance, narrative and dialogic narrative researchers, those using the arts in social science enquiry, to name but a few.

NEWRITERSNETWORK
This is a mailing list for writers in the North East of England. Including writers who operate independently and writers affiliated to universities, it will allow the development of a community of writers who would otherwise be isolated and will facilitate participation in projects for writers run in the North East.

NRS
The Northern Renaissance Seminar is an ongoing conference devoted to the study of the European Renaissance.

NWNELP
This list is used to make announcements related to the North-west Network for English and Linguistics Pedagogy (NWNELP). The interdisciplinary network aims to spread good practice in the teaching of English language, linguistics, English literature and creative writing. Anyone involved in teaching these subjects is welcome to join.

PALA-PED-SIG
A special interest group of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) for the discussion and promotion of rhetoric in teaching and learning.

PERIODICALTEXT
Listserv for Britih Periodical Text conference at the University of Bristol

PGCWRITING-NETWORK
This list supports post-graduate and post-doctorate creative writing researchers.

POETRYETC
Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and poetics, promoting specific projects for internet and print publication, and providing a forum for you to debate your own critical and creative work.

POSTGRAD-SFPS
This list will promote discussion between postgraduates working in the field of Francophone Postcolonial studies, and will inform members of forthcoming SFPS postgraduate events

RAW-CAMPAIGN
List to support adult and community learning literacy and numeracy programmes, particularly in relation to the 3-year RaW campaign.

READER-DEVELOPMENT
The Reader Development mailing list exists to promote the discussion of reader development activities in libraries and other organisations and to disseminate the findings of research into reader development and reading.

REMSIS
Announcement list for Renaissance and Early Modern seminars, conferences and other events in Scotland

RENAISSANCE-OF-SUBJECTIVITY
This message board is chiefly intended to house discussions on selfhood, subjectivity and interiority in Shakespeare's Renaissance. Ultimately, we hope to continue these discussions up to and after the one-day conference held in June 2007.

REVISITING-MODERNISM
Videoconference seminar series "Revisiting Modernism" with Prof. Michael Levenson (English, University of Virginia) who is physically present at RHUL for the seminar series

RHYTHM-COMMUNITY
The list is used by the organisers of Perspectives on Rhythm and Timing (PoRT) workshop to make announcements to the rhythm research community about the deadlines, events and publications related to the workshop.

ROBERT-GRAVES
A forum for discussing the life and work of Robert Graves and for announcing forthcoming publications, the activities of the Trust and Society as well as the St John's College, Oxford, database project.

RUDYARD-KIPLING
To exchange information and views on the life and work of the author Rudyard Kipling. Kipling's work has interest for those working on 19/20th century literature, the short story as literary form and narrative.

SCANDINAVIAN
This list is used by UK teachers and researchers in Scandinavian Studies to share information about courses, events, resources and projects.

SCIENCE-FICTION-SCIENCE
The mailing list is to be used for the discussion and distribution of information regarding our current understanding of Science and its use in Science Fiction.

SCOTLANGLIT-ALL
The Superlist for Scottish Language and Literature (ScotLangLit) lists.

SCOTLANGLIT-C18
This list is for discussions, announcements and queries by those interested in 18th century Scottish Literature or Language. Although mainly for academic staff, contributions are welcomed from undergraduate students and non-academics.

SCOTLANGLIT-C19-C20
This list is for discussions, announcements and queries by those interested in Scottish Literature or Language of the 19th and 20th centuries. Although mainly for academic staff, contributions are welcomed from undergraduate students and non-academics.

SEALG
The list provides an open forum for discussion on issue relating to librarianship on-in Southeast Asia. It aims to create a network of librarians who are eager to share information and materials, discuss concerns and offer advice in an informal environment.

SHAKESPEAREAV
A forum for discussing the subject of audiovisual Shakespeare, with particular reference to the BUFVC's research project: 'An International Database of Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio'.

SIBMAS
This list is used by members of SIBMAS to exchange news and views on the care and documentation of performing arts collections

SIDNEY-SPENSER
A discussion and announcements list for scholars and students of the works of Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser, and of Renaissance literature, culture, and history more generally.

SLAVONIC-EE-POSTGRAD
This list is for announcements of relevance to postgraduate students in Slavonic and East European studies at UK universities, or postgraduate members of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies.

SNOMS
The Scottish Network of Modernist Studies

STAR
The mailing list for the STAR (Scotland's Transatlantic Relations) Project

STRAP
Stage Translation Research Adaptation Practice is an international discussion forum for researchers and practitioners interested in stage translation and adaptation. It is intended that this forum will help subscribers to create networks and further the discipline.

TABLA-POETRY
The Tabla poetry mailing list is used to inform interested parties of the annual Tabla Book of New Verse and the tie-in Tabla poetry competition.

TEXTUALSCHOLARSHIP
The aim of this list is to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the theory and practice of textual scholarship. Both members and non-members of STS and ESTS are welcome to join.

THE-WORKS
Open access email forum for peer group review of work-in-progress of all forms of contemporary poetry.

TRANSLATIO
A Translation Studies forum used by postgraduate students to stir up debates and make announcements on forthcoming events. Students are invited to help each other out by exchanging research and content-related questions. Issues to be discussed in this context include translation theory, literature, cultural studies, linguistics, DTS, cognitive theory and sociotranslatology. Experienced scholars are also welcome.

UKCOMICSCHOLARS
This list circulates information regarding scholarly activity around comics, manga and graphic novels across a number of disciplines and institutions in the UK.

WOIRN
WOIRN is a network of women academics working on all aspects of Irish life and culture, from disciplines as varied as sociology, geography, art history, cultural studies, literature and history.

WRITERSINSPIRE
This list is for communication relating to the Great Writers Inspire - an OER project based at the University of Oxford. The list is open to anyone with an interest in the project, the themes of the project, OER in general or any topic relating to Great Writers and inspiration through literature. # The project is creating and assembling a substantial new body of open content with a literary theme to be released through a new online web portal. The materials will be grouped around a set of specific writers and thematic collections, curated by subject specialists and steered and evaluated by the demands of the subject community. There will be a concentration on textual materials with embedded illustrative audio and video together with new publishing methods that include a substantial set of material released as ebooks for mobile devices.

YAOI
Academic research on manga (Japanese comics) is a small but developing discipline. Research on the specific genre of manga called Yaoi/Boys' Love/shonen-ai is also developing alongside the growning popularity of the genre with readers worldwide. This mailing list to is bring together academics but also members of the public who have an interest in Yaoi manga. It is anticipated that this list will help the exchange and communication of information in this small but vibrant field. <HTML> Academic research on manga (Japanese comics) is a small but developing discipline. Research on the specific genre of manga called Yaoi/Boys' Love/shonen-ai is also developing alongside the growning popularity of the genre with readers worldwide. This mailing list to is bring together academics but also members of the public who have an interest in Yaoi manga. It is anticipated that this list will help the exchange and communication of information in this small but vibrant field. </HTML>

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