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I know we're all a bit preoccupied with goings on in the States and whether they elect to remain a democracy or abolish it. But nevertheless, here's my humble attempt at a diversion.

I've just dotted the i-s and crossed the t-s for my introduction to the latest Honno Welsh Women's Classics volume. And because I'm in a celebratory mood, here's an extract from said intro in which I discuss the role of the Black servant Yarico and her significance for #Victorian literature set in rural #Wales

#WelshWritingInEnglish #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #Literature #Writing

https://bydbach.hcommons.org/entanglem ents-of-empire/

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I know we're all a bit preoccupied with goings on in the States and whether they elect to remain a democracy or abolish it. But nevertheless, here's my humble attempt at a diversion.

I've just dotted the i-s and crossed the t-s for my introduction to the latest Honno Welsh Women's Classics volume. And because I'm in a celebratory mood, here's an extract from said intro in which I discuss the role of the Black servant Yarico and her significance for #Victorian literature set in rural #Wales

#WelshWritingInEnglish #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #Literature #Writing

https://bydbach.hcommons.org/entanglem ents-of-empire/

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cover mock-ups for e-reader and paperback

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It's publishing day!
If you've always wondered how the last invasion of Britain (which took place in Wales in 1797!) panned out in fiction, here's my two-cents worth in the shape of an #OA article:

"‘[A] very improbable and imaginative fiction’: Fictionalising the French invasion of Fishguard"'

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11 77/03061973241295331

#Wales #WelshWritingInEnglish #HistoricalFiction #LitStudies #Literature #histodons #OpenAccess

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It's publishing day!
If you've always wondered how the last invasion of Britain (which took place in Wales in 1797!) panned out in fiction, here's my two-cents worth in the shape of an #OA article:

"‘[A] very improbable and imaginative fiction’: Fictionalising the French invasion of Fishguard"'

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11 77/03061973241295331

#Wales #WelshWritingInEnglish #HistoricalFiction #LitStudies #Literature #histodons #OpenAccess

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Detail from the Fishguard tapestry showing Jemima Nicholas and her pitchfork leading a band of captive French soldiers.

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📢 NEW ARTICLE 📢

SHOSHI MUKHI DASS (1868 - 1921), missionary, teacher and nurse

'In Glasgow, she was actively involved with the Welsh National Union while further south, in Wales, she delivered several public lectures to Methodist audiences. Wearing a sari to demonstrate the typical dress of women in north-east India, she spoke in English about the history and culture of her country, her education and missionary work, and sang hymns in Bangla. During her second year in Britain, she frequently lectured together with Kate E. Williams, Pwllheli, to crowded audiences. These appearances were part of the qualification process for outgoing missionaries to India for the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. Shoshi had been accepted by the General Assembly at Bootle by May 1893.' -- Rita Singer

Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-DA SS-MUK-1868

Image: https://flic.kr/p/CUGosM
#Bywgraffiadur #DiversityProject #Wales #India #Bangladesh #HistoryOfReligion #Mission #histodons

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📢 NEW ARTICLE 📢

SHOSHI MUKHI DASS (1868 - 1921), missionary, teacher and nurse

'In Glasgow, she was actively involved with the Welsh National Union while further south, in Wales, she delivered several public lectures to Methodist audiences. Wearing a sari to demonstrate the typical dress of women in north-east India, she spoke in English about the history and culture of her country, her education and missionary work, and sang hymns in Bangla. During her second year in Britain, she frequently lectured together with Kate E. Williams, Pwllheli, to crowded audiences. These appearances were part of the qualification process for outgoing missionaries to India for the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. Shoshi had been accepted by the General Assembly at Bootle by May 1893.' -- Rita Singer

Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-DA SS-MUK-1868

Image: https://flic.kr/p/CUGosM
#Bywgraffiadur #DiversityProject #Wales #India #Bangladesh #HistoryOfReligion #Mission #histodons

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#Introduction

I work as the Community Outreach Officer for the Welsh Dictionary of Biography, more collquially called the #Bywgraffiadur, at the #NationalLibraryOfWales. Our goal is to close representational gaps and set the Dictionary on a course of recording the diverse lives of historical Welsh people in all their facets. https://biography.wales/

Otherwise, I'm working on #WelshWritingInEnglish mostly from the long #C19, so there is lots of overspill into #RomanticLit and #EdwardianLit, #CulturalHeritage and #History of this small nation. Other research interests include #TravelWriting, particularly illustrated accounts and the history of the #VisitorsBook. For recent projects, I've undertaken some #PublicHistory work and community outreach about #PortHeritage, #WW1 German submarine warfare and its effects on Welsh communities.

I share longer #WorkInProgress on my blog: https://bydbach.hcommons.org/

Toots will be mostly in #English, but occasionally also in #Deutsch and #Cymraeg.

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#Introduction

I work as the Community Outreach Officer for the Welsh Dictionary of Biography, more collquially called the #Bywgraffiadur, at the #NationalLibraryOfWales. Our goal is to close representational gaps and set the Dictionary on a course of recording the diverse lives of historical Welsh people in all their facets. https://biography.wales/

Otherwise, I'm working on #WelshWritingInEnglish mostly from the long #C19, so there is lots of overspill into #RomanticLit and #EdwardianLit, #CulturalHeritage and #History of this small nation. Other research interests include #TravelWriting, particularly illustrated accounts and the history of the #VisitorsBook. For recent projects, I've undertaken some #PublicHistory work and community outreach about #PortHeritage, #WW1 German submarine warfare and its effects on Welsh communities.

I share longer #WorkInProgress on my blog: https://bydbach.hcommons.org/

Toots will be mostly in #English, but occasionally also in #Deutsch and #Cymraeg.