Dr. Amy H. Sturgis / is on Nostr

History Ph.D. who studies the intellectual history of speculative fiction. Currently working on projects related to Science Fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, the Gothic, and Dark Academia. Contributes the “Looking Back on Genre History” segment to the StarShipSofa podcast. Lenoir-Rhyne University and Signum University faculty. Sherlockian. Tolkienian. Noirista. Bookish, fannish, and eldritch. She/her.

Header image: A steampunk bat sculpture mounted on blue/copper vintage wallpaper.

Last Notes

2024-09-13 11:29:03

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! 🖤
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2024-08-24 00:44:28

Petition to save #TheAcolyte.
#StarWars #Disney #Petition #SaveTheAcolyte #RenewTheAcolyte
https://chng.it/NsXmrVKsKL
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2024-08-03 23:54:47

“Kind of a big deal”: CU Boulder Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian #Euripides. #Classics #History
https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2024/08/01/uncovered-euripides-fragments-are-kind-big-deal

2024-07-12 20:42:25

Today. #Bloomscrolling
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2024-07-11 12:00:24

Two bees enjoying the blossom on a pumpkin plant this morning. #Bloomscrolling #Bees
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2024-06-25 10:50:37

“No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and how dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.”
#DraculaDaily #Dracula #BramStoker

2024-06-18 18:22:51

A Goodreads List: Novels Inspired by the #LeopoldAndLoeb case (1924).
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/202780.Novels_Inspired_by_the_Leopold_and_Loeb_Case
#CrimeFiction #DarkAcademia #Mystery #Noir #Books #Bookstodon

2024-06-12 11:40:44

This morning. #Bloomscrolling
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2024-06-03 23:42:01

Authors Against Book Bans 📚
#authors #books #bookstodon
https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/

2024-06-01 22:43:20

Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seek justice as search for graves, family roots continue
#Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/01/tulsa-race-massacre-1921-survivors-lawsuit-search-graves/73920090007/

2024-05-28 17:51:24

Happy “New Longmire Book” Day to all who celebrate. 📖
#Longmire #CraigJohnson #Mystery #Western #FirstFrost #Books

2024-05-28 11:34:05

“Despair has its own calms.”
#DraculaDaily #Dracula #BramStoker

2024-05-26 12:57:37

Happy #WorldDraculaDay to all who celebrate. 🦇 #Dracula by #BramStoker was first published #OTD in 1897.
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2024-05-26 01:14:13

Very much worth watching. #History #KenBurns #BrandeisUniversity
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9n1OqPzIKH4&si=dJKszu20HDFJzuCW

2024-05-23 23:16:21

#CallForPapers: New Perspectives on the Legacy of #DaphneDuMaurier
#CFP #Gothic #DuMaurier #Mystery #Literature
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/05/23/call-for-chapter-proposals-new-perspectives-on-the-legacy-of-daphne-du-maurier
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2024-05-22 20:29:09

Book mood. 📚
These novels were inspired by the 1924 #LeopoldAndLoeb case.
#Books #Bookstodon #TrueCrime #DarkAcademia #Noir
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2024-05-21 22:55:49

Shirley Jackson’s Local Legacy
This presentation features Jamie Franklin, #BenningtonMuseum's Director of Collections and Exhibitions, and #LaurenceHyman, the son of #ShirleyJackson, in a conversation about Jackson's literary legacy, focusing on items from the museum’s collection.
#Gothic #Horror #Bennington #Books
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lzqEOM0O8mk&si=Frwl_z2TriX2XrIU

2024-05-12 23:41:30

Always worth reposting. #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/