Hooked up at SAA. Are *that* couple in the reading room. Rare Books, but have no reason to be in there specifically. pic.twitter.com/txBpSEHIOL

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 12, 2018

Extremely pure of heart. Works on Shakespeare but doesn’t understand why Shakespeareans can be so mean to one another. Excellent student evaluations. Journals room at Senate House. pic.twitter.com/jE2WvOJgmz

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 12, 2018

Has a ‘conference wardrobe’. Surprises students with her ability to project her voice. You’re not sure exactly what she works on, but know that she’s racking up the publications. Leaves her suitcase in the corner in seminars. Humanities 1. pic.twitter.com/dSJmbO0IG8

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 12, 2018

Very forward in the paper review session. Thinks he’s more popular with students than he is. Secretly extremely insecure about his perfectly good research on poetic form. Has a favourite seat in Humanities 2, is upset when someone else gets there before him. pic.twitter.com/OTB6OrZ8Kb

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 12, 2018

Legal history power couple. Stage performances using church court depositions. Known to take down unsuspecting mansplainers at conferences with minimal mercy. Graduate students would follow them into battle. Local archives, where they charm and confuse family historians. pic.twitter.com/7x6Z0sGy4B

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 12, 2018

Resilient, despite having had a Bad Supervisor. Analyses accounts of natural disasters through an ecocritical lens. Feels her article on the Lisbon earthquake may currently be a bit on the nose. Alternates between Rare Books and Science. pic.twitter.com/KvpjtpbZOv

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Working on an ERC project about something intimidatingly theoretical. Always turn up at conferences together, never attend the dinner. Various libraries in the states, racking up the air miles. pic.twitter.com/2jzRZtyDS4

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Bibliographer. Learned to recreate sixteenth-century binding techniques, posts pictures of his pretty impressive work on twitter & is always surprised when people favourite them. Has a baby, who he sometimes posts photos of ‘reading’ the works of W.W. Greg. The Weston Library. pic.twitter.com/dieVRZXRMa

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Theatre historian, reliable escaper to the pub at boring conferences. Has Stories about his youth in the regional music scene. Wears mildly rude slogan t-shirts when teaching. Has your back when needed. NT archive. pic.twitter.com/QnWdKMH3Vw

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Research seminar nightmare child. Working on Hobbes, but not in an interesting way. Tries to best visiting speakers. Prefers to work in coffee shops, to be honest. pic.twitter.com/i8NaoJrKMB

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

...just a department you probably don’t want to join, to be quite honest. pic.twitter.com/kBKVWu72bM

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Digital Humanist, resolutely not a powerhouse. Gave a keynote once, made a thoughtless joke about Me Too and has never been invited to again. Is dismissive of anyone whose data he considers to be insufficiently big. Found in the Cloud, probably. pic.twitter.com/qjjh9YXh3t

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Charismatic and Problematic™️. The first academic you followed on twitter; you desperately hope she didn’t notice your quiet unfollow a few months later. Is going to be the subject of a Chronicle article one of these days. pic.twitter.com/wN3P3FKxeR

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Just, like, the actual worst. No redeeming features. You suspect him to be Reviewer 2, which is just your luck. pic.twitter.com/4gVk5h07rv

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Fashion historian, writing a trade book on gold thread in historical long-view. Consults for theatre companies. New Generation Thinker. Possessed of the best hair of any reader in the V&A archive. pic.twitter.com/x8kU2CVUWj

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018

Earnest social historians, co-writing a book on something worthy that you sadly tuned out because you got distracted. Tend to leave conference audiences feeling bored, & guilty for being bored. Tweets often include ‘please retweet’. Ask lots of questions at departmental meetings. pic.twitter.com/MhV3pvPIbp

— Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 13, 2018