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Brendan Tam

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PhD candidate (History) University of Warwick (2022-2026) || The Discourse of Political friendship in Britain 1760-1837|| 🇦🇺 || PG Co-Convenor IHR British History in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We have reached our last seminar of the year! Next Wednesday 24-6 from 17:30 in Senate House and online, @sallytuckett.bsky.social will present her paper titled ‘Transatlantic Threads: Scottish linen and society in the eighteenth century’ Make sure to register! 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Transatlantic Threads: Scottish linen and society in the eighteenth century
British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Final symposium TODAY: Cambridge’s workshop for the Long Eighteenth Century ⬇️⬇️ @mollygroarke.bsky.social @sallyholloway.bsky.social @brendantam.bsky.social
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
On Wed 13 May 17:30-19:00 we are delighted to host @naomipullin.bsky.social, who will present her paper ‘The Pleasures and Perils of Aloneness: A social history of solitude in Britain in the long eighteenth century’ based on her current research Register below! 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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The Pleasures and Perils of Aloneness: A social history of solitude in Britain in the long eighteenth century
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I am grateful for the opportunity to present a portion of the political sociability chapter of my PhD (which I am currently reworking). Come along/tune in to hear my thoughts on the dynamics of political sociability and the rhetoric of political friendship in the late Hanoverian period.
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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This ties in well with the theme of the first Parliaments, Politics and People seminar of summer term. @brendantam.bsky.social will be speaking about political sociability in late Hanoverian Britain. Find out here how to join in person or online on Tues 5 May: historyofparliament.com/2026/04/29/t...
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The role of political sociability in establishing and maintaining political friendship and alliances in late-Hanoverian Britain, 1760-1837 - The History of Parliament
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 5 May, BrendanTam of the University of Warwick, will be discussing political sociability and
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We are kicking off term 3 next Wed 29 April with our annual flagship event! Join us from 5:30pm at the IHR or online for our PhD Lightning Talks event. We have an exciting lineup of 12 early stage (1st or 2nd year) PhDs covering a range of 18th cent topics! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Lightning Talks
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A fantastic paper I encourage people to watch if they missed it
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
ICYMI: Submissions for our annual PhD Lightning Talks event closes this Friday 13 March! If you are in the first two years of your PhD, work on the field of British history in the long 18th cent (1660-1830) and are looking to share your research, get in touch! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/ihr...
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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Great to have former WIP convenor @brendantam.bsky.social give his paper on the political discourse of friendship in the late Hanoverian period
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I’ll be presenting a paper at the IHR British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar next Wednesday based on my (worryingly) soon to be completed PhD research!
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
WINTER Term Card: We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics. Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎 @ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’. Register now! 👎 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD: We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th! As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Polly Lowe @polly-lowe.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I'm really looking forward to sharing my findings about debates surrounding the Scottish Coal miners. Make sure to come along!
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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We're super excited to announce the return of the Warwick History PG Work in Progress for 2025/26. Open to all who are interested in hearing about all the fantastic research being done by PG history students at Warwick!
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I have the pleasure of chairing @richardjansell.bsky.social’s paper next week. Be sure to add it to your calendar if you’re interested to hear more about servants on the “grand tour” in the 18th century!
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Back to what has become over the last three years another home.
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
@joecozens.bsky.social, one of our seminar convenors, has just had an article published by @histparl.bsky.social discussing his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election. historyofparliament.com/2025/06/24/j...
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John Lewis: A Black Sailor at the 1828 Weymouth By-Election - The History of Parliament
In this guest article Dr Joe Cozens discusses his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election. Dr Cozens is
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’ @ihr.bsky.social shorturl.at/hMRGz
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Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Join us next Wednesday at the University of Northampton as we take the Seminar on the road! Starting at 15:00 hyrid, John Coffey (Leicester) will present on the ongoing Wilberforce Diaries project. The event will be proceeded by a walking tour of Northampton! www.history.ac.uk/events/diari...
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The Diaries and Journals of William Wilberforce: An Editor’s Report
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
It was a pleasure presenting a paper this morning based on my recent work on political sociability (derived from a dissertation chapter section) at Warwick’s PG History Conference. Congratulations to my fellow co-organisers for putting together a fantastic 2-day conference!
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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Kicking off our conference with our first panel: Early Modern Mobilities Come down to OC0.04 to catch the latest in PG history research here at Warwick!
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I have throughly enjoyed helping to put this event together as the current PGR Seminar Co-Convenor. We have a bumper lineup of early stage PhDs presenting their research.
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our conference schedule is now live! I am very excited to see this showcase of research from rhe Warwick PG community! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
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Postgraduate Conference
The Postgraduate Conference is a yearly event organised and run by postgraduate students in the Department of History, University of Warwick.
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Check out this fantastic conference on early modern work - @annajpravdica.bsky.social has put together an absolute stellar lineup!
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Thrilled that I have been awarded a Lewis Walpole Travel Grant which will support two weeks of research later this year trawling through their eighteenth century private correspondence and manuscripts collections in Connecticut! walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/...
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2025-2026 Award Recipients | Lewis Walpole Library
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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This summer, @histparl.bsky.social is joining forces with the School of Law at the University of Worcester, @parlhistjournal.bsky.social and @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social, for a conference on the trial of Warren Hastings. All welcome! @cecs-york.bsky.social www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...
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The Impeachment of Warren Hastings: The First Governor General of India - University Of Worcester
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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🚨Call for Papers🚨 We're now welcoming abstracts from Warwick history postgraduates for our annual Conference! Deadline 16 April Apply here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks to the team at @gladlib.bsky.social for assisting with my research trip this week, consulting the Glynne-Gladstone manuscripts, helping me get through a mammoth amount of material. Now to actually write it up into the dissertation…
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Thanks to everyone who participated in the “Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History” conference that I co-organised with the fantastic @chloechallender.bsky.social - we enjoyed a wide range of papers spanning from medieval Westminster to the present day
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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Fantastic conference on Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament at Warwick today - great to speak on Vanda Salmon papers @chuarchives.bsky.social on panel with @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and @emmapeplow.bsky.social. Thanks @chloechallender.bsky.social @brendantam.bsky.social for organising
Black and white photograph of Vanda Salmon, smiling and wearing a long coat and floral hat, leaning on crutches
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Register for next week’s seminar on Wed 5 Mar to hear Prof Rebecca Earle’s (Warwick) paper ‘The World of Jacob de Pinna, Notary and Culture-Broker: The role of eighteenth-century London notaries as intercultural go-betweens’ from 17:30 at Senate House and online. www.history.ac.uk/events/world...
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The World of Jacob de Pinna, Notary and Culture-Broker: The role of eighteenth-century London notaries as intercultural go-betweens
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Register to join us on Friday 14th March at Warwick for our conference ‘Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History: People, sociability, communities and space’ organised by myself and @chloechallender.bsky.social with support from @emeccwarwick.bsky.social and History of Parliament
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
We have had last minute change of schedule - instead join us next week to hear seminar co-convenor Tim Hitchcock discuss his latest research (conducted with Bob Shoemaker) on policing and criminal justice in the late 18th century, at the usual time of 17:30 at the IHR and online. @ihr.bsky.social
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event May 14 2025. Please see the poster for further information, and please spread the word! @ihr.bsky.social
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
While I didn’t present a paper (due to my ongoing moratorium), it was fantastic to attend the @bsecs.bsky.social annul conference this week at Pembroke College Oxford. It’s always a joy to meet fellow 18th century scholars and to hear insights from the cutting edge of the field.
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Warwick EMECC @emeccwarwick.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
ICYMI 👎 There’s just over a week left to submit an abstract proposal for our upcoming 1 day conference “Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History” being held on Friday 14 March (deadline Friday January 13th) warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his... @histparl.bsky.social
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Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History
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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We are so excited to have Neil as our keynote speaker, and if you want to find out more about Neil's research and our ongoing #cfp then please use the link below! 📢Deadline for submissions is 28th February 2025! (4/4) www.history.ac.uk/events/cfp-h...
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Call for Papers | HistoryLab Annual Conference 2025- Shaping Histories: Representation and Perception through Time
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Excited to announce that I’m co-organising my first (non PG) conference with @chloechallender.bsky.social! Do please take a look and share! (Particularly those interested in political history and histories of parliament #skystorians
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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Join us on Monday evening (18/11 from 17:00) to hear WiP co-convenor @annajpravdica.bsky.social discuss her latest PhD findings in a paper titled ‘Authenticity, Work, and Social Identity in Early Modern England' warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Given the recent influx of new followers, I thought I’d briefly explain who I am! I am a 3rd year PhD research at the University of Warwick (History). I work on political friendship in the late Hanoverian period, with a focus on networks and how the rhetoric of friendship was employed. #18c #19c
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
A fantastic celebration hosted by @emeccwarwick.bsky.social and the History and PAIS departments today at Warwick to celebrate the varied and prolific career of Professor Mark Philp. I am truly fortunate to have his guidance and support for my current PhD journey.
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Had a fantastic evening on Tuesday presenting a paper at the Long Eighteenth Century Workshop run by Cambridge PhDs. Two brilliant papers by my co-presenters that captured a range of aspects of eighteenth century Britain.
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
I was recently given the opportunity to share my reflections on a fantastic conference I attended in July on Scottish political history held at Durham. The future of the field is strong! tinyurl.com/2aekpbty
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Conference Review: Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c.1700-1945 - The History of Parliament
In July 2024, the History of Parliament Trust supported the two-day conference Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c., 1700-1945, held at Durham University and organised by Naomi Lloyd...
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Our fortnightly seminar series continues next Wed 9/10 at 17:30 at the IHR Wolfson Room (as well as online via Zoom) as @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social of Edge Hill University will discuss the role of food in the formation of British identities. #c18th #britishhistory www.history.ac.uk/events/briti...
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Britishness revisited: food and the formation of British identities in the late eighteenth century
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Warwick EMECC @emeccwarwick.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
New term and a packed programme events in #earlymodern and #18thcentury studies for Autumn 2024 at Warwick. Have a look at our website for more about our activities and research: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/histo…. Our first event will be 10 October with the wonderful Angela McShane
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Join us next Wed 25/9 at 17:30 either at the IHR Wolfson Room or online via Zoom as @brycchancarey.bsky.social of Northumbria University will kick off our Autumn seminar program with a paper on eighteenth century clerical naturalism. #c18th #britishhistory www.history.ac.uk/events/ratio...
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The ‘rational study of God’s works’: Eighteenth-century clerical naturalists and the origins of the modern life sciences
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Now for something completely different…
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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
The manuscript room in the National Library of Scotland easily has the most scenic view of all archives I have so far visited.
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