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The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the study of the long #c18th. Check website for details. www.bsecs.org.uk

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Submissions are welcome for the London Topographical Society's Anne Saunders Prize: £1,000 for an original & unpublished research essay on the topography, development, or buildings of #London in any period. Details here: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann... #skystorians 🗃️
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Ann Saunders essay prize - London Topographical Society
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Leading a creative writing workshop on Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) in Special Collections at Kent, writing objects and subjects big and small. Wed 28 Oct, 2pm until 4pm, Templeman Library. Email D.kavanagh@kent.ac.uk to reserve a place. #CreativeWriting #GulliversTravels
Writing Big and Small after Gulliver
A Creative Workshop
Dr Swift
First published in 1726, the first two books of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels turn on a single trick played in opposite directions: shrink the world around its narrator, and even the smallest objects and gestures of Lilliputian court life become petty and absurd; leave him ordinary-sized among the giants of Brobdingnag, and the plainest objects, and the bodies of the people who use them, become overwhelming, even repulsive, at close range. This workshop invites participants to think about their chosen objects or subjects in both big and small ways, using inspiration from the Special Collections holdings to write other worlds into existence.
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026
Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Venue: Special Collections & Archives, Templeman Library, University of Kent,
Canterbury
Led by: Dr Declan Kavanagh
Places limited - materials provided - all levels welcome
To reserve a place, email D.kavanagh@kent.ac.uk
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Do it! You know you want to! #BSECS2027
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
**The Georgian Group Dunscombe-Colt Bursary** #BSECS & the Georgian Group are offering a NEW bursary for #PGR & #ECR speaking on the architecture or material culture of the long #18thC at the BSECS annual conference. #skystorians 🗃️ Details can be found at: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
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Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
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BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
DON'T FORGET that our #CFP for #BSECS2027 closes TOMORROW. Submit your abstracts on the conference theme of 'Authenticity & Artifice' or on any other subject relating to the #18thC here: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/... #skystorians 🗃️
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BSECS - Submit a Proposal
Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! Only 4 days left to submit your abstract for #BSECS2027 We'd love to see you @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social in January! #skystorians #cfp #ecr #phd 🗃️
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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For those who missed it, here’s the two pages of the @bsecs.bsky.social conference programme for 1988: no parallel sessions and a field trip to Kenwood House. This and four boxes of other documents I am transferring from my shed to a new BSECS archive at the @voltaire.ox.ac.uk Foundation in Oxford.
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Submissions for #BSECS2027 close on the 15 September this year. Yes, this is earlier than usual... This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity' but (as always) we welcome proposals on any #18thC topic. GET WRITING #skystorians 🗃️ See our Website for details: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
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BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ending our PG/ECR conference with a tour of Faculté de médecine de Montpellier! It’s been a great couple of days, with brilliant papers and discussions. Thanks to all those attending and to our French collaborators @doctorants1718.bsky.social @sfeds-bs.bsky.social
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today’s workshop at our PG/ECR conference — challenges and opportunities in international research!
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Starting our PG/ECR conference today with discussion of plants and natural histories!
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Registration has started in the courtyard of University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry for this years BSECS PG/ECR conference! @sfeds-bs.bsky.social @doctorants1718.bsky.social
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Submissions for #BSECS2027 close on the 15 September this year. Yes, this is earlier than usual... This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity' but (as always) we welcome proposals on any #18thC topic. GET WRITING #skystorians 🗃️ See our Website for details: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
bsecs.org.uk
BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We have INCREASED the value of 2 of our awards! The BSECS-Bodleian Fellowship is now worth £2,000, & the BSECS-Georgian Papers Fellowship is now £1,250. The deadline is the 1 February 2027. #18thC #skystorians #PGR #ECR Details of all our awards available here: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
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Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our PG/ECR conference in collaboration with @sfeds-bs.bsky.social @doctorants1718.bsky.social kicks off tomorrow in Montpellier! Very excited to welcome our delegates soon.
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Doctorants SEAA 17-18 @doctorants1718.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Le programme des prochaines JDJC est officiellement dispo 👀👇 RDV à Montpellier les 3 et 4 septembre ! @bsecs.bsky.social @sfeds-bs.bsky.social
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#skystorians #history #academia #DEI 🗃️
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#BSECS supports the work of #18thC scholars from all backgrounds & career stages, working in all disciplines. The Society reaffirms its commitment to #equality, #diversity & #inclusion in all its activities, & its opposition to bullying and harassment. www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Statement from BSECS - BSECS
The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the work of scholars of the period from all backgrounds and career stages, working in all disciplines. The Society has recently reaffirmed i...
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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A full day at the York Georgian Festival with talks by @historymatt.bsky.social & @brycchancarey.bsky.social & the launch of a new student-led edition of the correspondence between Ignatius Sancho & Laurence Sterne. #18C #18thCentury @bsecs.bsky.social
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Unlocking The Mary Hamilton Papers @maryhamiltonpapers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
When Elizabeth Carter wittily attacks 'La metaphysique', is she commenting on a specific work or on a whole strand of French scholarship in general? Does anyone happen to know? (Editor out of his comfort zone here.) See www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/EX-HOUG... #18thC
MS Eng 1778 12, transcription in prep., not yet published in The Mary Hamilton Papers
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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
'This ... makes 'Innovations in Teaching History' a timely publication that should be at the top of any list of reading materials, not just for scholars teaching the 18th century but those teaching history in any capacity.' uolpress.co.uk/book/innovat... #OpenAccess Thanks @bsecs.bsky.social!
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Innovations in Teaching History - University of London Press
An essential teaching companion offering practical strategies for enhancing learning for all teachers of history in higher education. The study of the eighteenth century has been a growth area in univ...
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Authors wishing to apply should ask their publishers to nominate their book by sending one PDF copy of the published book to the chair of the prize committee, Emma Macleod (e.v.macleod@stir.ac.uk), by 15 July 2026. @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social #skystorians #18thC #ScottishHist
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Initially in the amount of $500, the prize will be awarded every two years, but in the initial competition books with a copyright date of between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2025 will be eligible. @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social #skystorians #18thC #ScottishHist
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@ecsssstir2025.bsky.social are accepting nominations for the Richard B. Sher First Book Prize (awarded early 2027). The prize recognizes authors whose first scholarly book contributes significantly to the field of eighteenth-century Scottish studies. #skystorians #18thC #ScottishHist
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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This looks like a tremendous event, on labouring-class poetry, in Manchester, this Saturday. @bars.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @workingclasshistory.com @uolpress.bsky.social
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Matthew McCormack @historymatt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
At the IHR for a @royalhistsoc.org meeting of scholarly societies. I'm representing @bsecs.bsky.social and talking about our wonderful journal and book series
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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It's a good day when you get to bust out a sentence like this. #18C
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New #18thC scholarship ahoy and entirely open access! (and for those of you who know the face behind the #BSECS socials, a little bit of shameless self-promotion!) #skystorians
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The @ecisociety.bsky.social is on Bluesky. A must follow for all things and disciplines eighteenth-century Ireland. Please help spread the word. @isecs-sieds.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @csecsscedhs.bsky.social
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#skystorians #cfp #18thC 🗃️
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Not only is the #CFP for #BSECS2027 out, the @isecs-sieds.bsky.social #CFP has also been released. 'Enlightenment and (in)equality' will take place in Zaragoza, Spain on the 12-16 July 2026.
The image is a poster for the ISECS conference with details of the date, and the location, overlaying an image of an ornate coach while people sell their wares and a small dog curled up in the corner
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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🚨RADICAL PRINT CULTURE SYMPOSIUM 🚨 The Programme is now live (see 🧵), and the symposium will also feature two amazing keynote speakers, a print exhibition and a handling workshop. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @bsecs.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Good morning Dr Jordan-Clark. We have had an online option for the last two years. We've also moved to a more accessible venue for our in-person attendees. Please get in touch with our conference organisers if you would like more information on conference.academic@bsecs.org.uk
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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Applications are open for the 2026/27 BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship, offering expenses up to the value of £4000 to support a visiting scholar undertaking research into the long eighteenth century. More information and apply at bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a... @bsecs.bsky.social
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
IT'S TIME! The #CFP for #BSECS2027 has been released! This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity'. The deadline for submissions is the 15 September 2026. The conference will by the 6-8 January 2027 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
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BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
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Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @chountisdefabbri.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My review of @rosscarroll.bsky.social excellent book on Edmund Burke in the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. @bsecs.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1754...
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Edmund Burke. By Ross Carroll. London: Polity. 2024. 224 p. £17.99. ISBN: 978‐1‐5095‐3865‐2.
Click on the article title to read more.
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This project explores this continued influence through the example of Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, examining her personal papers to trace the enduring impact of life in Caroline’s courtly circle. 4/4 #BSECS #skystorians #18thC
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Through salons, correspondence and networks of patronage, these women were exposed to and influenced by some of the greatest minds of their time, dynamics which shaped the rest of their lives. 3/4 #BSECS #skystorians #18thC
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The household of Caroline of Ansbach was a culturally and intellectually rich environment from the earliest days of the Hanoverian court, providing an enlightening experience for the young women within it. 2/4 #BSECS #skystorians #18thC
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to @historywithem.bsky.social who has been awarded our BECC-BSECS fellowship for her project 'Courtly afterlives: the influence of court life on Caroline of Ansbach's household ladies'. Read more about the project in the thread ⬇️ #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ 1/4
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The next @isecs-sieds.bsky.social #ECR Seminar is taking place at Trier on 17-19 June. Details below:
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Joe Cozens @joecozens.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
200 years ago the handloom weavers of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire engaged in a 10-day rising, destroying over 1,100 power looms. To learn more check out our interactive StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a84... #19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social
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Witnessing the Weavers’ Rising of 1826
A digital mapping project created by The National Archives and The Open University
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Don't forget to apply for our #BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship. Travel, accommodation, and related expenses of up to £4,000 to support a visiting scholar of the #18thC at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, deadline 26 June 2026 #skystorians 🗃️ Details below! www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
TONIGHT! @naomipullin.bsky.social on the 'Pleasures and Perils of Aloneness'
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
There is only one more session of The North East Forum in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Studies Seminar for the academic year on the 8 May! Details below: northeastforum.wordpress.com/current-sche...
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Current schedule
We run a regular series of events across the year. All are welcome, so please come along! 2025/26 Room locations and titles of papers will be updated closer to the dates of the events All events ta…
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The project explores how medical, religious, and statistical forms of knowledge intersect in literary narratives, and argues that storytelling itself played a crucial role in making sense of epidemic crisis and uncertainty #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
CONGRATULATIONS to @amrasharma15.bsky.social who is our #BSECS-Bodleian Visiting Fellow for 2026 🎉 Amrapali will use the fellowship to develop her project 'Daniel Defoe and Plague Discourse in the Long Eighteenth Century', examining how epidemic disease was understood in #18thC Britain
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Lovely to host everyone at Darwin College @kent.ac.uk for our @bsecs.bsky.social council Spring Away Day. Wonderful discussions in person and online with some exciting #18century related developments in the offing. Safe home everyone!
Light display in Darwin College University of Kent - stunning brutalist interior. Setting up the boardroom tech for the society’s conversations.
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tomorrow's @cecs-york.bsky.social seminar is being delivered by Dr Harrie Neil on 'The Edgeworths, Ireland's Bogs, and Improvement'. For those of you who can make it in-person, there will be cake but you can also register to attend via zoom here: www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #skystorians #18thC
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Neal 21 Apr - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York
CECS Research Seminar with Harrie Neal, University of York
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