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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

IASSL event coming soon! On Friday 23 October at 8.30 pm (UK time) on Teams, we're hosting our second online webinar on "Narratives of Illness and Dis/ability in Scottish Literature". Find more about this here: scotlit-iassl.org/author/scotl...

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Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The deadline for the Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now conference that is to be held at Sheffield next June has been extended by a month. Do put in an abstract! www.annradcliffe.org/conference/ @radcliffecup.bsky.social @angelawright1794.bsky.social

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We have 3 funded places for students available to attend our annual conference! Find out more and apply: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/works...

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Funded student places for SCA Annual Conference 2026 - Scottish Council on Archives

25 August 2026

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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 22/09/2026

The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen Mary Brunton and Susan Ferrier did outsell, inspire, and benefit from Austen, @drcleoocy.bsky.social writes on @theconversation.com.

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The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen

They are practically unknown today ,but Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton gave Jane Austen a run for her money.

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking forward to teaching Austen’s Teenage Writings for the first time this afternoon - and delighted to have a piece on Austen’s Scottish female contemporaries published in @uk.theconversation.com this morning! theconversation.com/the-two-scot... @uccresearch.bsky.social

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The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen

They are practically unknown today ,but Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton gave Jane Austen a run for her money.

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Meet Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social: IASSL's Membership Secretary for the current tenure. Here's what she has to say about her current role.

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Josh Smith @smithjj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...

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The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832

"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

UCC Library invites you to "Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History" one day conference on 18 September. Explore the legacy of this remarkable medieval manuscript with expert speakers from UCC, Oxford and Edinburgh. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456

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Public Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History

Join us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/09/2026

From 2024: @drcleoocy.bsky.social examines the representation of English & Scottish national stereotypes in the novels of Scottish authors Susan Ferrier, Mary Brunton, & Elizabeth Hamilton From Reading Scotland at @unimainz.bsky.social #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_OK...

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Reading Scotland with Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/09/2026

Infinite Women: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier In this episode of the @infinite-women.com podcast, @drcleoocy.bsky.social & @kateferrier.bsky.social discuss Susan Ferrier’s life & work #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHj...

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Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman and Kate Ferrier on Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/09/2026

Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary #JaneAusten, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious… A 🎂🧵 #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.nls.uk/collections/...

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Susan Ferrier and her contemporaries | National Library of Scotland

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Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

After a long embargo, it is finally out: my ERC Starting Grant #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu has been funded. The 5-year project on creatively active new users of Celtic languages in the 19th and early 20th century starts in Jan 27 at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz. For news, follow us at @erc-nudgers.bsky.social.

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A pleasure to speak with Lithuanian National Television and Radio (LRT) recently about historical attitudes towards novel reading and how these are changing in light of the UK’s #NationalYearofReading in 2026. Our interview (for any Lithuanian-speaking friends!) is here: www.lrt.lt/radioteka/ir...

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Kintantis požiūris į romanus: anksčiau manyta, kad skaitančias moteris lengviau sugundyti

Pasaulio kultūros įvykių apžvalgoje pokalbis apie Nacionalinius skaitymo metus Jungtinėje Karalystėje su škotų literatūrą Glazgo universitete tyrinėjančia dr. Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman. Mokslininkė atkr...

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Book of Improvement is available for preorder! Please consider asking your librarians to purchase a copy. Cover still TK. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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The Book of Improvement

How the concept of improvement came to dominate and direct British thinking about social change during the eighteenth centuryImprovement had a specific envir...

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deven parker @devenparker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

ROMANTIC MEDIA AND WARTIME NETWORKS, my first monograph, is out today with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. It tells the story of how the state revolutionized its wartime communication networks in the Romantic period and how writers responded to - and resisted - this media revolution.

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We asked our Executive Committee members what IASSL means for them. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing their answers. Follow the link below to learn more about them: scotlit-iassl.org/about/the-ex...

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My last day @glasgowburns.bsky.social and what a year it’s been - 1 map, much haggis, and many Burns Suppers later! Excited to begin a new chapter next week but first special thanks to @paulinemackay.bsky.social, and all my friends and colleagues @uofgartshums.bsky.social, for such a convivial time!

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🌟Call for Applications: BARS Communications Fellow 2026-27 to assist with the BARS Blog and social media 🌟 Deadline - Monday 14th September Details - www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6572

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Joey S. Kim (she/her) @joeykim.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thrilled to share that Romanticism and the Poetics of Orientation received an Honorable Mention for the @bars.bsky.social's First Book Prize! Congrats to Yin Yuan on winning for Alimentary Orientalisms, & to Colleen Taylor, my fellow Honorable Mention! 🎉🥳👏🏼

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Matthew Sangster @mjrsangster.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A really interesting and intellectually stimulating day at Romantic Retrospection online, following up the excellent in-person days in Birmingham last week. Congratulations and many thanks to the organisers for a smart, well-run, inclusive and convivial @bars.bsky.social conference.

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Removed some silly words and condensed a few things. This is a clearer picture of the topics / names that dominated proceedings.

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

March 2027: Oxford World's Classics edition of Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (1821) will be published. First modern, annotated edition of a novel that defined the age. In this plate by the Cruikshank brothers, the chums get in a fight & Egan has his notebook nicked. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Dr Jodie Marley 🔮 @jodielmarley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

some #bars2026 highlights, as promised. Overall, an incredible conference. In general, everyone was so kind & generous with their time & conversation. Despite a precarious job market, ECR work was the highest standard I've witnessed, & there was a deep, comforting community spirit amongst us.

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Last week also marked the end of my tenure on the BARS Exec (@bars.bsky.social), first as PGR (2022-24) and then ECR Officer (2024-26). These roles were a highlight of (and outlasted) my PhD, offering essential experience in conference organisation (tbt #BARS2023), mentoring, networking, and more /1

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Fabulous few days in Birmingham for #BARS2026 (in person) with friends old and new. So many fantastic panels and a pleasure to present research from my new project on Bentley’s Standard Novels. Thanks to all who came along and offered feedback. Roll on next Thursday for the online day!

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BARS PGR and ECR Representatives 2026–2028 Announced Please welcome @19thcenturyem.bsky.social as our PGR Representative and @laurabrook.bsky.social and @serenaqihuipei.bsky.social as our ECR Representatives!! For more information please see the BARS Blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6543

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Conference week is in full swing! A fun 48 hours in Liverpool for #BAVS2026 and shortly onto Birmingham for #BARS2026… @bavs-uk.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social

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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Thinking of all my @bars.bsky.social people as this years wonderful looking Birmingham conference kicks off today with @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social shenanigans! Missing you all from hospital 😭 Gimme some of that sweet sweet live sleeting #BARS26

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Dr Amy Waterson @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

📣 CfP - @rrrjournal.bsky.social Conference 2027 📣 Submissions are open for @rrrjournal.bsky.social conference on the theme Ecosystems in the Long Nineteenth-Century! Held at beautiful RHUL, this is not to be missed!!

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Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📣CfP Alert📣 We are delighted to announce that our CfP for the 2027 RRR conference is now open! The deadline for abstracts is the 25th of October. The focus will be on ecosystems of the long nineteenth century 🌱 We can’t wait to read your submissions!

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Delighted to have launched the new Interactive Map of Burns Suppers Worldwide with @glasgowburns.bsky.social. 225 years on, this Scottish tradition lives on as a global example of Living Heritage - 70+ countries and all 7 continents, including ANTARCTICA! 🐧 burns-supper-map.gla.ac.uk#2.25/37.70/-...

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Following the 225th anniversary of the first ever Burns Suppers yesterday (21st July) we’re thrilled to share that the new Interactive Map of Burns Suppers Worldwide is now LIVE and available here: burns-supper-map.gla.ac.uk#2.25/37.70/-... 1,000+ events in 2026 alone, 75 countries and 7 continents

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

To mark the occasion CRBS has also launched new webpages, offering fresh insights into the Burns Suppers as Living Heritage, and the individual categories of Living Heritage encompassed in this originally Scottish, and now global, tradition. Learn more and explore here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/crit...

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The global survey of the Burns Suppers will continue to accept new submissions on a rolling basis. Map updates are scheduled for March and August each year. Please continue to #sendusyoursuppers and help grow this archive of the Burns Suppers as Living Heritage! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌍 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 21/07/2026

Is there a whim-inspired fool, Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool, Let him draw near… Robert Burns (1759–96) died #OTD, 21 July, aged 37. “A Bard’s Epitaph” is the final #poem in his Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786) #romanticism #C18 1/4

A Bard’s Epitaph
Robert Burns

Is there a whim-inspired fool,
Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule,
Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool,
Let him draw near;
And owre this grassy heap sing dool,
And drap a tear.

Is there a bard of rustic song,
Who, noteless, steals the crowds among,
That weekly this area throng,
O, pass not by!
But, with a frater-feeling strong,
Here, heave a sigh.

Is there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs, himself, life’s mad career,
Wild as the wave,
Here pause—and, thro’ the starting tear,
Survey this grave.

The poor inhabitant below
Was quick to learn the wise to know,
And keenly felt the friendly glow,
And softer flame;
But thoughtless follies laid him low,
And stain’d his name!

Reader, attend! whether thy soul
Soars fancy’s flights beyond the pole,
Or darkling grubs this earthly hole,
In low pursuit:
Know, prudent, cautious, self-control
Is wisdom’s root.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 18/07/2026

“Nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland; the people were so frank & gay, & the manners so easy & engaging…” In Susan Ferrier’s 1818 novel MARRIAGE, #romantic English notions about the Highlands meet cold, damp reality… #BookWormSat #C18 💙📚 asls.org.uk/publications...

There now remained but one course to pursue; and that was to seek refuge at his father's, in the Highlands of Scotland. At the first mention of it, Lady Juliana was transported with joy; and begged that a letter might be instantly despatched, containing the offer of a visit; she had heard the Duchess of M. declare nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland; the people were so frank and gay, and the manners so easy and engaging: Oh! it was delightful! And then Lady Jane G. and Lady Mary L. and a thousand other Lords and Ladies she knew, were all so charmed with the country, and all so sorry to leave it. Then dear Henry's family must be so charming: an old castle, too, was her delight: she would feel quite at home while wandering through its long galleries; and she quite loved old pictures, and armour, and tapestry; and then her thoughts reverted to her father's magnificent mansion in D——shire.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 18/07/2026

Infinite Women: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier In this episode of the @infinite-women.com podcast, @drcleoocy.bsky.social & @kateferrier.bsky.social discuss the author of MARRIAGE, the novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854) #C18 #C19 #romanticism www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHj...

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Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman and Kate Ferrier on Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

1 week to go until the official 225th anniversary of the first ever Burns Supper! Join us next Tuesday 21st July at 6pm BST for the online launch of the new Interactive Map of Burns Suppers Worldwide: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...

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Online Launch of the New Interactive Map of Burns Suppers Worldwide

An online gathering to celebrate 225 years since the first ever Burns Supper and to launch a new Interactive Map of Burns Suppers Worldwide

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Don’t forget to complete our global survey of the Burns Supper by midnight BST tomorrow to ensure your Burns Supper appears on the map when it launches in person this Saturday 18th July at Burns Cottage in Alloway! Survey here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The IASSL PhD Award is aimed at outstanding PhD dissertations on Scottish literature submitted outside of the UK (written in English or other languages). The first round is open for submissions! 🏆🎓 scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Complete the survey by 15 July to see your Burns Supper included on the new map when it launches next Saturday!

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Join us for the big #BurnsSupper225 map launch on Saturday 18 July 2026 at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum! All very welcome. Details of our online launch to follow soon! Book tickets for the Burns Supper at 225 Years Open Day Reception here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-burns-...

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The Burns Supper at 225 Years

The University of Glasgow's Centre for Robert Burns Studies is delighted to launch a new interactive map of Burns Suppers Worldwide.

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