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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BARS is pleased to announce the relaunch of its conference and seminar support scheme. Applicants may apply for up to £500 from BARS to support seminar and conference activities. Deadline: 1 November 2026 (further rounds thereafter). www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So sorry to hear this, Dale, and sending love.

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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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2027 Conference

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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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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Such a throwback!! (The series not the soaps)

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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

YouTube video by Reading Scotland

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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

YouTube video by Infinite Women

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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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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It was excellent! Hopefully see you in 2028 if not before!

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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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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Congratulations Stephanie!! And lovely to see you in Liverpool last week.

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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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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Absolutely - can’t wait to read and can’t wait to see you very soon either!

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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

Aw thank you Jodie! So nice to see you and also to hear your research updates! 🫶

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

Thanks Andy - I shall miss all of you too! 🫶 Hope you’re continuing to feel better - I was in Southport for my cousin’s wedding at the weekend and thought of you! Hopefully catch up soon.

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

Huge thanks to my fellow Exec members for their friendship, collegiality, and kind send-off at last week’s AGM - and best of luck to the incoming BARS PGR & ECR team whom I know will do a fantastic job in taking these roles in exciting new directions! @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social /2

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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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