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Elizabeth McDonald

@drpastonsrus.bsky.social
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Commissioning Editor at Boydell & Brewer with particular interests in the period c.1450-c.1850. Primarily here to support the good fight via publishing enterprises. Will also be found "nerding out" over medieval churches and book history.

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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
@thenacbs.bsky.social, final few hours to get a FREE display copy from the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social stall. We’re here until 1pm.
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Attention #NACBS2025: we have conference displays copies looking for a good home! If you're an #ECR stop by our stand anytime tomorrow morning to claim yours. @thenacbs.bsky.social #BritishStudies If you do miss out, you can still grab a bargain with conference code BB154: buff.ly/U9twdID
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Final few hours in beautiful Montreal for #NACBS 2025. It has been a wonderful opportunity to catch up with so many @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social authors and meet new scholars. To any delegates still here, I’m giving away ALL display copies by 1pm today!
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Sadly, it’s the final day of @srsrensoc.bsky.social #RenSoc2025. It has been a brilliant conference and it’s fair to say a certain editor got a little excited by the historical print activities offered by the superb Bristol Common Press! Check out our stand before I whisk the books away at 3pm.
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#rensoc2025 delegates: whether you were inspired by yesterday’s Poly-Olbion panel or missed it due to too many exciting simultaneous sessions, McRae & Schwyzer’s edited collection is available via the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social stand. Grab a display copy for only £25!
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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🤩 hope you all have left some space in your suitcases, #RenSoc25 delegates!
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Hello Bristol! Very pleased to be set-up & ready for @srsrensoc.bsky.social. Looking forward to hearing some cracking papers, celebrating our recent publications & learning about new projects. Pop by the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social stand, say hello & be enticed by our conference discount!
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Calling all @bsashakespeare.bsky.social #bsa2025 attendees: last chance to grab display copies of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social’s latest publications for an absolute steal. Some great titles have already gone and I leave at 12.😭BUT conference discount on ordered books runs until July 28th!
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Visit our stand at the British Shakespeare Association conf this week to talk with Commissioning Editor Elizabeth McDonald about your publishing plans. You can also save 50% off all titles! buff.ly/0vGY1eL @drpastonsrus.bsky.social‬ @bsashakespeare.bsky.social #BSA2025 #Shakespeare #RenLit
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Very pleased to be attending #bsa2025 conference at York. @bsashakespeare.bsky.social and showing off some of our most recent @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social publications. We’ve Kyd, Marlowe, a French touring troupe, eminent tragedians, and stage controversy!
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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
My book, "Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain" (or "True Britons and Celtic Empires", if you'd prefer) is now AVAILABLE FOR HARDBACK PREORDER Your library needs more about bardic antislavery, imperial complicity, and druids with telescopes, no? boydellandbrewer.com/978183765195...
Book cover for "Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain, 1707-1819: True Britons and Celtic Empires". Cover shoes a painting of a Welshman with a gilded leek in his wide-brimmed black hat, warming a (seemingly alcoholic...) drink at a candle flame
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
IMEMS Director Professor Richard Scholar will be giving the keynote address tomorrow, entitled 'Utopia and Utopianism after More', at the 13th Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social See the full programme: 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philevents/e...
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Events for May 2025 – Philosophy events
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Today’s episode of “Adventures in Publishing”: The Nibbies! Very excited (and lucky) to be part of the team representing @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social for our nomination @thebookseller.com The British Book Awards. www.thebookseller.com/british-book.... But, before the glamour…coffee and a train.
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If you're joining #ASECS25 online this week, check out our virtual booth for discounts on our latest titles and info on how you can publish your research with us: buff.ly/higaT3h #C18th @asecsoffice.bsky.social @drpastonsrus.bsky.social
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American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
ASECS members: learn how you can publish with us in 18th-century studies, browse our series and latest titles
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I argue that medievalists have some of the best memes going, and PrEmo Trans symposium organiser, Micah Goodrich, truly delivered with this beauty:
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Boston: City of Knowledge? As if #RSA2025, #shax2025 and #MAA2025 hadn’t been enough, we now have the PrEmoTrans symposium. Great to see such a huge turnout and many familiar faces from the RSA, etc.
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
If you're at #RSA2025 & #Shax2025 stop by our stand to talk to Commissioning Editor Elizabeth McDonald about our latest publishing opportunities. You'll also find dozens of titles with 50% off and free shipping too. buff.ly/R83CsN6 @drpastonsrus.bsky.social #skystorians
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Crystal Lake @crystal-b-lake.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Eighteenth-Century Studies is looking for a new Book Review Editor! Deadline to apply is April 15. Details are at asecs.org/publications...
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Eighteenth-Century Studies – ASECS
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Calling all Jr Scholars, ECRs & PhD students at the #RSA2025 & #SAA2025. Between 4.30-6.00 today I’ll be on-hand to field any & all questions on publishing your 1st monograph. No Q too small! I’m here to demystify the publishing process. @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social, booth 14 in exhibition hall.
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Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 @catholicismsem.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Details of the series are live at #RSA2025 & #SAA2025, as well as a copy of Sam Zeno Conedera's 'Alfonso Salmerón on the Scriptures', plus 50% off books in the series when ordered here with the code BB047: boydellandbrewer.com/search-resul... #twitterstorians #CathHist #History
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We’re LIVE! #RSA2025 & #SAA2025 delegates, come along to booth 14 in the exhibition hall to check out the latest titles from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social. I’m here to learn about your research and answer your questions about publishing with any of our imprints. Plus a giveaway for junior scholars!
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Will we see you in Boston for #RenSA2025? Stop by our stand to browse our latest titles and to chat with editor Elizabeth McDonald about how you can publish with us. Learn more here: buff.ly/GDvHel9 #Renaissance #EarlyModern @drpastonsrus.bsky.social
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Renaissance Society of America
Welcome to our hub for the Renaissance Society of America conference. Discover new books and publishing opportunities!
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
For anyone interested in #c18th political or electoral history & for students researching EPQs, special subjects &/or final year dissertations, do check out the wealth of data & information available on our Political Participation & Electoral Culture (ECPPEC) website #skystorians 🗃️ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
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Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
18th-century Britain is notorious for corrupt and restrictive politics, when few could vote, bribery and debauchery were commonplace. But it was also an age when modern democracy was being shaped.
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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A full-time, open-ended lectureship in Ancient History at Leeds! It's a different department to me but your duties will still include being asked interminable questions about ancient weirdos by me, your colleague with a healthy interest.
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Delighted to see @catholicismsem.bsky.social has joined Bluesky. Follow them for the latest news on the book series, part of the imprint between @imems.bsky.social and @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social. As CE for the Boydell side of things, I can tell you that we've so many great books coming in 2025!
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The Cely Letters: full of Jack the Lads … and …er…Rice Crispies?
List of expenses in the hand of George Cely, including someone called Jacob de Bloke and someone or something called Ryc’ Crysp
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Reading old diaries can feel like time travel - but which London street are we visiting in this 1680s entry from the diary of English polymath Robert Hooke? 🌎⌛️ Learn more about deciphering Early Modern writing in our short online course: imemsdurhamlearn.com/early-modern... Sloane Ms 4024
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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
My book manuscript has officially been sent to production with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social, expected in August 2025. Finalised blurb below, looking forward to having you read this thing!
Title: Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain, 1707-1819: True Britons and Celtic Empires

Keynote: Reframes the study of Welsh cultural revivalism, highlighting transnational and imperial contexts.

Blurb: In the long eighteenth century, as Britain grappled with the aftermath of the 1707 Acts of Union and consolidated a global empire, Welsh ‘Cambro-Britons’ developed a movement of cultural awakening, reinventing their traditions for a new age. Amid profound local, national, and imperial transformations, Welsh authors and activists sought to reimagine their history, language, and literature, claiming a place for Wales and the Welsh diaspora in the British imperial order. Far from being an insular phenomenon, this revival intersected with key debates of the era, from enlightenment science and radical politics to colonial expansion, transatlantic abolitionism, and metropolitan sociability.

This study reframes Welsh cultural revivalism, revealing its fundamentally international and archipelagic dimensions. Nationally significant Welsh authors like Lewis Morris, David Samwell, Thomas Pennant, and Iolo Morganwg are placed in their transnational, imperial, and global contexts. Examined alongside Thomas Gray’s British bardism, William Jones’s Orientalism, and the imperialism of Cook’s voyages, their writings demonstrate how Welsh thinkers engaged with—and shaped—shifting ideas of Britishness, empire, race, and identity. Drawing on new archival research, and giving equal attention to Welsh- and English-language texts, Rhys Kaminski-Jones challenges traditional narratives of Welsh cultural nationalism as a simple precursor to modern Welsh nationhood, instead positioning the revival as central to transatlantic intellectual currents. With its pathbreaking bilingual and interdisciplinary approach, this book offers fresh insights into the complexities of nationhood, empire, and cultural memory.
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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Coming in 2025... A new, free, fully-accessible, digital edition of Mary Robinson's Lyrical Tales produced in collaboration with York St John University students from the Literature degree & MA in Publishing. More info: blog.yorksj.ac.uk/ysjucritical... #18C #18thC #Romanticism
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Calling all @bsecs.bsky.social delegates! Last chance to buy display copies of our most recent @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social publications in eighteenth-century studies. Visit me at the stall before 3pm today to grab a bargain and expand your personal library!
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
It is such a pleasure to showcase Alexis’ superb book at #BSECS2025. It was a genuine privilege to have the chance to read this before much of the world. I would guarantee you’ll find it an engaging study of some fascinating women!
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
If you're at #BSECS2025 today, stop by our stand to see all our lovely new #C18th titles and chat with @drpastonsrus.bsky.social about how you can publish your next book with us. @bsecs.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/british-soci...
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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Lovely to see Martha Wilmot's beautiful portrait on the cover of my book at the @bsecs.bsky.social conference this morning in Oxford. Thank you @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and @drpastonsrus.bsky.social
Alexis Wolf (author) holding her monograph at the BSECS conferencePublisher's table featuring the book Transnational Women Writers in the Wilmot Coterie, 1798-1840
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The bleary-eyed, post-Christmas vibe is dramatically eased by the excitement of @bsecs.bsky.social #BSECS2025 next week. Now going through the programme setting up meetings, but myself and the Global Marketing Manager will both be at the booth to answer any publishing questions you might have.
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a woman is running down a street with a book in her hand while a publisher wants my book .
ALT: a woman is running down a street with a book in her hand while a publisher wants my book .
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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
My time as @bsecs.bsky.social Criticks Editor is drawing to a close. I've been editor since Jan 2020 & was a sub-editor before that, so am well placed to recommend the role. It's a great way to meet lots of people, brilliant experience & a really fun area to report on at Senate meetings.
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Huzzah! After much huffing & puffing, I have finished 1st draft of my gloucester shipwreck essay for our forthcoming edited collection with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social ... co-editor @benjaminredding.bsky.social drafted his ages ago, so I'm tardy✍️... off to celebrate (& only read thru again 2moro!)
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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
#c18th Need a podcast to get you through your holiday? Coffeehouse Perspectives just dropped a new episode, and it's on QUEER PIRATES, and it's fun! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Coffee House Perspectives: Queer Pirates & The Eighteenth Century
Coffee House Perspectives · Episode
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
2 yr Post-doc, Edinburgh-- Leverhulme-funded, ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law, c.1750-present’. Collaboration betw Prof Chloë Kennedy (Edinburgh), Prof Katie Barclay (Macquarie) and Dr Alice Krzanich (Aberdeen). elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #skystorians 🗃️ #c18th #c19th
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to work on a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project titled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The project is a collaboration between Prof Chl...
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Programme for #BSECS2025 is out! So many fabulous papers including online & hybrid options. If it's your first time joining us, check out our mentorship scheme for conference support. Pembroke College, Oxford, 8-10 January 2025 #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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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
All I want for Christmas...is a copy of 'Alfonso Salmerón on the Scriptures: Theological Perspectives from a Founding Jesuit (1515–1585).'🎄 The latest IMEMS Press publication is available for pre-order here: 👉https://tinyurl.com/y684x2nm
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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
NEW #funded AHRC studentship opportunity from @royalholloway.bsky.social & @rbgkew.bsky.social : ECONOMIC BOTANY & the CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS SERVICE Info: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... Deadline 17-Jan-25 @TECHNEDTP @ahrc-ukri.bsky.social @RHGeoHumanities @Kew_LAA @janehamlett.bsky.social
Block of 9 miniature paintings on rice paper donated to Kew Gardens by Thomas Watters, HM Consul, North Formosa, 1882. Image © RBG Kew
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Joey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hello #skystorians 👋 good to see so many here! I’ll leave the annual Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500 - 1850 #CfP here for folks who are interested. Come and join us in Aberystwyth, 12 - 13 June 2025. Co-organised with @heathernicholas.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#eighteenthcentury #historians & #literature folk, if you've been hankering after a title in our "Studies in the Eighteenth Century" series you'll find many treasures in our Black Friday Sale. We'll also be at @bsecs.bsky.social in Jan., tempting you with brand new titles & a conference discount
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#Renaissance #Literature folk, you'll find gold in our deep backlist of the Studies in Renaissance Literature series. Also, for the 1ST TIME in our sale, "Localizing Christopher Marlowe". Ide's work sets #Marlowe within the political & religious contexts of his #Cambridge college.
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Featuring the very first publication in @imems.bsky.social imprint, "British and Irish Religious Orders in Europe, 1560-1800". An absolute steal at only £32/$44! 2025 sees the imprint bloom. Keep your eyes peeled for books on legal history, translation, Catholic networks, medieval science & more!
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We’re delighted to be partners with The Haskins Society on their new book series that explores connections and interconnections among communities in the middle ages. Learn more here: boydellandbrewer.com/connections-... #MedievalSky #Skystorians #CFM
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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
*VERY EXCITING VACANCY* Join our team behind the superb Renaissance Studies as editor -- guided expertly by Wiley. Ability to combust into flames and shrug it off not a requirement. #EarlyModern excitement is Deadline: 31 Jan 2025 All info: rensoc.org.uk/vacancy-edit...
Renaissance Studies is one of the leading journals in the field of Renaissance studies, with an interdisciplinary emphasis, and a worldwide readership. Established in 1987, Renaissance Studies is published in partnership by the Society for Renaissance Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley).

The Council of the Society for Renaissance Studies (SRS) seeks to appoint an Editor for Renaissance Studies to succeed Professor Kevin Killeen, who retires as Editor in December 2025.

It is hoped that the new editor(s) will be able to take over responsibility from 1 January 2026 and serve for a 5-year term until 19 December 2031. Interviews will be held online in February/March 2025.

The Editor is responsible for the editorial content of the journal, for obtaining peer reviews of articles submitted, and for the supply of edited copy to Wiley. The Editor works with, and leads, a team consisting of an Associate Editor (whose main responsibility rests with the Special Issues of the journal), Book
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We're proud to be working with BSECS to support #18thC ECRs. See below for more on their new award...
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
🚨Coffee House Perspectives returns for the first of THREE new episodes to be released over the summer!🚨 In the first, Alex Hobday talks to Michèle Cohen about pedagogies for children in 18th-Century England! Listen: t.co/PNQTnVNcfe More info: t.co/syjLmwQsQQ #18C #18thC #18thCentury #BSECS
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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I'm delighted that @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social could work with BSECS to offer this prize for career development. The deadline for submissions is 1st Feb. 2024. I can't wait to see the various submitted projects. #18thC #skystorians
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