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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Check out the wealth of new research in Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 49.3. We've got a wonderful article on Diderot by our former editor, Kate Tunstall; Vanessa Buhagiar's important work on the prosecution of rape in 18th-century Malta; Daniel Beaumont on Gertrude Savile's life writing...

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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

You can read lots more about Isaac Bickerstaff, Mr Spectator and many other fictional editors in IMPOLITE PERIODICALS, edited by @emrysdjones.bsky.social @katarinastenke.bsky.social & I: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/bucknell/imp...

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Graduation Day and a chance to cheer on some brilliant students.

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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

(1/)The special issue of @scottishhistreview.bsky.social on smell history and heritage that I co-edited with Xuelei Huang is out! www.euppublishing.com/toc/shr/curr... There’s an introduction by the both of us followed by some cracking articles.

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Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - shr: Vol 105, No 2

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Replay now available: vastearly.am/4eUuSPf Valérie Capdeville presents The Digital Encyclopedia of British Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century, an open-access project for 18th-century studies and the digital humanities. @univrennes2.bsky.social

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Wonderful time at Wimbledon yesterday. First time entering the public ballot and we got centre court tickets for the final day. Now just need the same kind of luck when playing Euromillions.

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Really enjoyed Sociability and Political Life conference in York on Friday and Saturday, masterminded by @lauracforster.bsky.social and Marc Jaffre. As much as I love my 18thc. communities, it was great to hear from historians specialising in a whole range of topics from medieval to contemporary.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The next Eighteenth-Century Ecologies Network (@e-cen.bsky.social) seminar will take place on Tues 23rd June, 5-7pm at HG/09 (Heslington Hall, York) and online. Dr. Rowan Boyson (KCL) will be speaking about 'The Shared Air: Atmosphere and the Right to Breathe in Enlightenment Britain'. Join below

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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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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Rilo Kiley were immense at the Roundhouse yesterday. Hard to imagine trekking up to north London on a tube strike day for anything else.

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Katie Noble @katienoble.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Back to Bluesky to signal boost this as a UH grad. My heart goes out to everyone. Absolutely grim.

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

When I served as one of Hertfordshire's external examiners a few years ago, I was always so impressed by the work being done in the Humanities there. Consider signing the petition to protest the closure of these excellent programmes. c.org/yFV2TndWxn

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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Calling A-level English teachers! Do you teach Austen, Brontë, or other 18thc stuff? Could you use a set of free research-informed teaching materials, which support students' historical, literary, & linguistic understanding, & foster debate about misogyny, consent, & healthy relationships? (1/?)

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Teaching and learning materials
We have produced a set of resources for A-level English teachers. They focus on an extraordinary sequence of letters written between Mary Hamilton - then a governess to the daughters of George III and Queen Charlotte - and the young Prince of Wales, the future George IV.

Using the supporting resources, these letters can be studied as a powerful narrative with modern-day #MeToo echoes, as contextualising support for Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte;'s novels, or as examples of eighteenth-century English.

To access the free resources, please register below (you will only be asked to provide your name, school and email address). You will then be directed to a download page.

Handwritten note from Mary Hamilton Papers
Access teaching and learning materials
To access the free teaching and learning resources for 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' please register here.

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The latest special issue of the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies has now been published online, guest edited by Jolene Zigarovich and Doreen Thierauf: New Approaches to Rape Studies in the Long Eighteenth Century. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17540208...

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A pleasure to represent the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies at Wiley’s executive seminar today. Interesting conversations about AI, open access and the future of academic publishing.

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

#NewBlogPost: @emrysdjones.bsky.social, @elementaladam.bsky.social, and Stenke discuss their new collection, what it means to "read for rudeness" in eighteenth-century literature, and how we could all benefit from reading against the political grain. To read: tinyurl.com/mvbheywa

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Loving Michael Frayn's Copenhagen at the Hampstead Theatre tonight. A chance to see Richard Schiff in performance - the actor who is at least partially responsible for my son being called Toby.

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John Stone @john-stone.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Who is this eighteenth-century Spanish reader marking up English dramatic criticism in an early C18 Tonsons editions of the works of #Addison?

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Another highlight of the Easter vacation was getting to the Samurai exhibition at the BM. Kids were most impressed by Darth Vader's guest appearances. Now wondering if it's too early to show them The Hidden Fortress...

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Samurai

This major exhibition reveals the real story of the samurai, from medieval battlefields to modern blockbusters.

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jamesgrande.bsky.social @jamesgrande.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Shakespeare Bought One Property in London. Now We Know Exactly Where. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/w...

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Shakespeare Bought One Property in London. Now We Know Exactly Where.

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James Balmont @jbalmont.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What an incredible honour to interview Lady Snowblood herself - Meiko Kaji - during her first NYC visit in decades. Thanks so much to @japansociety.org, @wewantsounds.bsky.social & @arrowvideo.bsky.social for helping bring this dream feature to life! www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/0...

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The Japanese ‘first lady of vengeance’ who inspired Kill Bill

Meiko Kaji’s headstrong action heroes have shaped films from Star Wars to Aliens – and earned adoration from Tarantino

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Made it back to Edinburgh last week for the first time since ISECS 2019. Lots of fond memories. But this was the first time I made it up Arthur's Seat.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Professor Kélina Gotman, Professor of Performance and the Humanities in @kingsenglish.bsky.social, explores some of the strands that have underpinned ‘performance’ discourse over the past 150 years at this Inaugural Professorial Lecture on 18 May. 🔗 Register ⬇️

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Performance: a tentative unravelling, a commons | King's College London

Professor Kélina Gotman explores the strands that have underpinned ‘performance’ discourse over the past 150 years.

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Matthew McCormack @historymatt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I used to do a research skills class where I told the History undergrads why they shouldn't use Wikipedia for their essays. Now it's probably better than where they are getting their information from

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Last seminars of term yesterday and we were discussing William Henry Ireland's "Authentic Account" of forging Shakespeare documents. I always love its bizarre combo of apology and self-aggrandisement - the essence of eighteenth-century celebrity culture.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🏆️ Congratulations to this year's winners of the @kingsdllc.bsky.social A-Level writing competitions! The winners' pieces were published in the department's student magazines on Comparative Literature, French, German, and Spanish and Portuguese. 🔗 Read more ⬇️

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Winners of A-Level writing competitions announced | King's College London

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures announced the winners of its annual A-Level writing competitions, with the successful writers seeing their work published in the Department’s…

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I hope all BSECS members are enjoying their copies of JECS 49.1. A privilege, as ever, to edit the journal. This issue has a real pan-European feel, with articles on British novel-reading in 18thc. Sweden, depictions of card games in German visual satire, and the Swiss author, Albrecht von Haller.

Cover of Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 49.1 with colourful illustration of shells.

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

If you find yourself in Paris on the 10-12 June 2026, you might like to attend @isecs-sieds.bsky.social 'Reframing the Enlightenment: intellectual & political disputes today', at the Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris Details ⬇️ #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Been enjoying teaching some pretty obscure stuff this week: Vanella in the Straw, anyone? It's a deeply nasty poem from 1732 about Prince Frederick's mistress, Anne Vane. Next week back to more canonical territory courtesy of Lord Byron.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 12/03/2026

In a few hours I’ll be reading live from the Overture of my next book in a virtual talk at U Edinburgh’s History & Games Lab. This is the first time any part of the book has been read in public, or by anyone outside of my circles of trusted first readers (& MIT’s peer reviewers)

A poster by the University of Edinborough’s history and games lab advertising a talk by Dr. Emily Friedman on 12th March 2026. The talk is titled why do we tell stories? an introduction to actual play

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

💡 'Bell does a very successful job of bringing us back to the themes that connect the wildly diverse ensemble of Goethe’s writings.' Rowan Williams reviews Goethe: A Life In Ideas by Professor @matthewgbell.bsky.social from @kingsdllc.bsky.social for @theobserveruk.bsky.social ⬇️ buff.ly/XJfj8Zc

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Goethe the radical reactionary | The Observer

Matthew Bell’s Goethe: A Life in Ideas reveals a restlessly inventive thinker who admired autocrats and shunned Christianity

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

So there have been a few fun milestones and projects coming to completion over the last year that I hadn't properly publicised due to social media disillusionment. I'll try to do them justice here over the next week or so.

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Really pleased that my third-year course, Inventing Celebrity, has received a BSECS teaching prize. It's a joy to teach. Just marking the mid-semester assignments now, and dare I say it, even that's a pleasure!

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Emrys Jones @emrysdjones.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Finally joined bluesky after a few years of increasing scepticism about social media. Will try to keep this a space for thoughtful and fun conversation!

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