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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year break! Our seminar recommences this week 14-1 with @kategibson.bsky.social presenting her paper titled “fostering in eighteenth century Britain” Register below to join as in person at the IHR or Online www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Fostering in eighteenth-century Britain

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar resumes on 14 January 2026, in person at the Institute of Historical Research and online via Zoom. (Kate Gibson, speaking on Fostering in 18th-century Britain). Access next term's programme here. All welcome: free and open to the public.

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British History in the Long 18th Century

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns

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Dr Kate Gibson @kategibson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Sure! I'll email you. The best example I have written up so far is John Franklin when he was exploring North America in the 1830s - it's in the context of a book I'm writing at the moment on fostering and adoption (some of which was due to imperial employment)

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Dr Kate Gibson @kategibson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Congratulations Emily! Looking forward to reading it

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Dr Kate Gibson @kategibson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

This is really interesting! I'm currently writing about parents working abroad in the 18th C sending portraits of themselves back to their small children in England so that they don't forget what they look like - what age were his daughters and I wonder if this was his impulse too?

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Dr Kate Gibson @kategibson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Our book is published! On how faith shaped ordinary people's experiences of family relationships, work and business, childcare, identity, time, the spaces in their town and their material possessions. A glorious mash up of economic/urban/social/religious history. And, it's open access! 🥳

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Katherine Harvey @katherineharvey.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Am looking forward to chairing Kate Gibson’s paper on ‘Illegitimacy & Unmarried Parenthood in 18thC England’ on 11th February- why not join us? Online and all welcome, more details and registration here: www.history.ac.uk/events/illeg.... @kategibson.bsky.social

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Illegitimacy and Unmarried Parenthood in Eighteenth-Century England

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Julie Hardwick @juliehardwick.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Start your week w/ always compelling @kawulf.bsky.social reflections on family history in the context of new fascinating books by @kategibson.bsky.social & Amy Harris - or what I would call what often seem like the margins but were in fact at the center .... karinwulf.com/trove/early-...

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Early Modern England (Reading Family History 5) - Karin Wulf

This is a quick and short post, but I wanted to share a bit about these two books I’d been looking forward to reading: Kate Gibson’s Illegitimacy: Family and Stigma in England, 1660-1834, and Amy ...

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Dr Kate Gibson @kategibson.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

The book is a cross-class comparison really - I use poor, middling and elite sources - I argue that you need to look at poor law comparatively because so many middling behaviour was aimed at avoiding or minimising exposure through the poor law filiation laws

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Dr Kate Gibson @kategibson.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I'm speaking about my research on the amazing records of the Edinburgh Orphan Hospital tomorrow, 6.30pm, for History Scotland #HistoryofCare, #FamilyHistory, #histchild, #histed Sign up here! www.historyscotland.com/virtual-even...

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