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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Help put women poets on the map where they belong. My friends @FoundationSwift – the only charity focussed on building support for UK women poets – are running a 30-day crowdfunding campaign raising vital core funds. Contribute if you can and please share widely!

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Putting Women Poets on the Map

Help keep a national home for women poets open

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Putting Women Poets on the Map

Help keep a national home for women poets open

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Are you a PhD student, an ECR and/or an historian looking to improve your public speaking skills? Do you find the idea of presenting your research overwhelming? If so, then come along to our new IHR masterclass, expertly led by the historian @lisapine.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Masterclass in Public Speaking and Presentation Skills for Historians

IHR Short Course (PAID)

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The confusion between generative AI and genuinely useful machine learning tools with specific purposes.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Precise, hilarious & terrifying. Also appreciate the footnotes.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Why, in a letter to William Hayley's second wife, Mary Wellford Hayley, did her sister, Harriet Wellford, dub him “A Systematically Immoral Man”? Me on sex, marriage, love, surrogacy, divorce, death & much more: bit.ly/systematical... in bit.ly/HayleyEssays

Miniature of Mary Wellford Hayley in her wedding garb, probably by George Engleheart.

Mary wears a lacy cream (or white) wedding gown, with pink roses (or peonies) in her hair, and a gold cross on a gold chain round her neck.

She has dark curly hair, brown eyes a narrow nose and red-painted lips

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“Hayley’s literary relationship with Dante had a central role in the rediscovery of the Italian poet at the turn of the nineteenth century in England”. Read Silvia Riccardi's bit.ly/DanteHayley in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th #Dante #Inferno #divinecomedy

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Having a slightly tired & emotional proud mum moment

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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Out Now! The Cambridge Companion to Ignatius Sancho, edited by Nicole Aljoe and Kristina Huang with 14 original essays. My chapter revisits Joseph Jekyll's 'Life of Ignatius Sancho' and offers a new theory on how Sancho got from Cartagena to Blackheath. www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

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The Cambridge Companion to Ignatius Sancho | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“In his phraseology, he was paying tribute to Jane Austen, whose novels … he had been reading as he wrote [his memoir]”. Hayley ❤️Austen? bit.ly/AustenHayley in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th #romance #JaneAusten #romanticism #19thc #womenswriting #womenshistory

Heading from book chapter. Text reads
William Hayley and Jane Austen
A Biographical Romance

Diana Barsham

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“… the death of his only son at the age of 19 challenged … [Hayley’s] … assumptions about the workings of sympathy. The writing that Hayley produced in the aftermath … have also challenged later readers …" Fathers, sons & memoirs. Susan Matthews on bit.ly/BeingTemperate in bit.ly/HayleyEssays

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Jan 1792. Two poets are cast as ‘rival biographers’ of Milton. But one letter switches competition to collaboration & kicks off a surprising tale of love, poetry, mental illness & money. bit.ly/HayleyCowper in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #lifewriting #18thC #c18th #bromance #friendship Pic deets in ALT

Cowper faces left, wearing a large, soft white hat. His mouth is slightly upturned, he has a long aquiline nose, and is wearing a soft fabric coat with a frankly enormous collar.

William Blake, 1757–1827, William Cowper, Author of "The Task", 1802, Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1978.43.1668.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Discover miniaturist Jeremiah Meyer’s attempt to help William Hayley earn some £ bit.ly/KnausMeyer in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th #romanticism #opera #theatrehistory #arthistory #friendship #miniatures

Engraving of Jeremiah Meyer.
William Pether, ca. 1738–1821, Jeremiah Meyer, Esqr. r. A., Miniature painter in Enamel to His Majesty, 1789, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.12362.

Meyer, his body turned slightly to the left, looks over his left shoulder, while – from the top – he holds what looks to be a large sketch pad, with a pencil or brush held gently in his right hand.

His face bears a concentrated expression as if he’s observing something closely. His features are large and heavy, his hair neatly dressed and curled outwards over his ears (his right lobe is visible). His hairline is slightly receding. He wears what looks like a simple, brown jacket over a cream or white cravat.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Find out how developer Michael Kowalski & I made an interactive biography for my PhD. “Making HayleyWorld” bit.ly/MakingHW in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #elit #romanticism #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th

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Intro to Hayleyworld

This video is about HayleyWorld, the creative element of Lisa’s Digital Writing by Practice PhD.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

“The years … in Felpham with Hayley present a time of transition for Blake; his views on the classics … and to some degree Milton, are different in 1804 than they were in 1799”. Read Jason Whittaker & Annise Rogers’s bit.ly/BME4FS in bit.ly/HayleyEssays to discover what Blake learned from Hayley.

Blake’s sketch of Eartham

Impressionistic pen sketch of house in background, with green bush front right and to right on hill, viewed through 2 trees front centre & left, with more greenery/?dead tree to left foreground.

William Blake, 1757–1827, The Entrance Front of Hayley's House at Eartham, 1801, Pen and black ink with watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.2396.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In our intro to bit.ly/HayleyEssays, Mark Crosby & I explain William Hayley’s significance, discuss the book’s chapters & point to research still to be done (there’s LOADS!). So, if you’re an #18thC-ist, or a #Romanticist looking for a new research project/focus, check out bit.ly/HonestChronicler.

Terracotta Bust of William Hayley

Thomas Alphonso Hayley, 1780–1800, William Hayley, 1795, Terracotta, Yale Center for British Art, The Gift of Charles Ryskamp, B2002.6.

In September 1795 Tom recalled in a letter: “in the beginning of this year, I modeled a small full-face medallion of my father, for which Mr. Romney did me the honour to give me five guineas.” This is almost certainly the portrait medallion Thomas described and is one of only two surviving pieces of sculpture from his hand; the other, a plaster medallion of George Romney, is now in the collection of the West Sussex Records Office, UK. https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:50821

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

📣 New opportunity for early-career scholars! We’ve partnered with the Women’s History Association of Ireland (@whaireland.bsky.social) to award £500 for the best first monograph in women’s/gender history ❗Deadline: 31 July 2026 Find out more & apply: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A pedant writes. Agree. But given the way storm names cycle through the alphabet, I feel I need to question whether 2026 has gifted us 12 previous lovely days...

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Can’t believe it's almost a year since Mark Crosby & my book of essays about William Hayley (1745-1820) bit.ly/HayleyEssays was published! Am still super-proud of this beautiful volume & the fabulous & fascinating contributions from all the authors whose chapters we had the privilege of editing

Book jacket. Text reads
Top left: Palgrave studies in life writing
Series editors: Clare Brant • Max Saunders
Centre: William Hayley
A Biographer’s Influence on Life Writing and Romantic Networks in the Long Eighteenth Century
Edited by
Lisa Gee • Mark Crosby
Bottom right:
Palgrave
macmillan

Image: Full length picture showing (l-r) George Romney (self portrait) peering impishly into the frame, William Hayley standing side on head turned to face the viewer. He’s tall, has an imperious expression under shortish grey hair, is wearing a long dark blue cape, grey trousers and his right hand holds a walking stick. John Flaxman(who comes up to Hayley’s shoulder looks at him while working on a large grey bust. In front of him, the height of Flaxman’s shoulder,. and facing away from us, is Tom Hayley, wearing a red waistcoat over a white/cream shirt, knee length britches, white socks or spats and brown shoes. His hair is brown and touches his shoulder

George Romney, 1734–1802, John Flaxman Modeling the Bust of William Hayley, 1795 to 1796, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.538.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Unanticipated (by me, anyway) news

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Paid opportunity for PhD students and ECRs! The Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (@montaguletters.bsky.social) 2026 Summer Internship Programme is open for applications. Deadline: 1st April 2026 More details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6359

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Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online: Summer Internship Programme 2026 – BARS Blog

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

@simonfspeak.bsky.social hello from the wilds of SoA Kensal Rise ... not stalking you, but had another thought on the way home, which is Mensch publishing. CC will deffo be familiar...

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

This piece by Charlotte Higgins is excellent and takes an unusually balanced position on the benefits of reading and its technologies

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Mark Taylor @markrt.co.uk · 23/01/2026

work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...

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Research Associate in Creative Industries (Quantitative)

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Wot @openspacer.bsky.social says. And read the post/article or whatever you call things people write on substack.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

While having a bit of a declutter (NOT normal for me), I found a couple of used James Thin notebooks. The best notebooks EVER: gorgeous cream thin-lined paper. If memory serves, they were called 'Muriel Sparks' cos originally made for her. Wish they were still made...

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 28/12/2025

Are you a community specialist and interested in the world of open source investigations? Come work with us! We're searching for a Community Operations & Project Manager. Apply by January 11th. www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-j...

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Community Operations & Project Manager - bellingcat

We are looking for a Community Operations & Project Manager to support our growing Volunteer Community and Bellingcat’s Investigative Toolkit project.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Can there ever be enough roasties?

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Kate Nankervis (she/her) @womanofclouds.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I'm very excited to announce the launch of the #18thC Ecologies Network! Co-convened by myself & @calsutherland.bsky.social at @cecs-york.bsky.social , ECEN is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies of the period 🌱 Find out more: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c...

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin? If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time post...

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

A quick post to say I’ m taking a December break from posting about bit.ly/HayleyEssays,. Places to go, people to see, work to do, etc. … (etc = mostly sorting out messy piles of things that refuse to tidy themselves up because they’re inanimate objects and lack sentience).

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

1784. Painter in Enamels to King George III and in Miniatures to Queen Charlotte, Jeremiah Meyer had a plan. He brought a popular Opera back from Stuttgart, hoping his writer-friend William Hayley could earn some £ by translating it for the London stage… bit.ly/KnausMeyer in bit.ly/HayleyEssays

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

How did developer Michael Kowalski & I make an interactive biography – “HayleyWorld” – for my PhD? And why did I decide to call it a “zoeography"? bit.ly/MakingHW in bit.ly/HayleyEssays. Video intro here – www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc4N.... #elit #romanticism #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th

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Intro to Hayleyworld

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Interested in #WilliamBlake &/or biography? Read @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social & @urthonaunbound.bsky.social’s: “‘Be My Enemy for Friendship’s Sake’: Hayley and Blake’s Biographers” bit.ly/BME4FS in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #Blake #romanticism #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th

Shadow of a finger pointing to the chapter title. Text reads ‘Be My Enemy for Friendship’s Sake’: Hayley and Blake’s Biographers
Jason Whittaker and Annise Rogers

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Poet, biographer, man of letters, and cultivator of influential literary and artistic networks during the late 18th century, William Hayley was considered one of the brightest stars in the poetical firmament. So why isn’t he more famous? See bit.ly/HonestChroni... our intro to bit.ly/HayleyEssays

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Know I’m repeatedly repeating myself, but Mark Crosby & I have a book out, crammed with erudite, fascinating & readable contributions from an impressive range of scholars. If your research touches on long #18thC art, literature or socio-cultural history, please check out bit.ly/HayleyEssays TY!

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William Hayley

This volume of essays reassesses William Hayley’s contribution to the literary and artistic history of the period.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Art historian and author/compiler of 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙣𝙚𝙮: 𝘼 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 tells us what Romney got up to during his summer visits to William Hayley at his house in Eartham, Sussex. Discover more: bit.ly/HayleyRomneyBlake in bit.ly/HayleyEssays

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Leading Blake Scholar and editor of @blakequarterly.bsky.social Morton D. Paley discusses William Hayley’s poetry. Discover more: bit.ly/HayleyRomneyBlake in bit.ly/HayleyEssays

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Art historian and author/compiler of 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙣𝙚𝙮: 𝘼 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 explains what makes Romney such an important artist. Discover more: bit.ly/HayleyRomneyBlake in bit.ly/HayleyEssays

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Best of frenemies? “The relationship is perhaps best understood as a drama in four acts …” Nicholas Shrimpton reassesses William Blake & William Hayley’s #friendship: bit.ly/RevisitHayleyBlake in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #Blake #romanticism #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th Pic info in ALT text

Impressionistic pen sketch of house in background, with green bush front right and to right on hill, viewed through 2 trees front centre & left, with more greenery/?dead tree to left foreground.

William Blake, 1757–1827, The Entrance Front of Hayley's House at Eartham, 1801, Pen and black ink with watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.2396.

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

@fbls.bsky.social observes how “Scholarly references to Hayley are … always in relation to her husband, hardly ever recognising her own intellectual merit.” A pity, as Hayley had plenty to say… bit.ly/ElizaHayleyAuthor #lifewriting #18thC #c18th #womenshistory #womenswriting #reputation

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Dr Lisa Gee @lis4g33.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Claudia Thomas Kairoff, author of THE Anna Seward book-length critical study –bit.ly/CTKAS – discovered Romney’s 2nd portrait of the poet in her local library bit.ly/HayleySeward in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #lifewriting #18thC #c18th #romanticism #portraits #arthistory #poetry #womenshistory

George Romney, Anna Seward, 1788. Oil on canvas. © Forsyth County Library, Winston-Salem, NC. Used with permission. A woman in a long, dark dress with gold trimmings and a blue silky sash leans her left elbow on a table covered in red fabric. Her eyes look to her right, and her face rests gently on her left hand, her index finger pointing upwards. She holds a scroll of paper in her right hand. On the table are inkwell with a quill pen in it, an unfolded sheet of paper, and some crumpled pieces of paper. The background is reddish orange, darkening on the sitter's left into what could be read as night.

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