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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

AUTUMN 2026-7 Term Card Kicking off tonight at 5:30pm, we have a full slate of seminar papers planned for this term covering a range of topics across the long eighteenth century. Registration to attend will be available at the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social

An event poster for the "IHR British History in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar" for Autumn 2026.
The poster features a parchment-style background with faint historical illustrations and details six upcoming hybrid seminars held from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in the IHR Wolfson Room NB01.
The schedule lists the following events:
• Wednesday 7 October: Miles Ogborn (Queen Mary University of London) on ‘Law, violence and empire: Understanding the Jamaican uprising trials of 1832’.
• Wednesday 21 October: Jeanne Clegg (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) on ‘Dealing with property crime in 1720s London: The “plain and practical proposals” of Andrew Moreton, aka Daniel Defoe’.
• Wednesday 4 November: Angela McShane (Warwick) on ‘What should we do with drunken sailors? The conflicted politics of drink and drunkenness in the Royal Navy, c. 1660-1689’.
• Wednesday 18 November: Nicholas Dixon (Independent Scholar and Genealogist) on ‘The Revival of Freemasonry in King’s Lynn: Soldiers, Sociability and Subversion in Napoleonic Norfolk’.
• Wednesday 2 December: Ben Jackson (Manchester) on ‘Queering the Eighteenth-Century Clergyman: Bodies, Intimacies, and Faith’.
• Wednesday 16 December: Luca Scholz (Manchester) on ‘Mapping the Weather Wars: A Planetary Microhistory’ - A joint meeting with the IHR Planetary Histories Seminar.

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 2024 Susan Whyman presented to the seminar her research on Edmund Rack. The resulting article is now published and available online in Urban History: ‘Edmund Rack: Master of knowledge, scientific societies, and social networks’ Urban History, 1-21 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Screenshot of the Cambridge University Press website listing of the article

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

ICYMI: Submissions for our annual PhD Lightning Talks event closes this Friday 13 March! If you are in the first two years of your PhD, work on the field of British history in the long 18th cent (1660-1830) and are looking to share your research, get in touch! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/ihr...

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

WINTER Term Card: We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics. Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎 @ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

@polly-lowe.bsky.social delivering her excellent paper tonight, describing how a rhetoric of slavery was used in debates surrounding the practice of bound Scottish colliers in the eighteenth century.

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD: We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th! As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We hosted our annual PhD Lightning Talks session last night, featuring 12 early stage PhDs presenting their research to an eager audience. It was fantastic to see the continued vibrancy and range of British 18th century studies!

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

FINAL REMINDER The CFP for our annual PhD Lightning Talks sessions closes this Friday. We have received many fantastic applications so far, but there is still time remaining! Please see the poster and the following link for further information royalhistsoc.org/calendar/ihr... @ihr.bsky.social

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event May 14 2025. Please see the poster for further information, and please spread the word! @ihr.bsky.social

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Great to be back for our first seminar of 2025 with Margaret Hunt (University of Uppsala) did discussing her paper ‘Late 17th-century Swedish sailors and their personal letters: evidence from the Prize Papers.’

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

History PhD students around London: the 'British History in the Long 18th Century’ seminar at @ihr.bsky.social is looking for a postgraduate convenor for the academic year 2024/25. A stipend of £200 and a chance to get involved in a great seminar! Deadline 6 Sept. #18thCentury. Apply below:

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Join us on Wed 6th at 17.30GMT for Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution with Pat Hudson In London or on Zoom all are welcome at supper afterwards. www.history.ac.uk/seminars/bri...

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Have you started a history PhD recently? Want to tell us about it in 5 mins or less? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th C Britain at our #LightningTalks event in March 2024 #c18th

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Join us at Bentham House or online for ‘Rethinking Sieges and Sacks in the Long Eighteenth Century: The Case of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars’ with Gavin Daly + all welcome for supper after! 17.30 GMT 22nd Nov www.history.ac.uk/events/rethi...

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