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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture

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Eighteenth-Century Literature & Culture Research Seminar, run by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford. All welcome!

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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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Fixed-Term Lectureship in English - Mansfield College
Mansfield College intends to appoint a fixed-term Lecturer in English (Literature in English 1660-1830). The successful candidate will be expected to teach...
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Tomorrow Tuesday 3 June at 5.30 pm Professor Tom Jones (St Andrews) will be talking about Phillis Wheatley Peters’ poetry @Mansfield College.
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
We're delighted to announced our programme for the term. We kick off on Tuesday with Nicolle Jordan (University of Southern Mississippi). All welcome, as always!
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
In a change to our originally advertised schedule, we'll be hosting a double header on Tuesday 11th March. All welcome!
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Don't miss @juliepark.bsky.social - today at 5.30pm in the Massey Room, Balliol College. All welcome!
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Julie Park @juliepark.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Excited to deliver my paper--based on fresh work for next book Writing’s Maker—"Hester Thrale Piozzi's Minced Meat for Pyes: Scrapbook Composition as Life Writing"--to @oxford18thc.bsky.social next Tuesday. Many thanks to @ballasterros.bsky.social and @davidftaylor.bsky.social for the invitation
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This Tuesday we'll be hearing @gabriellabird.bsky.social & @davidftaylor.bsky.social talk about reviving Centlivre's The Busy Body in a collab between @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social @creationtheatre.bsky.social & Oxford's Cultural Programme. 5.30 @ Seminar Room East, Mansfield College. All welcome!
Poster for Susanna Centlivre's The Busy Body, showing a masked eighteenth-century woman.
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
We're excited to reveal our programme for the term, featuring @davidftaylor.bsky.social, Gabriella Bird Katharine Boehm, @juliepark.bsky.social, and Peter Sabor. As always, all welcome!
Week 4: Tues. 11 Feb., 5.30-7pm
DAVID TAYLOR (Oxford) and director GABRIELLA BIRD
Reviving Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body for the 21st-century Stage 

Week 6:  Tues. 25 Feb., 5.30-7pm
KATHARINA BOEHM 
(University of Passau, Germany)
Tangible Pasts: Antiquarian Culture and the Novel in the Eighteenth Century

Week 7:  Tues. 4 March., 5.30-7pm
JULIE PARK (Penn State University)
Hester Thrale Piozzi’s Minced Meat for Pyes: Scrapbook Composition as Life Writing
* Joint event with the Romanticism Seminar*

Week 8: Tues. 11 March, 12.30-1.45pm
PETER SABOR (McGill University)
“The capital pen of a sister author”: Reading Frances Burney with Jane Austen
* Sandwich lunch provided*

Weeks 4, 6, 8: Seminar Room East, Mansfield College
Week 7: Massey Room, Balliol College

All welcome.

SEMINAR LEADERS: 
Ros Ballaster, Christine Gerrard, Nicole Pohl, Tess Somervell, David Taylor, Carly Watson,  Abigail Williams.
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We're excited to be talking the digital #18thcentury with Nicole Pohl and @jarona7.bsky.social of the @eenlightenment.bsky.social tomorrow (19th) from 12.30-1.45pm. Do join us in Seminar Room East at Mansfield College. A sandwich lunch will be provided.
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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello! Hope we're not late to the party over here. Here's our list of speakers for this term. Do join us next week for what promises to be a fascinating session from by Electronic Enlightenment team.
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