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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This will be incredible. Fully online. Proposals due by Dec 3. 10 years of research, activism, and coalition AND writing and publishing—including by @seoyoungjchu.bsky.social and the steering committee members, rock stars all.
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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's happening! 'Killjoy Comedy: Willful Women and 1750s Fiction' is coming out with @uvapress.bsky.social in February 2027. @sinsleyh.bsky.social says it is 'a ROMP'. I am *floored* @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social #18thcentury #c18th www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10256/
A dour looking elite woman is sitting side-saddle on a horse, followed by a ridiculous supercilious little dog. The title of the book, in hot pink, is KILLJOY COMEDY.
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Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @chountisdefabbri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New piece out in The Historical Journal (@historicaljnl.bsky.social ): "The Many Lives of Edmund Burke." Few thinkers have been so thoroughly reinvented by those who claim them. A short thread on why the historiography of Burke is as revealing as the man. 🧵 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Many Lives of Edmund Burke: A Historiographical Review | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
The Many Lives of Edmund Burke: A Historiographical Review
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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Always nerve-wracking to read a review, but am very very grateful to Prof. Elizabeth Kraft for her kind, thorough and positive reading of 'Revisiting Richardson' in the recent issue of The Scriblerian. muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/articl... @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social #18thcentury
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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Book of Improvement is available for preorder! Please consider asking your librarians to purchase a copy. Cover still TK. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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The Book of Improvement
How the concept of improvement came to dominate and direct British thinking about social change during the eighteenth centuryImprovement had a specific envir...
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In "Materia Medica," Nicole N. Ivy @nicotron3000.bsky.social traces the lives of the enslaved women conscripted into the development of US gynecology, exposing the representational labor imposed on black female bodies in both medical and creative works. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/YQSWs0T
Cover of Materia Medica: Black Women, White Doctors, and Spectacular Gynecology by Nicole N. Ivy. The cover has a museum-like installation with red lighting and a seated, elongated sculpture made of woven fibers on a rug. Pink fabric is draped in front of the figure. The title appears vertically in large red text with the author's name and subtitle in white adjacent to the title.
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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Have read this: it's incredible. Capildeo is the most important poet of the last 25 years (sorry all). A necessary read for anyone who appreciates fiercely clever, playful, radical writing. And AUGBOOKS15 will get you some cash off, I think.
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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
FINALLY on holiday and read Lady C by @guywjc.bsky.social. A deliciously humorous romp through the reception & cultural afterlives of Lady Chatterley, Lady C wears its erudition lightly. Made me remember how much I loved DH Lawrence as a teen. Time for a revival, perhaps? @yalepress.bsky.social
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I have just had the pleasure of looking through @drchrishiggins.bsky.social's amazing 'Wide Wandring Weemen' database that shows 2000+ journeys of English women throughout Europe and West Asia. #EarlyModern Women MOVED everyone - check it out! 🗃️https://travellers.thedevroom.co.uk/#
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‘Wide Wandring Weemen’ : English Women Travellers to Europe, 1558-1630
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jericho jennifer nelson @henkaipantomime.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
for the Renaissance Society of America in Philly next year, consider submitting a paper to a panel I & Sara Berkowitz are organizing on "Gender Unruled: Beyond Essentialism in Material and Visual Culture c 1350-1700." Full desc here: www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... please forward widely! #earlymodern
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Superimposed on the original engraving with corny period-ish fonts are the words "CFP RSA 2027" and "Gender Unruled"
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
But I was told it was inevitable.
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Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school
Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learni...
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ISECS/SIEDS @isecs-sieds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Call for papers | Women in Long Eighteenth-Century Scotland and Beyond 41st Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society, 6–9 July 2027, Sorbonne Université, Paris oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
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Alun Withey @dralun.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
After a little break from writing, my brand new article about the discomforts and embodied experience of travelling by carriage in the 18th century is now available open access on the Social History of Medicine website: @uniofexeternews.bsky.social academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...
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Jolted, Stewed, and Jumbled: Motion, Discomfort, and the Body in English Coach Travel, c. 1660–1820
Abstract. This article explores the embodied experience of coach travel in England, c. 1660–1820, focusing on motion, discomfort, and sensory engagement. U
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ISECS/SIEDS @isecs-sieds.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Enlightenment and (In)equality 17th International Congress for Eighteenth-Century Studies Zaragoza, Spain 12-16 July 2027 The submission period for for thematic sessions and roundtables is now open! All the information is available on the Congress website: www.isecs-zaragoza2027.net/en/
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We invite the public to our 2026 summer lecture series, which brings together leading voices in book history, bibliography, and print culture. These free hybrid talks will begin at 5:30 p.m. ET, in person on UVA Grounds & via Zoom livestream. Details at rarebookschool.org/public-programs.
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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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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
📢 Summer Fellowships at York! Excited to announce that applications are now open for York’s Summer Interdisciplinary Research Fellowships based at Heslington Hall. Come visit us for up to a month this June, July or August. #18thCentury (1/2) 🔗 docs.google.com/document/u/0...
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Summer Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship scheme (SIRF) Humanities Research Centre, Heslington Hall, University of York Overview The Humanities Research Centre at the University of York invi...
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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Really looking forward to this celebration of Judith Hawley: wickedly erudite and witty scholar of the #18thcentury. @royalholloway.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
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A Celebration of the Career and Scholarship of Judith Hawley
Satirists, Bluestockings, and Gin: A Celebration of the Career and Scholarship of Judith Hawley
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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We’re very pleased to share news of this research fellowship position, working with our wonderful CECS / English Literature colleague Prof Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social on the collected works of Mary Wollstonecraft: 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL782/r...
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Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft at University of York
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Medieval manuscripts were not silent, study finds images triggered sound in viewers’ minds
New study finds medieval manuscripts triggered imagined sounds, creating immersive religious experiences for viewers.
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ISECS/SIEDS @isecs-sieds.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Call for papers | LAPASEC 2027 Conference: Industry and Idleness: Labour, Luxury and the British Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, 2-4 April 2027 Deadline for submissions: 20 May 2026 oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
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Forthcoming conferences - ISECS - International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies - UQTR
The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies promotes the growth, development and coordination of studies and research relating to the eighteenth century in all countries, without exceptio...
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Jesus College Oxford @jesusoxford.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Join us for 'AI Tools for Historical Research' in Week 3 - two hours of expert talks on how AI is transforming the way historians uncover the past, including archival discovery, transcription & data visualisation. All welcome. Book 👇 digitalhuboxford.com/event/ai-tools…
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Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We're delighted to announce that the MLA Executive Council has appointed Adam Potkay, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities at @wm.edu, to serve as the next editor of PMLA. His term begins in July 2026. Learn more at news.mla.hcommons.org/2026/04/14/a...
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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🎉 Happy book birthday to It's Only Forever: Labyrinth (Pop Classics) by @jesbattis.bsky.social! A wild, intimate, and political deep dive into Jim Henson’s 1986 classic starring David Bowie and its cast of lovable, gender-defying goblins. Learn more: ecwpress.com/products/its...
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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I hate most Easter candy. HOWEVER...
Yellow candy box with figures in a long wig reading Pepya marshmallow diarists
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Matthew Sangster @mjrsangster.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Fully-funded three-year PhD Scholarship: Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century Based at @sydney.edu.au (with Nicola Parsons) and @glasgow.ac.uk (with me), working with collections in Australia and Scotland. Deadline April 21st - please circulate! www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
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University of Glasgow - Scholarships & funding - USYD UofG Joint PhD Scholarship: Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Join us online on Monday 23 March for @brycchancarey.bsky.social discussing The Unnatural Trade: Slavery, Abolition, and Environmental Writing, 1650-1807 (Yale UP 2024) in @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talk series. Starts 4pm CET, 3pm GMT, 10am EST newnatures.org/greenhouse/e... #ecocrit
cover of book The Unnatural Trade with a drawing of black laborers with hoes at work with windmill and palm trees behind.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
DEADLINE EXTENDED to the 31 March 2026! Join our PGRs and ECRs in Montpellier this autumn to discuss the theme of 'Improvement, Degeneration, Stagnation' #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ #PGR #ECR #CFP
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Cerrabus @cerrabus.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Timeline cleanse: take 3 minutes to watch a master at his craft. Almost difficult to look him in the eyes by the end.
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lauren oujiri @lauren-oujiri.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
thoughtful, melancholy, serene 🤍🕊️ . . #ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #Ocean #Clouds #Oregon
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Gráinne O'Hare @spacedolphin93.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
18th-centuryists! I'm looking for two reviewers to take on this bevy of daddy issues for @bsecs.bsky.social Criticks; if anyone is interested in writing about Amadeus (2026) or Frankenstein (2025), please drop me a DM or email (email contact is in the archive here: www.bsecs.org.uk/criticks-rev...)
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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This essay by @johannawinant.bsky.social is beautiful on what can happen in the classroom, and on the importance of *argument* to literary studies. I especially like how she writes about helping students to "believe in their own significance" www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
TT job in 18thc lit/rhetoric, MSVU: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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