📢 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...

I am totally bowled over by this review of my book. The book came out nearly four years ago now, but this was totally worth the wait. Truly humbled and pleased the book speaks to people and that the magazine it's about is being enjoyed by so many readers today. www.romtext.org.uk/reviews/rt25...

Calling A-level English teachers! Do you teach Austen, Brontë, or other 18thc stuff? Could you use a set of free research-informed teaching materials, which support students' historical, literary, & linguistic understanding, & foster debate about misogyny, consent, & healthy relationships? (1/?)

Gorgeous alliums at Heslington Hall, home of York’s Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. #alliums

Congratulations to co-editors Rachel Feldberg, Matthew Daniel Eddy @bookscribbler.bsky.social & Jane Rendall on their excellent book. What a treat it was to celebrate this new publication, full of new and old friends of CECS, including recent PhD Dr Roseanna Kettle @roseannakettle.bsky.social

One of our favourite #18thcentury spots behind our new home in Heslington Hall is the two-story summerhouse, part of an eighteenth century garden design that originally included canals, topiary, and a garden wall. #topiary #summerhouse

Don't forget to apply for our #BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship. Travel, accommodation, and related expenses of up to £4,000 to support a visiting scholar of the #18thC at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, deadline 26 June 2026 #skystorians 🗃️ Details below! www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...

📚TODAY: our book launch & celebration of Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824) 👇

We're very pleased to announce that the Society's 2026 Prothero Lecture will be given by Prof Rebecca Earle (Warwick) on Weds 1 July bit.ly/4eF0DMp. Rebecca's lecture, ‘The Last Voyage of the Santiago: A Ship and its World in the Age of Revolution’, is now open for booking. All welcome #Skystorians

Looking forward to this event on Wednesday the 13th 👇

UK friends: Yale UP is offering a 50% discount on many books, including mine 🤗 with the code MAY26. 🔗 yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

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...

Such a pleasure to be in the audience for Prof Ros Ballaster’s superb Copley lecture for @cecs-york.bsky.social at Heslington Hall earlier this week. Prof Ballaster was talking about touch and the 18th century woman artist in a brilliant and archivally rich presentation.

📚 🥳 All welcome at our hybrid book launch for Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824), edited by Matthew Daniel Eddy, Rachel Feldberg and Jane Rendall (Boydell Press: 2026) 📚🥳 🗓️ Wednesday 13 May, 5pm 📍 H/G21, Heslington Hall 🔗 🎟️ www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

📢 PhD Funding alert: 'Exporting JMW Turner, c. 1910-1966'. This HRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership is co-supervised by Dr Amy Concannon (Tate) and Dr Richard Johns (York, History of Art / CECS). 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/study/funding/exporting-jmw-turner/ ⏱️ 27 May, 2026 Please share!

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Such a pleasure to be one of the interviewees on episode 7 of Michael Kramp’s brilliant podcast, Jane Austen and the Future of Humanities. Episode 7 is about Emma: and the challenges of living in community. Downloadable wherever you get your podcasts!

🎉🎉 They're here! Hot off the press - the brand new Festival programme, with over 200 free events to educate, entertain and inspire. Collect yours from the Visit York Info Centre or local Libraries from Friday, or check out the website from Friday at 8am https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/

📣 2026/7 MA in Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries 📣 We're delighted to announce that we will be awarding four MA bursaries for the 2026/7 MA in Eighteenth Century Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CECS website: 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... Spread the news!

📢 Our annual Stephen Copley Lecture is scheduled for Tuesday 5 May with Prof Ros Ballaster (Oxford) presenting a paper on: "The Sense of Touch and the Shaping of the Woman Artist in the Eighteenth Century" 🗓️ Tuesday 21 April, 5pm 📍 H/G21, Heslington Hall 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

The #18thcentury rumours are true. Please join us in person or online at today’s CECS seminar, with Dr Harrie Neal:

NEW BOOK ALERT! Wednesday 13 May 2026 sees the launch of 'Gender, Science, and Sociability in the diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824) with a stellar list of speakers - in person and online www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... @cecs-york.bsky.social #skystorians #18thC

It was a pleasure to co-convene a two day workshop on historical approaches to unwanted non-human life. It brought together researches from a range of periods and disciplines and fostered conversations on the challenges and opportunities of with working in this field. Many thanks to all involved!

📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 21 April with our own Harrie Neal presenting a paper on: "The Edgeworths, Ireland’s Bogs, and Improvement" 🗓️ Tuesday 21 April, 5pm 📍 H/G09, Heslington Hall & Zoom 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

We're thrilled to announce the keynote speakers for our July symposium, 'Radical Print Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century'. Dr Esther Chadwick (@thecourtauld) & Dr Helen Williams (@helenwilliams18 @northumbriauni) will join us in York to share their expertise on the power & politics of print 1/5

CECS is at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Philadelphia this week. CECS friends & alumni, please say hello to CECS director Prof Chloe Wigston Smith @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social to catch up, and learn about our upcoming events and future plans.

Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824) is published today with Boydell and Brewer! 35% off if you use the code BB135. Book link in comments ws.bsky.social @historyscience.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social

Sunny days at the University of York’s Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies.

We are pleased to launch today a new funding programme for Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

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

Such a gorgeous day for our Masters Taster Day @york.ac.uk! We’re looking forward to talking about our renowned interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth Century Studies, first established in 1994. Looking forward to welcoming our new students to Heslington Hall in autumn 2026!

TODAY: all welcome at our research seminar with Ruth Larsen 👇

🎥 We're hosting a special screening of a new documentary on the 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley Peters. 📍 9 March at 5pm in V/N/045, Vanbrugh College 🎟️ This is a free event, but booking is essential at the link on our events page: www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 10 March with Ruth Larsen presenting a paper on "Well bred? Enlightenment Thought and the Formation of an Aristocratic Ideal in Britain" 🗓️ Tuesday 10 March, 5pm 📍 H/G09, Heslington Hall & Zoom 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

We have seen the teaser for Pride and Prejudice, a new adaptation about hands. What other novels from the long 18th c should be adapted? We’ll start: Frances Burney’s Evelina #18thCentury

Cheerful signs of spring at Heslington Hall at the Univ of York, home to the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies #18thCentury #snowdrops #daffodils #topiary

TODAY: Jane Austen, Empire & Scotland 👇 #18thCentury

📢 CECS will be at York's Masters Taster Day on 18 March. Meet CECS director Chloe Wigston Smith at Heslington Hall to learn about our interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth Century Studies, our student bursaries for 2026-27 and our funding for PG research. Book your place: www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Congratulations to CECS staff member Sophie Coulombeau on this well-deserved recognition for her excellent book! 🏆📚 Reading with the Burneys 📚🏆

📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 24 February with Désha Osborne presenting a paper on “Of a ‘lively dark eye’ or ‘chilly and tender’: Jane Austen, the Morality of Empire, and the Hidden Scottish Presence" 🗓️ Tuesday 24 February, 5pm 📍 HG/21, Heslington Hall 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

Roses are red Violets are blue To the longest eighteenth century Our hearts remain true ❤️ #18thcentury #18thC

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!

TODAY our first CECS seminar of 2026, details 👇

Need more #18thC in your life?? OF COURSE YOU DO! Click below for an incredible programme of events from our friends @cecs-york.bsky.social #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

You guuuuyyyys, Reading With The Burneys got reviewed in Women’s Writing! “A fascinating micro-history in the print ecology of the long Romanticism, reconstructed with critical acuity…a useful lens through which to reinterpret an entire cultural landscape…” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Upcoming symposium: 'Uses of Romanticism' at University College Cork, 18-19 Feb 2026 This symposium will explore the uses and relevance of the term 'Romanticism'. More on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6312

The CFP deadline for our upcoming workshop on 'unwanted non-human life', broadly conceived, here at York has been extended a couple of weeks. Do send in an application if it appeals to you, we've already got a great pair of keynotes lined up!

📢 We’re excited to share our programme of events for this semester, accessible on our events page. We’re offering some seminars as hybrid so we hope you can join us in York or online. Full details at www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 10 February with Susan Carlile presenting a paper on “Thinking Globally in The Lady's Magazine, or Polite Companion, 1759-1767" 🗓️ Tuesday 10 February, 5pm 📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall & online 🔗 Register www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

Co-organised by some of our phenomenal @crems-york.bsky.social and @cecs-york.bsky.social PhD students!