More for the OED: bas bleu, indigo (in humorous reference to Bluestocking views), dissertation 'debate', haut ton. Chaperon and dirty (as verbs), moonshine (adjective), a bundle of nerves, jargonic, lucet, parliamenteering, spa toilet, strongle, tarot. #Linguistics #18thC #c18th

I’m absolutely delighted to receive my contributor copy of ‘Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain’. Thank you to the editors, Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard, and congratulations to all contributors. I can’t wait to read all the other chapters!

#OnThisDay in 1738, John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont noted in his diary that 'The Princess of Wales was brought to bed of a boy, which the same night received private baptism, there being doubt if he would live'. This baby was the future George III, one of Britain's longest reigning monarchs.

Our edited collection is published Open Access by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social on 6 February! We have wonderful chapters exploring inherited objects and stories! We loved putting it together @katieebarclay.bsky.social @tanyaevans.bsky.social @ashleybarnwell.bsky.social @lauracking.bsky.social

📢📢📢 My article 'Writing Travelogues in the Early 19th Century: Story Behind Mary Holderness's Travel Account of Journeying From Riga to Crimea Via Kyiv' is out!!! You can read it here uhr.ucu.edu.ua/index.php/ch... #openaccess #travel #travelwriting

How the Georgians Celebrated Christmas - Penelope J. Corfield #skystorians 🗃 #c18th

"The call for papers is now open for the next ISECS International Seminar for Early Career Scholars, "Diasporic Networks in the Long Eighteenth Century" (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 8-12 July 2024). The deadline for applications is 31 January 2024." oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/doc…

Ukrainian Recipes - Christmas poppy seed roll – Makivnyk ukrainian-recipes.com/christmas-po...

‚Manuscript Albums and their Cultural Contexts‘. Ed. by Janine Droese & Janina Karolewski. #OpenAccess The first contribution to the comparative study of manuscript albums, focusing on their materiality & analysing the practices of all those involved in making and using them. doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Two big databases... 1. Dined, a db of who dined at Holland House 1788-1806. dined.qmul.ac.uk 2. 3000 dishes on a Georgian table, 1788-1813 zenodo.org/records/8070.... There is also a link to the article there that gives some teaching and research ideas! (Biased about this one for obvious reasons.)

#OpenAccess: Women in the History of Science: A sourcebook, edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Rebecca Martin, and Farrah Lawrence-Mackey https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/211143 🗃️ #HistSci #HistKnow

Call for speakers! I’m organising an online series of talks, “Women, Property and Economics,” which will bring together early career and established academics, and heritage professionals, working on this topic across 18th and 19th century studies.

Please share! 🙂

Excited for @dalegothic96.bsky.social’s new book on Lewis, Gothic, and #Romantic culture!

This forthcoming publication might be of interest to scholars of #earlymodern #news (it has Hannu Salmi (my former prof) as contributor, but also other familiar names): www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The Women’s History Association of Ireland is now on Bluesky! 🗃️ @whaireland.bsky.social

Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online emco.swansea.ac.uk/home/ 🗃#c18th

Come and join us in Oxford for the next in person BSECS conference 3-5th January. Abstracts for panels and papers during by 30th October 2033. Please share #skystorians www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

My new book on epigraphs is accompanied by a free downloadable bibliography of 1,622 books published 1750-1850 that feature pre-chapter epigraphs, & it's available here under the 'Resources' tab here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epigrap...