The Journal of World Literature invites abstracts for a special issue on Artificial Intelligence and World Literature. We welcome work on LLMs & literary analysis, multilingualism, AI imaginaries, canonicity, and beyond. Submit your abstract to guest editors’ emails by September 1, 2026.

"Today, Hathitrust announced that a large portion of their collection has been obtained by and is being made available on a pirate website called Anna’s Archive." www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/new...

The British Association for Romantic Studies is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest in hosting its 2028 International Biennial Conference. More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6294 Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2026

ISECS Conference / Colloque de la SIEDS *Updated / Mis à jour* Reframing the Enlightenment. Intellectual and political disputes today / Le défi des Lumières. Enjeux intellectuels et politiques Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris 10–12 June / juin 2026 oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...

This day 194 years ago: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)’s death date. Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00096 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

OTD: William Pulteney, Earl of Bath (1684-1764), John Ellis (1698-1791), and Edward Moore (1712-1757) born this day. Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.

On this day, Robert Southey (1774-1843) and Robert Southey (1774-1843) died this day. Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/ #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

It’s been out a while now, but Rosemary Sweet and I have written a book about #18thcentury British travel to Spain and Portugal that is free to download here! uclpress.co.uk/book/no-coun...

This day 142 years ago: death of Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884). Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00731 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Today marks the 305th anniversary of the birth of Tobias Smollett (1721-1771). Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00185.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

This day 223 years ago: death of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803). Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00102 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

This day 283 years ago: Hannah Cowley (née Parkhouse) (1743-1809)’s birth date. Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00284.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

Today marks the 285th anniversary of the birth of Anne Hunter (née Home) (1741-1821). Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00281.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

🚨 CFP deadline extended - 31st March 🚨Apply for our @bsecs.bsky.social PGR/ECR Conference in Montpellier in September! Theme is Improvement, Degeneration, Stagnation. We can’t wait to see your abstracts! Details below ⬇️ #18c @royalhistsoc.org @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social

On this day (258 years ago), collected Poems by Mr. Gray (1768) published by James Dodsley in London. Find out more in the #ThomasGrayArchive: https://www.thomasgray.org/texts/diglib/primary/1768d#11 #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #ThomasGray #Poems #OnThisDay #OTD

Building on a collaboration with the @thomaspaineha.bsky.social, the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive will add Thomas Paine’s complete poems, together with selected works by contemporaries such as Wheatley, Freneau, Barlow, Trumbull, and Terry. www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org #TPHA #C18th #poetry

I've put online a #c18th side project on Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies that uses data extraction for mapping & network analysis, exploring questions of urban history, genre and print culture, geography, and social worlds across editions: harrisslist.prisms.digital #HarrissList #DH #WIP

Extraordinary new public humanities resource that curates in near real-time over 50,0000 items from sources/channels of humanities-related scholars who create pubic-facing essays, podcasts, videos, blogs, etc.: publicscholarship.org

On this day (201 years ago), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)’s death date. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00026 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Today marks the 360th anniversary of the birth of George Granville, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735). Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00100.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Ábhar léitheoireachta do Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan: www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Really pleased that my video lecture on queer British history, 1714-1785 is now on YouTube: youtu.be/nTrxX28_dKw?... #HistoricalAssociation #LGBTHistoryMonth #QueerHistory #18thcentury

On this day (281 years ago), Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)’s birth date. Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00347.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

On this day (157 years ago), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)’s death date. Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00104 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

This is certainly what @hlaehnemann.bsky.social and I have been doing with Taylor Editions! @tayoxford.bsky.social The model is appreciated by reviewers, e.g. muse.jhu.edu/article/965571

We're in a strange situation rn where Google can train freely on books from university libraries—but researchers *at* universities have limited access. I'm optimistic this can be fixed, but if you're in admin or working at a foundation, please know: univs are failing here & resources are needed.

This day 141 years ago: Fernando Corradi (1808-1885) died this day. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00355 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

On this date 174 years ago, Thomas Moore (1779-1852) died this day. Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00011 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Today marks the 190th anniversary of the death of Dániel Berzsenyi (1776-1836). Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00680 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

On this day, John Keats (1795-1821) and Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) died this day. Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/ #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Today marks the 115th anniversary of the death of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911). Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00605 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

OTD (164 years ago): date of death of Justinus Kerner (1786-1862). Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00564 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

📢 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...

CFP! Check it out! ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/15/r...

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 marks the 145th anniversary of the death of José da Silva Maia Ferreira (1827-1881). Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00406 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Today in eighteenth-century poetry: Myles Cooper (1737-1785) and David Garrick (1717-1779)’s birth date. Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

CFP - After 1776: Settlers, Slavery, and Citizenship in the Atlantic Republics Papers are invited that engage with any aspect of settler republicanism, revolutionary change, or political belonging in the Atlantic world. Deadline: 28th February

CfP 📢 "Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern (c.1500 - 1850)", Aberystwyth University 📆11-12 June 2026 | 🌍 Aberystwyth (Galles) ⏰Deadline: 27 February 2026 All info👇 #EarlyModern #CfP

The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society is now inviting applications for its Open Bursary 2026-7. €2000 to support archival research, symposiums/conferences, or publication expenses associated with original work on eighteenth-century Ireland. More information here: www.ecis.ie/2026/01/05/e...

On this day, death of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), James Macpherson (1736-1796), and José Amador de los Ríos (1818-1878). Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/ #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Issue 22 (2026) of Umanistica Digitale is now available online. Special Issue, "From Data to Heritage: Semantic Enrichment, Archives, and Digital Libraries" (IRCDL 2025), edited by Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio and Marcella Cornia. umanisticadigitale.unibo.it @aiucd.bsky.social @eadhorg.bsky.social

On this day (157 years ago), Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan) (1797-1869) died this day. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00876 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

On this day (151 years ago), Gabriel García Tassara (1817-1875) died this day. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00183 #c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

This day 309 years ago: Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802)’s birth date. Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00041.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD

We've refreshed the Huber Digital website! Huber Digital is a Digital Humanities consultancy focussed on open scholarship, engaging and accessible interfaces, citability, and long-term sustainability. New look, same focus on thoughtful digital humanities work: hubers.org.uk #DigitalHumanities