Happening this evening! The talk is written, the PowerPoint is locked. Looking forward to chatting d'Eon with @long18thsem.bsky.social.

THIS IS IT! You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026 Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

Very much looking forward to Dan Gosling (TNA) speaking on 'A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon' this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome online or in person, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us next Wednesday for our first seminar of this year with @thegozfather.bsky.social discussing Lord Mansfield’s judgement on the Chevalier d’Eon (register via this link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) Check out the following clip to receive a sneak peak! www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...

ICYMI: It is not too late to register for our final seminar of the 2024-2025 year - we hope to see you all either at the IHR or online!

@joecozens.bsky.social, one of our seminar convenors, has just had an article published by @histparl.bsky.social discussing his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election. historyofparliament.com/2025/06/24/j...

Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’ @ihr.bsky.social shorturl.at/hMRGz

Very much looking forward to John Coffey speaking about the diaries of William Wilberforce this Wed. at the earlier time of 3pm - in Northampton. Do join us online or in person (some travel funds are available). www.history.ac.uk/events/diari... @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

Join us next Wednesday at the University of Northampton as we take the Seminar on the road! Starting at 15:00 hyrid, John Coffey (Leicester) will present on the ongoing Wilberforce Diaries project. The event will be proceeded by a walking tour of Northampton! www.history.ac.uk/events/diari...

Join us next Wednesday 28 May, in person at the IHR and online (17:30-19:30) to hear Annabelle Gilmore’s (Birmingham) paper “‘I shall describe no more’: Reconnecting Black Histories to the Beckford Collection at Charlecote Park” @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/events/i-sha...

Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.

We hosted our annual PhD Lightning Talks session last night, featuring 12 early stage PhDs presenting their research to an eager audience. It was fantastic to see the continued vibrancy and range of British 18th century studies!

Follow Margot’s post for live updates of our Lightning Talks event!

Very much looking forward to meeting the next generation of 18th c. historians at tomorrow's 'Lightning Talks' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, either online or in person; but please register www.history.ac.uk/events/light...

Join us next Wednesday (14 May) in room 243 of Senate House or online for our annual Lightning Talks event. This is our seminar’s flagship event where we hear rapid-fire three minute presentations from early-stage PhDs about their dissertation research. www.history.ac.uk/events/light...

If you're an archivist, librarian, local or family historian, researcher or student of British and/or British & colonial/imperial history (from the Roman era to the present) this introduction to BBIH is worth a look. Google searches are degrading and hallucinating with generative AI; BBIH is not.

ICYMI: Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30! www.history.ac.uk/events/force...

I'm excited to be speaking at @long18thsem.bsky.social on 30 April at @ihr.bsky.social. It's a dark topic with a lot of modern relevance given the ongoing threat to women's reproductive rights. Join in person or online (it's free) #skystorians #history #AcademicSky www.history.ac.uk/events/force...

For the last seminar of the term we return to science and knowledge-making. Join us either in person or online Wed 19 Mar for a paper presented by @rhiggitt.bsky.social (National Museum Scotland) and Alex Butterworth (Sussex) titled Metropolitan Science: www.history.ac.uk/events/metro...

FINAL REMINDER The CFP for our annual PhD Lightning Talks sessions closes this Friday. We have received many fantastic applications so far, but there is still time remaining! Please see the poster and the following link for further information royalhistsoc.org/calendar/ihr... @ihr.bsky.social

Rebbecca Earle just getting stuck into a great talk on thee role of 18th c. notaries as cultural interlocutors. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

If you're in London this evening and keen to combine historical enlightenment with historical conviviality, join us in Bloomsbury at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House to hear Rebecca Earle's paper on an 18th-century global culture-broker.

Register for next week’s seminar on Wed 5 Mar to hear Prof Rebecca Earle’s (Warwick) paper ‘The World of Jacob de Pinna, Notary and Culture-Broker: The role of eighteenth-century London notaries as intercultural go-betweens’ from 17:30 at Senate House and online. www.history.ac.uk/events/world...

Really pleased to see that the recording of the paper I gave last week on 'Mapping Criminal Justice at London's Old Bailey, 1720-1820: From the Night Watch to Proactive Policing' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social is now up on the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/map...

Really looking forward to giving a paper on 'Mapping criminal justice in 18th century London', tomorrow @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome either in person or online, but please register at www.history.ac.uk/events/mappi...

We have had last minute change of schedule - instead join us next week to hear seminar co-convenor Tim Hitchcock discuss his latest research (conducted with Bob Shoemaker) on policing and criminal justice in the late 18th century, at the usual time of 17:30 at the IHR and online. @ihr.bsky.social

Kevin Siena's wonderful examination of disease and race: 'The Pathology of Race: Disease, Formativity and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety' is now available online - www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/pat.... @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

Kevin Siena, giving a great talk on disease and race in 18th century medicine. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

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 May 14 2025. Please see the poster for further information, and please spread the word! @ihr.bsky.social

Make sure to register to join us next week from 5:30pm at the IHR or online to hear Kevin Siena (Trent University) discuss his paper ‘The Pathology of Race| Disease, Formativity and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety’ @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/events/patho...

Great to be back for our first seminar of 2025 with Margaret Hunt (University of Uppsala) did discussing her paper ‘Late 17th-century Swedish sailors and their personal letters: evidence from the Prize Papers.’

We’re kicking off our program for term 2 on Wed 22 Jan at 5:30-7pm at the IHR and online with Margaret Hunt (Uppsala University) discussing her paper ‘Seventeenth-century Swedish sailors and their personal letters: evidence from the Prize Papers’ @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/events/seven...

ICYMI: Don’t forget to register for our seminar tomorrow evening to hear Francis Boorman’s paper.

Don’t miss out on our last seminar of the term next Wednesday 4/12 from 17:30 in person and online as Francis Boorman (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies) will discuss the “Englishness” of legal arbitration in Britain during the long 18th century @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/events/true-...

Very much enjoying Chris Jones presenting a paper on The new Foundling Hospital online archive. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

I am looking for a room in London to let for a couple of weeks in January on behalf of a senior scholar who needs good access to the National Archives. @long18thsem.bsky.social

Register to join us next Wednesday, from 17:30 Online-via Zoom & C3.14 at the Institute of Education to hear Chris Jones (Foundling Museum) discuss the digitisation and transcription project of the Foundling Hospital Archive #18c #19c www.history.ac.uk/events/expan...

Fantastic to see so many new followers! Don’t forget to register for our two remaining seminars for the autumn term - Chris Jones (Foundling Museum) in Wednesday 20th Nov and Francis Boorman (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies) Wednesday 4th Dec www.history.ac.uk/seminars/bri... @ihr.bsky.social

Just enjoying papers by Shinja Nohara and Elena Yi-Jia Zeng on Enlightenment political thought @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

ICYMI 👎 Don’t forget to register for our next seminar (Wednesday 6th November 17:30-19:30) for a stimulating seminar featuring Shinji Nohara (Glasgow/Tokyo); Craig Smith (Glasgow) and Elena Yi-Jia Zeng (Princeton) @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/events/adam-...

Great to see that Tom Pye's excellent paper on entail is now available to watch online. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/end...

@long18thsem.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social @georgianfun.bsky.social

Tom Pye gave a great paper yesterday to @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social on entail in 18th c. Britain. It reflected powerfully on the history of capitalism and empire in ways that made me re-evaluate long held assumptions. The asides on Pride & Prejudice were good too!

Register for our seminar Wed 23 Oct 5:30 - 7:30pm (in person at the IHR & online) to hear Dr Tom Pye (UCL) discuss entail in Scotland in the late 18th century and its wider impact on the histories of unionism and political economy in Britain @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/events/endur...

Thanks for the great paper Sarah - It definitely stimulated some great discussion both in the room and (very suitably given the topic) over dinner!

@ihr.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social Just sitting down to listen to @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social talk about food and British identity in the 18th century.

We’re looking forward to the delicious discussion!

Our fortnightly seminar series continues next Wed 9/10 at 17:30 at the IHR Wolfson Room (as well as online via Zoom) as @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social of Edge Hill University will discuss the role of food in the formation of British identities. #c18th #britishhistory www.history.ac.uk/events/briti...

Really pleased to announce the launch of a thoroughly updated version of Locating London's Past: locatinglondon.org - new functionality, better mapping, cleaner data. @ihr.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social

Had a great evening last night @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social listening to @brycchancarey.bsky.social speaking about Clerical Naturalists. Wonderful to be back talking history. The session should be available to watch online soon on the IHR's website.