Excited to be joining @iassl.bsky.social’s new Executive Committee and to fostering new global connections for Scot Lit in the coming years!

I shall be stepping down from the BARS Exec this July after 4 fantastic years, first as PGR and now ECR Officer. I warmly recommend and am very happy to discuss either role with prospective applicants! Deadline for applications is next Friday 12 June.

Romanticist friends - might anyone be able to point me in the direction of work on Shakespeare quotations in the Romantic novel - especially those by Scottish male novelists; Scott, Galt, etc.? If not Shakespeare specific, then work on wider novelistic quotational practices also gratefully received!

Big milestone for #BurnsSupper225!

Wonderful week away for the Eighteenth-Century Studies at Stirling Annual Writing Retreat - words were written and feasts were prepared!

EVENT! Using drama to transform the English classroom: Practical strategies & teacher insights to bring Shakespeare & drama to life through performance-based learning. How drama unlocks deeper engagement & understanding in the English classroom englishassociation.ac.uk/using-drama-...

EVENT! Reading & Empathy: webinar explores this relationship, exploring how, & for whom, book reading fosters empathy;the potentially enriching effects of books, & other texts, to support empathy - with examples of research & books that nurture empathy englishassociation.ac.uk/reading-and-...

Spring eats and some sun!

"A fantasy rooted in the Scottish landscape, which explores class and connection and much more - it is a real treat." V. grateful to Mairi Oliver of Lighthouse Books for including this wonderful review of The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance in The Bookseller's Scottish Books highlights!

OMG my Romantic Textualities special issue ‘Romanticism Goes to University’ is OUT www.romtext.org.uk/issues/issue...

🗣️🗣️🗣️ There's a job at York! 1-year 0.5 FTE postdoctoral fellowship funded by MHRA, working with me on the Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft OUP edition. You have to be within 3 years of your PhD - unjust I know but a requirement of the MHRA. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

DREAM postdoc for ME circa 2013 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

A few days left to apply for this opportunity 👇🏼 deadline Monday 11 May (midnight BST)!

📢 Call for Papers: Women’s History Scotland Conference We’re excited to invite proposals for our conference, taking place online on Friday, 18 September 2026. 🗓 Submission deadline: 1 July 2026 Please share this post widely! Find full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/05/04/c...

Publishing this week: Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage: Access, Use, Value and Sustainability by Eirini Goudarouli, @amsichani.bsky.social and @jfwinters.bsky.social 👏 'This is a vital and timely book' - @ruthahnert.bsky.social uolpress.co.uk/book/explori... #OpenAccess

How much Scottish History can we pack into an hour? To celebrate the launch of The Shortest History of Scotland we’ve got Murray Pittock in conversation with Zoe Venditozzi, author of How To Kill A Witch, to explore the ups & downs of our fair country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.waterstones.com/events/the-h...

At the London-Paris Romanticism seminar on May 8th with Tim Heimlich, discussing our new books on Wales and Empire in the Romantic era (the 'Wales Novel', Cook's voyages, Welsh settler colonialism, Celtic racialization, etc.) Would love to see some of you there! londonparisromantic.com?p=5165

With papers from Claudio Bolling, Dr Hilary Clydesdale, Dr @ainsley76.bsky.social, Dr @apilz.bsky.social, Prof Alison Lumsden, and Dr Bob Irvine - to be followed by drinks. We look forward to seeing you there!

We’re delighted to announce our next seminar, ‘“To the Lighthouses!”: A Celebration of Scott’s journey around Scotland and his manuscript’s journey to Abbotsford’! 21st May 2026, 2-5pm 50 George Square, Room G01 All welcome; please RSVP via email to Prof @penfielding.bsky.social or Dr Bob Irvine.

2 weeks left to apply for the BARS/BAVS Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellowship @ljmuofficial.bsky.social! Please share widely with ECRs and don’t hesitate to reach out with questions. We look forward to hearing from you! Deadline: Monday 11 May 2026

Excited to attend my first BAVS this summer where I’ll be presenting initial research for a new project on Bentley’s Standard Novels (1831-55)!

Exciting lecturing job being advertised in the Department of English at Stockholm University - with a desirable expertise in 19thc literature: @bars.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I'll be talking (online) in just over a month about the amazing Joanna Baillie! All welcome, no prior knowledge necessary (please come along if you've never heard of Baillie!)

Just a few days left to apply for our Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century scholarship (full PhD funding for three years), working at Sydney with @nicolaparsons.bsky.social and at Glasgow with me. Full details here: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Deadline 21st April - questions welcome.

BARS 2026 Conference Registration now OPEN! We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2026 BARS Conference, Romantic Retrospection, hosted by the University of Birmingham, is now open.

#Sendusyoursuppers and join a global map of the Burns Supper, at 225 Years, AND as Living Heritage!

This is such a great scheme! I really appreciated and enjoyed hosting it at @rhul-cvs.bsky.social last year and getting the chance to mentor the fantastic Amy Waterson @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social. Apply to be hosted at LJMU by 11th May.

Applications for the 206/27 round of the C19 Matters Fellowship @ljmuofficial.bsky.social are now open! Details and benefits below and here: victorianist.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/n.... Deadline Monday 11 May 2026; please share widely! @bars.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @drhorrocks.bsky.social

A reminder that the deadline for Expressions of Interest in hosting BARS 2028 is coming up - if you're potentially interested, but have questions or concerns, please feel free to drop me an email. It's a big responsibility, but a very rewarding one, and crucial for the health of the Association.

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...

Just over one week left to submit abstracts for the CoAH PG Conference! Link to submission form: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YzbADsQhqu

Publication Boxing Day! Shoutout to @books-borrowing.bsky.social in Feminist Librarianship, and thanks to @cilipscotland.bsky.social for a wonderful launch event at @natlibscot.bsky.social yesterday. If you’re interested in women’s reading, circulating libraries, and library history give it a read!

Call for Papers: 'Politics, Place and Print Culture: The 14th International Walter Scott Conference', @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, 28-30 June 2027, organised by @mckeever.bsky.social & team. Deadline for proposals: 1 October 2026. Details of financial support for PGRs to follow. tinyurl.com/yt2vj4x7

Delighted to have rejoined the @rrrjournal.bsky.social editorial board, this time as an Academic Editor! The call for our next issue, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ remains open until 16th April. More details can be found here: www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub.... Please share with your PGRs!

Delighted to be a part of this programme and looking forward to speaking on Friday about @glasgowburns.bsky.social’s Burns Supper at 225 Years research project. We’ll be discussing our community engagement work, global living heritage, and sharing a few initial findings from our dataset so far!

How Burns Suppers Became a Global Phenomenon What if the traditional Burns Night could fuse cultures & challenge traditions? @drcleoocy.bsky.social from @glasgow.ac.uk reveals how this centuries-old tribute to Scotland’s national poet is transforming around the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=owgU...

Join us next week for 2 online gatherings for the #BurnsSupper225 Global Community where we’ll discuss what the tradition means to us and its status as Living Heritage: - Monday 9 March, 7-8am GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/the-burns-... - Thursday 12 March, 7-8pm GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/the-burns-...

A pleasure to speak with @ceilidhclub.bsky.social last month about @glasgowburns.bsky.social’s ‘The Burns Supper at 225 Years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention’ project as part of their Scottish Spotlight series! The episode is now available on YouTube: youtu.be/owgUdrm0SmQ?... #BurnsSupper225

About 2 years ago I took this picture of most of the Robert Burns Centre crew @glasgowburns.bsky.social with @antonmuscatelli.bsky.social at Buckingham Palace, there to receive their Queen's Anniversary Prize. Was a very proud day for all @glasgow.ac.uk!

The Burns Supper at 225 Years A free online gathering to celebrate 225 years of the Burns Supper & discuss its nomination to the Inventory of Living Heritage in the UK To facilitate international participation there are 2 DATES: 9 March, 7–8 AM GMT: 1/2 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-burns-...

CFP: VPR will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2027. We’re taking this historic occasion to capture the state of our field in a “KEYWORDS” special issue guest edited by Fionnuala Dillane, @jimmussell.bsky.social & @mdamkjaer.bsky.social. Proposals due March 30. Details: rs4vp.org/vpr-cfp-spec...

📢 BOOK GIVEAWAY ends next week: Share this post to win 1 free copy of *Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage* (OUP March 2026). global.oup.com/academic/pro... #JaneAusten #WutheringHeights @ncsascholars.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @l19cmanmet.bsky.social

Send us your Suppers! #BurnsSupper225

The 'Reading Scotland' series by Scotland Hub @unimainz.bsky.social has featured many IASSL members. Talks by @annafancett.bsky.social, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social, @leoniejungen.bsky.social, @drcleoocy.bsky.social, @ainsley76.bsky.social and other scholars are available on the RS YouTube channel. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇩🇪

Infinite Women: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier In this episode of the @infinite-women.com podcast, @drcleoocy.bsky.social & @kateferrier.bsky.social discuss the novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854) #C18 #C19 #romanticism www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHj...

📢We're recruiting four new postgraduate and two early career researchers! Please visit our website for more information and to submit your application (deadline 23rd February).

This week on the podcast: @drcleoocy.bsky.social and @kateferrier.bsky.social on why Susan Edmonstone Ferrier is more than just "the Scottish Jane Austen" Listen: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... Transcript: www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/u...

ICYMI our @ehunineteen.bsky.social PGRs are hosting a conference - check out our poster - please reskeet - share with your PGRs - and do come along and join us in June!