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The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the study of the long #c18th. Check website for details. https://www.bsecs.org.uk/
@bsecs.bsky.socialSubmissions are welcome for the London Topographical Society's Anne Saunders Prize: £1,000 for an original & unpublished research essay on the topography, development, or buildings of #London in any period.
Details here: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...
#skystorians 🗃️
@drdeclankavanagh.bsky.socialReposted by @bsecs.bsky.socialLeading a creative writing workshop on Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) in Special Collections at Kent, writing objects and subjects big and small. Wed 28 Oct, 2pm until 4pm, Templeman Library. Email [email protected] to reserve a place. #CreativeWriting #GulliversTravels
@bsecs.bsky.socialDo it! You know you want to!
#BSECS2027
@bsecs.bsky.social**The Georgian Group Dunscombe-Colt Bursary**
#BSECS & the Georgian Group are offering a NEW bursary for #PGR & #ECR speaking on the architecture or material culture of the long #18thC at the BSECS annual conference.
#skystorians 🗃️
Details can be found at: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
@bsecs.bsky.social***BREAKING NEWS***
We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance!
New deadline: 20 September 2026
Get writing!
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
@bsecs.bsky.socialDON'T FORGET that our #CFP for #BSECS2027 closes TOMORROW.
Submit your abstracts on the conference theme of 'Authenticity & Artifice' or on any other subject relating to the #18thC here:
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians 🗃️
@bsecs.bsky.socialIT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
Only 4 days left to submit your abstract for #BSECS2027
We'd love to see you @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social in January!
#skystorians #cfp #ecr #phd 🗃️
@brycchancarey.bsky.socialReposted by @bsecs.bsky.socialFor those who missed it, here’s the two pages of the @bsecs.bsky.social conference programme for 1988: no parallel sessions and a field trip to Kenwood House. This and four boxes of other documents I am transferring from my shed to a new BSECS archive at the @voltaire.ox.ac.uk Foundation in Oxford.
@bsecs.bsky.socialReposted by @bsecs.bsky.socialSubmissions for #BSECS2027 close on the 15 September this year. Yes, this is earlier than usual...
This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity' but (as always) we welcome proposals on any #18thC topic. GET WRITING #skystorians 🗃️
See our Website for details: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
@bsecs.bsky.socialEnding our PG/ECR conference with a tour of Faculté de médecine de Montpellier! It’s been a great couple of days, with brilliant papers and discussions. Thanks to all those attending and to our French collaborators @doctorants1718.bsky.social @sfeds-bs.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.socialToday’s workshop at our PG/ECR conference — challenges and opportunities in international research!
@bsecs.bsky.socialStarting our PG/ECR conference today with discussion of plants and natural histories!
@bsecs.bsky.socialRegistration has started in the courtyard of University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry for this years BSECS PG/ECR conference! @sfeds-bs.bsky.social @doctorants1718.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.socialSubmissions for #BSECS2027 close on the 15 September this year. Yes, this is earlier than usual...
This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity' but (as always) we welcome proposals on any #18thC topic. GET WRITING #skystorians 🗃️
See our Website for details: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
@bsecs.bsky.socialWe have INCREASED the value of 2 of our awards!
The BSECS-Bodleian Fellowship is now worth £2,000, & the BSECS-Georgian Papers Fellowship is now £1,250.
The deadline is the 1 February 2027.
#18thC #skystorians #PGR #ECR
Details of all our awards available here: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
@bsecs.bsky.socialOur PG/ECR conference in collaboration with @sfeds-bs.bsky.social @doctorants1718.bsky.social kicks off tomorrow in Montpellier! Very excited to welcome our delegates soon.
@bsecs.bsky.social#BSECS supports the work of #18thC scholars from all backgrounds & career stages, working in all disciplines. The Society reaffirms its commitment to #equality, #diversity & #inclusion in all its activities, & its opposition to bullying and harassment.
@bsecs.bsky.socialIT'S TIME! The #CFP for #BSECS2027 has been released!
This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity'.
The deadline for submissions is the 15 September 2026.
The conference will by the 6-8 January 2027 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social
#18thC #skystorians 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
@bsecs.bsky.socialDon'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...
@bsecs.bsky.socialNEW 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
