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Digital humanist · Independent scholar and Consultant for Digital Humanities @huber-digital.bsky.social · Research: poetry (very long #c18th) · Published: eighteenthcenturypoetry.org, thomasgray.org · Project: romanticperiodpoetry.org
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Alexander Huber @c18ah.bsky.social · Dec 18
The #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive is officially in beta and open for testing! 🚀

We are modelling #GlobalRomanticism through the #SemanticWeb and your participation is encouraged and appreciated!

Explore the beta: www.romanticperiodpoetry.org

#Romanticism #19thC #poetry #DigitalHumanities
Screenshot of the poets' gallery in the SPARQL examples
c18ah.bsky.social
On this date 194 years ago, date of death of George Crabbe (1754-1832).

Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00044

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of George Crabbe (1754-1832) / Wikimedia Commons
February 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
Today marks the 180th anniversary of the death of Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846).

Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00377

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846) / Wikimedia Commons
February 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
OTD (281 years ago): Hannah More (1745-1833) born this day.

Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00274.shtml

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
Hannah More (1745-1833) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
Inspired by the #BSECS2026 talk on the fabulous "Three Thousand Dishes on a Georgian Table, 1788-1813" data compiled by @historybeagle.bsky.social and team, I pulled together this website:

threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk

It is such a fun dataset to explore!
@bsecs.bsky.social #c18th #foodhistory
Three Thousand Dishes | Royal Dining in Georgian England
Explore 40,000+ dishes served to King George III and the Prince Regent (1788-1813). A digital resource for Georgian food history.
threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
On this day (153 years ago), date of death of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873).

Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00146

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873) / Wikimedia Commons
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Alexander Huber
bsecs.bsky.social
You may only just have recovered from #BSECS2026, but our hardworking reps are already planning our #PGR #ECR conference, University of Montpellier Paul-Valery, 3-4 September 2026 on 'Improvement, Degeneration, Stagnation'
Deadline for submissions: 13 March 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Conference Improvement Degeneration Stagnation University of Montpellier 3-4 September 2026 Paul-Valery We invite proposals for papers for this year’s collaborative Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Conference between the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, the Société d’Études Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles and the Société Française d’Études du XVIIIe siècle, held at the University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry. Topics considering improvement, degeneration and stagnation could include, but are not limited to: · The materiality of any of, or all, these terms · Social, economic, moral and physical wellbeing · Medical perspectives, including the development of psychiatric and psychological medicine and alternate (pseudo-)scientific endeavours such as alchemy or spiritualism · Ideas around taste, attitudes, values and class, both in the social and literary domains · Debates and evolutions regarding language · National identities and comparisons · The pace of improvement and/or degeneration · Science, innovation and the improvement of knowledge · Colonisation and slavery · Religion, secularisation and Enlightenment thought · Gender, sexuality and the perception of the female body · Conceptions of improvement or degeneration in art, design and architecture; as well as in literature and philosophy · The notion of change and teleological narratives of progress · The ambiguities surrounding the notion of progress and the uncertain boundaries between improvement, stagnation and degeneration All submissions should be sent to montpellierconference2026@gmail.com for consideration. Submissions can be in either French or English. For individual papers, please send abstracts of 250 words and a short biography. For fully formed panels, (3-4 speakers), roundtables or workshops please send abstracts of 250 words for each paper along with brief details of the proposed theme, biographies of speakers, and proposed chair. CFP opens 7th January 2026 and closes 13th March 2026. En lien avec le rôle joué par Montpellier dans le développement des connaissances médicales en Europe, le colloque de cette année étudiera les notions de progrès, de dégénérescence et de stagnation. Nous invitons les participants à interpréter les termes de progrès, de dégénérescence et de stagnation de façon large, sans restrictions géographiques, étymologiques ou conceptuelles. Les propositions pourront s’intéresser aux questions suivantes: · La matérialité de ces termes · Le bien-être social, moral et économique · Les perspectives médicales, incluant le développement de la médecine psychologique ou psychiatrique et des (pseudo-)sciences comme le spiritualisme ou l’alchimie · La question du goût, des mentalités, des valeurs et des distinctions entre groupes, tant dans le domaine social que littéraire · Les débats et évolutions concernant le langage · Les identités et comparaisons nationales · Le rythme du progrès et/ou de la dégénérescence · Science, innovation et développement des savoirs · Exploitation coloniale et esclavage · Religion, sécularisation et pensée des Lumières · Genre, sexualité et perception du corps féminin · Conception du progrès et de la dégénérescence dans l’art, le design et l’architecture · La notion de changement et la vision téléologique du progrès · Les ambiguïtés autour de la notion de progrès et les frontières incertaines entre le progrès, la dégénérescence et la stagnation Les propositions de communication, en français ou en anglais, sont à envoyer à l’adresse montpellierconference2026@gmail.com, sous la forme d’un résumé de 250 mots assorti d’une courte biobibliographie. Les propositions d’ateliers, de tables rondes ou de séances complètes (entre 3 et 4 intervenants) doivent être accompagnées d’un résumé pour chaque proposition et d’une courte présentation du thème, des intervenants, et du/de la président.e de séance pressenti.e. Les propositions sont à envoyer avant le 13 mars 2026.
January 27, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Reposted by Alexander Huber
18thcenturycam.bsky.social
Hot off the press — our reading list for the coming term. Join us every other Wednesday, 12-1pm, at Gonville and Caius to discuss cities in the long eighteenth century 🌇
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
c18ah.bsky.social
Today marks the 165th anniversary of the death of Henri Murger (1822-1861).

Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00112

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Henri Murger (1822-1861) / Wikimedia Commons
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
Today marks the 125th anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901).

Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00316

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) / Wikimedia Commons
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
OTD: date of birth of Richard Bentley (1662-1742) and Samuel Foote (1721-1777).

Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
Richard Bentley (1662-1742) / © National Portrait Gallery, London Samuel Foote (1721-1777) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
OTD, death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849), Anton Delvig (1798-1831), Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855), and Vuk Karadžic (1787-1864).

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849) / Wikimedia Commons Portrait of Anton Delvig (1798-1831) / Wikimedia Commons Portrait of Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855) / Wikimedia Commons Portrait of Vuk Karadžic (1787-1864) / Wikimedia Commons
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Alexander Huber
whimsicalmuse.bsky.social
Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
On this day (267 years ago), date of birth of Robert Burns (1759-1796).

Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00307.shtml

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
Robert Burns (1759-1796) / © National Portrait Gallery, London
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
On this day (171 years ago), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)’s death date.

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00033

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) / Wikimedia Commons
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
In eighteenth-century literary history: date of birth of William Congreve (1670-1729) and Frances Brooke (née Moore) (1724-1789).

Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/

#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
William Congreve (1670-1729) / © National Portrait Gallery, London Frances Brooke (1724-1789) / © Library and Archives Canada
January 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
In Romantic-period literary history: Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774-1840) and Ján Kollár (1793-1852) died on this day.

Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774-1840) / Wikimedia Commons Portrait of Ján Kollár (1793-1852) / Wikimedia Commons
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
#OTD: date of death of Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) and José Zorrilla y Moral (1817-1893).

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD
Portrait of Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) / Wikimedia Commons Portrait of José Zorrilla y Moral (1817-1893) / Wikimedia Commons
January 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
Delighted to announce the Winter 2025/26 update to the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive, with poems by Ann Radcliffe and William Lisle Bowles, and new facsimiles of works by William Cowper and Oliver Goldsmith.

www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org

#C18th #poetry #DigitalHumanities #ECPA #18thCentury #DH
Ann Radcliffe, née Ward (1764-1823) “Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now.” Annradcliffe.org, 2024, www.annradcliffe.org/.
January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
Many thanks to the programme committee and organizers, and to the @bsecs.bsky.social executive and president
@historymatt.bsky.social for a fantastic #BSECS2026!

Hope to see you all next year for #BSECS2027.
January 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
Off to @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social for three days of #BSECS2026. Fabulous academic programme, friends and colleagues, wine and entertainment.

If you're working on a digital project or have ideas to share, I’d be thrilled to chat!

bsecs.org.uk

#c18th @bsecs.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities #c18dh
BSECS
BSECS is The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. We promote the study of all aspects of the Global ‘Long’ Eighteenth Century.
bsecs.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
c18ah.bsky.social
Excited to attend the @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 annual conference this week! Always happy to hear about ongoing digital projects or ideas for new ones. Let’s connect—come say hi or DM me if you’re around.

#c18th #BSECS2026 #DigitalHumanities #c18dh
bsecs.bsky.social BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · Jan 2
Happy New Year #18thCists #skystorians!
We can't wait to welcome you to @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social NEXT WEEK for #BSECS2026.
You can register FOR THE CONFERENCE ONLY [no accommodation or meals] at the registration desk from 8am, 7 January.
Programme available here:
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
www.bsecs.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Alexander Huber
natolambert.bsky.social
Pretty soon GPT X Pro will not only write a better paper review than most reviewers, but it’ll spend more time on it too.
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
c18ah.bsky.social
Happy 309th birthday, Thomas Gray!

Explore Gray's life and works at the #ThomasGrayArchive: www.thomasgray.org

Thomas Gray in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers...

#c18th #poetry #dh #c18dh #otd #btd #onthisday #18thC #ThomasGray #digitalhumanities
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) © National Portrait Gallery, London
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
c18ah.bsky.social
The #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive is officially in beta and open for testing! 🚀

We are modelling #GlobalRomanticism through the #SemanticWeb and your participation is encouraged and appreciated!

Explore the beta: www.romanticperiodpoetry.org

#Romanticism #19thC #poetry #DigitalHumanities
Screenshot of the poets' gallery in the SPARQL examples
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Alexander Huber
long18thsem.bsky.social
WINTER Term Card:

We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics.

Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎

@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM