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Electronic Enlightenment
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With over 80,000 letters and documents and 10,300 correspondents as of Spring 2025, EE is the most wide-ranging online collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period.

https://www.e-enlightenment.com

Based at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
For Oxford students - would you like an opportunity to get hands-on with 18th century manuscripts, come along next Thursday to our Bodleian student editions workshop and transcribe, annotate, and catalogue some original manuscript letters: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Bodleian Student Editions
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October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Are you an #ECR or #postdoc looking to publish your first academic book? Join our digital workshop for personalised feedback on your book proposal from experienced OUP Editors and ECR peers. 📖

Reserve your spot: oxford.ly/ECR-Proposal...

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May 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 29th April – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Find out more and sign up:
Bodleian Student Editions
Would you like to contribute to the discovery of new research materials in the Bodleian’s manuscript collections? And to learn something about editing early modern letters and approaches to digital…
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
April 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I contributed an introduction to some newly-edited letters of Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first woman of African descent to publish poetry in Britain & the United States.
van Wijk and the Electronic Enlightenment team edited letters by or about the poet Phillis Wheatley, from manuscript images shared by @mhs1791.bsky.social - for which historian and knitwear designer @katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social shared an introduction:

www.e-enlightenment.com/blog/article...
EE: Phillis Wheatley Peters
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April 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are very excited to announce our Spring 2025 update, which adds 40 born digital letters edited by Electronic Enlightenment’s interns and visiting researchers, the results of collaborations with @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Special Collections & beyond:
www.e-enlightenment.com/blog/newsshe...
EE News-sheet — Spring 2025
www.e-enlightenment.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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The next Bodleian Student Editions session will be held on the 27th February – it’s a great opportunity for students to contribute to the discovery of new research materials in the Bodleian’s manuscript collections. Find out more + sign up here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Bodleian Student Editions
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
February 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Submissions are invited for the BSECS PGR & ECR Conference, to be held at Uppsala University, 22/23 August 2024. The theme this year is 'Communication and Exchange' #18thC 🗃️ #skystorians
February 6, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Ta DAH! It’s our 2024 seminar series! Join us in conversation with some brilliant scholars, incl our own postgraduates! Free, online, & all welcome! Thursdays, 6-7 pm. @SMCoulombeau & @TinoOudesluijs kick us off on 29/2. More details & sign ups here: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/ehu19/events/
February 6, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Electronic Enlightenment are so happy to be making our Bluesky debut with an exciting new update, 173 new letters, 2 new blog posts, and some updates from our exciting work with fellow projects at the Bodleian Library - www.e-enlightenment.com/blog/newsshe...
EE News-sheet — Autumn 2023
www.e-enlightenment.com
December 1, 2023 at 1:29 PM