Kit Baston
@kgbaston.bsky.social
Historian of the Long Eighteenth Century | Research Fellow, Books and Borrowing (2020-2023) | www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kit-baston-36998540
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The transcription of Edinburgh University Library’s Receipt Book for the Book Borrowing Surgeons project is well underway. Kit Baston gives an update on her project, funded by an OEC Jean Guild Grant. #edinburghsurgeons #edinburghuniversitylibrary #RCSEd
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November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The transcription of Edinburgh University Library’s Receipt Book for the Book Borrowing Surgeons project is well underway. Kit Baston gives an update on her project, funded by an OEC Jean Guild Grant. #edinburghsurgeons #edinburghuniversitylibrary #RCSEd
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An update on my 'Book Borrowing Surgeons' project, funded by an @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social Jean Guild Grant. You can see the Receipt Book I'm working on in digital form here: borrowing.stir.ac.uk/library/edin...
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
An update on my 'Book Borrowing Surgeons' project, funded by an @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social Jean Guild Grant. You can see the Receipt Book I'm working on in digital form here: borrowing.stir.ac.uk/library/edin...
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DON'T FORGET to register for #BSECS2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026.
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
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Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
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BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
DON'T FORGET to register for #BSECS2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026.
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
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Excited to be speaking in Dunblane on 15 Nov for the Leighton Library. I'll be sharing findings from my PhD and the @books-borrowing.bsky.social project.
Do come along to hear more about Enlightenment and conspiracy in the reading habits of Leighton members!
Do come along to hear more about Enlightenment and conspiracy in the reading habits of Leighton members!
A date for your diary! All welcome, Sat 15 Nov at 10am in Dunblane Cathedral Hall, to 2025 Geraldine Goddard Memorial Lecture, “Enlightenment & Conspiracy at Leighton Library, 1780-1832’ presented by Dr Josh Smith, Leighton Library Volunteer Guide
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October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Excited to be speaking in Dunblane on 15 Nov for the Leighton Library. I'll be sharing findings from my PhD and the @books-borrowing.bsky.social project.
Do come along to hear more about Enlightenment and conspiracy in the reading habits of Leighton members!
Do come along to hear more about Enlightenment and conspiracy in the reading habits of Leighton members!
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The BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are" Magazine new November 2025 issue's "Gem from the Archive" features the Signet Library's @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social funded project on the records of John Watson's Institution, research undertaken by @kgbaston.bsky.social @johockey.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are" Magazine new November 2025 issue's "Gem from the Archive" features the Signet Library's @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social funded project on the records of John Watson's Institution, research undertaken by @kgbaston.bsky.social @johockey.bsky.social
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Well, as they say, the nights are fairly drawing in & if you want something to do and are interested in Edinburgh History, why not join the Old Edinburgh Club? Alternatively, you can now give a Gift Membership to someone else. All details are on our website.
Join the OEC - The Old Edinburgh Club
Find out how to join the Old Edinburgh Club and gain the benefits of membership
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September 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Well, as they say, the nights are fairly drawing in & if you want something to do and are interested in Edinburgh History, why not join the Old Edinburgh Club? Alternatively, you can now give a Gift Membership to someone else. All details are on our website.
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✒️ New on the blog
@sententiaepauli.bsky.social chats to EUP about his new book: Henry Maine’s Ancient Law as an Expression of Victorian Humanism.
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@sententiaepauli.bsky.social chats to EUP about his new book: Henry Maine’s Ancient Law as an Expression of Victorian Humanism.
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Q&A with Paul du Plessis on Henry Maine’s Ancient Law
My monograph aims to revisit the book with the central question: what did Maine believe he was doing when he wrote Ancient Law?
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October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
✒️ New on the blog
@sententiaepauli.bsky.social chats to EUP about his new book: Henry Maine’s Ancient Law as an Expression of Victorian Humanism.
Read the post:
@sententiaepauli.bsky.social chats to EUP about his new book: Henry Maine’s Ancient Law as an Expression of Victorian Humanism.
Read the post:
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Utilitas - The Word That Changes Everything? | Edinburgh Law School
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October 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Tonight!
Tonight come along to hear me in conversation at The Georgian House #Edinburgh with Lisa Williams - we’ll be discussing some Scottish #Heiresses from my new book, including the one who ended up in an Edinburgh debtors’ sanctuary…
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October 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tonight!
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Love a historical kitchen? Tune into #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems on Radio 4 tomorrow to go 'below stairs' in an eighteenth-century country house. Our guide is Mary Leapor, a labouring class poet who worked in domestic service. Beneath the worlds of Bridgerton & Jane Austen - who did the washing up?
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Love a historical kitchen? Tune into #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems on Radio 4 tomorrow to go 'below stairs' in an eighteenth-century country house. Our guide is Mary Leapor, a labouring class poet who worked in domestic service. Beneath the worlds of Bridgerton & Jane Austen - who did the washing up?
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SAVE THE DATE! The Stair Society AGM and Annual Lecture will be taking place on Saturday 15 November 2025 in Edinburgh. More details to follow, but we are pleased to announce that Professor Julian Goodare, University of Edinburgh, will be delivering a talk on ‘Witchcraft and Scots Law’.
September 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
SAVE THE DATE! The Stair Society AGM and Annual Lecture will be taking place on Saturday 15 November 2025 in Edinburgh. More details to follow, but we are pleased to announce that Professor Julian Goodare, University of Edinburgh, will be delivering a talk on ‘Witchcraft and Scots Law’.
Looking forward to this launch of @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social's Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean at The Georgian House.
Date: 2 Oct • 18:30
Location: 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
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Date: 2 Oct • 18:30
Location: 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
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Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean
Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Lisa Williams
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September 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Looking forward to this launch of @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social's Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean at The Georgian House.
Date: 2 Oct • 18:30
Location: 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
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Date: 2 Oct • 18:30
Location: 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
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Lothian Health Services Archive Cataloguer: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
LHSA Archives Cataloguer
This role is an important position within Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA), helping us to make our collections accessible and discoverable for broad and diverse audiences in accordance with arch...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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despite everything going on, I'm so happy to be able to keep creating jobs in the heritage sector, check out the following listings for: Assistant Musical Instruments Curator:
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Assistant Musical Instruments Curator (Mirrey Endowment)
We are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced musical instrument curator to work in the Musical Instrument Collection at the University of Edinburgh.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
despite everything going on, I'm so happy to be able to keep creating jobs in the heritage sector, check out the following listings for: Assistant Musical Instruments Curator:
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“THE INHERITANCE is, then, a novel concerned with questions of morality and education, but also national identity, the differences between Scottish and English cultures… It is also very funny”
—Books & Borrowing, 1750–1830 on Susan Ferrier’s THE INHERITANCE
7/8
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—Books & Borrowing, 1750–1830 on Susan Ferrier’s THE INHERITANCE
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Books and Borrowing 1750-1830 :: Forgotten Best-Sellers: Susan Ferrier’s The Inheritance (1824)
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September 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“THE INHERITANCE is, then, a novel concerned with questions of morality and education, but also national identity, the differences between Scottish and English cultures… It is also very funny”
—Books & Borrowing, 1750–1830 on Susan Ferrier’s THE INHERITANCE
7/8
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—Books & Borrowing, 1750–1830 on Susan Ferrier’s THE INHERITANCE
7/8
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We republished Susan Ferrier’s MARRIAGE in 2020—using the text of the acid-sharp 1819 2nd edition rather than the sentimentalised Victorian 4th edition of 1841. You can read the first chapter online here:
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Marriage: A Novel, by Susan Ferrier - Vol. 1 Ch. 1
Chapter 1 of Susan Ferrier's Marriage – a witty and satirical examination of female lives in the Regency
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September 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We republished Susan Ferrier’s MARRIAGE in 2020—using the text of the acid-sharp 1819 2nd edition rather than the sentimentalised Victorian 4th edition of 1841. You can read the first chapter online here:
3/8
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3/8
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I've made nothing (and won't) from publishing my book - included in LibGen (www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...). 😠The Anthropic Piracy Lawsuit form is now available to authors outwith the US: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... ✔️✒️(On a lighter note 'outwith' is now definitely in the AI realm.)
Anthropic Authors’ & Publishers’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser
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August 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I've made nothing (and won't) from publishing my book - included in LibGen (www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...). 😠The Anthropic Piracy Lawsuit form is now available to authors outwith the US: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... ✔️✒️(On a lighter note 'outwith' is now definitely in the AI realm.)
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24 month, 0.16 post at Glasgow University to cover my teaching while I'm leading a Leverhulme Project Grant. Desirable: Up-to-date knowledge and specialist understanding in science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war literature.
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Lecturer in English Literature (LTS)
Job Purpose The School of Critical Studies seeks to appoint a part-time fixed term Lecturer in English Literature (Learning, Teaching and Scholarship track) to provide teaching cover for Dr Gavin M...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
24 month, 0.16 post at Glasgow University to cover my teaching while I'm leading a Leverhulme Project Grant. Desirable: Up-to-date knowledge and specialist understanding in science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war literature.
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August 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The British Association for Romantic Studies Biennal International Conference 2026 - Romantic Retrospection
In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026
Updates & CfP announced:
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In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026
Updates & CfP announced:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
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August 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The British Association for Romantic Studies Biennal International Conference 2026 - Romantic Retrospection
In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026
Updates & CfP announced:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
[Image: Birmingham Museums Trust]
In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026
Updates & CfP announced:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
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Lovely visit to @merchantshallyork.org this morning - cafe and Hall both on great form! 🤩
August 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Lovely visit to @merchantshallyork.org this morning - cafe and Hall both on great form! 🤩
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Happy International Cat Day! 🐾
Have you visited Whittington: The Man, The Myth, and The Cat yet?
Don’t miss it — closing 21 August 2025!
Have you visited Whittington: The Man, The Myth, and The Cat yet?
Don’t miss it — closing 21 August 2025!
August 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Happy International Cat Day! 🐾
Have you visited Whittington: The Man, The Myth, and The Cat yet?
Don’t miss it — closing 21 August 2025!
Have you visited Whittington: The Man, The Myth, and The Cat yet?
Don’t miss it — closing 21 August 2025!
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Collecting The Most Beautiful Books
22 Aug, Rothesay – £8.50–£11
Kelsey Jackson Williams explores armorial bookbindings in the Bute Collection & tells the story of an exceptional but unknown assemblage of book-art in the Mount Stuart libraries
#BookHistory
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22 Aug, Rothesay – £8.50–£11
Kelsey Jackson Williams explores armorial bookbindings in the Bute Collection & tells the story of an exceptional but unknown assemblage of book-art in the Mount Stuart libraries
#BookHistory
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Collecting The Most Beautiful Books - August Talk
Join us on Friday 22nd August for an incredible evening delving into the Bute Collection at Mount Stuart's rare collection of bookbindings!
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August 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Collecting The Most Beautiful Books
22 Aug, Rothesay – £8.50–£11
Kelsey Jackson Williams explores armorial bookbindings in the Bute Collection & tells the story of an exceptional but unknown assemblage of book-art in the Mount Stuart libraries
#BookHistory
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collecting...
22 Aug, Rothesay – £8.50–£11
Kelsey Jackson Williams explores armorial bookbindings in the Bute Collection & tells the story of an exceptional but unknown assemblage of book-art in the Mount Stuart libraries
#BookHistory
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collecting...
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***CALL FOR PROPOSALS***
Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
New History Book Series Call for Proposals: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth- Century Cultures and Societies - BSECS
Series Editors: Elaine Chalus, University of Liverpool, UK and Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Routledge Editor: Max Novick The long eighteenth century sits as a pivotal poin...
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July 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
***CALL FOR PROPOSALS***
Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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In a new entry on our research blog, Glasgow's Alex Deans reflects on how Thomas Pennant's tours of Scotland are haunted by absent, ancient trees - and the possibility of enlightened reforestation
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July 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In a new entry on our research blog, Glasgow's Alex Deans reflects on how Thomas Pennant's tours of Scotland are haunted by absent, ancient trees - and the possibility of enlightened reforestation
curioustravellers.ac.uk/thomas-penna...
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