IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar
@long18thsem.bsky.social
Seminar on the history of Britain and associated regions during the long eighteenth century. Join us in London or on Zoom every other Wednesday at 17.30 GMT https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/british-history-long-18th-century
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AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD:
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Really looking forward to Samia Khatun's talk next wk: What is the Human? Recuperating Histories of Textiles Workers in Bengal from British East India Company Archives @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, online or in person, register here. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
What is the Human? Recuperating Histories of Textiles Workers in Bengal from British East India Company Archives
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October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Really looking forward to Samia Khatun's talk next wk: What is the Human? Recuperating Histories of Textiles Workers in Bengal from British East India Company Archives @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, online or in person, register here. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@polly-lowe.bsky.social delivering her excellent paper tonight, describing how a rhetoric of slavery was used in debates surrounding the practice of bound Scottish colliers in the eighteenth century.
October 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@polly-lowe.bsky.social delivering her excellent paper tonight, describing how a rhetoric of slavery was used in debates surrounding the practice of bound Scottish colliers in the eighteenth century.
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Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history!
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history!
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
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Great to see the recording of @richardjansell.bsky.social 's recent paper on travel journals and servants' lives on the Grand Tour is now avaiable on the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social website. @long18thsem.bsky.social See: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour
British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar
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October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Great to see the recording of @richardjansell.bsky.social 's recent paper on travel journals and servants' lives on the Grand Tour is now avaiable on the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social website. @long18thsem.bsky.social See: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD:
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD:
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Join us live at the IHR or online.
Register: tinyurl.com/2xt3th36
@carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social
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October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Next Wednesday 22-10 starting at 5:30pm Dr Polly Lowe will present her paper ‘Bound Labour, Narratives of Nationhood, and the Rhetoric of Slavery: Liberty, Identity, and Scottish Coal-Miners in the Long Eighteenth Century’. Join us in person at the IHR or online!
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Bound Labour, Narratives of Nationhood, and the Rhetoric of Slavery: Liberty, Identity, and Scottish Coal-Miners in the Long Eighteenth Century
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October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Next Wednesday 22-10 starting at 5:30pm Dr Polly Lowe will present her paper ‘Bound Labour, Narratives of Nationhood, and the Rhetoric of Slavery: Liberty, Identity, and Scottish Coal-Miners in the Long Eighteenth Century’. Join us in person at the IHR or online!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Just listening to @richardjansell.bsky.social talking eloquently about servants and their journals on the grand tour @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just listening to @richardjansell.bsky.social talking eloquently about servants and their journals on the grand tour @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
ICYMI 👎
Join us tonight, either at the IHR or online to hear @richardjansell.bsky.social present his paper about servants on the ‘Grand Tour’ in the eighteenth century!
Join us tonight, either at the IHR or online to hear @richardjansell.bsky.social present his paper about servants on the ‘Grand Tour’ in the eighteenth century!
Join us next Wednesday (8-10) in person at the IHR or online from 5:30pm to Dr Richard Ansell’s paper ‘Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour’. Register with the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Richard outlines the paper here:
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
Richard outlines the paper here:
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
Join Dr Richard Ansell (Birkbeck) for a free online seminar. 5:30-7:30pm London time on Wed. Oct 8 via zoom. “Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour”. From valets to maids, dis...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
ICYMI 👎
Join us tonight, either at the IHR or online to hear @richardjansell.bsky.social present his paper about servants on the ‘Grand Tour’ in the eighteenth century!
Join us tonight, either at the IHR or online to hear @richardjansell.bsky.social present his paper about servants on the ‘Grand Tour’ in the eighteenth century!
Join us next Wednesday (8-10) in person at the IHR or online from 5:30pm to Dr Richard Ansell’s paper ‘Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour’. Register with the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Richard outlines the paper here:
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
Richard outlines the paper here:
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
Join Dr Richard Ansell (Birkbeck) for a free online seminar. 5:30-7:30pm London time on Wed. Oct 8 via zoom. “Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour”. From valets to maids, dis...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Join us next Wednesday (8-10) in person at the IHR or online from 5:30pm to Dr Richard Ansell’s paper ‘Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour’. Register with the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Richard outlines the paper here:
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
Richard outlines the paper here:
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
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Really looking forward to Richard Ansel's talk on servants during the Grand Tour next Wednesday @long18thsem.bsky.social Here is a quick taster: www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
Join Dr Richard Ansell (Birkbeck) for a free online seminar. 5:30-7:30pm London time on Wed. Oct 8 via zoom. “Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour”. From valets to maids, dis...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Really looking forward to Richard Ansel's talk on servants during the Grand Tour next Wednesday @long18thsem.bsky.social Here is a quick taster: www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
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Happening this evening! The talk is written, the PowerPoint is locked. Looking forward to chatting d'Eon with @long18thsem.bsky.social.
This Wednesday 24 September, I'm speaking @long18thsem.bsky.social on the various "judgments" made on the Chevalier d'Eon's sex in 1777. To whet your appetite, here's the title slide, and you can register for this (free) hybrid talk via the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happening this evening! The talk is written, the PowerPoint is locked. Looking forward to chatting d'Eon with @long18thsem.bsky.social.
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THIS IS IT!
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS - Submit a Proposal
Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
THIS IS IT!
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
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Very much looking forward to Dan Gosling (TNA) speaking on 'A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon' this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome online or in person, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon
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September 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Very much looking forward to Dan Gosling (TNA) speaking on 'A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon' this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome online or in person, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join us next Wednesday for our first seminar of this year with @thegozfather.bsky.social discussing Lord Mansfield’s judgement on the Chevalier d’Eon (register via this link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...)
Check out the following clip to receive a sneak peak!
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Check out the following clip to receive a sneak peak!
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Live hybrid seminar 5:30-7:30 (London - see link in bio) 24 September 2025. Dr Daniel F. Gosling, ‘A question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” of the sex of Chevalier d’Eon’. In July 1777...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Join us next Wednesday for our first seminar of this year with @thegozfather.bsky.social discussing Lord Mansfield’s judgement on the Chevalier d’Eon (register via this link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...)
Check out the following clip to receive a sneak peak!
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
Check out the following clip to receive a sneak peak!
www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...
ICYMI: It is not too late to register for our final seminar of the 2024-2025 year - we hope to see you all either at the IHR or online!
And a reminder that our final seminar for 2024-25 is on 25 June at 5:30pm (at the IHR in London and online), with David Turner speaking on 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long 18th Century'. Like all @ihrlibrary.bsky.social seminars, it's free and open to the public.
June 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
ICYMI: It is not too late to register for our final seminar of the 2024-2025 year - we hope to see you all either at the IHR or online!
@joecozens.bsky.social, one of our seminar convenors, has just had an article published by @histparl.bsky.social discussing his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election.
historyofparliament.com/2025/06/24/j...
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John Lewis: A Black Sailor at the 1828 Weymouth By-Election - The History of Parliament
In this guest article Dr Joe Cozens discusses his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election. Dr Cozens is
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June 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@joecozens.bsky.social, one of our seminar convenors, has just had an article published by @histparl.bsky.social discussing his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election.
historyofparliament.com/2025/06/24/j...
historyofparliament.com/2025/06/24/j...
Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’
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Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
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June 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’
@ihr.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hMRGz
@ihr.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hMRGz
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Very much looking forward to John Coffey speaking about the diaries of William Wilberforce this Wed. at the earlier time of 3pm - in Northampton. Do join us online or in person (some travel funds are available). www.history.ac.uk/events/diari... @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
The Diaries and Journals of William Wilberforce: An Editor’s Report
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June 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Very much looking forward to John Coffey speaking about the diaries of William Wilberforce this Wed. at the earlier time of 3pm - in Northampton. Do join us online or in person (some travel funds are available). www.history.ac.uk/events/diari... @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
Join us next Wednesday at the University of Northampton as we take the Seminar on the road! Starting at 15:00 hyrid, John Coffey (Leicester) will present on the ongoing Wilberforce Diaries project.
The event will be proceeded by a walking tour of Northampton!
www.history.ac.uk/events/diari...
The event will be proceeded by a walking tour of Northampton!
www.history.ac.uk/events/diari...
The Diaries and Journals of William Wilberforce: An Editor’s Report
www.history.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Join us next Wednesday at the University of Northampton as we take the Seminar on the road! Starting at 15:00 hyrid, John Coffey (Leicester) will present on the ongoing Wilberforce Diaries project.
The event will be proceeded by a walking tour of Northampton!
www.history.ac.uk/events/diari...
The event will be proceeded by a walking tour of Northampton!
www.history.ac.uk/events/diari...
Join us next Wednesday 28 May, in person at the IHR and online (17:30-19:30) to hear Annabelle Gilmore’s (Birmingham) paper “‘I shall describe no more’: Reconnecting Black Histories to the Beckford Collection at Charlecote Park”
@ihr.bsky.social
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@ihr.bsky.social
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‘I shall describe no more’: Reconnecting Black Histories to the Beckford Collection at Charlecote Park
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May 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Join us next Wednesday 28 May, in person at the IHR and online (17:30-19:30) to hear Annabelle Gilmore’s (Birmingham) paper “‘I shall describe no more’: Reconnecting Black Histories to the Beckford Collection at Charlecote Park”
@ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/events/i-sha...
@ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/events/i-sha...
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Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.
May 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.
We hosted our annual PhD Lightning Talks session last night, featuring 12 early stage PhDs presenting their research to an eager audience. It was fantastic to see the continued vibrancy and range of British 18th century studies!
May 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We hosted our annual PhD Lightning Talks session last night, featuring 12 early stage PhDs presenting their research to an eager audience. It was fantastic to see the continued vibrancy and range of British 18th century studies!
Follow Margot’s post for live updates of our Lightning Talks event!
The Lightening Talkers (aka the Long 18th Century Zappers) are in the room. Looking forward to learning about their in-progress PhDs.
Join us next Wednesday (14 May) in room 243 of Senate House or online for our annual Lightning Talks event. This is our seminar’s flagship event where we hear rapid-fire three minute presentations from early-stage PhDs about their dissertation research.
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www.history.ac.uk/events/light...
May 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Follow Margot’s post for live updates of our Lightning Talks event!
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Very much looking forward to meeting the next generation of 18th c. historians at tomorrow's 'Lightning Talks' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, either online or in person; but please register www.history.ac.uk/events/light...
Lightning Talks
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May 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Very much looking forward to meeting the next generation of 18th c. historians at tomorrow's 'Lightning Talks' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, either online or in person; but please register www.history.ac.uk/events/light...