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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York
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• Putting the interdisciplinary in eighteenth century studies for over 25 years
• Researching and teaching the longest eighteenth century, 1650-1850
• Home to the interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York
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Lovely snow this morning at our new CECS home at Heslington Hall, including the 18th c Dutch style topiary garden behind the Tudor manor house:
Front entrance to Heslington Hall with snow Courtyard of Heslington Hall with snow Yew topiary garden with snow Yew topiaries with snow
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Superb final keynote by Scott Krawczyk on Voicing Anti-War Dissent. Our landmark Barbauld conference also featured excellent keynotes by Emma Clery, Elizabeth Kraft & William McCarthy. Thank you to all of our brilliant presenters & to organisers @maryfairclough.bsky.social & Jo Wharton 💫 #Barbauld
Scott Krawczyk delivering his keynote address to conference delegates
June 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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What a grand first day of our conference ‘Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent’ at King’s Manor and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. And now we’re partway through a second day of rich and wide-ranging research. #eighteenthcentury #18thC
Conference poster and entryway to the Huntingdon Room Conference programme against a stone wall The conference scene in the Huntingdon Room, with delegates.
June 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Many congratulations to Dr Catriona Kennedy @trionakennedy.bsky.social on her new book, Women, Politics, and the Irish Public Sphere in the Age of Revolution, from Oxford University Press. A beautiful and insightful book! 📚💫🎉
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Catriona Kennedy’s new book, photographed in front of the historic King’s Manor.
June 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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📚 🥂 Congratulations to Dr Alison O’Byrne and Prof Jim Watt on the publication of their co-edited collection, Discovering Britain and Ireland in the Romantic Period: Grand Tours. Out now from CUP: www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
Book cover for Discovering Britain and Ireland in the Romantic Period: Grand Tours.
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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We’re open today from 11am to 4pm at King’s Manor for the Great CECS Book Sale. Come by to support our brilliant postgraduate community in person or online at our crowdfunding page: yustart.hubbub.net/p/CECSbooks/...
Books in the foyer of CECS at King’s Manor. Books in the foyer of CECS at King’s Manor. Books in the foyer of CECS at King’s Manor.
May 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We are up and running at the Great CECS Book Sale. All welcome! Thank you so much for your support whether you’re in York or supporting from afar 📚🩷📚
Book sale bunting at the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
May 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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At CECS, 2025 is a big year for us because 1775 was, too. We’ve been co-curating a 250th exhibition on Jane Austen and JMW Turner at Harewood House. More info in the coming weeks, so watch this space. #AustenTurner #18thC #JaneAusten Ticket info: harewood.org/events/auste...
Poster for the Austen Turner exhibition at Harewood House, co-curated by CECS.
March 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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York is swarming with Vikings today but nice to see that Elizabeth Montagu is holding strong at Treasurer’s House.
Elizabeth Montagu’s blue plaque on the wall outside Treasurer’s House.
February 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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We ❤️ our postgraduate community at CECS. Earlier this month our PG Forum organized a craft afternoon of making Georgian illuminations. Gorgeous!
6 Georgian style illuminations of York buildings and eighteenth century buildings taped to a window, with trees and a building in the background. A Georgian style illumination print of St Paul’s Cathedral A Georgian style illumination print of York’s Walmgate bar. A Georgian style illumination print of York’s Shambles.
February 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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📣 Funded PhD at York with the National Trust: ‘At Home with Angelica Kauffman: The Material and Print Culture of an Eighteenth-Century Artist’. Co-supervised by Chloe Wigston Smith @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social & Rachel Conroy @curatorrachel.bsky.social #18thC
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First page of the advert for the funded PhD at York, with the National Trust. Follow the link in the post for full info about the funding.
February 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Hello, new followers! CECS is delighted to share a book giveaway: Material Literacy in 18th c Britain, co-edited by @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social (CECS’s new director) and @serenadyer.bsky.social (CECS alum). To enter: reply to our post with your favourite #18thC material object / skill
The book Material Literacy in 18th Century Britain, posed before the King’s Manor building in York.
January 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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📚🎉📚 Huge congratulations to CECS member Dr Alison O’Byrne on the publication day of her book, The Art of Walking in London: Representing the Eighteenth-Century City, 1700-1830 from @cambridgeup.bsky.social
‘Elegantly written, well-researched, and highly engaging’ and with a gorgeous cover. #18thC
Cover image of Alison O’Byrne’s book, showing the image of a man recoiling from the wet spray of a woman’s mop. The painting, by Edward Penny, is inspired by Jonathan Swift’s poem, ‘A Description of a City Shower’.
January 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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A chilly but beautiful morning at CECS & King’s Manor.
View of King’s Manor and Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
November 18, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Welcome to CECS’s first book giveaway! To enter: follow us & add your comment to this post: share one thing that drew you to the #18thcentury: the good, bad, beautiful and / or ugly. The winner of Treasures Afoot will be randomly* selected (*focusing on ECRs in the UK, for reasons of postage).
Book cover of Kimberly Alexander’s book, Treasures Afoot, with the King’s Manor building in the background.
November 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Spotted in a London shop a few weeks ago: the 1966 London Jug, made by Wedgwood for Liberty’s of London. #18thcentury
The London Jug, from 1966, produced by Wedgwood for Liberty’s, with Samuel Johnson quotation on one side. The London Jug, from 1966, produced by Wedgwood for Liberty’s, with Wordsworth’s London Bridge on one side.
November 12, 2024 at 8:31 AM