Dr Leith Davis
drleith.bsky.social
Dr Leith Davis
@drleith.bsky.social
English Prof @SFUenglish; Director @sfuscottishstudies; #18thc.; early #19thc; #bookhistory; #culturalmemory; early #circus; amateur #trad musician
Heads up re: the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies/Société canadienne d’études du dix-huitième siècle 2025 Conference: Trans/Formations: Crossing Borders, Blurring Boundaries in Regina/Oskana, Saskatchewan 15-18 October, 2025
May 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Research Centre for Scottish Studies is excited to welcome back Marjory Harper talking about letters from the Scottish diaspora. Scour your attics. and bring your own family letters down for a workshop after the talk!
March 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Huge thanks to @charlieholland.bsky.social (and all the volunteers) for skillful organization of the 1st European Circus History Conference at the fabulous Cinema Museum, London. Super time sharing research with colleagues from all over the world.
March 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
So pleased to present at the 1st European Circus History Conference in London this weekend -- appropriately held at the Cinema Museum. Great mixture of historians and practitioners --
March 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We are really excited to be bringing out _Shaping Jacobitism_ at the end of August. The contributions are multidisciplinary and all fascinating -- and the cover alone is worth waiting for!
January 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM