Dr Helen Williams
@drwilliams.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Literature & UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
📚 Author of Laurence Sterne & the C18 Book (CUP, 2021)
📚 Co-editor of John Cleland’s Letters (CUP, 2024)
📚 Working on a global history of women in book production
📚 Author of Laurence Sterne & the C18 Book (CUP, 2021)
📚 Co-editor of John Cleland’s Letters (CUP, 2024)
📚 Working on a global history of women in book production
Reposted by Dr Helen Williams
The (partial) return of Bodleian Ballads - bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
Council’s Choice for November 2025 - Bibliographical Society
The (Partial) Return of the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Something about broadside ballads has recommended them as subjects for digital resources. As popular, ephemeral publications they have always pro...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The (partial) return of Bodleian Ballads - bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trades - a very special conference in the most amazing printing/historic house museum, The Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trades - a very special conference in the most amazing printing/historic house museum, The Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp ❤️
Reposted by Dr Helen Williams
For those visiting Antwerp (esp. those of you attending for the Women&Household in Book Trade conference next week) do not forget to go and visit this library gem as well! #bookhistory
An enthusiastic article about the Hendrik Conscience Library in the Italian arts blog ArtLife: artslife.com/2025/10/26/h...
Hendrik Conscience. Un tuffo in una delle biblioteche più affascinanti del mondo - ArtsLife
Fondata nel 1481 grazie alla donazione di 41 libri, la biblioteca Hendrik Conscience di Anversa è una delle più antiche del Belgio
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October 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
For those visiting Antwerp (esp. those of you attending for the Women&Household in Book Trade conference next week) do not forget to go and visit this library gem as well! #bookhistory
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What a day! Had a great time hearing all these specialists talk about the self-evident involvement of women in the book production. Now time for dinner at the most beautiful location at the Samenloop restaurant housed in the former Maiden’s House of Antwerp!
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What a day! Had a great time hearing all these specialists talk about the self-evident involvement of women in the book production. Now time for dinner at the most beautiful location at the Samenloop restaurant housed in the former Maiden’s House of Antwerp!
Reposted by Dr Helen Williams
‘Women’s traces of involvement in the #earlymodern book trade are there in the archives, just sitting there waiting to be reconnected with research.’
- Opening keynote lecture of Susan Broomhall perfectly capturing the essence of our conference Women & The Household in the Early Modern Book Trade!
- Opening keynote lecture of Susan Broomhall perfectly capturing the essence of our conference Women & The Household in the Early Modern Book Trade!
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
‘Women’s traces of involvement in the #earlymodern book trade are there in the archives, just sitting there waiting to be reconnected with research.’
- Opening keynote lecture of Susan Broomhall perfectly capturing the essence of our conference Women & The Household in the Early Modern Book Trade!
- Opening keynote lecture of Susan Broomhall perfectly capturing the essence of our conference Women & The Household in the Early Modern Book Trade!
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Hello #academicsky! I'm sharing a cfp for an edited collection on "Naming & Classifying," pulled together by me, Kristin Girten, & @aaronrhanlon.com . We'd love to see your work! Please also circulate to anyone you think might be interested. Deadline 10/31. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Naming and Classifying cfp final
CFP: Naming and Classifying in the Long Eighteenth Century Whereas “the nineteenth century can be seen as the century of counting and measuring,” the eighteenth century can be seen as the century of ...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hello #academicsky! I'm sharing a cfp for an edited collection on "Naming & Classifying," pulled together by me, Kristin Girten, & @aaronrhanlon.com . We'd love to see your work! Please also circulate to anyone you think might be interested. Deadline 10/31. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Big news! Still pinching myself 📚
📣Two talented Northumbria researchers have today been awarded a share of £120 million from @ukri.org's flagship Future Leaders Fellowship fund to help advance their work in space physics and book history.
🎉Congratulations to Dr @charlottestalks.bsky.social
and Dr @drwilliams.bsky.social
🎉Congratulations to Dr @charlottestalks.bsky.social
and Dr @drwilliams.bsky.social
Northumbria researchers announced as winners of Future Leaders Fellowships
Two talented researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded a share of £120 million from UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) flagship Future Leaders Fellowship fund to help advance their wo...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Big news! Still pinching myself 📚
Following on from our pilot event, the Arvon Foundation have launched another writing masterclass for academics creating public-facing material.
16th September 7-9pm, with author and climate scientist Peter Stott MBE, registration £40/£20 concessions.
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
16th September 7-9pm, with author and climate scientist Peter Stott MBE, registration £40/£20 concessions.
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Masterclass: from Academic to General Non-Fiction | Writing that connects | Arvon
If you have an academic background, how do you find a place for creativity in your writing? Academics often capture fascinating stories in their research and archival work, but they don’t necessarily ...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Following on from our pilot event, the Arvon Foundation have launched another writing masterclass for academics creating public-facing material.
16th September 7-9pm, with author and climate scientist Peter Stott MBE, registration £40/£20 concessions.
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
16th September 7-9pm, with author and climate scientist Peter Stott MBE, registration £40/£20 concessions.
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
There’s still time 🕰️
We are delighted to be co-hosting the Laurence Sterne Conference this year from 5th - 7th November 2025 at @sotauol.bsky.social🌍
Deadline for registration: 1st September
Deadline for proposals: 15th August
Find out more and how to register: bit.ly/SterneConference25
@lsternetrust.bsky.social
Deadline for registration: 1st September
Deadline for proposals: 15th August
Find out more and how to register: bit.ly/SterneConference25
@lsternetrust.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
There’s still time 🕰️
Deadline 31 August 💚
***Engagement Officer Vacancy***
We're looking for an engagement officer to act as primary point of contact for #18thC centres across the UK, and to oversee our outreach and engagement. It's a voluntary role, but associated travel & accommodation expenses are paid...
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We're looking for an engagement officer to act as primary point of contact for #18thC centres across the UK, and to oversee our outreach and engagement. It's a voluntary role, but associated travel & accommodation expenses are paid...
www.bsecs.org.uk/the-society/...
Vacancies - BSECS
Vacancies on the Council This page gives details of any current vacancies on the BSECS Council. Vacancies are normally advertised in the autumn of the year and appointments are made or elections held ...
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July 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Deadline 31 August 💚
Free event on Republican Bodies: Medicine, Natural Philosophy and Politics. Durham, 18 September. Register here:
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Republican Bodies: Medicine, Natural Philosophy and Politics
7 Owengate, Durham University, DH1 3HB
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July 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Free event on Republican Bodies: Medicine, Natural Philosophy and Politics. Durham, 18 September. Register here:
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This looks amazing!
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh announces the launch of a new website, The People’s Dispensary featuring a digitised and transcribed collection of 18th century case notes of the Edinburgh Public Dispensary from its foundation in 1776.
buff.ly/UzShOzg
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July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This looks amazing!
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📚 Most read in The Shandean this week:
'The Life of Books in Tristram Shandy' by Judith Hawley
Read it online: bit.ly/Books-Shandean
@drwilliams.bsky.social @shandyhall.bsky.social @lsternetrust.bsky.social @antiquaries.bsky.social @llc-rhul.bsky.social
'The Life of Books in Tristram Shandy' by Judith Hawley
Read it online: bit.ly/Books-Shandean
@drwilliams.bsky.social @shandyhall.bsky.social @lsternetrust.bsky.social @antiquaries.bsky.social @llc-rhul.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
📚 Most read in The Shandean this week:
'The Life of Books in Tristram Shandy' by Judith Hawley
Read it online: bit.ly/Books-Shandean
@drwilliams.bsky.social @shandyhall.bsky.social @lsternetrust.bsky.social @antiquaries.bsky.social @llc-rhul.bsky.social
'The Life of Books in Tristram Shandy' by Judith Hawley
Read it online: bit.ly/Books-Shandean
@drwilliams.bsky.social @shandyhall.bsky.social @lsternetrust.bsky.social @antiquaries.bsky.social @llc-rhul.bsky.social
Audiobook listeners! Please could you complete our 5-min survey on northern voices? And please share widely!
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Northern Audiobooks
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June 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Audiobook listeners! Please could you complete our 5-min survey on northern voices? And please share widely!
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbri...
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Fully-funded PhD with the @britishlibrary and @NorthumbriaUni
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
Northern Bridge Consortium (NBC) Doctoral Training Partnership
Northumbria University is a member of the Northern Bridge Consortium, a doctoral training partnership in which we collaborate with Durham, Newcastle, Queen's Belfast, Sunderland, Teesside and Ulster U...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Fully-funded PhD with the @britishlibrary and @NorthumbriaUni
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
The Brief Lives 2025 Essay Award is open to UK and Ireland based writers under 35 - deadline 30 September, word limit 3,000. The biographical subject, or subjects, should be historical figures of significance.
See elhb.uk/brieflives for more details about the Award, including eligibility.
See elhb.uk/brieflives for more details about the Award, including eligibility.
Brief Lives Essay Award - ELHB
Elizabeth Longford Brief Lives 2025 Essay Award for Historical Biography is open to UK residents aged 35 and younger
elhb.uk
May 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Brief Lives 2025 Essay Award is open to UK and Ireland based writers under 35 - deadline 30 September, word limit 3,000. The biographical subject, or subjects, should be historical figures of significance.
See elhb.uk/brieflives for more details about the Award, including eligibility.
See elhb.uk/brieflives for more details about the Award, including eligibility.
The BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship offers up to £4000 to research the history, culture, literature, and/or identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the long eighteenth century. Deadline for applications is 31 May 2025. Find out more at www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS
www.bsecs.org.uk
May 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship offers up to £4000 to research the history, culture, literature, and/or identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the long eighteenth century. Deadline for applications is 31 May 2025. Find out more at www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
Our book is out now, online open-access!
Literary Heritage: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Literary Heritage: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Literary Heritage: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic
Literary Heritage examines the literary heritage sector in the post-pandemic moment. The book argues that this is a unique time for literary heritage management and demonstrates that the key to unders...
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May 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Our book is out now, online open-access!
Literary Heritage: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic
www.routledge.com/Literary-Her...
Literary Heritage: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic
www.routledge.com/Literary-Her...
Fully-funded PhD with the @britishlibrary and @NorthumbriaUni
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
Northern Bridge Consortium (NBC) Doctoral Training Partnership
Northumbria University is a member of the Northern Bridge Consortium, a doctoral training partnership in which we collaborate with Durham, Newcastle, Queen's Belfast, Sunderland, Teesside and Ulster U...
www.northumbria.ac.uk
April 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Fully-funded PhD with the @britishlibrary and @NorthumbriaUni
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
'The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place'
Deadline 31 May for an October start
www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/pos...
Reposted by Dr Helen Williams
“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
April 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
Looking on in horror right now - this thread is a tonic. Thank you, Kate x
My dream book history course would pair Raddus's chapter with @drwilliams.bsky.social with "Craftivism and Cottonian Bindings: “The Handiwork of Greta Hall”" in Criticism (2022) to trace how women created culturally significant bindings of books
digitalcommons.wayne.edu/criticism/vo...
digitalcommons.wayne.edu/criticism/vo...
Craftivism and Cottonian Bindings: “The Handiwork of Greta Hall”
Edith Southey, Edith May Southey, and Sara Coleridge Jr. covered Robert Southey’s books in vibrantly printed dress fabrics, creating a collection that came to be called “the Cottonian Library.” This a...
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April 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Looking on in horror right now - this thread is a tonic. Thank you, Kate x
This will be so good! CFP deadline this week.
Don’t forget our CfP for our long 18thc @bsecs.bsky.social PGR/ECR conference in Bath 30-31st July on the theme of facades! Closes on 21st March. We can’t wait to welcome you to Bath Spa and the city! #skystorians #18c #19c #17c Please share with anyone interested!
March 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This will be so good! CFP deadline this week.
Deadline 31 March 📣📣📣
Antwerp conference at the wonderful Plantin Moretus and Rubens House Museums
CFP: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade
museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...
CFP: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade
museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...
Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade | Museum Plantin-Moretus
The Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade Conference 2025 is organised by the Museum Plantin-Moretus, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Utrecht University, and Northumbria University ...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Deadline 31 March 📣📣📣
Had a nice chat with my friend Declan about my latest obsession - listen here x
Biographicon: a podcast on the Northern Enlightenment
biographicon.net/podcast/09-s...
Biographicon: a podcast on the Northern Enlightenment
biographicon.net/podcast/09-s...
10. Sarah Hodgson a radical type, with Helen Williams - Biographicon
In this episode I am joined by Helen Williams, a specialist in eighteenth-century book history to find out about the Newcastle-upon-Tyne printer-publisher, newspaper editor and radical Sarah Hodgson. ...
biographicon.net
March 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Had a nice chat with my friend Declan about my latest obsession - listen here x
Biographicon: a podcast on the Northern Enlightenment
biographicon.net/podcast/09-s...
Biographicon: a podcast on the Northern Enlightenment
biographicon.net/podcast/09-s...
Antwerp conference at the wonderful Plantin Moretus and Rubens House Museums
CFP: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade
museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...
CFP: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade
museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...
Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade | Museum Plantin-Moretus
The Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade Conference 2025 is organised by the Museum Plantin-Moretus, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Utrecht University, and Northumbria University ...
museumplantinmoretus.be
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Antwerp conference at the wonderful Plantin Moretus and Rubens House Museums
CFP: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade
museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...
CFP: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade
museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...