Brycchan Carey

@brycchancarey.bsky.social

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Professor of Literature, Culture, and History; scholar of slavery, empire, and natural history; Stalwart of BSECS, ASLEUKI, the Linnean Society, and Alnwick FoE. From Cornwall, now living in Alnwick, Northumberland. Website: https://www.brycchancarey.com .. more

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Brycchan Carey is a British academic and author with research interests in the environmental humanities and the cultural history of slavery and abolition. He was educated at Goldsmiths' College, University of London and Queen Mary, University of London, where he completed a doctorate on "The Rhetoric of Sensibility: Argument, Sentiment, and Slavery in the Late Eighteenth Century". He lectured at Kingston University from 2000 before taking up the role of Professor of Literature, Culture, and History at Northumbria University in 2016. .. more

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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been at the University of Glasgow this evening, where they appear to cover the full spectrum of Scottish Enlightenment.

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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 14d

Last call! ASLE-UKI online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & Tobias Menely. Register FREE at asle.org.uk/events/semin...

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 15d

Polling suggests we passed peak Reform last autumn and the Tories are making a modest recovery. So Zahawi, Jenrick, Braverman et al are rats fleeing TO a sinking ship which, under the weight of all those failed and unpopular Tories, is only going to sink faster.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 18d

Sorry about that! There are just too many time zones in the world to get a comfortable time zone for everyone!

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 21d

"An outstanding addition to a burgeoning field in slavery scholarship". My thanks to Ryan Hanley for this lovely review of my book The Unnatural Trade in The American Historical Review. Read the review at: doi.org/10.1093/ahr/.... More about the book at: www.brycchancarey.com/bookshop/unn...

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 22d

Please join the @asleuki.bsky.social online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & @tobiasmenely.bsky.social. Register at asle.org.uk/events/semin...

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 22d

Fog on the Tyne? Actually, the Tyne, foreground, is clear. Those low clouds are following the course of the River Derwent, a tributary of the Tyne. As seen from the B&Q car park in Scotswood!

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 29d

It's just a couple of weeks now until the ASLE-UKI Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on Thursday 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT. All welcome! Further details and FREE registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Jan 6

I’m in Oxford for #BSECS2026 at Pembroke College, having braved blizzards to get here. No snow in Oxford, but there is plenty of light and shade.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Jan 3

Snowy afternoon in Alnwick Market Place.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Jan 1

We took our traditional new-year birding walk around Boulmer, Northumberland, this year and stayed until sunset. We saw 32 species including hundreds of lapwing and golden plover, smaller numbers of grey plover, plus widgeon, eider, curlew, and even a song thrush and grey wagtail on the beach.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Dec 30

"A forcefully argued, carefully constructed account of naturalism lending fuel to abolitionism." My thanks to Chris Townend for this very generous review of my book The Unnatural Trade in Slavery and Abolition, 46:3 (September 2025) 772–73. Read the review at doi.org/10.1080/0144...

The Unnatural Trade: Slavery, Abolition, and Environmental Writing, 1660–1807

Published in Slavery & Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies (Vol. 46, No. 3, 2025)

doi.org

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Dec 24

Spare a thought for St. Nicholas tonight. He was a brilliant bishop who took part in the Council of Nicaea, but he grew old and fat. When the theological work dried up, he moved to the North Pole, began to hang around with elves, and was forced to take work as a night-shift delivery driver.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Dec 21

For the shortest, murkiest day of the year, Rosie and I walked around Gibside near Gateshead where there were woods and lakes, a ruined mansion, a Palladian chapel, and a colossal Whiggish statue of Liberty with her cap and staff at the end of a half-mile-long oak avenue. A modest estate.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Dec 2

Regent Street is looking angelic tonight while Oxford Street is having some light rain.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Dec 1

It’s a pleasingly grey morning in Seahouses, with atmospheric views to Bamburgh and the Farne Islands.

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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Nov 24

It's great to see so many signing up for the @asleuki.bsky.social Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT, but there's still room for more! Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...

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Alnwick Area Friends of the Earth @alnwickfoe.bsky.social · Nov 23

Newcastle Airport is planning to expand and they want your feedback. You can see their expansion masterplan and leave comments on their website - but hurry, the consultation closes on 30 November 2026. www.newcastleairport.com/corporate/co...

Masterplan 2040

www.newcastleairport.com

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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Nov 22

#COP30 is about to agree a climate deal that doesn’t mention fossil fuels, which is a bit like an alcoholic agreeing a plan to tackle his addiction without mentioning the vodka.

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Nov 20

A snowy morning in my garden. A proper Northumberland November!

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Nov 12

I’m teaching Oliver Goldsmith’s 1770 Deserted Village tomorrow. He says princes can be made and unmade and that the country is in trouble when the super rich accumulate wealth and farmers are put out of business. How on earth do I make any of that relevant to today’s students?

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Nov 9

Shocking to see Panorama’s dodgy editing of Donald Trump. Is this the kind of honest, responsible journalism that we’ve come to expect from the show that exposed the failure of the Swiss spaghetti harvest as far back as 1957?

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Nov 3

The Arran Butcher does amazing pork and seaweed sausages! (In other news, when I was a child my next door neighbour was known as “The Butcher of Broadmoor”. He’d previously worked in the kitchen at Broadmoor Prison!)

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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · Oct 29

A huge range of studies covered by @charlottegoodge.bsky.social & Thomas Leonard-Roy, from @brycchancarey.bsky.social’s The Unnatural Trade to @rhyskamjones.bsky.social's ‘Queering Thomas Gray’s Celticism’. Itching to get reading & #editing!

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Images of the covers for the following studies: Brycchan Carey’s The Unnatural Trade: Slavery Abolition, and Environmental Writing, 1650-1807; Alison O’Byrne’s The Art of Walking in London: Representing the Eighteenth-Century City, 1700-1830; Thomas Gray among the Disciplines, edited by Ruth Abbott and Ephraim Levinson; and a special issue of Eighteenth-Century Life, entitled ‘The Manuscript Book in the Long Eighteenth Century’, edited by Alexis Chema and Betty Schellenberg.

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Oct 27

A date for your diary: Please join the ASLE-UKI Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT. Convened by Brycchan Carey (Northumbria) and Tess Somervell (Oxford). Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Oct 11

I spotted this poster on the community noticeboard of my local supermarket. I’m glad to see the word is getting out and I hope to see vast crowds at the Whittingham Memorial Institute next Wednesday evening to hear my talk about William Turner, the Tudor botanist from Morpeth.

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Alnwick Area Friends of the Earth @alnwickfoe.bsky.social · Sep 26

Northumberland Wildlife Trust are appealing for donations to save the Rothbury Estate, a breathtaking mix of moorland, woodland, rivers, and farmland. Until 30 September, whatever you give will be doubled, up to £100,000. You can find out more and donate at www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

Rothbury Estate Match Appeal | The Wildlife Trusts

In the heart of Northumberland, a rare, wild and historic 3,800-hectare estate is at risk of being sold off and lost for nature. Until 30 September 2025, your gift will be doubled to help save it, up ...

www.wildlifetrusts.org

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Sep 22

My travel plans for the week reveal one way British English is clearer than American English:

American: I'm going to Sheffield Wednesday!

British: I'm going to Sheffield on Wednesday.

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Alnwick Area Friends of the Earth @alnwickfoe.bsky.social · Sep 20

We're teaming up with Alnwick Playhouse to present Christo Waller's film Leaving it Better, a compelling story of what happened when environmentalists met with Teesdale farmers. Join us on Tuesday 7 October, 7.30pm. Admission FREE! More information and book at alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/event/leavin...

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ASLE-UKI @asleuki.bsky.social · Sep 19

ASLE-UKI Online Seminar Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment

29 January 2026, 3:00-7:00pm GMT

Convenors: Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University) and Tess Somervell (University of Oxford)

Further details: asle.org.uk/events/semin...

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asle-uki-s...

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