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Emma Stanbridge
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ECR Fellow @ Institute of English Studies. | C18 Life-writing, literary biography, Anna Seward.
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philistella.bsky.social
ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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post-doc-club.bsky.social
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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willpooley.bsky.social
“Cataclysmically bad”

This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.

1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:

frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/

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ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
emmastanbridge.bsky.social
I’m very happy to see that these letters are now published. It was great to work on this with @nick-seager.bsky.social ✉️ ✍️
September 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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montaguletters.bsky.social
In their introduction to these papers, Seager and Stanbridge draw attention to Montagu's esteem for her friend, writing on his death in 1772: "I feel the loss of a Person who sincerely loved me, & never lost an opportunity of doing me any service of pleasure."
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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montaguletters.bsky.social
These letters have been edited by the wonderful Nicholas Seager and @emmastanbridge.bsky.social, and explore the candid yet intellectual friendship Montagu and Stillingfleet shared.
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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📣📣 We're very excited to share the publication of a new set of letters between Elizabeth Montagu and Benjamin Stillingfleet, now available on our website:
emco.swansea.ac.uk/emco/corresp...
Letters from Elizabeth Montagu to Benjamin Stillingfleet - at Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO)
A digital edition of the complete letters of Elizabeth Montagu 1718-1800 - ISSN 2753-9091
emco.swansea.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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maryhamiltonpapers.bsky.social
Mary Hamilton and her networks: Gender, sociability, manuscript. Important (we would think so, wouldn't we?) special issue of JECS, now in copy-editing. Intro + 4 research papers by the team (see www.maryhamiltonpapers.alc.manchester.ac.uk/further-read...) + 5 outside contributions. #18thC #langsky
Reconstruction of Mary Hamilton's social network Dec 1782 – July 1785. See https://www.maryhamiltonpapers.alc.manchester.ac.uk/networks/
September 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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rachelbynoth.bsky.social
Call for interested parties in a panel for @bsecs.bsky.social January 2026! Theme this year is Big/Small. My paper will focus on small comforts + large discomforts in 18th c. letter writing. Let me know if you are interested #18c @cecs-york.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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drbeard79.bsky.social
CFP for Sex in the #19thC (deets in alt)

Abstracts (300 words), biographies (100 words), and should be submitted on Monday 22d September 2025 to rrr @ soton.ac.uk. Please
indicate if you would like to be considered for a travel bursary, and include your full name, discipline & institution.
CFP with caricature of a throuple on a sofa: a man in the middle between two women with breasts more or less exposed Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century 15th January 2026 University of Stirling, Scotland Keynote speaker: Dr. Michael Shaw In The History of Sexuality (1976), Foucault outlines the 'discursive explosion' that occurred around sex during the long nineteenth century. Sexuality became a distinct personal identity for the first time, as shown in literature and art, and sexual discourses often reflected the period's political and social anxieties around gender and power. Modern queer theorists first situated their work within nineteenth-century studies (Eve Kofosky Sedgewick, Between Men, 1985), and recent work in the field historicises marginalised groups (Jen Manion, Female Husbands: A Trans History, 2020). Sex encourages us to consider the broader cultural and societal dynamics of the long nineteenth century, and the lasting influence of these structures today. We invite papers of 15 minutes on the topic of sex in the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) in all its forms and in a global context for our in-person conference. We encourage broad interpretations of the topic and invite submissions that explore its fluid and multifaceted nature. The journal encourages multi- and interdisciplinary papers from across the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities and invites contributions from those at any career stage, including PGRs and ECRs. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to: • Sexuality and queer studies • Women's writing • Gender, feminism, and masculinities • Sexual health, contraception, and the medical • Trans studies humanities • Pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare • Sex work • Sex scandals in court and politics • Print culture; pornography and Victorian erotica • Gothic literature • Postcolonial and ecocritical perspectives on • Decadence; hedonism gender and sex
July 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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earlymodernwar.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️
Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. Martial identities, values and motivations. Notions of gender, race, class and religion. Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. Maritime violence and naval warfare. The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.
July 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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bethanyqualls.bsky.social
Thanks to @drbibliomane.bsky.social we've got a skyfeed driven #c18th feed now since blueskyfeeds host is sadly shutting down. Please go and like the 2.0 version here and let me know if you run into any issues along the way! bsky.app/profile/did:... #18c #c18
June 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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madelinepotter.bsky.social
This is a tremendously important thread about the reality of precarity and ECR life. The effects of precarity affect every single aspect of life and wellbeing: mental and physical health, friendships, family, stability.
romgothsam.bsky.social Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · Jun 20
I want to briefly talk about one thing people don't really talk about too much with precarity and one thing that most senior staff gloss over, offering a platitude instead of engaging with what is fundamentally wrong with the precarity situation in the UK. 1/
June 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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madelinepotter.bsky.social
Absolutely. While of course it puts pressure on staff to provide feedback for a large number of applicants, the labour involved in applying for jobs repeatedly by ECRs on precarious contracts is incredibly heavy, given the uncertainty, the stress, the hours that go into an application. (1/)
romgothsam.bsky.social Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · Jun 20
Then when we do apply, we get no feedback. Our hours of work treated as absolutely worthless. Now multiply that by 15/20/30 applications. Universities should a lot feedback time into staff working, I maintain!
June 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social
This is an excellent thread that speaks to the exhausting stress of academic precarity
romgothsam.bsky.social Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · Jun 20
I want to briefly talk about one thing people don't really talk about too much with precarity and one thing that most senior staff gloss over, offering a platitude instead of engaging with what is fundamentally wrong with the precarity situation in the UK. 1/
June 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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drjenniferorr.bsky.social
The Scottish Government doing a much better job than its southern counterpart at holding University leaders to account
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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michaelwdurrant.bsky.social
Please do sign and share this petition, put together to save Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections from job cuts that will see 3 of 4 archivists made redundant. @cilip.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @bibsoc.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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gsoh31.bsky.social
The list of university sackings below must now include Coventry, Derby, Hull and Lincoln. That's twelve universities getting rid of staff... in just ten days. Still nothing is done. 🇬🇧
gsoh31.bsky.social Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Apr 9
This week's university redundancies: Bedfordshire, Bradford, Bournemouth, Cardiff Met, Dundee, Greater Manchester (Bolton), Nottingham, Royal Holloway. This will continue until someone gets a grip.
April 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Exciting (fully funded) PhD 📢 ! Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with Keele (me!) and the British Library. Beyond the Burger: USA Food Stories in the British Library’s Oral History and Food Industry Literature Collections

www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr... (see “advert and details” for full info)
USA Food Stories in the British Library’s Oral History and Food Industry Literature Collections
www.keele.ac.uk
April 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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nick-seager.bsky.social
Fully funded (4 year) PhD studentship supervised across Keele Univ. and the British Library: "Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection". You'll generate your own project focused on how this unique collection was created and used: www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection
www.keele.ac.uk
April 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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There is still time to submit a proposal for the 8th biennial @defoesociety.bsky.social Defoe Society Conference, which is happening in beautiful Lichfield, U.K., 3-5 July 2025. All details here:
www.defoesociety.org/conference/
Conference, The Defoe Society
The Eighth Biennial Conference of the Defoe Society Discoveries and Improvements, 1660–1740 Thursday, July 3–Saturday, July 5, 2025 (Lichfield...
www.defoesociety.org
March 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Stop Suffolk County Council wrecking our fabulous local libraries!
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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March 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Now on the BARS Blog: a new online resource in the Collected Letters of Thomas Beddoes!

See the full post/link here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5843

And please share/repost!
Online Resource – Collected Letters of Thomas Beddoes – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
March 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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bho.bsky.social
Back online: The Yale digital edition of Samuel Johnson's work, free to read and view:

yalejohnson.com

#History 🗃️
Samuel Johnson Papers Digital Editions
yalejohnson.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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montaguletters.bsky.social
We are looking for feedback to help improve the Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online website - we'd love to know what features you like, and how the functionality can be improved, as well as any suggestions that might improve your ability to research!
February 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM