BSECS
@bsecs.bsky.social
The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the study of the long #c18th. Check website for details. https://www.bsecs.org.uk/
DON'T FORGET to register for #BSECS2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026.
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
www.bsecs.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
DON'T FORGET to register for #BSECS2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026.
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
NOT LONG NOW!
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
Early Bird Registration for #BSECS2026 closes on the
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
www.bsecs.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
NOT LONG NOW!
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
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Applications now open 🎓
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Applications now open 🎓
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
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Research funding opportunity! This is an excellent bursary for those working on any aspect of women's studies - it's designed for those who need it most (ECRs, indie scholars, PhDs). Do check out the details at @wsguk.bsky.social and apply!
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Research funding opportunity! This is an excellent bursary for those working on any aspect of women's studies - it's designed for those who need it most (ECRs, indie scholars, PhDs). Do check out the details at @wsguk.bsky.social and apply!
Early Bird Registration for #BSECS2026 closes on the
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
www.bsecs.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Early Bird Registration for #BSECS2026 closes on the
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
New #CFP on 'Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World', to be held in June 2026 at the University of Amsterdam
Abstracts of >200 words due by the 1 February 2026
#18thc #skystorians 🗃️
Abstracts of >200 words due by the 1 February 2026
#18thc #skystorians 🗃️
CFP: “Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
1/6
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
1/6
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
New #CFP on 'Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World', to be held in June 2026 at the University of Amsterdam
Abstracts of >200 words due by the 1 February 2026
#18thc #skystorians 🗃️
Abstracts of >200 words due by the 1 February 2026
#18thc #skystorians 🗃️
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Delighted to be returning to @bsecs.bsky.social in January 2026 on a panel with Chris Monaghan and Chiara Rolli talking about aspects of the trial of Warren Hastings.
We fully expect our chair to keep good order and, unlike the original, to prevent us from carrying on for 7 years...
#HistParl
We fully expect our chair to keep good order and, unlike the original, to prevent us from carrying on for 7 years...
#HistParl
October 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Delighted to be returning to @bsecs.bsky.social in January 2026 on a panel with Chris Monaghan and Chiara Rolli talking about aspects of the trial of Warren Hastings.
We fully expect our chair to keep good order and, unlike the original, to prevent us from carrying on for 7 years...
#HistParl
We fully expect our chair to keep good order and, unlike the original, to prevent us from carrying on for 7 years...
#HistParl
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Incredibly happy to have been selected as a speaker by @bsecs.bsky.social for their 2026 conference! I'm really excited to share my research with a new audience 👗🪡 #BigandSmall #QuiltedPetticoats #18thCentury
October 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Incredibly happy to have been selected as a speaker by @bsecs.bsky.social for their 2026 conference! I'm really excited to share my research with a new audience 👗🪡 #BigandSmall #QuiltedPetticoats #18thCentury
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We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs.
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs.
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs.
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs.
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
#CFP 'Reframing the Enlightenment: intellectual and political disputes today'
Paris, 10-12 June 2026
Please send proposals to [email protected] by the 26 October
Link to the full CFP here: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
@isecs-sieds.bsky.social
Paris, 10-12 June 2026
Please send proposals to [email protected] by the 26 October
Link to the full CFP here: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
@isecs-sieds.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Reframing the Enlightenment. Intellectual and political disputes today / Le défi des Lumières. Enjeux intellectuels et politiques - BSECS
Please see the file linked below for information on the ISECS coordinated conference Reframing the Enlightenment. Intellectual and political disputes today, to be held in Paris, 10-12 June 2026. Early...
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#CFP 'Reframing the Enlightenment: intellectual and political disputes today'
Paris, 10-12 June 2026
Please send proposals to [email protected] by the 26 October
Link to the full CFP here: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
@isecs-sieds.bsky.social
Paris, 10-12 June 2026
Please send proposals to [email protected] by the 26 October
Link to the full CFP here: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
@isecs-sieds.bsky.social
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JOIN ME in writing your paper proposal on the last possible day of the final deadline extension
Not like I have a book to promote there or anything
Not like I have a book to promote there or anything
THIS IS IT!
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS - Submit a Proposal
Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
JOIN ME in writing your paper proposal on the last possible day of the final deadline extension
Not like I have a book to promote there or anything
Not like I have a book to promote there or anything
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Very much looking forward to Dan Gosling (TNA) speaking on 'A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon' this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome online or in person, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon
www.history.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Very much looking forward to Dan Gosling (TNA) speaking on 'A Question of Sex? Assessing Lord Mansfield’s “judgment” on the sex of the Chevalier d’Eon' this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome online or in person, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
THIS IS IT!
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS - Submit a Proposal
Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
THIS IS IT!
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026
Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER PROPOSAL FOR #BSECS2026!
The deadline is MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER and there will be no more extensions!
Come & share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026. It's a lovely way to start the new year!
#skystorians #18thC #academicsky 🗃️
The deadline is MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER and there will be no more extensions!
Come & share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026. It's a lovely way to start the new year!
#skystorians #18thC #academicsky 🗃️
September 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER PROPOSAL FOR #BSECS2026!
The deadline is MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER and there will be no more extensions!
Come & share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026. It's a lovely way to start the new year!
#skystorians #18thC #academicsky 🗃️
The deadline is MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER and there will be no more extensions!
Come & share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026. It's a lovely way to start the new year!
#skystorians #18thC #academicsky 🗃️
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Come join us in January 2026. This year’s theme is Big and Small (though papers can be on any topic).
I’ve gone for comfort/discomfort + letter writing for my paper, with the Big/Small highlighting the stress placed on each in 18th c. letters.
What are you thinking of topicwise? #skystorians #18c
I’ve gone for comfort/discomfort + letter writing for my paper, with the Big/Small highlighting the stress placed on each in 18th c. letters.
What are you thinking of topicwise? #skystorians #18c
***CFP DEADLINE EXTENSION TO 22 SEPTEMBER 2025***
Due to some members experiencing issues with our submission site, we have decided to extend the #BSECS2026 #CFP deadline by a whole week.
Get scribbling #skystorians! #18thC 🗃️
Due to some members experiencing issues with our submission site, we have decided to extend the #BSECS2026 #CFP deadline by a whole week.
Get scribbling #skystorians! #18thC 🗃️
September 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Come join us in January 2026. This year’s theme is Big and Small (though papers can be on any topic).
I’ve gone for comfort/discomfort + letter writing for my paper, with the Big/Small highlighting the stress placed on each in 18th c. letters.
What are you thinking of topicwise? #skystorians #18c
I’ve gone for comfort/discomfort + letter writing for my paper, with the Big/Small highlighting the stress placed on each in 18th c. letters.
What are you thinking of topicwise? #skystorians #18c
Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
***CFP DEADLINE EXTENSION TO 22 SEPTEMBER 2025***
Due to some members experiencing issues with our submission site, we have decided to extend the #BSECS2026 #CFP deadline by a whole week.
Get scribbling #skystorians! #18thC 🗃️
Due to some members experiencing issues with our submission site, we have decided to extend the #BSECS2026 #CFP deadline by a whole week.
Get scribbling #skystorians! #18thC 🗃️
September 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
***CFP DEADLINE EXTENSION TO 22 SEPTEMBER 2025***
Due to some members experiencing issues with our submission site, we have decided to extend the #BSECS2026 #CFP deadline by a whole week.
Get scribbling #skystorians! #18thC 🗃️
Due to some members experiencing issues with our submission site, we have decided to extend the #BSECS2026 #CFP deadline by a whole week.
Get scribbling #skystorians! #18thC 🗃️
@yalebooks.bsky.social are celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday by offering a 30% discount on their 'World of Jane Austen' books using discount code JA250 #skystorians #18thC
yalebooks.co.uk/austen-250-t...
yalebooks.co.uk/austen-250-t...
Austen 250 - The World of Jane Austen - Yale University Press London
30% off the listed prices - and free postage in the UK - on our selected World of Jane Austen books. Use the code JA250 when prompted in the checkout to
yalebooks.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
@yalebooks.bsky.social are celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday by offering a 30% discount on their 'World of Jane Austen' books using discount code JA250 #skystorians #18thC
yalebooks.co.uk/austen-250-t...
yalebooks.co.uk/austen-250-t...
***The #CFP for the #BSECS2026 conference closes on the 15 September 2025***
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of #18thC history, culture, and literature, but particularly on our conference theme 'Big and Small'.
@pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of #18thC history, culture, and literature, but particularly on our conference theme 'Big and Small'.
@pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS - Submit a Proposal
Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
***The #CFP for the #BSECS2026 conference closes on the 15 September 2025***
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of #18thC history, culture, and literature, but particularly on our conference theme 'Big and Small'.
@pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of #18thC history, culture, and literature, but particularly on our conference theme 'Big and Small'.
@pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Also due on the 15 September are proposals for 'Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne' #cfp #skystorians #18thC #BSECS 🗃️
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
CFP: Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne - BSECS
Terraqueous Globe Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne 5-7 November 2025 Eighteenth-century global history is a history of seas and oceans. International trade and migration stretched across all cont...
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Also due on the 15 September are proposals for 'Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne' #cfp #skystorians #18thC #BSECS 🗃️
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
The deadline for submitting proposals for #BSECS2026 is only two weeks away. Get scribbling! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
This year's theme is 'Big and Small', 7-9 January, Pembroke College, Oxford.
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
This year's theme is 'Big and Small', 7-9 January, Pembroke College, Oxford.
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS - Submit a Proposal
Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The deadline for submitting proposals for #BSECS2026 is only two weeks away. Get scribbling! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
This year's theme is 'Big and Small', 7-9 January, Pembroke College, Oxford.
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
This year's theme is 'Big and Small', 7-9 January, Pembroke College, Oxford.
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
HAPPY NEW (academic) YEAR #skystorians!!! #18thC 🗃️
September 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
HAPPY NEW (academic) YEAR #skystorians!!! #18thC 🗃️
Reminder that we are looking for an engagement officer at BSECS. Associated travel & accommodation plus generous support to attend the annual conference, and you get to hang out with some lovely #18thCists a few times a year! #skystorians 🗃️
***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...
www.bsecs.org.uk/the-society/...
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 ...
www.bsecs.org.uk
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reminder that we are looking for an engagement officer at BSECS. Associated travel & accommodation plus generous support to attend the annual conference, and you get to hang out with some lovely #18thCists a few times a year! #skystorians 🗃️
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***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...
www.bsecs.org.uk/the-society/...
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 ...
www.bsecs.org.uk
July 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
***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...
www.bsecs.org.uk/the-society/...
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/...