I'm pleased to have played a small part in this report just published by WHO/Europe which gathers a range of (inter)disciplinary perspectives on the history of loneliness to begin to get at what it is, & where it comes from.

Thank you Fred Cooper for shepherding us through!

My second book was published this week! It's called What Would Garrick Do? Or, Acting Lessons from the Eighteenth Century (Methuen Drama/Bloomsbury Books UK)
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I'd like to tell you a little bit about it... 🧵1/7
#18thc #theatre #acting ' #wwgd '

I'm in #Dublin this Sat 14th October talking on #Swift , Hogarth, & contemporary permacrisis at the Jonathan Swift symposium. This year it's in lovely Christchurch from 2-5pm. Everyone interested in the #18thc (or the present ) is welcome! ECIS tinyurl.com/58zacpsm

New blog alert on the Gordon Riots by Ian Haywood
Good listening for your Friday commute!
#18thC #twitterstorians #BSECS

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Applications now open for our 18th Century Studies-Northumbria Fellowship. £4000 available to support a visiting scholar researching the culture, history, and identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the #18thC . DEADLINE 31 May.

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The speaker at this event is the wonderful Karen Lipsedge: leading 18th-century scholar (see below!), Access & Inclusion co-lead for 18th Century Studies & Director of Access, Participation & Inclusion at Kingston University.

It's a huge deal that Karen is coming to YSJ to deliver this session! 🙌

Just 10 days left to apply for 2024 Visiting Fellowship applications. 6 Fellows will enjoy uninterrupted peace & quiet, access to our collection of women's writing, & a 4-week stay in our Fellows' Flat in August or November.
For more information: chawtonhouse.org/the-library/vi…

One Day to Go! Get your abstracts in for the 18th Century Studies #PGR / #ECR Conference in Uppsala, Sweden on 22/23 August 2024. Closes tomorrow, 31 March. #twitterstorians #18thC

ONE WEEK TO GO! #CfP for 18th Century Studies #PGR #ECR Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, 22/23 August 2024 closes 31 March. See below for details... #18thC #twitterstorians

Delighted to share the recording for my talk on the Corri Women that I gave St Cecilia's Hall earlier this month: youtu.be/jf7WHF4noGM?si…. 18th Century Studies Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 Mhairi Lawson Paddyfields Karen McAulay RCS_The Exchange Women Also Know History Women's History Network WomensHistScot

A 'focus on the ordinary... allows the audience to nuance their understanding of the roles, agency, and daily lives of early modern women'

Emily Rhodes reviews The The Heywood Society's production of The Welkin for 18th Century Studies Criticks:

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Reminder: #CfP for 18th Century Studies #PGR #ECR conference in Uppsala, Sweden. CLOSES 31 MARCH!! See below for details.

Today we’ve published a paper about the cyber-attack that took place last October.

Its goal is to share our understanding of what happened and to help others learn from our experience.

You can read the paper on our website, and hear from our CEO, Sir Roly Keating, in this…

#ICYMI CfP for 18th Century Studies PGR/ECR Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, 22/23 August 2024. Theme is Communication and Exchange. CfP closes 31 March 2024. #PGR #ECR #18thC #Twitterstorians