DrBree Robertson-Kirkland
@breerob-kirk.bsky.social
Musician and musicologist obsessed with 18th-century singers.
Delighted to be speaking today at the Women and Musical Histories 1789-1914 conference today at the Royal Academy of Music. Of course I am sharing my work on the först generation of Corri women. Grateful to the @rcsofficial.bsky.social for supporting me to attend.
Congratulations to WSG member Brianna Robertson-Kirkland for her excellent essay on Domenico Corri, featured recently on BBC Radio 3.
DrBree Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social · 7mo agoSo honoured to have been asked to record an episode of BBC's The Essay: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... It's on Domenico Corri, one Corri who will feature heavily in my forthcoming book! @bsecs.bsky.social @wsguk.bsky.social
So honoured to have been asked to record an episode of BBC's The Essay: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... It's on Domenico Corri, one Corri who will feature heavily in my forthcoming book! @bsecs.bsky.social @wsguk.bsky.social
The Essay - Music Rediscovered - The influential Italian singing master - BBC Sounds
Brianna Robertson-Kirkland demonstrates the fashionable singing style in 1780s Edinburgh.
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We are excited to announce the publication of a new collection of essays by WSG members, Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550–1850, edited by @breerob-kirk.bsky.social and @louiseduckling.bsky.social Congratulations to everyone involved! womensstudiesgroup.org/2026/02/19/p...
Publication day for Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550-1850
We are excited to announce the publication of a new collection of essays by WSG members, Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550–1850, edited by Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland and Louise Duc…
womensstudiesgroup.org
So pleased to announce that MUSIC INDUSTRY AND FAMILY NETWORKS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN: THE CORRI FAMILY IN EDINBURGH AND LONDON, 1771–1825 is now under contract with Boydell and Brewer! Many, many thanks to the series editors and those who have supported this work so far! @bsecs.bsky.social
Well, look what just came through the door. Delighted that this edited collection with @louiseduckling.bsky.social will be available for everyone to read! Lovely work from our @wsguk.bsky.social ! #skystorians #womenstudies
Having lots of fun recording something exciting 🕵️🎶
Good news for the New Year... I will reveal all in due course
Now that the contract is signed, I am delighted to say that I will soon publish a new edition of The Songs Sung by Mrs Billington with A-R Editions. 1/
Listen to this wonderful podcast with SUP Editorial Board member Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, recorded for #OAWeek! Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓 Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA)@sahavoice.bsky.social · 11mo agoTo mark International Open Access Week, we had the pleasure of having a SAHA Conversation with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (@breerob-kirk.bsky.social),member of the Editorial Board of the Scottish Universities Press (@scotunipress.bsky.social) Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
Finally working on my chapter on John Corri and Corri and Sutherland. There is quite a lot to untangle with this one!
It was wonderful to speak with Federica on this podcast where I am representing Scottish Universities Press.
Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA)@sahavoice.bsky.social · 11mo agoTo mark International Open Access Week, we had the pleasure of having a SAHA Conversation with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (@breerob-kirk.bsky.social),member of the Editorial Board of the Scottish Universities Press (@scotunipress.bsky.social) Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
Looking forward to our quarterly @bsecs.bsky.social Council meeting today! I've been on leave so this is my first one back in a while!
So excited to see our book is now available for pre-order from Bloomsbury - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-and... A must read for anyone interested in gender studies, music, art, philosophy, writing, and history! With @louiseduckling.bsky.social
Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange
Focusing on the international circulation of culture and ideas by women in the early modern period through the long eighteenth century, this book amplifies thei…
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I have been quiet on here lately but working a lot on my Corri project. I have been really enjoying all their lodgings and work-relatedocations to Google maps. Helps me visualise all of the places they went in Edinburgh! #ScotlandHistory
So pleased to have a chapter on Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd in this volume: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre
Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre tells the story of drama and performing in Scotland from the earliest traces of folk plays, performances,
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So pleased to have to join the board!
Scottish Universities Press@scotunipress.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are delighted that Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is joining the SUP Editorial Board! 👋 Brianna is passionate about #OpenAccess and represents small specialist institutions. www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-wel... @breerob-kirk.bsky.social @rcsofficial.bsky.social
The recording of our latest webinar, 'Working in the Scottish Archives, At Home and Awa’', is now available on the IASSL YouTube channel! Talks by Kate Hill, @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, Craig Lamont, Nigel Leask and @pomuirch.bsky.social; facilitated by @stevenewman.bsky.social. 🏴 🌐
Working in the Scottish Archives, At Home and Awa’
YouTube video by IASSL
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It's publication day! So pleased to have this book in my hands! Come check out my chapter on Nancy Storace and Michael Kelly! #skystorians @bsecs.bsky.social @wsguk.bsky.social
The Programme for #BSECS2025 is out! So many fabulous papers including online & hybrid options. If it's your first time joining us, check out our mentorship scheme for conference support. Pembroke College, Oxford, 8-10 January 2025 #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ 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
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I have a chapter on Rauzzini in this fabulous volume! And if you buy now, you get 25% off - www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey... @BSECS #skystorians
Bath and Beyond: The Social and Cultural World of the Georgian Assembly Room
This book re-examines spa and assembly culture as key venues for sociability in the eighteenth century. Focused chiefly on the eighteenth century, this volume looks forward into the nineteenth and ear...
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Are you an academic (preferably ECR) and interested in coming to work with me one week this summer in Glasgow on a database of early recordings of pre-1800 music, funded by the COST action EarlyMuse? All info in the link; apply by 10th January drive.google.com/file/d/1ug-u...
Are any of the lovely people here going to the London Archives soon and could snap a couple of photos of sources for me? I'm in Glasgow with a newborn so can't make it to London at the moment. #skystorians
Tomorrow starts week 3 of #Acnowrimo. I know you are supposed to write every day, but I take weekends off. Writing the introduction of my next monograph. Who else of Acnowrimoing? #writing #18thc #skystorians
I have gained a lot of new followers over the last 24 hours so let me introduce myself. I work on 18th-century singing and singers. Working on a project about prima donnas and media representation and a book about the Corri family
Love the #womenwhodohistory started pack. So glad to have joined such an illustrious group.
The Women's Studies Group's annual ECR/DR and Independent scholar bursary is now open for applications. Worth £750. womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications now open for 2024-2025 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 intended to suppo…
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Abandoned the other platform and looking forward to hanging out here!
Off to London to talk about one of my Georgian prima donnas with Women's Studies Group 1558 - 1837! Today is all about Anna Selina Storace and how she reclaimed her life following her public break up with John Braham!
