IASSL event coming soon! On Friday 23 October at 8.30 pm (UK time) on Teams, we're hosting our second online webinar on "Narratives of Illness and Dis/ability in Scottish Literature". Find more about this here: scotlit-iassl.org/author/scotl...
Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman
@drcleoocy.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @ucc.ie • Scottish Romanticism, the Novel, Reading / Book History • IASSL Membership Sec • AFHEA • She/her
The deadline for the Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now conference that is to be held at Sheffield next June has been extended by a month. Do put in an abstract! www.annradcliffe.org/conference/ @radcliffecup.bsky.social @angelawright1794.bsky.social
2027 Conference
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We have 3 funded places for students available to attend our annual conference! Find out more and apply: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/works...
Funded student places for SCA Annual Conference 2026 - Scottish Council on Archives
25 August 2026
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The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen Mary Brunton and Susan Ferrier did outsell, inspire, and benefit from Austen, @drcleoocy.bsky.social writes on @theconversation.com.
The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen
They are practically unknown today ,but Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton gave Jane Austen a run for her money.
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Looking forward to teaching Austen’s Teenage Writings for the first time this afternoon - and delighted to have a piece on Austen’s Scottish female contemporaries published in @uk.theconversation.com this morning! theconversation.com/the-two-scot... @uccresearch.bsky.social
The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen
They are practically unknown today ,but Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton gave Jane Austen a run for her money.
theconversation.com
Here's a quick reminder that the CfP for the 14th International Walter Scott Conference (University of Edinburgh, 28-30 June 2027) is out. The topic is "Politics, Place, and Print Culture". Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2026.
The 14th International Walter Scott Conference | English and Scottish Literature | Literatures Languages and Culture
A three-day conference with talks, panels and a plenary session exploring the work of Scottish writer Walter Scott within the theme of 'Politics, Place and Print Culture'. Currently accepting submissi...
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Meet Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social: IASSL's Membership Secretary for the current tenure. Here's what she has to say about her current role.
Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...
The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832
"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.
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UCC Library invites you to "Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History" one day conference on 18 September. Explore the legacy of this remarkable medieval manuscript with expert speakers from UCC, Oxford and Edinburgh. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456
Public Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History
Join us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s...
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From 2024: @drcleoocy.bsky.social examines the representation of English & Scottish national stereotypes in the novels of Scottish authors Susan Ferrier, Mary Brunton, & Elizabeth Hamilton From Reading Scotland at @unimainz.bsky.social #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_OK...
Reading Scotland with Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman
YouTube video by Reading Scotland
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Infinite Women: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier In this episode of the @infinite-women.com podcast, @drcleoocy.bsky.social & @kateferrier.bsky.social discuss Susan Ferrier’s life & work #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHj...
Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman and Kate Ferrier on Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
YouTube video by Infinite Women
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Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary #JaneAusten, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious… A 🎂🧵 #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.nls.uk/collections/...
Susan Ferrier and her contemporaries | National Library of Scotland
Once more popular than Austen, Susan Ferrier is now forgotten. This piece reveals why Scotland’s literary stars faded from fame.
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After a long embargo, it is finally out: my ERC Starting Grant #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu has been funded. The 5-year project on creatively active new users of Celtic languages in the 19th and early 20th century starts in Jan 27 at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz. For news, follow us at @erc-nudgers.bsky.social.
A pleasure to speak with Lithuanian National Television and Radio (LRT) recently about historical attitudes towards novel reading and how these are changing in light of the UK’s #NationalYearofReading in 2026. Our interview (for any Lithuanian-speaking friends!) is here: www.lrt.lt/radioteka/ir...
Kintantis požiūris į romanus: anksčiau manyta, kad skaitančias moteris lengviau sugundyti
Pasaulio kultūros įvykių apžvalgoje pokalbis apie Nacionalinius skaitymo metus Jungtinėje Karalystėje su škotų literatūrą Glazgo universitete tyrinėjančia dr. Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman. Mokslininkė atkr...
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✍️The Interactive Map of Burns Suppers Worldwide is a major output of ‘The Burns Supper at 225 Years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention’ project. Read Dr @drcleoocy.bsky.social article 👇 @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social
225 Years On: The Burns Supper as Global Living Heritage - by Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
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The Book of Improvement is available for preorder! Please consider asking your librarians to purchase a copy. Cover still TK. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The Book of Improvement
How the concept of improvement came to dominate and direct British thinking about social change during the eighteenth centuryImprovement had a specific envir...
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ROMANTIC MEDIA AND WARTIME NETWORKS, my first monograph, is out today with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. It tells the story of how the state revolutionized its wartime communication networks in the Romantic period and how writers responded to - and resisted - this media revolution.
We asked our Executive Committee members what IASSL means for them. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing their answers. Follow the link below to learn more about them: scotlit-iassl.org/about/the-ex...
My last day @glasgowburns.bsky.social and what a year it’s been - 1 map, much haggis, and many Burns Suppers later! Excited to begin a new chapter next week but first special thanks to @paulinemackay.bsky.social, and all my friends and colleagues @uofgartshums.bsky.social, for such a convivial time!
🌟Call for Applications: BARS Communications Fellow 2026-27 to assist with the BARS Blog and social media 🌟 Deadline - Monday 14th September Details - www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6572
Thrilled to share that Romanticism and the Poetics of Orientation received an Honorable Mention for the @bars.bsky.social's First Book Prize! Congrats to Yin Yuan on winning for Alimentary Orientalisms, & to Colleen Taylor, my fellow Honorable Mention! 🎉🥳👏🏼
A really interesting and intellectually stimulating day at Romantic Retrospection online, following up the excellent in-person days in Birmingham last week. Congratulations and many thanks to the organisers for a smart, well-run, inclusive and convivial @bars.bsky.social conference.
Removed some silly words and condensed a few things. This is a clearer picture of the topics / names that dominated proceedings.
March 2027: Oxford World's Classics edition of Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (1821) will be published. First modern, annotated edition of a novel that defined the age. In this plate by the Cruikshank brothers, the chums get in a fight & Egan has his notebook nicked. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
some #bars2026 highlights, as promised. Overall, an incredible conference. In general, everyone was so kind & generous with their time & conversation. Despite a precarious job market, ECR work was the highest standard I've witnessed, & there was a deep, comforting community spirit amongst us.
Last week also marked the end of my tenure on the BARS Exec (@bars.bsky.social), first as PGR (2022-24) and then ECR Officer (2024-26). These roles were a highlight of (and outlasted) my PhD, offering essential experience in conference organisation (tbt #BARS2023), mentoring, networking, and more /1
Fabulous few days in Birmingham for #BARS2026 (in person) with friends old and new. So many fantastic panels and a pleasure to present research from my new project on Bentley’s Standard Novels. Thanks to all who came along and offered feedback. Roll on next Thursday for the online day!
