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Dr Gillian Williamson

@georgianfun.bsky.social

18th-century British history especially reading, Gentleman’s Magazine and periodicals, life in lodgings

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Dr Gillian Williamson@georgianfun.bsky.social · 3d ago

We currently own a building site that will be our home by the end of the year and the tv licensing authorities cannot believe that an address with no tv is a possibility. Their letters are increasingly frantic and threatening.

Dr Nazlin Bhimani@nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · last wk.

Some good news – a new library! Shakespeare’s Globe has opened a new public library and archive holding more than 6,000 books, original texts, recordings of productions and other treasures from the theatre’s history. www.thebookseller.com/news/shakesp... #Shakespeare #TheatreHistory #Renaissance

Shakespeare library and archive containing 6,000 books opens under the Globe theatre

The theatre has opened its newly renovated research and collection centre, which features London’s only publicly accessible dedicated Shakespeare library and archive

thebookseller.com

Adam Chapman@adamchapman.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is a very interesting new resource, The Register of British Slave-Traders. 'The Register focusses on the individuals who sought to profit from the enslavement of over 3 million African men, women, and children, whose identity was – for the most part – erased from the historical record.' 🗃️

The Register of British Slave-Traders

The Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807.

britishslavetraders.org

IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800@ihrscb.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're on the lookout for some PhD students who would like to give a Lightning Talk at our seminar on 12 November! Open to early modernists working on any geography, talks are 3-5 minutes! Get in touch via BlueSky or email tmt29@cam.ac.uk with a short summary of PhD and bio by 12 October! ✨🥳

Poster on Lightning talks: PhD Lightning Talks: Society, Culture, and Belief Seminar, 1500-1800, Institute of Historical Research. Deadline: 12 October, Event: Thursday 12 November, 5.30 pm The Society, Culture, and Belief Seminar is inviting applications for lightning talks from PhD students on their research. We ask that these talks be 3-5 minutes. This is a fantastic opportunity to talk through your research with a broader audience of fellow students and more seasoned academics, as well as test out some ideas in a comfortable and welcoming environment. The talks will be followed by a brief Q&A session. The seminar was founded in 1979, hosting papers on themes ranging from witchcraft and piracy to early modern medicine and urban religious practices. We look to create an open and welcoming atmosphere and are always excited to hear a broad range of papers and geographies. The event will take place on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 5.30 pm onwards. For those presenting in-person, we typically continue the conversation after the seminar over drinks or dinner. We’re open to applications from students working on any geographical region between 1500-1800. If you would like to participate, please email: tmt29@cam.ac.uk by 12 October 2026 with a 300-word thesis summary and a brief bio. If you would like to attend the seminar, do keep an eye out on our webpage (very soon to be updated with our events for this term) or you can always follow us on Bluesky @ihrscb.bsky.social. We tend to meet on Thursdays during term time at 5.30 pm — all are welcome!
Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 4w ago

Very pleased @royalhistsoc.org will be there at this annual introduction to @ihr.bsky.social and the many supports and community it offers to those beginning a PhD in #History #Skystorians

Institute of Historical Research@ihr.bsky.social · last mo.

Are you starting a PhD this academic year in history &/or a history-related discipline? If so, join us on 7 Oct for this fantastic Workshop for New Research Students. Learn more about the range of resources we offer to help you in your research journey. @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social shorturl.at/ymJpr

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Dr Gillian Williamson@georgianfun.bsky.social · 4w ago

Back in the 17th century blokes sent this sort of stuff to the Gentleman’s Magazine. Perhaps it’s just the medium that has changed

Rosemary Mosco@rosemarymosco.com · 4w ago

I’m going to need everyone who’s reporting on AI psychosis and how it’s making people, especially men, come up with theories of everything to please talk with the scientists who have been getting multiple emails from “theory of everything” guys for decades

BSECS@bsecs.bsky.social · last mo.

Submissions for #BSECS2027 close on the 15 September this year. Yes, this is earlier than usual... This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity' but (as always) we welcome proposals on any #18thC topic. GET WRITING #skystorians 🗃️ See our Website for details: 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

bsecs.org.uk

Grace Murray@mazinggrace.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s the last day of my Huntington Library fellowship today, during which I’ve been on the hunt for imaginative readers of #earlymodern instruction & recipe books 👀 It’s been such a wonderful place to read and write over the summer, especially about plant knowledge!

Hand-coloured image of a rose in the 1633 edition of Gerard’s herbal at the HuntingtonView over the Huntington GardensPrinter’s device (1610) of a Pegasus annotated with the word ‘hors[e]Statue of Diana outside the American gallery