We have reached our last seminar of the year! Next Wednesday 24-6 from 17:30 in Senate House and online, @sallytuckett.bsky.social will present her paper titled ‘Transatlantic Threads: Scottish linen and society in the eighteenth century’ Make sure to register! 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Transatlantic Threads: Scottish linen and society in the eighteenth century

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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Annual CEMS Colloquium - 11th June! This year's theme is 'Periodizing the Early/Modern'. Featuring three panels and a roundtable. Join us on 11th June. Full details below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

Periodizing the Early/Modern - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog

The annual CEMS colloquium. This year’s theme is on Periodizing the Early/Modern. The colloquium will feature several panels and a roundtable. The Colloquium will take place on 11th June.

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Next Weds 10 June we welcome @jamie-gemmell.bsky.social (KCL) to our seminar, who will present their paper titled ‘John Satia and the 1731 ban on Black apprenticeship’ Register below to join us either in person at the IHR or online from 17:30. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

John Satia and the 1731 ban on Black apprenticeship

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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IT'S TIME! The #CFP for #BSECS2027 has been released! This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity'. The deadline for submissions is the 15 September 2026. The conference will by the 6-8 January 2027 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social #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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Hello London! This Thursday (4 June, 5.30pm) I'll be talking at the @ihr.bsky.social North American History Seminar about "Liberty, Dissent, and the Internal Enemy in Britain's American Revolution" www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Liberty, Dissent, and the Internal Enemy in Britain's American Revolution

North American History Seminar

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Very much enjoying Anna Harrington's talk on Empire's Imagined Spaces @long18thsem.bsky.social

ICYMI: Join us tomorrow from 5:30pm, in person at the IHR or online to hear @amdharrington.bsky.social discuss her PhD research in a paper titled: ‘Empire’s Imagined Spaces: Time, Connection, and the Making of British Imperial Identities, 1757-1840’ Register 👎 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Empire’s Imagined Spaces: Time, Connection, and the Making of British Imperial Identities, 1757-1840

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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Very much looking forward to Naomi Pullin @naomipullin.bsky.social talking about 'The Pleasures and Perils of Aloneness' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social next Wednesday. All welcome, either in person or online, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Pleasures and Perils of Aloneness: A social history of solitude in Britain in the long eighteenth century

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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On Wed 13 May 17:30-19:00 we are delighted to host @naomipullin.bsky.social, who will present her paper ‘The Pleasures and Perils of Aloneness: A social history of solitude in Britain in the long eighteenth century’ based on her current research Register below! 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Pleasures and Perils of Aloneness: A social history of solitude in Britain in the long eighteenth century

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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@brendantam.bsky.social will be presenting the next Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, on Tuesday 5 May. Read about Brendan's paper discussing political sociability in late Hanoverian Britain on our website, alongside information on how to join the session:

Victorian Commons@victoriancommons.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This ties in well with the theme of the first Parliaments, Politics and People seminar of summer term. @brendantam.bsky.social will be speaking about political sociability in late Hanoverian Britain. Find out here how to join in person or online on Tues 5 May: historyofparliament.com/2026/04/29/t...

We're about to start this year's British History in the Long 18th-century annual PhD Lightening Talks. Live posting once we are under way in case you're keen to know what's happening in our field. 1/x

Lightning Talks

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We are kicking off term 3 next Wed 29 April with our annual flagship event! Join us from 5:30pm at the IHR or online for our PhD Lightning Talks event. We have an exciting lineup of 12 early stage (1st or 2nd year) PhDs covering a range of 18th cent topics! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Lightning Talks

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Very much enjoying Baz Bowdler's paper on British and Dutch newspaper networks @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

ICYMI: Don’t forget to register for our last seminar of the term on Wednesday, taking place in person at the IHR and online from 5:30. Baz Bowdler takes us back to the start of the long eighteenth century, to discuss ‘News Management and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere, 1685-1713’

Tim Hitchcock@timhitchcock.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Very much looking forward to Baz Bowdler speaking on Wednesday on 'News Management and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere, 1685-1713' to @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, in person or online, but please register at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Great to see that the video of Imogen Peck's recent talk @long18thsem.bsky.social on 'Family Archives in England, 1650-1838' is now available online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Family Archives in England, 1650-1838: Manuscripts, Memory, and the Making of History

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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🚨 CFP deadline extended - 31st March 🚨Apply for our @bsecs.bsky.social PGR/ECR Conference in Montpellier in September! Theme is Improvement, Degeneration, Stagnation. We can’t wait to see your abstracts! Details below ⬇️ #18c @royalhistsoc.org @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social

BSECS@bsecs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You may only just have recovered from #BSECS2026, but our hardworking reps are already planning our #PGR #ECR conference, University of Montpellier Paul-Valery, 3-4 September 2026 on 'Improvement, Degeneration, Stagnation' Deadline for submissions: 13 March 2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

The @long18thsem.bsky.social is on the road again! At Warwick to hear Imogen Peck talk about family archives

We are taking the seminar on the road tomorrow to the University of Warwick! Join as either in person or online, 4pm-6pm, to hear Imogen Peck (Birmingham) discuss her paper ‘Family Archives in England,1660-1838: Manuscripts, Memory, and the Making of History’ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Family Archives in England, 1650-1838: Manuscripts, Memory, and the Making of History

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ICYMI: Submissions for our annual PhD Lightning Talks event closes this Friday 13 March! If you are in the first two years of your PhD, work on the field of British history in the long 18th cent (1660-1830) and are looking to share your research, get in touch! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/ihr...

Really pleased to see the recording of Phillippa Hellawell (TNA) & Liberty Paterson (TNA)'s seminar on The Ship Bedford and the slave trade @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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Register to join us next week, either in person or online on 25 February to hear Warwick final year PhD @brendantam.bsky.social present his paper titled: ‘A Christ Church Set’: Exploring the Discourse of Political Friendship in Late Hanoverian Britain, 1780s-1830s www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘A Christ Church Set’: Exploring the Discourse of Political Friendship in Late Hanoverian Britain, 1780s-1830s

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18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!

A great talk by Philippa Hellawell and Liberty Paterso on ship biography and the 18th c. slave trade @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Next week Wednesday 11 February we are delighted to have @pbhellawell.bsky.social & @libertypaterson.bsky.social present their paper titled 'The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade'. Join us either in person at the IHR or online from 17:30

At the IHR @long18thsem.bsky.social for a special event, an appreciation of the work of Penny Corfield

Join us this Wednesday 28th January from 17:30 at the IHR or online as we celebrate the contributions Penelope J Corfield has made to our seminar over the past 40 years. The panel we have formed will discuss ‘Towns, gestures, elections, sociability and time’ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Towns, gestures, elections, sociability and time: An appreciation of the work of Professor Penelope J. Corfield

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@kategibson.bsky.social giving a great paper on fostering in the 18th century to @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year break! Our seminar recommences this week 14-1 with @kategibson.bsky.social presenting her paper titled “fostering in eighteenth century Britain” Register below to join as in person at the IHR or Online www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Fostering in eighteenth-century Britain

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WINTER Term Card: We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics. Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎 @ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...