Enjoyed sharing my work on women and fire in post-Waterloo British melodrama @incsa.bsky.social last week. Shame I couldn't physically attend in DC, but for a fitting visual, here I am in-situ during my RF @folger.edu in 2017 (9 years ago - what!?!) Next stop,Birmingham for @bars.bsky.social

Thank you @bars.bsky.social for sharing this short film on 'Drama Queens of the Georgian Period', performed at this year's @cambridgefestival.bsky.social. It was a joy to celebrate these extraordinary female theatre-makers by granting voices to their lives and works www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYgd...

Sarah Burdett’s ‘Drama Queens of the Georgian Period: A Tragic-Comic Entertainment’

YouTube video by BARS Digital Events

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If @helcdall.bsky.social has got you eager to learn more about the wonderful Joanna Baillie, then this virtual reading of Baillie's gothic drama, 'The Family Legend', might be of interest! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6469 @romgothsam.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social

Helen Dallas@helcdall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Had a fantastic time talking about Joanna Baillie to a lovely audience at Romancing the Gothic run by @romgothsam.bsky.social! It was very exciting to introduce people to Baillie for the first time. Thank you to everyone who came along and brought so much enthusiasm! youtu.be/pgJGoCMk85A?...

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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Really enjoyed catching up with @theatrehistory.bsky.social earlier this year to talk about my book - can't believe it was 3y/o this month that the armed women were unleashed! #theatrehistory #18thC #womenshistory #feministhistory #frenchrevolution #Napoleonicwars

Theatre History Podcast@theatrehistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Learn more about Sarah's book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

New episode: Dr. Sarah Burdett joins us to talk about a terrifying figure in Revolutionary-era Europe: the armed woman! How did armed and sometimes violent women onstage reflect concerns about gender and politics amidst the French Revolution? theatrehistorypodcast.libsyn.com/episode-111-...

The Theatre History Podcast: Episode 111: Warning: Armed Women! (w/ Dr. Sarah Burdett)

At the height of the French Revolution, a new fear gripped many people in England: Armed women. Scenes like the storming of the Bastille and riots over the price of bread in Paris, in which women figu...

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Off to Venice today for Performing Citizenship 'Amatuer Acts' conference. Not a bad way to start September! #privatetheatricals #amatuertheatre #theatrehistory

📢 Registration now OPEN for #BARS2025 - spread the word 📢 A fantastic programme set up for both online and in person days - see you in September!

British Association for Romantic Studies ECRs & Postgraduates@bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social · last yr.

We're delighted to announce that registration is now OPEN for the British Association for Romantic Studies 2025 ECR & PGR Conference, 'Romantic (Un)Consciousness'. Please visit our conference website for further details and to register! barsconference2025.wixsite.com/home @bars.bsky.social

Back in the UK following a month in Canada as visiting RF in Scottish Studies at @uofguelph.bsky.social Great place, great people, great materials!

The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open for applications. This opportunity allows postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for funding to support their research projects. Learn more: buff.ly/BrfBwSt

So this was a great symposium, with a uniformly high standard of presentations across the board. It was wonderful to be in such generous scholarly company. And as a bonus, I finally met @kathylubey.bsky.social!

English at the Australian National University@englishanu.bsky.social · last yr.

Calling all 18C specialists! ANU English's own Amelia Dale (along with Claire Knowles, La Trobe & Nicola Parsons, Sydney) is convening "The Unliterary Eighteenth Century: Gender and Marginal Texts" symposium. Registration is free, more details here: genderinstitute.anu.edu.au/events/unlit...

I have joined bluesky - no idea how to use it. But I am here!