I think Mary Shelley in her best captures the nation's ecstatic joy at seeing a bit of sun after weeks of 'incessant rain': 'The inhabitants, meeting one another, exclaimed: "What enchanting weather!...We shall perhaps enjoy a whole week of sunshine!" Thus they congratulated themselves,'
If can't join us in York next Thursday, join us online for this ECEN opening lecture! If you're a subscriber to the mailing list, you should have a Zoom link now. If not, please contact me or @calsutherland.bsky.social & we'll share all the information.
Very excited for this event!
I’ll definitely be submitting a proposal for this! Fellow weather-y folk should take a look ✨
Friday night's film was... "Wuthering Heights" the Emerald Fennell one.
She said she wanted to recreate her thoughts and feelings after reading the novel when she was 14.
In that respect it's a very successful film bc it feels like a 14 year old white girl's Wuthering Heights tumblr made into a film
Ooo, I’m very curious about this! Will definitely be attending if it’s available online.
This. Angry weather. But I’m still going to go see it.
Please join us for this inaugural lecture! We're beginning the seminar series with such an excellent speaker and truly an expert within the environmental humanities. You won't want to miss it! 🌱
We are thrilled to announce that the CfS for Issue 9, ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ is now live!
Articles should be submitted by 23:59 on 16th April 2026 to rrr@soton.ac.uk.
Do share widely and we look forward to hearing from you!
www.rrrjournal.com/call-for-sub...
“Violet took a bite of bread and a mouthful of tea and mixed the two together in her mouth.”
Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.
There's still just over two weeks left to apply to our workshop exploring historical approaches to non-human life.
It will take place on 9-10th April 2026, and aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary divides.
PGR and ECR support available thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!
Check out our very first ECEN newsletter! It's brief, fun to read, and there are a couple of exciting opportunities inside too!
If you haven't already subscribed but would like to, you can sign up on our website or simply email/DM myself or @calsutherland.bsky.social 🍃
Thank you! Credit to @calsutherland.bsky.social for his tech prowess, which is far superior than mine 😅
The 18th century topiary garden at CECS York, with a sculpture, pond and paving stones in front of it, dusted in snow.
A path in snow, next to the 18th century brick wall that runs behind the topiary garden.
Happy New Year from CECS! Please enjoy these pictures of the snow dusted topiary garden behind our home in Heslington Hall from this morning. May your year be suitably sprinkled with fresh ideas about the eighteenth century and bright paths forward in your research ❄️🌳❄️ #UKsnow #18thCentury
If you’ve got an itch to develop your creative practice across page, stage and screen - then we have a brand new MA programme that might just interest you. Come & learn with my colleagues & I in beautiful York! Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Still time to register for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow.
A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk
Artwork by Jinjoon Lee
🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...
A working walk: thinking through the beginnings of a paper about atmosphere and archive. Tested some ideas out on an attentive audience 🐑
The festive season is coming to a close here in Somerset. Time for calm and renewed focus 😌
Wonderful! Sign up to our mailing list for updates 🥰
Sign up to our mailing list! We’re keen to host ECRs with new projects on the horizon ☀️
Thanks! We can’t wait to start sharing ideas and hopefully nurturing new collaborations 🌿
I can't wait to build this community with you all 🍃🌳🌦️
I'm very excited to announce the launch of the #18thC Ecologies Network! Co-convened by myself & @calsutherland.bsky.social at @cecs-york.bsky.social , ECEN is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies of the period 🌱
Find out more: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c...
The #18thC Ecologies Network, based @cecs-york.bsky.social is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies the period.
Details of their seminar series will be published here:
hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c...
#skystorians #climate #environhist 🗃️
Had a lovely time listening and learning about volcanic sublimity and coping with climate catastrophe last night with @bars.bsky.social 🌋Excellent papers from @dilarakalkan.bsky.social @katlion.bsky.social and Chloe Melvin! And huge thanks to our wonderful chair @davidhiggins.bsky.social
This is TONIGHT!!! 7pm GMT!! Come talk Romantic climate and catastrophe with us 🌋🌪️🌧️🌩️⛅️
Reminder that I am chairing an online event tomorrow night on 'Volcanic Romanticism'. Featuring talks by @katlion.bsky.social, @womanofclouds.bsky.social, Dilara Kalkan, and Chloe Melvin. You can register for free at the link below. @bars.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/bars-digit...
In which Johanna Winant (@johannawinant.bsky.social) and I make the case for teaching whole books. And argue for a model of close reading that would bridge high school, college, and professional practice slate.com/life/2025/10...
EDIT: 7pm not 7.30pm!!
Volcanic Romanticism!! 🌋On a Thursday evening with @bars.bsky.social ! What could be more thrilling? Please join me, @dilarakalkan.bsky.social Chloe Melvin, Katerina Liontou and @davidhiggins.bsky.social on 30th October at 7.30pm to discuss the weather of 1816, the Diodati Circle, and more!
