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Seminar on the history of Britain and associated regions during the long eighteenth century. Join us in London or on Zoom every other Wednesday at 17.30 GMT https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/british-history-long-18th-century
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’
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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!
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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/...
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
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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!
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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Great audience for Helen Wilson's paper on Black participation in 18th Britain. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
Tonight Helen Wilson will speak at a joint session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics and People and British History in the Long 18th Century seminars, discussing her paper on 'Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850'.
You can attend online or in-person:
Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’.
Register now! 👎
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Really pleased to see that Helen Esfandiary's excellent talk last week to @long18thsem.bsky.social is now available on the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Helen Esfandiary giving a great paper on elite maternal authority over the care of children in the context of the professional medical market place in the 18th c. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
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Join us next Wednesday 19 Nov from 5:30pm either online or in Room 828 of the Institute of Education to hear @helenesfandiary.bsky.social present her paper on ‘The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England’
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Really looking forward to Samia Khatun's talk next wk: What is the Human? Recuperating Histories of Textiles Workers in Bengal from British East India Company Archives @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, online or in person, register here. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@polly-lowe.bsky.social delivering her excellent paper tonight, describing how a rhetoric of slavery was used in debates surrounding the practice of bound Scottish colliers in the eighteenth century.
Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history!
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Great to see the recording of @richardjansell.bsky.social 's recent paper on travel journals and servants' lives on the Grand Tour is now avaiable on the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social website. @long18thsem.bsky.social See: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD:
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
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Join us live at the IHR or online.
Register: tinyurl.com/2xt3th36
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