• Putting the interdisciplinary in eighteenth century studies for almost 30 years • Researching and teaching the longest eighteenth century, 1650-1850 • Home to the interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, since 1994https://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mlxlsuyqnc2v📢 Summer Fellowships at York! Excited to announce that applications are now open for York’s Summer Interdisciplinary Research Fellowships based at Heslington Hall. Come visit us for up to a month this June, July or August. #18thCentury (1/2) 🔗 https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/15d3TOfwuX8g0qtxfEJ0LQ7iMU3jguE8E/mobilebasic16 May 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxlsuyqnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mlsv72cqdc2cGorgeous alliums at Heslington Hall, home of York’s Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. #alliums14 May 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsv72cqdc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mlsq5aqxwc2cCongratulations to co-editors Rachel Feldberg, Matthew Daniel Eddy @bookscribbler.bsky.social & Jane Rendall on their excellent book. What a treat it was to celebrate this new publication, full of new and old friends of CECS, including recent PhD Dr Roseanna Kettle @roseannakettle.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsq5aqxwc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mlqj2fggwk27One of our favourite #18thcentury spots behind our new home in Heslington Hall is the two-story summerhouse, part of an eighteenth century garden design that originally included canals, topiary, and a garden wall. #topiary #summerhouse13 May 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqj2fggwk27https://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mlpjd7et4c2v📚TODAY: our book launch & celebration of Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824) 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpjd7et4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mlky7cpt5c2yLooking forward to this event on Wednesday the 13th 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlky7cpt5c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mldd4mdkxs2fWe’re very pleased to share news of this research fellowship position, working with our wonderful CECS / English Literature colleague Prof Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social on the collected works of Mary Wollstonecraft: 🔗 https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL782/research-fellowship-the-collected-works-of-mary-wollstonecraft08 May 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldd4mdkxs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3ml6vdhqdzc25📚 🥳 All welcome at our hybrid book launch for Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824), edited by Matthew Daniel Eddy, Rachel Feldberg and Jane Rendall (Boydell Press: 2026) 📚🥳 🗓️ Wednesday 13 May, 5pm 📍 H/G21, Heslington Hall 🔗 🎟️ https://www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-century-studies/events/all/2026/ewbankbooklaunch13may/06 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vdhqdzc25https://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3ml436qebgk2l📢 PhD Funding alert: 'Exporting JMW Turner, c. 1910-1966'. This HRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership is co-supervised by Dr Amy Concannon (Tate) and Dr Richard Johns (York, History of Art / CECS). 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/study/funding/exporting-jmw-turner/ ⏱️ 27 May, 2026 Please share! https://www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/study/funding/exporting-jmw-turner/05 May 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml436qebgk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3ml3pdnsxm22gTODAY 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3pdnsxm22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mknd5iyb2c25📣 2026/7 MA in Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries 📣 We're delighted to announce that we will be awarding four MA bursaries for the 2026/7 MA in Eighteenth Century Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CECS website: 🔗 https://www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-century-studies/news/2026/bursaries2026/ Spread the news!29 Apr 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknd5iyb2c25https://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mkn2jjpclc2x📢 Our annual Stephen Copley Lecture is scheduled for Tuesday 5 May with Prof Ros Ballaster (Oxford) presenting a paper on: "The Sense of Touch and the Shaping of the Woman Artist in the Eighteenth Century" 🗓️ Tuesday 21 April, 5pm 📍 H/G21, Heslington Hall 🔗 https://www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-century-studies/events/all/2026/copleylectureballaster5may/29 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn2jjpclc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mjyj4axmek2tThe #18thcentury rumours are true. Please join us in person or online at today’s CECS seminar, with Dr Harrie Neal: [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyj4axmek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mjgzpy7ch22j📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 21 April with our own Harrie Neal presenting a paper on: "The Edgeworths, Ireland’s Bogs, and Improvement" 🗓️ Tuesday 21 April, 5pm 📍 H/G09, Heslington Hall & Zoom 🔗 https://www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-century-studies/events/all/2026/neal21apr/14 Apr 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgzpy7ch22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mjfbrtkh2c2fWe're thrilled to announce the keynote speakers for our July symposium, 'Radical Print Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century'. Dr Esther Chadwick (@thecourtauld) & Dr Helen Williams (@helenwilliams18 @northumbriauni) will join us in York to share their expertise on the power & politics of print 1/513 Apr 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfbrtkh2c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3mj2wdwo4cc24CECS is at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Philadelphia this week. CECS friends & alumni, please say hello to CECS director Prof Chloe Wigston Smith @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social to catch up, and learn about our upcoming events and future plans.09 Apr 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2wdwo4cc24https://bsky.app/profile/cecs-york.bsky.social/post/3miiuwuj4e22bSunny days at the University of York’s Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:6jdyfcoo5vll74t4h4pdn34e/app.bsky.feed.post/3miiuwuj4e22b