Alexander Huber

Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Autumn 2026 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive: www.thomasgray.org/about/histor... #c18th #ThomasGray #metres #poetry #antiquities #catalogue #18thCentury #DigitalHumanities

On this day, birth of Hester Mulso Chapone (1727-1801) and James Macpherson (1736-1796). Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

🍩 Donuts. 📚 Powell's Books. 🎭 Eighteenth-century oddities. Portland has plenty to offer, and so does #ASECS2027! This is your final opportunity to submit a paper proposal for next year's Annual Meeting. Deadline to submit: Nov. 1, 2026: asecs.org/call-for-pro...

The first session of the new JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop Series is coming up this Tue, 27 Oct with a preview of @f18cal.bsky.social's forthcoming book via @manchesterup.bsky.social: 'Responding to the Jacobite Threat: Policy, Law and Assimilation, 1688-1807'. jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...

This day 291 years ago: James Beattie (1735-1803)’s birth date. Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00207.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

Call for articles for a forthcoming themed issue of SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 (66.4, Fall 2028), "Decolonizing Historical English Literary Studies." Proposals (250–500 words plus a brief bio) are due Feb. 1, 2027 to wdwhite@ualberta.ca. Drafts for peer review will be due June 1.

On this day (154 years ago), Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) died this day. Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00062 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

It's #OpenAccessWeek and the theme is 'the cost of knowledge': what better time to read a deep dive into the costs of #OA book publishing? 📚️ 🔓 We revisit our figures from six years ago and ask: what's changed? buff.ly/xDf5s3K #OAWeek

This is quite a remarkable achievement. When I wrote The Covent Garden Ladies in 2005, a fraction of the lists in this database were known. Digitisation has significantly helped to further the study of the lives of ordinary people. The names of roughly 2,600 otherwise anonymous women are now known.

On this date 144 years ago, death of János Arany (1817-1882). Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00335 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

#c18 #c18th #18thcentury

On this date 153 years ago, Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807-1873) died this day. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00325 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

WE ARE BACK!! And with a call for papers! Postgrads please send us your abstracts on 'Identity in the Long Eighteenth Century' by Friday 6th November.

Call for Papers for the 41st Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society on "Women in Long Eighteenth-Century Scotland and Beyond", Sorbonne Université, Paris, 6-9 July 2027. Deadline for submissions: 15 December 2026 ecsss.org/wp-content/u...

AUTUMN 2026-7 Term Card Kicking off tonight at 5:30pm, we have a full slate of seminar papers planned for this term covering a range of topics across the long eighteenth century. Registration to attend will be available at the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social

First seminar in person in Oxford tomorrow Tuesday 20 October. See you there!

On #Halloween please join me @citylit.bsky.social for my study day 'Bodysnatching and Anatomy in London, c.1780-c.1845', 10am-4pm. We’ll explore the resurrection men, their working and social lives; the surgeons they supplied; and when grave-robbery turned to murder. Details: shorturl.at/GaOZU

There are so many things I’m excited to hear next week, but I love that we brought together scholars, activists, and community leaders to talk through new pathways to think about race, property, properties, history, and culture.

On this day (116 years ago), date of death of Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910). Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00599 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

On this date 329 years ago, date of birth of Nicholas Amhurst (1697-1742). Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00153.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

On this day (188 years ago), date of death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838). Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00019 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

On this day, Allan Ramsay (1684-1758) and John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth (1696-1743)’s birth date. Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

This day 284 years ago: Gray returned to Peterhouse, as a Fellow-Commoner, and resided permanently at Cambridge for the rest of his life. Find out more in the #ThomasGrayArchive: https://www.thomasgray.org/resources/gplaces.shtml#c0005 #c18th #poetry #DH #ThomasGray #Peterhouse #OTD

This day 157 years ago: death of Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869). Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00122 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

On this date 151 years ago, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) died this day. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00351 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

BARS Digital Event: Returning to John Clare Join BARS for varied discussion focused around the poet, John Clare, including new archival discoveries, editing and class politics, global poetic legacy, and ideas of beauty in his poems. 19 October, 5pm UK Time  www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6624

On this day, Ambrose Philips (1674-1749) and Mary Tighe (née Blachford) (1772-1810) born this day. Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

OTD (223 years ago): Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803)’s death date. Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00514 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

Today marks the 315th anniversary of the birth of John Hoadly (1711-1776). Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00108.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

On this day, date of death of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Apollon Grigoryev (1822-1864), Henry Timrod (1828-1867), and Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/ #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

OTD (134 years ago): Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) died this day. Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00127 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

Il n'est pas trop tard pour soumettre une proposition de session thématique ou de table ronde pour le Congrès de la SIEDS 2027 à Saragosse. La date limite a été déplacée au 30 novembre! www.isecs-zaragoza2027.net/fr/appel-a-c...

📢 Our first seminar of the academic year is nearly here! Declan Kavanagh, University of Kent, will be presenting a paper on: "‘The Fear You Had for Your Eyes’: The Terror of Sight Loss in Gulliver’s Travels (1726)" 🗓️ Tuesday 6 Oct, 5pm 📍 H/G09, Heslington Hall 🔗 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

OTD, death of Aleksey Khomyakov (1804-1860) and John Rollin Ridge (1827-1867). Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/ #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

We are back for 2026-7! Join us in person at the IHR or online Wed 7 Oct 5:30pm for @milesogborn.bsky.social’s paper titled ‘Law, Violence and empire: Understanding the Jamaican Uprising Trials 1832’ Register 👎 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

I am back from a weekend of cooking a historically inspired feast on the theme of the eighteenth-century Grand Tour, and it was pretty great. www.culina-vetus.de/2026/10/04/a... #earlymodern #foodhistory

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Jens Baggesen (1764-1826). Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00147 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

On this day (313 years ago), Jonathan Shipley (1713-1788)’s birth date. Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00126.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

On this date 199 years ago, date of death of Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827). Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00567 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

An unexpected place to find the best work on performance theory and analysis I’ve read in years, but The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre (ed. Swindells & @davidftaylor.bsky.social) is exactly that. An absolutely brilliant volume. 📚🎭 @academic.oup.com #TheatreHistory #18thC #TheatreStudies

On this day, birth of Dr Henry Harington (1727-1816) and John Duncombe (1729-1786). Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

Today marks the 135th anniversary of the death of Herman Melville (1819-1891). Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00600 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

Delighted to announce a major update to the #PRISMS digital scholarly editions platform: strengthened security and privacy, 24 #SPARQL examples with charts, maps, and networks, and search filters by holding and digitising institutions: www.prisms.digital #DSE #SemanticWeb #RDF #DiamondOA #TEI/XML

This day 291 years ago: William Julius Mickle (1735-1788) born this day. Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00237.shtml #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

Shakespeare’s Globe has opened a newly renovated research and collection centre, which features London’s only publicly accessible dedicated Shakespeare library and archive. Read more 👉https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/globe-opens-new-research-centre-featuring-londons-only-shakespeare-library

In eighteenth-century literary history: birth of Horace Walpole (1717-1797) and William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850). Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD

Today marks the 130th anniversary of the death of Ivar Aasen (1813-1896). Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00347 #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD