Dr Adam James Smith

Ahead of the first meeting of the York Georgian Book Club tomorrow, where we'll be discussing Persuasion, here are my quick initial thoughts on the novel after re-reading it for the first time in 10+ years.

TLDR version: I loved it.

#JaneAusten #18C #18thC #18thCentury

Still looking for others wanting to present at @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 and form a panel. Message me if interested by end of August 2025 though it might be that others have got in touch and a panel is formed by then so don’t delay! #18c #comfort #discomfort #skystorians

Terraqueous Globe: Land & Sea in the Age of Sterne
University of Liverpool, 5-7 Nov 2025
CFP open until 15 Sept 2025
More info: terraqueousglobe.wordpress.com
#18thC #18C #18thCentury #Sterne #LaurenceSterne @bsecs.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social

CALL FOR PAPERS 39th Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 9–11 April 2026, Philadelphia, PA, USA ECSSS celebrates four decades as an affiliate society of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies by holding its annual conference with ASECS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site will be the centrally located Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown. On this occasion, as in the past, ECSSS will sponsor its own panels at the ASECS meeting. Papers are invited on any aspect of eighteenth-century Scottish history, thought, and culture, but we would particularly encourage proposals for papers and panels relating to the 250th anniversaries of relevant events that occurred in 1776, such as the role of Scots in the American Revolution (especially in regard to Philadelphia), the publication of the Wealth of Nations, and the death of David Hume. Details of the ECSSS-sponsored plenary speaker and the evening reception will follow in due course, along with information on any other aspects of the programme in which ECSSS are involved. Because the programme for the ASECS meeting goes to press at the beginning of October, we have to put together the ECSSS programme by the end of the summer. Please act quickly in order to help us organize the programme in time. Please email a title and brief abstract of your proposed 20-minute paper, along with a one-page CV, to Rachel Bani (rachel.bani@converse.edu) by 10 September 2025. Those submitting proposals for 3- or 4-paper panels should send the panel title and abstract as well as titles and abstracts of the individual papers and CVs of the presenters by the same deadline. Please ensure that any proposal include ‘2026 conference proposal’ in the email subject line.

CFP: 39th Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society
9–11 April 2026, Philadelphia, USA

Papers are invited on any aspect of #C18th Scottish history, thought, & culture, especially the notable 250th anniversaries in 2026

Deadline: 10 Sept. Full details in ALT-text

Here are four books I recommend if you enjoyed my piece in @theconversation.com & would like to know more...

#18th #18C #18thcentury #JaneAusten

Thank you!

Jane Austen was a satirist – why isn’t she treated like one? Although many women writers were critiquing society in the 18th century, hardly any of them were considered satirists.

Jane Austen was a satirist – why isn’t she treated like one?
theconversation.com/jane-austen-...

I'll make sure we sign post your edition at our launch event! 🙏

Hopefully our student edition will compliment yours nicely, which looks wonderful and which I'll definitely be ordering for our library!

Or of course, my edition! www.shearsman.com/store/Mary-R...

Featuring, amongst many other things, our attempt to answer a very tricky question posed recently at a Thackeray Society event at the Reform Club:

How can you when satire is actually nihilistic trolling, when nihilistic trolling is satire, and whether, technically, there is really any difference?

He was my No 1 until yesterday, TBF.

Can someone please point me in the direction of people working on philosophy and religion in the long eighteenth century..?

#18thC #18C #C18th #18thCentury

Thank you!!

A little intro to my PhD project for those interested 🫶🏻: I am exploring the relationship between alcohol and class in 18th and 19thC British art and literature, with an interest in satirical art, Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollett, Robert Burns, the Bröntes, Elizabeth Gaskell, and more 🍻

@megandanielle.bsky.social I just found this, by Mary Robinson:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...
Do you know it?

"Students make one of the most subversive and experimental women writers of the Romantic era accessible for all"

www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/ly... via @yorkstjohn.bsky.social #18c #18thC

Who is the best male character in all the works of Jane Austen & if you don't agree it is James Benwick prepare to fight me

#JaneAusten #JaneAusten250

New History Book Series Call for Proposals: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth- Century Cultures and Societies - BSECS Series Editors: Elaine Chalus, University of Liverpool, UK and Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Routledge Editor: Max Novick The long eighteenth century sits as a pivotal poin...

***CALL FOR PROPOSALS***
Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Discover miniaturist Jeremiah Meyer’s attempt to help William Hayley earn some £ bit.ly/KnausMeyer in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th #romanticism #opera #theatrehistory #arthistory #friendship #miniatures

(Vid shows @LIS4G33 opening the book at the chapter)

About The Team (2025) - York St John University Critical Editions (Photography by Amy Craghill) Project Director Dr Adam James Smith Adam is an Associate Professor of English Literature at York St John University. His work explores the role played by … Continue read...

Read more about the project:
blog.yorksj.ac.uk/ysjucritical...

Here is the cover to our forthcoming digital edition of Mary Robinson's Lyrical Tales!

It is an original piece by artist Lara Aiken.

The edition has been edited by @yorkstjohn.bsky.social students with a new preface by @drbeard79.bsky.social.

It'll be free to download from 10th August. 18thC

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨

EP76. Charlotte Brontë Is In YOU

Could You be Satire?

Jo & Adam investigate the strange Netflix show about putting women in cages & quoting literature at them, before exploring Brontë's own use of satire.

Listen:

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#19C #Bronte

This was a wonderful paper, well done Charlotte! 👏👏👏

'Sancho and his World', a British Academy/Northeastern University Conference in March 2026.

CFP deadline, 14th July 2025.

#18thC #18thCentury #18C #CFP @bsecs.bsky.social

A Romani Capital? Romanies and London in the Eighteenth Century The history of Romanies in England during the eighteenth century has been largely neglected by existing historical scholarship. Yet, the Romani experience of and in London had a notable impact on t...

Really pleased to have my new article on Romanies & London in eighteenth century published by @thelondonjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

Come for the lively & wide-ranging discussion featuring Juvenal, The Inbetweeners, The American Office, Half-Man Half Biscuit, The Divine Comedy, The Beautiful South, The Lancashire Hotpots...

...but stay to hear Jo deliver a highly unique performance 'The Way I Am' by Eminem 🙌

#ComedyStudies

PUBLIC TALK Sophie Coulombeau - Brothers & Lovers: Frances Burney and the Gothic The University is delighted to welcome author and radio presenter Sophie Coulombeau in this talk showcasing some of the research from her recent publication 'Reading with the Burneys' which is…

Tomorrow we're welcoming author and radio presenter @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social‬ for her talk 'Brothers & Lovers: Frances Burney and the Gothic'.

Sophie will explore themes from her book, Reading with the Burneys, which delves into an annotated copy of Fanny Burney’s Evelina.

PSA: My article on satire & cannibalism after Swift is currently available open access in the European Journal for Humour Research:

europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/issue/v...

It's part of an amazing special issue ed. by Anne-Sophie Bories & Nils Couturier

#18c #18thC @talkaboutsatire.bsky.social

Adam was sharing the last news from the York Research Unit for the Study of Satire at the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Research Centre summit today.

Read more here:
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#comedystudies #satire #talkaboutsatire