Prof. Elaine Chalus

Head of Eliza Hayley, attrib Romney, but probs not by him. Detailed portrait of woman with grey hair, blue-grey tired-looking eyes, an aquiline nose and thin lips. She wears a black lacy bow at her neck

“A Systematically Immoral Man”: Recovering 5 women from Hayley the lifewriter: bit.ly/systematicallyimmoral in bit.ly/HayleyEssays #lifewriting #biography #18thC #c18th #marriage #divorce #19thc #wollstonecraft #womenshistory #reading #toxicmasculinity (Eliza Hayley portrait in Haberdashers' Hall)

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

#18th #18C #18thcentury #JaneAusten

The Art of Writing Bad Poetry in Eighteenth-Century England: A Study of the True-Born Britain (1707) Published in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (Ahead of Print, 2025)

New Publication Alert

Chatterjee, Jacob Donald. "The Art of Writing Bad Poetry in Eighteenth-Century England: A Study of the True-Born Britain (1707)." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (2025): 1-12.

#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC

Sheridan's skill as an orator is well attested.
However, the real experts are the editors of the Sheridan project, currently being undertaken between the universities of Leeds and Aberystwyth.
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Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory) at University of Cambridge An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other aca...

Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory)- University of Cambridge - Department of Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD818/a...

Associate Professor/Professor in Cambridge Digital Humanities at University of Cambridge Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professor/Professor in Cambridge Digital Humanities on jobs.ac.uk!

Associate Professor/Professor in Cambridge Digital Humanities
University of Cambridge - Office of the School of Arts and Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD837/a...

Teaching Associates in History & Theory of Architecture and Design (Temporary Cover) at University of Cambridge Discover an exciting academic career path as a Teaching Associates in History & Theory of Architecture and Design (Temporary Cover) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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ssistant Professor of Philosophy
London School of Economics and Political Science - Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD999/a...

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor for Southeast Asian History at Nanyang Technological University Discover Assistant/Associate/Full Professor for Southeast Asian History jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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College Lectureship and Fellowship in British History at University of Cambridge Discover an exciting academic career path as a College Lectureship and Fellowship in British History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

College Lectureship and Fellowship in British History- University of Cambridge - Christ's College #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE394/c...

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Research Assistant- University of Glasgow - College of Arts and Humanities - School of Critical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE405/r...

Early Career Teaching & Research Fellowship in Ancient Philosophy at University of Oxford Apply for the Early Career Teaching & Research Fellowship in Ancient Philosophy role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

Early Career Teaching & Research Fellowship in Ancient Philosophy
University of Oxford - St Edmund Hall #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE445/e...

Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History at Queen's University Belfast An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History- Queen's University Belfast - School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE451/l...

'The barn owl'. Illustration from What To Look For In Autumn by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe.

A parlour in an old cottage by James Townshend.

Wolf

Isn't it a little dark in here, said Old Fox, won't you come & join us in the meadow? I've had enough of summer, said Wolf, I want the North wind & syrup cake & bonfires in the orchard & blackberry jam & Michaelmas daisies & the geese all a-skeining in the mist.

Old Fox in the fields

Old Fox had been up since before dawn. He'd gone to the fields around the cottage, the wheat golden & heavy and dry, ready for harvest. He called to the land. He cut the first sheaf. Later he'd make his Lammas bread & take it to St Thomas's church, to the Lady Chapel, as all had done before him.

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Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History at Queen's University Belfast An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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Collaborative Doctoral Award – The Bluecoat’s Global Networks, 1830s to 1906 at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Collaborative Doctoral Award – The Bluecoat’s Global Networks, 1830s to 1906 at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Collaborative Doctoral Award – The Bluecoat’s Global Networks, 1830s to 1906
Liverpool John Moores University School of Humanities and Social Sciences www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #skystorians 🗃️

(1) Bronze medal by John Roettiers (1631-1701) with portrait bust of Charles I on obv., rev. with commemorative scene mourning Charles I's execution; (2) silvered metal with a portrait bust of William III and Mary II dated '1689' on obv., rev. with allegorical scene of the personification of England and the House of Orange-Nassau embracing; (3) silvered-metal with portrait bust of 'James III'and the motto VNICA SALVS obv., rev. with allegorical scene of the White Horse of Hanover trampling symbols of England beneath the motto QVID GRAVIVS CAPTA, dated 1721; (4) silvered metal with portrait bust of George I obv., rev. the White Horse of Hanover leaping over a map of Europe toward the British Isles; (5) a bronze example commemorating George III surviving the assassination attempt of 15 May 1800

Group of British historical/commemorative medals, one #Jacobite, one anti-, from the 17c and #c18th #c18 #18thc, at Freeman's/Hindman, Chicago (est. US$400-600)

Call for interested parties in a panel for @bsecs.bsky.social January 2026! Theme this year is Big/Small. My paper will focus on small comforts + large discomforts in 18th c. letter writing. Let me know if you are interested #18c @cecs-york.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social

Records show the Tesla chief executive was the single largest donor to committees supporting Republicans in congressional races. https://on.ft.com/4lZhNoW

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The prize is restricted to early career researchers (those within 8 years of the award of their PhD, or within 6 years of their first academic appointment, excluding any period of career break).

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'The Right Honorable J. Ramsay MacDonald addressing the House of Commons', by Sir John Lavery, 1923. Oil on Canvas. Credit Glasgow Life Museums. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-right-honourable-j-ramsay-macdonald-addressing-the-house-of-commons-84786

The Parliamentary History Essay Prize 2025 is open!
The prize is worth £500 and winners will have their essay published in our journal!

The submission deadline is 30 Nov 2025!

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Portrait of a ruddy-faced middle-aged man in 18th-century clerical dress. He wears a short grey wig, a white surplice with a black chimere over it and white preaching bands.

"to live even under an arbitrary and unjust government is far better than to live under none at all"
John Potter, bishop of Oxford in his address to the House of Lords on the anniversary of George I's accession, 1 August 1715.

Discuss.
#skystorians #HistParl

I wonder if she was called Audrey by family and friends.

Name of the day: Ethelrede Baskett.
Can't help but feel she ought to be a major character in a Hardy novel.

Hope your knee is improving, so that you can get out for your walks again. Being outdoors, esp. in summer, is so good for body and soul.

Lulworth cove, Dorset Ernest Haslehust ca.1920

Lulworth cove, Dorset
Ernest Haslehust
ca.1920

Weymouth and Portland, Dorset Ernest Haslehust ca.1920

Weymouth and Portland, Dorset
Ernest Haslehust
ca.1920