Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman

Reminder: BARS 2026 CFP can be found here:
Deadline Sunday 30 November.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101

This #InternationalPodcastDay tune into ‘Confessions of an Early Career Researcher’ – a new guide to the world of academia post-PhD.

The first three episodes of the podcast are available now. Subscribe for our next episodes, live on 15 October: https://bit.ly/4pNaTp1

Dept of History, University of Liverpool - Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

Interested candidates should identify a potential mentor in the dept & submit an Expression of Interest by 3 Nov. Come & work with me &/or my colleagues! Details here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... #skystorians 🗃️

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A baked pastry sheet topped with tomatoes, olives, anchovies and parmesan

A bowl of cullen skink topped with water cress in a blue bowl. Three slices of white sourdough bread are arranged next to it. There is a small bowl of wrapped butter blocks, a cup of tea in a blue cup and a glass of water behind it

A close up of eggs baked in tomatoes, chickpeas, spinach, harissa and chilli oil

A close up of a large Neapolitan pizza topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, green and red chillies and with a hot honey glaze. The crust is lightly charged, and another plate with a mozzarella pizza sits behind

This week’s weekend eats 🍽️ (credit to the v. talented @drcleoocy.bsky.social for the first one! 🍅 🧀)

The People of Print Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - The People of Print

People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England is out today and free to download until 7 Oct:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.

140 hours of paid work for anyone on an Arts and Humanities doctoral programme at a Scottish HEI, co-ordinating the incredible @sgsah.bsky.social Earth Scholarship programmes 2026 Symposium. Closes 16/10/25. Go go go!
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/sgsah-ea...

#CFP 'Reframing the Enlightenment: intellectual and political disputes today'
Paris, 10-12 June 2026
Please send proposals to daniel.fulda@germanistik.uni.halle.de by the 26 October
Link to the full CFP here: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
@isecs-sieds.bsky.social

Delighted to share the Future of Books and Reading paper, which combines research insights, professional expertise, and readers' voices to highlight the enjoyable, engaging, empowering and enriching effects of reading across the lifespan. Access here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/

Volume IV of the OUP edition of William Godwin’s letters, now at press, includes an extensive description of his 1816 visit to Abbotsford, together with four letters to Sir Walter Scott (d. OTD 1832), all written in 1824, the same year that Edwin Landseer painted this portrait of Scott at home.

Postdoctoral Researcher – ‘STEMMA'-School of English, Media, and Creative Arts

Starts Jan 2026

University of Galway

universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Happy post day

5 days left to submit your abstract!

Thank you, Penny - and for all your support throughout! Think my brain power was definitely waning by that point in the day but heartily concur about everyone else!

Thank you, Catherine!

@mckeever.bsky.social

YouTube video by The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club Dr Gerard McKeever - Scotch Novels

Recorded on 4 Sept 2025 – Dr Gerard McKeever, lecturer in modern Scottish literature at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, speaks about Walter Scott’s relationship with Scotland, particularly through the lens of his so-called “Scotch Novels”
#C19th #romanticism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=twvr...

💜Grateful to be part of #BARS2025 Romantic (Un)Consciousness at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social 💜Inspiring panels both in person & online—deep gratitude to the amazing organizers: @drcleoocy.bsky.social @zooeyziller.bsky.social @womanofclouds.bsky.social

The British Association for Romantic Studies Biennal International Conference 2026 - Romantic Retrospection
In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026

Updates & CfP announced:

www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...

[Image: Birmingham Museums Trust]

Thank you Dan - hope you’re well !

Online Overview Friday 12 September 11.15 — Opening Remarks 11.30 — Parallel Panels 1 13.00 — Lunch 14.00 — Keynote 15.15 — Break 15.30 — Parallel Panels 2 17.00 — Break 17.30 — Alternative Academic Careers Plenary Roundtable 19.00 — Closing Remarks.

Remember that the online day of the BARS PGR & ECR conference is tomorrow! Find the full programme here: barsconference2025.wixsite.com/home (and in your email inbox if you’ve registered).

Thank you, Gem - hope you’re well!

Joanna Baillie’s 256th Birthday Doodle - Google Doodles Learn more about the creation of Joanna Baillie’s 256th Birthday Doodle and discover the story behind the unique artwork.

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018
#C18th
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Amazing news, Kerri, congratulations!!

Thanks so much Helen - hope all is well with you !

Thank you Kate! 🫶

Thank you !!

Thank you, Nicola !!

Thank you Sophie!

Thank you, Jennie!