English Faculty at University of Cambridge. Author of The Arms-Bearing Woman and British Theatre in the Age of Revolution, 1789-1815 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023). Researching women and dramatic adaptation, 1800-1871. Runner (usually injured) 🏃🏼♀️
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New episode: Dr. Sarah Burdett joins us to talk about a terrifying figure in Revolutionary-era Europe: the armed woman! How did armed and sometimes violent women onstage reflect concerns about gender and politics amidst the French Revolution? theatrehistorypodcast.libsyn.com/episode-111-...
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IT'S TIME! The #CFP for #BSECS2027 has been released!
This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity'.
The deadline for submissions is the 15 September 2026.
The conference will by the 6-8 January 2027 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social
#18thC #skystorians 🗃️
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BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
Really enjoyed catching up with @theatrehistory.bsky.social earlier this year to talk about my book - can't believe it was 3y/o this month that the armed women were unleashed! #theatrehistory #18thC #womenshistory #feministhistory #frenchrevolution #Napoleonicwars
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📢 Registration now OPEN for #BARS2025 - spread the word 📢
A fantastic programme set up for both online and in person days - see you in September!
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open for applications. This opportunity allows postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for funding to support their research projects. Learn more: buff.ly/BrfBwSt
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I have joined bluesky - no idea how to use it. But I am here!
At the height of the French Revolution, a new fear gripped many people in England: Armed women. Scenes like the storming of the Bastille and riots over the price of bread in Paris, in which women figu...
Back in the UK following a month in Canada as visiting RF in Scottish Studies at @uofguelph.bsky.social Great place, great people, great materials!
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Off to Venice today for Performing Citizenship 'Amatuer Acts' conference. Not a bad way to start September! #privatetheatricals #amatuertheatre #theatrehistory
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If @helcdall.bsky.social has got you eager to learn more about the wonderful Joanna Baillie, then this virtual reading of Baillie's gothic drama, 'The Family Legend', might be of interest! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6469 @romgothsam.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social
So this was a great symposium, with a uniformly high standard of presentations across the board. It was wonderful to be in such generous scholarly company.
And as a bonus, I finally met @kathylubey.bsky.social!
