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We are very pleased to announce our Spring semester programme. Very much looking forward to kicking things off again on Tues 24 Jan!
We have new dates available on 9/5, 30/5, 20/6, and 11/7. If you would like to lead one of our sessions on any C18 topic, just get in touch!
So do join us as we venture to the outer-reaches of the C18 into the world of Romanticism on Tues, 28 Mar, in Jessop West, SR8, at 12pm.
The full title: "Keats' Tears: Reading "Isabella; Or, The Pot of Basil" and "On First Seeing the Elgin Marbles"
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Next Tues, @EllenSpecs1 will lead a round table discussion on tears in Keats' "Isabella" and "On First Seeing the Elgin Marbles"
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Join us tomorrow, 4 til 6pm in Jessop West GO3, as GRG discusses #ecogothic in C18 pastoral Gothic! @UniShefAH @ShefEnglish @18thC_Sheff teapaw.org/sheffieldgothic/status…
On the blog: @HannahMoss86 discusses pastoral Gothic & suggests passages ahead of next weeks Gothic Reading Group: sheffieldgothicreadinggroup.…
The full title: "Spaces and Places of Power: A Study of Indian Landscapes in the early British Indian Empire". Be there, 12pm, JW SR8!
Tomorrow: @chatterjee108 will be introducing an exciting image-based session on Indian landscapes in the early British Indian Empire
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I'll be talking about heroines who fall in love with idealised portraits @18thC_Sheff on Tues - details follow...
Join us at 12pm in SR 8, Jessop West, for what will surely be the hottest date this Valentine's Day.
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Tomorrow: @HannahMoss86 treats us to a suitably romance-themed paper in "Painting an Ideal Lover in Margaret Holford's 'First Impressions'"
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ROOM CHANGE - we'll meet in Seminar Room 8 in Jessop West. See you there! Please RT.
**Correction** We'll be meeting in Seminar Room 8 in Jessop West, not Jessop SR207! teapaw.org/18thC_Sheff/status/823…
Tomorrow: @AlisonLHorgan presents (brief title) "Thomas Percy, William Shenstone, poetry and gardening". Join us at 12pm in Jessop, SR207!
Tomorrow: @AlisonLHorgan presents (brief title) "Thomas Percy, William Shenstone, poetry and gardening". Join us at 12pm in Jessop, SR207!
There is still a vacant slot on March 7: if you'd like to present a paper, introduce a text, or would like to know more, just drop us a DM!
CFP deadline for "Borders, Boundaries, and Beyond" conference here at Sheffield this Friday 20 Jan teapaw.org/borders18thc/status/82…
**Reminder** CFP deadline for "Borders, Boundaries and Beyond" fast approaching: Friday 20 Jan bordersandboundaries18thc.wo…
We have one vacant session left on 7 March - please do get in touch if you'd like to present a text, we'd love to hear from you! teapaw.org/18thC_Sheff/status/808…
Announcing the dates for next semester: 24/1, 14/2, 7/3 and 28/3.If you'd like to introduce some #18thC reading, do get in touch! Pls RT!
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In case you missed @BBCInOurTime this morning, it's on The Gin Craze and features our own Emma Major. Bottoms up! bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084zk6…
The forthcoming dates are 24 Jan, 14 Feb, 7 and 28 Mar. If
you are interested in presenting or would like to know more, do get in touch!