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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Apr 21

The last date for registration for the ECSSS conference 2025 at Stirling is fast approaching—30 April!!

The provisional programme and the booking link are both available at ecsss.org/upcoming-con.... We have a wonderful line-up. Don't miss out! We'd love you to join us in June.

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Apr 7

Don't leave it too late to book! Last date for registration is 30 April. Provisional programme and the booking link are both available at ecsss.org/upcoming-con.... Roll up! We'd love to have you join us in June.

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Feb 28

Last day to send an abstract is ***tomorrow***! We would love to hear from you!

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Feb 17

***Deadline extended*** for the CFP for the online ECSSS 2025 conference to follow the event in person in Stirling. The online dates for Scots and the Environment are 24 and 25 June 2025, and the CFP has been extended to 1 March. Roll up for this bonus episode!
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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Feb 17

Meanwhile, registration is ***open*** for the ECSSS 2025 conference in Stirling, 'Scots and the Environment', 17–20 June 2025, here: shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-.... Do join us! The provisional programme is here: ecsss.org/upcoming-con...

ECSSS: Scots and the Environment | University of Stirling Online Shop

Annual conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS) Please book your place at the conference here, and also whichever optional eve

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Feb 17

Keynote: Dr Thomas Tyson, ‘From “Enlightened” Persecution to “Romantic” Racism: Scottish Gypsies in the Long Eighteenth Century'.

ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Feb 17

***Deadline extended*** for the CFP for the online ECSSS 2025 conference to follow the event in person in Stirling. The online dates for Scots and the Environment are 24 and 25 June 2025, and the CFP has been extended to 1 March. Roll up for this bonus episode!
ecsss.org/upcoming-con...

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Feb 11

Keynote: Dr Thomas Tyson, ‘From “Enlightened” Persecution to “Romantic” Racism: Scottish Gypsies in the Long Eighteenth Century'.

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Feb 11

The ECSSS 2025 conference at Stirling now has a fantastic bonus episode lined up! We are excited to announce our *online conference* on Scots and the Environment, 24 and 25 June 2025—CFP deadline imminent!
ecsss.org/upcoming-con...

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 27

CFP deadline 15 Feb. 2025. Hope you are even now busy with putting an abstract together! All welcome.

ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 27

Keynote: Dr Thomas Tyson, ‘From “Enlightened” Persecution to “Romantic” Racism: Scottish Gypsies in the Long Eighteenth Century'.

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 27

We *also* hope that many of those who attend the Stirling conference will mark the dates in your diaries and plan to follow up with this bonus episode the following week and carry on conversations begun in Stirling!

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 27

Paper proposals especially welcome from those who cannot travel to the Stirling conference for any reason, and they can engage with the conference theme or speak to any other aspect of eighteenth-century Scotland.

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 27

The ECSSS 2025 conference at Stirling now has a fantastic bonus episode lined up! We are excited to announce our *online conference* on Scots and the Environment, 24 and 25 June 2025! CFP here:
ecsss.org/upcoming-con...

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Dr Leith Davis @drleith.bsky.social · Jan 27

Excited to share that my new book, Jacobitism and Cultural Memory, 1688-1830 with @CambridgeUP's Elements series is available for free download for the next 72 hours. Written with non-specialists in mind as well as Jacobite scholars. #jacobites #18th-c
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Jacobitism and Cultural Memory, 1688–1820

Cambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Jacobitism and Cultural Memory, 1688–1820

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Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social · Jan 27

⭐️DEADLINE EXTENSION⭐️

We've extended the deadline for submissions to our upcoming 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson' project.

Follow the link below to find out more about how to submit 👇
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Submissions invited: Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson Poetry Collection – The Collected Works of Robert Fergusson

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 16

The ECSSS 2025 conference at Stirling now has a fantastic bonus episode lined up! We are excited to announce our *online conference* on Scots and the Environment, 24 and 25 June 2025! CFP here:
ecsss.org/upcoming-con...

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Pamela Ahern @pamelaahern.bsky.social · Jan 17

If you won’t be in Stirling this year (or even if you will) please consider submitting to this online component of ECSSS 2025!

ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 16

The ECSSS 2025 conference at Stirling now has a fantastic bonus episode lined up! We are excited to announce our *online conference* on Scots and the Environment, 24 and 25 June 2025! CFP here:
ecsss.org/upcoming-con...

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 16

CFP deadline 15 Feb. 2025. Roll up, roll up!

ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 16

Keynote: Dr Thomas Tyson, ‘From “Enlightened” Persecution to “Romantic” Racism: Scottish Gypsies in the Long Eighteenth Century'.

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 16

We *also* hope that many of those who attend the Stirling conference will mark the dates in your diaries and plan to follow up with this bonus episode the following week and carry on conversations begun in Stirling!

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 16

Paper proposals especially welcome from those who cannot travel to the Stirling conference for any reason, and they can engage with the conference theme or speak to any other aspect of eighteenth-century Scotland.

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Jan 16

The ECSSS 2025 conference at Stirling now has a fantastic bonus episode lined up! We are excited to announce our *online conference* on Scots and the Environment, 24 and 25 June 2025! CFP here:
ecsss.org/upcoming-con...

Upcoming Conferences – Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society

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ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Dec 20

Papers from PGRs, ECRs, independent scholars particularly welcome. Watch this space for the CFP early in January!

ecsssstir2025.bsky.social @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social · Dec 20

🎺🎺🎺—a Christmas gift of a trailer:
Following the conference in Stirling 17–20 June 2025, we will hold an online conference, also on ‘Scots and the Environment’, on 24 and 25 June. Keynote speaker is Thomas Tyson.

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