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Brendan Tam

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PhD candidate (History) University of Warwick (2022-2026) || Political friendship in Britain 1760-1837|| 🇦🇺 || PG Co-Convenor IHR British History in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Nov 11

Given the recent influx of new followers, I thought I’d briefly explain who I am!

I am a 3rd year PhD research at the University of Warwick (History). I work on political friendship in the late Hanoverian period, with a focus on networks and how the rhetoric of friendship was employed.

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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · 2d

We're super excited to announce the return of the Warwick History PG Work in Progress for 2025/26. Open to all who are interested in hearing about all the fantastic research being done by PG history students at Warwick!

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 7d

I have the pleasure of chairing @richardjansell.bsky.social’s paper next week. Be sure to add it to your calendar if you’re interested to hear more about servants on the “grand tour” in the 18th century!

IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 7d

Join us next Wednesday (8-10) in person at the IHR or online from 5:30pm to Dr Richard Ansell’s paper ‘Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour’. Register with the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Richard outlines the paper here:
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Join Dr Richard Ansell (Birkbeck) for a free online seminar. 5:30-7:30pm London time on Wed. Oct 8 via zoom. “Travel Journals and Other Traces of Servants on the Grand Tour”. From valets to maids, dis...

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · 14d

Back to what has become over the last three years another home.

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Jun 24

@joecozens.bsky.social, one of our seminar convenors, has just had an article published by @histparl.bsky.social discussing his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election.

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John Lewis: A Black Sailor at the 1828 Weymouth By-Election - The History of Parliament

In this guest article Dr Joe Cozens discusses his research into John Lewis, a Black sailor who was arrested during the 1828 Weymouth by-election. Dr Cozens is

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Jun 19

Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’

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Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Jun 6

Join us next Wednesday at the University of Northampton as we take the Seminar on the road! Starting at 15:00 hyrid, John Coffey (Leicester) will present on the ongoing Wilberforce Diaries project.

The event will be proceeded by a walking tour of Northampton!

www.history.ac.uk/events/diari...

The Diaries and Journals of William Wilberforce: An Editor’s Report

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · May 23

It was a pleasure presenting a paper this morning based on my recent work on political sociability (derived from a dissertation chapter section) at Warwick’s PG History Conference.

Congratulations to my fellow co-organisers for putting together a fantastic 2-day conference!

Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · May 23

Opening our final day of the conference with a fascinating panel: concepts in historical perspective.

Join us in OC0.04 to find out more about the History PG community’s research!

Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · May 22

A pleasure as always to hear you present your work Chloe!

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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · May 22

Kicking off our conference with our first panel: Early Modern Mobilities

Come down to OC0.04 to catch the latest in PG history research here at Warwick!

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · May 9

I have throughly enjoyed helping to put this event together as the current PGR Seminar Co-Convenor. We have a bumper lineup of early stage PhDs presenting their research.

IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · May 9

Join us next Wednesday (14 May) in room 243 of Senate House or online for our annual Lightning Talks event. This is our seminar’s flagship event where we hear rapid-fire three minute presentations from early-stage PhDs about their dissertation research.

www.history.ac.uk/events/light...

Lightning Talks

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · May 8

Our conference schedule is now live! I am very excited to see this showcase of research from rhe Warwick PG community! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · May 3

Check out this fantastic conference on early modern work - @annajpravdica.bsky.social has put together an absolute stellar lineup!

Anna Pravdica @annajpravdica.bsky.social · May 3

So pleased that this event which I first had the idea for well over a year ago now is so close to coming to fruition 😍 We have a really wonderful programme with an exciting array of speakers whose papers I can't wait to hear in June! Find out more @earlymodern2025.bsky.social

Work, Authenticity, & Social Identity in Early Modern Britain @earlymodern2025.bsky.social · May 3

Our jam-packed and very exciting programme is now available on our webpage here ✨ We're hugely grateful to all the excellent speakers who submitted proposals and have agreed to be part of this event, which has been long in the making but is now only a month away! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thrilled that I have been awarded a Lewis Walpole Travel Grant which will support two weeks of research later this year trawling through their eighteenth century private correspondence and manuscripts collections in Connecticut!

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2025-2026 Award Recipients | Lewis Walpole Library

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Apr 15

Henry Addington is another.

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · Apr 15

This summer, @histparl.bsky.social is joining forces with the School of Law at the University of Worcester, @parlhistjournal.bsky.social and @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social, for a conference on the trial of Warren Hastings.
All welcome!
@cecs-york.bsky.social
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The Impeachment of Warren Hastings: The First Governor General of India - University Of Worcester

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Apr 14

This is a great idea!

Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Apr 14

The great political survivor of late eighteenth century politics!

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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨Call for Papers🚨

We're now welcoming abstracts from Warwick history postgraduates for our annual Conference!

Deadline 16 April

Apply here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Mar 21

Thanks to the team at @gladlib.bsky.social for assisting with my research trip this week, consulting the Glynne-Gladstone manuscripts, helping me get through a mammoth amount of material. Now to actually write it up into the dissertation…

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks to everyone who participated in the “Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History” conference that I co-organised with the fantastic @chloechallender.bsky.social - we enjoyed a wide range of papers spanning from medieval Westminster to the present day

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks again for your brilliant paper Mari!

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · Mar 14

Fantastic conference on Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament at Warwick today - great to speak on Vanda Salmon papers @chuarchives.bsky.social on panel with @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and @emmapeplow.bsky.social. Thanks @chloechallender.bsky.social @brendantam.bsky.social for organising

Black and white photograph of Vanda Salmon, smiling and wearing a long coat and floral hat, leaning on crutches

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Feb 26

Register for next week’s seminar on Wed 5 Mar to hear Prof Rebecca Earle’s (Warwick) paper ‘The World of Jacob de Pinna, Notary and Culture-Broker: The role of eighteenth-century London notaries as intercultural go-betweens’ from 17:30 at Senate House and online.

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The World of Jacob de Pinna, Notary and Culture-Broker: The role of eighteenth-century London notaries as intercultural go-betweens

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Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social · Feb 13

Register to join us on Friday 14th March at Warwick for our conference ‘Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History: People, sociability, communities and space’ organised by myself and @chloechallender.bsky.social with support from @emeccwarwick.bsky.social and History of Parliament

Martin Spychal @martinspychal.bsky.social · Feb 13

This conference on 14 March at University of Warwick looks excellent. And its free! Congrats @brendantam.bsky.social & @chloechallender.bsky.social on organising a great line up. Find out more here: historyofparliament.com/2025/02/13/c... @victoriancommons.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social

Lived experiences of the Westminster Parliament in history: People, sociability, communities and space - The History of Parliament

On Friday 14 March 2025, a one-day conference, Lived Experiences of Westminster Parliament in History: People, Sociability, Communities, & Space, will be

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Feb 12

We have had last minute change of schedule - instead join us next week to hear seminar co-convenor Tim Hitchcock discuss his latest research (conducted with Bob Shoemaker) on policing and criminal justice in the late 18th century, at the usual time of 17:30 at the IHR and online.
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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · Feb 12

Our speaker for next week's @long18thsem.bsky.social has had to withdraw. Instead, I will be speaking about 'Mapping Criminal Justice at London's Old Bailey, 1720-1820' - on behalf ofBob Shoemaker and myself. The same arrangements apply. www.history.ac.uk/events/mappi... @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

Mapping Criminal Justice at London's Old Bailey, 1720-1820: From the Night Watch to Proactive Policing

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