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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · 9d

Dickens, Bleak House

Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · 12d

We had a flying visit to Munich in August so I’m no expert, but had amazing food and drinks in Blaue Libelle which was just down the road from Arena Kino, cool looking little cinema - both in the northern part of Glockenbachviertel gay district

Screenshot of Google Maps showing location of Blaue Libelle battle in Munich

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · 18d

Congratulations Clémentine! 🎉

Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · 26d

a small Friday gift

half a rainbow over Parson’s bridge, Leeds Liverpool canal

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Sep 2

✨intellectually rowdy✨@cecs-york.bsky.social ❤️
Congratulations Rhys!

Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · Sep 1

And just in case it sounds like I'm only crediting my old MA supervisor John Barrell with teaching me "some things" - here's the more fulsomely worded and entirely accurate credit I give him (and the rest of @cecs-york.bsky.social) in my acknowledgements!

I’ve been thinking through Welsh cultural revivalism since my MA degree at the University of York. I’m hugely grateful to the English Department at Ysgol Bro Myrddin and everyone at Hertford College, Oxford (in particular, Emma Smith), but CECS at King’s Manor was where the long eighteenth century really caught hold of me: an exciting, open, friendly, generous, ever-so-slightly intellectually rowdy research culture will do that for you. I’m truly thankful to everyone I met there, student or tutor, and my thanks in particular go to John Barrell, who supervised my dissertation, grilled me about harps, wrote me umpteen references, and pointed me towards research funding that made my PhD possible – I’m not sure I’d be writing this without him.

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congratulations Fran, that's brilliant news! ✨ Do you know Jo Wharton from your time at York? She's also made the York-Cork migration. Good luck with it all!

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Sep 2

Rest in Peace Jack Donovan: outstanding Shelley scholar, wonderful teacher, and delightful human

www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...

Jack Donovan

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our former colleague Jack Donovan.

www.york.ac.uk

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Aug 9

long but not forgotten

Statue of Long Boi the duck on the University of York campus. The plaque reads: In memory of our friend and campus celebrity Long Boi, who stood tall at a mighty 71cm before leaving us in 2023. Long, but not forgotten

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · Aug 4

BARS First Book Prize: Call for Expressions of Interest in Serving on the Judging Panel
BARS invites expressions of interest from Romanticists who would like to serve on the judging panel for the next BARS First Book Prize.
More information here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6086

BARS First Book Prize: Call for Expressions of Interest in Serving on the Judging Panel – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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Leigh Claire La Berge @lclaberge.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy Bastille Day! Feline reminder that philosophical patron saint of the French Revolution, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, put a cat on the cover of "The Social Contract" because cats were his “test of character”; those who don’t enjoy cats “have the despotic instinct of men.”
@dukepress.bsky.social

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Jul 13

At our recent Barbauld conference we had lots of 4-person panels with 15-min papers. We did away with intros altogether and just put bios in the programme. It was great as I always think long intros waste time that could be used for discussion!

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · Jul 5

Now on the BARS Blog: Registration is Open for Eloquent Voices: Orality in the Age of Print, 1750-1870

A one-day conference at the University of Sussex, Tuesday 16 September, 2025

See the blog and full details/registration link here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6056

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Registration Open: Eloquent Voices: Orality in the Age of Print, 1750-1870 – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 We’re thrilled to announce that we have up to 4 student bursary awards for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York for 2025-26. Deadline to apply is 31 July. Please share widely! www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18thcentury #18thC

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

Thanks to funding from an external donor, we offer up to four bursaries towards fees for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies.

www.york.ac.uk

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our Barbauld conferences is next week! Still time to register, in-person or online 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · May 21

Join us in York and online 27-28 June for our conference Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent. Fantastic speakers! Great value registrations, including free registration for York students! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ tinyurl.com/barbauld25

Conference poster for Barbauld: Voicing Dissent conference

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · Jun 12

Many congratulations to Dr Catriona Kennedy @trionakennedy.bsky.social on her new book, Women, Politics, and the Irish Public Sphere in the Age of Revolution, from Oxford University Press. A beautiful and insightful book! 📚💫🎉
Find out more @oxfordunipress.bsky.social: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Catriona Kennedy’s new book, photographed in front of the historic King’s Manor.

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Jun 5

Brava! 💕

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · May 27

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · May 27

Registration is now open for our landmark conference ‘Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent’. We have a wonderful programme of international speakers including the editors of Barbauld’s Collected Works (OUP 2025).
📍 Online and in person at King’s Manor, 27-28 June.
More info: tinyurl.com/barbauld25

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent Conference - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

Join us for a two-day conference celebrating Anna Letita Barbauld's work as the year 2025 marks the two-hundredth anniversary of her death.

tinyurl.com

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · May 21

Join us in York and online 27-28 June for our conference Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent. Fantastic speakers! Great value registrations, including free registration for York students! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ tinyurl.com/barbauld25

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · May 7

Django the cat: roof surfer

(he greeted me with a small squeak)

Shot of the front of a house, rendered white. At the top, a small tabby and white cat gazes out proudly over the edge of the roof

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Bob Eaglestone @bobeaglestone.bsky.social · May 6

“in a lot of towns your university is your car plant, it is your steel mill”

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Apr 30

wanderer above a sea of little birds, just out of reach

[he has never caught and never will catch one; the starlings mock him]

Django the tabby and white cat on a roof, looking hopefully out across the valley

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Apr 29

we’ve got Leeds representation, and it’d fab to see you Vic!

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Apr 29

Check out the Barbauld:Voicing Dissent conference poster 🗣️🗣️

Anna Letitia Barbauld Voicing Dissent conference poster featuring keynote speakers, sponsors and the conference webpage tinyurl.com/barbauld2025

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thanks to our sponsors at the University of York, Dr Williams Trust, York Georgian Society, MHRA, BARS, and BAVS.

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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is a hybrid conference open to in-person and online delegates. Speakers include keynotes William McCarthy, Elizabeth Kraft, Scott Krawczyk and Emma Clery, plus a full two-day programme of short papers

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