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First up, I’m hugely excited by the programme for this year’s Slade Lectures, which will be given by Caroline van Eck. Eck’s work on...

Thanks to a 2016 Research Travel Grant from the Design History Society, I was able to conduct crucial primary research for the completion...

Thanks to a 2016 Research Travel Grant from the Design History Society, I was able to conduct crucial primary research for the completion...

Happy New Year to all my readers. 2017 promises to be an exciting year, but I’ll talk more about that in Wednesday’s post. For now,...

Happy New Year to all my readers. 2017 promises to be an exciting year, but I’ll talk more about that in Wednesday’s post. For now,...

Eighteenth-Century Research Seminars 2017 Programme University of Edinburgh All seminars will be held at the Institute for Advanced...

Eighteenth-Century Research Seminars 2017 Programme University of Edinburgh All seminars will be held at the Institute for Advanced...

I was thrilled to find out that I’ll be presenting my paper ‘A literary inheritance: Romantic family histories and textual afterlives in...

I was thrilled to find out that I’ll be presenting my paper ‘A literary inheritance: Romantic family histories and textual afterlives in...

It’s been a few weeks since my last Week in Review, so this week is a bit of a bumper post of exhibitions, conferences, talks, articles,...

It’s been a few weeks since my last Week in Review, so this week is a bit of a bumper post of exhibitions, conferences, talks, articles,...

I was greatly saddened last week to hear of the passing of Mary D. Sheriff, the internationally celebrated art historian. Her obit on...

I was greatly saddened last week to hear of the passing of Mary D. Sheriff, the internationally celebrated art historian. Her obit on...

website or below. The Eighteenth-Century Research Seminar (ECRS) series invites proposals for twenty-minute papers from postgraduate and...

website or below. The Eighteenth-Century Research Seminar (ECRS) series invites proposals for twenty-minute papers from postgraduate and...

My object of the week is this albumen portrait of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, which was used to illustrate the National Portrait Gallery’s...

My object of the week is this albumen portrait of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, which was used to illustrate the National Portrait Gallery’s...

This week’s object of the week isn’t mine per se, but Zara Anishanslin’s. In her recently published book, Portrait of a Woman in Silk:...

This week’s object of the week isn’t mine per se, but Zara Anishanslin’s. In her recently published book, Portrait of a Woman in Silk:...

My pick of the week is Michael Yonan’s article ‘Materializing Empire in an Eighteenth-Century Lace Gown’ (Textile), which was recently...