This looks a very interesting online seminar:
John Satia and the 1731 Ban on Black Apprenticeship
On 18th May at 17:00(GMT)/12:00(EST), we will discuss a pre-circulated paper titled ‘John Satia and the 1731 Ban on Black Apprenticeship’ by Jamie Gemmell (King’s College London). During the seminar, Jamie will introduce the paper before a discussion and Q&A. To attend, please register her
Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Spring 2026 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive:
https://www.thomasgray.org/about/history.shtml#2026
#c18th #correspondence #map #letters #findingaid #ThomasGray #poetry
This day 297 years ago: Thomas Percy (1729-1811) born this day.
Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00056.shtml
This day 304 years ago: Christopher Smart (1722-1771)’s birth date.
Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00254.shtml
Gutted to be missing Rivka Swenson’s #ASECS2026 paper on the lyric in Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies. I’ve coincidentally been thinking quite a bit about the verse in Harris’s List lately while putting together https://harrisslist.prisms.digital/
OTD (307 years ago): birth of William Markham (1719-1807).
Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00117.shtml
John Levin
Alexander Huber
Alexander Huber