It's Tuesday. Let's read from Material Fictions: “Neither Poets, Painters, nor Sculptors”: Classical Mimesis and the Art of Female Hairdressing in Eighteenth-Century France by Alicia Caticha, @aliciacaticha muse.jhu.edu/article/715157 #materialculture #18thcentury #readecf

There is 30% off all my books with Bloomsbury Fashion until midnight tonight! If you’re looking for a festive present for a fashion history lover, this is for you! 🎁🎄 bloomsbury.com/uk/material-li…

I had an inspiring time at the #MLA2024 panel "Comparative Media Histories" organized by Rachael King Rachael King. Many thanks to the chair and fellow panelists, Anne Betty Weinshenker and Cassidy Holahan Cassidy Holahan, as well as the audience.

This morning I came across this exhibit catalog in my university library. A good way to kick off the new week and make it delightful. 🍀

I asked my class who read the "General Prologue" last week to sketch a pilgrim whom they find most interesting, and I am thrilled to receive their works brimming with creativity.

Sentimental Journeys

To which I want to add this "Irish Peg in a rage make good the damage you dog or I'll cut away your parsnip," in which a furious Irish vegetable vendor is physically teaching a macaroni a lesson.

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Straight into your summer reading list! Can't wait to see these wonderful essays in print in "The Edinburgh Companion to the Eighteenth-Century British Novel and the Arts" this July.

What better time than #InternationalWomensDay to announce the new publication "Female Printmakers, Printsellers & Print Publishers in the 18th Century: The Imprint of Women, c. 1700–1830" edited by the LWL's Cynthia Roman & Dr Cristina S Martinez (LWL F'16)? Yale University Library Cambridge University Press

I am excited that my proposal is accepted. I will present a paper on the making of fashionable women's bodies and construction of femininity.

With Yale students away on #SpringBreak, we’re thinking of places to go for music & fun. In our album “Vauxhall Miscellany” we can experience the Spring Gardens in the 18th century. Songs, prints, clippings & more bring #Vauxhall alive @YaleLibrary collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/159592…

🏆It's time to announce the shortlist for the 2024 SHARP Book History Book Prize! We'll be adding titles throughout the week, so check back regularly. 💫The winner will be announced at the AGM on July 4th. 🎉Congratulations to all of the shortlisted authors and publishers!

Dearest readers, Rumour has it that Mary Robinson, one-time Royal Mistress, fashion icon and pioneer of modern celebrity, is making her way to Chawton House in the coming weeks...

Explore Reading with the Burneys: Patronage, Paratext, Performance by Sophie Coulombeau—available as a free Open Access Element on Cambridge Core! 📖 #EighteenthCentury #LiteraryStudies #CambridgeElements cup.org/3X5mORH

Can’t wait!!!