Allen Michie<p>Sure, undergrads, go ahead and use Chat GPT to cheat on your undergrad papers in 18c literature. Your teachers will never notice.</p><p><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/smollett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smollett</span></a></p>
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Mark<p>2/2. Having opened the door to a Anne Aly's brutal takedown of Peter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dutton</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LNP</span></a> spokesperson Patricia Karvelas steps in to defend the indefensible.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/afternoonbriefing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>afternoonbriefing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Islamophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>18c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Alejandro Salamanca<p>Monday 27 January, 13:00 CET. I will be talking about the Agata, a Dutch ship hired by a group of Spanish merchants in 1747 and captured by a British privateer squadron. It's a microhistpry of migration, and a mix between local and global histrory
🗃️ <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%2318c" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#18c</a>
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Jennie Batchelor<p>What a way to end the week. I have just learned that my book, The Lady’s Magazine (1770-1832) and the Making of Literary History has been shortlisted by the Wordsworth-Coleridge Association for the 2023 Marilyn Gaull Book Award. I could not be more thrilled <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/Romanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romanticism</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a></p>
Jennie Batchelor<p>As part of the big house declutter (a long project to precede the BIG MOVE next year, I finally unboxed all my copies of the Lady’s Magazine and found them a home). <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/ladysmagperiodicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladysmagperiodicals</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/rarebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rarebooks</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/19c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19c</span></a></p>
Jennie Batchelor<p>Lover’s Bridge designed by Richard Phelps in the <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> as part of the Georgian landscape improvements at <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/Dunster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dunster</span></a>. <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devon</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/holiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holiday</span></a></p>
Carrie Shanafelt<p>c18.masto.host remains open to new members with an interest in the <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a>!</p><p>I started this instance on 1 Nov. 2022 in order to establish a home for colleagues in interdisciplinary global <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> studies (with many neighbors joining from <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/17c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>17c</span></a> and <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/19c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19c</span></a>). We had a big push of new members in November and December, along with a donation drive to cover server costs. Early this year, many created placeholder accounts but were not yet ready to dive in. As the community grows, I hope they return!</p>
InI4<p>Mobility of a genius 250 years ago. <br>---<br>RT @AustinGlatthorn<br>Wolfgang Amadeus <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Mozart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozart</span></a> was born <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 1756. Here is a <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> I (frantically) made of his life’s travels. My maps usually summarise travels of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> musicians. This time I went for completeness, so it’s a bit packed (I’ll continue working on it). <br><a href="https://twitter.com/AustinGlatthorn/status/1619033845520793602" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/AustinGlatthorn/st</span><span class="invisible">atus/1619033845520793602</span></a></p>
Deidre Lynch<p>In honor of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NationalHandwritingDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalHandwritingDay</span></a>, a specimen of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penmanship</span></a> from 1 of Boston's <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> writing schools. His instructor was keen to ensure that Samuel Bonner in 1751 would never forget that “Lamentation and mourning are the companions of Vice.” Samuel’s flourishes are pretty cool.</p>
Deidre Lynch<p>We are eating oysters for Christmas Eve dinner, and the cat is reminding us that the great Dr Johnson gave his cat, Hodge, oysters, & what is wrong with us that we are not doing the same? <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/gourmet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gourmet</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a></p>
Deidre Lynch<p>Here’s some colourful frippery on a grey winter solstice day. From <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> (1780s) <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, via the MFA, a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>balloon</span></a> themed châtelaine made from glass beads. Note the cupids guiding the balloon in its upward flight, the clouds at the top, & tiny figure in the basket. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/acccessories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acccessories</span></a></p>
Benoît Melançon<p>Sur Wikipédia, l’«Article labellisé du jour» est celui consacré à Mme de Warens • <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise-Louise_de_Warens" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%</span><span class="invisible">A7oise-Louise_de_Warens</span></a> • <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/warens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warens</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/lumi%C3%A8res" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lumières</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/rousseau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rousseau</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a></p>
Michael Gavin<p>Here's my <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> ... I'm a professor of English at the University of South Carolina, where I specialize in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a>. I just published a book on <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Quantitative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quantitative</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Methods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methods</span></a> for textual analysis and I sometimes teach a course called Math4Shakespeare. But I also work with students and collaborators on a wide range of topics, from <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/18C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18C</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Architecture</span></a> (www.digitalpiranesi.org) to contemporary issues of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/LinguisticDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinguisticDiscrimination</span></a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>, and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conflict</span></a> (www.languageconflict.org). I love reading about other scholars' work, no matter the field. </p><p>I also love cat videos and puppy pics...</p>
Linda Charlton<p>Hello Mastodon - first day here - anyone else interested in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JaneAusten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JaneAusten</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/18C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18C</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookHistory</span></a> ?</p>
Fahime Serhatti<p>Hi, <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18cmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18cmastodon</span></a>! <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> time.</p><p>PhD in English Literature<br>Postdoctoral researcher at Middle East Technical University, Turkey<br>An adjunct at Baskent University, Turkey. </p><p>Working on trauma and moral injury in Early English Novels</p><p>My interest areas are<br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/EighteenthCenturyNovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EighteenthCenturyNovel</span></a><br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/DanielDefoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielDefoe</span></a> <br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/AphraBehn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AphraBehn</span></a><br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/NarrativeStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NarrativeStudies</span></a><br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/TraumaFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraumaFiction</span></a><br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/MoralInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoralInjury</span></a><br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/PerpetratorTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerpetratorTrauma</span></a><br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/Focalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Focalization</span></a><br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/TraumaticAmnesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraumaticAmnesia</span></a></p><p>Would love to connect & reconnect with <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> scholars!</p>
suzanne_forbes<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a><br>I am a <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> lecturer at <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/openuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openuniversity</span></a> <br>I work on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/barracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barracks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PrintHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrintHistory</span></a> and also interested in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Carolyn Purnell<p>Hello, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a>! Welcome to my attempt at an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>...</p><p>I'm an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/18c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18c</span></a> specialist, focusing on the history of the senses, history of color, and the history of France.</p><p>I love anything quirky, scandalous, unexpected, or over the top.</p><p>Since leaving academia, I've branched out with my writing interests, and I have a book on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bluejeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluejeans</span></a> coming out in January.</p><p>I'm also a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ghostwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostwriter</span></a>. At the moment, I <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amreading</span></a> anything written by Flaubert.</p>
Brecht de Groote<p>The call for PhD applications will soon be opening up around here (deadline 1 March 23): it's relatively competitive (only for top 10–15% of MA students & a detailed proposal needed), but it's also a VERY generous programme: 4y, excellent salary + bench fee, working conditions, independence. Are you (or do you know anyone) who'd be a great researcher, with a great idea—on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Romanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romanticism</span></a>, very (very!) long <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/19C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19C</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/18C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18C</span></a> ; British and/or transnational/comparative? Do get in touch! <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phd</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a></p>
Deidre Lynch<p>It is feeling a little too on the nose to have scheduled the sophomores’ first class on The Beggar’s Opera for today, US midterm Election Day: kleptocracy on the 18c page and stage, kleptocracy resurgent (I hope not!) in the Congress and Senate. On Thursday Brecht’s 3penny opera gets added to our class mix and our material will feel even more relevant (I wish that weren’t the case). <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/18C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18C</span></a> , <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/pedagogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedagogy</span></a></p>
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