Dr Adam James Smith
@elementaladam
Chief Reviews Editor, Journal for 18th-Century Studies (JECS). Interests: #18C Print Culture, esp Satire & Periodicals. Podcast: (@talkaboutsatire.bsky.com)
Belatedly... Some scenes from this year's @cecs-york.bsky.social symposium on RADICAL PRINT IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY It was a remarkable day and a joy to be involved in organising this with Chloe & Sarah 🙏 #18thC #18C #PrintCulture
A full day at the York Georgian Festival with talks by @historymatt.bsky.social & @brycchancarey.bsky.social & the launch of a new student-led edition of the correspondence between Ignatius Sancho & Laurence Sterne. #18C #18thCentury @bsecs.bsky.social
Come and see us at the York Georgian Festival next week! My @yorkstjohn.bsky.social students & I will be presenting: SANCHO & STERNE: A MEETING OF MINDS IN GEORGIAN BRITAIN 10th August, 3.30pm York Mansion House Tickets: www.mansionhouseyork.com/york-georgia... #18thC #18C @bsecs.bsky.social
Come and see Professor Brycchan Carey at the York Georgian Festival next week! THE UNNATURAL TRADE Monday 10th August 5.30pm, York Mansion House Book tickets: www.mansionhouseyork.com/york-georgia... #18C #18thC @bsecs.bsky.social @brycchancarey.bsky.social
Come and see Professor Matthew McCormack at the York Georgian Festival next week! SHOES & THE GEORGIAN MAN Monday 10th August 1.30pm, York Mansion House Book tickets: www.mansionhouseyork.com/york-georgia... @historymatt.bsky.social #18C #18thC @bsecs.bsky.social
It's a @bsecs.bsky.social take over at the York Georgian Festival this year, with events featuring @historymatt.bsky.social & @brycchancarey.bsky.social 🎉 Book your tickets: www.mansionhouseyork.com/york-georgia... #18C #18thC #18thCentury #YorkGeorgianFest
Thank you Benjamin, it was great to meet you and I loved your presentation!
Thank you Megan, for being a great delegate and for your fascinating paper!
It was a real pleasure to speak at yesterday's "Hawleypalloza", an event in honour of the career (so far!) of the inimitable Judith Hawley. #18C #18thCentury
We're in the York Press 😎 www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2621312... #18C #IgnatiusSancho
It's a good day when you get to bust out a sentence like this. #18C
🚨RADICAL PRINT CULTURE SYMPOSIUM 🚨 The Programme is now live (see 🧵), and the symposium will also feature two amazing keynote speakers, a print exhibition and a handling workshop. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @bsecs.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social
It was at this point in my lecture on Frankenstein this morning that I heard a student say "RIP Victor you would have loved Adderall"
#CFP: SPECTRAL TOURISM 30-31 July 2026 York St John University "This symposium seeks to explore the ghosts of tourism, or tourism itself as a spectral presence, through an interdisciplinary exploration of spectral tourism in York and elsewhere." Abstract deadline: 22nd March #hauntology
Huge thanks to everyone who came to see Jo & I talking about the history of the "Satirical Voyage" at the York Literature Festival, we couldn't have hoped for a more lively and engaged audience 💖 #18thC #19thC #Skystorians
If you're in York on Sunday 21 March about would like to hear a talk about the trouble 18th-century writers had trying to describe York as they found it, rather than as a relic of what it once was, then I have the perfect talk for you... #18C #YorkLitFest #18thC @yorkstjohn.bsky.social
Work begins today on the 3rd iteration of the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Critical Editions project, which this year sees students from our English Literature degree and MA in Publishing editing a new full accessible digital edition of the correspondence between Ignatius Sancho & Laurence Sterne #18c
This Valentine's Day... Who tells the story of radical print? A public lecture on Winifred Gales and the hidden labour behind Sheffield’s late-eighteenth-century radical press. Sat 14 Feb | York Medical Society | £5 www.georgianyork.org.uk/what-s-on #PrintHistory #WomenWriters #18C #18thC
Come along to the ALSE-UKI online seminar on 29 Jan, featuring a wide range of papers from contributors to the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Literature & the Environment. Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asle-uki-s... #18thCentury #18C #18thC
"When it comes to Jane, so many images have been danced before us.. The effect of all of them together is to make us read novels that aren't actually there." - Helena Kelly Glorious meeting of the York Georgian Book Club, following a brill lecture by Lizzie Rogers! #18C #18thCentury #JaneAusten
Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history! The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... #18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
Ahead of the first meeting of the York Georgian Book Club tomorrow, where we'll be discussing Persuasion, here are my quick initial thoughts on the novel after re-reading it for the first time in 10+ years. TLDR version: I loved it. #JaneAusten #18C #18thC #18thCentury
Terraqueous Globe: Land & Sea in the Age of Sterne University of Liverpool, 5-7 Nov 2025 CFP open until 15 Sept 2025 More info: terraqueousglobe.wordpress.com #18thC #18C #18thCentury #Sterne #LaurenceSterne @bsecs.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social
Here are four books I recommend if you enjoyed my piece in @theconversation.com & would like to know more... #18th #18C #18thcentury #JaneAusten
Here is the cover to our forthcoming digital edition of Mary Robinson's Lyrical Tales! It is an original piece by artist Lara Aiken. The edition has been edited by @yorkstjohn.bsky.social students with a new preface by @drbeard79.bsky.social. It'll be free to download from 10th August. 18thC