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drpastonsrus.bsky.social
Commissioning Editor at Boydell & Brewer with particular interests in the period c.1450-c.1850. Primarily here to support the good fight via publishing enterprises. Will also be found "nerding out" over medieval churches and book history.
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For anyone interested in #c18th political or electoral history & for students researching EPQs, special subjects &/or final year dissertations, do check out the wealth of data & information available on our Political Participation & Electoral Culture (ECPPEC) website #skystorians 🗃️ecppec.ncl.ac.uk

A full-time, open-ended lectureship in Ancient History at Leeds! It's a different department to me but your duties will still include being asked interminable questions about ancient weirdos by me, your colleague with a healthy interest.

Delighted to see @catholicismsem.bsky.social has joined Bluesky. Follow them for the latest news on the book series, part of the imprint between @imems.bsky.social and @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social. As CE for the Boydell side of things, I can tell you that we've so many great books coming in 2025!

The Cely Letters: full of Jack the Lads … and …er…Rice Crispies?

Reading old diaries can feel like time travel - but which London street are we visiting in this 1680s entry from the diary of English polymath Robert Hooke? 🌎⌛️ Learn more about deciphering Early Modern writing in our short online course: imemsdurhamlearn.com/early-modern... Sloane Ms 4024

My book manuscript has officially been sent to production with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social, expected in August 2025. Finalised blurb below, looking forward to having you read this thing!

Coming in 2025... A new, free, fully-accessible, digital edition of Mary Robinson's Lyrical Tales produced in collaboration with York St John University students from the Literature degree & MA in Publishing. More info: blog.yorksj.ac.uk/ysjucritical... #18C #18thC #Romanticism

Calling all @bsecs.bsky.social delegates! Last chance to buy display copies of our most recent @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social publications in eighteenth-century studies. Visit me at the stall before 3pm today to grab a bargain and expand your personal library!

It is such a pleasure to showcase Alexis’ superb book at #BSECS2025. It was a genuine privilege to have the chance to read this before much of the world. I would guarantee you’ll find it an engaging study of some fascinating women!

If you're at #BSECS2025 today, stop by our stand to see all our lovely new #C18th titles and chat with @drpastonsrus.bsky.social about how you can publish your next book with us. @bsecs.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/british-soci...

Lovely to see Martha Wilmot's beautiful portrait on the cover of my book at the @bsecs.bsky.social conference this morning in Oxford. Thank you @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and @drpastonsrus.bsky.social

The bleary-eyed, post-Christmas vibe is dramatically eased by the excitement of @bsecs.bsky.social #BSECS2025 next week. Now going through the programme setting up meetings, but myself and the Global Marketing Manager will both be at the booth to answer any publishing questions you might have.

My time as @bsecs.bsky.social Criticks Editor is drawing to a close. I've been editor since Jan 2020 & was a sub-editor before that, so am well placed to recommend the role. It's a great way to meet lots of people, brilliant experience & a really fun area to report on at Senate meetings.

Huzzah! After much huffing & puffing, I have finished 1st draft of my gloucester shipwreck essay for our forthcoming edited collection with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social ... co-editor @benjaminredding.bsky.social drafted his ages ago, so I'm tardy✍️... off to celebrate (& only read thru again 2moro!)

#c18th Need a podcast to get you through your holiday? Coffeehouse Perspectives just dropped a new episode, and it's on QUEER PIRATES, and it's fun! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

2 yr Post-doc, Edinburgh-- Leverhulme-funded, ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law, c.1750-present’. Collaboration betw Prof Chloë Kennedy (Edinburgh), Prof Katie Barclay (Macquarie) and Dr Alice Krzanich (Aberdeen). elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #skystorians 🗃️ #c18th #c19th

The Programme for #BSECS2025 is out! So many fabulous papers including online & hybrid options. If it's your first time joining us, check out our mentorship scheme for conference support. Pembroke College, Oxford, 8-10 January 2025 #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

All I want for Christmas...is a copy of 'Alfonso Salmerón on the Scriptures: Theological Perspectives from a Founding Jesuit (1515–1585).'🎄 The latest IMEMS Press publication is available for pre-order here: 👉https://tinyurl.com/y684x2nm

NEW #funded AHRC studentship opportunity from @royalholloway.bsky.social & @rbgkew.bsky.social : ECONOMIC BOTANY & the CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS SERVICE Info: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... Deadline 17-Jan-25 @TECHNEDTP @ahrc-ukri.bsky.social @RHGeoHumanities @Kew_LAA @janehamlett.bsky.social

Hello #skystorians 👋 good to see so many here! I’ll leave the annual Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500 - 1850 #CfP here for folks who are interested. Come and join us in Aberystwyth, 12 - 13 June 2025. Co-organised with @heathernicholas.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social

#eighteenthcentury #historians & #literature folk, if you've been hankering after a title in our "Studies in the Eighteenth Century" series you'll find many treasures in our Black Friday Sale. We'll also be at @bsecs.bsky.social in Jan., tempting you with brand new titles & a conference discount

#Renaissance #Literature folk, you'll find gold in our deep backlist of the Studies in Renaissance Literature series. Also, for the 1ST TIME in our sale, "Localizing Christopher Marlowe". Ide's work sets #Marlowe within the political & religious contexts of his #Cambridge college.

Featuring the very first publication in @imems.bsky.social imprint, "British and Irish Religious Orders in Europe, 1560-1800". An absolute steal at only £32/$44! 2025 sees the imprint bloom. Keep your eyes peeled for books on legal history, translation, Catholic networks, medieval science & more!

We’re delighted to be partners with The Haskins Society on their new book series that explores connections and interconnections among communities in the middle ages. Learn more here: boydellandbrewer.com/connections-... #MedievalSky #Skystorians #CFM

*VERY EXCITING VACANCY* Join our team behind the superb Renaissance Studies as editor -- guided expertly by Wiley. Ability to combust into flames and shrug it off not a requirement. #EarlyModern excitement is Deadline: 31 Jan 2025 All info: rensoc.org.uk/vacancy-edit...

We're proud to be working with BSECS to support #18thC ECRs. See below for more on their new award...

🚨Coffee House Perspectives returns for the first of THREE new episodes to be released over the summer!🚨 In the first, Alex Hobday talks to Michèle Cohen about pedagogies for children in 18th-Century England! Listen: t.co/PNQTnVNcfe More info: t.co/syjLmwQsQQ #18C #18thC #18thCentury #BSECS

I'm delighted that @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social could work with BSECS to offer this prize for career development. The deadline for submissions is 1st Feb. 2024. I can't wait to see the various submitted projects. #18thC #skystorians