2026 events

“Be-Nelsoned all over”: Patriotic Fashion in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Saturday 14 March 2026

York Georgian Society Lecture with Serena Dyer

Well bred? Enlightenment Thought and the Formation of an Aristocratic Ideal in Britain

Tuesday 10 March 2026

CECS Research Seminar with Ruth Larsen, University of Derby

Screening of In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters (Askew Pictures)

Monday 9 March 2026

Delve into the extraordinary life of Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first globally recognized African-American female poet. The film explores her remarkable resilience, quest for freedom, and her lasting legacy.

Of a ‘lively dark eye’ or ‘chilly and tender’: Jane Austen, the Morality of Empire, and the Hidden Scottish Presence

Tuesday 24 February 2026

CECS research seminar with Désha Osborne, University of Edinburgh

Winifred Gales & Radical Print Culture in Late Eighteenth-Century Sheffield

Saturday 14 February 2026

York Georgian Society Lecture with Adam Smith

Thinking Globally in The Lady’s Magazine, or Polite Companion, 1759-1767

Tuesday 10 February 2026

CECS Research Seminar with Susan Carlisle, California State University, Long Beach

Beningbrough Hall: The Rise and Fall of the House of Earle

Saturday 10 January 2026

York Georgian Society Lecture with Matthew Constantine