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CECS MA bursaries

Monday 9 March 2026

The Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies is delighted to be offering bursaries for 2026/7 offer holders.


SOPHIE COULOMBEAU's READING WITH THE BURNEYS WINS 2025 LIBRARY HISTORY ESSAY AWARD

Thursday 5 March 2026

The Library History Essay Award is an annual prize for the best article or chapter on library history published in, or pertaining to, the British Isles.


The Eighteenth Century Ecologies Network

Sunday 21 December 2025

ECEN is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies of the period. 


Launch of our art wall at our new home in Heslington Hall

Friday 19 December 2025

The art wall brings together our past with our present & includes historic views of York and King’s Manor, a gorgeous print of the 18th c New Walk in York, and an 1833 portrait of Yarburgh, which we brought from the Huntingdon Room at King’s Manor to Heslington Hall, where Yarburgh lived.