{"id":6341,"date":"2026-02-20T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:30:54","slug":"call-for-contributors-writing-the-industrial-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6341","title":{"rendered":"Call for Contributors: Writing the Industrial Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwritingindustry.leeds.ac.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAmy.Wilcockson%40glasgow.ac.uk%7Ce71bde89af5e4912c01308de7070eefa%7C6e725c29763a4f5081f22e254f0133c8%7C1%7C0%7C639071827655667955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jm9o7PidX38Aea7xlSofQ%2Fuugsr%2FEaZkW7UI3b%2Bkvsg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/writingindustry.leeds.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/writingindustry.leeds.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Writing the Industrial Revolution brings together short illustrated essays on industrial change and its cultural consequences in Britain, circa 1770\u20131830.<br><br>The site explores how the first industrial nation was imagined by contemporary artists and writers, and industrialism&#8217;s effects on Britain&#8217;s landscapes and the wider world. It encourages new dialogue between studies of literature, economics, art and ideas; we hope especially to spark fresh thinking about the environmental dimensions and legacies of the Industrial Revolution. The site is for both specialists and new students, and it&#8217;s informed by our partnerships with industrial heritage organisations.<br><br>Contributors so far include many scholars well known to BARS members: Frederik Albritton Jonsson, William Ashworth, Hannah Barker, Sarah Baylis, Maxine Berg, Ute Berns, Adam Bridgen, Emma Clery, Philip Connell, Mary-Ann Constantine, Jeremy Davies, Ken Davies, Fiona Gayle, Eric Gidal, Pat Hudson, Roseanna Kettle, Nigel Leask, Pete Maw, Jon Mee, Catherine Packham, Paul Stevens and Peter Wakelin.<br><br>We&#8217;d love to hear from other researchers who&#8217;d like to contribute an essay. Please contact Jeremy Davies and Mary-Ann Constantine via the site with your proposals. Our thanks to the AHRC for their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/writingindustry.leeds.ac.uk Writing the Industrial Revolution brings together short illustrated essays on industrial change and its cultural consequences in Britain, circa 1770\u20131830. The site explores how the first industrial nation was&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6341\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6342,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341\/revisions\/6342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}