Mr Josh Smith

British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Postgraduate Conference Bursary
Awarded a British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) Postgraduate Conference Award, at BSECS's 52nd Annual Conference, ‘Homecoming, Return, and Recovery’, held between 4-6 January 2023 at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford.

The Ernest Walder Memorial Scholarship, Gladstone's Library
Awarded the Ernest Walder Memorial Scholarship at Gladstone's Library for 2025.

Volunteer guide at the Leighton Library, Dunblane

Team Member of 'Books and Borrowing, 1750-1830: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers' project.
2023
https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk
Team Member of 'Books and Borrowing, 1750-1830: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers' project. https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk This research project, jointly based at the Universities of Stirling and Glasgow, investigates the history of reading in Scotland in the period 1750 to 1830. One of its principal outcomes will be the creation of an open-access database of borrowing records from eighteen historic Scottish libraries. My duties have included undertaking primary research in archives, the transcription of project records, the entry of data into the project’s content management system, the writing of blog posts for the project website and the presentation of papers at academic conferences alongside other project researchers and academics.

Research and Innovation Associate on Eighteenth-Century Libraries Online project.
University of Liverpool
https://c18librariesonline.org/
Research and Innovation Associate on Eighteenth-Century Libraries Online: Libraries, Reading Communities & Cultural Formation in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic. This AHRC-funded project at the University of Liverpool investigates the contribution of books to social, cultural and political change in North America and the British Isles during the eighteenth century. My key duties in this role included identifying and drafting material for a physical exhibition launched at Bristol Central Library in September 2024.

Visiting doctoral scholar at Monticello, VA, USA.
Awarded funding worth £18,788 by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities for a visiting doctoral researcher placement at Monticello, Virginia and to support further research and travel in the United States between June and September 2023.