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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 1d

The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
sshm.org/sshm-2026/

SSHM 2026: In/Out

Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 3d

#earlymodern ads are never boring!

Diana Maccartney dismissed servant taking revenge pretending be the wife of her former employer and running him into debt!

Post Boy, May 7, 1720.

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English Faculty Library @eflcam.bsky.social · 5d

👋Oh, hello #OpenAccess @universitypress.cambridge.org text challenging #EarlyModern historical gender assumptions through primary source materials.📖

We've been waiting for you. ❤️

Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 5d

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

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A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

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LadyGiada @ladygiada.bsky.social · 6d

Call for Papers📣: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns. Join us in Florence. We look forward to hosting you in May 2026😎☀️ @eui-history.bsky.social #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 7d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 7d

#earlymodern ads are never boring! A casualty from excessive gin drinking...

Weekly Packet, Apr 2, 1720.

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 9d

If you find out anything, let me know. He features in my PhD...

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 9d

TOMORROW! Exciting way to kick off our term of sessions of the #EarlyModern Europe & the World seminar @ihr.bsky.social.

Everybody welcome, I can attest that Bloomsbury look *lovely* in its Autumnal colours. But equally welcome on Zoom if you're not around. #SkyStorians 🗃️

Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 11d

FIRST SESSION THIS MONDAY! Join us for "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule", a paper by @eicathomefinn.bsky.social with comment by @jhowesuk.bsky.social

All welcome in person @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...)

Europe and the world, 1500-1800, IHR seminar, Mondays, 17:30.
6 October: Margot Finn: At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule
10 November: Sari Nauman: Between Categories: Migration, War, and Refuge in the Early Modern Baltic Sea
17 November Roger Lee Jesus: Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia
1 December: Ana Lucia Araujo: Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the Eighteenth Century

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 10d

Interesting… Cornelius à Tilburg, famous Pox doctor, became sworn surgeon to Charles II around 1680. Could his origin be here?

John Boeren, LLM, MSc, QG 🇳🇱 @antecedentia.com · 11d

Entered the first batch of individuals into my genealogical database: 202 persons buried in the church in Tilburg 1660-1669. There's still a lot of work to be done, but the first patterns are starting to emerge. For example, from which neighborhoods people primarily came. #genealogy #earlymodern

The image shows the original, handwritten text "begraven in de kerck" which translates to "buried in the church".

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 10d

Of course…

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 11d

I know which book I am reading this weekend...Secret Distempers..right up my street. 🥰

Post-Man, Nov 6, 1716

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 11d

I have not posted for a long time...it was time to read, analyse, and write up the past months' many discoveries.

This led me down a path I never imagined I would study: obscene libel laws...😬 but it is VERY interesting...

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 18d

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World- King's College London - Department of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at King's College London

Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 18d

Assistant Professor- London School of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economic History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT480/a...

Assistant Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 18d

Professorship of Economic History
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS980/p...

Professorship of Economic History at University of Cambridge

Apply for the Professorship of Economic History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 18d

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History - King's College London -#History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS599/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History at King's College London

Discover Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 18d

Digital Labour of Covid-19 Volunteerism - an oral history-driven project- Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History
King's College London -#History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS595/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History at King's College London

Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 22d

Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22d

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.

Starting this week:

Events

Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

#earlymodern #economic #history

The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

Cambridge Core - Economic History - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 22d

I wish I could be there!

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 25d

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER PROPOSAL FOR #BSECS2026!

The deadline is MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER and there will be no more extensions!

Come & share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026. It's a lovely way to start the new year!
#skystorians #18thC #academicsky 🗃️

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Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · 25d

36 mo postdoc / research fellow position in Philosophy, History, and/or Social Studies of the Life Sciences in the STS dept. at Technical Universtiy of Munich, apps due Oct 31: #histphil #histsci #histSTM

www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...

Jobs

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Erin A. McCarthy @erinannmcc.bsky.social · 28d

Join the @stemma.bsky.social team! We've just advertised a two-year postdoc on WP2, "Networking Early Modern Poems." Apply by 30 September; details at link below. #earlymodern #dh #postdoc #jobfairy

www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resour...

011345 - University of Galway

www.universityofgalway.ie

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Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · Sep 7

My sister just found some family history...our great-great-grandfather or uncle...Francois Carl Adolf Hoffmann and his horse circus touring in Finland in 1872.

Explains a lot doesn't it...? 😂

sirkusteltta.blogspot.com/2019/10/1872...

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Aug 30

UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered
For more info:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
#HPS 🗃️

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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