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Professor James Daybell

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Prof EM Hist; Letters; Gloves; https://genderingthemuseum.co.uk; Swedish Res Council project on Hist of Separation; Histories of the Unexpected Pod: https://historiesoftheunexpected.com/about-us/; agent: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/james-daybell .. more

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HistoryPlymouth @historyplymouth.bsky.social · Aug 13

One phone call, and the rest is history @plymuni.bsky.social
History graduate Peter Nash outlines his last-minute journey to uni to help reassure prospective students. Read peter's story here: www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/one-pho...

One phone call, and the rest is history

History graduate Peter Nash outlines his last-minute journey to uni to help reassure prospective students

www.plymouth.ac.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · May 12

Very pleased to say we will be hosting this year's National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday 18th September. Open to early career researchers across all disciplines. People can register their interest here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...

Early Career Researcher Network: National Postdoctoral Conference

The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network is delighted to host the National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday, 18th September 2025.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · Jul 3

CONFERENCE ALERT! Excited to be part of this @movedapart.bsky.social Early Modern Global Separation conference at Lund University, 20-21 August movedapart.org/events/

Events

Upcoming events The schedule for the Early Modern Global Separation Conference can be found here! Below the images, there is a possibility to download the schedule.We are looking forward to discuss…

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jul 1

1 decade of Open Access, now 300 titles 🔓

Introducing 'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - freely available to all students and institutions.

A magnificent feat for research in Renaissance art & #histmed

Read it here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

#Renaissance #OpenAccess

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Jun 26

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here:
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

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

Lecturer in Renaissance Art History
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...

Lecturer in Renaissance Art History at Birkbeck, University of London

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

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Joanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are advertising for a Public Engagement Fellow for our AHRC funded project: 'The Victorian hand: Emotion, Embodiment, and identity, past and present'. 1/2
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Public Engagement Fellow - University of the Arts, Londoninstagramfacebooktwitteryoutube

Job Title: Public Engagement Fellow. College/Service: Academic. Contract: Fixed Term. Salary: £39,644 -£48,394 per annum. Apply by: 24/06/2025, 23:55

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Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · Jun 13

Just finished reading it last night! Brilliant book Adam and Chloe - on so many levels! Well done!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 7

Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-century Barbados and Britain. A 2-day workshop 25-26 June in London at KCL. Be there. www.mmor.co.uk/events/carib...

2-day Workshop: Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-Century Barbados and Britain — Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720

Organisers: Dr Michael Bennett (University of Sheffield), Dr Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), and Dr Hannah Murphy (MMoR & CEMS, KCL) Barbados is central to the global history of slavery. The ...

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Matthew Steggle @matthewsteggle.bsky.social · Jun 6

Just to give a plug for this talk I'm giving, in Hereford Cathedral, on 27 June!

www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/in-the...

In the company of Good Mrs Shakspaire - 27/06/2025 19:00:00

A talk by Dr Matthew Steggle Thursday 27 June

www.herefordcathedral.org

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The Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · Jun 6

If you've been alerted to our project by the recent job advert for a Public Engagement Fellow, why not find out a little bit about the background to the project by reading the first blog post on our new website?
www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/proj...

Welcome to the project! — The Victorian Hand

www.thevictorianhand.uk

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · May 7

New article!

'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research.

It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it!

Some context below:

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · Jun 5

Our last speaker at #KQ14 in Session 3.2 Courtiers as Employees? Working condition in early modern courts I was Nikki Clark, “Continuity & Change: Ladies-in-waiting at the Tudor Court, c. 1509-1547”, discussing employment conditions, pay, perks & perils for female courtiers w/high queenly turnover

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Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · Jun 4

@adamwithbooks.bsky.social 👇👇📖📖📖

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Exeter Custom House @exetercustomhouse.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚢 Set sail with the first-ever Bowlines Maritime Literary Festival – 6 & 7 June at Exeter Custom House!

Dive into tales of the sea, naval fiction & history.

🎟 Limited tickets left!

🔗 www.exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/bow-lines
#BowlinesFestival #Exeter

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Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢Job Alert!📢 Our AHRC-funded Victorian Hand project is looking for a 3-year, full-time Public Engagment Fellow, based at the London College of Fashion, to join our team & help deliver our programme of activities. This amazing opportunity closes on 24 June so please spread the word far & wide!

The Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · Jun 4

Job Alert! We're hiring a 3-year F/T Public Engagment Fellow based @lcflondon.bsky.social to lead our exciting programme of activities. We're looking for collegial & creative people with expertise in History, Galleries, Archives, Libraries, or Museums. Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI861/p...

Public Engagement Fellow (The Victorian Hand Project) at University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion

Don't miss your chance to apply for professional services job openings, including the Public Engagement Fellow (The Victorian Hand Project) role, listed on jobs.ac.uk. Start your search now!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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University English @univeng.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢FAO UEA Students
We are pleased to offer a new studentship in Maritime History for a student to study MA Early Modern History, MA Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies or MA Modern History in @ueahistory.bsky.social in 2025
Value = £10k - if of interest, get in touch!
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

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Anne Goldgar @annegoldgar.bsky.social · Jun 1

Open access special issue of Early Modern Low Countries, on early modern women emlc-journal.org/issue/view/1...

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025) | Early Modern Low Countries

Early Modern Low Countries

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Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · Jun 1

Good to see you on here @dianagbarnes.bsky.social

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Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales @annales.ehess.fr · May 30

🌏 Annales English Edition

'A Life Lived Across #Continents: The Global Microhistory of an #Armenian Agent of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales, 1666–1688'

by Sebouh Aslanian

👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...

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Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · May 30

Delighted to receive this gift in the post today from Daniel Starza Smith. Thank you and can’t wait to read it. What an utterly sumptuous book. Looks fabulous @letterlocking.bsky.social team!!

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The Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · May 30

📢Project update 📢
We now have a website!
www.thevictorianhand.uk
We'll be updating things as the project develops, but for the moment you can take a look around and read our first blog post in which Joanne and I talk about the origins of the project. More content to follow very soon!

The Victorian Hand

www.thevictorianhand.uk

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · May 29

Call for papers - Digital Book History and Renaissance Studies Now! seeking "proposals that consider the past and future of digital book history in Renaissance studies across disciplines through detailed, material case-studies" www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

Renaissance Society of America

365 Fifth AvenueRoom 5405New York, NY 10016 • USA

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · May 29

📣 Call for Papers: WHS Conference 2025!
🗓️ 13 Sept | 📍 Glasgow | 🧾 Deadline: 1 July

Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland—our first in-person conference since 2019!

🔗 Info + submission form: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Please share widely!

WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland

womenshistoryscotland.org

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H-Material Culture @h-materialculture.bsky.social · May 29

April Issue of *Technology and Culture* Available Online - This issue seems particularly pitched towards thinking about #MaterialCulture
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

April issue of Technology and Culture Available Online | H-Net

The latest issue of Technology and Culture is available online, featuring reviews of books in 6 languages!Volume 66, Number 2, April 2025On the Cover: Images as Portable Objects in the Historian’s Too...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 29

The shortlist for the Society's 2025 First Book Prize for early career historians is now available bit.ly/4kkm4lW

Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.

#Skystorians

Image of the eight titles shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's First Book Prize for early career historians, 2025.

Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547, by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press)

Intimate Subjects: Touch and Tangibility in Britain’s Cerebral Age, by Simeon Koole (University of Chicago Press)

Female Servants in Early Modern England, by Charmian Mansell (British Academy / Oxford University Press)

The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838: Institutions and Trade during the First Globalization, by Juan Jose Rivas Moreno (Palgrave MacMillan)

Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910–1948, by Jules Skotnes-Brown (Johns Hopkins University Press)

The Quislings. The Trials of Norwegian Wartime Collaborators, 1941–1964, by Anika Seemann (Cambridge University Press)

Pistols in St Paul’s: Science, Music, and Architecture in the Twentieth Century, by Fiona Smyth (Manchester University Press)

Desire and Disunity: Christian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique West, by Ulriika Vihervalli (Liverpool University Press)

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · May 29

You can now access a beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC).

A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.

Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/

An illustration of a man riding a horse while blowing a horn, with a yellow sun above. The illustration is laid over faded text on a blue backdrop.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · May 29

How can a Jamaican fashion archive challenge colonial histories of the Carribean, and what resistances does it reveal?

Elli Michaela Young responds to the provocation 'Is there really fashion in Jamaica?'

www.historyworkshop.org.uk/black-histor...

Is there really fashion in Jamaica?

Elli Young explores how archiving Jamaican fashion history challenges colonial narratives of the Caribbean.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · May 27

Very excited to see the piece I wrote with @krheyam.bsky.social on ‘Gendering Material Objects in Heritage Practice’ now out in The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Gender’ which stems from our project www.genderingthemuseum.co.uk

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