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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 18h

Today felt like I spent more time crossing out than writing, but there is another paragraph on the page (and a lot of reading about the Latin American Wars of Independence to do), so I'm taking that as a win. #amwriting #menandwar

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 23h

It's Miss Meteyard, not Miss Rossiter. The exact quotation is 'Horn rims. Cross between Ralph Lynn and Bertie Wooster.' I can't find the response to the caricature at the moment. I'll have to go back to my notes.

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Rossiter (I think) refers to Peter as Berti Wooster in specs in Murder Must Advertise. There is also a a letter from Sayers about a caricature that references him, but I’ll need to get out my dissertation for the actual quotation.

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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…

sshm.org

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 3d

Based on this, a considerable portion of my cultural history research corpus may have, in fact, been selected based on sausage content. (No euphemism intended, says the historian of masculinity…)

Lion & Unicorn @lionunicorn.bsky.social · 4d

Happy National Sausage Pizza Day to all those who celebrate.
For everyone else, here's a literary anthology of sausage-based material.
thelionandunicorn.com/2024/09/25/s...

Sausages: an anthology

ALWYN TURNER selects some passages from British literature that concern sausages.

thelionandunicorn.com

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 3d

This is American, so uses cup measures and sounds amazing:

www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/bloo...

The BBC also suggests substituting vodka for brandy for soaking fruit for Christmas puddings…

Bloody Mary Soup with Beans

I love a good Bloody Mary, which inspired this recipe. The soup packs a spicy punch, and it'll warm you right up on a chilly day. —Amber Massey, Argyle, Texas

www.tasteofhome.com

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 4d

Or you could have a writing process that looks more like this…?

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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Dr Sofya Anisimova (@sdanisimova.bsky.social) has been elected President of the International Society for First World War Studies starting in January! 🧵

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 7d

Not shown: three bottles rose hip syrup, a litre of blackberry gin and one of slow gin infusing for Christmas, several jars of gooseberry jam and marmalade made earlier in the year and about 3 kg of frozen blackberries.

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 7d

It has been what is known as a mast year, a reference to beech masts and the abundance of fruits and nuts. This is the result from my garden and the local hedgerows. Everything here is home grown or foraged, including apples, plums, blackberries, sloes, bullaces, elderberries and rose hips.

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 8d

And hear scholars like them speak. To be able to ask them questions. And then, over the course of the next few days, have them also listen to your own work and ask you questions about it. The support of leading scholars for the past (nearly) 25 years is a huge part of the Society's success. 5/

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 9d

Reposting purely to continue mortifying @chriskempshall.bsky.social for as long as possible! 😂

Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social · 9d

Huge thanks and congratulations to outgoing @fwwsoc.bsky.social President @chriskempshall.bsky.social, who has done a great job in making the society a real community, with programming that speaks to the 21stC academy and its precarity. He hates being praised and I will keep embarrassing him by it.

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Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social · 9d

There were topics covered from Hawaii to Japan and many countries in-between (going the long way round), including strategy, diplomacy, social history and literary and cultural work. A reminder: @fwwsjournal.bsky.social is very keen to have more literary/cultural papers (email me if interested).

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 11d

Closing out this year’s @fwwsoc.bsky.social’s conference in Thessaloniki with a guided tour of the Allied Military Cemetery at Zeitenlik. An appropriate end to an intense, enjoyable and educational few days.

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 14d

Yes! I’m really excited - I’ve never tackled anything quite like this before!

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 15d

A history of masculinity and warfare, c.1775-2000. I also have a fiction project on the go, but it is going to have to take a back seat for the next three months.

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 15d

Getting the 50,000 words of the next book that I’ve committed to for my research leave in the page. They will be messy, but it will get done!

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 15d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 17d

After more than a year in the making, it is finally here! Check out the programme of the bi-annual Society conference dedicated to naval aspects of the First World War

International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 17d

The Program for our 11th conference, to be held at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki on 1-3 October 2025, is now available!

firstworldwarstudies.org/wp-content/u...

firstworldwarstudies.org

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 20d

Or try Alex Mayhew, Making Sense of the Great War, Alex Watson, Enduring the Great War, Leonard Smith, The Embattled Self, Mike Roper, The Secret Battle (I could go on).

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 20d

This is a pretty commonly held view among social historians of the war these days: encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/betw...

encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/life...

Life and Death of Soldiers / 1.0 / handbook - 1914-1918-Online (WW1) Encyclopedia

While public memory of the First World War in Europe often focusses on the deaths caused by the conflict, soldiers who served not only died in the war; they also lived. That process of living included...

encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 24d

Possibly a few too many heavy emotions for this to be fun, but there are lots of great photographs. And the question of why my grandfather and his cousin both changed their surname to the same new name in the same year but none of the rest of their cousins did is going to niggle at me.

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 24d

With two book projects on the go and two more in the planning stages (plus various other professional and domestic projects on the go), what I *really* don’t need is to suddenly develop an interest in the family tree and all the family history materials my mother collected and which I inherited! 📜

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 28d

The launch of my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book Songs of Seven Dials will be at 6pm, Tues 21 Oct, at Waterstones Covent Garden. I'll be in conversation with the wonderful @julialaite.bsky.social.

Please do come along. Free tickets, but register in advance

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-of-s...

An advertising banner for Matt Houlbrook's book Songs of Seven Dials: An Intimate History of 1920s and 1930s London. The banner includes an image of the front cover of the book (a blue map on a pink background) and a blurb from the historian Julia Laite, which describes Songs of Seven Dials as 'a poetic exploration of London's most iconic neighbourhoods'.

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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham

Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA History taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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