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University of Illinois RBML @illinoisrbml.bsky.social · 19d

The International Day of Sign Languages celebrates the linguistic identities of the Deaf community and all who use sign language. John Bulwer was the first person in Britain to advocate for the education of deaf people. His 1644 book explores the communicative and rhetorical power of hand gestures.

An engraved illustration showing a grid of 24 different hand gestures, labeled with their meaning in Latin.

Engraved frontispiece that includes tow classical figures, hand gestures, and an extended palm with a speaking face.

Engraved frontispiece featuring several classical orators using various hand gestures for rhetorical purposes.

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · 17d

Very excited to dig into this little beauty by @racheljwillie.bsky.social

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 17d

Look what we have here then.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 19d

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · 26d

To add to @drnaomibaker.bsky.social and @rhetorician.bsky.social Katharine Evans and Sarah Cheevers also talk about this (1650/60s) when they are imprisoned in Malta with no food but ‘the Lord did take away our Stomacks’ to save them.

See their ‘True Account of the great tryals…’ on EEBO, p. 46.

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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · Sep 4

Okay the Earl of Grantham I wasn’t familiar with your game

Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

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Kit Heyam (they/he) @krheyam.bsky.social · Aug 27

Honoured to speak to Jake Hall for their fantastic piece here, about something that leaves me frightened and furious.

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · Aug 26

The case of a trans man currently before a U.K. court is part of a long fascist history of restricting bodily autonomy.

A U.K. trans man was denied legal gender recognition because he’s trying to conceive | Xtra Magazine

The decision falls in line with horrific sterilization histories entwined with rising fascism

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Aug 27

Also forgive the handwriting, my right arm is in a sling so it does look like an infant wrote this for me.

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Aug 27

a man standing in front of a bulletin board with papers on it including one that says pepe

ALT: a man standing in front of a bulletin board with papers on it including one that says pepe

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Aug 27

We’ve reached this stage of the thesis…

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 21

Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, painting by Leeds artist Louis Hubbard Grimshaw (1870-944), son of John Atkinson Grimshaw. #NorthernArt

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Aug 13

I only ever read from a script and, when I want to, will add in an anecdote or joke. It’s a totally valid method and can still be really engaging!

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · Jul 19

Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

I should be at Cambridge, but I’m trapped in Gaza

Home Office red tape strands dozens of Palestinian scholarship winners in war zone

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 15

‘For if Fire should be prepared for us, the ashes of our bones would rise as a witness against thee to plead the innocency of our Cause before thee […] And so whether thou wilt hear or forbear, I have cleared my self in the sight of God concerning thee’.

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 15

Petitioning Charles II to put a stop to the persecution of Quakers, Anne Gilman is an excellent example of how to resist oppression and give the finger to corrupt power (rhetorically speaking):

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Bernard Quaritch Ltd @quaritch1847.bsky.social · Jul 15

Happy St Swithin's Day! According to tradition, today's weather will continue for the next 40 days and 40 nights: 'St Swithin's Day, if it does rain / Full forty days, it will remain / St Swithin's Day, if it be fair / For forty days, t'will rain no more'. We're hoping for a bit more sunshine ...

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Erin O'Leary @erinkoleary.bsky.social · Jul 2

I’ve taught at a Quaker school for the last four years and there’s so much history and activism you all just don’t see it because it doesn’t boast. Quakers are hardcore, they’re just hardcore pacifists who know what the hell they stand for, and they mean it.

Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · Jul 2

facts. I know no one knows anything about Quakers, but while they’re often thought of as sort of doddering nerds, they’re incredibly values driven and were founded on the idea that we’re all equal and that that wasn’t reflected in spiritual or every day life.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Quakers wouldn’t have caved to state abuse like cowardly Penn.

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 10

Coming across the wise of words of Marvell today I’m struck by their relevance, now, as ever:

‘Truth for the most part lyes in the middle, but men ordinarily seek it in the extremities.’

#earlymodern

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Kit Heyam (they/he) @krheyam.bsky.social · Jul 10

It's✨publication day✨! You can order a copy, or get the open access ebook, at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-and-d.... And I've got 5 spare hardback copies to give away to anyone who runs a book-sharing scheme or would struggle to access the ebook - hmu if that's you 🏳️‍⚧️📚

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 9

Writing about the storming and destruction of Quaker meeting houses in the 1660s and seeing similar events occurring in the news today really does make me feel that, in some ways, little has changed since our dear early modern period 😐 Perhaps something to nod to in my thesis’ conclusion…

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thank you! Final year and final chapter of the PhD so it’s crunch time but all is well! Hope all is well in Philly!

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 8

I can’t wait to read this! I’ve not long finished Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘The Books of Jacob’ which had lots to say about Shabbetai Zevi!

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · Jul 7

Sneak preview of the contents page for #VoicesofThunder - a roll call of the incredible 17th century women whose amazing stories I am lucky enough to tell in this book

@reaktionbooks.bsky.social #earlymodern

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 6

I wholeheartedly agree! What a fun, fruitful, and restorative few days!

Rachel Willie @racheljwillie.bsky.social · Jul 5

Had such a brilliant time at #RenSoc25. At a time when everything seems TERRIBLE, it’s fantastic to spend time hearing about the fabulous research and work that’s being done in our field. SRS is a special society & I find their conferences restorative. Thank you Bristol for making us so welcome!

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Murray Gove @earlymodernmurray.bsky.social · Jul 6

It was a real joy to give my paper at @srsrensoc.bsky.social on the Baptist prophet Anna Trapnel! Thanks to those who came along and asked such thoughtful questions.

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