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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Jul 2

If you’re near Southampton next Friday this will be good! #ensemblehesperi #janeaustenmusic www.turnersims.co.uk/whats-on/jan...

Jane Austen | Home and Away - Turner Sims

Jane Austen and her contemporaries explored lands near and far through music making at home. This special event, presented and devised by Professor Jeanice Brooks and Dr Mary-Jannet Leith as part of t...

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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · Jun 17

'Sancho and his World', a British Academy/Northeastern University Conference in March 2026.

CFP deadline, 14th July 2025.

#18thC #18thCentury #18C #CFP @bsecs.bsky.social

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · May 26

I did this on Sunday - still available on R3 play again!

𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · May 26

As part of the celebrations of
the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth
16 December 1775👈
@hannahcfrench.bsky.social is joined by
@jeanice-brooks.bsky.social of Southampton
to explore what we know
of Austen's musical capabilities, tastes

and favourite dance tunes?

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a woman in a white dress is dancing with a man in a suit .

ALT: a woman in a white dress is dancing with a man in a suit .

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · May 26

As part of the celebrations of
the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth
16 December 1775👈
@hannahcfrench.bsky.social is joined by
@jeanice-brooks.bsky.social of Southampton
to explore what we know
of Austen's musical capabilities, tastes

and favourite dance tunes?

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

a woman in a white dress is dancing with a man in a suit .

ALT: a woman in a white dress is dancing with a man in a suit .

media.tenor.com

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Apr 10

Run do not walk to apply for this fantastic PhD opportunity on domestic music in collaboration with @museumofthehome.bsky.social

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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship with Museum of the Home - School of GeographyFacebookTwitter XInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTikTok

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Alastair Owens @alastairhackney.bsky.social · Apr 10

I have a fully-funded, 4 yr AHRC collaborative PhD studentship 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870' supervised by myself and Matt Ingleby with colleagues at The Museum of the Home. Deadline 23 May See: www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/postgra...

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Jan 22

Fantastic post doc opportunity for someone with good French language skills and research interests in feminist musicology- deadline 28 February eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Post-doc de 2 ans à l'Université de Lorraine "Une histoire musicale des féminismes" | Société Française de musicologie- d9

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Dec 30

This thread made my day thanks @lauriestras.bsky.social #TeamOnions

Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · Dec 30

omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Dec 30

Onions forever #TeamOnions

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · Dec 30

omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Dec 23

Is it Christmas yet I want my stocking

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · Dec 10

👋 It's 15 days until Christmas but our first day on Bluesky!
Our festive animatronic T. rex says hello!

An animatronic T. rex dinosaur wearing a white, red and green patterned Christmas jumper, standing on fake snow with cardboard presents behind

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Dec 3

📣 The RMA is coming to Southampton in 2025! Music friends, submit a proposal and come for a visit www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...

Call for Proposals – Royal Musical Association 61st Annual Conference | Humanities | University of Southampton

This is a call for proposals for the Royal Musical Association 61st Annual Conference, which will be hosted by the University of Southampton’s Department of Music between Wednesday 10 September and Friday 12 September 2025.

www.southampton.ac.uk

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Dec 3

Even for us old dogs, a crisp sunny day brings out the frisk

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Dec 3

Play Arp! Arp Schnitger was a #Hamburg based organ builder of late seventeenth-century. His organ in the St. Jacobikirche, Hamburg, made him (world) famous. Enjoy the sound.

You may use the virtual organ here, dear #skystorians:

www.orgelstadt-hamburg.de/play-arp/

A screenshot of the virtual organ you can use on the website

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Nov 30

I’ll take that, thanks! ❤️

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Nov 30

Desperately striving for B flat major, often collapsing into minor mode

Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Nov 29

Which academic are you?

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Jeanice Brooks @jeanice-brooks.bsky.social · Nov 29

This is so heart warming - way to create something positive out of a sad loss

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Nov 29

Over a year since its illegal felling, we're making sure the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree lives on 🌳

When the Sycamore Gap tree was felled last September, we recovered 49 saplings from its roots as part of our 'Trees of Hope' initiative - one to represent each foot in height of the tree.

Sycamore Gap seedlings at the National Trust Plant Conservation Centre.

Photo credits - James Dobson

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Nov 29

Over a year since its illegal felling, we're making sure the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree lives on 🌳

When the Sycamore Gap tree was felled last September, we recovered 49 saplings from its roots as part of our 'Trees of Hope' initiative - one to represent each foot in height of the tree.