Ruth Atherton
@ruthatherton.bsky.social
Lecturer in #Earlymodern History at USW. Deputy Editor of Reformation & Renaissance Review. Interested in 16C German religion, education and culture. Writing a book on early modern catechisms. Mum to 2 rascals and 1 excitable spaniel.
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Ruth Atherton
@ruthatherton.bsky.social
· May 10
Consolation in Sixteenth Century Protestant Church Orders
This article presents four ways that demonstrate how Protestant church orders provided comfort and consolation to the laity in sixteenth century Germany, with specific focus on the sacraments of ba...
www.tandfonline.com
My article has been published! And it's open access so you can all enjoy reading about Protestant church orders 🤣 #earlymodern #churchhistory #skystorians #history #reformazing
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
socialhistory.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
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The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Lay Religion in the Reformation
SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION STUDIES
32nd Annual Conference
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
There is no netball tonight so I have got dressed in my gym kit as a reminder/motivation to do some exercise at lunch time. Future Ruth is chortling at present Ruth's optimism.
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
There is no netball tonight so I have got dressed in my gym kit as a reminder/motivation to do some exercise at lunch time. Future Ruth is chortling at present Ruth's optimism.
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
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We are delighted to welcome Dr Kate Gibson (Manchester) on Wednesday 12 November, 3.30-5pm in Forum Seminar Room 10 and on Teams for the following CEMS seminar:
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We are delighted to welcome Dr Kate Gibson (Manchester) on Wednesday 12 November, 3.30-5pm in Forum Seminar Room 10 and on Teams for the following CEMS seminar:
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
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On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Thomas Lecaque tells us about his current book project on holy war rhetoric in colonial America. Listen on podcast streaming services or the MHS website: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Thomas Lecaque tells us about his current book project on holy war rhetoric in colonial America. Listen on podcast streaming services or the MHS website: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...
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CALL FOR 'SPECIAL ISSUE' PAPERS of high academic quality for the 2027 issue of Fascicle 2 of 'Roczniki Humanistyczne' – History: The urban parish in the pre-industrial era (by 31/1/26); for full details see warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
CALL FOR PAPERS: The urban parish in the pre-industrial era - Forum
warwick.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
CALL FOR 'SPECIAL ISSUE' PAPERS of high academic quality for the 2027 issue of Fascicle 2 of 'Roczniki Humanistyczne' – History: The urban parish in the pre-industrial era (by 31/1/26); for full details see warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
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Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
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Huge congratulations to @tombhamilton.bsky.social on the launch of his brand new book 'A Widow's Vengeance After the Wars of Religion: Gender & Justice in Renaissance France.' You can order a copy here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
February 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Huge congratulations to @tombhamilton.bsky.social on the launch of his brand new book 'A Widow's Vengeance After the Wars of Religion: Gender & Justice in Renaissance France.' You can order a copy here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Contemporary European History is looking to hire a new managing editor — come work with us! 🌟 Deadline is November 30.
@conteurohistory.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@conteurohistory.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Managing Editor – Call for Applications
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Contemporary European History is looking to hire a new managing editor — come work with us! 🌟 Deadline is November 30.
@conteurohistory.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@conteurohistory.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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If you're attending the "Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade" conference in Antwerp this week and are still looking for something to do on Saturday morning, my workshop has a few spots left: www.eventbrite.nl/e/show-and-t...
(The workshop will not be in the Nottebohm Room)
(The workshop will not be in the Nottebohm Room)
Show-and-tell at the Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience
Curator Steven Van Impe shows strategies for tracing ‘hidden’ women in the rich collections of the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library.
www.eventbrite.nl
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you're attending the "Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade" conference in Antwerp this week and are still looking for something to do on Saturday morning, my workshop has a few spots left: www.eventbrite.nl/e/show-and-t...
(The workshop will not be in the Nottebohm Room)
(The workshop will not be in the Nottebohm Room)
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Jennifer Powell Mcnutt and Herman Selderhuis have been awarded with the Sixteenth Century Society’s John Tedeschi Prize for the best reference work: The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation.
They would like to express their gratitute to all the contributors!
@oxunipress.bsky.social
They would like to express their gratitute to all the contributors!
@oxunipress.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Jennifer Powell Mcnutt and Herman Selderhuis have been awarded with the Sixteenth Century Society’s John Tedeschi Prize for the best reference work: The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation.
They would like to express their gratitute to all the contributors!
@oxunipress.bsky.social
They would like to express their gratitute to all the contributors!
@oxunipress.bsky.social
What's Christmas without a twerking Santa?!
On display in our local garden centre 🤣
#christmasiscoming
On display in our local garden centre 🤣
#christmasiscoming
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What's Christmas without a twerking Santa?!
On display in our local garden centre 🤣
#christmasiscoming
On display in our local garden centre 🤣
#christmasiscoming
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A quick reminder that Dr Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social will be speaking TODAY on 'Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London' from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm in the Wolfson Room (NB02 at the IHR) and online, via Zoom! ✨ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London
Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800 Seminar- Session 2
www.history.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A quick reminder that Dr Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social will be speaking TODAY on 'Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London' from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm in the Wolfson Room (NB02 at the IHR) and online, via Zoom! ✨ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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📢 Sangalli Institute Award for Religious History 2025
Just a few days left to apply!⏰Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
An opportunity for scholars to have their monograph on religious history published.
🔗https://www.istitutosangalli.it/en/announcements/sangalli-institute-award-for-the-religious-history-2025/
Just a few days left to apply!⏰Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
An opportunity for scholars to have their monograph on religious history published.
🔗https://www.istitutosangalli.it/en/announcements/sangalli-institute-award-for-the-religious-history-2025/
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📢 Sangalli Institute Award for Religious History 2025
Just a few days left to apply!⏰Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
An opportunity for scholars to have their monograph on religious history published.
🔗https://www.istitutosangalli.it/en/announcements/sangalli-institute-award-for-the-religious-history-2025/
Just a few days left to apply!⏰Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
An opportunity for scholars to have their monograph on religious history published.
🔗https://www.istitutosangalli.it/en/announcements/sangalli-institute-award-for-the-religious-history-2025/
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CfP📢"Manuscript Practices and the Making of Exile Communities in the Early Modern Period", Institutes of Philosophy and History, Czech Academy of Sciences
📆15–16 April 2026 |🌍Prague
⏰Application deadline: 30 October 2025
#Earlymodern @czechacademy.bsky.social
📆15–16 April 2026 |🌍Prague
⏰Application deadline: 30 October 2025
#Earlymodern @czechacademy.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
CfP📢"Manuscript Practices and the Making of Exile Communities in the Early Modern Period", Institutes of Philosophy and History, Czech Academy of Sciences
📆15–16 April 2026 |🌍Prague
⏰Application deadline: 30 October 2025
#Earlymodern @czechacademy.bsky.social
📆15–16 April 2026 |🌍Prague
⏰Application deadline: 30 October 2025
#Earlymodern @czechacademy.bsky.social
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In an environment where it feels like the Humanities are under attack, a new programme in Classics and Ancient History is to be celebrated! 🎉
New MA in Classics and Ancient History at Leeds - we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new MA in Classics and Ancient History, *now recruiting* for September 2026!
For more information and to apply, please visit:
courses.leeds.ac.uk/k149/classic...
For more information and to apply, please visit:
courses.leeds.ac.uk/k149/classic...
Classics and Ancient History MA | University of Leeds
The Classics and Ancient History MA is unique to Leeds and explores the ancient Mediterranean world, spanning literature, history, philosophy, religion and material culture.
courses.leeds.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In an environment where it feels like the Humanities are under attack, a new programme in Classics and Ancient History is to be celebrated! 🎉
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Winner of best mustache and super smartie Ken Appold joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his new book: #Luther and the Peasants: #Religion, Ritual and the #Revoltof1525 @oxunipress.bsky.social #Reformation #earlymodern #skystorians
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t...
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t...
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Winner of best mustache and super smartie Ken Appold joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his new book: #Luther and the Peasants: #Religion, Ritual and the #Revoltof1525 @oxunipress.bsky.social #Reformation #earlymodern #skystorians
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t...
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t...
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CfP 📣 We are pleased to co-organize the workshop “Indifference: Religious Boundaries in Question, 1650–1750”.
📅 28–29 May 2026 | 🌍 Goethe University Frankfurt
We warmly invite you to circulate the call and submit your proposal.
⏰ Application deadline: 10 November 2025
#Earlymodern
📅 28–29 May 2026 | 🌍 Goethe University Frankfurt
We warmly invite you to circulate the call and submit your proposal.
⏰ Application deadline: 10 November 2025
#Earlymodern
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
CfP 📣 We are pleased to co-organize the workshop “Indifference: Religious Boundaries in Question, 1650–1750”.
📅 28–29 May 2026 | 🌍 Goethe University Frankfurt
We warmly invite you to circulate the call and submit your proposal.
⏰ Application deadline: 10 November 2025
#Earlymodern
📅 28–29 May 2026 | 🌍 Goethe University Frankfurt
We warmly invite you to circulate the call and submit your proposal.
⏰ Application deadline: 10 November 2025
#Earlymodern
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Happening next Tuesday!
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
Join us on 28 October at 5:30pm (GMT) for a lecture by Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) entitled '1525 and All That: How Nuns’ Letters and Reformation Pamphlets Shaped German History'! 📅
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October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Happening next Tuesday!
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
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Find out more about @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social's lecture on Wednesday 22 October 2025. We're thrilled to have her kick off our new Winter Lecture Series with 'Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)'
Register below!
scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...
Register below!
scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...
Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489 – 1541) with Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler
scottishhistorysociety.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Find out more about @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social's lecture on Wednesday 22 October 2025. We're thrilled to have her kick off our new Winter Lecture Series with 'Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)'
Register below!
scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...
Register below!
scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...
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Job: Digital Humanities Librarian
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employment.ku.edu/jobs/faculty...
Digital Humanities Librarian
employment.ku.edu
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Job: Digital Humanities Librarian
employment.ku.edu/jobs/faculty...
employment.ku.edu/jobs/faculty...
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We are looking forward to our online Winter Meeting on 'Creeds, Councils and Canons' on 10 January 2026.
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We are looking forward to our online Winter Meeting on 'Creeds, Councils and Canons' on 10 January 2026.
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
