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Sarah Fox
@sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill History
#18thC #birth #womenshist #foodhist #yorkshire #trust
Lover of cake, tea, quiet & campervans.
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sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
My latest foray into the world of television history starts TOMORROW, channel 5 at 8.05pm.
The production team 'Coming Up Roses' were an absolute delight to work with.
I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch 🙃
#skystorians #historianatwork #womenshistory #birth
Image of a crown and sceptre on a red velvet cushion with a throne in the background, and white writing with details of the show: "Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages, & Deaths, Saturday 22nd November 8.05pm on Channel 5
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
WE HAVE A FRONT COVER!! 📖📚📘
Oh, it makes me so happy!
Available to buy from the 1 June 2026, but if you can't wait til then to dig into our research, the dataset is freely available here: zenodo.org/records/8070...

#skystorians #18thC 🗃️ #foodhistory #amwriting

uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
The King’s Dinner
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on a large, open dataset of two royal household kitchen ledgers, the authors study the role and inf...
uclpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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historybeagle.bsky.social
Excited to see that our book page (The King's Dinner) is now live. It is all feeling a bit real now! It has been such a pleasure to work with Rachel Rich @adamcrymble.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social -- and the lovely editorial team @uclpress.bsky.social uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
The King’s Dinner
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on a large, open dataset of two royal household kitchen ledgers, the authors study the role and inf...
uclpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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royalhistsoc.org
Join us on Weds 19 November for the launch of our new co-hosted Applied History Fellowships for postdoc historians, with
@ihr.bsky.social and DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN

Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education: 2.30pm, 19 November, online #Skystorians
New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS
In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
I got three scribbled pages full of useful feedback. This group has always been so supportive and scholarly of my research in this area. #skystorians
trust-ir.bsky.social Trust Research In International Relations @trust-ir.bsky.social · 14d
We had a great discussion this morning with @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social and @dresztersimon.bsky.social about their emerging interdisciplinary project (History and IR) examining trust and confidence.

We hope they received a lot of helpful feedback for their future grant applications. Best of luck!
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
I don't mean to brag or anything, but I have actually scheduled TWO meetings about research this week.

TWO!!!!!

#historian #skystorians #academicsky
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
This looks good! Reasonably paid, full-time 12 month post, great opportunity to develop project management skills....

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPJ377/p...
Project Specialist, Reynolds Digital Research Resource (Full Time) at The National Gallery
Apply for the Project Specialist, Reynolds Digital Research Resource (Full Time) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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lsangha.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to Kate Gibson's paper on Wednesday - DM me if you would like the Teams link.

#EarlyModern 🗃️👇
cemsexeter.bsky.social CEMS Exeter @cemsexeter.bsky.social · 15d
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
A text description of ‘Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain’
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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tricksterprince.bsky.social
There's just a day to go until @manchesterup.bsky.social publish my latest book Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London.

I thought I should explain a bit about where the book came from.

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A banner advert for Matt Houlbrook’s new book Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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annelouiseavery.bsky.social
"I do like this portrait of you, Old Fox," said Miss Stevenson. "Such a likeness!" "Thank you," said Old Fox, placing it back in its portfolio. "Although I do look a little tired and uneasy. Rather a strange chap, the artist, didn't really trust him, he lived off the Paddington Canal, I recall. Always talking about dissection and borrowing bodies from St Thomas's to sketch."
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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royalhistsoc.org
The Society now invites applications for its Workshop Grants programme 2026: bit.ly/4oPyUdZ

Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.

Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
RHS Workshop Grants, 2026 - call now open to fund day events on historical projects - RHS
The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the next call for its RHS Workshop Grants for projects to take place in 2026. This scheme provides funding of £1,000 per Grant to enable historians ...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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ghilondon.bsky.social
Happening tonight!

There is still time to sign up and join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl who will kick off our autumn/winter series: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....

Please note that due to our renovation works the event will take place at Swedenborg House.
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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leverhulme.ac.uk
The Trust is thrilled to announce the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners. Congratulations to this year’s cohort. Thirty extraordinary researchers from across a range of disciplines: leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP
Black background with gold swirls. 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners announced. Celebrating the achievements of thirty outstanding scholars. Leverhulme Trust logo and URL leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP.
October 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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historicaljnl.bsky.social
📣Out now on #firstview!

Rachel Rich, Lisa Wynne Smith (@historybeagle.bsky.social), Sarah Fox (@sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social) & Adam Crymble (@adamcrymble.bsky.social) on 'Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy'

#FoodHistory 18thc 🥧🥦🍞🗃️

👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
George III was a family man, a modest eater, and a thoughtful ruler who wrote about the big questions of the day, from royal sovereignty to the best methods of agriculture to feed a modern nation. His writings provide a glimpse of his version of monarchy, which placed him at the head of a national family, where he embodied the habits of self-regulation and temperance in keeping with the sensibilities of late eighteenth-century manhood. This article brings together George’s meals and his essays, considering the histories of food, masculinity, and self-fashioning, to argue that George was a monarch who embodied a new form of masculinity, as marked by his agricultural interests and insistence on a modest diet. His eating habits, along with his intellectual interests and public persona, bring us to the intersection between the private man and the public monarch. Drawing on newly digitized data, alongside contemporary caricatures and descriptions, and George’s own writing, we argue that moderation was central to George’s creation of an image that appealed to the emerging British nation of the late eighteenth century; food was central to this image, highlighting both his masculine self-control and his ability to be useful to the nation.
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
IT'S US!!!!

New open access article on food and masculinity.

I love collaborating, especially with @adamcrymble.bsky.social @historybeagle.bsky.social, and Rachel Rich. They are some of my favourite people and pretty excellent academics, actually!

#skystorians #18thC 🗃
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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historybeagle.bsky.social
Pleased to see that an article I wrote w/ Rachel Rich, @adamcrymble.bsky.social and @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out! We look at George III's use of food for masculine self-fashioning. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy
www.cambridge.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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resprofnews.bsky.social
We've made this article from @cash4questions.bsky.social free to read, as it is proving very popular.

University funding crisis: How to stay serene when wellbeing sessions are offered.

"Beware employers bearing yoga mats..."

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-k...
Coping with the university funding crisis - Research Professional News
Positive steps in uncertain times, including how to stay serene when wellbeing sessions are offered
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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bsecs.bsky.social
We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs.

If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.

#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Chimney Stacks and Winding Ways, Whitby, 1936, painting by Fred Cecil Jones, 1891-1956 (Tate). #NorthernArt
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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madlinsudn.bsky.social
The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November.

If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.

They welcome donations too.
The Boring Fund - Open Collective
We support small non-profit organisations (UK) by only funding the really boring (but essential) stuff like insurance, accountancy or admin
opencollective.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
How many snacks are required to survive Welcome Week you ask....? Turns out the answer is: more than this....
#skystorians #academicsky
The image shows an open drawer containing packs of biscuits, boiled sweets and coffee.
September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
I should still be frantically preparing to welcome our new first years next week, but instead I'm finishing my week by reading this. And I don't regret it, even though I know I'm going to have to open my laptop on Sunday as a result! #skystorians
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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amiesphilip.bsky.social
Mute Swans, looking angry, and owned.
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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themerl.bsky.social
yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)
A herd of sheep move across a marshy bridge.
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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materialwills.bsky.social
📢 ICYMI: in our new blog post Laura Sangha talks about her collaboration with a musician to explore wills, history and creative approaches 👇

sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

#EarlyModern 🗃️
A photo montage showing Laura Sangha and Chris Hoban talking to people, looking at wills, visiting a museum. There are also images of people creating linocuts at a workshop, and of a will.
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM