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Sonya Cronin

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IRC post doc fellow @UCD networking early modern royalist women writers | formerly IRC scholar @TCD | FRHistS | theory | book: Women, Royalisms and Exiles 1640-1669, bit.ly/3JMPDKR Wife, dog servant, horse lover, book hoarder, jamophile. 🇮🇪

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hallo 👋 #earlymodernist followers. I’m looking to present some new research at a seminar/conference this autumn anywhere in the British isles, on #Scottish #womensmanuscript compilation and socio-lit networks. If you come across any cfp could you please share them on here? A million thank yous. 🙏

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Ally Boo-art 👻 @allystewart.bsky.social · 1d

I ask my students not to use AI because it means they are not fully engaging with their own learning. If they do, it’s a betrayal of my trust.

I don’t want to use AI to grade student work because it means that I am not fully engaging with their learning. If I do, it’s a betrayal of their trust

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 2d

Well, that concludes a week long trawl at the #NationalLibraryofScotland. 🙏 A lovely experience and only the beginning! #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen #songbooks and #miscellanies #earlymoderncreatives

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 3d

Damn, was just gearing up for a good soliloquy! #edinburgh #earlymodernprejudice #ifeelopressed

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 4d

An amusingly blasé address to John Scot of Scots Tarvet ‘at Edinburgh, or where soever he is’. #earlymodernletters #earlymodernadresses #scottishhistory

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 4d

Um, this wasn’t on my archival itinerary. 😏

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 6d

A lovely view from special collections reading room at #nationallibraryofscotland; a tonic for tired eyes.

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 10d

Items are ordered from the NLS, I think will not require coffee that morning for the excitement will be coursing through my veins.

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 11d

Many Irish citizens as well. Please protect them @simonharrisireland.bsky.social

Gillian Mackay MSP @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social · 11d

This is a moment of huge danger.

There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK.

The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba

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Gillian Mackay MSP @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social · 11d

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 11d

How are scholars residing outside the UK and working on Scottish manuscripts supposed to obtain funding to continue the important work on #Scottishearlymodernwomen’s #literaryhistory if most funding only favours those who live in the UK? It’s a rhetorical question but an important one. Sigh.

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 11d

With all respect, it seems prohibitive to the expansion and development of research to exclude those who do not live in the UK. I’m a member of the Society living in Ireland and currently working on early modern Scottish women’s manuscripts. It’s hugely disappointing that I cannot apply.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11d

RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.

The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj

Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026

David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS

Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 21d

Count down to my Scottish research trip has begun! Very excited to be visiting the #nationallibraryofscotland in a couple of weeks to get eyes on #earlymodernwomens #manuscripts and a few other treasures.

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 23d

The king looks like he’s regretting his choice of mount!

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 23d

Fairies on Fridays!
"A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies."
--- Charles Altamont Doyle.
Wellcome Collection.

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 25d

Here being Wicklow, Ireland.

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 25d

A good one here today, if I may:

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 25d

WSG member Karen Hearn is taking part in the George Villiers Study Day at Melton Carnegie Museum this Thursday 18 September. She will be one of five leading authors & academics discussing the eventful life & portraiture of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. leicestershirecollections.org.uk/villiers-rev...

George Villiers Study Day

leicestershirecollections.org.uk

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · 25d

Can we stuff printers in there too…?

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Have to turn it off every time I open a new word document. Thankful for that option…but how long will it last!

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · Aug 30

I do hope so!

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ah no, what a disappointment both for you and our 17th century ladies. ☹️

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Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Spoiler: i need a holiday from my printer, let alone from work and life!

Sonya Cronin @sonyalcronin.bsky.social · Aug 26

The single most excruciating and vexing relationship in an academics life is that of the relationship between said academic and their home printer. True or False?

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · Aug 22

Read the Dramatic C17th Memoirs of Alice Thornton, Who Wrote Four Versions of Her Life Story
Researchers have digitized all 4 volumes, which offer a compelling window into a tumultuous period in English history
by Sonja Anderson for Smithsonian Magazine
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...

A photo of a double-page spread of a handwritten book.

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