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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · 14h

Looking forward to discussing the ways people thought about the power of music in early modern England with these impressive folk.

Poster for conference on beauty with mountains and QR code. Www.canbeautysavetheworld.com

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Aug 19

Win up to £1250 for your essay on travel and/or cultural exchange www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci... (in spite of the outdated link summary)

The Hakluyt Society annual essay prize for graduate students

The Hakluyt Society awards an annual essay prize of up to a total of £1,000. The competition is open to any registered or recent graduate students

www.hakluyt.com

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Aug 19

A parent can dream… (or in this case, not).

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Jul 2

Do say hello if you’re at @srsrensoc.bsky.social Bristol this week! @bhamcrems.bsky.social

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Mark Lewis @marklewi5.bsky.social · Jun 29

It was a pleasure to present at this event a few days ago - my first academic paper delivered 📄😅

Thank you @spparkle.bsky.social and Peter Auger for organising, to the other presenters for some terrific papers, and to those who listened to me and asked questions - very much appreciated!

Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social · May 13

Registration now open! Hybrid study day: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England, 25 June - register now to attend for free!

www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...

Insights into current research into recreational materials and activities in early modern England.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Jun 4

@crems-york.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social @bhamcrems.bsky.social @emeccwarwick.bsky.social ??

Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · May 25

18C people, can anyone point me to environmental or ecological readings of Gray's Elegy?

Painting of the English poet Thomas Gray.

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Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social · May 13

Registration now open! Hybrid study day: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England, 25 June - register now to attend for free!

www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...

Insights into current research into recreational materials and activities in early modern England.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social · Mar 31

Last few days to get in your abstracts! Popular Recreations in Early Modern England with keynote by Prof Christopher Marsh!

www.katiebankmusic.com/post/call-fo...

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thanks to the SRS for their contribution to our project via their Public Engagement Grant scheme! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz....

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Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · Mar 27

My sixteenth-century nuns knew a thing or two about disease and war and terror. This miniature prayer is rather lovely and poignant. #nuntastic

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Mar 26

Same, little pepper, same

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Mar 25

The ByrdCentral website will be going soon. As our last farewell, we wanted to share with you some stats from our education outreach project on the life and music of William Byrd, 'Reasons to Sing'

🎊 www.byrdcentral.com/post/project...

Thank you for following us on our ByrdNyrd journey!

Project Summary: Byrd's 'Reasons to Sing'

In 2023, we celebrated the quatercentenary of English renaissance composer William Byrd. Thanks to generous grants from Arts Council England and the Stile Antico Foundation (with additional support fr...

www.byrdcentral.com

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Mar 24

Yayyyyy.

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Lindsay Bloch @lindsaybloch.bsky.social · Mar 18

🏺 #maniarchaeology inspired by this 19th c. transfer-printed whiteware with spearhead band, excavated at Mount Vernon, image courtesy DAACS.

fingernails painted blue and white with a stylized geometric motif. The background is a diffuse blue, green, and pink fabric.

a small ceramic sherd with a stylized geometric pattern in blue and white

thumbnail painted blue and white with a stylized geometric motif. The background is a diffuse blue, green, and pink fabric.

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · Mar 6

Today's office.
Rehearsing Lady Rachel Fane's May #Masque at #bostonmanorhouse
www.ticketsource.co.uk/boston-manor...
#earlymodern #earlymusic
@beyondshakes.bsky.social @fourfootedbeasts.bsky.social

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Mar 4

I guess most grant proposals work out like this

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Mar 3

Abstracts! Calling all abstracts!

Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social · Jan 30

Call for Papers: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England
Keynote Speaker: Prof Christopher Marsh (Belfast)
University of Birmingham
Wednesday 25 June 2025

More info: www.katiebankmusic.com/post/call-fo... (waiting to get it up on the institutional webpages!)

Call for Papers: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England

Keynote Speaker: Prof Christopher Marsh (Belfast)University of BirminghamWednesday 25 June 2025“Recreation” had a variety of potential meanings in early modern England – to refresh or enliven oneself ...

www.katiebankmusic.com

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Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social · Feb 10

Christopher Marsh's keynote is called ‘The matter of ballads (and why ballads matter)’ - join us!

Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social · Jan 30

Call for Papers: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England
Keynote Speaker: Prof Christopher Marsh (Belfast)
University of Birmingham
Wednesday 25 June 2025

More info: www.katiebankmusic.com/post/call-fo... (waiting to get it up on the institutional webpages!)

Call for Papers: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England

Keynote Speaker: Prof Christopher Marsh (Belfast)University of BirminghamWednesday 25 June 2025“Recreation” had a variety of potential meanings in early modern England – to refresh or enliven oneself ...

www.katiebankmusic.com

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Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social · Feb 27

We've recently updated our Public Engagement Toolkits. Our free, downloadable PDF guides are full of useful ideas and tips for putting on a successful #PublicEngagement event.

Toolkit topics include inclusion, partnerships, formats, budget, audiences and more!

Toolkits

Toolkits full of useful tips and tricks to help you put on a successful public engagement event or activity

buff.ly

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · Feb 26

I met with a face I knew and challenged him, thinking it had been one of the Theatre musicians, and did enquire for a song of him, but finding it a mistake, and that it was a gentleman that comes sometimes to the office, I was much ashamed.

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Feb 21

Call for Papers: Marginalia and the Early Modern Woman Writer, 1500-1700 #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Feb 20

See it if you can. It was super fun.

theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk.bsky.social · Feb 20

★★★★★ Another rave review just in: a shamelessly hedonistic #MuchAdoAboutNothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane is a triumph writes @hallibee1.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/theatre/much...

Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review - this shamelessly hedonistic production is a triumph

Over the last few months, celebrity-driven West End productions have suffered some inglorious crashes. So there was a certain degree of trepidation at the opening night for this star vehicle for Tom H...

theartsdesk.com

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Feb 19

I’m so sorry. Welcome to the world where one has to not get the best rate and spend more of our meagre budgets just to satisfy the requirements even if the same place is on another site for less!

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Feb 19

Excellent.

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Feb 18

Honestly been considering LASIK. I rarely wear my glasses anymore all day because small human grabs them.

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