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Olivia Garro

@toujoursbizarre.bsky.social

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Art history PhD candidate at CAMC Coventry in Guazzo’s Compendium Maleficarum and iconographies of witchcraft. British Museum events assistant AAH DECR committee deputy chair

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History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social · Jun 28

Did you know? HL+ has a monthly membership newsletter that details all our upcoming events and latest updates, as well as external training, fellowships, and funding opportunites. Sign-up to become a member of our growing ECR community and receive our newsletter here: historylab.plus/about/

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Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Jul 25

The staff is having an interesting debate on how to exhibit this as a 1960/70s “stop immigration” graffiti, unrelated to the factory, dramatically changes the history and nature of this object.
#stalbansmuseumandgallery #museumwork #preventiveconservation

Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Jul 25

Earlier this week I helped clean a 1920s sign that St Albans Museum (where I volunteer sometimes) rescued from the old Ballito stockings factory. It was quite dirty, but no major restoration work was needed. BUT,

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · Jul 22

Don't forget that we are recruiting for our new committee! If you have any questions, please email us as we are happy to answer.

Keep on scrolling to see what roles we are recruiting for the next academic year!

HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · Jul 8

📢 CALL FOR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS! 📢

History Lab warmly invites applications for its 2025-2026 Committee. History Lab is the national body, hosted at the @ihr.bsky.social, which represents over 1,500 graduate students of history across the UK.

Keep on reading for the available roles and deadline!

Applications for History Lab's 2025-26 Committee

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our conference has kicked off! We were welcomed by History Lab's Chair @thomascryer.bsky.social, Director of @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, and Professor Neil Forbes from Coventry University who is delivering his keynote speech 👨‍🏫

Don't forget that you can join us online! 💻

Photograph of Professor Neil Forbes delivering his keynote speech titled about the twentieth century after the First World War.

Photograph of History Lab conference programmes and Royal Historical Society bookmarks, leaflets and badges.

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Cat Stiles @catsfstiles.bsky.social · Jun 24

Too busy chairing the last panel to share about the papers individually, but some fascinating talks by @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social , Dan Harms and Neil Tarrant!

#MagicWitchCon

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Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Apr 13

What I mean when I tell my friends that I’m not sure I deserve a PhD is that I’ve just spent the past five minutes annoyed at some water for not boiling when I simply had not turned on the stove

Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Mar 28

Best adventure ever! Can’t wait for the next one!🧙🏻‍♀️

Holly B 🌈 @hsbamford.bsky.social · Mar 28

Back home after the #rsa2025 and a wonderful week in Boston! It wouldn’t have been complete with out a visit to Salem too!
Thanks @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social for being the best travel buddy!

Image of the Salem Wotch museum at night

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Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc.bsky.social · Mar 24

Celebrating scholarship and creativity #RSA2025 Star papers, lovely friends including @mikkibrock.bsky.social @ellenwerner.bsky.social @pjsalzman.bsky.social
@jmhclark.bsky.social
@drandrewsneddon.bsky.social @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social @hsbamford.bsky.social

Postcards of woodcuts: devil and woman images reading “witch, please!” and knight mounted on black horse slaying dragon reading “Spenser, Make allegorie great againe” by digitalrenaissance.uvic.ca

Cover of graphic novel made for Andrew Sneddon’s 1711 Islandmagee Witches project showing girl in bonnet against a yellow-lit window and the white cottage where the accusations began @w1711.org

Leaflet from the Vesuvian Lost Cities project showing QR code and engraving of volcano erupting

Leaflets from LEMDO online text Hornbooks and more woodcut images from Digital Renaissance Editions including Newes from Scotland linocut in gold ink by Brett Greatley Hirsch and “Moves like Jaggard” postcard showing printing press

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Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Mar 22

So nice seeing you @mikkibrock.bsky.social ! Thanks for coming☺️ and see you in York!

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Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Mar 19

We’re shipping up to Boston (and bringing witchcraft!) #rsa #rensa25 #boston #witchcraft #witchcraftstudies

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Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Mar 17

Getting ready #salem

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · Feb 4

There's still time to get your abstracts in for the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft conference!

Please share widely in this low-algorithm world 💌

Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · Jan 7

📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣

The CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2025! Come join us in York (24th - 25th June) to tackle the gnarly question - what is a witch?

Answers in abstract form, please - due 14th March 😊🧙‍♀️

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Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Feb 26

“The witch-burner’s MEIN KAMPF”?!?
WTF call me an academic snob but this sums up PERFECTLY my problem with non-specialistic publications about witchcraft

Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Feb 22

I wish I could be sarcastic about working at 9PM on a Saturday on the lines of “do a PhD, they said, it’ll be fun, they said” but everyone did indeed warn me and it is just completely, thoroughly, truly my fault

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · Nov 13

📢NOW AVAILABLE TO BOOK!

Join us on Monday 18th November for our Abstract Writing Workshop to help you craft clear, engaging and successful abstracts!

Use the link below to book onto this extremely informative workshop!

history.ac.uk/events/abstr...

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Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Sep 19

Any suggestion and/or retweet very much appreciated, thank you!🦇🧙🏻‍♀️#earlymodernwitchcraft #earlymodernbooks #woodcut

Olivia Garro @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social · Sep 19

#historians #arthistorians of #witchcraft help! I’m hoping to argue that this print in Guazzo’s Compendiun Maleficarum is the ONLY image showing animals that are witches transformed (to enter the victims’ houses more easily) and NOT familiars as all other images. Anyone knows of others?

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