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Ben Jackson

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Historian of 18C Britain | British Academy postdoc 'The Georgian Clergyman' at the John Rylands Research Institute UoM | 'Material Masculinities: Men and Goods in Eighteenth-Century England' out now: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180605/

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · 9d

Finally on 10 December we're delighted to be joined by @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social who is giving a paper on Michael Clancy and queer/crip life-writing

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · 9d

Then it's... me ... on 26 November on queer bodies and kinship

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · 9d

Our first event is a reading group of @leannecalvert.bsky.social's article on queer approaches to the 18C Irish family on 22 October. Brilliantly, Leanne will be joining us to discuss her article

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · 9d

We're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Aug 11

I'm going to @thenacbs.bsky.social this November (wahoo) in Montreal. My own funds are quite tight, does anyone know of funds available to ECRs to support attending I'd be really grateful!

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Aug 7

OH GOD it hasn't been that long has it!

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Aug 7

Huge huge congratulations Emily! What an achievement, and wonderful to finally see it in the flesh!

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Jul 18

Really chuffed to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society today

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Jun 4

Love’s Labour Launches with a roar! Thanks to many roarsome people I’ve gone from peasant to PhD, to Professor, and Penguin author with Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction out today. 🐅

Pls share, read, and help create a worthwhile world.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#BookSky #HPS #Skystorians 🗃️

Book cover for Vanished. Features a nineteenth-century print with a fossilised mastodon skeleton, Asian elephant being ridden by a turbaned man, Native and colonial figures looking on. In the background is a mountainous landscape and there is also a single passenger pigeon in the sky. The whole scene is framed by an ornate frame and foliage.

Below the book is the following text: A love letter to the astonishing ways of being that have survived past extinctions, and an exhortation to create a worthwhile world.

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · May 21

Have just heard that a university has drawn up a policy excluding trans staff & students on campus from using single-sex spaces. Does anyone else know of any other UK unis doing this? Please let me know

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · May 15

Had a wonderful conversation earlier this week with Miranda Melcher from the New Books Network about 'Material Masculinities' (out now with MUP! 😉) newbooksnetwork.com/material-mas...

Ben Jackson, "Material Masculinities: Men and Goods in Eighteenth-Century England" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thanks so much for buying a copy Alun, I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 14

oh that's wonderful to hear!

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 14

thank you Emily!

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 9

Thanks so much Colm, a long time to get there, but got there in the end!

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

Although my book doesn't engage in the history of chattel slavery, there's lots of good work out there exploring its history, it does explore some of commodities that were produced by enslaved people and looks at the importance of colonial brutality in men's relationship with goods

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you so much Laura!

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you so much Zoe!

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Apr 8

New today from our GENDER IN HISTORY series 📣

Material Masculinities by @benltjackson.bsky.social explores how material objects were integral for men in forming their identities and shaping experiences in the eighteenth-century.

Endorsed by @historymatt.bsky.social

#GenderinHistory #18thCentury

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

perfect, thank you so much. It definitely covers some of the earlier 17C century (especially in the fifth chapter!) :)

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you so much Margot

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you Declan, this is very kind.

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

#skystorians #18thc #earlymodern #genderhistory

Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

and thanks to @historymatt.bsky.social, @kateesthersmith.bsky.social and Jon Stobart for their support and encouragement, and also their very kind endorsements of the book!

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

thanks too to @emilymayvine.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social @tricksterprince.bsky.social @jennybuckley.bsky.social @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social, @tomcutterham.bsky.social Tara Hamling, and literally hundreds of others for their support of me & my work over the years!

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