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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Aug 4

Alice! Top work @hagenilda.bsky.social @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social @sharonhoward.bsky.social et al!

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England

Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Jul 22

After a mere seven years in the making, The Cultural History of Magic is finally here!!

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Jul 16

Historians with research interests in magic and witchcraft are especially encouraged to apply for this position covering Dr Andrew Sneddon for 12 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU353/l...

Lecturer in History at Ulster University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in History opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · Jun 9

Just over two weeks to go to our ghosts 👻 in Britain and Ireland, 1500-1950 conference in Mary Immaculate College Limerick! Places available - programme and registration at www.mic.ul.ie/Ghosts-Confe...

Ghosts in Britain and Ireland 1500-1950 History Conference | Mary Immaculate College

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Jun 2

Time is running out to register for our Ghosts in Britain and Ireland Conference!

WHEN: 26-27 June
WHERE: University of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

We have an amazing line up - see the program and register here!

www.eventbrite.ie/e/ghosts-in-...

Ghosts in Britain and Ireland Conference

Join us for an exploration of ghostly tales and haunted history in Britain and Ireland at our upcoming conference!

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · May 12

If the ghosts would like to take on bodily form for the occasion, I’d be very happy to welcome them.

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · May 12

Registration is now open for our ghost conference at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick this June! If you'd like to come along and listen to our wonderful line up of talks please sign up below - note that we are an in-person only event. www.eventbrite.ie/e/ghosts-in-...

Ghosts in Britain and Ireland Conference

Join us for an exploration of ghostly tales and haunted history in Britain and Ireland at our upcoming conference!

www.eventbrite.ie

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Eleanor Thom @eleanorthom.bsky.social · Mar 20

Congratulations to all of the Thornton's Books team. I loved being part of this wonderful and fascinating project and discovering the 17th-century life wrintings of Alice Thornton. #writers #authors I highly recommend delving into this fantastic free resource.

Alice Thornton's Books @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Big news! The digital edition of Alice Thornton's four Books is now complete and online. There are 1,019 pages (c. 270,000 words) of Thornton’s life-writings in both modernised and semi-diplomatic versions and they are fully searchable.
#EarlyModern 🗃️ 📚 📜
thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/news/2...

Full and Final Edition Now Available

News article - 24 February 2025

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Early Modern Circle @earlymoderncircle.bsky.social · Mar 14

🌟 We are delighted to announce the Early Modern Circle seminar programme for 2025 🌟

First in the line-up is the fabulous Dr Sarah Bendall (@sarahabendall.bsky.social) presenting research on her female milliners in 17th ce London 👒🎩

Students and researchers in Melbourne all welcome to attend!

The image is a poster for the Melbourne University Early Modern seminar series. This is available for screen reading at https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ancient-medieval-and-early-modern-studies/seminars-reading-groups/early-modern-circle

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Katy Schumaker @kathrynschumaker.bsky.social · Jan 2

My book on interracial marriage in the Jim Crow South is out January 28!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kathr...

Tangled Fortunes

A “brilliantly researched and surprising” (Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University) history of Southern segregationists’ long war against interracial rela...

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year fellow ghost enthusiasts! Only 8 days left to get your abstracts in for our ghost conference in Limerick this June. 🏃‍♂️ 👻

Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Oct 16

Ghost Conference Alert!! 👻

We are organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians

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Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social · Dec 30

🗃️ #C19th #Genealogy #LocalHistory
A reminder that if you need an excel calculator that works with pounds, shillings and pence, I have one you can download and use freely. Please share…
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Need a calculator that works with pounds, shillings and pence?

If you struggle to add, multiply and divide sums of money written in pre-decimal currency, then you are not alone – and you may wish to download the Excel calculator I’ve created for just tha…

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · Dec 31

Worth sharing this starter pack again for all the Taphophiles and anyone interested in Graveyards, memorialisation or funerary practices
#TaphophileTuesday
#MementoMori
#12DaysofGraves
#Skystorians
#EarlyModern
go.bsky.app/KGLpmwp

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Dec 20

I know, I’m sorry. They’re really designed for libraries to purchase.

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Dec 19

It’s almost here!! Get your pre orders in now. My volume has eight wonderful essays including one from the late Jim Sharpe.

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup @witchykallestrup.bsky.social · Dec 19

Extremely proud of this work with the wonderful Stephen Mitchell. Available for pre-order: A Cultural History of Magic, 6 vols. 🔮🧿🧙‍♀️ #bloomsburyacademics #magic #witchcraft www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...

A Cultural History of Magic

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Dec 18

We're loving seeing the abstracts coming in for our ghost conference in June next year! Just three weeks left to get your abstracts in. 👻

Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Oct 16

Ghost Conference Alert!! 👻

We are organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians

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Chloë Kennedy @chloejskennedy.bsky.social · Dec 16

Come and work on a @leverhulme.bsky.social project about the history of ‘hurt feelings’ & the law with @katieebarclay.bsky.social Alice Krzanich and me! We’re looking for a historian of medicine (or similar) for a 4 yr postdoctoral research fellow position elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to work on a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project titled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The project is a collaboration between Prof Chl...

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Dec 16

Come join us in Melbourne!

ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Dec 16

A #CFP for the southern hemisphere's premier #medieval and #earlymodern studies conference - what more could you want for Christmas?! Hosted in Melbourne from 3-5 Dec 2025, our website is now open for paper and panel proposal with a deadline of 14 Feb.

conference.anzamems....

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Dec 5

Delighted to be part of this forum on emotions and imagination. My piece on ghosts and the spectral imagination is out now and open access. brill.com/view/journal...

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · Dec 4

Come join us, we advocate for history and historians and your membership fee allows us to continue to do that (and gives you opportunities for networking, funding, discounts, events, general kudos etc 😜) 🗃️

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Dec 4

If you'd like to join @royalhistsoc.bsky.social - as a Fellow, Associate Fellow, Member or PGR Member - we welcome applications at any time bit.ly/45lOzr0

Membership is for #History professionals in Higher Education - worldwide, at all career stages - and in related sectors. Next deadline: 13 Dec.

Image advertising joining the Royal Historical Society as a Fellow, Associate Fellow, member or Postgraduate Member. The next closing date for applications is Friday 13 December 2024.

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Dec 2

Don't forget to get your abstracts in for our ghost conference! We will have two keynotes: Prof. Sasha Handley (Manchester) and Dr. Shane McCorristine (Newcastle). It's going to be spooktacular!

Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · Oct 16

Ghost Conference Alert!! 👻

We are organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians

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Eduardo Fernández @apocalypsisnova.bsky.social · Nov 16

A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Fellowships and Grants

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · Nov 28

Are you a PhD student at a UK/Irish uni, or are you within 3 yrs of award? Did you publish your first academic journal article this year (2024)? Please consider applying for the RHS Early Career Article Prize. Nominations open Mon 2 Dec 24 and close Fri 31 Jan 25: royalhistsoc.org/prizes/royal... 🗃️

Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize | RHS

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · Nov 22

How long would your commute take in 1680? Mine would be about a day and a half.

@camunicampop.bsky.social has a brilliant tool for calculating travel times in Roman, 1680, 1830, 1911 and 2024. 🗃️
www.travelintimes.org/journey/52.2...

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