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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 13h

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

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SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 13h

The Thorntons helped Christopher and Anne Danby out in the 1660s. Alice was still pursuing this 'debt' in her last will and testament, written in 1705! #EarlyModern 📜 🗃️

Alice Thornton's Books @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · 15h

8 Oct. 1688 #OTD Thornton wrote to her great-nephew, Abstrupus Danby, seeking help with her son’s debts. She reminded him ‘how sad and necessitous a condition your father and mother ... were in for several years when their just right was detained from them and they cast off by all’. #EarlyModern 1/2

Outside of a 17th-century letter. Addressed to Abstrupus Danby at his house in York. Above that he has annotated it as a letter from his aunt Thornton, about what she did for his family, and that he is willing to pay her £50 next Martinmas.

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 14h

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

The Scottish History Society

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 21h

There are very few industries in which Britain can genuinely still claim to be a world leader - two of them are the creative sector and higher education. You'd never know it from listening to the Tories, lol.

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 5d

We ❤️ books! Join us for some upcoming book launches:

Tue 7 Oct, 17:30 -"Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social from @manchesterup.bsky.social

Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... (in person and online)

Book Launch: "Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance"

New book: "Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by Hope Doherty-Harrison

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 8d

Out now! Our latest book, "Women Who Dared", is released today from Edinburgh University Press. You can purchase direct from @edinburghup.bsky.social via their website or at all good bookshops: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-w...

Women Who Dared

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations!

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Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · 6d

Brilliant piece by @fionamcintyre.bsky.social

Not just university leaders worried about the fee levy, the CBI thinks it's a bad idea too

Even the NUS, which is "ecstatic" about the return of maintenance grants doesn't support it

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 6d

‘It’s bananas’: why student fee levy spells trouble for research.

Funding maintenance grants through money raised from international fees leaves universities facing “awkward questions”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

‘It’s bananas’: why student fee levy spells trouble for research - Research Professional News

Funding maintenance grants through money raised from international fees leaves universities facing “awkward questions”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 6d

Who did what in early modern England?

New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️

Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

This book applies the innovative work-task approach to the history of work, which captures the contribution of all workers and types of work to the early modern economy. Drawing on tens of thousands of court depositions, the authors analyse the individual tasks that made up everyday work for women and men, shedding new light on the gender division of labour, and the ways in which time, space, age and marital status shaped sixteenth and seventeenth-century working life. Combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book deepens our understanding of the preindustrial economy, and calls for us to rethink not only who did what, but also the implications of these findings for major debates about structural change, the nature and extent of paid work, and what has been lost as well as gained over the past three centuries of economic development. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cover of Whittle, Jane, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, and Taylor Aucoin. The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. of Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 7d

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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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d

'Graeme Atherton, head of the Ruskin Institute for Social Equity (Rise) at the University of West London, said the policy “is giving with one hand and taking with another” and will “exacerbate” the problems being faced by humanities and arts departments and disadvantaged students.'

Maintenance grants only for priority courses ‘deeply concerning’

Using financial incentives to influence student choice risk undermining Labour’s widening access goals, critics fear

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to Emma, my wonderful colleage @dependencybonn.de !
The full @genderandhistory.bsky.social SI on Gender & Segregation will be published later this year, with 13 terrific articles and a substantial introduction by Lisa Hellmann, @djrgrey.bsky.social, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and myself.

Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 13d

Very excited latest 📄 in special issue
@genderandhistory.bsky.social
ed. by @writinghelena.bsky.social l; Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and me is out, and #openaccess! 🌟 Emma Kalb investigates "A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi" doi.org/10.1111/1468...

A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi

This article examines the late Mughal period, a time of dramatic political reconfiguration, to trace the relevance of practices of elite female seclusion, and particularly of the complex space of the...

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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations and good luck to the new editorial team of @genderandhistory.bsky.social! It's been an honour editing the journal with my Sheffield colleagues and pals for the last five years, and I am looking forward to seeing it thrive at Edinburgh!

HCAatEdinburgh @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social · 13d

The leading international journal ‘Gender & History’ (@genderandhistory.bsky.social) has moved to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, edin.ac/46z9jy5

#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Gender

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Julia!

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 16d

Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

#earlymodern #economic #history

The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

Cambridge Core - Economic History - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to you all!

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HCAatEdinburgh @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social · 13d

The leading international journal ‘Gender & History’ (@genderandhistory.bsky.social) has moved to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, edin.ac/46z9jy5

#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Gender

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 13d

@dianapaton.bsky.social @queerstorian.bsky.social

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 13d

Very excited latest 📄 in special issue
@genderandhistory.bsky.social
ed. by @writinghelena.bsky.social l; Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and me is out, and #openaccess! 🌟 Emma Kalb investigates "A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi" doi.org/10.1111/1468...

A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi

This article examines the late Mughal period, a time of dramatic political reconfiguration, to trace the relevance of practices of elite female seclusion, and particularly of the complex space of the...

doi.org

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 13d

Now the contract is signed etc we're very pleased to share this news. Please do follow the below account to keep up to date with what we're doing. #GenderHistory

Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 13d

We are delighted to announce that Gender & History now has a new home at the University of Edinburgh. With thanks to the Sheffield team who did a stellar job for the last five years. hca.ed.ac.uk/gender-histo...
#Skystorians #GenderHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

'Gender & History' moves to Edinburgh | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology

The School is very excited to announce that the leading international journal ‘Gender & History’ has moved to the University of Edinburgh.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 15d

The Renaissance changed how people saw and understood the body. Cultural and art historian @jillburke.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social explores fashion and everyday life in Renaissance Italy, reflecting on the surprising history of bras in medieval times: www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4582

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Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social · 14d

The 2025 Being Human Festival programme is now live! 💫 This year's festival runs from 6 - 15 November 2025. With over 220 events taking place in 46 towns and cities across the UK, there is a wide range of events to suit everyone's curiosities.
Programme highlights: bit.ly/3IsbVWI
#BeingHuman2025

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 15d

Good spot - 1665.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 16d

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 16d

Fascinating stuff from the CMS' own Dr Evan Jones!

Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 16d

'They [maps] are a great research tool and are also equally accessible to people without skills or training.' 🗺️

Dr Evan Jones (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) comments on the addition of historic street names to Bristol's Know Your Place interactive city map for BBC News

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bristol's forgotten street names revealed in map

Names of roads either lost down the centuries or renamed are available on a new map.

www.bbc.co.uk

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