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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · 20h

📣 Our next research seminar is today! @lenaliapi.bsky.social will be presenting a paper titled ‘Contrasting News and Controlling the Narrative: English and French News Reporting in the Wake of the 1696 Conspiracy’.
🗓️ 8 October, 5pm
📍 Yarbrugh Room, HG/15
More info: www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · 9d

www.york.ac.uk/crems/events/events-archive/2025-2026/paradoxes-history-of-torture/

Paradoxes in the History of Torture and the Advent of Modernity in Europe, 1400-1700 - Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York

Listen to inspiring words by Sara Beam from University of Victoria.

www.york.ac.uk

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · 9d

Join us tomorrow for our first research seminar of the academic year! @saragwynbeam.bsky.social will be kicking things off with an excellent paper titled ‘Paradoxes in the History of Torture and the Advent of Modernity in Europe, 1400-1700’.
🗓️ 1 October, 1pm
📍 Yarbrugh Room, HG/15 - Heslington Hall

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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 15d

And our FIVE YEAR teaching and research position in Early Modern Europe and the World is now live..... Please do circulate and/or think about applying. I truly love our department! @kingshistory.bsky.social

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15d

VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC

The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.

Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians

Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer - RHS

The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and dev...

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Anne Lister Forum @annelisterforum.bsky.social · Sep 1

Delighted to share our first call for contributions! We are seeking proposals to lead meetings in any format which will promote conversation and debate among junior Lister scholars. Deadline 15th October. See below & please help spread the word!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 30

Postgraduates, studying for a Masters' or PhD in history or cognate discipline, are also warmly welcome in the Society bit.ly/45adrEh

PGR membership includes access to student research support, professional training, publications, online resources and our Directory of historians #Skystorians

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 We’re thrilled to announce that we have up to 4 student bursary awards for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York for 2025-26. Deadline to apply is 31 July. Please share widely! www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18thcentury #18thC

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

Thanks to funding from an external donor, we offer up to four bursaries towards fees for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies.

www.york.ac.uk

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · May 27

Next week’s @cecs-york.bsky.social seminar looks fantastic! 🖋️
@kharveyhistory.bsky.social #earlymodern #eighteenthcentury #skystorians

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · May 27

Our final research seminar of the semester is on 3 June at 4.30pm. Join us to welcome @kharveyhistory.bsky.social who will present a paper titled ‘Chat, Scribble and Scrawl: Women’s Letters in Britain, c1680-1820’.
📍 KG/07
More info 👉🏼 www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

Chat, Scribble and Scrawl: Women’s Letters in Britain, c1680-1820 - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

Karen Harvey explores conversations about the body in women's letters.

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Understanding King James VI & I Conference @kingjamesconf.bsky.social · Apr 10

Registration for the conference is now open 🥳

There are a number of ticket options and registration will remain open until 1 June. The full programme is available on our website (subject to slight changes)

We can't wait to see everyone in July!!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

Understanding King James VI & I: 400 years on

A multi-day conference with accompanying workshops and activities that interrogate James' rich life and legacy.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · May 20

This year’s Magic and Witchcraft Conference (23-25 June) is not to be missed!! Join us online or in person! 🦇 #earlymodern #skystorians #witchcraft

Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · May 12

Registration for the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025 is now live!

23-25 June

Join us in York (or online) for three days exploring the question: what is a witch in history?

#skystorians #witchcraft #conference #history

www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

Poster advertising the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft conference. The keynote speakers are Julian Goodare, Ceri Houlbrook and Rita Voltmer. The poster is decorated with a woodcut-style border with flowers, cornucopias and a bat flying across the page.

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · May 9

Happy Friday! you can now register for our @cemskcl.bsky.social colloquium on Early Modern War Narratives! June 6th in person and online! Keynote by Andrew Hopper and Ismini Pells, funded by KCL, CEMS, & @srsrensoc.bsky.social. Register here (and pls repost!) — www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

Select tickets – CEMS KCL Colloquium: Early Modern War Narratives – King's College London

This year, KCL's Centre for Early Modern Studies' Annual Colloquium will be on Early Modern War Narratives. Join us for a day o...

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · May 16

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History, Material Culture & Heritage- 1 yr research post working on ‘Knotted Histories: Early Modern Global Carpets, Global Exchange and the Public Country House’ - University of Oxford - Faculty of English #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC287/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History, Material Culture & Heritage at University of Oxford

Discover Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History, Material Culture & Heritage jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Legal History Miscellany @legalmiscellany.bsky.social · Apr 22

A new post, on the end of the infamous Court of Star Chamber and its afterlife: legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/04/22/t...

The End(s) of a Lawless Court

Why and how did the Court of Star Chamber come to be seen as a lawless court? And did the act that abolished the court in 1641 end the lawless discretion people feared in it?

legalhistorymiscellany.com

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Apr 22

Join us tomorrow 23 April for our next research seminar! Michał E. Nowakowski will present a paper titled 'Words That Burn: Catholic–Reformed Polemics and Their Impact in Early Modern Vilnius (1574–1647)'.
📍 12pm-2pm, The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building (in person only).

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Apr 22

📢NEW WILL OF THE MONTH📢

Why was gentleman James Liddell so very particular about how he wanted his body to be laid to rest?

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#EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

Frontispiece of a book, the title page says 'A Mourning-Ring, In Memory of your Deparrted Friend' and lists the contents of the book. There are four images - one shows a man in a winding sheet. The second shows a funeral in a room with people gathered around crying and clasping hands to breasts. The thirs shows the coffin being born by people in a processession into a church door. The final one shows the coffin being put into a grave, with mourners and the minister around it.

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · Apr 22

We can hardly wait for the opening on 2 May of Austen and Turner: Country House Encounter. Read more about the exhibition at Harewood House, co-curated by the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #Austen #Turner

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Apr 3

Don’t miss tonight’s research seminar! Join us online or in-person to welcome Bettina Varwig who will present a paper titled ‘Dis-ease, Pain and Redemption in Early Modern Musicking’.
📍6pm The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building
More info and registration 👉🏼 www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

Bettina Varwig - Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York

Bettina Varwig discusses the impact of J.S Bach's music on early modern Lutheran congregants.

www.york.ac.uk

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Mar 18

Our next seminar is tonight! Join us (online or in person) to welcome Prof Amanda Wunder (Lehman College & CUNY Graduate Center) who will present a paper titled ‘Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV’
📍 5pm, B/S/104
More info: www.york.ac.uk/history-of-a...

Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV

Please join us for the History of Art Research Seminar “Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV” with Professor Amanda Wunder (Lehman College & CUNY Graduate Center...

www.york.ac.uk

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Mar 4

Hi - unfortunately not, so sorry! But you can attend online if you are able to! The registration information is in the link!

CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Mar 3

Our next seminar is this Thursday (6 March) at 12.15pm! Please join us (online or in person) to welcome @alexbamji.bsky.social who will present a paper titled ‘Ephemeral print and lay religious experience in early modern Venice’.
📍The Treehouse, Berrick Saul
More info: www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

Alex Bamji - Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York

Alex Bamji presents this event

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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · Feb 20

Just enjoyed a really excellent paper from @claireturner.bsky.social at @crems-york.bsky.social seminar exploring some of the material they’re finding in their work on the sensory history of early modern cancer and identity. Now attempting to measure how long 9 thumbs is…

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Feb 14

Our next research seminar is on 20 Feb, join us (in person or online) to welcome @claireturner.bsky.social who will present a paper titled ‘Gender, Identity and the Senses in Early Modern Cancer Cases’.
📍 12.15pm, The Treehouse, BSB
#earlymodern

Claire Turner - Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York

Claire Turner explores the experiences of cancer in early modern England.

www.york.ac.uk

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thanks to everyone who came to last night’s research seminar, and a huge thank you to our guest speaker @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social for a wonderful and thought provoking paper! #earlymodern

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · Feb 13

Our first seminar of the semester is today (6pm)!
Join us (in person or online) to welcome Eva Johanna Holmberg (Uni of Helsinki) who presents a paper titled ‘The Torments and Travails of Jamestown: Early 17th century settler colonial body in pain’.
📍 The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building

Eva Johanna Holmberg - Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York

Eva Johanna Holmberg explores the emotional and sensory history perspectives to pain in early colonial Virginia.

www.york.ac.uk

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