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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Aug 16

10 year old daughter: "If you study #gesture, do you study the #earlymodern middle finger?"

Me: *Makes mental note to check out potential funding sources

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Jul 15

Jooooiiiin ussssssss...

Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Jul 15

#CFP for ##IMCLEEDS 2026. Looking for scholars who are interested in the relationship between bodies and time.

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
#IMC2026 #IMC2025

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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Jun 17

Coming up this Saturday, our June speaker is...us!

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #WomensHistory #Religion #ReligiousHistory

Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · May 19

Join us for our June talk! This time we're putting ourselves on the spot by sharing our own research ahead of our Leeds roundtable.

#MedievalSky ##MedievalHistory #WomensHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #Religion

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Suppression and celebration: women in pre-modern religious discourse

The Bodies and Being team introduce their research into pre-modern women's bodies ahead of their roundtable discussion at Leeds IMC

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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Jun 12

Don't forget about our awesome online hangout this Saturday for people interested in #body studies. We'd love to hear about what you're working on.

#MedievalSky ##MedievalHistory #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #WhatsHistory

Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Jun 10

Join us this Saturday for our monthly informal #colloqium where #body #historians and others meet casually to chat about our #research and related topics.

#MedievalSky ##MedievalHistory #Medieval #EarlyModern #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModernSky #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #WhatsHistory

Bodies and Being Colloquium

A monthly online gathering open to scholars of all disciplines and career stages who are interested in the pre-modern body.

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Jun 10

Seriously, we have a great time.

Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Jun 10

Join us this Saturday for our monthly informal #colloqium where #body #historians and others meet casually to chat about our #research and related topics.

#MedievalSky ##MedievalHistory #Medieval #EarlyModern #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModernSky #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #WhatsHistory

Bodies and Being Colloquium

A monthly online gathering open to scholars of all disciplines and career stages who are interested in the pre-modern body.

www.eventbrite.com

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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · May 20

In our latest, @francescasq.bsky.social reflects on her experience at the 17th Annual Midlands #Viking Symposium.

#MedievalSky ##MedievalHistory #NorseHistory #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #Bodies #Embodiment #HistoricalFiction

Reflections on the 17th Midlands Viking Symposium 2025, by Francesca Squitieri

On Saturday 17th May 2025, I had the pleasure of attending—and presenting at—the 17th annual Midlands Viking Symposium. Founded by Dr Christina Lee (University of Nottnigham) the symposium is a one…

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · May 21

Come join us as we host Dr Chris White!

Dr. Chris White Writes @chriswhitewrites.bsky.social · May 21

I will be speaking (online) at @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social, on the 5th/6th of June, talking about two "Ethiopian" demons in Orderic Vitalis's Historia ecclesiastica:

A poster advertising my talk on Ethiopian demons, "Black Skin, Black Sin"

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · May 19

Don't tell me that you don't stay up late to watch academic talks! 😉

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · May 19

Join us for our June talk! This time we're putting ourselves on the spot by sharing our own research ahead of our Leeds roundtable.

#MedievalSky ##MedievalHistory #WomensHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #Religion

tinyurl.com/3xap2zck

Suppression and celebration: women in pre-modern religious discourse

The Bodies and Being team introduce their research into pre-modern women's bodies ahead of their roundtable discussion at Leeds IMC

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · May 1

The best way to spend a Saturday morning!

Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · May 1

Join us online May 10th for our May speaker, Laura Gathagan discussing her new book, The Queenship of #MathildaofFlanders which analyzes Mathilda as a consummate practitioner of representation through #embodiment.

#Medieval #MedievalSky #HistorySky #Skystorians #bodies

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The Queenship of Mathilda of Flanders, c. 1031-1083: Embodying Conquest

Laura Gathagan analyses Mathilda as a consummate practitioner of representation through embodiment.

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Apr 30

Shout out to my sister for the gift she gave me in my dream last night of a handmade clay panini press that doubles as a stereo.

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Apr 18

If I was a psychologist, I would open a practice called Baggage Claim.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Apr 18

Leaving a bookstore with your arms full of books has big "look at these cool rocks I found" energy

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Apr 18

Just picked up The Social Life of the #earlymodern Protestant Clergy to read on my Easter holiday away. I'm excited to see many chapters relevant to my interest in clergy wives and daughters.

What are you reading this weekend?

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Apr 12

Had our first online colloquium today for @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social. I'm stoked to get writing again. Is there any felicity superior to meeting fellow nerds and gesticulating wildly?

What gets you revved up for writing and research?

#AcademicSky #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistorySky #Skystorians

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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Apr 12

We are always interested in hearing from scholars of all levels of experience. Want to deliver a talk for our online speaker series? Or maybe just write a blog post? Hit us up!

bodiesandbeing.com/get-involved/

#AcademicSky #HistorySky #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #EarlyModernHistory

Get Involved

Join our community We welcome scholars of all disciplines and interests to join our global community in discussing the pre-modern body. Bodies and Being Colloquium A monthly online gathering open t…

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Elizabeth Currie @ecurrie.bsky.social · Mar 17

Fully funded PhD project researching #earlymodern Netherlandish objects at the Museum of the Home - looks like a really interesting project.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Mar 17

Fully funded AHRC PhD studentship (£21,380 per annum and tuition fees covered) at the Open University & Museum of the Home. Deadline 7 April 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMC556/a...

East front view of the Museum of the Home, with brick frontage and trees to the side.

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Feb 22

Wow. Just like that, NEH? All of us thrown under the bus without a fight.

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here's me talking about my work.

Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Feb 6

Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson shares her musings on the contingency of bodies. #medieval #earlymodern #SkyStorians #WhatsHistory #womenshistory #historyofgender #bodies #body #historyofmedicine #religioushistory #historyofreligion #religiousstudies

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The Contingency of Bodies

I am so excited to see how many of my colleagues and peers have responded to the birth of Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project, co-founded by myself (Autumn), Francesca, James, and Natalie.…

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Jan 31

@nvandeusen.bsky.social we need to get you into a Scandinavian starter pack! And medieval and Iceland and Viking, etc.

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Duchess of Naught @duchessofnaught.bsky.social · Jan 27

Yes - bsky.app/profile/altc...

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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Jan 16

The Canadian Society of #Medievalists is hosting its 2nd Annual Online Research Forum. Give a 7min talk on any research-in-progress! Open to scholars globally. Early career scholars and grad students encouraged. #medieval #earlymodern #Skystorians

www.canadianmedievalists.org/The-CSM-Online

The Canadian Society of Medievalists - The CSM Online

www.canadianmedievalists.org

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Jan 15

a cartoon cat with a red collar is holding a heart in his paws

ALT: a cartoon cat with a red collar is holding a heart in his paws

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Jan 15

Tell her that I would fight all the demons of hell for her.

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Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson @earlymodernaf.bsky.social · Jan 15

I am very pleased with Phoebe 😍

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