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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin
@jasminekt.bsky.social
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Early modern historian - architecture, artisans, embodied knowledge, ships' surgeons. Lecturer in History, Cardiff University. Canine enthusiast.
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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin @jasminekt.bsky.social · Jul 28
I've written a short piece for History Today on ships' surgeons and emotional lives at sea. Enjoy!
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History Today @historytoday.com · Jul 28
In Thursday’s Miscellanies: life at sea was hard. An #earlymodern ship’s surgeon had to treat not just broken bones but distress and trauma.

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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · 1d
Medieval seals! 🦭

In our Bridge House Estates collection, we hold some remarkable examples of personal seals used by medieval women to authenticate documents. Some of the most commonly used motifs or designs were radial devices, stylised lilies, birds, and full-length standing women.
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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 1d
As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming
This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…
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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · 5d
Before cinema, there was Music Hall! 🎭

From pub backrooms to grand palaces of entertainment, it was the heart of London's cultural life.

Uncover treasures from the golden age in our new free display, 'Spotlight on Music Hall'. Opens Oct 6!
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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 5d
If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 6d
This against one of History's most successful admissions cycles and a clearly thriving degree scheme (healthier than some that have been taken out of scope).

This isn't 'cannot rule out' but 'chooses not to rule out' compulsory redundancies.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d
'The affected staff, in the schools of foreign languages, history, religion and music, have been warned the university cannot rule out compulsory redundancy.'
Almost 200 Cardiff University staff left in limbo as they face losing jobs
Cardiff University confirmed it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies as it also apologised to students for problems with a new timetabling system as the academic year begins
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History Today @historytoday.com · 11d
HMS Erebus and Terror set sail from England #OnThisDay in 1839.

Despite many failures, the lure of the Northwest Passage has enjoyed remarkable longevity.

🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days

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Terror, Erebus, and the Search for the Northwest Passage
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Stephen Johnston @stephenaj.bsky.social · 24d
Just two weeks to go until the #Oxford #astrolabe study day on Saturday 27 September! Learn the making and use of this most iconic scientific instrument – with the bonus that everyone attending gets to assemble and take home their own modern laser-cut astrolabe.
A prototype version of a modern astrolabe designed and produced by Kevin Karney, pinned together with cocktail sticks and held up by string.
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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin @jasminekt.bsky.social · Sep 3
I really enjoyed your book Sara! Was a highlight on my summer reading list
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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · Sep 3
🎺📖 Happy to say that The Word made Flesh now is available for pre-order (also in slightly more affordable paperback)! 🎺📖
#earlymodern #medhist #histmed #skystorians

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The Word Made Flesh: Lutheran Bodies, 1600 –1720
From children’s visions of angels to the cancerous belly of a king, this book shows how the body was at the centre of religious experience in seventeenth-century Lutheran culture. It explores what it ...
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · Sep 1
In this month's collection's blog, we take a look at how personal possessions recovered from the Mary Rose, such as the bone angel panel found in a gentleman's chest, allow us to learn more about the people who owned them, their beliefs and roles.

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Stories from the past: a personal relic from the Mary Rose - The Mary Rose
Personal possessions hold great importance in exploring life on the Mary Rose. We can use them to learn more about the people who owned them.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Jul 31
In Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image, Jack Hartnell charts the emergence of this striking image, used as a visual guide to the treatment of many ailments, and explains why it continues to intrigue us today.

Out August 19. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image. A spectacularly illustrated history of an enigmatic surgical diagram.
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Isabella Rosner @isabellarosner.bsky.social · Aug 19
The Royal School of Needlework is hosting its first conference and though in-person tickets are sold out you can still join us virtually! I’ve put an embarrassing amount of work into this so hopefully it’ll be a fun and informative conference for all! royal-needlework.org.uk/events-exhib...
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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin @jasminekt.bsky.social · Aug 19
Love the collies!
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Dr Christina Faraday @cjfaraday.bsky.social · Aug 19
My new book 📕 The Story of Tudor Art 🌹 comes out on 25th September. It’s the first book ever (!!) to look at art from across the whole sixteenth century in England and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Red book cover with gold lettering, titled The Story of Tudor Art. Instead of O’s, two portrait miniatures with Elizabeth I and the artist Nicholas Hilliard. In white at the bottom the words “A history of Tudor England through its art and objects”
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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin @jasminekt.bsky.social · Aug 19
How exciting! Congrats Christina!
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Aug 13
Cardiff University reported to still be in an utter mess following last year's redundancies debacle. Further job cuts are now planned in Professional Services. Good luck with your South Wales tech hub, everyone! nation.cymru/news/new-con...
'New conflict' at Cardiff University
Martin Shipton Senior sources at Cardiff University have claimed fallings-out have occurred involving senior managers in the wake of the traumatic cuts programme announced at the beginning of this yea...
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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin @jasminekt.bsky.social · Aug 8
I'm just imagining what it would be like for his family opening the box (ta da...)! Do you know if it was kept in their home or EIC HQ?
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Aug 6
A greyhound, c. 1500-01

Albrecht Dürer

(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
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History Today @historytoday.com · Aug 6
Life at sea was hard. An #17thcentury ship’s surgeon had to treat not just broken bones but distress and trauma.

⌛️ Last chance to read this new History Matters for free

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Mental Health and the 17th-Century Ship’s Doctor
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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · Aug 5
I have some time this morning so I will introduce the project I’m taking part in. I am sailing on Saga Farmann, a reconstruction of the Klåstad ship. It dates from 998 and was found near the the site of Kaupang in southern Norway. Only 40% of the original ship survives #Saga25 #MedievalSky 1/
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · Aug 4
I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️
Metropolitan Science
Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development…
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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin @jasminekt.bsky.social · Aug 1
How fabulous! Congratulations Prof Murphy
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History Today @historytoday.com · Jul 31
Life at sea was hard. An early modern ship’s surgeon had to treat not just broken bones but distress and trauma.

🔓Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin’s new History Matters is free for 7 days

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Mental Health and the 17th-Century Ship’s Doctor
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Jul 29
Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible
Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...
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Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin @jasminekt.bsky.social · Jul 30
A short piece by me on early modern ships’ surgeons and emotions!
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History Today @historytoday.com · Jul 30
In this week’s Miscellanies: life at sea was hard. An #earlymodern ship’s surgeon had to treat not just broken bones but distress and trauma.

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