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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 5d

📢New in JBS!

📗"What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England" by Christian D. Liddy

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England - Volume 64

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 13d

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A full recording of our "How I Wrote This," event with Matthew Worley is now available on our Youtube channel.

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How I Wrote This with Matthew Worley

YouTube video by North American Conference on British Studies

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 26d

As an added bonus, this is the first JBS article with a playlist! Check out the songs mentioned in the article on spotify or youtube!

Youtube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0WD...

Past! Future! In Extreme!: Looking for Meaning in the "New Romantics", 1978-82 - YouTube

This playlist is meant to accompany the article: Matthew Worley, "Past! Future! In Extreme!: Looking for Meaning in the "New Romantics", 1978-82", Journal of...

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 26d

Join us for our second virtual discussion of "How I Wrote This". Matthew Worley will discuss his experience writing and revising "Past! Future! In Extreme!: Looking for Meaning in the 'New Romantics,' 1978-1982."

📅September 19
⏰11am ET/ 4pm BST
RSVP below

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

How I Wrote This with Matthew Worley | NACBS

Join the NACBS and the Journal of British Studies for our second virtual discussion of “How I Wrote This”. In this one-hour session, we invite an author who has published a successful and popular arti...

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Amy Woodson-Boulton @amywb.bsky.social · Aug 21

⬇️ So excited that this is out in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social & OPEN ACCESS!

Exhibition "trophies" (a design style, not what the winner got!) have become invisible to most people who study the great world’s fairs. This is not surprising, since few people have studied them!

Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢New in JBS!

📗"Capturing the World: Exhibition Trophies, Ethnography, and Displays of Imperial Power" by Amy Woodson-Boulton @amywb.bsky.social

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Capturing the World: Exhibition Trophies, Ethnography, and Displays of Imperial Power | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

Capturing the World: Exhibition Trophies, Ethnography, and Displays of Imperial Power - Volume 64

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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · Sep 5

Carolyn Steedman’s recent article in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social, “Buying People is Wrong,” ended with an imagined coda from the kitchen. In this piece for Broadsides, Steedman explores the potential real-life inspirations for her servant’s voice.

Read the piece here: www.nacbs.org/post/a-real-...

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢New in JBS!

📗"Capturing the World: Exhibition Trophies, Ethnography, and Displays of Imperial Power" by Amy Woodson-Boulton @amywb.bsky.social

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Capturing the World: Exhibition Trophies, Ethnography, and Displays of Imperial Power | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

Capturing the World: Exhibition Trophies, Ethnography, and Displays of Imperial Power - Volume 64

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢The latest batch of JBS book reviews is out now! Check out the full list at the link below.

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Latest Book Reviews | NACBS

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Sarah Dixon Smith @sarahds.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just opened the @royalhistsoc.org newsletter & invite to @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Sept seminar "How I Wrote This"

Now petitioning for all Friday meeting invites to come with a playlist, cocktail & frappé recipes

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢New in JBS!

📗“A Bold Experiment in the Technique of Administration”: Nutrition Science and Development in the Gambia, 1946–50 by Arnaud Page

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“A Bold Experiment in the Technique of Administration”: Nutrition Science and Development in the Gambia, 1946–50 | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

“A Bold Experiment in the Technique of Administration”: Nutrition Science and Development in the Gambia, 1946–50 - Volume 64

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢New in JBS!

📗In Search of Ned: A Zulu Man in Mid-Victorian Britain by R.J. Knight and Esme Cleall

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In Search of Ned: A Zulu Man in Mid-Victorian Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

In Search of Ned: A Zulu Man in Mid-Victorian Britain - Volume 64

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢New in JBS One British Archive Series!

📗The Medieval Londoners Database by Maryanne Kowaleski

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One British Archive: The Medieval Londoners Database | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

One British Archive: The Medieval Londoners Database - Volume 64

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢New in JBS One British Archive Series!

📗ExtraORDINARY Women at Belfast’s Linen Hall Library by Bruce Wade Hodell

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One British Archive: ExtraORDINARY Women at Belfast’s Linen Hall Library | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

One British Archive: ExtraORDINARY Women at Belfast’s Linen Hall Library - Volume 64

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢New in JBS!

Two new additions to our One British Archive series, exploring little-known archives of interest to scholars of British Studies. We hope that this series will expand what counts as “British” and what counts as an “archive” at a moment when the field should be adapting and expanding.

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢New in JBS!

In our new Unfinished Business series, JBS editors invite scholars to revisit their earlier work in light of new scholarship and from a fresh perspective.

📗Carolyn Steedman kicks of the series with "Buying People Is Wrong"

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Buying People Is Wrong | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

Buying People Is Wrong - Volume 64

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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · Jun 9

“It is only by searching far and wide, and stitching many queer fragments back together, that we can create new and often hopeful tapestries of local queer life.”

Next up in our #Pride month series @tomhulme.bsky.social discusses unexpected archival paths for investigating queer history.

Urnings, in Ireland and Illinois

"It is only by searching far and wide, and stitching many queer fragments back together, that we can create new and often hopeful tapestries of local queer life."

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · May 29

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · May 29

📢JBS Hiring Book Reviews Editorial Assistants 📢

The Book Reviews Team at the Journal of British Studies seeks to hire two editorial assistants - one in Medieval Britain and one in post-1800 Britain.

Read more about the positions and application here:
www.nacbs.org/news/jbs-boo...

JBS Book Reviews Editorial Assistants | NACBS

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · May 23

📢New article out now in JBS!

📗"The Scholarly Business of Corporations and Slavery: Political Fault Lines of the Economic History of Empire," by Priya Satia

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Scholarly Business of Corporations and Slavery: Political Fault Lines of the Economic History of Empire | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

The Scholarly Business of Corporations and Slavery: Political Fault Lines of the Economic History of Empire - Volume 64

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · May 23

📢New article out now in JBS!

📗"Ruins of War into Memorials of Reconciliation: Coventry Cathedral and the Dresden Frauenkirche, 1940-2010," by Stefan Goebel

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ruins of War into Memorials of Reconciliation: Coventry Cathedral and the Dresden Frauenkirche, 1940–2010 | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

Ruins of War into Memorials of Reconciliation: Coventry Cathedral and the Dresden Frauenkirche, 1940–2010

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · May 22

Our article 'Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain' with @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out online and OA in the JBS @thenacbs.bsky.social. It's about older people and the body and shows them having fun (as well as coping with the challenges of old age). ‪ doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2024.181

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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · May 1

2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the North American Conference on British Studies. As part of our celebration of this important milestone, we are proud to share Celebrating 75, a special collection from the Journal of British Studies.

www.nacbs.org/jbs-special-...

JBS Special Collection | NACBS

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Apr 11

📢New article out now in JBS!

📗“'Paper Oathes': Trust, Treaty, and the Road to Regicide in England, 1642–49" by William White

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“Paper Oathes”: Trust, Treaty, and the Road to Regicide in England, 1642–49 | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

“Paper Oathes”: Trust, Treaty, and the Road to Regicide in England, 1642–49

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Apr 4

📢New article out now in JBS!

📗“The Death of Colin Roach and the Politics of Grief and Anger in Late Twentieth-Century Britain” by Stephen Brooke

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Death of Colin Roach and the Politics of Grief and Anger in Late Twentieth-Century Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

The Death of Colin Roach and the Politics of Grief and Anger in Late Twentieth-Century Britain

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · Apr 4

📢New article out now in JBS!

📗“ ‘A Lazy Mistress Makes a Lazy Servant’: Domestic Labor and White Creole Womanhood in Jamaica, ca.1865–1938” by @lizegan.bsky.social

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“A Lazy Mistress Makes a Lazy Servant”: Domestic Labor and White Creole Womanhood in Jamaica, ca.1865–1938 | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

“A Lazy Mistress Makes a Lazy Servant”: Domestic Labor and White Creole Womanhood in Jamaica, ca.1865–1938

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