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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Jun 30

Med Ren starts today! If you're new to the conference do come and say hi and look out for Caro's pubtrip this evening.

MedRen2025 @medren2025.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨Attention MedRen Newbies!🚨

We're grateful to Caro Lesemann-Elliott who acting as a 'port of call' for PGRs/ECRs and those new to MedRen. They are also leading an informal pub trip after the concert on the first day (location tbc at the welcome talk!)

A poster with the text 'Are you a PGR/ECR? Or New to MedRen? The poster features a knights helmet and quotation mark saying 'Come say hi!'. The poster also features a trumpeter on the right hand side

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · May 26

Don't forget to register this week!

MedRen2025 @medren2025.bsky.social · May 7

Registration is now live for MedRen2025!

Bookings made before 30 May will qualify for the reduced ‘early-bird’ rate.

Details on how to registration is availble below:
www.medren2025.co.uk/registration

A black and white image of Medieval Newcastle. The old tyne bridge is in the foreground, leading towards St Nicholas Cathedral and Newcastle Castle

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MedRen2025 @medren2025.bsky.social · May 21

We are pleased to announce the continuation of 2 awards.

The @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social award for the Best Poster Presentation at MedRen2025

And the Award in Memory of Lenka Hlávková for the most promising paper by an PGR/ECR

More information can be found here: www.medren2025.co.uk/awards

An image of Lenka Hlávková. She is wearing a green jumper and green neck scarf. She has light brown hair, pale skin, and she is smiling.

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · May 13

For the full list of Late Show events visit: thelateshows.org.uk/2025

#TheLateShows2025 #TheLateshows #NorthumbriaUni #NewcastleGateshead #CultureNight

What's On | The Late Shows

thelateshows.org.uk

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · May 13

Looking forward to taking part in the Newcastle Late Shows on Saturday. Come along and help me write a 'Newcastle Late Show' catch (I can also teach you a Tudor drinking song!). Details: thelateshows.org.uk/2025/northum...

pegs of a guitar sit over a colourful old map

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Fatima @freedomtobee.bsky.social · May 6

My first book Improvising Otherwise: A Decolonial Feminist Approach to Improvisation in Early Modern Culture is out now with @openbookpublish.bsky.social 🌺 it's open access and free to read and download here: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... #newbook #improvisation #earlymodern #feminist

Cover of my book which has a nightingale and a rose on it

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Stile Antico @stileantico.co.uk · May 6

📣 Calling all altos, tenors and basses aged 11-18! ✨

On Sat 28th June we will host our first ever day for young singers aged 11-18. This is aimed at parish church choir choristers, and other young singers with experience looking to gain new ensemble and leadership skills. 🧵

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · May 6

Starting a new chapter on religious rounds today. What new recent lit on domestic devotion/lay pietyy in 16th/early 17th C Britain should I not miss? #earlymodern

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MedRen2025 @medren2025.bsky.social · May 2

We're pleased to be able to publish the provisional conference schedule!

More information on registration will be availble next week.

www.medren2025.co.uk/conference-p...

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · May 3

Fun day out singing rounds and catches in the long gallery at Kiplin Hall with Michael, Liza and Eimear, and visitors. Songs included some found at the hall itself #earlymodern #musicology @britishacademy.bsky.social

Selfie of four singers in front in redbrick Jacobean frontage of Kiplin Hall

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Apr 22

Penelope Gouk and Linda Phyllis Austern both have great work on this topic from the Englush perspective

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Apr 22

In North East UK and making plans for May bank holiday weekend? Why not visit Kiplin Hall and join in with singing some fun Jacobean rounds? All age/ family friendly 15-minute drop-in workshops 11am-2pm on 3 May. All voices welcome! kiplinhall.co.uk/events/pop-u... #earlymodern #singing #history

Event poster with image of people in Jacobean costume singing, playing instruments and having a merry time. For event details see the URL in the post

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Apr 10

Do you have a UK music degree? Would you be willing to share your career story, whether in or outside of music? A student intern is building a website to highlight where music degrees can lead. Please do get in touch if you could contribute, or share with anyone you know. Many thanks! #musicology

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Apr 4

Fascinating. Was just this week looking at a 16th- century round (song) about cheating millers, so this was very timely for me!

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Apr 2

Looking forward to taking part in the Newcastle Late Shows in May this year. What a fab programme they've put together. If you're nearby do come and visit our stop (no. 67) on the culture crawl 'Sound Travels' for music-making, singing, craft and exciting new research: thelateshows.org.uk/2025

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thanks to the SRS for their contribution to our project via their Public Engagement Grant scheme! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz....

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Mar 20

At #RSA2025 and looking for a fun morning session? Try our workshop on ubiquitous music-making in #earlymodern England. No musical experience necessary. Ballads, rounds, psalms, theatre songs, instrumental variations...

Screenshot of session details: 11am Wellesley Room, 3rd Floio, Marriott Cipley Place Biston

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Durham MEMSA @durhammemsa.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Mar 15

This article on the representation of angels on the early modern stage looks fascinating. Can't wait to read!

Caitlín Rankin-McCabe @rankinmccabe.bsky.social · Mar 14

My first article is officially in print! Vol. 39, No. 2 of Renaissance Studies! :)

Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · Mar 13

New issue of Renaissance Studies Vol. 39, No. 2 (2025) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14774658... @rankinmccabe.bsky.social @ka-butler.bsky.social

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Mar 13

Great to see this article in issue. Did Elizabethans really that the soul was a musical harmony? How and why was idea used in English post-Reformation musical debates? (Open acccess) #earlymodern #musicology

Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · Mar 13

New issue of Renaissance Studies Vol. 39, No. 2 (2025) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14774658... @rankinmccabe.bsky.social @ka-butler.bsky.social

Renaissance Studies: Vol 39, No 2

Click on the title to browse this issue

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Mar 10

I'm one of the organisers of the Gilbert White and his Contexts conference this June, celebrating the author of the Natural History of Selborne. We've got some great keynote speakers, outings, and many brilliant papers. Proposal submission is open online until 4 April. www.gilbertwhite.org.uk

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · Mar 10

Registration is now open for 'Everyday Music Scenes: Pubs, Clubs and ‘Stutes', RMA Study Day, Newcastle University.

14th-15th April 2025

www.rma.ac.uk/2025/03/10/r...

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Feb 15

That's certainly the kind of meaning I'd had in mind when I only knew about verse 1. The Scots and refs to 'hanging on the wall' though?

Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Feb 14

Yes, though it's unlikely given the context that the verses were new for the play, so they could refer to an older scenario and have been circulating for some time. A mid-16thC origin for the verses would not be implausible given the other catch it appears with. Might have to stay a puzzle!

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Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social · Feb 14

Source is a university play, undated but probably early 17th C. Introduced as an old roundelay and sung alongside another catch in existence since at least 1580 (about merry magpies in a pear tree) in a drinking scene of country characters. Songs not specific to plot (no Scottish connections)

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