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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Aug 11

It’s been a pleasure!

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Aug 9

Many congratulations, Emily! How wonderful to see this out!

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Aug 4

We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 1

OTD in 1714, Queen Anne, the last Stuart ruler of England, died at age 49.

In an article from our archive, Karen Harvey ‪(@kharveyhistory.bsky.social) considers the role of women's bodies in Queen Anne's court, drawing from the historical film, The Favourite (2018).

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The Favourite, Mary Toft the Rabbit Breeder, and Women's Bodies

Historian Karen Harvey on the hidden symbolism of rabbits and women's bodies in The Favourite, and the real-life case of eighteenth-century mother Mary Toft.

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks Dave. Sorry we didn’t get to catch up at the conference!

Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks!

Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social for a brilliant #SHSConf2025. Outstanding papers, ran like a well-oiled machine in a terrific venue. And I got to give the keynote in a swimming pool!

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Jul 7

Keynote written. On my way to the #SHSConf2025. Excited to hear so many great-looking papers. (And to eat Black Country fish n chips)

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 5

We can't wait to welcome all our attendees at #SHSConf2025 (this is our official hashtag for the event, please feel free to use it when posting!)

⏰Registration starts from 12pm on Monday 7 July
🕐AGM is at 4.15pm on Tuesday 8 July
⏲️Conference ends 5pm Wednesday 9 July

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 29

The shortlist for the Society's 2025 First Book Prize for early career historians is now available bit.ly/4kkm4lW

Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.

#Skystorians

Image of the eight titles shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's First Book Prize for early career historians, 2025.

Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547, by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press)

Intimate Subjects: Touch and Tangibility in Britain’s Cerebral Age, by Simeon Koole (University of Chicago Press)

Female Servants in Early Modern England, by Charmian Mansell (British Academy / Oxford University Press)

The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838: Institutions and Trade during the First Globalization, by Juan Jose Rivas Moreno (Palgrave MacMillan)

Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910–1948, by Jules Skotnes-Brown (Johns Hopkins University Press)

The Quislings. The Trials of Norwegian Wartime Collaborators, 1941–1964, by Anika Seemann (Cambridge University Press)

Pistols in St Paul’s: Science, Music, and Architecture in the Twentieth Century, by Fiona Smyth (Manchester University Press)

Desire and Disunity: Christian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique West, by Ulriika Vihervalli (Liverpool University Press)

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · May 29

Modern History post @ Lancaster!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG822/l...

Lecturer in Modern History (Teaching and Scholarship) at Lancaster University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Modern History (Teaching and Scholarship) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Looking forward to being back at CECS York with this new work!

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

That’s terrific. Look forward to seeing that when it’s ready!

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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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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 10

This week we also opened booking for our 2025 Prothero Lecture, on 2 July, with Professor Peter Gatrell.

Peter will speak on 'Refugee World(s): a Twentieth-Century Retrospective' and reflect on a career dedicated to refugee and migration history bit.ly/44Q4MYT

All are very welcome #skystorians

Refugee World(s): a Twentieth-Century Retrospective

Professor Peter Gatrell delivers the 2025 Royal Historical Society Prothero Lecture, followed by the Society's annual summer party.

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · May 9

Our 20th anniversary of c18th studies at Birmingham. Do join us!

Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · May 8

The Birmingham Eighteenth Century Centre is holding a small conference to mark our twentieth anniversary. It's on the 26 and 27 June, and Linda Colley will be there (as will brilliant Birmingham colleagues like Karen Harvey, Kate Smith, and Hiroki Shin). Join us! blog.bham.ac.uk/18c/2025/05/...

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · May 9

I was delighted to be interviewed for this wonderful series on the history of the body. It was a great opportunity to think about how we do this sort of history. Thanks @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social!

Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · May 7

After a brief hiatus, 'New Directions in the History of the Body' is back! For this interview, I spoke to Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social about embodiment and the material turn, collaborative working practices, social bodies and much more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

New Directions in the History of the Body – Holly Fletcher in Conversation with Karen Harvey

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Apr 25

Our transcribathon generated 122 submissions. Thank you! Your transcriptions will be used by researchers and school children, adults learners, older people and archive users who we work with in our engagement projects. Special thanks to @earlymodernemma.bsky.social for such a superb day!

Social Bodies in British Letters, 1680-1820 @socialbodiesuob.bsky.social · Apr 24

This is tomorrow! We can't wait to see you and read your transcriptions. There's still time to sign up if you're interested - see below 👇 If you've already registered, you should have received an email with information about the day. If not, just give us a shout here! ✍️📝🔍

Social Bodies in British Letters, 1680-1820 @socialbodiesuob.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 Exciting news to end the week - we are hosting an online transcribathon on Friday 25th April! All are welcome to transcribe fascinating C18th letters. Zoom rooms will also be open for sharing tips, questions and interesting finds. Please share and join us! 📝
transcribathon.eventbrite.com

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Apr 25

We've reached over 100 submissions so far today! I'm stunned by this response. Thanks to our brilliant letter transcribers in Canada, Romania, Dubai, as well as closer to the @unibirmingham.bsky.social in Warwick, Sutton Coldfield and Edgbaston

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Apr 25

Very excited for our day-long transcribathon event today!

Social Bodies in British Letters, 1680-1820 @socialbodiesuob.bsky.social · Apr 24

This is tomorrow! We can't wait to see you and read your transcriptions. There's still time to sign up if you're interested - see below 👇 If you've already registered, you should have received an email with information about the day. If not, just give us a shout here! ✍️📝🔍

Social Bodies in British Letters, 1680-1820 @socialbodiesuob.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 Exciting news to end the week - we are hosting an online transcribathon on Friday 25th April! All are welcome to transcribe fascinating C18th letters. Zoom rooms will also be open for sharing tips, questions and interesting finds. Please share and join us! 📝
transcribathon.eventbrite.com

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Apr 7

For World Health Day this year, WHO are launching a campaign on maternal and newborn health. #HealthforAll

From the archive, here are just some of our radical archives on histories of maternal healthcare, parenthood and family planning (we have a whole category on health too!):

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

'Material masculinities: men and goods in eighteenth-century England' is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social today! A book on the materiality of men's lives 1660-1832 covering the significant changes in what it meant to be a man & what it meant to own 'things' during the time. Thanks to follow below:

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Social Bodies in British Letters, 1680-1820 @socialbodiesuob.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 Exciting news to end the week - we are hosting an online transcribathon on Friday 25th April! All are welcome to transcribe fascinating C18th letters. Zoom rooms will also be open for sharing tips, questions and interesting finds. Please share and join us! 📝
transcribathon.eventbrite.com

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Dec 5

A reminder that tomorrow, Friday 6 Dec, is the closing date for two of our open calls for Research Funding:

- Postgraduate Research Support Grants
- Early Career Research Support Grants

Both offering £500 or £1000 for research. Further details of these and other RHS funding calls bit.ly/3ZnsQhv

Image of Chinese bowl with scholars and caption 'Research Funding opportunities, December 2024'

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Dec 5

We invite submissions for the Society's 2025 First Book and Early Career Article prizes, to recognise quality historical scholarship, by early career historians, published in 2024.

Details of author eligibility, and how to submit your first book or article: bit.ly/4i9180F Closing date 31 January.

Image of open book advertising the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article prizes, 2025. Applications now invited.

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Professor Karen Harvey @kharveyhistory.bsky.social · Dec 5

Honoured to be the keynote for the SHS Annual Conference in July 2025!

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Nov 22

📢The call for papers for our 2025 conference is now ✨LIVE✨

We are the biggest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK and will be at the @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social from 7-9 July 2025!

Call is open until 17 January 2025🌟🗃️

Please share widely!

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SHS Annual Conference 2025

Our next annual conference will be held in person at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. Our call for papers is open now. What to Expect Our next annual conference will take place at the Bla…

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