Mark Jones
@ma-jones.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Sheffield
Lover of all things early modern and riotous
Lover of all things early modern and riotous
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The Disability History report is out! #DisHist
History UK has today released its 'History UK Disability and History Report' (2025): bit.ly/44PH51Z
The report aims to raise the profile of issues relating to disability and history in UK Higher Education. Its research and writing were co-funded by the Royal Historical Society. #Skystorians
The report aims to raise the profile of issues relating to disability and history in UK Higher Education. Its research and writing were co-funded by the Royal Historical Society. #Skystorians
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Disability History report is out! #DisHist
A great read!
Really pleased to have my short article out with @epoch-history.bsky.social on the experience of disability during the Hundred Years' War! The rest of the issue is a fantastic read and it was lovely to work with the editors and @joshcoulthard.bsky.social.
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The Experience of Disability and Becoming Disabled in the Hundred Years’ War
‘In our said service he was and is mutilated in one of his arms’ (‘en notre dit service il a este et est mutile dun de ses bras’), is the text justifying the pardon by the council of the King of Engla...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A great read!
Had a grand time at #nacbs2025 presenting with @baersafari.bsky.social @melissa-glass.bsky.social @brodiewaddell.bsky.social! It was great to talk on Bristol Quakers and their prints as well as attend lots of fascinating papers
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Had a grand time at #nacbs2025 presenting with @baersafari.bsky.social @melissa-glass.bsky.social @brodiewaddell.bsky.social! It was great to talk on Bristol Quakers and their prints as well as attend lots of fascinating papers
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TEN DAYS TO GO!
Just TEN DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts for @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's and my conference on EM practical texts @sheffieldcems.bsky.social. The conference has hybrid capability, and we have six self-funded student/non-waged ECR travel bursaries of £75 each.
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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature
CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature
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November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
TEN DAYS TO GO!
Really looking forward to hearing this fascinating paper today!
On 16th October, we will be hosting Rosalind Rothwell (Duke).
Her paper is on '“Pariah” Arrack: Alcohol and Caste in Early Modern French India.'
Her paper is on '“Pariah” Arrack: Alcohol and Caste in Early Modern French India.'
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Really looking forward to hearing this fascinating paper today!
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This Thursday (9th October) at 1pm, our Early Modern Discussion Group will be recommencing!
Our first paper will be presented by our very own Cameron Whiteside on 'The Commission on Fees: its "Recommendations" and "Regulation" of Manuscript Production.'
Please see the website for how to join!
Our first paper will be presented by our very own Cameron Whiteside on 'The Commission on Fees: its "Recommendations" and "Regulation" of Manuscript Production.'
Please see the website for how to join!
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October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This Thursday (9th October) at 1pm, our Early Modern Discussion Group will be recommencing!
Our first paper will be presented by our very own Cameron Whiteside on 'The Commission on Fees: its "Recommendations" and "Regulation" of Manuscript Production.'
Please see the website for how to join!
Our first paper will be presented by our very own Cameron Whiteside on 'The Commission on Fees: its "Recommendations" and "Regulation" of Manuscript Production.'
Please see the website for how to join!
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Finally made the move over from the cesspit of X, hello everyone! I offer a nice rubricated 'H'enry from my research into the Trésor des Chartes as proof of identity!
October 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Finally made the move over from the cesspit of X, hello everyone! I offer a nice rubricated 'H'enry from my research into the Trésor des Chartes as proof of identity!
Slightly delayed but thank you to the organisers of the @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social colloquium in Reims!
Great to hear lots of fascinating papers and present some of my work on ‘riot’!
Great to hear lots of fascinating papers and present some of my work on ‘riot’!
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Slightly delayed but thank you to the organisers of the @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social colloquium in Reims!
Great to hear lots of fascinating papers and present some of my work on ‘riot’!
Great to hear lots of fascinating papers and present some of my work on ‘riot’!
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CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature
University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026
Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025
All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin...
#SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social
University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026
Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025
All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin...
#SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature
University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026
Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025
All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin...
#SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social
University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026
Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025
All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin...
#SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social
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Bamford Edge, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.
Rob Marrs from @liverpooluni.bsky.social is comparing the effectiveness of 3 different #bracken control methods at this #heath site.
bit.ly/BamfordEdge
Watch his webinar where he talks on the 2 LTEs he manages bit.ly/3kUOhly @leverhulme.ac.uk 🌎
Rob Marrs from @liverpooluni.bsky.social is comparing the effectiveness of 3 different #bracken control methods at this #heath site.
bit.ly/BamfordEdge
Watch his webinar where he talks on the 2 LTEs he manages bit.ly/3kUOhly @leverhulme.ac.uk 🌎
June 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bamford Edge, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.
Rob Marrs from @liverpooluni.bsky.social is comparing the effectiveness of 3 different #bracken control methods at this #heath site.
bit.ly/BamfordEdge
Watch his webinar where he talks on the 2 LTEs he manages bit.ly/3kUOhly @leverhulme.ac.uk 🌎
Rob Marrs from @liverpooluni.bsky.social is comparing the effectiveness of 3 different #bracken control methods at this #heath site.
bit.ly/BamfordEdge
Watch his webinar where he talks on the 2 LTEs he manages bit.ly/3kUOhly @leverhulme.ac.uk 🌎
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The organisers of the UKDHHH outdid themselves today - what a brilliant day of talks, and a masterclass in accessibility
We are rounding off our day with two sessions of 15-minute presentations! The first session has papers from @tillyguthrie.bsky.social and @isabellelawrence.bsky.social #DisHist
June 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The organisers of the UKDHHH outdid themselves today - what a brilliant day of talks, and a masterclass in accessibility
Very much looking forward to speaking on ‘riot’ this evening!
We are thrilled to share some of the details for our second WEMP workshop of term, taking place in one week on the 2nd of June at 5pm. We will be welcoming two wonderful speakers to present their research on theme of Representation and Consumption in England -
June 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Very much looking forward to speaking on ‘riot’ this evening!
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Learn about #earlymodern millers!
Millers played a crucial role in the food system, but in popular literature they were plagued by reputations of fraud and lechery. In this short piece, I explore the relationship between reputation and reality and how it changed over time.
Millers played a crucial role in the food system, but in popular literature they were plagued by reputations of fraud and lechery. In this short piece, I explore the relationship between reputation and reality and how it changed over time.
Thieves, cheats, and scoundrels. How did #earlymodern millers get their bad reputations?
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Early Modern Millers’ Tales
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April 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Learn about #earlymodern millers!
Millers played a crucial role in the food system, but in popular literature they were plagued by reputations of fraud and lechery. In this short piece, I explore the relationship between reputation and reality and how it changed over time.
Millers played a crucial role in the food system, but in popular literature they were plagued by reputations of fraud and lechery. In this short piece, I explore the relationship between reputation and reality and how it changed over time.
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An exciting date for your diaries: the first Birkbeck-QMUL Historical Studies Graduate Symposium will take place on 18 June, on the theme of "methodologies in historical research". BBK PhD students @bbkhistorical.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk do send your proposals for 5 or 15 minute papers by 30 April!
March 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
An exciting date for your diaries: the first Birkbeck-QMUL Historical Studies Graduate Symposium will take place on 18 June, on the theme of "methodologies in historical research". BBK PhD students @bbkhistorical.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk do send your proposals for 5 or 15 minute papers by 30 April!
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Venice had another griffin last week. Thanks to the University of Warwick and the organisers for the Cultural Legacies of Corruption in Europe and its Empires, 1500-today, for the invite to give a paper on the 'Corruption Records of the Court of Chancery'.
March 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Venice had another griffin last week. Thanks to the University of Warwick and the organisers for the Cultural Legacies of Corruption in Europe and its Empires, 1500-today, for the invite to give a paper on the 'Corruption Records of the Court of Chancery'.
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How did people conceptualize disability in the past?
In the latest for Broadsides, Anna Conner explores disability and identity in C17 naval petitions.
#skystorians #histmed
www.nacbs.org/post/shiftin...
In the latest for Broadsides, Anna Conner explores disability and identity in C17 naval petitions.
#skystorians #histmed
www.nacbs.org/post/shiftin...
Shifting and Permanent States: Experiencing Disability in the Seventeenth-Century British Navy
"For the men and boys of the late seventeenth-century British navy, disability was a category of self-definition..."
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March 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How did people conceptualize disability in the past?
In the latest for Broadsides, Anna Conner explores disability and identity in C17 naval petitions.
#skystorians #histmed
www.nacbs.org/post/shiftin...
In the latest for Broadsides, Anna Conner explores disability and identity in C17 naval petitions.
#skystorians #histmed
www.nacbs.org/post/shiftin...
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📣Call for participants: History UK is continuing its focus groups on disability and history in HE in April. Any students/staff with experience in teaching disability history OR studying history with a disability, come and talk to us! #DisabilityHistory #DisHist
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History UK Disability and History Project
The History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work worthy of further…
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March 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📣Call for participants: History UK is continuing its focus groups on disability and history in HE in April. Any students/staff with experience in teaching disability history OR studying history with a disability, come and talk to us! #DisabilityHistory #DisHist
www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
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SCEMS Spring 2025 events lineup 👇
February 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
SCEMS Spring 2025 events lineup 👇
Really looking forward to these workshops and events this semester!
SCEMS events will be starting up again next week and we're off to a busy start! 🧵
Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm
This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.
Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm
This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.
February 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Really looking forward to these workshops and events this semester!
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SCEMS events will be starting up again next week and we're off to a busy start! 🧵
Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm
This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.
Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm
This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.
February 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
SCEMS events will be starting up again next week and we're off to a busy start! 🧵
Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm
This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.
Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm
This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.
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Delighted to have my paper - ‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain- published in Sport in History.
@sportinhistorypod.bsky.social
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Delighted to have my paper - ‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain- published in Sport in History.
@sportinhistorypod.bsky.social
@bshsnews.bsky.social
‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain
Whilst scholars have tended to focus on hegemonic internationalist sporting practices and their promotion of peace, this study illustrates that peace activists promoted sport as a means to create a...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Delighted to have my paper - ‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain- published in Sport in History.
@sportinhistorypod.bsky.social
@bshsnews.bsky.social
Delighted to have my paper - ‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain- published in Sport in History.
@sportinhistorypod.bsky.social
@bshsnews.bsky.social
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Never mind Christmas - it's almost World Braille Day!
Excited to be kicking off the new year with the Braillists Foundation down in Worcester #Braille200
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Excited to be kicking off the new year with the Braillists Foundation down in Worcester #Braille200
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Join us in Worcester on World Braille Day 2025 – The Braillists Foundation
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December 19, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Never mind Christmas - it's almost World Braille Day!
Excited to be kicking off the new year with the Braillists Foundation down in Worcester #Braille200
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Excited to be kicking off the new year with the Braillists Foundation down in Worcester #Braille200
www.braillists.org/uncategorise...