Josh - MA History Student 🏳️‍⚧️
musehistorian.bsky.social
Josh - MA History Student 🏳️‍⚧️
@musehistorian.bsky.social
MA Dissertation Research Log - feel free to comment :)
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Botanical woodcuts from 'Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, Or, An Herball of Large Extent’ by John Parkinson. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.

I saw this at Boston Public Library Special Collections.

#rarebooks #woodcuts #herbal #botany #flowerillustration
July 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If only the victorians treated animals like this 🥺 Obaysch would be living in luxury
July 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I had the fortunate opportunity to visit The Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy.

The museum has been open to the public since 1996, but it has been used by students since 1828, two years after the founding of London Zoo.
July 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
***Dissertation Update***

First chapter has been researched and is ready to be written. This chapter will focus on the acclimatisation society of England, in an attempt to illustrate the peculiar Victorian relationship with exotic animals.
July 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reading some tour guides from the ZSL archives - interesting quote so far hippopotamus meat is described as ‘succulent’ and the layer of fat makes ‘great bacon’
June 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Sometimes things do not go according to plan ... I may have been unrealistic with the idea that I could base my MA dissertation around 3 animal subjects 🤷‍♀️😬
May 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The elasticity of the British class system is one of my biggest fascinations with the Victorian period - Peter Bailey's article "Will the Real Bill Banks Please Stand Up?" really captured my imagination during my undergrad. And in some ways it still does.
May 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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At the museum for natural history in Copenhagen, they have a wonderful reconstruction of Ole Worm's cabinet of curiosities - famously depicted in this print from 1655:
April 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?

Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The famous academic Michel Foucault theories of self governance - see Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. This theory poses an ideal prison design.
April 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hi just wanted to give a brief overview of myself before I get super into this platform. My name is Josh and I'm a History student who focuses mainly on Victorian Social and Cultural History. #SkyHistorian
April 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This account is to log my MA dissertation research in a consumable fashion, feel free to browse and comment on anything ❤️
April 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM