Delighted to be running an internal workshop at @bathspauni.bsky.social for the Women’s Staff Network on Wellness, Connection and Crafting Communications in November as part of our theme for this academic year on Health and Wellbeing! 1/ #skystorians #AcademicSky @bsecs.bsky.social

Delighted to be running an internal workshop at @bathspauni.bsky.social for the Women’s Staff Network on Wellness, Connection and Crafting Communications in November as part of our theme for this academic year on Health and Wellbeing! 1/ #skystorians #AcademicSky @bsecs.bsky.social

On 20 November, I'm giving a lunchtime lecture at the V&A about my book Shoes and the Georgian Man. It's free, do come along! #skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...

Today’s Design Sprint as part of 1st year Design @bathspauni.bsky.social was a wonderful melting pot of ecology, design, critical thinking, research, regeneration, systems, ideation and collaboration. A beautiful fusion of critical design thinking, studio practice and place/locality. #AcademicSky

Spa Day and Monograph Research - a beautiful combination 🫧 😌 = 🤔 ✍️ Thanks to Ruth Larsen and Anthony Fletcher for a fascinating deep dive into the world of the Mistress #amresearching #book1 #skystorians #AcademicSky

Spa Day and Monograph Research - a beautiful combination 🫧 😌 = 🤔 ✍️ Thanks to Ruth Larsen and Anthony Fletcher for a fascinating deep dive into the world of the Mistress #amresearching #book1 #skystorians #AcademicSky

What’s interesting about Jim’s observations is that the gov strategy is around university regionality and local focus and yet students/unis are not included in gov civic/community conversations and initiatives. #Makeitmakesense #skystorians #Academicsky wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

Timeline cleanse - happy Sunday 🎈 #relax #hotairballoon #somerset #skystorians #AcademicSky

Eighteenth-century precedents and 21st-century threats.

Lovely short video by fashion historian @serenadyer.bsky.social on the new Marie Antoinette exhibition at the V&A museum To learn more about the doomed Queen of France, check out our recent episode of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME about her with @100days1815.bsky.social & Jen Brister

Been filming things today! Watch this space 👀 Back to preparing for Monday’s teaching tomorrow! #skystorians #media #filming #AcademicSky

Come join us in January 2026. This year’s theme is Big and Small (though papers can be on any topic). I’ve gone for comfort/discomfort + letter writing for my paper, with the Big/Small highlighting the stress placed on each in 18th c. letters. What are you thinking of topicwise? #skystorians #18c

Come join us in January 2026. This year’s theme is Big and Small (though papers can be on any topic). I’ve gone for comfort/discomfort + letter writing for my paper, with the Big/Small highlighting the stress placed on each in 18th c. letters. What are you thinking of topicwise? #skystorians #18c

Maybe let academics and universities teach students about/how to use Gen AI for their HE activities rather than generally putting out broad and uncritical advice to students who could easily fall into pitfalls and accidental misuse #skystorians #AcademicSky www.theguardian.com/education/20...

It’s that time again - the Jane Austen festival in Bath! A few tidbits for everyone: It‘s also the anniversary of my talk on the Bath marriage mart - moving beyond Austen’s Northanger Abbey to uncover a range of experiences + emotions including anxiety, sadness, resolve, excitement and boredom. 1/

Not every benefit has to be related to earnings. And a “rewarding career” is not really about money. In fact I would put health, happiness and relationships above wealth. And of course EDUCATION, which has endless benefits, both directly and indirectly to work and life. The mind matters.

It’s that time again - the Jane Austen festival in Bath! A few tidbits for everyone: It‘s also the anniversary of my talk on the Bath marriage mart - moving beyond Austen’s Northanger Abbey to uncover a range of experiences + emotions including anxiety, sadness, resolve, excitement and boredom. 1/

With the advent of the #JaneAustenFestival, I have seen lots of stuff around the language of the fan 🪭 It is a bit of fun but if you want the real history, get in touch as my language of the fan workshop will reveal the truth… #skystorians #AcademicSky @bathprestrust.bsky.social @brlsi.bsky.social

This is deeply troubling, especially for the arts and humanities which easily has the smallest funding pots. Why is funding not being spent on educating the public into why ALL disciplines are key to tackling issues? Why is everything based so much around the tangible?Do this and you solve little 1/

The BBC news headlines tonight led with the state of the king’s relationship with his son, followed by news of riots on the streets of Paris motivated by rising inequality and the failings of the political class. It’s possible that the eighteenth century is back.

'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”' Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.

Off to the World Design Congress Today, to network and gather ideas, thinking and knowledge for our Critical Design Thinking modules. Thanks to @bathspauni.bsky.social Design School for funding me to attend such an amazing event. Looking forward to bringing lots of things back with me! #AcademicSky

Very exciting new project funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social - Medicine without doctors, co-led by an incredible team at Edinburgh’s Usher, @engelmal.bsky.social www.medicinewithoutdoctors.org

Pilton Party 2025 #glastonburyfestival #local #worthyfarm

What's bad-REFfing? Letting the REF tail wag the Research dog. Not knowing what REF2029's requirements are is an opportunity to focus on what we know is good for good research. Good-Research=time, independence, collaboration, flexibility, encouragement, support, respect and money, for example. 5/7

Starting to do some work on Charles and Charlotte Canning (who I’m terming the mid-19th century Cannings to keep track of them all) for a joint project on British India + distant communications. More to follow #branchingoff #stillCannings #Empirestudies #Colonialism #skystorians #AcademicSky

REF 2029 ‘should recognise regional impact of research’. Academy of Social Sciences says local benefits should be celebrated. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

Wow, a significant moment

Beautiful #williammorris wallpaper and #artsandcrafts features such as this fireplace at @nationaltrust.org.uk Tudor Speke Hall - a fabulous place to visit. Don’t miss walking in the central courtyard, with the canopy of leaves from the yew trees! #skystorians

Anyone else thinking - oh god it’s September? Where did the summer go? Teaching starts in less than three weeks 😯 Monograph on pause whilst finalising the materials and resources for my third year modules is underway! #HE #skystorians #AcademicSky #Book1 #pausedwriting

It is a choice. It is always a choice where, how and what you communicate. Which platform you use is now a form of rhetoric, of position, of association (because they are political). Communications are so so important so it is imperative to understand is not just about what you say but so much more.

It is particularly apt that this World Letter Day I am coming back from a mammoth trip to the British Library, having photographed over 500 Canning letters (not used for the PhD) #book1 #research #archives #letters #worldletterday

Exciting things afoot #tv #history #workshops #watchthisspace #skystorians #AcademicSky On a related but separate note - if anyone is around at The British Library over the next two days, let me know and we can meet for a coffee/chat! #book1 #monograph #research

Not long now to get in touch about putting a panel together for @bsecs.bsky.social in January 2026. I am looking at doing a paper on comfort/discomfort in 18th c. letter writing. Get in touch if interested! #18c #history #skystorians

My review of Innovations in Teaching History is out + free to access! A fab book with useful pedagogies for #18c studies + beyond! This preludes my article on teaching 18thc history (+ other histories) through an emotions lens. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #pedagogy #history #teaching

Still looking for others wanting to present at @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 and form a panel. Message me if interested by end of August 2025 though it might be that others have got in touch and a panel is formed by then so don’t delay! #18c #comfort #discomfort #skystorians

Delighted @breerob-kirk.bsky.social and @louiseduckling.bsky.social volume Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange is available for pre-order! I contributed a mini piece on Mary Anne Canning’s 188 page letter-memoir shaping 18thc. motherhood identity www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-and... #skystorians

Delighted @breerob-kirk.bsky.social and @louiseduckling.bsky.social volume Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange is available for pre-order! I contributed a mini piece on Mary Anne Canning’s 188 page letter-memoir shaping 18thc. motherhood identity www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-and... #skystorians

Just refreshed my website properly so it is all up to date (actually quite time consuming!) Check it out if you are interested in 18th/19th century history, anxiety or working with me via consultancy #18thc #19thc #heritage #museums #charity #policy #media rachelabynoth.wixsite.com/misshistorian

Just refreshed my website properly so it is all up to date (actually quite time consuming!) Check it out if you are interested in 18th/19th century history, anxiety or working with me via consultancy #18thc #19thc #heritage #museums #charity #policy #media rachelabynoth.wixsite.com/misshistorian

Still looking for others wanting to present at @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 and form a panel. Message me if interested by end of August 2025 though it might be that others have got in touch and a panel is formed by then so don’t delay! #18c #comfort #discomfort #skystorians

Afternoon spent in the company of a cute lil flat white, some donuts, & @rachelbynoth.bsky.social chapter on the Bath marriage mart & emotions.

Call for interested parties in a panel for @bsecs.bsky.social January 2026! Theme this year is Big/Small. My paper will focus on small comforts + large discomforts in 18th c. letter writing. Let me know if you are interested #18c @cecs-york.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social

That’s a wrap on @bsecs.bsky.social PGR/ECR conference Bath 2025! It was a fab mix of papers, roundtables, and my 18th c. fan workshop (we made fans, learnt the language, got the history with the important twist - don’t spoil it if you know!) Thanks to everyone who made it another one to remember!

Call for interested parties in a panel for @bsecs.bsky.social January 2026! Theme this year is Big/Small. My paper will focus on small comforts + large discomforts in 18th c. letter writing. Let me know if you are interested #18c @cecs-york.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social

***CALL FOR PROPOSALS*** Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...

I have updated my website! Now with section on consultancy. If you are looking for some consultancy/workshops/facilitation on communication anxiety within your workplace, group, students, please get in contact. Also available for media on the topic too. rachelabynoth.wixsite.com/misshistorian

It is just sickening to see the genocide in Gaza - why is this being allowed to continue?

Places still available to attend the BSECS PGR/ECR conference online 30-31st July 2025. The programme has been finalised and you can see the amazing papers in store across the two days - all for just £10! Details to register here: forms.gle/VMZgsW6JRAdc...

The announcements of AHRC focal awards, following the Landscape awards are concerning for the future of the arts and humanities. Firstly, it shows a clear squeeze in funding for this area, the @ukri.org area with easily the lowest funds already. 1/ www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-do...