We're so excited to announce our new lecture series for 2026 "Women Writing Knowledge: Philosophy in the Early Modern World" Please do join us online for an incredible selection of talks by leading scholars working on #womeninphilosophy Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/8V5WjGG3hN

CfP for an online workshop on Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 @annafranjam.bsky.social and I can't wait to hear about your objects!

Morning dip in Copenhagen before another great day at the Women’s history of philosophy summer school

The broad beans are so happy for the rain

We’re so looking forward to bringing together some incredible scholars in Exeter next week for our conference: Women Writing Philosophy in Early modern Europe - Spaces and Exchanges

Delighted to see this mock up of the front cover of my first book, due to be published later in the Summer with @cambridgeup.bsky.social . It's been several years in the making, and has had input and guidance from so many people - but it nearly exists!

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

The bridgewater canal really suffering in comparison to Venice today 🦆

So excited about our upcoming conference! Some absolutely fascinating papers foregrounding women’s intellectual work across early modern Europe

What ethical responsibilities do we bear when we write about war? This is one of the questions we’re posing in our June colloquium on early modern war narratives. CFP here and the deadline is 11th April! Please share widely and consider submitting an abstract! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...

Looking forward to singing Thomas Adès’ America (a new version!) tonight with the @thehalle.bsky.social conducted by the man himself! The concert will be on Radio 3 for those unlucky souls not in manchester 🐝 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Time to explore beautiful Boston before #RSA2025 kicks off

For anyone interested in the early Bodleian Library or early modern book owners, the Shaping Scholarship project at CELL, UCL has made the project data available: ebdo.org.uk/data/ It details every officially recorded donation made c. 1600-1620, plus some extras, which is around 10,000 items.

A new form of art to covet

The CultPhil team are preparing for Boston! We'd love to see you at our #RSA2025 roundtable "Women Writing Philosophy in 17th century Europe" on Friday afternoon There'll be chameleons, divine wetnurses, recently uncovered manuscripts, and arguments against tyranny rsa.confex.com/rsa/2025/mee...

Thrilled at the arrival of spring

Next week @carlottamoro.bsky.social & @crevans.bsky.social will speak at the Center for Translating Cultures seminar - Pregnant with Thought: Women Writing Philosophy in Early Modern England and Italy Please join us if you’re in Exeter! Wed 26 Feb, 15.30 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

A shocking report from @manchestermill.bsky.social about what's going on in Bolton. HE is in crisis, and this university is in the hands of a marketing advisor "who makes racist jokes, shouts at colleagues and openly threatens people with the sack" manchestermill.co.uk/university-o...

We are delighted to announce our #CfP for 'Plants and People: the cultivation and propagation of botanical knowledge among non-professional communities, c.1600–1800'! Please email your abstracts (300 words) and bios to @zarakesterton.bsky.social @lucyjhavard.bsky.social, by 14 March 🪴

My ears are still ringing from the organ and the bells, but what a thrill to have sung Mahler’s 2nd symphony with @thehalle.bsky.social last night. Also my first time being conducted by Kahchun Wong, who brings the magic out of every piece of music

Hello friends & colleagues. I will be developing a project this year on spatial histories of infertility (the places & spaces associated with this experience, sites of intercession, prayer, pilgrimage, healing) & would love to learn of any connected research/ sites/ histories/ practices. Thank you!

Delighted to share the CfP for an upcoming Special Issue of Scottish Literary Review, guest edited by @sarahdunnigan.bsky.social and @ainsley76.bsky.social. We'd love to have your contributions to 'Cultures of Care in Scottish Women's Writing'. Details 👇 @scottlyall.bsky.social @asls.org.uk

It's Epiphany, which means it's time for Cuddling Kings in Medieval art

Really glad that I managed to catch “The Imaginary Institution of India” @barbican.bsky.social - art from emergency rule to nuclear testing in 1998

Let’s be havin’ you

Wreath constructed, Lindsey Lohan’s surprisingly enjoyable seasonal Netflix offering on - Christmas can start!

Last call, friends! @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social and I are collecting articles and books by contingent literary studies scholars for our 2024 @contingent-mag.bsky.social list. Please reply with your pubs by, say, end of day Mon, 12/2, to be included. Click through to see last year’s list.

Really pleased to see my article "The Temporality of the Early Modern English Almanac" out in the HLQ It discusses how almanac owners annotated, contradicted, ripped up, and reused these ubiquitous but odd books, and what these behaviours reveal about their sense of time muse.jhu.edu/article/944186

Deadline on Friday for our conference - Women Writing Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges We also have some travel bursaries for scholars without access to institutional funding

Really pleased to see my article "The Temporality of the Early Modern English Almanac" out in the HLQ It discusses how almanac owners annotated, contradicted, ripped up, and reused these ubiquitous but odd books, and what these behaviours reveal about their sense of time muse.jhu.edu/article/944186

Delighted to be part of this fantastic issue - thank you so much @brettrushforth.bsky.social for all your help! Looking forward to reading some fascinating sounding articles on El Dorado, women news writers & apprentice riots

Cracking into Richard Powers gorgeous new book - really enjoyed hearing him speak about hope, play and the mystery of oceans at Manc lit fest yesterday

On the lookout for #earlymod pals who would be interested in putting together a panel for the ASLE conference next summer? I’m going to be looking at Hester Pulter, “exotic” animals & motherhood asle.org.uk/events/galwa...

A perfect autumn day in Manchester #tinyjoys

exhibitions.ed.ac.uk/exhibitions/... Just spent a wonderful hour looking round this digital exhibition of Esther Inglis' works -- should I start trying to embroider covers for my books?

Women Writing Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges (Exeter, 2-4 June 25) Deadline: 29 Nov Please see our website for our exciting #cfp! We've had some incredible submissions so far culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk/2024/08/05/p... #skystorians #philosophy #histsci

Only 1 week left to register for Preachers, Hearers, Readers and Scribes Conference! The conference will be Oct 3-5 at the Congregational Library, Boston, and at Harvard Divinity School. . Register at: www.eventbrite.ca/e/preachers-... Registration deadline: Sept 26 #earlymodern #17thc #c18th

Bidding goodbye to my gorgeous feline to head to #shax2024 in Portland - I’ve never been to either, so looking for any recommendations/early modern pals to meet up with!