Excited to be speaking at the IHR Food History seminar on 12 February 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Book a place to hear about cheesemaking and women’s dominance of the dairy in early modern England. Online via Zoom so no real cheese this time I’m afraid.

A new post for the new year: "A New Year’s Gift: Fish, Flesh, and ‘Unlawful Diet’ in Early Modern England" legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/01/06/a...

I'm honored to serve as one of the cochairs of the Program Committee for the 2026 American Society for Legal History Conference in Banff, Canada! The CFP is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal! aslh.net/2026-annual-... #ASLH #legalhistory

my thoughts on generative AI in the classroom memoriousblog.com/2025/10/18/w...

Another post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' - a reminder that work in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was very much a family affair... manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/09/t...

🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025. Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

(If you're a UK based historian, or just History-curious, and don't know about the IHR, you are missing a treat). Over 50 fortnightly seminars (most also available online) during the academic year, and much more. Visit the Institute and its library if you're in London. And it's free. 2/2

Revised #CFP for the annual meeting of the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group (AMEMG), October 24-25, 2025, in Moncton, NB. Jointly hosted by the Université de Moncton and Crandall University. Propose a paper, poster, or panel! Please help spread the word! amemg.digitalearlymodern.com

A bunch of historians and friends refreshing themselves after reenacting the procession from Southwark to Wandsworth for the mock election of the Mayor of Garratt. Thanks to @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social & @annacusack.bsky.social for the dose of walking (and drinking) history!

You should put two spaces after a period when: - Writing a fax to your travel agent - Penning a eulogy for your uncle who just died of "confumption" - Addressing the constable or lorde of the duchy

How and why do forms of assault change with wider socio-legal changes? New post from @drkdwatson.bsky.social on acid attacks and more. legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/06/27/t...

This is your periodic reminder that every month, there is an early modern pub night in London at a (vaguely) historical pub for PhDs and ECRs (and anyone else interested). They are great fun #earlymodern 1/2

Found some great doodles in the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents records (c. 1649) today! The scribe clearly missed his calling as a portrait artist! TNA SP 23/215

Our next event is this Thursday (19 June) in IHR Room N304 5.30-7.00 pm. We're thrilled that @willtullett.bsky.social will be speaking on ‘Animals and “Smellscapes" in Early Modern England’ ! Details and registration here (registrations are used to gauge numbers) www.history.ac.uk/events/anima...

When did spinsters spin? Amy Erickson has a handy blogpost explaining how the ubiquity of spinning wool and other textiles in medieval and early modern England related to the marital status meaning of 'spinster': www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

Huzzah! Next year I get to teach 'Reading and Writing Microhistories' at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, likely with contributions from @julialaite.bsky.social and others! If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...

CFP: Workshop on 'Crime and Conjugality in Europe, pre-1800' to be held in Oxford, 6 July 2026; deadline for expressions of interest is 15 Sept 2025. Please help spread the word! #history #SkyStorians www.bristol.ac.uk/law/events/2...

Really looking forward to this seminar tomorrow! Excited to hear my friend @teaphaine.bsky.social talk about her research, which will surely broaden my mind about the role of language in early modern society!

Excited to be presenting at the Lightning Talks this year.

Our jam-packed and very exciting programme is now available on our webpage here ✨ We're hugely grateful to all the excellent speakers who submitted proposals and have agreed to be part of this event, which has been long in the making but is now only a month away! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

And we are LIVE!! Please repost! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

A lovely surprise in the mail yesterday - my first peer-reviewed article in print! Thank you to Anglican & Episcopal History for such a positive first publishing experience! The digital publication should be out soon!

"England was a ravaged land in 1649. The harvests had been poor. The early winter months had been particularly severe ... Against this backdrop, on 1 or 8 April 1649 five people went to St. George’s Hill in the parish of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey and began digging the earth..."

A new guest post, by Andrea McKenzie on 17th century legal shorthand and its uses - not just for speed, but also secrecy and snark: legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/03/12/s...

Looking forward to joining #EMROCTranscribes to work on some fantastic c17th recipe books this Friday. If you're London-based and would like to transcribe with the LRS in-person at Birkbeck, do sign up! No experience necessary. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... More info: emroc.hypotheses.org

No Joke: in tomorrow's Globe and Mail, my thoughts on why we should treat the threats to our sovereignty from south of the border very seriously. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Very excited to be speaking at the IHR's British History in the C17 seminar this week on War Reporting and News Culture in England during the 1690s! Thursday 27 Feb, 5.30pm (UK time) Link 👇 if you want to join online www.history.ac.uk/events/war-r...

My new post to the blog, on the history of coronation pardons: legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/01/06/c...

Please share the CFP for our Work, Authenticity, and Social Identity in Early Modern Britain Conference, to take place 10-11 June 2025 at the University of Warwick, with keynote addresses from Steve Hindle, @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social & @brodiewaddell.bsky.social!

Rethinking Global History just published and on open access 😀 for #historians and #earlymod. Edited by Stefanie Gänger and Jürgen Osterhammel. Chapters on time, spatiality, quantification etc. provide a current introduction to the #global history field. www.cambridge.org/ca/universit...

This #GivingTuesday, help us support the next generation of scholars in British Studies! All donations today will go to support our Dissertation and Diversity and Inclusion Fellowships. 👉 www.nacbs.org/75th-capital... #GivingTuesday #SupportScholarship #BritishStudies

My blog post on The Garratt Elections has just gone out on the excellent How-to History Substack. open.substack.com/pub/howtohis...

A Chancery case I’m looking at from the 1650s has two parties fighting over custody of a “Spleene Stone” worth £10. I’ve never heard of a spleen stone before! Does anyone have any insights? OED says: a stone supposed to cure disorders of the spleen. But could it also be related to anger issues?

One consequence of defunding the arts in PSIs that nobody talks about is the infantilization of students, both UG and grad. An instructor once told me that I should think of my students as “kids” because that apparently more accurately reflects their challenges. I vehemently disagree.

Call for Papers! The History Graduate Students Union at the University of Calgary is hosting its annual Graduate History Conference! Online and in-person presentations welcome! Please share with graduate and senior undergraduate students! #history #gradstudents #conference

THE HIVE Sex. Violence. And Bees. From Writer AJ Lieberman Artist @mikeshenderson.bsky.social Colourist/Letterer Me And @imagecomics.bsky.social Out February 12 2025 #comics #makecomics

I had a great time speaking with @uguelphhist.bsky.social yesterday! Thanks so much for having me and for your thoughtful and encouraging questions! I’ll take any excuse to ramble on at people about George Strangeways 🤓