We have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas: - Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection - Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives www.bl.uk/services/res...

The best kind of book owner: Edward Lightbourne left not only his lovely signature, but also the year he bought this collection of John Milton's pamphlets, and the cost.

Making a rare appearance on here to ask for thoughts on an embroidery from 1668. Do you have any idea what Old Testament story/stories these panels represent? Previously labeled as Abraham and Isaac but I’m not convinced. I think they may be the same figures in both. Thank you for your ideas!

📣New Social History Society blog Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social on 'Losing Lifelong Learning' 👉Read online here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that @academic.oup.com just published my first monograph, "Richard Barnfield and Queer Classicism in Elizabethan England", which is now available both online and in print. #earlymodern academic.oup.com/book/62509

A pleasure to host a @camglamresearch.bsky.social workshop yesterday @theul.bsky.social on ‘Discovering pressed plants in books and how to care for them’, led by @annalsvensson.bsky.social.

cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post... Written Worlds 17C Non-elite Writing 2 x Postdocs 0.5. Please consider applying.

Just a reminder... Tomorrow, 5 March, 5.30 pm ✨ Sue Wiseman, Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social , and Michael Powell Davies @mdpowelldavies.bsky.social speaking on "Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England" Sign-up in person & online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Finally (inevitably?) I have succumbed to How X Read His Y! Grateful for the chance to revisit Joseph Banks’ copy (actually copies) of Thomas Tusser’s husbandry manual in verse, among other plant marginalia. And looking forward to what promises to be a great 2 days! Registration ⬇️

In person early modern metals event in London next month with me, @laurenworking.bsky.social, and Lubaaba Al-Azami. Please repost and share widely! And register here -- forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Job alert! This is a reminder that I'm looking for a team member to work on a book history project 📚 that explores the networks 🕸️ of Protestant book agents in Poland-Lithuania and Prussia! Details: konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl/api/document... (EN version at p. 7). Send an application by 9.03!

I was definitely too busy sampling cheese yesterday to remember to take any pics but a huge thank you to @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social and @cheesetastingco.bsky.social for a fantastic event - to be repeated... ?

Yesterday, on the first sunny day of the year, @cheesetastingco.bsky.social and I ran the Tasting History event at Birkbeck. We tasted cheese, had a conversation with a brilliant audience, and hopefully brought to life the history of the trade and the people who made it happen.

PGR event! Having sampled the fantastic produce of @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social, I recommend running, not walking, to book your ticket for this...

And later this term, we'll be hosting ‘Whose Middle Ages?’, the Annual Birkbeck Medieval Seminar, with Daniel Sawyer, Rebecca Menmuir, Olenka Pevny, George Bartlett. More information about the event and booking here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

‘Tasting History: Researching and Experiencing the Development of the Cheese Trade’, with @cheesetastingco.bsky.social and @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social, hosted by Birkbeck's Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Feb 24th! Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Birkbeck is hiring a Lecturer in Medieval Studies (c.1300-1500), full-time and open-ended. They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision. Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

If you ever wondered what biochemical traces of past users of medical recipes may tell us about early modern haircare, see @uk.theconversation.com's discussion of our @historians.org article: doi.org/10.64628/AB.... Research supported by @thejohnrylands.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.social

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

The British Library have a searchable interim Archives & Manuscripts Catalogues up & running: searcharchives.bl.uk (posting for all the folks who, like me, had somehow managed to miss this important development)

Looking forward to hearing @mazinggrace.bsky.social talk about gardening and reading at @thegibsonlibrary.bsky.social

I have kindly been invited to talk about gardening and reading at the Gibson Library in Saffron Walden! Come along (for free!) at 19.30 on 10 Dec to hear about #earlymodern plants, print & marginalia (+ Gabriel Harvey’s compulsive underlining of mentions of saffron). gibsonlibrary.org.uk/news.html

I'm thrilled to be teaching a short course on Arabic Studies in Early Modern England with Prof. Alastair Hamilton at @warburginstitute.bsky.social next month. We'll need to meet a minimum number of bookings to run, so if you're interested, sign up asap! warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

🌳 ’Whispers of the Wilderness’ is officially open at Beningbrough Hall! Ft. beautiful new art and sound installations inspired by the sensory experience of walking through a wilderness garden, & my 🪴 potted 🪴 history of wildernesses, told through 9 historic objects from throughout the Trust!

So turns out I’m the voice of Jane Austen (or her narrators at least) at a National Trust exhibition now

Dear ESTC: Thank you for the great error screen!

Thanks to @stephenaj.bsky.social's fabulous article (still available at link below) I have had a look at this equally fabulous interactive astrolabe alexboxer.com/astrolabe/. It's a really useful tool for understanding what the instrument does and a lot of fun to play with! #histsci #astronomy

That’s a wrap on #plantsandpeople! Thanks to all of our wonderful speakers, keynotes, artists, and attendees for two days of fantastic discussion and hands-on experimentation. Over and out from @zarakesterton.bsky.social and @lucyjhavard.bsky.social !

We have two workshops running in tandem this morning at the #plantsandpeople conference - one on botanical images at the Fitzwilliam Museum, and a practical workshop on early modern dye production with Nabil Ali! Thanks to @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social for the use of your greenhouses!

An inspiring and thought-provoking day one of #plantsandpeople @people-plants-2025.bsky.social, thinking about the peripheries of botanical knowledge-making. Thank you @zarakesterton.bsky.social & Lucy Havard for putting all of this together — looking forward to day two! 🌱 📖

WHAT A WEEK! An utter delight to see so many #EarlyModern 'ists chatting, thinking, discussing together in beautiful Bristol. So many conversations started and ideas sparked. If you're looking for people you met, we tried to update the starter pack of #RenSoc25 delegates:

Returning from #RenSoc25 brimming over with early modern goodness, in awe of the incredible research being presented, and buoyed up by the collegiality and community in such abundant evidence, despite everything. A huge thank you to the organisers!

Such a wonderful time talking through our modes of reading satire and/or sincerity this morning! Left with more questions than answers of course. Thanks to my excellent co-panellists and all who came #RenSoc25

A blockbuster day at #RenSoc25, talking all things how-to, utility, local identity & readership alongside lovely & brilliant scholars — thank you @emilyrowe1.bsky.social for organising our roundtable on satire & sincerity, & @walla7437.bsky.social for chairing our panel on microgeographies!

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

The closure of CLL at York is a huge loss, as Joe says — I also had a wonderful experience co-teaching there with @earlymodernemma.bsky.social during my PhD. We were supported so well by Centre staff and learned a lot from the brilliant students who attended. Very sad and frustrating news.

This is tomorrow! Join us at Guildhall Library and Archive to hear Lydia discussing the amazing new research she's doing on identity in Civic Performance!

ESTC klaxon! #BookHistory #EarlyModern

We’re well underway with Birkbeck Arts Week — last call to come along to Gordon Square at 19.30 this evening to read (or listen) to a striking 10th-century #medieval play by a female playwright about the dramatic conversion of a sex worker. Free to all, sign up below! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Unearthed opens this week at the British Library 🌷 I learned so much from the brilliant curatorial team during my fellowship there in 2023 and with @researchnt.bsky.social in the early days of the exhibition's development, and can't wait to see how it's evolved since then!

We know today may feel especially heavy for our trans and non-binary siblings. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or affected by the UK Supreme Court’s decision, please know you’re not alone. We’re here for you every day from 10am to 10pm. #TransRights #Trans #NonBinary #SupremeCourt #Gender

📣 Applications are open for the @theUL and @cambridgeuni.bsky.social collaborative doctoral studentship: The history and heritage of the discovery of environmental change and the interpretation of place in the East of England 📅: 16 May 2025 Apply here: loom.ly/tXuIqK8 @camglamresearch.bsky.social

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...

Call for Papers: ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ Deadline 16th May 2025 9 –10 September 2025 at UCL, London

PhD Studentship available! @ihr.bsky.social and Historic Royal Palaces AHRC CDP project on the Tower of London and Londoners, late medieval and Tudor. Focus on looking at everyday people supplying the Tower, especially migrants, also global commodities. Full fees + stipend - UK or international

Had a whirlwind of a week at #Shax2025/#RenSa2025 — from participating in my first SAA seminar on the wonderfully generative idea of the ruderal, to listening and learning to so many brilliant papers, to capping it all off with some dubious dance moves… Thanks Boston, you were a blast!

Claire Richie’s paper makes me crave for cheese 🧀 #earlymodern #RenSA2025

A bee-autiful binding for Thomas Hill’s Profitable Arte of Gardening (1593)! Spending a lovely day before #Shax2025 + #RenSA2025 hunting for annotations in the Botany Libraries at Harvard 🐝 🌱

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.