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deborahsimonton.bsky.social
Historian of eighteenth century, women, gender, towns and childhood, usually Scotland and Europe (which does include Britain).
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Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. πŸ—ƒοΈ unsplash.com/collections/...

Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade: Conference is in November 2025 CfP open until March 2025 museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...

Out in paperback this week in our Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies > Enlightened Nightscapes: Critical Essays on the Long Eighteenth-Century Night Edited By Pamela F. Phillips www.routledge.com/Enlightened-... #skystorians πŸ—ƒοΈ #c18th #c19th

I will be one of the three guests discussing the Hanoverian Succession tomorrow morningn on 'In Our Time' on BBCR4. Looking forward to hearing the programme! #skystorians #c18th www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

For more information on the Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies, see here. If you have a project you would like us to consider, do contact me or @deborahsimonton.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Routledge-St... #skystorians πŸ—ƒοΈ #c18th #c19th

Huge thanks to #NanSpowart and the @scotnational.bsky.social on Sunday for this substantial piece about #DuncanMacrae and A Noble Clown.

So pleased with this,I thought I would post it again

Collections Researcher The National Archives #skystorians πŸ—ƒοΈ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKQ694/c...

@jornbrondal.bsky.social welcome home

Request to Bluesky #Newbies: please put some info about yourself/your interests &c in your bio so that potential followers can make an informed decision.

New followers: you'll hear a lot about a project I am involved in which will transcribe & research 25,000 English wills. Find out more in today's webinar at 15:30 GMT. πŸ‘‰ Discussion of the origins, methods & aims of the research πŸ‘‰ Quick demo of how you can transcribe wills for us! #EarlyModern πŸ—ƒοΈ

Always exciting to get cover proofs - this will be out next spring

Published today! Gender, Space and Illicit Economies in Eighteenth-Century Europe: Uncontrolled Crossings - By Anne Montenach, Professor of early modern history at the University of Aix-Marseille Warmest congratulations, Anne, from @deborahsimonton.bsky.social and me #c18th πŸ—ƒ #skystorians

New blog from the Georgian Lords out today on the 4th earl of Abingdon and his concern over the treatment of American prisoners of war... #skystorians #C18th #HistParl thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/t...

There's a deep sense of sadness and loneliness seeing this record shattering graph. November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2Β°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.

An FYI (I would make this a pinned post if possible) The first thing a new account holder should do is fill out their profile. A header image, an avatar image, a bio. Maybe give us a pet tax pic as proof of life. A Hello, World post. THEN start following people. It’s hard to follow back a blank.

A close copy of the ESTC is online, to stand in for the BL version, for now downed by a cyberattack. Three cheers for Nikolai Vogler (and for #Digitalhumanities projects) πŸ—ƒοΈ

The British Academy runs a multiyear trial on randomizing grant allocation among proposals that exceed quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/promisi... Looks like a lottery increases diversity of recipients on many dimensions. 1/

Rather sadly - my first post on here is to let anyone who will listen know that English/Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes is facing massive redundancies - 40% of staff to be culled by January including my own role. Please share and support, we are trying to save our livelihoods #SaveBrookesEnglish

Looking forward to speaking about merchant letters at this event organised by Annabelle Lafuente (Corban Project) this Friday in La Rochelle. Annabelle was an intern in our project in 2021 & is now writing a wonderful PhD thesis that includes @prizepapers.bsky.social πŸ—ƒοΈ corban.hypotheses.org/1098

Good morning! For #Skystorians unfamiliar with what we do, a brief introduction. We produce detailed, heavily referenced histories of English places, defined by the lowest level of English government, the parish. What does that mean? Read on...

@merihiisi.bsky.social welcome! Glad to see you here

I'm delighted to be giving a talk about a new project for a joint meeting of the IHR seminars in early modern & French history next Monday, Nov. 6. at 5 pm - in person or hybrid I learned. Hardly out of the starting gate stage, so I look forward to all suggestions! www.history.ac.uk/events/view-...

Prof Stuart Jones's tribute to Prof Jose Harris. An important commemoration to an outstanding historian #skystorians πŸ—ƒ www.theguardian.com/books/2023/o...

BIG NEWS: it seems that the monumental new Cambridge History of the Age of the Atlantic Revolutions edited by Wim Klooster is available online. Three volumes, 63 chapters, including mine! Print publication date 9 November. www.cambridge.org/core/series/...

Still some days to go! Do you work on archives in and of the #Caribbean? We are looking forward to your application! πŸ“š Deadline: 20/11/23 For more info and the CfP: shorturl.at/CHJWY

This is very bad news. He’s made a career of targeting LGBTQ+ Louisianans, and the state republicans have made it clear they will also be coming for university tenure and academic freedom. I’m extremely worried about what my future in Louisiana looks like

Mooi ritueel! Ik ga in navolging van Lizet elke dag een schilderij van #watermeloenen posten in solidariteit met #Palestina.

Very excited to hear that booking is now open for this event that I'm speaking at in November. Looks like this is going to be a fun line up!

I am obviously biased but I think getting rid of one of the BBC’s few units with a strong emphasis on enterprise journalism, esp after the gutting of Panorama, is a strategic mistake: www.theguardian.com/media/2023/o...

@hillaryburlock.bsky.social & Dr Kendra Peckham from @newcastleuni.bsky.social talking about the complexities of #18thc electoral culture: treating, dance, and much more at the @ihr.bsky.social.

Skystorians! (Is that what we are?) I have a question from a grad student about what they should read on early modern underwear, specifically bras, or bra-like support, and my brain is refusing to cooperate! Any and all suggestions most gratefully received πŸ—ƒοΈ

This is so great!

V upset that Chelsea Houseboats remain under threat from a property developer wanting to replace them with hideous floating monstrosities costing Β£16000 per month. There’s been a community here since 1935, some of the vessels in use in the Normandy landings www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

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