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earlymodernemma.bsky.social
History PhD on health, care, family & letters 1630-1750 from Uni of York • Public engagement RA at Uni of Birmingham • Tutor at The Brilliant Club • Social History Society committee member
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📢 My article on parents' letters to/about ill children is out in an exciting special issue, 'Mothers and Fathers in Medieval and Early Modern Europe', ed. @erhodes.bsky.social & Alice Whitehead. It's full of fantastic contributions to the history of parenting! 👇 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhof20/3...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

CFP for the 'Sleeping Well' @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social end-of-project conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Taking place 9-10 June 2025 at JRRI, Manchester. Details on our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel... Deadline 3 Feb. Please share widely!

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Hi all! From January, I'm running an 8-week, learning-for-pleasure evening course via the University of York's Centre for Lifelong Learning. It's on Zoom, open to the public and taking bookings now - please share with any friends or family who might be interested! 👇 www.york.ac.uk/lifelonglear...

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

One down, nine to go 💪 Our team at Roseberry Topping are doing great work restoring paths to the top of one of the North York Moors' most popular landmarks. See their work in detail here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

In summer 1644, teenaged Alice was saved from drowning in a river by her brother’s horse: ‘the poor mare drew up her fore feet and perceived she did swim ... and ... brought me over that river in safety.’ #EYAAnimals #EarlyModern 🗃️ 📜 More in @hagenilda.bsky.social's blog: https://buff.ly/45H8ilD

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Passionflower, Nicolas Robert, 1625-84 (British Museum)

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

With Leeds Trinity and Loughborough we're now actually at 83, or exactly half of the 166 universities @timeshighered.bsky.social counts. HALF OF OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE SHEDDING STAFF. In a normal timeline, politicians would care about this and try to do *something*, *anything*, right?

submitted 92 days ago • 3 comments

I adore this, what a fun way to show how much fabric is involved!

submitted 92 days ago • 34 comments

Our Small Grants Programme is now live! If you have a project that supports the study, enjoyment and dissemination of local history we'd love to hear from you. Find out more: ow.ly/cVKf50TUhP2 #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Hello #EarlyModern where would I read about public charges paid to landholders by tenants in mid C17 Yorkshire/England?

submitted 94 days ago • 5 comments

📢The call for papers for our 2025 conference is now ✨LIVE✨ We are the biggest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK and will be at the @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social from 7-9 July 2025! Call is open until 17 January 2025🌟🗃️ Please share widely! socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments