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rach-anderson.bsky.social
Special Collections and Archives Assistant @ Newcastle Uni Library / Heritage Researcher @ Natural History Society of Northumbria / PhD’ing @ Durham Uni History ✨
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📢 New 'Will of the Month' Post! 📢 For February @lsangha.bsky.social uncovers the fascinating story of a London citizen and former prisoner, who examined his conscience when he made his will in 1607 ⏳📜 sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... #history #skystorians #earlymodern @uoearchhist.bsky.social

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'Whoso will a gardener be Here he may both hear and see Every time of the year and of the moon And how the craft shall be done…' For #MichaelhouseMonday, we are highlighting a 15th-century manuscript poem which describes the practice of gardening in the period when Michaelhouse was operating. 🧵

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These quotes are drawn from stories shared in a recent workshop as part of 'Nature’s Cure in Time of Need', a Heritage Lottery Funded project capturing how nature supports us in challenging times. Do you have a story about how the natural world has helped you? Submit yours here: ow.ly/yIr450V5cH8

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Morning all! I'm preparing for my viva in a couple of weeks, would anyone have any advice or tips? Thank you in advance! ✨

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You've heard of the Pitmen Painters, but what about the Pitmen Naturalists!? In a new series of blogs, NHSN Archive and Library volunteer Maureen Flisher explores the lives and work of some unsung pioneers of natural history in the North East. Read the first instalment here: ow.ly/MpFM50V1Xo5

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VERY SHORT DEADLINE (Feb. 26) for a FANTASTIC opportunity for a student to do a fully funded PhD with the amazing Elaine Leong on "Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in Early Modern England and France" Full details here. Please pass on or repost! www.lahp.ac.uk/prospective-...

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New on CollectionsCaptured is poet Vincenza Holland's notebook from 1988, containing drafts relating to #poetry and short stories, as well as personal notes #discover. See the full digitised item online collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll... #poetrylovers

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Has nature helped you through a challenging time? We want to hear from you! Join us for a cuppa at Land of Oak and Iron on Mon 17 Feb The stories you submit will form a new collection in NHSN's North East Nature Archive housed here in the Great North Museum: Hancock 🏛️ Register: ow.ly/RNib50UUVLj

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My article being used in seminars fills my little heart with so much joy 🥹 thank you @profclaire.bsky.social!

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This week in Voices of the People at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, we tried to answer the age-old question: what's the difference between 'news' and 'gossip'? Turns out it's mostly determined by what you've got in your breeches. Pictured: news (left) and gossip (right).🗃️

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The poem 'The Temple of Fame' written by 18th century poet Alexander Pope, includes a handwritten poem addressing Martha Blount. We don't know if their relationship was romantic but the inscription is intimate. Find this and more in the Provenance exhib, L2 Philip Robinson Library

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it's another totally normal day in the countryside

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The #PowerOfPetitioning bibliography is an invaluable resource for early modernists - I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to have my article included on the list! ✨

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New deposit bought with a grant from The Friends of the Nations' Libraries. 10 volumes of minutes of The Merchants and Taylors Company of Morpeth 1608-1708. The Company was one of seven guilds that formed the town council. They were responsible for making decisions affecting the town. #archives

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Many of you will be listening to Charlotte's fake Welsh accent and thinking "I wonder if anyone's written on histories of accent and pronunciation in the early modern period?" Well, you're in luck! muse.jhu.edu/article/7229...

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Can’t quite describe how lovely it is to have been selected as a runner up in the W&A Working Class Writers’ Prize! I’d had my doubts about whether or not I should keep going with my little plague novel - but after this I’ll most certainly be giving it a go! ✨

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Some of my favourite ever sources here ✨ thank you @historians.org for the opportunity to share them!

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A wonderful opportunity to undertake funded PhD research with one of the most supportive and interesting scholars I know.... #EarlyModern 🗃️

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My very first article has been published in the American Historical Review! ✨ In it I've transcribed a handful of petitions that help us to understand how people began to piece their lives back together following an outbreak of plague 👇 academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

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