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Dr Andrew Sneddon
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Historian of medicine, religion, and the supernatural. Joint editor, Irish Historical Studies. Senior Lecturer in History at Ulster University. Research profile: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-sneddon
Co PI Islandmagee Witch Project: w1711.org .. more

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 31
What did I do with my Saturday am (early), cleaned up old #gameboy, replaced screen and now looking good. Next gameboy colour and gameboy advance! The ds’s are all done. Achievements come in weird and wonderful ways!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · May 29
Newcastle University staff invited to a ‘Doodling for Wellbeing’ session (‘Let your pen dance across the page' in 'a perfect escape from the everyday hustle and bustle'. Invites sent on same day 153 academics were informed of their location in 'redundancy pools', with 38 redundancies planned. 1/2
Exterior view of Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, red brick, neo-Gothic-ish architecture with many windows.

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 21
Thanks Shannon!

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 13
It’s now official! I’ve been awarded a 12 month @leverhulme.ac.uk Trust research fellowship to look at disability and the supernatural in the early modern world. Quite chuffed tbf @usihs.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 13
Thanks Peter!

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 7
Or dm me, just followed you back

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 7
See link to research profile in my blurb, it’s on there but it’s a.sneddon@ulster.ac.uk

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 7
Thanks Rena, much appreciated

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · May 7
Absolute snaps to @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social and co-author Dr Victoria McCollum for taking a murky bit of nordie history, which shows the damage one attention-seeking 'ho can do) and making it into something to catch the imagination of younger wans
w1711.org/graphic-novel/
GRAPHIC NOVEL
A brand new supernatural graphic novel that is absolutely loaded with haunting visuals set in a misty isolated town off the coast of County Antrim. It’s 1711, a woman with demons of her own –…
w1711.org

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · May 5
The Shropshire Witches Podcast is a romp through History, Folklore and the Wyrd via the lanes of Shropshire. We are passionate about forgotten narratives and hidden histories inside and outside of the County! ✨️💀🪦👻

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#Folklore #History #Podcast
#Witchsky #Pagansky #Witches

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Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · Apr 24
The 1981 Grove paperback edition of Alexander Trocchi’s Cain’s Book (1961) features string on its collage cover: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1169: Cain's Book (1960/1981) — The Vault of Culture
The 1981 Grove paperback edition of Alexander Trocchi’s Cain’s Book (1961) features string on its collage cover.
www.vaultofculture.com

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 23
Wild ponies in the Mourne Mountains, Co. Down

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 23
Heading up Slieve Donard looking down on Newcastle, County Down, NI

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Julia Round @hypnojoo.bsky.social · Apr 22
Very excited to be heading to University of Ulster next week to give the keynote talk at the On The Margins #comicsstudies conference! I’m speaking about ‘Playing the Game’ and sports stories in British girls’ comics - so many fab stories to unveil!! www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...
On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion
This two-day event focuses on exploring the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion.
www.ulster.ac.uk

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · Apr 22
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. - Jack Kerouac

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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · Apr 22
Unicorn, from the work of 16thc physician Conrad Gesner. He wrote that unicorn horn, combined with wine, could counteract poisons and could cure a range of conditions including epilepsy
Page of a book with a black and white illustration of a unicorn standing next to a small waterfall.

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 15
Get you tickets now for a conference I am organising with Bob Curran & Victoria McCollum,
‘On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion’
Explores the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion
2-3 May, Ulster University, Coleraine
www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...
On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion
This two-day event focuses on exploring the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion.
www.ulster.ac.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Apr 15
'Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society': bit.ly/4cRjK37

The Society's President, Lucy Noakes, writes today on the profession and discipline @historywo.bsky.social

#skystorians
Graphic for RHS article in History Workshop, 'Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society'.

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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · Apr 14
Deadline Extension! CEMS Colloquium on Early Modern War Narratives. Send us your abstracts by this Friday (18th)!

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...

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Early Modern War Narratives - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog
Join CEMS for our annual colloquium. This year's theme is early modern war narratives. CfP deadline: 11th April.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk

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Ramazan Hakkı Öztan @roztan.bsky.social · Apr 14
The Department of History at Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social is seeking a historian specializing in the 19th-century Europe. Come and join us! Please see below for details.
Assistant Professorship in Nineteenth-Century European History at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professorship in Nineteenth-Century European History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Apr 7
Explore the AHA’s Resource Library, with hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and more. 🗃️
AHA Resource Library - AHA
Explore All Resources Search Resource Type Thematic AHA Topics Geographic K-12 Education Undergraduate Education Graduate Education Professional & Career Resources Academic Department Resources Histor...
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Apr 6
Young Hare, Albrecht Dürer, 1502

(Albertina, Vienna)

The artist died #otd 6 Apr 1528.

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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Apr 2
I'm giving a #hextag talk about the Basque Witch-Hunt in Liverpool on Thursday 17 April! Everyone is very welcome. 😊

#earlymodern 🗃️

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The Witches Sabbath, and The Secret History of the Basque Witch-Hunt | Talks | Merseyside Skeptics Society
The Witches Sabbath, and The Secret History of the Basque Witch-Hunt. Find us at The Casa, 29 Hope Street from Thursday, 17 April 2025 at 7:30 pm
www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 1
His handwriting is awful! Gave me a big headache back in the day!

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Mar 31
#OTD 8 women were found guilty of bewitching the body of 18 year old Mary Dunbar under 1586 Irish witchcraft act. Read about it in the 2nd edition of my book, Possessed by the devil. And check out the website dedicated to the #islandmageewitches :w1711.org

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · Mar 27
This copy of 'Geographia Generalis' from 1650 seems to have passed through a few hands before ending up with Edward Stillingfleet, whose 10,000 books have been on our shelves since we opened in 1707.
Flyleaf with ownership inscriptions Engraved title page from 1650

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Cathal McManus @cathalpmc.bsky.social · Mar 27
This looks amazing. The first Irish-language horror film.
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AN TAIBHSE (The Ghost) - Irish Language Horror Film Official Trailer
YouTube video by Cathal Fitzpatrick
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Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc.bsky.social · Mar 24
Celebrating scholarship and creativity #RSA2025 Star papers, lovely friends including @mikkibrock.bsky.social @ellenwerner.bsky.social @pjsalzman.bsky.social
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Postcards of woodcuts: devil and woman images reading “witch, please!” and knight mounted on black horse slaying dragon reading “Spenser, Make allegorie great againe” by digitalrenaissance.uvic.ca Cover of graphic novel made for Andrew Sneddon’s 1711 Islandmagee Witches project showing girl in bonnet against a yellow-lit window and the white cottage where the accusations began @w1711.org Leaflet from the Vesuvian Lost Cities project showing QR code and engraving of volcano erupting Leaflets from LEMDO online text Hornbooks and more woodcut images from Digital Renaissance Editions including Newes from Scotland linocut in gold ink by Brett Greatley Hirsch and “Moves like Jaggard” postcard showing printing press

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Mar 23
A wee reminder, if you want to know more about Ireland’s last witch trial, the #islandmageewitches, check out our (with Dr Victoria McCollum) website: links to books, podcasts, a free graphic novel, original documents, animation, VR app, and info about our play, exhibition and hub: w1711.org
Witches of Islandmagee
This site is dedicated to uncovering the importance of the witch trial that took place in 1710–1711 in Islandmagee, Ireland.
w1711.org

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Mar 23
23 Mar 1605: John Dee's wife, Jane Fromond, is buried at #Manchester #otd (Ashmolean)