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Professor Claire Jowitt
@clairejowitt.bsky.social
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Early Modernist, Prof UEA; Historical Lead, Gloucester Project & Co-Director, Hakluyt Project
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/claire-jowitt
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Claire Elaine Jowitt is an English academic who writes on race, cross-gender, piracy, identity, empire and performance. She is currently a Professor in English and History within the Schools of History and Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Previously, she held a personal chair in English at Southampton University (2012-2015), was Professor of Renaissance English Literature at Nottingham Trent University (2005–12) and Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Aberystwyth University (1996–2005). .. more

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Oct 16
Looking to publish a salty monograph or edited collection? 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' - now published by
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 4h
Best circular walks for #BoxingDay ... 🚶‍♀️👣 #Norfolk
Route details
Start/end: Deepdale Farm, Burnham Deepdale
Distance: 5 miles / 8km
Difficulty: Easy
& pop into Jolly Sailors in Brancaster Staithe 🍻

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 1d
Xmad has now orfficially started at Jowitt Towers ... have a good one, folks, & see you on other side ... 🧑‍🎄

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 1d
Today's festive delight ... learning how to pack a xmas skip 'properly' ...

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 2d
A quartet of gorgeous Xmas baubles - 4 Elizabethan & Jacobean portrait miniatures by Hilliard & Oliver 🎄🎨https://philipmould.com/exhibitions/59-miniatures-from-the-bearsted-collection-an-intimate-exhibition-of-eight-exceptional-elizabethan-and/

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 3d
And today's festive delivery at Jowitt Towers is ... 'Happy xmas, darling', *someone* said .... debating a response ...🔫/🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 5d
Dahlias for Jowitt Towers 2026 now selected & purchased from @farmergracy.bsky.social - 'Amarone', 'Floorinoor', 'Ryecroft Blackberry', & 'Ping Pong' (my favourite) with #earlybird offer ... gorgeous colours! One of my winter treats is imagining next summer's flowers ... 🌺🪷💮🌸🌹🌷

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 7d
Otters! Squealing thinking that it's lunchtime (& disappointed I'm not delivering it) #colchesterzoo 🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 7d
At the zoo! Met a Sun Bear & lots of critters hiding from the 🌧! Gorgeous! 🐻‍❄🐒🦎

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 8d
Oh yes! #Pepystown #harwich

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 9d
Yay! Day off! What could be more festive than poking round an old dockyard & pier! Looking forward to a day out in #Pepystown with a libation or 2 at the end ...🍷🍷🍷

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 14d
‘Half in, half out’ approach to REF 2029 outputs ‘not enough’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/half-ha...
‘Half in, half out’ approach to REF 2029 outputs ‘not enough’
Rollback of decoupling researchers from their work questioned despite policy U-turn on books
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 18d
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... last wk of term! Almost there ...🎄🎄🎄

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 19d
Is it too early??? Last year's tree about to do Sterling service again & 2 lovely new snail friends for baubles ... 🎄🐌🐌

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 20d
Some stunning miniatures on show #philipmould philipmould.com/content/feat...
My favourite, a love-locked, Hic Mulier inspired cat in a fab hat, c. 1615 ... 'young lady wearing a masculine-style
black & orange doublet & black hat (with hat jewel) & an orange sash' ... brava!

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 20d
Thanks to the generosity of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social alumni Dominic Christian we are pleased to offer in 2026 The Dominic Christian #MaritimeHistory Scholarship to study for an MA in @ueahistory.bsky.social - further details & t&c here:
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓
Deadline to apply: 8/6/26

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 23d
Excited that this piratastic monograph by Richard Frohock - Piracy Mythmaking in the 18th Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government - is latest monograph from 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' series from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - out 8 May 2026!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
🏴‍☠️☠️🏴‍☠️

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David McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social · 23d
Let's make Meghan's life's work Open Access! Chip in if you can...
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Donate to Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph, organized by Sarah Neville
Shakespeare scholar Meghan C Andrews passed away in 2023, after a valiant… Sarah Neville needs your support for Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 25d
Yikes! Started the week with THREE fillings in my gnashers .... at princely cost of £524 (plus £60 for the check-up) at my private dentist (can't get on an NHS list in Norfolk) .... I am now a dribbling wreck, considerably poorer & even keener to support access to NHS dentistry🦷😬

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28d
'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 28d
What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history
Image: Archéologie de la Piraterie logo, Sainte-Marie Island, Madagaskar in the background.

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 28d
It's a drizzly Thursday in November, getting dark at 3.20pm, so to cheer myself myself up, I visit my 🐶 friend at @sainsburycentre.bsky.social ... he's old c.150BC - c. AD330, 3-legged, but like Bagpuss, Claire loved him ...🐾

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Nov 25
This afternoon's job is formatting the Bibliography for #gloucesterwreck co-edited book, soon to be sent for publication with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social ... I actually quite like doing this job (& stage of a project i.e. almost done!) 📝...

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Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social · Nov 21
Boatwald Boatfaceson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Nov 21
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Colombia recovers first treasures from 300-year-old ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ | CNN
The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago.
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Nov 20
***Cover reveal*** for Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited by Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller & published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social which will be out on 6/5/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
Can't wait! www.routledge.com/Material-Cul...

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Nov 17
📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Nov 10
Looking forward to speaking about #Gloucesterwreck at 'Fragmented Worlds, Share Histories @memrn.bsky.social Winter Conference, taking place 14-16 November ... still time to sign up to attend online (but better be quick!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chase-memr...

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Nov 8
A month after writing our 1st ever piece for @theconversation.com on #shippingforecast we're delighted to see its had over 11,000 readers! @benjaminredding.bsky.social & I really enjoyed writing it & its been great to comments from readers
theconversation.com/why-the-bbcs...

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · Nov 6
Purchased today as part of a 6 yr old's birthday pressie but now strongly tempted to plaster them all over MOI ... 🎁🚀👩‍🚀 #temptattoo