Alex Bamji
@alexbamji.bsky.social
Leeds-based Venetianist. Works on religion, disease and death. Director of @lahri.bsky.social
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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Join us on 30 October from 4-6.30pm for a screening of The Black Italian Renaissance followed by a Q&A with Angelica Pesarini (UoToronto). University of Leeds main campus - please see our EventBrite page for full details and to sign up for your free place www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-black-...
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Join us on 30 October from 4-6.30pm for a screening of The Black Italian Renaissance followed by a Q&A with Angelica Pesarini (UoToronto). University of Leeds main campus - please see our EventBrite page for full details and to sign up for your free place www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-black-...
Ooh I'm excited that the programme for the University Zone of @lightnightleeds.bsky.social is out. Get 22 and 23 October in the diary for amazing installations and performances. I can't wait to see 'A Midnight Hop', inspired by the bunnies all around campus openup.leeds.ac.uk/event-groupi...
Light Night Leeds
Step into a world of glowing butterflies, peacock lanterns, giant neurons and projection-mapped Kashmiri textiles...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ooh I'm excited that the programme for the University Zone of @lightnightleeds.bsky.social is out. Get 22 and 23 October in the diary for amazing installations and performances. I can't wait to see 'A Midnight Hop', inspired by the bunnies all around campus openup.leeds.ac.uk/event-groupi...
There's a great Researcher Developer role (0.6fte, grade 6) available at White Rose University Consortium, supporting ECRs and PGRs across Yorkshire and Humber whiterose.ac.uk/news/job-opp...
Job opportunity: Researcher Developer - White Rose University Consortium
White Rose University Consortium is seeking a proactive and collaborative Researcher Developer (0.6 FTE) to support postgraduate researchers (PGRs) from across the White Rose Partners, as well as regi...
whiterose.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There's a great Researcher Developer role (0.6fte, grade 6) available at White Rose University Consortium, supporting ECRs and PGRs across Yorkshire and Humber whiterose.ac.uk/news/job-opp...
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📢 New Seminar Series!
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
📢 New Seminar Series!
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...
Brotherton Fellowship | Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
lahri.leeds.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...
Furniture history! Are you a postdoctoral researcher who'd like to explore and showcase an outstanding collection of 17th-20thC furniture history @universityofleeds.bsky.social by spending approx. 6 weeks (or longer part-time) in our Libraries? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/bedford-fell...
Bedford Fellowship | Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
lahri.leeds.ac.uk
September 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Furniture history! Are you a postdoctoral researcher who'd like to explore and showcase an outstanding collection of 17th-20thC furniture history @universityofleeds.bsky.social by spending approx. 6 weeks (or longer part-time) in our Libraries? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/bedford-fell...
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Hot off the press, the British Academy's Cold Spots: Mapping Inequality in SHAPE Provision in UK Higher Education report. Read it if you care about universities or access to the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for the rising generation. 1/5
Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education
This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Hot off the press, the British Academy's Cold Spots: Mapping Inequality in SHAPE Provision in UK Higher Education report. Read it if you care about universities or access to the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for the rising generation. 1/5
I really enjoyed discussing 'A Pamflyt compiled of cheese', a 400-year-old manuscript by a cheese enthusiast, with @neilbuttery.bsky.social on The British Food Podcast, available on all podcast apps including here (from 4 mins in) open.spotify.com/episode/1We5... @lulgalleries.bsky.social
A Rare Early Modern Cheese Manuscript with Alex Bamji
The British Food History Podcast · Episode
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August 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I really enjoyed discussing 'A Pamflyt compiled of cheese', a 400-year-old manuscript by a cheese enthusiast, with @neilbuttery.bsky.social on The British Food Podcast, available on all podcast apps including here (from 4 mins in) open.spotify.com/episode/1We5... @lulgalleries.bsky.social
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Une liste de morts de la peste à Zurich en 1564. En plus des quatre mentions d'enfants d'un certain Erhard Trüb, une petite note en marge sur une noble morte à quelques kilomètres de Zurich : "la fuite n'a servi à rien".
July 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Une liste de morts de la peste à Zurich en 1564. En plus des quatre mentions d'enfants d'un certain Erhard Trüb, une petite note en marge sur une noble morte à quelques kilomètres de Zurich : "la fuite n'a servi à rien".
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CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden)
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#CallForPapers #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory #medievaltimes #theology
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#CallForPapers #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory #medievaltimes #theology
CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden) | MEMOs
Bringing together researchers working on books that were used in any form of prayer practice in the late medieval and early modern era (up to the 18th Century)
https://memorients.com/events/cfp-bound-for-devotion-the-prayer-book-as-object-and-practice-1300–1800-1-3-july-2026-leiden
July 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden)
memorients.com/events/cfp-b...
#CallForPapers #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory #medievaltimes #theology
memorients.com/events/cfp-b...
#CallForPapers #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory #medievaltimes #theology
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So, today's REF2029 Town Hall was on CKU (Contributions to Knowledge & Understanding, including Outputs and Disciplinary Level Statements or DLSs). The recording with slides will be posted on Resources (link below) soon.
Here are some preliminary thoughts, starting with the good news. 1/10
Here are some preliminary thoughts, starting with the good news. 1/10
Resources – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So, today's REF2029 Town Hall was on CKU (Contributions to Knowledge & Understanding, including Outputs and Disciplinary Level Statements or DLSs). The recording with slides will be posted on Resources (link below) soon.
Here are some preliminary thoughts, starting with the good news. 1/10
Here are some preliminary thoughts, starting with the good news. 1/10
Fascinating paper from @ellenwerner.bsky.social on the annotations of two Manchester apothecaries in a collection of books now in Chetham's Library and the ways in which they reflect engagement between reader and book and the impact of reading cultures on local communities #RenSoc25
July 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Fascinating paper from @ellenwerner.bsky.social on the annotations of two Manchester apothecaries in a collection of books now in Chetham's Library and the ways in which they reflect engagement between reader and book and the impact of reading cultures on local communities #RenSoc25
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Has anyone written on the auctioning of goods (especially of the dead) in London in the first half of the seventeenth century? Interested in the work of criers, how estates are sold off etc.
June 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Has anyone written on the auctioning of goods (especially of the dead) in London in the first half of the seventeenth century? Interested in the work of criers, how estates are sold off etc.
Are you a researcher interested in histories of collecting and 19thC Victorian decorative art? This wonderful short-term fellowship is an opportunity to research the Albert Dawson archive in Cultural Collections and Galleries at the University of Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #jobfairy
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Albert Dawson Collection Fellowship
This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you interested in nineteenth-centur...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Are you a researcher interested in histories of collecting and 19thC Victorian decorative art? This wonderful short-term fellowship is an opportunity to research the Albert Dawson archive in Cultural Collections and Galleries at the University of Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #jobfairy
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A term-time Lectureship in Early Modern Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG264/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG264/l...
Lecturer in Architectural History at The University of Edinburgh
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Architectural History opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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May 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A term-time Lectureship in Early Modern Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG264/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG264/l...
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My current role ends in October: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or as a freelance researcher please do drop me a line! I have over 10 years experience in teaching and a wide practical knowledge of working in archives in the UK and abroad.
May 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My current role ends in October: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or as a freelance researcher please do drop me a line! I have over 10 years experience in teaching and a wide practical knowledge of working in archives in the UK and abroad.
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Delighted to see this mock up of the front cover of my first book, due to be published later in the Summer with @cambridgeup.bsky.social .
It's been several years in the making, and has had input and guidance from so many people - but it nearly exists!
It's been several years in the making, and has had input and guidance from so many people - but it nearly exists!
May 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Delighted to see this mock up of the front cover of my first book, due to be published later in the Summer with @cambridgeup.bsky.social .
It's been several years in the making, and has had input and guidance from so many people - but it nearly exists!
It's been several years in the making, and has had input and guidance from so many people - but it nearly exists!
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Research Fellow in Global Health History x2- University of Leeds - Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Cultures - School of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE369/r...
Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 at University of Leeds
Recruiting now: Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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May 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Research Fellow in Global Health History x2- University of Leeds - Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Cultures - School of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE369/r...
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Impressed by this #earlymodern bill measuring 105 cm in length, which resembles an exceptionally lengthy supermarket receipt. Table linen merchant Hans van Velroeij supplied dozens of tablecloths and napkins for the wedding of Maria de Sweert and Jan Moretus II in July 1605.
#Skystorians
#Antwerp
#Skystorians
#Antwerp
May 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Impressed by this #earlymodern bill measuring 105 cm in length, which resembles an exceptionally lengthy supermarket receipt. Table linen merchant Hans van Velroeij supplied dozens of tablecloths and napkins for the wedding of Maria de Sweert and Jan Moretus II in July 1605.
#Skystorians
#Antwerp
#Skystorians
#Antwerp
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ANNOUNCING 🔔
'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - prev. winner of @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 💎
What happens when you see skin differently?
@bristoluni.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - prev. winner of @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 💎
What happens when you see skin differently?
@bristoluni.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
ANNOUNCING 🔔
'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - prev. winner of @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 💎
What happens when you see skin differently?
@bristoluni.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - prev. winner of @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 💎
What happens when you see skin differently?
@bristoluni.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History, Material Culture & Heritage- 1 yr research post working on ‘Knotted Histories: Early Modern Global Carpets, Global Exchange and the Public Country House’ - University of Oxford - Faculty of English #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC287/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History, Material Culture & Heritage at University of Oxford
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May 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History, Material Culture & Heritage- 1 yr research post working on ‘Knotted Histories: Early Modern Global Carpets, Global Exchange and the Public Country House’ - University of Oxford - Faculty of English #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC287/p...
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CFP: Cemeteries as Part of the Landscape Through the Centuries conference, Prague, 5-6 November 2025. Deadline 31 May. www.udu.cas.cz/en/akce/hrbi...
Cemeteries as Part of the Landscape Through the Centuries | Ústav dějin umění Akademie věd ČR, v. v. i.
Ústav dějin umění Akademie věd ČR, v. v. i.
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April 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
CFP: Cemeteries as Part of the Landscape Through the Centuries conference, Prague, 5-6 November 2025. Deadline 31 May. www.udu.cas.cz/en/akce/hrbi...