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Andrew Gordon
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Prof of Renaissance Lit & Culture and Director of Centre for Early Modern Studies at University of Aberdeen. Mad about manuscripts, maps, letters, print culture, plays, cities, rivers, feet and bikes.

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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 18
The CEMS res sem @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social is now sharing news here. Wed 20th Nov 1-2 pm (UK) we've got the always fascinating historian Sara Pannell speaking on Hannah Wolley. To attend online, email a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk for the link. #earlymodern Spread the word!
www.abdn.ac.uk/cems/events/...
Research Seminar: Dr Sara Pennell (Greenwich), 'Rewriting the early modern women's conduct book: Hannah Wolley's A Guide to Ladies (1668)'
www.abdn.ac.uk

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Jill Burke @jillburke.bsky.social · Dec 4
Reposting as Bluesky censored my last link due to a 17th-c personification failing the porn filter! Please share this instead:

2-year postdoc fellowships in Turin on 'Rethinking the Origins of Political Economy in the European World'.

turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it/research-pro...
Research Projects
THP projects run over a period of two years each. The themes of the two-year research cycles will be decided by the Scientific Committee of the Turin Humanities Programme, made up of well-known ...
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it

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Erin A. McCarthy @erinannmcc.bsky.social · Nov 1
Friday #jobfairy!

12-month Research Fellow post on the ERC-funded @stemma.bsky.social project. Suitable for candidates with a PhD in social sci w/ quant; OR a PhD in data science, CS, maths, physics, or related field; OR equivalent industry experience (10+ years).

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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 26
The crowds are gathering at CEMS Aberdeen for @bkadams.bsky.social paper tomorrow. Sign up and join us. Full details below!

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University English @univeng.bsky.social · Nov 22
The next English: Shared Futures conference will be held in York, 3-5 July, 2025. More details here: www.englishsharedfutures.org/about
The call for papers is now live, with a deadline of 31 January
Anyone working in English, at any level, is welcome
About 4 — English: Shared Futures 2025
www.englishsharedfutures.org

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Sara Barker @sarakbarker.bsky.social · Nov 22
Just heard about this excellent mentoring initiative from the Early Modern Scholars of Color Network, in partnership with The Society for Renaissance Studies - more info and sign up links here:

www.emsoc.co.uk/mentorship
Mentoring Scheme — EMSOC
www.emsoc.co.uk

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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 21
The CEMS seminar back on Wed 27/11/24 w @bkadams.bsky.social on new approaches to bibliography/book history via understudied collections. Spread the word & email a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk to sign up. #earlymodern #bookhistory #rarebooks
www.abdn.ac.uk/cems/events/...
Research Seminar: Dr Brandi Adams (Arizona State University) More than Milton's Holinshed: The Phoenix Public Library's Alfred Knight Collection
This talk will address the founding of the Arizona Book History Group and some of the material in The Pheonix Public Library's Alfred Knight Collection, 2300 rare books, many of which were published b...
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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 21
After a great paper yesterday from Sara Pennell, we're looking forward to next week (27.11.24) when CEMS welcomes @bkadams.bsky.social who'll be talking about her important work on the uses of overlooked book collections. Sign up now by contacting a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk
www.abdn.ac.uk/cems/events/...
Research Seminar: Dr Brandi Adams (Arizona State University) More than Milton's Holinshed: The Phoenix Public Library's Alfred Knight Collection
This talk will address the founding of the Arizona Book History Group and some of the material in The Pheonix Public Library's Alfred Knight Collection, 2300 rare books, many of which were published b...
www.abdn.ac.uk

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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 19
This link didn't seem to work? Can access the main podcast but not the promo.

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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 19
Snow in Aberdeen, but tomorrow’s CEMS seminar with Sara Pennell will warm us up! Sign up and tune in, or come by sledge! #earlymodern

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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 19
Looking forward to Sara Pennell on Hannah Wooley tomorrow. Sign up now and spread the word!
andygordon101.bsky.social Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 18
The CEMS res sem @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social is now sharing news here. Wed 20th Nov 1-2 pm (UK) we've got the always fascinating historian Sara Pannell speaking on Hannah Wolley. To attend online, email a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk for the link. #earlymodern Spread the word!
www.abdn.ac.uk/cems/events/...
Research Seminar: Dr Sara Pennell (Greenwich), 'Rewriting the early modern women's conduct book: Hannah Wolley's A Guide to Ladies (1668)'
www.abdn.ac.uk

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Andrew Gordon @andygordon101.bsky.social · Nov 18
And look out for future seminars, inc next up the great @bkadams.bsky.social on Wed 27th Nov!

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Adam Zucker Again @adamzucker.bsky.social · Nov 15
I see that it's finally Business Time on Bluesky. So: I speak for the Program Committee for the 2026 @saaupdates.bsky.social conference, in Denver. We're accepting proposals for seminars, panels, and workshops: Questions? Ask me, or my committee-mates in next post. And please spread the word!
Program Proposals – Shakespeare Association of America
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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Nov 15
The fabulous feathery team in @unileiden.bsky.social is organising a conference on Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in #EarlyModern English Manuscripts.

Conference: 7-9 May, Leiden
Deadline abstracts: 20 December
All info: rensoc.org.uk/event/scribe...
Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts Leiden University, May 7, 2025 - May 9, 2025 Deadline for submission/application: December 20, 2024 CfP FEATHERS conference In early modern England, the production of manuscript texts, whether literary, governmental or legal, was typically a collaborative or “socialized” enterprise, involving both professionals and amateurs. Indeed, the person a modern reader might automatically identify as “the author” rarely exerted sole influence over a text’s production: scribes and manuscript users might repurpose and adjust extracts from earlier literary contexts, while others commissioned intermediaries, such as secretaries or lawyers, to commit their words to paper. At first glance these intermediaries appear either frustratingly anonymous or, as members of a royal secretariat or court of law, institutionalised and thus indistinguishable. Nevertheless, all these contributors leave inky, au