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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project
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The Premodern Body Project is a scholarly collective dedicated to exploring the rich and diverse narratives of the pre-modern body.
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We are always interested in hearing from scholars of all levels of experience. Want to deliver a talk for our online speaker series? Or maybe just write a blog post? Hit us up!

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#AcademicSky #HistorySky #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #EarlyModernHistory
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Join our community We welcome scholars of all disciplines and interests to join our global community in discussing the pre-modern body. Bodies and Being Colloquium A monthly online gathering open t…
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We're looking for our January speaker for our speaker series. Is it you we're looking for? For details, go to Bodiesandbeing.com

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
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November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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EARLY MODERN PHDs!!! #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
📢Fully Funded PhD Opportunities @thetimes University of the Year @durham_uni's Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 🎓

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November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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TOOOOOOOOOOM!!! @tombhamilton.bsky.social! Oh this is brilliant, humongous congratulations. The Natalie Zemon Davis Prize from the @16csociety.bsky.social! 🤩

#NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)
Hamilton_Book award - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It's almost time for our Nov meetup. No presentations, just a monthly hagout with your favorite body-focused scholarly collective.

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
Bodies and Being Colloquium
A monthly online gathering open to scholars of all disciplines and career stages who are interested in the pre-modern body.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We were so lucky to have @annacusack.bsky.social come talk to us this month about the executed body. It was extremely interesting! Come check it out.

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Skystorians #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
The Executed Body in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century London, Anna Cusack
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October 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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@suespins.bsky.social is an absolute GENIUS in coming up with creative classroom activities for undergrads. If you were here, you would be full to the brim with ideas and inspiration!

#academicsky #teaching #pedagogy #teachinghistory #lessonplans #medievalsky
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Is it a #loomweight or a #dropspindle asks @francescasq.bsky.social and @suespins.bsky.social asks, should those who study historical #textiles be able to make them?

#weaving #knitting #Vikings ##NorseHistory
October 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@suespins.bsky.social is telling us about her research into dye plants used and traded by Vikings. Give her a follow!

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #needlework #dyeing #yarn
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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📢NEW MANY HEADED MONSTER POST📢

A series of posts to celebrate the publication of a really important new study of work in #EarlyModern England, by Jane Whittle, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, Taylor Aucoin.

Just off to fetch a 'burden of wood'. 🪵🪵🪵🪵🪵 🗃️
As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming
This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…
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October 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Gossiping is both an art and an annoying practice. In #earlymodern Europe, a gossipmonger would often be depicted as a person with three mouths. Like these three fellas that made it on a title page of a pamphlet in 1605, a Turk, a Hungarian, and a German. #skystorians #gossip
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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From 1550–1650, death was a carefully crafted ritual — faith, culture, and memory woven together. ⚰️✨

Discover how early modern society understood dying.

#History #EarlyModern #Brewminate
The Ritual of Death in the Early Modern Period, 1550-1650
Discover how rituals of death between 1550 and 1650 reflected religion, culture, and society in the early modern world.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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A fabulous looking new book from Tonicha Upham exploring all the Arabic and Persian evidence on Rus burials and sacrifices, complete with translations! #medievalsky #vikings

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Death Rituals
Cambridge Core - Global History - Death Rituals
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September 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

#earlymodern #economic #history
The Experience of Work in Early Modern England
Cambridge Core - Economic History - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England
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September 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.

Starting this week:
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
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September 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Don't miss a chance to sit around and gab with fellow historians and/or others interested in body studies. #Cats always welcome, too.

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Our September colloqium is nigh! Join us this Saturday for informal chat and sharing. Everyone is welcome to participate or lurk.

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
Bodies and Being Colloquium
A monthly online gathering open to scholars of all disciplines and career stages who are interested in the pre-modern body.
www.eventbrite.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Just over two weeks left to send us your abstracts! #CfP #IMC2026 #medievalsky
Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 ‼️ The 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' network welcomes papers which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the conference theme of ‘temporalities’, c.500-1500! Get in touch by 15 September
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Just over 2 weeks left to apply to the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference! It will take place in Oxford on April 20-21, 2026. We hope to provide bursaries to help with attendance. Email your abstracts to bordersboundariesbarriers[at]gmail[dot]com
#medievalsky #skystorians
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Apply to be on season 5! Details available on our website. 🩷
August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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For #CoffeeWithACodex on September 4, @leoba.bsky.social‬ will bring out a favorite, first introduced to CWAC in 2022: LJS 419, a 15th century Italian herbal containing a variety of illustrations, accompanied by notes on medicinal properties of the plants.

Register here:
Coffee with a Codex: Italian Herbal
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
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August 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM