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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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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Apr 12
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
Get Involved
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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ihreurope1500.bsky.social
EARLY MODERN PHDs!!! #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
imems.bsky.social IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 16d
📢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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onslies.bsky.social
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
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
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.
www.eventbrite.ca
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
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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annacusack.bsky.social
Looking forward to talking about the executed body this Saturday for @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social 👇🏻
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Suitably spooky for our online Oct talk. Sign up now, it's free!

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #Execution #Death #Crime
The Executed Body in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century London
In this lecture we hear Dr Anna Cusack, a social historian of early modern England, present her research into executed bodies.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
@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
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
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
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
@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
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
Stop by and say hello! Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your work in an informal online setting, no prep needed. #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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lsangha.bsky.social
📢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'. 🪵🪵🪵🪵🪵 🗃️
markhailwood.bsky.social Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · Oct 7
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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dbellingradt.bsky.social
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
A detail from a German pamphlet showing three male human heads: a Turk, A Hungarian, and a German. All heads have three mouths and you can see the tongues. The pamphlet was printed in 1605 and will be highlighted in more detail in my upcoming book about early modern news.
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
Our October hangout is coming up! Join us for some informal chat this Saturday.

#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.ca
October 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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brewminate.bsky.social
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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samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social
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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ghilondon.bsky.social
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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aucointaylor.bsky.social
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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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
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
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
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
bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
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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katybennett.bsky.social
Just over two weeks left to send us your abstracts! #CfP #IMC2026 #medievalsky
katybennett.bsky.social Katy Bennett @katybennett.bsky.social · Aug 6
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
The ‘Loyalty in the Medieval World’ network welcomes proposals which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the IMC 2026 theme of ‘temporalities’. Was there a shift in how the concept of loyalty was used and perceived by people across the Middle Ages? To what extent, if at all, were bonds of loyalty an archaic predecessor to the coercive potential of a centralising medieval ‘state’? How did the language (e.g. treue, fides, leal), theories, and practices of loyalty change or stay the same in the medieval period? What can the study of loyalty do for the historian of medieval political society? Submissions could reflect on: • Emotional frameworks of loyalty • Political frameworks of loyalty • Ethical and legal frameworks of loyalty • The theory and practice of loyal behaviour • Loyalty and identity • Loyalty and power • Horizontal loyalties and solidarities • The material culture of loyalty • Contested and/or multiple loyalties • Disloyalty , such as women, children, exiles, and migrants. Please send a paper title, affiliation, and abstract of up to 150 words to Eleanor Bailey ejbailey98@outlook.com, Katy Bennett katy.bennett@york.ac.uk, AND Jenny McHugh j.mchugh@lancaster.ac.uk. Deadline 15th September.
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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naominar.bsky.social
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
Full plain text available at: https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/24/cfp-borders-boundaries-and-barriers-real-and-imagined-in-the-middle-ages/
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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mmapod.bsky.social
Apply to be on season 5! Details available on our website. 🩷
August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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sims-mss.bsky.social
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