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Misha Ewen
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Historian of gender & colonisation in the early modern British Atlantic world | Assistant Prof at University of Sussex | in Editor at English Historical Review | IG @mishaewen12
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eilishgregory.bsky.social
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
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jamdanfish.bsky.social
My new article on pauper apprenticeship is online and open access!

Bound to the soil (Part I): the origins of compulsory apprenticeship schemes in South-West rural England c.1670–1750

doi.org/10.1017/S026...
May 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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historyworkshop.org.uk
How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?

Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.

www.historyworkshop....
Indigenous Historical Practices
Delve into Indigenous history with our History Workshop series, highlighting complex systems of historical knowledge and their significance.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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historianmemory.bsky.social
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‘Bittersweet’: plaque unveiled for black footballer whose England call-up was rescinded
It will be a day of mixed emotions for family of late, great Jack Leslie when ceremony is held in Plymouth
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Great to see that Jake Subryan Richards' book, The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade (Yale, London) will be out in the autumn. Publication date 28 October 2025.
The Bonds of Freedom - Yale University Press London
The story of the long fight for freedom of African captives rescued from the illegal slave trade only to be forced back into bondage  The Bonds of Freed...
yalebooks.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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418 years ago today, Jamestown, Virginia—the first permanent English settlement in North America—was established. You can learn more about this event's importance to English society and early American history in @drmishaewen.bsky.social's book THE VIRGINIA VENTURE: bit.ly/4delPpE
The Virginia Venture – Penn Press
The Virginia Venture is an innovative exploration of how a wider public of women, children, and men across English society contributed to the foundation of t...
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May 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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And everyone should go and read it!

www.pennpress.org/978151282299...
May 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
drmishaewen.bsky.social
On the anniversary of the colonisation of Jamestown, @historytoday.com have made my article on the “Jamestown Brides” freely available: www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
#onthisday #Jamestown #history #Virginia #women
The Real Wives of Jamestown
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May 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
drmishaewen.bsky.social
14 May 1607: English colonists arrive at Jamestown. In my book The Virginia Venture @pennpress.bsky.social I explored the social history of this colonial project, from an English/transatlantic perspective involving women, the poor, children, institutions
#onthisday #Jamestown #Virginia #history
May 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
If you're working in museum collections, digital storytelling, or on projects exploring migration history, join the Migration Network on 20 May 2025, 10:00-12:30 for this online event.
Digital Journeys: Preserving & Sharing Migration Collections
Join us for our first Migration Network event dedicated to exploring collections - funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
drmishaewen.bsky.social
I haven’t been able to get into Bluesky yet, maybe still a bit traumatised from X…
In the meantime, posting slightly more interesting stuff about my research over on Insta @mishaewen12 ✨
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
drmishaewen.bsky.social
So thrilled that my piece on Barbary Newton, a seventeenth-century enslaving woman is out in the world - part of a WMQ article forum, “Absentee Women Enslavers: Two Case Studies” - paired with Jared Ross Hardesty’s research on the Mackintosh sisters w/ reflections from Zacek, Maskiell & Amussen ✨
first page of article in the william & mary quarterly contents page of the william & mary quarterly
April 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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ramonanegron.bsky.social
*VACANCY*

PhD in the study of religion and slavery in the context of Dutch colonialism and its afterlives at KITLV. Deadline: 16 May 2025 👇

vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Leiden-P...
PhD in the study of religion and slavery in the context of Dutch colonialism and its afterlives
PhD in the study of religion and slavery in the context of Dutch colonialism and its afterlives
vacatures.knaw.nl
April 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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cathfletcher.bsky.social
Attention #skystorians! Do you work on public history, memory or Tudor history (broadly understood)? @estelleprnq.bsky.social and I are launching a new project on the Break with Rome and want to hear from you 1/2
March 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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claireturner.bsky.social
Can anyone think of any instances when a mother might be deemed 'unnatural' in the period c.1700-1900?

I've got the more obvious things like infanticide, but I'm looking to branch out into other subversive female behaviours.
March 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory

Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01

www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
March 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
drmishaewen.bsky.social
A few more days to get abstracts in for this workshop in June, with keynotes from Susan Amussen & Jenny Shaw!
www.mmor.co.uk/news/cfp-car...
CFP: Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-Century Barbados and Britain — Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720
www.mmor.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Experience the future of the Portico! We’ve got a number of experimental events to support our Reunited project, a £9 million transformation to make the Library more accessible and sustainable.

Check out this piece by @mcrwire.bsky.social & join us on this exciting journey! bit.ly/4kfH3GR
The Portico Reunited: Manchester's historic library hosts a captivating experimental events programme this spring
Throughout February and April, The Portico stages a diverse series of events to support its ongoing Reunited Project.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
New episode! This week on BBC You’re Dead To Me we turn our hands to Arctic Exploration and go in search of the deadly Northwest Passage

With expert historian @hpsvanessa.bsky.social and comedian @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social

Listen now on BBC SOUNDS
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Photo of Stu Goldsmith in pink t-shirt, Dr Vanessa Heggie in black and white striped dress and red cardigan, and Greg Jenner in maroon knitwear. They’re all smiling in front of the BBC You’re Dead To Me podcast artwork on a TV screen Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Vanessa Heggie and comedian Stu Goldsmith to learn all about the perilous history of Arctic exploration. From the fifteenth to twentieth centuries, Europeans searched for the Northwest Passage, a supposed seaway between the Atlantic and Pacific through the Arctic Ocean. Indigenous groups had been traversing the passage for centuries, using small skin boats and dog sleds, but from 1497, European expeditions were launched to find and claim it. Most of these ended in failure, with explorers either returning home empty handed or not returning at all. Some even got completely lost, arriving in Hawaii or North Carolina rather than Canada! In 1845, the most famous Arctic expedition, led by Sir John Franklin, was launched. Within a few months, his two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, with their crew of 129 souls, had vanished. It was not until 1906 that a Norwegian team, led by Roald Amundsen, finally navigated the passage. This episode explores the often fatal quest for the Northwest Passage, charting the various expeditions that tried and failed to find and traverse it, uncovering the men who lost their lives looking for it, and asking why Europeans were so keen to explore such a hostile region of the world. And we unravel the mystery of just what happened to John Franklin and his men out there on the ice. If you're a fan of intrepid explorers, mysterious historical disappearances and the history of scientific advancement, you'll love our episode on Arctic Exploration. You're Dead To Me is the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Every episode, Greg Jenner brings together the best names in history and comedy to learn and laugh about the past. Hosted by: Greg Jenner Research by: Matt Ryan Written by: Matt Ryan, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner Produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Production Coordinator: Ben Hollands Senior Producer: Emma Nagouse Executive Editor: James Cook
February 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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ICYMI - I’m running a new online course in April exploring the connected histories of Pendle and Salem witch trials. If that’s your kind of thing, do consider signing up! Details below ⬇️
histfest.bsky.social HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · Feb 24
*NEW COURSE*

Pendle & Salem: Witchcraft in 17th-Century England and Colonial America

Starts: Thurs 17 April
Duration: 4-week online course
Fee: £40 (+ booking fee)
Tutor: Rebecca Rideal
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pendle-sal...
Course poster. Pendle & Salem: Witchcraft in 17th-Century England and Colonial America. An online course with Rebecca Rideal. Starts Thursday 17 April. The top of the poster has a woodcut image of witches, a still from The Crucible and a Victorian imagining of the Salem Witch Trials . The bottom right of the poster has a picture of Rebecca Rideal.
February 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
This is cool! A state school has defeated Eton to reach the finals of the International History Bowl & Bee in Vienna. They’re former winners, and are sending two young teams to compete again

They need help with travel costs, can you help these young historians? www.gofundme.com/f/send-the-f...
Donate to Help send the Farnham Heath End History buffs to Vienna !, organised by Farnham Heath End History Department
I am the Head of History at Farnham Heath End and we are fund… Farnham Heath End History Department needs your support for Help send the Farnham Heath End History buffs to Vienna !
www.gofundme.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'Multiple Dutch universities have announced reorganisations that are likely to involve layoffs, in the wake of drastic government budget cuts that will amount to about €500 million (£414 million) a year across higher education and research.' 1/2
Layoffs begin at Dutch universities as deep budget cuts bite
Institutions caught in a ‘perfect storm’ owing to reductions in government spending and international student restrictions
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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📢NEW MANY-HEADED MONSTER SERIES📢

Today I introduce 'Visual Culture in #EarlyModern England', a series that celebrates the relaunch of the brilliant 'British Printed Images to 1700' database and showcases historians' use of printed images.

🗃️ #Skystorians

manyheadedmonster.com/2025/02/24/a...
Screenshot of the front page of British Printed Images to 1700. Printed images border the screen on both sides, in the centre is the website title and various links: About, Search, Resources, Research.
February 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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It's a new dawn, it's a new day, Vast Early America. Excited to be here.
a sunset sky with a lot of clouds
Alt: Dawn of a new day
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February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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📢WILLS PROJECT PROGRESS 📢

📜353,402 lines transcribed
🙋2,582 volunteers
⌛7,816 hours 23 minutes of work

We're staggered by the engagement with our wills. Thank you to every single person who has transcribed a line for us! 👏🙏🙌

#EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social
materialwills.bsky.social The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · Feb 17
📢 A Zooniverse Progress Update! 📢

We're delighted that (as of last week) 2,582 users (and counting!) have contributed to our Zooniverse site 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦

@zooniverse.bsky.social volunteers have checked 353,402 lines of transcribed text 📜✍️

The total time spent by volunteers is 7,816 hours 23 minutes ⏳

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February 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM