Grace Owen
@graceowen.bsky.social
PhD in History, postdoctoral researcher @durhamhistory.bsky.social on 'Modelling the Black Death' project. Former Postan @EcHistSoc fellow and researcher for @womensworkexe.
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Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Writing History c. 1000-1250: An Introduction to the Manuscript Sources – a short course taught by Charlie Rozier, Manuel Muñoz García and Laura Cleaver
The course will run online from 14:00-17:00: Monday 26 January – Thursday 29 January 2026. The past was a popular subject for writers in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, partic…
palaeography.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Alex Brown and I have a new piece in @uk.theconversation.com - check it out! #medievalsky #history #medieval theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits
Some peasants were entitled to up to a year and a day of leave if they were sick.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Alex Brown and I have a new piece in @uk.theconversation.com - check it out! #medievalsky #history #medieval theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
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You are building a guild hall in 1357.
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
You are building a guild hall in 1357.
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
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Happy Halloween from Leeds IMS - and from the friendly bats on this cloister window from Lisbon cathdral #medievalsky #gothicarchitecture #sedelisboa #bat #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy Halloween from Leeds IMS - and from the friendly bats on this cloister window from Lisbon cathdral #medievalsky #gothicarchitecture #sedelisboa #bat #Halloween
New article alert 📢! Alex Brown, Tudor Skinner and I have written about the sick leave rights of unfree peasants in Medieval England. You may be surprised by the long length of absences that were granted! Read through open access here: doi.org/10.1017/jbr.... #History #Medieval
Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England - Volume 64
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New article alert 📢! Alex Brown, Tudor Skinner and I have written about the sick leave rights of unfree peasants in Medieval England. You may be surprised by the long length of absences that were granted! Read through open access here: doi.org/10.1017/jbr.... #History #Medieval
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'Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England' – new article by Grace Owen, Alex Brown, and Tudor Skinner in the Journal of British Studies bit.ly/4hrVxCs (with colourful charts too!)
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
'Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England' – new article by Grace Owen, Alex Brown, and Tudor Skinner in the Journal of British Studies bit.ly/4hrVxCs (with colourful charts too!)
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Job researching plants and enslavement
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History at University of Bristol
Recruiting now: Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Job researching plants and enslavement
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
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📢 #medievalsky: The #CfP for #TOEBI2025
📅Date: Saturday, 25th October 2025
📜Theme: "Education and Early Medieval England"
🏫The #TOEBI conference and annual meeting for 2025 will be held at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
⏳Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 2nd May
📅Date: Saturday, 25th October 2025
📜Theme: "Education and Early Medieval England"
🏫The #TOEBI conference and annual meeting for 2025 will be held at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
⏳Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 2nd May
March 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📢 #medievalsky: The #CfP for #TOEBI2025
📅Date: Saturday, 25th October 2025
📜Theme: "Education and Early Medieval England"
🏫The #TOEBI conference and annual meeting for 2025 will be held at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
⏳Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 2nd May
📅Date: Saturday, 25th October 2025
📜Theme: "Education and Early Medieval England"
🏫The #TOEBI conference and annual meeting for 2025 will be held at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
⏳Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 2nd May
Had a great time with @pampowell.bsky.social at Lincoln cathedral and castle, topped off with seeing the magna carta (meaning I have now seen all four!) #history #medievalsky
March 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Had a great time with @pampowell.bsky.social at Lincoln cathedral and castle, topped off with seeing the magna carta (meaning I have now seen all four!) #history #medievalsky
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📢Academic Job Klaxon📢
Our Inventing Futures team is growing - we’re looking for three early career researchers in Early Modern European History, French, and Italian Studies.
Could you be one of our new colleagues?
Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/4w9ssbxe
Our Inventing Futures team is growing - we’re looking for three early career researchers in Early Modern European History, French, and Italian Studies.
Could you be one of our new colleagues?
Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/4w9ssbxe
Inventing Futures Job Opportunities - Durham University
tinyurl.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📢Academic Job Klaxon📢
Our Inventing Futures team is growing - we’re looking for three early career researchers in Early Modern European History, French, and Italian Studies.
Could you be one of our new colleagues?
Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/4w9ssbxe
Our Inventing Futures team is growing - we’re looking for three early career researchers in Early Modern European History, French, and Italian Studies.
Could you be one of our new colleagues?
Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/4w9ssbxe
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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...
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...
February 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
📢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...
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...
Spent the day at the National Archives, looking through a cartulary. I will never stop being amused by the doodles and marginalia in medieval texts #history #medievalsky
February 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Spent the day at the National Archives, looking through a cartulary. I will never stop being amused by the doodles and marginalia in medieval texts #history #medievalsky
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If you're looking for news from fellow historians, try our Starter Pack of #History societies and networks go.bsky.app/68FsvjY.
With 100+ organisations working for history, it offers information on events, funding and campaigning for our discipline and profession: UK, Europe & RoW #skystorians
With 100+ organisations working for history, it offers information on events, funding and campaigning for our discipline and profession: UK, Europe & RoW #skystorians
February 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If you're looking for news from fellow historians, try our Starter Pack of #History societies and networks go.bsky.app/68FsvjY.
With 100+ organisations working for history, it offers information on events, funding and campaigning for our discipline and profession: UK, Europe & RoW #skystorians
With 100+ organisations working for history, it offers information on events, funding and campaigning for our discipline and profession: UK, Europe & RoW #skystorians
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📣New post alert!📣
It is common to assume that unmarried mothers and their children were disadvantaged in the past - and it is true that they did have notably worse life outcomes. But why? @amrcampop.bsky.social explores some social, economic, and demographic factors.
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
It is common to assume that unmarried mothers and their children were disadvantaged in the past - and it is true that they did have notably worse life outcomes. But why? @amrcampop.bsky.social explores some social, economic, and demographic factors.
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📣New post alert!📣
It is common to assume that unmarried mothers and their children were disadvantaged in the past - and it is true that they did have notably worse life outcomes. But why? @amrcampop.bsky.social explores some social, economic, and demographic factors.
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
It is common to assume that unmarried mothers and their children were disadvantaged in the past - and it is true that they did have notably worse life outcomes. But why? @amrcampop.bsky.social explores some social, economic, and demographic factors.
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
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Join @vchlondon.bsky.social & experts in British nonconformity, Judaism & Global Majority Evangelical church communities for this free online training session in March.
NEW TRAINING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us in March to learn more about how to research place-based religious histories beyond the parish church. Everyone is welcome for this free training. www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...
January 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join @vchlondon.bsky.social & experts in British nonconformity, Judaism & Global Majority Evangelical church communities for this free online training session in March.
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📢We are hiring 📢
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
December 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM
📢We are hiring 📢
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
I've spent a lot of time trawling through manorial accounts at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social
for the last few weeks and it never ceases to bring me joy finding marginalia like this!
for the last few weeks and it never ceases to bring me joy finding marginalia like this!
December 17, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I've spent a lot of time trawling through manorial accounts at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social
for the last few weeks and it never ceases to bring me joy finding marginalia like this!
for the last few weeks and it never ceases to bring me joy finding marginalia like this!
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Applications invited for the Society's Workshop Grants, 2025. Grants provide £1,000 for historians to come together to pursue a project relating to their work bit.ly/3Omeg4T
Not just research, but also grant writing, networking, teaching and others.
Closing date: Friday 24 January #Skystorians 1/2
Not just research, but also grant writing, networking, teaching and others.
Closing date: Friday 24 January #Skystorians 1/2
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Applications invited for the Society's Workshop Grants, 2025. Grants provide £1,000 for historians to come together to pursue a project relating to their work bit.ly/3Omeg4T
Not just research, but also grant writing, networking, teaching and others.
Closing date: Friday 24 January #Skystorians 1/2
Not just research, but also grant writing, networking, teaching and others.
Closing date: Friday 24 January #Skystorians 1/2
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Each year, Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow advertises several Fellowships for visiting researchers. The application deadline for 2025 is 6th January. It’s an amazing collection, especially for medievalists and early modernists - apply!
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Library - Research FellowsSearch iconClose menu iconMenu icon bar 1Menu icon bar 2Menu icon bar 3
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November 26, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Each year, Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow advertises several Fellowships for visiting researchers. The application deadline for 2025 is 6th January. It’s an amazing collection, especially for medievalists and early modernists - apply!
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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The full IHR #London #SummerSchool 2025 programme is now live! Join us in July 2025 as we explore London’s history through its #REBELS. 10% discount still available until 13/12/24! https://buff.ly/4fUSvVX
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 PM
The full IHR #London #SummerSchool 2025 programme is now live! Join us in July 2025 as we explore London’s history through its #REBELS. 10% discount still available until 13/12/24! https://buff.ly/4fUSvVX