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Joshua Rushton
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Historian of Catholicism, Italy, and environments | Lecturer in early modern history at Uni of Manchester | Reviews Editor at Journal of Religious History
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My book is now out! 🎉

Islamic Objects in Seventeenth-Century Italy: Ferdinando Cospi, the Bologna Collection and the Medici Court @edinburghup.bsky.social

Very exciting to see it in the flesh ☺️
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October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Excited to share that from October I’ll be working as a Bridging Fellow in Medical Humanities at Durham University! I’ll be developing my project on ‘The Sensescapes of Cancer, 1700-1950’ and publishing my PhD research on sensory experiences of plague in early modern London. I can’t wait to start!
July 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I'll be in Manchester regularly between May and July next year, so do let me know if you're planning on being in the city in any of those months!
claireturner.bsky.social Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · Jul 9
I'm delighted to share that I've been awarded a Visiting Early Career Research Fellowship at the John Rylands Research Institute in Manchester! I'll be working on my new project on 'The Sensescapes of Cancer, c.1700-1950'.
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Love’s Labour Launches with a roar! Thanks to many roarsome people I’ve gone from peasant to PhD, to Professor, and Penguin author with Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction out today. 🐅

Pls share, read, and help create a worthwhile world.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#BookSky #HPS #Skystorians 🗃️
Book cover for Vanished. Features a nineteenth-century print with a fossilised mastodon skeleton, Asian elephant being ridden by a turbaned man, Native and colonial figures looking on. In the background is a mountainous landscape and there is also a single passenger pigeon in the sky. The whole scene is framed by an ornate frame and foliage. Below the book is the following text: A love letter to the astonishing ways of being that have survived past extinctions, and an exhortation to create a worthwhile world.
June 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Rogue question of the day: does anyone happen to know of any references (primary or secondary) to feelings of disgust in relation to medical practice, past and/or present?
June 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I am beyond proud of my bestie @joshuarushton8.bsky.social on securing Leverhulme funding for his amazing new project! Can’t wait to see what comes out of it.
joshuarushton8.bsky.social Joshua Rushton @joshuarushton8.bsky.social · May 22
I’m so thrilled by this news and extremely grateful to the many people who have supported me with this! Looking forward to starting the project “Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World” in 2026! 🎉
bemccollective.bsky.social Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · May 22
Congratulations to our very own @joshuarushton8.bsky.social who has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his project "Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World". Read all about it here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
May 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I’m so thrilled by this news and extremely grateful to the many people who have supported me with this! Looking forward to starting the project “Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World” in 2026! 🎉
bemccollective.bsky.social Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · May 22
Congratulations to our very own @joshuarushton8.bsky.social who has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his project "Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World". Read all about it here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
Dr Joshua Rushton wins Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
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May 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Congratulations to our very own @joshuarushton8.bsky.social who has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his project "Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World". Read all about it here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
Dr Joshua Rushton wins Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
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May 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Call for Papers #HistSTM #EnvHist: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025. Organisers: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @duncanwilson78.bsky.social

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Planetary Futures: Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene
Conference, 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Manchester. Call for Papers
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April 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Don't forget to submit your abstract in for our June conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' - speaker expenses will be covered and we have two amazing keynotes in Marcy Norton & Sara Miglietti!
sashahandley.bsky.social Sasha Handley @sashahandley.bsky.social · Dec 10
Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...
January 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Congratulations to @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social who has received a Wellcome Trust Early Career Award for 'The Fats of Life, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine', which she will take up at UCL in autumn 2025. Read more about this fascinating project here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
Dr Holly Fletcher Receives Wellcome Trust Early Career Award
Holly Fletcher, who is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the ‘Sleeping Well’ Project at the University of Manchester, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Early Career Award for ...
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April 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Congratulations to Joshua Rushton, whose article 'The Emotional Dimension of Shrine Formation in Early Modern Catholicism' is now out in Cultural and Social History. Read more about this fascinating work here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
New Cultural and Social History Article by Dr Joshua Rushton
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April 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Thank you for this @bemccollective.bsky.social !
bemccollective.bsky.social Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · Apr 15
Congratulations to Joshua Rushton, whose article 'The Emotional Dimension of Shrine Formation in Early Modern Catholicism' is now out in Cultural and Social History. Read more about this fascinating work here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
New Cultural and Social History Article by Dr Joshua Rushton
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April 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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And another on climate justice and the Anthropocene. Lots of others on the website, but these obviously resonate strongly with my own interests and expertise so sharing here.

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Climate Justice in the Anthropocene: An Introductory Reading List - JSTOR Daily
Justice discourse in the Anthropocene has shown us that perhaps we aren't as homogeneous of an “Anthros” as we’d expect.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Just come across this really useful list on the links between natural history and empire, featuring moi as ‘essential reading’. Perfect if you’re interested in museums or science more broadly too. Also ideal for passing to students as a starting point.

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Natural History: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily
This annotated bibliography samples scholarship on the rich—and difficult—history of natural history.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This is long overdue.

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Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs
Remains brought to Britain as part of colonialism, such as Egyptian mummies, should be repatriated, a report says
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March 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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I'm on the lookout for Wellcome Early Career Award applications that people might be willing to share with me. I've asked before on my other social media but not on here, so reaching out to see if I have any new connections willing to help. Please share!
March 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS

We are delighted to share the CFP for our second symposium, ‘The Politics of Blood Donation and Transfusion: Histories, Controversies, and Futures’.

Details on how to apply, including a link to our submission site, can be found via our website:

hematopolitics.org/symposium/
The Politics of Blood Donation and Transfusion: Histories, Controversies, and Futures 6 June 2025, Thackray Museum of Medicine (Leeds, UK) Keynote Speaker: Dr Jenny Bangham (University of Edinburgh) From early transfusion experiments and wartime blood banking to contemporary controversies over donor eligibility and the global plasma economy, blood has been a site of both solidarity and division. At the same time, new developments in synthetic blood, xenotransfusion, and bioengineered alternatives challenge existing frameworks of donation and transfusion, raising questions about the future of blood governance, ethics, and access. This symposium seeks to examine the historical, social, and political dimensions of blood donation and transfusion, focusing on how they have been governed, contested, and reimagined across time and space. We invite contributions from scholars in anthropology, history, sociology, medical humanities, Science and Technology Studies, bioethics, and related fields. This symposium is held in conjunction with the special exhibition Blood: Ties and Tensions at the Thackray Museum of Medicine and will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Jenny Bangham, author of Blood Relations: Transfusion and the Making of Human Genetics (2020, University of Chicago Press). Panellists will also have the opportunity to explore the exhibition, fostering further discussions around its curated themes. A limited number of bursaries will be available to support domestic travel for postgraduate, early career researchers, and independent scholars. Some key questions we seek to explore: • How have the politics of blood donation and transfusion changed over time, and how do these shifts reflect broader transformations in biomedicine, nationalism, and social imaginaries? • How has the history of blood banking shaped knowledge and discourses on race and ethnicity, class and caste, gender, sex, sexuality, and citizenship? • How do infrastructures of blood banking and the commercialization of blood products reproduce or mitigate global health inequalities? • What ethical and political challenges emerge with new blood technologies, such as synthetic blood, xenotransfusion, and stem cell-based alternatives? • How do patients, donors, and medical professionals experience and navigate the evolving landscape of blood donation and transfusion? • How do artistic, literary, and activist engagements with blood expose or reimagine the politics of donation and transfusion? Potential topics include, but are not limited to: • Historical and contemporary shifts in donor eligibility and exclusion • National blood donation policies and their political and ethical stakes • Racialised and gendered discourses surrounding blood donation and transfusion • Ethics and governance of blood banking, plasma economies, and commercialised donation • Technological futures: synthetic blood, xenotransfusion, and regenerative medicine • Stigma and discrimination in blood donation and patients receiving transfusion • Political, aesthetic, and activist engagements with blood donation and transfusion in media, art, and literature To apply: Please submit a 200–300 word abstract and a brief bio (100-150 word) via the Submission Point by 25 April. We hope the symposium will lead to contributions to a special issue or edited volume. For any inquiries, please contact Dr Jieun Kim (j.e.kim@leeds.ac.uk) or Dr Claire Turner (c.o.turner@leeds.ac.uk).
March 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I had a wonderful time at the launch of 'Blood: Ties & Tensions' last night! @hematopolitics.bsky.social have been working closely with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social to put together a brilliant display of objects, stories, and art pieces that bright to light the significance of our blood.
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I'm looking to share some of my new research on the moral and medical dimensions of breastfeeding and breast cancer (1600-1900). If you know of any seminar series, conferences, or societies that might be interested in having me present, please let me know! I rarely see CFPs on here nowadays...
February 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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save the date: I'm giving a paper on my new research project, 'Gender, Identity, and the Senses in Early Modern Cancer Cases', at @crems-york.bsky.social on Feb 20 at 12:15pm!
January 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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For Bluesky thinking from our IHR Italy 1200-1700 seminar, check out our seminar programme: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/ita...
Italy 1200-1700
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January 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...
December 10, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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I’ve finally finished my book on extinction! If you’re interested in reading how ideas of race, empire, and extinction have shaped our world and left important legacies for thinking about just conservation and the future of our planet, preorder here.

#skystorians

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Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction a book by Sadiah Qureshi.
Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90 percent of species that ever lived are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in a world where species ...
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December 8, 2024 at 2:44 PM