Laura Rocklyn
@lauralostintime.bsky.social
I’m a writer, actress, and first person historical interpreter who loves to share stories — true and imagined!
My research, writing and solo performances are focused on women in the United States and Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
My research, writing and solo performances are focused on women in the United States and Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Tonight I went to a #RegencyBall at #ApsleyHouse!
It was a special thrill because when I did research in the papers of #BetsyBonaparte I found invitations to Betsy from the #DukeofWellington.
This evening I had the pleasure of channeling my inner Betsy at a ball in the Duke of Wellington’s house!
It was a special thrill because when I did research in the papers of #BetsyBonaparte I found invitations to Betsy from the #DukeofWellington.
This evening I had the pleasure of channeling my inner Betsy at a ball in the Duke of Wellington’s house!
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Join us on Dec. 2 for "The Devil Unleashed: The Royal Navy in Boston, 1685–1687." Author Steven Pitt with comments by Stephen R. Berry. Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join us on Dec. 2 for "The Devil Unleashed: The Royal Navy in Boston, 1685–1687." Author Steven Pitt with comments by Stephen R. Berry. Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
The resonance of this quote in CORINNE transfixed me:
“However distinguished a man may be, he never appreciates the superiority of a woman without mixed feelings. If he loves her, his heart is troubled; if he does not love her, his pride is offended.”
Mme de Staël, telling it like it is since 1807
“However distinguished a man may be, he never appreciates the superiority of a woman without mixed feelings. If he loves her, his heart is troubled; if he does not love her, his pride is offended.”
Mme de Staël, telling it like it is since 1807
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The resonance of this quote in CORINNE transfixed me:
“However distinguished a man may be, he never appreciates the superiority of a woman without mixed feelings. If he loves her, his heart is troubled; if he does not love her, his pride is offended.”
Mme de Staël, telling it like it is since 1807
“However distinguished a man may be, he never appreciates the superiority of a woman without mixed feelings. If he loves her, his heart is troubled; if he does not love her, his pride is offended.”
Mme de Staël, telling it like it is since 1807
I cannot recommend doing research @mhs1791.bsky.social highly enough!
Research fellowship applications for the 2026-2027 academic year are now open! Join our scholarly community and enrich your historical scholarship at the MHS. Apply now: masshistfellowships.slideroom.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I cannot recommend doing research @mhs1791.bsky.social highly enough!
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On the latest episode of the Object of History podcast, we visit Boston’s Museum of African American History to learn about the imposing stone used by William Lloyd Garrison to create the abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator."
Listen now: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...
Listen now: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...
July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On the latest episode of the Object of History podcast, we visit Boston’s Museum of African American History to learn about the imposing stone used by William Lloyd Garrison to create the abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator."
Listen now: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...
Listen now: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...
The @yorkminster.bsky.social #carillon sounded glorious tonight as we waited to entre the Quire for a special #Evensong featuring The Choir of York Minister’s annual performance of #JohannSebastianBach’s sublime #Cantata140, “Sleepers, wake” with orchestral accompaniment.
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The @yorkminster.bsky.social #carillon sounded glorious tonight as we waited to entre the Quire for a special #Evensong featuring The Choir of York Minister’s annual performance of #JohannSebastianBach’s sublime #Cantata140, “Sleepers, wake” with orchestral accompaniment.
Tonight I went to a #RegencyBall at #ApsleyHouse!
It was a special thrill because when I did research in the papers of #BetsyBonaparte I found invitations to Betsy from the #DukeofWellington.
This evening I had the pleasure of channeling my inner Betsy at a ball in the Duke of Wellington’s house!
It was a special thrill because when I did research in the papers of #BetsyBonaparte I found invitations to Betsy from the #DukeofWellington.
This evening I had the pleasure of channeling my inner Betsy at a ball in the Duke of Wellington’s house!
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Tonight I went to a #RegencyBall at #ApsleyHouse!
It was a special thrill because when I did research in the papers of #BetsyBonaparte I found invitations to Betsy from the #DukeofWellington.
This evening I had the pleasure of channeling my inner Betsy at a ball in the Duke of Wellington’s house!
It was a special thrill because when I did research in the papers of #BetsyBonaparte I found invitations to Betsy from the #DukeofWellington.
This evening I had the pleasure of channeling my inner Betsy at a ball in the Duke of Wellington’s house!
Reposted by Laura Rocklyn
On the latest bonus episode of The Object of History podcast, we visit the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation and learn about some of the museum’s most significant items related to the history of medicine. Listen here: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
On the latest bonus episode of The Object of History podcast, we visit the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation and learn about some of the museum’s most significant items related to the history of medicine. Listen here: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...
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"I think understanding the origin story, and understanding what the intention was, of the creation of the United States as it morphed, and as it changed as it went along, helps us today understand not only where we are, but where we could be going," Ken Burns said. https://to.pbs.org/4p6Y47H
Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' explores the beginnings of the nation's democracy
"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I think understanding the origin story, and understanding what the intention was, of the creation of the United States as it morphed, and as it changed as it went along, helps us today understand not only where we are, but where we could be going," Ken Burns said. https://to.pbs.org/4p6Y47H
I know it’s still November, but the floodgates of #ChristmasDecorations are definitely open in #York!
The period rooms #YorkCastleMuseum are elegantly adorned in the #holiday decorations appropriate to their periods.
Pictured here are
#17thCentury
#VictorianParlor
#GeorgianRoom
#MoorlandCottage
The period rooms #YorkCastleMuseum are elegantly adorned in the #holiday decorations appropriate to their periods.
Pictured here are
#17thCentury
#VictorianParlor
#GeorgianRoom
#MoorlandCottage
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I know it’s still November, but the floodgates of #ChristmasDecorations are definitely open in #York!
The period rooms #YorkCastleMuseum are elegantly adorned in the #holiday decorations appropriate to their periods.
Pictured here are
#17thCentury
#VictorianParlor
#GeorgianRoom
#MoorlandCottage
The period rooms #YorkCastleMuseum are elegantly adorned in the #holiday decorations appropriate to their periods.
Pictured here are
#17thCentury
#VictorianParlor
#GeorgianRoom
#MoorlandCottage
I’m usually adamant that I don’t start #Christmas festivities until Advent, but when I had the chance to attend the preview of #AGlitteringInvitation: Christmas at Harewood” how could I resist this #HolidayMagic? The already spectacular #HarewoodHouse has turned into a #Regency-inspired fairyland!
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m usually adamant that I don’t start #Christmas festivities until Advent, but when I had the chance to attend the preview of #AGlitteringInvitation: Christmas at Harewood” how could I resist this #HolidayMagic? The already spectacular #HarewoodHouse has turned into a #Regency-inspired fairyland!
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Submit an abstract for our Brontë Studies special issue on Poetry: close read one of their poems - think about the relationship with other poets - consider their legacy in poetry - creative responses welcome! Abstract deadline 1/4/26 for 12/26 article deadline - publication in 2028 🖤
To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry
Seeking original, high-quality analysis of Brontë poems, especially those with little to no critical attention
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Submit an abstract for our Brontë Studies special issue on Poetry: close read one of their poems - think about the relationship with other poets - consider their legacy in poetry - creative responses welcome! Abstract deadline 1/4/26 for 12/26 article deadline - publication in 2028 🖤
I’m delighted to perform in #YorkShakespeareProject’s script in hand production of #ThomasMiddleton’s #AGameAtChess on the 17th and 18th Nov. at 7.30pm at The Winning Post, York, UK.
Tickets here:
November 17: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
November 18: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
Tickets here:
November 17: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
November 18: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
A Game at Chess
A rehearsed reading of A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’m delighted to perform in #YorkShakespeareProject’s script in hand production of #ThomasMiddleton’s #AGameAtChess on the 17th and 18th Nov. at 7.30pm at The Winning Post, York, UK.
Tickets here:
November 17: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
November 18: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
Tickets here:
November 17: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
November 18: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-game-at-...
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Join us on Nov. 14 for our upcoming seminar, "Analyzing Networks Through Pension Claims: African American Women's Community Making at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Author Halima Haruna with comments by @alkleintop.bsky.social Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join us on Nov. 14 for our upcoming seminar, "Analyzing Networks Through Pension Claims: African American Women's Community Making at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Author Halima Haruna with comments by @alkleintop.bsky.social Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
I finally paid my first visit to #YorkCastleMuseum and was thrilled when I stumbled across their splendid #costume exhibit, #SecretsofDress.
There were so many innovative and immersive #exhibits to explore throughout the #museum that I’m sure I’ll be posting more photos from this visit for a while.
There were so many innovative and immersive #exhibits to explore throughout the #museum that I’m sure I’ll be posting more photos from this visit for a while.
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I finally paid my first visit to #YorkCastleMuseum and was thrilled when I stumbled across their splendid #costume exhibit, #SecretsofDress.
There were so many innovative and immersive #exhibits to explore throughout the #museum that I’m sure I’ll be posting more photos from this visit for a while.
There were so many innovative and immersive #exhibits to explore throughout the #museum that I’m sure I’ll be posting more photos from this visit for a while.
Reposted by Laura Rocklyn
We will be observing the national two-minute silence for Armistice Day at 11.00 today, Tuesday 11 November.
#ArmisticeDay
#ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We will be observing the national two-minute silence for Armistice Day at 11.00 today, Tuesday 11 November.
#ArmisticeDay
#ArmisticeDay
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TODAY! We’re very excited at CECS to hear from Dr Rachael King, our British Academy International Visiting Fellow this autumn.
📢 Our next seminar is just a week away, with Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social, presenting a paper titled ‘Digital Remediations of Manuscript Archives’
🗓️ Tuesday 11 November, 5pm
📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall
www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
🗓️ Tuesday 11 November, 5pm
📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall
www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
Digital Remediations of Manuscript Archives - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York
Rachael King, our British Academy International Fellow, addresses close and distant reading, and the computational analysis of manuscript archives.
www.york.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
TODAY! We’re very excited at CECS to hear from Dr Rachael King, our British Academy International Visiting Fellow this autumn.
Reposted by Laura Rocklyn
On #RemembranceSunday we invite you to use and share our resources on Women, the Great War, and the Vote. These resources consider how the war affected women’s lives and the longer term campaigns for women’s suffrage.
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
On #RemembranceSunday we invite you to use and share our resources on Women, the Great War, and the Vote. These resources consider how the war affected women’s lives and the longer term campaigns for women’s suffrage.
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
Lovely morning at #Shakespeare’sBirthplace, enjoying the #HistoricHouse and exploring the #exhibit in the visitors’ center, which is new since my last visit.
I’ve been spending so much time in the 18th century recently, that it’s a refreshing feeling to return to the #16thcentury for a bit.
I’ve been spending so much time in the 18th century recently, that it’s a refreshing feeling to return to the #16thcentury for a bit.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lovely morning at #Shakespeare’sBirthplace, enjoying the #HistoricHouse and exploring the #exhibit in the visitors’ center, which is new since my last visit.
I’ve been spending so much time in the 18th century recently, that it’s a refreshing feeling to return to the #16thcentury for a bit.
I’ve been spending so much time in the 18th century recently, that it’s a refreshing feeling to return to the #16thcentury for a bit.
It was a perfect #autumn day to visit #AnneHathaway’sCottage.
It was in this house that #Shakespeare’s wife #AnneHathaway grew up and there was something poignant about retracing his steps to visit her, walking from his Birthplace in the center of #Stratford-upon-Avon out to this peaceful spot.
It was in this house that #Shakespeare’s wife #AnneHathaway grew up and there was something poignant about retracing his steps to visit her, walking from his Birthplace in the center of #Stratford-upon-Avon out to this peaceful spot.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It was a perfect #autumn day to visit #AnneHathaway’sCottage.
It was in this house that #Shakespeare’s wife #AnneHathaway grew up and there was something poignant about retracing his steps to visit her, walking from his Birthplace in the center of #Stratford-upon-Avon out to this peaceful spot.
It was in this house that #Shakespeare’s wife #AnneHathaway grew up and there was something poignant about retracing his steps to visit her, walking from his Birthplace in the center of #Stratford-upon-Avon out to this peaceful spot.
For today’s #throwbackthursday I wanted to share this portrait of me as #ÉlisabethVigéeLeBrun in #MarieAntoinette: The Color of Flesh at #PerisphereTheater.
Perisphere’s Fall Fundraising Campaign runs until tomorrow, so this is your chance to support their vibrant and illuminating work.
Perisphere’s Fall Fundraising Campaign runs until tomorrow, so this is your chance to support their vibrant and illuminating work.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For today’s #throwbackthursday I wanted to share this portrait of me as #ÉlisabethVigéeLeBrun in #MarieAntoinette: The Color of Flesh at #PerisphereTheater.
Perisphere’s Fall Fundraising Campaign runs until tomorrow, so this is your chance to support their vibrant and illuminating work.
Perisphere’s Fall Fundraising Campaign runs until tomorrow, so this is your chance to support their vibrant and illuminating work.
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Veiled Self-Portrait, c. 1625-49, by #AnnaMariaVanSchurman (Dutch, 1607-1678), who was born #otd, Nov 5. Held by Museum Martena; image from projectvox.org/van-schurman... #womenartists #artherstory
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Veiled Self-Portrait, c. 1625-49, by #AnnaMariaVanSchurman (Dutch, 1607-1678), who was born #otd, Nov 5. Held by Museum Martena; image from projectvox.org/van-schurman... #womenartists #artherstory
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Revolutionary art wasn’t all Trumbull and Copley.
🎨 Some artists were enslaved. Some were women.
In Ep. 423, @drzara.bsky.social shares the story of Prince Demah—painter, patriot, and genius.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#ArtHistory #AmericanRevolution
🎨 Some artists were enslaved. Some were women.
In Ep. 423, @drzara.bsky.social shares the story of Prince Demah—painter, patriot, and genius.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#ArtHistory #AmericanRevolution
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Revolutionary art wasn’t all Trumbull and Copley.
🎨 Some artists were enslaved. Some were women.
In Ep. 423, @drzara.bsky.social shares the story of Prince Demah—painter, patriot, and genius.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#ArtHistory #AmericanRevolution
🎨 Some artists were enslaved. Some were women.
In Ep. 423, @drzara.bsky.social shares the story of Prince Demah—painter, patriot, and genius.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#ArtHistory #AmericanRevolution
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Today is #ElectionDay! Make your plan to vote and exercise your democracy. Get all the info you need at vote.org.
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
vote.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today is #ElectionDay! Make your plan to vote and exercise your democracy. Get all the info you need at vote.org.
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IT’S ELECTION DAY, AMERICA!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
IT’S ELECTION DAY, AMERICA!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
Wandering through the #EchoesofYorkshire Museum Illuminated event
@yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social last night was a transporting experience. The lights, projections, and soundscape made this already captivating historic space into something truly magical.
#illuminations #timetravel #abbeyruins
@yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social last night was a transporting experience. The lights, projections, and soundscape made this already captivating historic space into something truly magical.
#illuminations #timetravel #abbeyruins
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Wandering through the #EchoesofYorkshire Museum Illuminated event
@yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social last night was a transporting experience. The lights, projections, and soundscape made this already captivating historic space into something truly magical.
#illuminations #timetravel #abbeyruins
@yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social last night was a transporting experience. The lights, projections, and soundscape made this already captivating historic space into something truly magical.
#illuminations #timetravel #abbeyruins