Ruth Atherton
@ruthatherton.bsky.social
Lecturer in #Earlymodern History at USW. Deputy Editor of Reformation & Renaissance Review. Interested in 16C German religion, education and culture. Writing a book on early modern catechisms. Mum to 2 rascals and 1 excitable spaniel.
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Ruth Atherton
@ruthatherton.bsky.social
· May 10
Consolation in Sixteenth Century Protestant Church Orders
This article presents four ways that demonstrate how Protestant church orders provided comfort and consolation to the laity in sixteenth century Germany, with specific focus on the sacraments of ba...
www.tandfonline.com
My article has been published! And it's open access so you can all enjoy reading about Protestant church orders 🤣 #earlymodern #churchhistory #skystorians #history #reformazing
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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About to embark on the long journey to #RenSA26 and San Francisco.
I'll be there as @rsaorg.bsky.social Religion Discipline Rep and as co-editor of the Transactions of @royalhistsoc.org.
If you have ideas for an article or just want to talk about submissions, please send me a DM!
#earlymodern
I'll be there as @rsaorg.bsky.social Religion Discipline Rep and as co-editor of the Transactions of @royalhistsoc.org.
If you have ideas for an article or just want to talk about submissions, please send me a DM!
#earlymodern
February 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
About to embark on the long journey to #RenSA26 and San Francisco.
I'll be there as @rsaorg.bsky.social Religion Discipline Rep and as co-editor of the Transactions of @royalhistsoc.org.
If you have ideas for an article or just want to talk about submissions, please send me a DM!
#earlymodern
I'll be there as @rsaorg.bsky.social Religion Discipline Rep and as co-editor of the Transactions of @royalhistsoc.org.
If you have ideas for an article or just want to talk about submissions, please send me a DM!
#earlymodern
I'm at the point where I hate every part of my book. I hope this is a normal feeling and not a sign that my book is, in fact, a complete mess...
#earlymodern #amwriting #skystorians #sendchocolate
#earlymodern #amwriting #skystorians #sendchocolate
a cat is sitting on the floor against a wall .
ALT: a cat is sitting on the floor against a wall .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I'm at the point where I hate every part of my book. I hope this is a normal feeling and not a sign that my book is, in fact, a complete mess...
#earlymodern #amwriting #skystorians #sendchocolate
#earlymodern #amwriting #skystorians #sendchocolate
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Well this is a very touching local news story.
Leicester Cathedral reveals sign language wedding held in 1576
Cathedral bosses believe the signed service could have been one of the first in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Well this is a very touching local news story.
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Only 2 weeks left to submit your proposal for this year's Medieval Germany Workshop in cooperation with German History Society! 📯
📅 29 May 2026
📍German Historical Institute London
⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2026
1/3
📅 29 May 2026
📍German Historical Institute London
⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2026
1/3
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Only 2 weeks left to submit your proposal for this year's Medieval Germany Workshop in cooperation with German History Society! 📯
📅 29 May 2026
📍German Historical Institute London
⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2026
1/3
📅 29 May 2026
📍German Historical Institute London
⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2026
1/3
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If you have graduate students working with medieval manuscripts this free online training might be useful 👇
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Digital Tools for Manuscript Studies
www.sas.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If you have graduate students working with medieval manuscripts this free online training might be useful 👇
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
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Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
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There have been some fantastic proposals so far! The CFP is open until 13th Feb so there is still time to submit a proposal 😁
The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Lay Religion in the Reformation
SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION STUDIES
32nd Annual Conference
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
There have been some fantastic proposals so far! The CFP is open until 13th Feb so there is still time to submit a proposal 😁
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How do you become a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society? What kinds of activity lead to Fellowship?
RHS Fellows are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'. We've a new guide to the many ways Fellows achieve and demonstrate this bit.ly/48mpcJa
#Skystorians 1/2
RHS Fellows are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'. We've a new guide to the many ways Fellows achieve and demonstrate this bit.ly/48mpcJa
#Skystorians 1/2
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
How do you become a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society? What kinds of activity lead to Fellowship?
RHS Fellows are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'. We've a new guide to the many ways Fellows achieve and demonstrate this bit.ly/48mpcJa
#Skystorians 1/2
RHS Fellows are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'. We've a new guide to the many ways Fellows achieve and demonstrate this bit.ly/48mpcJa
#Skystorians 1/2
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The countdown is on for our Winter Meeting 2026!
You can check out the speaker lineup on our website: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#HistoryConference #EHSWinter26
You can check out the speaker lineup on our website: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#HistoryConference #EHSWinter26
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The countdown is on for our Winter Meeting 2026!
You can check out the speaker lineup on our website: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#HistoryConference #EHSWinter26
You can check out the speaker lineup on our website: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#HistoryConference #EHSWinter26
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Grants!
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
Grants
Previous grant recipients If you would like to help us support early career scholars in bibliography, please email our Treasurer (treasurer@oxbibsoc.org.uk) to discuss how you can help. Any donatio…
oxbibsoc.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Grants!
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
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The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...
bit.ly
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
No time to write.
Make a Bond movie academic
Diamonds Are for Tenure
Diamonds Are for Tenure
Make a Bond movie academic
Live and Let Cite
Live and Let Cite
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
No time to write.
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Our tribute to Natalie Zemon Davis, in the Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte. Please share widely!
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte - Archive for Reformation History Volume 116 Issue 1
Volume 116, issue 1 of the journal Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte - Archive for Reformation History was published in 2025.
www.degruyterbrill.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Our tribute to Natalie Zemon Davis, in the Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte. Please share widely!
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
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Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
www.history.ac.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.
I have completely finished one of the harder chapters of my book. It's a Christmas miracle! #ecrchat #skystorians #reformazing #phew
a cartoon character is standing on a stage with his arms outstretched .
ALT: a cartoon character is standing on a stage with his arms outstretched .
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I have completely finished one of the harder chapters of my book. It's a Christmas miracle! #ecrchat #skystorians #reformazing #phew
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Post-Doc Fellowships at the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 2027 (Lower Saxony) www.hab.de/en/forschung...
Research grants – HAB
Herzog August Bibliothek
www.hab.de
December 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Post-Doc Fellowships at the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 2027 (Lower Saxony) www.hab.de/en/forschung...
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all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
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THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
socialhistory.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
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The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Lay Religion in the Reformation
SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION STUDIES
32nd Annual Conference
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
There is no netball tonight so I have got dressed in my gym kit as a reminder/motivation to do some exercise at lunch time. Future Ruth is chortling at present Ruth's optimism.
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
There is no netball tonight so I have got dressed in my gym kit as a reminder/motivation to do some exercise at lunch time. Future Ruth is chortling at present Ruth's optimism.
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
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We are delighted to welcome Dr Kate Gibson (Manchester) on Wednesday 12 November, 3.30-5pm in Forum Seminar Room 10 and on Teams for the following CEMS seminar:
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We are delighted to welcome Dr Kate Gibson (Manchester) on Wednesday 12 November, 3.30-5pm in Forum Seminar Room 10 and on Teams for the following CEMS seminar:
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
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On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Thomas Lecaque tells us about his current book project on holy war rhetoric in colonial America. Listen on podcast streaming services or the MHS website: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Thomas Lecaque tells us about his current book project on holy war rhetoric in colonial America. Listen on podcast streaming services or the MHS website: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...