Sarah Bendall
@sarahabendall.bsky.social
Material Culture | Women’s History | Trade, Production & Consumption of Fashion 1500-1800 | Recreation & Making |📚 Shaping Femininity & Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens (Bloomsbury) |✍️ Embodied Experiences of Making (AUP) | sarahabendall.com
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My next book, The Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens, has a cover!!! And a preorder link!! Yippee!
www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-who...
www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-who...
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🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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#earlymodern #17thC I'm not on here often, but...my first ever history article is out! It's about the goings-on in 17th C Ashton-under-Lyne. I've been passionate about 17th C history for decades, but it's not my official academic field so I'm very excited :) www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MZICG...
From Jacobean ‘nonconformity’ to Restoration Nonconformity: three rectors, one parish, and English Church turmoil in a nutshell
The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester had only three rectors for nearly the whole of the seventeenth century: Henry Fairfax from 1619 to 1643; John Harrison from 1643 to 1662; and Thomas ...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
#earlymodern #17thC I'm not on here often, but...my first ever history article is out! It's about the goings-on in 17th C Ashton-under-Lyne. I've been passionate about 17th C history for decades, but it's not my official academic field so I'm very excited :) www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MZICG...
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Apply for this! #EarlyModern 🗃️
JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Apply for this! #EarlyModern 🗃️
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30% discount code for my book, "Ottomans and the Supernatural". Please share it with your librarians!
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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@rsaorg.bsky.social's inaugural Eloise Quiñones Keber Fellowship "supports research travel for a scholar working in any area of pre-Columbian, early modern, or colonial Latin American art history for the period 1300–1700."
Apply by March 1. 🗃
#arthistory #LatinAmerica
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Apply by March 1. 🗃
#arthistory #LatinAmerica
www.rsa.org/page/keberfe...
www.rsa.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Call for Papers: Revolt of the Provinces? A Conference at the National Civil War Centre in Newark exploring the local impact and legacies of the ‘English’ Civil War(s). Organised by The Lincoln Record Society. Please share! #cfp #earlymodern royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the...
The Revolt of the Provinces: Local Dimensions of the English Civil War - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Revolt of the Provinces: Local Dimensions of the English Civil War A one-day conference, organised by the Lincoln Record Society, to be held at the National Civil War Centre, Newa...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Call for Papers: Revolt of the Provinces? A Conference at the National Civil War Centre in Newark exploring the local impact and legacies of the ‘English’ Civil War(s). Organised by The Lincoln Record Society. Please share! #cfp #earlymodern royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the...
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Early Modernists on Bluesky! Can someone provide me with bibliographical indications on fur trade in Central- and Eastern Europe in the sixteenth century?
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Early Modernists on Bluesky! Can someone provide me with bibliographical indications on fur trade in Central- and Eastern Europe in the sixteenth century?
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If you've ever used the #earlyModern #18thc #openData London Lives Pauper Exams dataset I shared on Zenodo back in 2018, I've discovered that it omitted 4000+ names. (!!!) I've published an update rectifying this and making some other updates. zenodo.org/records/184502…
sharonhoward/llep: v3.0 February 2026
Major correction to names data Changed data format to CSV A few other updates, improvements and corrections
zenodo.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If you've ever used the #earlyModern #18thc #openData London Lives Pauper Exams dataset I shared on Zenodo back in 2018, I've discovered that it omitted 4000+ names. (!!!) I've published an update rectifying this and making some other updates. zenodo.org/records/184502…
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STIP: The Burlington Magazine scholarship for French 18th Century art
https://arthist.net/archive/51622
https://arthist.net/archive/51622
The Burlington Magazine scholarship for French 18th Century art
Zoe Firth. The Burlington Magazine, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.03.2026
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January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
STIP: The Burlington Magazine scholarship for French 18th Century art
https://arthist.net/archive/51622
https://arthist.net/archive/51622
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Inspired by the #BSECS2026 talk on the fabulous "Three Thousand Dishes on a Georgian Table, 1788-1813" data compiled by @historybeagle.bsky.social and team, I pulled together this website:
threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk
It is such a fun dataset to explore!
@bsecs.bsky.social #c18th #foodhistory
threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk
It is such a fun dataset to explore!
@bsecs.bsky.social #c18th #foodhistory
Three Thousand Dishes | Royal Dining in Georgian England
Explore 40,000+ dishes served to King George III and the Prince Regent (1788-1813). A digital resource for Georgian food history.
threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Inspired by the #BSECS2026 talk on the fabulous "Three Thousand Dishes on a Georgian Table, 1788-1813" data compiled by @historybeagle.bsky.social and team, I pulled together this website:
threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk
It is such a fun dataset to explore!
@bsecs.bsky.social #c18th #foodhistory
threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk
It is such a fun dataset to explore!
@bsecs.bsky.social #c18th #foodhistory
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‘Tasting History: Researching and Experiencing the Development of the Cheese Trade’, with @cheesetastingco.bsky.social and @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social, hosted by Birkbeck's Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Feb 24th!
Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
‘Tasting History: Researching and Experiencing the Development of the Cheese Trade’, with @cheesetastingco.bsky.social and @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social, hosted by Birkbeck's Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Feb 24th!
Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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Hello #skystorians.
Possibly a silly question, but is there an easy way to find out if our books are being used to teach? And if so, what is it?!
OR if any of you are using my book in your teaching, could you please let me know?
Thank you so much!
#18thC #ECR #publishing #teaching #research 🗃️
Possibly a silly question, but is there an easy way to find out if our books are being used to teach? And if so, what is it?!
OR if any of you are using my book in your teaching, could you please let me know?
Thank you so much!
#18thC #ECR #publishing #teaching #research 🗃️
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Hello #skystorians.
Possibly a silly question, but is there an easy way to find out if our books are being used to teach? And if so, what is it?!
OR if any of you are using my book in your teaching, could you please let me know?
Thank you so much!
#18thC #ECR #publishing #teaching #research 🗃️
Possibly a silly question, but is there an easy way to find out if our books are being used to teach? And if so, what is it?!
OR if any of you are using my book in your teaching, could you please let me know?
Thank you so much!
#18thC #ECR #publishing #teaching #research 🗃️
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What a post! This would be fascinating.
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) - British Library #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) - British Library #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 PM
What a post! This would be fascinating.
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) - British Library #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) - British Library #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
It’s been just a year since my co-edited volume with @serenadyer.bsky.social was released! It’s full of thought-provoking chapters by fantastic scholars & the introduction is still OA via the link in the thread below!
#earlymodern #18thC #17thc #16thc
#earlymodern #18thC #17thc #16thc
@serenadyer.bsky.social & I are thrilled to announce that our edited book is out now!
It focuses on how processes of making, experimenting, experiencing, & reconstructing illuminate understandings around manual labour & material life.
Overview 🧵 on 📕 chapters & our contributors! 👇
It focuses on how processes of making, experimenting, experiencing, & reconstructing illuminate understandings around manual labour & material life.
Overview 🧵 on 📕 chapters & our contributors! 👇
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 AM
It’s been just a year since my co-edited volume with @serenadyer.bsky.social was released! It’s full of thought-provoking chapters by fantastic scholars & the introduction is still OA via the link in the thread below!
#earlymodern #18thC #17thc #16thc
#earlymodern #18thC #17thc #16thc
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I love Jonathan Anderson anyway and now he is BRINGING RUFFS back to menswear #earlymodern
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I love Jonathan Anderson anyway and now he is BRINGING RUFFS back to menswear #earlymodern
No worries at all!
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
No worries at all!
Olivia Fryman, ‘Making the Bed: The Practice, Role and Significance of Housekeeping in Royal Bedchambers at Hampton Court Palace 1689–1737’ (PhD, Kingston Uni, 2011)
Erin Griffey, ‘Restoring Henrietta Maria’s English Household in the 1660s: Continuity, Kinship & Clientage’, Court Historian (2021)
Erin Griffey, ‘Restoring Henrietta Maria’s English Household in the 1660s: Continuity, Kinship & Clientage’, Court Historian (2021)
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Olivia Fryman, ‘Making the Bed: The Practice, Role and Significance of Housekeeping in Royal Bedchambers at Hampton Court Palace 1689–1737’ (PhD, Kingston Uni, 2011)
Erin Griffey, ‘Restoring Henrietta Maria’s English Household in the 1660s: Continuity, Kinship & Clientage’, Court Historian (2021)
Erin Griffey, ‘Restoring Henrietta Maria’s English Household in the 1660s: Continuity, Kinship & Clientage’, Court Historian (2021)
Including:
Jane Whittle and Elizabeth Griffiths, Consumption and Gender in the Early Seventeenth-Century Household: The
World of Alice Le Strange (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012)
Charmain Mansell, Female Servants in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)
Jane Whittle and Elizabeth Griffiths, Consumption and Gender in the Early Seventeenth-Century Household: The
World of Alice Le Strange (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012)
Charmain Mansell, Female Servants in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Including:
Jane Whittle and Elizabeth Griffiths, Consumption and Gender in the Early Seventeenth-Century Household: The
World of Alice Le Strange (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012)
Charmain Mansell, Female Servants in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)
Jane Whittle and Elizabeth Griffiths, Consumption and Gender in the Early Seventeenth-Century Household: The
World of Alice Le Strange (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012)
Charmain Mansell, Female Servants in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)
I deal with this quite a lot in my new book! Unfortunately, it’s not out for a few more months, but I do draw on a fair amount of scholarship.
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My next book, The Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens, has a cover!!! And a preorder link!! Yippee!
www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-who...
www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-who...
January 30, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I deal with this quite a lot in my new book! Unfortunately, it’s not out for a few more months, but I do draw on a fair amount of scholarship.
bsky.app/profile/sara...
bsky.app/profile/sara...
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Rhodes Professorship of American History
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF092/r...
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF092/r...
Rhodes Professorship of American History at University of Oxford
An opportunity for an academic position as a Rhodes Professorship of American History is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Rhodes Professorship of American History
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF092/r...
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF092/r...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS)
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS) at Aarhus University
An academic position as a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional acade...
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS)
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
Aarhus University - School of Culture and Society www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH625/p... #skystorians 🗃️
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Did everyone else know about researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/ already? Searches 7 million records at 1,400 archival institutions all in ONE PLACE
ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid connects you with archives around the world to find historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Did everyone else know about researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/ already? Searches 7 million records at 1,400 archival institutions all in ONE PLACE
Thanks Jessica! I really enjoyed your chapter in Anne in Later Stuart Queens and found it helpful when writing this 😊
January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Thanks Jessica! I really enjoyed your chapter in Anne in Later Stuart Queens and found it helpful when writing this 😊
Thanks so much ☺️
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Thanks so much ☺️