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Ben Jackson
@benltjackson.bsky.social
Historian of 18C Britain | British Academy postdoc 'The Georgian Clergyman' at the John Rylands Research Institute UoM | 'Material Masculinities: Men and Goods in Eighteenth-Century England' out now: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180605/
We're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!
September 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
'Material masculinities: men and goods in eighteenth-century England' is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social today! A book on the materiality of men's lives 1660-1832 covering the significant changes in what it meant to be a man & what it meant to own 'things' during the time. Thanks to follow below:
April 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Just under a week to go until the deadline for paper proposals for our 'Clerical Lives' conference at Manchester in September 2024. We welcome any paper proposals exploring the 17 and 18C clergy in Britain and their experiences/identities at clericallives@gmail.com

CfP below!
May 24, 2024 at 1:48 PM