Claire Bartram (BookcultureCCCU)
@drcbartram.bsky.social
Early modernist, co-director of Centre for Kent History and Heritage.
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We're very pleased to welcome @themakingofmaidstone.org, a Victoria County History project working on the development of Maidstone in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Led by @jack-newman.com, this three-year project restarts our work in the county. For more:
#Skystorians #LocalHistory
Led by @jack-newman.com, this three-year project restarts our work in the county. For more:
#Skystorians #LocalHistory
Kent
Learn about the Victoria County History of Kent.
www.history.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We're very pleased to welcome @themakingofmaidstone.org, a Victoria County History project working on the development of Maidstone in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Led by @jack-newman.com, this three-year project restarts our work in the county. For more:
#Skystorians #LocalHistory
Led by @jack-newman.com, this three-year project restarts our work in the county. For more:
#Skystorians #LocalHistory
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🎉 Congratulations to John Bulaitis joint winner of this year's British Agricultural History Society Thirsk Prize for the Best Book in British or Irish Rural or Agrarian History with his book, The Tithe War in England and Wales, 1881-1936! @braghs.bsky.social buff.ly/s4AUf6P
July 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🎉 Congratulations to John Bulaitis joint winner of this year's British Agricultural History Society Thirsk Prize for the Best Book in British or Irish Rural or Agrarian History with his book, The Tithe War in England and Wales, 1881-1936! @braghs.bsky.social buff.ly/s4AUf6P
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Job! Fixed-term, 1 year lecturer in Med/Ren Lit at UEA (covering the fellowship of @satyrane.bsky.social) ... it's a lovely, friendly School ...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...
June 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Job! Fixed-term, 1 year lecturer in Med/Ren Lit at UEA (covering the fellowship of @satyrane.bsky.social) ... it's a lovely, friendly School ...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...
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Call for Applications: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing - Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme
The call is now open! Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) invites applications for its 2025-26 programme.
Deadline: 16th June
The call is now open! Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) invites applications for its 2025-26 programme.
Deadline: 16th June
Call for Applications: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing: Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme 2025–26 - British Association for American Studies
https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/global-majority-and-underrepresented-writers-programme The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) at the University is delighted to announce that the call for applications…
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May 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Call for Applications: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing - Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme
The call is now open! Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) invites applications for its 2025-26 programme.
Deadline: 16th June
The call is now open! Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) invites applications for its 2025-26 programme.
Deadline: 16th June
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You can now access a beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC).
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
May 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
You can now access a beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC).
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
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Call! In September we will host "Providence, Propaganda, & Profit in the Early Modern English World" at UTokyo. Keynotes: @annlaurahughes.bsky.social, Shusaku Kanazawa, Keiko Kawawake, & Peter Lake. Deadline: 15 July!
See politicaleconomyseminar.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/%... @kyamamoto.bsky.social
See politicaleconomyseminar.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/%... @kyamamoto.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Call! In September we will host "Providence, Propaganda, & Profit in the Early Modern English World" at UTokyo. Keynotes: @annlaurahughes.bsky.social, Shusaku Kanazawa, Keiko Kawawake, & Peter Lake. Deadline: 15 July!
See politicaleconomyseminar.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/%... @kyamamoto.bsky.social
See politicaleconomyseminar.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/%... @kyamamoto.bsky.social
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Our CFP has been extended - there are just a handful of places left, so please get in touch if you'd like to be part of our seminar programme. We provide an especially good space for PhD students and early career researchers!
📢 Our call for papers is now live!
Would you like to be part of our 2025-2026 seminar programme? We provide a friendly and supportive platform for academics and independent researchers, with Zoom sessions and in-person meetings at the Foundling Museum, London. All welcome. /1 of 2
Would you like to be part of our 2025-2026 seminar programme? We provide a friendly and supportive platform for academics and independent researchers, with Zoom sessions and in-person meetings at the Foundling Museum, London. All welcome. /1 of 2
May 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our CFP has been extended - there are just a handful of places left, so please get in touch if you'd like to be part of our seminar programme. We provide an especially good space for PhD students and early career researchers!
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Exciting recruitment news, we're now advertising for the role of Head of Collections (Library, Museum and Archives)! Closing date is 18 May. For all the details on the role and how to join our friendly team, please see the link. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
Vacancies & Volunteering - Society of Antiquaries of London
Current roles available: Assistant Librarian (full time)
www.sal.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Exciting recruitment news, we're now advertising for the role of Head of Collections (Library, Museum and Archives)! Closing date is 18 May. For all the details on the role and how to join our friendly team, please see the link. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
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Our new annual conference in support of the humanities and social sciences is on Wednesday 2 April. Book your place at the conversation with leading voices in the education and research sector, in person at The British Academy, London: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...
March 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our new annual conference in support of the humanities and social sciences is on Wednesday 2 April. Book your place at the conversation with leading voices in the education and research sector, in person at The British Academy, London: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...
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Join us online or face 2 face this Wednesday (5.30-7pm GMT) for a three-cornered exploration of disorientation in time and of the role that history education might play in addressing it. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2025... #historyeducation @1972shp.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Join us online or face 2 face this Wednesday (5.30-7pm GMT) for a three-cornered exploration of disorientation in time and of the role that history education might play in addressing it. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2025... #historyeducation @1972shp.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
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Join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History Seminar this Tuesday (17:30 UK time in person and online) for our Postgraduate Panel, with papers on Named Entity Recognition for historical documents and on Hans Sloanes' plant collections ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues... #dhist
Tuesday 25 March 2025 – Postgraduate Panel: Lu Liu (UCL) and Brad Scott (QMUL) - Digital History Seminar
This seminar is 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm GMT live on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/98773145835, and later posted to our YouTube channel. Session chair: Alice Kinghorn The IHR Digital History Postgraduate Panels ...
ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History Seminar this Tuesday (17:30 UK time in person and online) for our Postgraduate Panel, with papers on Named Entity Recognition for historical documents and on Hans Sloanes' plant collections ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues... #dhist
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THIS FRIDAY! Excited to welcome @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social to the #LowCountries seminar with a talk on "The notaries of the Royal Exchange: migration and translation between London and the Low Countries"
28 March, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom: www.history.ac.uk/events/notar... #EarlyModern
28 March, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom: www.history.ac.uk/events/notar... #EarlyModern
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
THIS FRIDAY! Excited to welcome @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social to the #LowCountries seminar with a talk on "The notaries of the Royal Exchange: migration and translation between London and the Low Countries"
28 March, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom: www.history.ac.uk/events/notar... #EarlyModern
28 March, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom: www.history.ac.uk/events/notar... #EarlyModern
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If anyone is attending this international Aphra Behn conference this week, and would like to write a review for the WSG website, please get in touch!
womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/03/14/w...
womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/03/14/w...
WSG Member Organizes Italian Conference on Aphra Behn
The Women’s Studies Group 1558-1837 is pleased to announce an exciting international conference, “APHRA BEHN TRA PAGINA E TEATRO” (Aphra Behn Between Page and Stage), taking place…
womensstudiesgroup.org
March 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
If anyone is attending this international Aphra Behn conference this week, and would like to write a review for the WSG website, please get in touch!
womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/03/14/w...
womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/03/14/w...
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This Friday (21st March), Sheffield will be hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on beer! Topics of discussion include the politics of brewing, how to make beer more sustainably, and the globalisation of the drink!
To join, get in touch!
To join, get in touch!
March 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This Friday (21st March), Sheffield will be hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on beer! Topics of discussion include the politics of brewing, how to make beer more sustainably, and the globalisation of the drink!
To join, get in touch!
To join, get in touch!
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This blog casts some light on the mysterious (to most people, including all the authors of this particular work), process of writing a book of readable, attractive - and, whisper it, peer reviewed - history.
The resulting book is a wonderful insight into the Victorian seaside - do take a look. 🗃️
The resulting book is a wonderful insight into the Victorian seaside - do take a look. 🗃️
Want to know more about the research behind our latest VCH short? Well you can here blog.history.ac.uk/2025/03/the-... Many thanks to Ken Crowe from #VCHEssex for sharing the highs & lows of this book’s collaborative volunteer-led research process.
March 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This blog casts some light on the mysterious (to most people, including all the authors of this particular work), process of writing a book of readable, attractive - and, whisper it, peer reviewed - history.
The resulting book is a wonderful insight into the Victorian seaside - do take a look. 🗃️
The resulting book is a wonderful insight into the Victorian seaside - do take a look. 🗃️
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A month on: DID YOU SEE OUR PROGRAMME YET?? It's ✨fabulous✨.
Come and join us in Bristol in July! (early bird rate until the end of the month)
Come and join us in Bristol in July! (early bird rate until the end of the month)
EXCITEMENT!!!
OUR PROGRAMME IS LIVE!
Would you look at all these fascinating panels and presentations -- the #EarlyModern continues to fascinate.
Have a peak www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-biennial... and get excited for 2-5 July in Bristol for #RenSoc25! #SkyStorians
OUR PROGRAMME IS LIVE!
Would you look at all these fascinating panels and presentations -- the #EarlyModern continues to fascinate.
Have a peak www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-biennial... and get excited for 2-5 July in Bristol for #RenSoc25! #SkyStorians
a blurry picture of a person standing in front of a refrigerator and oven .
Alt: gif from the office. it's a guy in a suit walking out an office door while there's lots of movement by other men in suits. The guy says "oh my god it's happening everybody stay CALM" while absolutely not staying calm.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A month on: DID YOU SEE OUR PROGRAMME YET?? It's ✨fabulous✨.
Come and join us in Bristol in July! (early bird rate until the end of the month)
Come and join us in Bristol in July! (early bird rate until the end of the month)
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Still time to send us an application for a new IHR seminar series.
Do you have a proposal for an innovative new seminar to join the IHR Research Seminar programme? We are looking for 3 fresh seminar series to launch in 2025-26. Applications are open now - deadline of 31 March. Full details of what we are looking for and how to apply here:
IHR Research Seminars - New Series (2025)
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March 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Still time to send us an application for a new IHR seminar series.
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A 3-year medieval history teaching post @uclhistory.bsky.social to replace me during maternity and research leave. A wonderful place to work. I’m happy to talk to anyone interested in applying. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A 3-year medieval history teaching post @uclhistory.bsky.social to replace me during maternity and research leave. A wonderful place to work. I’m happy to talk to anyone interested in applying. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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postdoctoral research fellow for Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution Of Heritage-based Hostility On Social Media’ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/p... #AcademicJobs
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
An academic position as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
postdoctoral research fellow for Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution Of Heritage-based Hostility On Social Media’ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/p... #AcademicJobs
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Join Jana Dambrogio & Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group for the online launch event for the groundbreaking new book "Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter" (MIT Press): Tuesday, March 4, 6pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jana-dambr...
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Join Jana Dambrogio & Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group for the online launch event for the groundbreaking new book "Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter" (MIT Press): Tuesday, March 4, 6pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jana-dambr...
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
Lovely Aphra Behn, can you see her? What a marvellous day for Canterbury's literary heritage!
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Lovely Aphra Behn, can you see her? What a marvellous day for Canterbury's literary heritage!
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📢FEBRUARY WILL OF THE MONTH📢
What happens when you reimagine John Pooke's 1607 will as his life story, complete with love interest & a mysterious character called 'Mother Sibill'?
#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Skystorians @leverhulme.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
What happens when you reimagine John Pooke's 1607 will as his life story, complete with love interest & a mysterious character called 'Mother Sibill'?
#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Skystorians @leverhulme.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
February 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📢FEBRUARY WILL OF THE MONTH📢
What happens when you reimagine John Pooke's 1607 will as his life story, complete with love interest & a mysterious character called 'Mother Sibill'?
#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Skystorians @leverhulme.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
What happens when you reimagine John Pooke's 1607 will as his life story, complete with love interest & a mysterious character called 'Mother Sibill'?
#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Skystorians @leverhulme.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
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Prof Richard Cust (Birmingham) specialises in the political and cultural history of late 16th and early 17th century England. In this talk, he will examine Charles I’s responsibility for the political crises of his reign. Recommended for any students of the period.
February 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Prof Richard Cust (Birmingham) specialises in the political and cultural history of late 16th and early 17th century England. In this talk, he will examine Charles I’s responsibility for the political crises of his reign. Recommended for any students of the period.
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On 21st Feb I'll be talking about Why Making Books Means Reading Differently at York's Thin Ice Press - come along to hear about books familiar and curious, amid our printing presses, ink, and type www.thinicepress.org/events/why-m...
Why Making Books Means Reading Differently — Thin Ice Press
Do you prefer to read novels on Kindles or curl up with a paperback? Have you ever discarded a dustjacket to the waste-paper basket, or decided you preferred the original front cover to a new edition?...
www.thinicepress.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On 21st Feb I'll be talking about Why Making Books Means Reading Differently at York's Thin Ice Press - come along to hear about books familiar and curious, amid our printing presses, ink, and type www.thinicepress.org/events/why-m...