Emily Whittingham
@emily-whittingham.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of York, department of history. Researching the microscope in early modern and eighteenth-century knowledge creation and visual culture.
AHRC funded through WRoCAH.
AHRC funded through WRoCAH.
I'm delighted to share this CFP for our workshop on historical approaches to non-human life. Expect keynotes, collaborative discussions, and cake!
Being on the organising team has been great fun, and I look forward to reading your submissions. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
Being on the organising team has been great fun, and I look forward to reading your submissions. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'm delighted to share this CFP for our workshop on historical approaches to non-human life. Expect keynotes, collaborative discussions, and cake!
Being on the organising team has been great fun, and I look forward to reading your submissions. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
Being on the organising team has been great fun, and I look forward to reading your submissions. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
My heartfelt thanks to the CSECS for inviting me to present at their annual conference. I particularly enjoyed sharing this description of an animalcule with a 'motion extremely swift like a jack of the lantern.' Very fitting for the spooky season! 🎃 🦠
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My heartfelt thanks to the CSECS for inviting me to present at their annual conference. I particularly enjoyed sharing this description of an animalcule with a 'motion extremely swift like a jack of the lantern.' Very fitting for the spooky season! 🎃 🦠
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social
I had the amazing opportunity this week to visit Durham University and deliver my paper in their historic castle! 🏰
Thank you to the MEMSA team for organising the 'Illuminating Nature' conference, and for bringing this academic community together.
@durhammemsa.bsky.social
Thank you to the MEMSA team for organising the 'Illuminating Nature' conference, and for bringing this academic community together.
@durhammemsa.bsky.social
Simultaneously in the Castle, there are papers from Emily Whittingham, Maria Del Mar Yunis and Kenzie Scott in the panel ‘Poetry as Natural Philosophy: Reimagining Life and Death in Verse’
July 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I had the amazing opportunity this week to visit Durham University and deliver my paper in their historic castle! 🏰
Thank you to the MEMSA team for organising the 'Illuminating Nature' conference, and for bringing this academic community together.
@durhammemsa.bsky.social
Thank you to the MEMSA team for organising the 'Illuminating Nature' conference, and for bringing this academic community together.
@durhammemsa.bsky.social
I enjoyed reading this piece by Josephine Koopman on the SHNH summer conference. It offers a wonderful summary of the presentations we heard, and teases out the shared themes our papers raised. Thank you Josephine!
shnh.org.uk/the-sense-of...
@sochistnathist.bsky.social
shnh.org.uk/the-sense-of...
@sochistnathist.bsky.social
The Sense of Nature: SHNH Summer Meeting, June 2025 by Josephine Koopman - Society for the History of Natural History
SHNH Summer Meeting by Josephine Koopman, Researcher (Department of History, European University Institute) “The senses,” Michel de Montaigne wrote in 1588, “are the beginning and the end of human kno...
shnh.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I enjoyed reading this piece by Josephine Koopman on the SHNH summer conference. It offers a wonderful summary of the presentations we heard, and teases out the shared themes our papers raised. Thank you Josephine!
shnh.org.uk/the-sense-of...
@sochistnathist.bsky.social
shnh.org.uk/the-sense-of...
@sochistnathist.bsky.social
I had a great time talking about the optics of microscopy at this year's SHNH conference! 🔬 I come away feeling enriched by the papers we heard and the conversations we shared.
Thank you to @ellelarsson.bsky.social and @sochistnathist.bsky.social for organising such a fantastic conference!
Thank you to @ellelarsson.bsky.social and @sochistnathist.bsky.social for organising such a fantastic conference!
Here we go! 🎉
We've all gathered in Glasgow, and have a full few days lined up exploring and celebrating the intersection between our senses and natural history!
From touch to temperature, it's sure to be fascinating 🪶🐌🐻❄️
We've all gathered in Glasgow, and have a full few days lined up exploring and celebrating the intersection between our senses and natural history!
From touch to temperature, it's sure to be fascinating 🪶🐌🐻❄️
June 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I had a great time talking about the optics of microscopy at this year's SHNH conference! 🔬 I come away feeling enriched by the papers we heard and the conversations we shared.
Thank you to @ellelarsson.bsky.social and @sochistnathist.bsky.social for organising such a fantastic conference!
Thank you to @ellelarsson.bsky.social and @sochistnathist.bsky.social for organising such a fantastic conference!
I had a great time at the Feathers conference listening to some fascinating papers on early modern scribal culture and exploring a beautiful city. 🖋️
Thank you to @misswalsingham.bsky.social and the Feathers team for organising the conference and for inviting me to speak!
Thank you to @misswalsingham.bsky.social and the Feathers team for organising the conference and for inviting me to speak!
May 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I had a great time at the Feathers conference listening to some fascinating papers on early modern scribal culture and exploring a beautiful city. 🖋️
Thank you to @misswalsingham.bsky.social and the Feathers team for organising the conference and for inviting me to speak!
Thank you to @misswalsingham.bsky.social and the Feathers team for organising the conference and for inviting me to speak!
I'll be travelling to Leiden this week to talk about poetry and scribal cultures in seventeenth-century Oxford. Looking forward to exploring the city and seeing some early modern manuscripts!
Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts
This three-day international conference hosted at Leiden University by the ERC Consolidator-funded FEATHERS project aims to bring together researchers working on early modern scribal culture and manus...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'll be travelling to Leiden this week to talk about poetry and scribal cultures in seventeenth-century Oxford. Looking forward to exploring the city and seeing some early modern manuscripts!
I'm looking forward to discussing magnification and illumination at this year's SHNH conference! 🔍 ✨
✨Booking is OPEN✨
Join us for our Summer Meeting in Glasgow on the theme A Sense of Nature! Two days of talking about history and nature, including museum tours 🥰
📅19-20 June
🏦Kelvin Hall, University of Glasgow
Follow the link for the list of speakers and how to book 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/booking...
Join us for our Summer Meeting in Glasgow on the theme A Sense of Nature! Two days of talking about history and nature, including museum tours 🥰
📅19-20 June
🏦Kelvin Hall, University of Glasgow
Follow the link for the list of speakers and how to book 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/booking...
Booking open: 'A Sense of Nature', SHNH International Summer Meeting, University of Glasgow, 19-20 June 2025 - Society for the History of Natural History
A Sense of Nature The ‘sensory turn’ in a range of humanities and social sciences disciplines has led to innovative research exploring how sensory experiences shape cultural and historical narratives....
shnh.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I'm looking forward to discussing magnification and illumination at this year's SHNH conference! 🔍 ✨
Reposted by Emily Whittingham
CECS PG is delighted to announce our upcoming talk from Uni of York’s own Francis Taylor 🍃
Join us next Tuesday in person or on Zoom to hear his talk ‘The Poetics of Imprecision in Biblical Botany, c 1680-1750’ Sign up to our mailing list to receive Zoom details, or keep an eye on our socials 🌟
Join us next Tuesday in person or on Zoom to hear his talk ‘The Poetics of Imprecision in Biblical Botany, c 1680-1750’ Sign up to our mailing list to receive Zoom details, or keep an eye on our socials 🌟
March 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
CECS PG is delighted to announce our upcoming talk from Uni of York’s own Francis Taylor 🍃
Join us next Tuesday in person or on Zoom to hear his talk ‘The Poetics of Imprecision in Biblical Botany, c 1680-1750’ Sign up to our mailing list to receive Zoom details, or keep an eye on our socials 🌟
Join us next Tuesday in person or on Zoom to hear his talk ‘The Poetics of Imprecision in Biblical Botany, c 1680-1750’ Sign up to our mailing list to receive Zoom details, or keep an eye on our socials 🌟