Dr Sally Holloway
@sallyholloway.bsky.social
Historian of emotions, gender, visual & material culture researching ❤️ & 💔 | Author of The Game of Love in Georgian England: https://tinyurl.com/nz7wkwah | AHRC Research, Development & Engagement Fellow at the University of Warwick
Does anyone recognise this scene in the background of a print I am using? #SkyStorians #c18th please help! 🙏🏻
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Does anyone recognise this scene in the background of a print I am using? #SkyStorians #c18th please help! 🙏🏻
In my second month of new job and I have finally located the crucial bit of campus
October 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In my second month of new job and I have finally located the crucial bit of campus
Very much looking forward to speaking at the Oxford Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850 this term, on my latest article project on the rise and fall of the written proposal of marriage. We’ll be on Teams, and at Lincoln College, on 2 December talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series... ✍️
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Very much looking forward to speaking at the Oxford Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850 this term, on my latest article project on the rise and fall of the written proposal of marriage. We’ll be on Teams, and at Lincoln College, on 2 December talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series... ✍️
In Koblenz for the next few days to talk about love letters across time, countries, and disciplines ✍️
September 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In Koblenz for the next few days to talk about love letters across time, countries, and disciplines ✍️
This year I will be leading the Cabinets of Curiosity project for History undergraduates at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social - find out more about the project here, and come and join us! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This year I will be leading the Cabinets of Curiosity project for History undergraduates at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social - find out more about the project here, and come and join us! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
Really looking forward to visiting Koblenz in a few weeks, where I’ll be presenting my work on the rise and fall of the written proposal of marriage
September 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Really looking forward to visiting Koblenz in a few weeks, where I’ll be presenting my work on the rise and fall of the written proposal of marriage
The whole thing is topped off by a giant luminescent moon - so beautifully designed and put together 👏🏻
July 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The whole thing is topped off by a giant luminescent moon - so beautifully designed and put together 👏🏻
The exhibition features some beautiful objects for adorning the body, such as embroidered silk belts - but I have a real soft spot for all of the little baby shoes that must have been kicked off tiny feet
July 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The exhibition features some beautiful objects for adorning the body, such as embroidered silk belts - but I have a real soft spot for all of the little baby shoes that must have been kicked off tiny feet
So happy to catch the new Mudlarking exhibition at the London Museum Docklands today, which is packed full of fascinating “found” objects
July 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So happy to catch the new Mudlarking exhibition at the London Museum Docklands today, which is packed full of fascinating “found” objects
At the top of the chapel is a gallery bearing the Hanoverian coat of arms
April 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
At the top of the chapel is a gallery bearing the Hanoverian coat of arms
This morning was very exciting as we had a private tour of the early modern chapel on the Halston estate in Shropshire, where the pulpit dates from 1725. It’s such an evocative space I could just imagine the #C18 congregation assembled in the pews
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This morning was very exciting as we had a private tour of the early modern chapel on the Halston estate in Shropshire, where the pulpit dates from 1725. It’s such an evocative space I could just imagine the #C18 congregation assembled in the pews
I am beyond excited to finally visit Plas Newydd in north Wales, home of the Ladies of Llangollen, which has been on my bucket list for a very long time
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I am beyond excited to finally visit Plas Newydd in north Wales, home of the Ladies of Llangollen, which has been on my bucket list for a very long time
As usual, @tiffwattsmith.bsky.social writes beautifully on the nature and history of friendship - I cannot wait for this book to come out
March 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
As usual, @tiffwattsmith.bsky.social writes beautifully on the nature and history of friendship - I cannot wait for this book to come out
Happy to see this edited volume on the cultural history of love with @katieebarclay.bsky.social finally out in the world, the fruit of many labours during the pandemic www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-... 💕
December 17, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Happy to see this edited volume on the cultural history of love with @katieebarclay.bsky.social finally out in the world, the fruit of many labours during the pandemic www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-... 💕
Excited to finally see this series out in the world next month - a whole six volumes on the cultural history of love! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
November 24, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Excited to finally see this series out in the world next month - a whole six volumes on the cultural history of love! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
Chuffed that so many people seem to be reading my latest article on the food gifts exchanged during courtship - I just logged in to add it to @alcs-uk.bsky.social before their 30 Nov deadline
November 18, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Chuffed that so many people seem to be reading my latest article on the food gifts exchanged during courtship - I just logged in to add it to @alcs-uk.bsky.social before their 30 Nov deadline
Miss Havisham realness is quite the look 👀 “the bride…had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes”
October 28, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Miss Havisham realness is quite the look 👀 “the bride…had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes”
Last month we ran a special event on the scents of love and loss as part of Oxford Brookes’ Think Human Festival - you can find lots of photos of the day, and some of the outcomes from our creative workshop, here: www.afterlove.uk/newwriting/t...
May 1, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Last month we ran a special event on the scents of love and loss as part of Oxford Brookes’ Think Human Festival - you can find lots of photos of the day, and some of the outcomes from our creative workshop, here: www.afterlove.uk/newwriting/t...
Is this an actual painting in the background of this print (from 1784), and can any kind #skystorians identify it for me??
April 24, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Is this an actual painting in the background of this print (from 1784), and can any kind #skystorians identify it for me??
We are now all SOLD OUT for our Think Human Festival event on the scents of love and heartbreak at Barracks Lane Community Garden this weekend, and thankfully it’s set to be a lovely sunny day 🪴 It’s such a gorgeous space I would book it for everything if I could
April 18, 2024 at 8:52 AM
We are now all SOLD OUT for our Think Human Festival event on the scents of love and heartbreak at Barracks Lane Community Garden this weekend, and thankfully it’s set to be a lovely sunny day 🪴 It’s such a gorgeous space I would book it for everything if I could
Project website coming soon 👀 💔
February 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Project website coming soon 👀 💔
Back in a packed lecture theatre at QMUL this evening to celebrate Thomas Dixon’s vast contribution to the history of emotions
February 15, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Back in a packed lecture theatre at QMUL this evening to celebrate Thomas Dixon’s vast contribution to the history of emotions
En route to Twickenham to share some of my new research on written proposals of marriage 📝
February 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
En route to Twickenham to share some of my new research on written proposals of marriage 📝
I’m so pleased to be the keynote speaker at this conference on the material culture of love next year - do send in a proposal by 12th Jan! #skystorians
November 13, 2023 at 3:55 PM
I’m so pleased to be the keynote speaker at this conference on the material culture of love next year - do send in a proposal by 12th Jan! #skystorians
Proofs! #18thc
November 9, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Proofs! #18thc