Sonya Cronin
@sonyalcronin.bsky.social
IRC post doc fellow @UCD networking early modern women writers across the archipelago | formerly IRC scholar @TCD | FRHistS | theory | book: Women, Royalisms and Exiles 1640-1669, bit.ly/3JMPDKR
Wife, dog servant, horse lover, book hoarder, jamophile. 🇮🇪
Wife, dog servant, horse lover, book hoarder, jamophile. 🇮🇪
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Sonya Cronin
@sonyalcronin.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Hallo 👋 #earlymodernist followers. I’m looking to present some new research at a seminar/conference this autumn anywhere in the British isles, on #Scottish #womensmanuscript compilation and socio-lit networks. If you come across any cfp could you please share them on here? A million thank yous. 🙏
A completely unprompted surprise today from my institutional library. Very lovely indeed.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A completely unprompted surprise today from my institutional library. Very lovely indeed.
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CFP: Tolerance and Dissent
Deadline for abstracts 15 January 2026
Conference: 24-26 June 2026, University of Fribourg
Travel grants available for graduate students
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians
all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/tolera...
Deadline for abstracts 15 January 2026
Conference: 24-26 June 2026, University of Fribourg
Travel grants available for graduate students
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians
all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/tolera...
![Tolerance and Dissent
University of Fribourg (Switzerland), June 24, 2026 - June 26, 2026
Deadline for submission/application: January 15, 2026
9th biennial conference of the Swiss Association of Medieval and Early Modern English Studies
We are inviting abstracts for 20-min papers or complete panels in the field of medieval and early modern English studies or adjacent disciplines for the 9th biennial conference of the Swiss Association of Medieval and Early Modern English Studies (SAMEMES), which will be dedicated to the topic of ”Tolerance and Dissent.” The conference will take place at the University of Fribourg, from 24-26 June 2026.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts (c. 250 words + a short bionote of max. 100 words) is 15 January 2026. Please send your abstract, or any other conference-related query, to the following email address: samemes2026[at]unifr.ch. Select papers presented at this conference will be published in the open-access and peer-reviewed Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature (SPELL) in 2027. More information on the conference, travel recommendations, travel grants, etc. is available under www.samemes2026.com.
Please send your abstract, or any other conference-related query, to samemes2026[at]unifr.ch. We would be delighted to welcome you to Fribourg in June 2026!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kosterga3xk6ebh2q4mue5aj/bafkreiebrkh4iidge3sviwycpes44gmv7o4zwduj7wwxcyf34bbvm6okr4@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
CFP: Tolerance and Dissent
Deadline for abstracts 15 January 2026
Conference: 24-26 June 2026, University of Fribourg
Travel grants available for graduate students
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians
all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/tolera...
Deadline for abstracts 15 January 2026
Conference: 24-26 June 2026, University of Fribourg
Travel grants available for graduate students
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians
all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/tolera...
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Today on the blog: a magnificent find by @franceswolfreston.bsky.social of a book that the poet Katherine Philips gave to Mary Jeffreys; a discussion with important scholarly implications for the study of Philips earlymodernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/h... #EarlyModern #HerBook
October 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Today on the blog: a magnificent find by @franceswolfreston.bsky.social of a book that the poet Katherine Philips gave to Mary Jeffreys; a discussion with important scholarly implications for the study of Philips earlymodernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/h... #EarlyModern #HerBook
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We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org
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I ask my students not to use AI because it means they are not fully engaging with their own learning. If they do, it’s a betrayal of my trust.
I don’t want to use AI to grade student work because it means that I am not fully engaging with their learning. If I do, it’s a betrayal of their trust
I don’t want to use AI to grade student work because it means that I am not fully engaging with their learning. If I do, it’s a betrayal of their trust
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I ask my students not to use AI because it means they are not fully engaging with their own learning. If they do, it’s a betrayal of my trust.
I don’t want to use AI to grade student work because it means that I am not fully engaging with their learning. If I do, it’s a betrayal of their trust
I don’t want to use AI to grade student work because it means that I am not fully engaging with their learning. If I do, it’s a betrayal of their trust
Well, that concludes a week long trawl at the #NationalLibraryofScotland. 🙏 A lovely experience and only the beginning! #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen #songbooks and #miscellanies #earlymoderncreatives
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, that concludes a week long trawl at the #NationalLibraryofScotland. 🙏 A lovely experience and only the beginning! #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen #songbooks and #miscellanies #earlymoderncreatives
October 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An amusingly blasé address to John Scot of Scots Tarvet ‘at Edinburgh, or where soever he is’. #earlymodernletters #earlymodernadresses #scottishhistory
October 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
An amusingly blasé address to John Scot of Scots Tarvet ‘at Edinburgh, or where soever he is’. #earlymodernletters #earlymodernadresses #scottishhistory
Um, this wasn’t on my archival itinerary. 😏
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Um, this wasn’t on my archival itinerary. 😏
A lovely view from special collections reading room at #nationallibraryofscotland; a tonic for tired eyes.
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A lovely view from special collections reading room at #nationallibraryofscotland; a tonic for tired eyes.
Many Irish citizens as well. Please protect them @simonharrisireland.bsky.social
This is a moment of huge danger.
There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK.
The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.
There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK.
The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.
BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Many Irish citizens as well. Please protect them @simonharrisireland.bsky.social
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This is a moment of huge danger.
There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK.
The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.
There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK.
The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.
BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is a moment of huge danger.
There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK.
The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.
There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK.
The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.
How are scholars residing outside the UK and working on Scottish manuscripts supposed to obtain funding to continue the important work on #Scottishearlymodernwomen’s #literaryhistory if most funding only favours those who live in the UK? It’s a rhetorical question but an important one. Sigh.
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
How are scholars residing outside the UK and working on Scottish manuscripts supposed to obtain funding to continue the important work on #Scottishearlymodernwomen’s #literaryhistory if most funding only favours those who live in the UK? It’s a rhetorical question but an important one. Sigh.
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RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS
Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
Count down to my Scottish research trip has begun! Very excited to be visiting the #nationallibraryofscotland in a couple of weeks to get eyes on #earlymodernwomens #manuscripts and a few other treasures.
September 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Count down to my Scottish research trip has begun! Very excited to be visiting the #nationallibraryofscotland in a couple of weeks to get eyes on #earlymodernwomens #manuscripts and a few other treasures.
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Fairies on Fridays!
"A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies."
--- Charles Altamont Doyle.
Wellcome Collection.
"A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies."
--- Charles Altamont Doyle.
Wellcome Collection.
September 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Fairies on Fridays!
"A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies."
--- Charles Altamont Doyle.
Wellcome Collection.
"A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies."
--- Charles Altamont Doyle.
Wellcome Collection.
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WSG member Karen Hearn is taking part in the George Villiers Study Day at Melton Carnegie Museum this Thursday 18 September. She will be one of five leading authors & academics discussing the eventful life & portraiture of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. leicestershirecollections.org.uk/villiers-rev...
George Villiers Study Day
leicestershirecollections.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
WSG member Karen Hearn is taking part in the George Villiers Study Day at Melton Carnegie Museum this Thursday 18 September. She will be one of five leading authors & academics discussing the eventful life & portraiture of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. leicestershirecollections.org.uk/villiers-rev...
The single most excruciating and vexing relationship in an academics life is that of the relationship between said academic and their home printer. True or False?
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The single most excruciating and vexing relationship in an academics life is that of the relationship between said academic and their home printer. True or False?
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Read the Dramatic C17th Memoirs of Alice Thornton, Who Wrote Four Versions of Her Life Story
Researchers have digitized all 4 volumes, which offer a compelling window into a tumultuous period in English history
by Sonja Anderson for Smithsonian Magazine
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
Researchers have digitized all 4 volumes, which offer a compelling window into a tumultuous period in English history
by Sonja Anderson for Smithsonian Magazine
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Read the Dramatic C17th Memoirs of Alice Thornton, Who Wrote Four Versions of Her Life Story
Researchers have digitized all 4 volumes, which offer a compelling window into a tumultuous period in English history
by Sonja Anderson for Smithsonian Magazine
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
Researchers have digitized all 4 volumes, which offer a compelling window into a tumultuous period in English history
by Sonja Anderson for Smithsonian Magazine
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
Likely a long shot, but might any #earlymodern musicologists be able to identify these bars? There are numerous settings by Campion, Morley, Gautier in this Scottish ms, so I wondered if it was recognisable as any of theirs, or indeed someone else’s. As a lit historian, it’s beyond me, sadly.
August 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Likely a long shot, but might any #earlymodern musicologists be able to identify these bars? There are numerous settings by Campion, Morley, Gautier in this Scottish ms, so I wondered if it was recognisable as any of theirs, or indeed someone else’s. As a lit historian, it’s beyond me, sadly.
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Our Element on Macmorris’s Deep Map has just been published and is open-access until the end of the month. Really enjoyed the collaborative process involved in both the building of the map and the writing of this book!
Decolonial Deep Mapping
Cambridge Core - English Literature after 1945 - Decolonial Deep Mapping
www.cambridge.org
July 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our Element on Macmorris’s Deep Map has just been published and is open-access until the end of the month. Really enjoyed the collaborative process involved in both the building of the map and the writing of this book!
Fairly excited about the prospect of making jam very soon, from our own 🍎. Have enjoyed gooseberry one made by a friend recently that was top drawer, and also a frocken pie, which was scrumptious. Pic of frocken bush (I’d never heard of them).
July 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Fairly excited about the prospect of making jam very soon, from our own 🍎. Have enjoyed gooseberry one made by a friend recently that was top drawer, and also a frocken pie, which was scrumptious. Pic of frocken bush (I’d never heard of them).
Reposted by Sonya Cronin
I am not sure why the link wasn't live earlier, but here it is now - @rsaorg.bsky.social
Friends, do you know that the Renaissance Society of America is now on Bluesky?! Follow the organization at: @rsaorg.bsky.social
Welcome, RSA; great to see you here.
Welcome, RSA; great to see you here.
July 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I am not sure why the link wasn't live earlier, but here it is now - @rsaorg.bsky.social
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We have now published the programme for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference at UCD on 21-22 August. All details can be found here: tudorstuartireland.com/2025-confere...
2025 Conference (TSIXIII)
The 13th Annual Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference (TSIXIII) takes place in University College Dublin from 21-22 August 2025. Please register for the conference via Eventbrite here. Our confe…
tudorstuartireland.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We have now published the programme for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference at UCD on 21-22 August. All details can be found here: tudorstuartireland.com/2025-confere...
Hallo 👋 #earlymodernist followers. I’m looking to present some new research at a seminar/conference this autumn anywhere in the British isles, on #Scottish #womensmanuscript compilation and socio-lit networks. If you come across any cfp could you please share them on here? A million thank yous. 🙏
July 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hallo 👋 #earlymodernist followers. I’m looking to present some new research at a seminar/conference this autumn anywhere in the British isles, on #Scottish #womensmanuscript compilation and socio-lit networks. If you come across any cfp could you please share them on here? A million thank yous. 🙏