It was great to return to Saltram last month to talk about my National Trust placement research into the house’s early history and its seventeenth-century owners. I’m very much looking forward to seeing how this research helps shape new interpretation in the house! @ntresearch.bsky.social

It has been a real privilege to host so many amazing speakers at our CWV conference this week. What started as a small idea between a couple of PhD students has turned into a brilliant event with over 60 attendees and an expanding network of over 90 researchers of early modern violence - thank you!

What an incredible three days. Thank you again to all the brilliant speakers, chairs and attendees who have joined us both in person and online for this year's Beyond the Battlefield conference. We look forward to seeing you again at our next network event - even bigger and better!

And last but certainly not least, thank you to our wonderful conference conveners, whose hard work really paid off this year: Dylan Neill Andrés @dylanneill.bsky.social, Annaliese Money @amm-maritime.bsky.social, Tom Gayton and Dylan McCorquodale - the CWVII Team!

We must also thank our generous sponsors, the University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk, the AHRC's South West and Wales DTP @swwdtp.bsky.social and the ESRC's South West DTP @swdtp.bsky.social, as well as the RAMM museum in Exeter for hosting us for our end-of-conference visit @rammuseum.bsky.social

This event wouldn't have been possible without all our participants, and in particular our wonderful keynote speakers, Andrew Hopper and Elaine Murphy @plymprivateer.bsky.social. Thank you very much again for your support.

For our second keynote, Prof Elaine Murphy spoke on her ongoing project on wartime separation as experienced by 17c sailors and their wives. Her look into personal letters offered a truly fascinating insight into the lives and minds of these families - thank you Elaine! @plymprivateer.bsky.social ⚓

The first keynote of the conference by Prof Andrew Hopper offered a fascinating look into his upcoming monograph: Widowhood and Bereavement in the English Civil Wars, which draws upon findings from the AHRC Civil War Petitions Project. Thank you very much Andrew! civilwarpetitions.ac.uk

In our final panel before the keynote, Chiara-Marie Hauser, Anastasios Vavalis and our very own Dylan Neill Andrés @dylanneill.bsky.social discussed narrations of violence in early modern petitions and court rooms.

We're excited to share the final programme of events for our upcoming conference at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See the thread below for details, and register here for three full days of talks discussing early modern violence beyond the battlefield: forms.gle/i2qhzBTpboxK...

The conference is free, hybrid, and open to all thanks to our generous sponsors, the @swwdtp.bsky.social and @swdtp.bsky.social. Thank you to all who have submitted papers and registered to attend so far. We look forward to seeing you all very soon! #earlymodern #skystorians

Day 3: 3 September 2026

Day 2: 2 September 2026

Day 1: 1 September 2026

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our 2026 conference, Beyond the Battlefield, taking place at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See below for more details, and register to attend in person or online here: forms.gle/faYxSdQSzxQ5... Please help us spread the word!

Just a month until our conference on Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence! We have an excellent programme and can't wait to meet you all. The conference is completely free, both in person and online. Do register if you're interested and please help us spread the word! forms.gle/faYxSdQSzxQ5...

Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network@earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our 2026 conference, Beyond the Battlefield, taking place at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See below for more details, and register to attend in person or online here: forms.gle/faYxSdQSzxQ5... Please help us spread the word!

📣We are delighted to announce the winner of the PGR Paper Prize 2026!🏆 👉Read all about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/08/w...

Winner of 2026 PGR Paper Prize Announced

We are delighted to announce the results of our 2026 Postgraduate Paper prize. The Postgraduate Paper Prize is awarded to the best conference papers presented at the Social History Society conferen…

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Truly honoured to have had my research recognised among so many excellent papers! Thank you SHS for fostering such a welcoming and supportive space. Communities like this are an encouraging reminder of the strength of our discipline in these difficult times, and I feel privileged to be a part of it!

Social History Society@socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣We are delighted to announce the winner of the PGR Paper Prize 2026!🏆 👉Read all about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/08/w...

Thrilled that my paper was awarded the runner-up PGR Paper Prize at this year's History Society Conference! Thank you @socialhistsoc.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to share my research with so many engaged and supportive historians and a privilege to have it recognised among so many excellent papers

we have some fun 4 July news over at The National Archives! a new copy of the US Declaration of Independence, with an amazing story behind it (privateers! printers! prisoners!) - but also, a find that shows the power and importance of our volunteering and cataloguing projects.

‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer ship

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⚔️The conference has got off to a cracking start with some medieval re-enactment out on the lawn! We'd love to hear about your conference (panels, papers, entertainment etc.!) - please #SHS2026 ✨

📣Less than a week to go until our 50th anniversary conference! Our full programme is out now, please find it here: socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

Conference

Visit the post for more.

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🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 If you are an Exeter alumnus, and wish to express your horror at the proposed cuts to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, please sign the Google Doc petition below. Not an alumnus? You can still help by signing the Exeter UCU petition at c.org/msXfsb2g5b 🗃️

Alumni petition against the cuts to the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Any Exeter alumni who wish for their names to be added to the petition below should please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/SpdYvmmsCaJbmZft6. If you are not an alumnus, but still wis...

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Deadline tomorrow! We’ve already received some fantastic proposals from scholars across disciplines, countries and career stages and look forward to putting the programme together. If you work on early modern violence or conflict, don't miss out ⬇️🗡️ #earlymodern

Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network@earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️ The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May. Please circulate widely!

Thank you very much to all who have submitted abstracts. We have received many excellent submissions and are excited to start working on the programme soon. If you work on violence or conflict and you haven't submitted yet, remember this is the final week to send us your abstracts! 🗡️⬇️ #earlymodern

Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network@earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️ The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May. Please circulate widely!

With only two weeks to go before our CfP closes, we are pleased to confirm this year’s conference activity: a tour of Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), led by our very own Zara Money @zara-money.bsky.social. Remember to send us your abstracts to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by 22 May!

Any #skystorians interested in the English Civil War? Come along to the Dorset History Centre on 6 June for a full day of talks on current research from Civil War scholars, including our own Tom Gayton and Eamonn Welch. See attached for more details, and please help us spread the word! #earlymodern

Delighted to be talking about my dissertation research with the lovely folks at the IHR’s British History in the 17th Century seminar this Thursday, April 30 (10:30am Calgary time/5:30pm UK time)! Wish I could be there in person, but I’ll be zooming in instead. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

'Major George Strangways versus John Fussell, Attorney at Law: A Tale of Sequestration, Litigation, and Murder in Interregnum England

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One month left to submit your abstracts for our summer conference. If you work on any aspect of early modern violence, we want to hear from you! Remember to send us your abstracts by 22 May, and please help us spread the word ⬇️

Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network@earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️ The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May. Please circulate widely!

We have had many submissions we're hoping to run back to back panels! Get your abstracts in by Friday next week if you want to be involved!

HAPI@hapi-conference.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We have made the decision to extend our call for papers until Friday next week! We have had many great submissions already and hope that we can offer back to back panels! Therefore we want to give you the extra time to submit your papers! To submit, please email us at hello.hapi@outlook.com 😊