Astonishing that amazing research like this and researchers of such high calibre are at risk in the current UK higher education climate

The Material Culture of Wills Project@materialwills.bsky.social · 23h ago

📢PROJECT UPDATE📢 You may have seen the news that the University of Exeter, home of the wills project, has placed 500 academics at risk of redundancy. The project leader Prof. Jane Whittle & project co-investigator Dr Laura Sangha are both at risk, alongside almost all of the History department. 1/

Another dream shattered

The third round of formal reflection for for Karin and I (along with a lifetime of constantly talking about it)! Please share widely. Please circulate widely to anyone who might be interested. We will be welcoming people who would like to attend and join the dialogue as well as paper givers.

John Carter Brown Library@jcblibrary.bsky.social · 3d ago

Call For Proposals: Conference on Families in Early American and Atlantic Worlds April 15-17, 2027 Hosted by the John Carter Brown Library (Co-chairs Julie Hardwick and Karin Wulf) Details at: forms.gle/QWcB23XGbwu6...

"Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience." New today in the Society's journal 'Transactions': Joe Moran 'On Detail in Historical Writing': bit.ly/44UMi8C Now available OA @joemoransblog.bsky.social @massobsarchive.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

📣 Calling all PhD students studying women's and gender history!

IHR Women@ihrwomen.bsky.social · last wk.

Call for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026.

An incredible new PhD opportunity at @uhihistory.bsky.social under Dr Nicola Martin: An Environmental History of the Jacobite Risings in Scotland. This is a fresh and fascinating filter to apply to Jacobite Studies and the programme is under the very best of direction and care.

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

Excited to see this taking place in Perth. Definitely of interest to PWOW members

Women's History Scotland@womenshistscot.bsky.social · 2w ago

📢 We are delighted to announce that the speaker for our annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper! 📅 Saturday 24 October 🕑 2.00–3.30pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth 🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/women...

Pausing today to reflect on the life and legacy of Terry Fox, on what would have been his 68th birthday. May Terry's sacrifice continue to inspire us to do good in his honour, in whatever capacity we have.

An interesting conference that considers "[h]ow pre-modern societies brought about their economic orders, whether 'moral' or ‘rational’, by means of history as a medium of economic thought and practice, however, has so far largely escaped scholarly scrutiny" #medievalsky #earlymodern

Marcus Meer@marcusmeer.bsky.social · 2w ago

CfP: "Media of Memory and the Pre-Modern Economy" at the @ghilondon.bsky.social, 5-7 May 2027, www.ghil.ac.uk/events/confe... Interested in how pre-modern communities used the past to address present challenges and future aspirations in economic terms? Please do get in touch by 15/12/2026!

One more inhabitant of Hardwick Hall gallery: Arbella Stuart w/ her A+ dolly in 1577. In line to inherit the English throne. Granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick, born OTD 1527.

The Bodleian Library bought a supposedly 14thC gospel-book for £6 at auction at Sotheby’s #OTD in 1887. Scholar Lucy Hill, 22, found the added poem on leaf 2 echoed a tale in Turgot’s Life of St Margaret, and identified the book as that of the Scottish queen’s. 📸Bodleian Library

Tak ma croon, an dinna fash – aa yon wis ower fur me lang syne… —Gerda Stevenson, “The Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots” from QUINES: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, @luathpress.bsky.social 2018 Mary was forced to abdicate her throne #OTD, 24 July, 1567 #poem luath.co.uk/products/qui...

We are pleased to say that our July Issue is now out! This Issue includes 22 original articles, 14 #OpenAccess, and 9 book reviews. #Skystorians #GenderHistory Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680424...

Gender & History: Vol 38, No 2

Gender & History is a global gender studies journal publishing research on femininity, masculinity and gender across eras and territories.

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FREE ONLINE RESOURCES: Scottish History and Archaeology Read our peer-reviewed journals of Scottish history and archaeology, watch recorded lectures by eminent specialists and enthusiasts, access the go-to research resource for Scottish archaeology and more: www.socantscot.org/publications...

📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.

Jesse Locker@jessemlocker.bsky.social · 3w ago

Giving myself a headache in the archives

I did this years ago on Twitter, but, here's a list of tools/utilities that every medievalist show know about and have bookmarked: #medievalsky

These mosaics of fire and water mark the site of the execution of Grizzel Jaffray in 1669. A victim of the Scottish witch trials, she was accused of being a 'spaewife' and burned at the stake on Peter Street, Dundee #MosaicMonday

Priorities. 😼

Larry the Cat@number10cat.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Larry likes his breakfast at 9, brunch at 1030 and lunch at noon with plenty of snacks in between. The rest of the job is a doddle"

Help to shape the future of Glasgow Women’s Library. Whether you've visited yet or not, we would love to hear your thoughts. This short survey (5–7 minutes) will help us to understand your experience and how we can continue to thrive. Thank you for your support. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Help Shape the Future of Glasgow Women’s Library

Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) is a unique and special place - the only Accredited Museum dedicated to women’s history in the UK, and a Recognised Collection of National Significance in Scotland. A wel...

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Anabel Marsh previously wrote a brilliant blog for our webiste about Jessie Stephen. Sounds like a brilliant event @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/03/17/j...

Maryhill Burgh Halls@maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ready for the next Connected Community talk? We are so pleased to host Anabel Marsh to tell us the stories of some of Maryhill's most iconic women. 📍 Maryhill Burgh Halls 🗓️ Mon 27th July, from 6pm 🎟️Book your place: shorturl.at/CAaNg

With its sadly uncertain future, we were, however, very pleased to have the opportunity to work with the congregation and Friends of Burntisland Old Parish Church to study their incredible 16th century church in more detail. Read the story here 👇 www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/...

Fife church where people have worshipped for 430 years selected for national project

A community bid to secure the future of a historic Fife church has received a huge boost.

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Four Exeter Academics have just been elected Fellows of the British Academy. All are at risk of redundancy under the University's controversial #BonfireOfTheHumanities cuts.

Dr Laura Sangha@lsangha.bsky.social · 2w ago

Professor Whittle is one of four colleagues in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Exeter elected to Fellowship of the British Academy this year. 🗃️ ALL FOUR of these outstanding scholars were placed at risk of redundancy last month. Here's their statement:

July 18: Feast of Teneu (Thenew, Enoch) (6thC), a princess of the Gododdin in south-east Scotland. Her father cast her out after she was raped and fell pregnant. She found sanctuary with St Serf in Culross, Fife, where she gave birth to her son, St Kentigern (Mungo). 📸Mark Worst

The British Newspaper Archive is moving to a new site on 28th July. 👇 blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2026/07/14/t...

The new British Newspaper Archive arrives on 28 July

We're delighted to announce that the new British Newspaper Archive will launch on Tuesday 28 July 2026, with a range of brand new features.

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🚨New Blog Alert🚨 As Ireland currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU, VOICES researchers Felix Vanden Borre and Dr Claire McNulty shed light on the women in early modern Ireland with continental connections ranging from Belgium to Tuscany who feature in the Funeral Entries. Read more:

Blog 14: Spotlight on European Women - VOICES

By Felix Vanden Borre & Dr Claire McNulty As Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, we are reminded of the many women of early modern Ireland who had connections with con...

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The Wilson Institute for Canadian History is pleased to announce its Visiting Scholars Program. #cdnhist #history

Wilson Institute Visiting Scholars Program | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada

The Wilson Institute for Canadian History is pleased to announce its Visiting Scholars Program. Need a place to write while finishing those final book chapters? Looking for an academic home while cond...

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🚨Just a week to go until the deadline! 🚨 We've received some really exciting proposals already. If you work on the intersection of #earlymodern crime and religion and have something to offer you really don't want to miss these #RenSA27 panels! 🗃️

Jan Machielsen@janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As the @rsaorg.bsky.social 's Religion discipline rep, I'm excited to share two #earlymodern #CfP for #RenSA27. The first, coorganised with Amanda Scott, is entitled "Banishment and Exile in the Early Modern World": www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

'Staging early modern arrests raises questions that otherwise don’t come out of approaching records on the page, and [...] forces me to consider the risk involved with all performances of authority.' @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social on reconstructing the early modern arrest.

Being an Audience to Arrest

Lucy Clarke examines the arrest in early modern England, reconstructing how bystanders could legitimise or challenge the power of the state.

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We are delighted to welcome three new Fellows to the Ecclesiastical History Society this year: David Blake, Jane Dawson, and Tom Holland. These Fellows have contributed enormously to the study of #ChurchHistory, and we are honoured to have them join us.