Dr Lily Chadwick
@lilyrchadwick.bsky.social
Programme Coordinator in Quaker History at the Woodbrooke Centre / University of Birmingham. Historian of gender, religious “radicalism,” empire and authority in the early modern Atlantic; Durham & UMN alumna; she/her, views my own
#QuakerHistory folks, there's still time to apply for the Friends Historical Association 2026-27 grants cycle! We're offering support for work undertaken in the broad field of Quaker History in the form of research grants, project grants, and publication subventions. www.quakerhistory.org/grants
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Fabulous to be back in Durham this week for Places and Spaces of Devotion. Im very grateful for the opportunity to give my paper on the interpretations of silence in early Quaker spiritual practices and to hear so many other fantastic papers on EM religious worship @imems.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr
In London today for the Festival of Social History! Looking forward to some fabulous panels on this gorgeous day ☀️@socialhistsoc.bsky.social
Always such a pleasure to work with the brilliant @cosmichope.bsky.social !
Ben Wood@cosmichope.bsky.social · 4mo agoI'm teaching on this wonderful course alongside the fabulous @lilyrchadwick.bsky.social. If you would like a supportive space to reflect on Hannah Arendt's work, learn about #active #hope, or delve more deeply into the contemporary dimensions of #Quaker witness, this might be the course for you. 🌏☮️
Where do Quakers “go” when they die? Interested in the cultural histories of death and burial? Join us at Woodbrooke on 28 July 2026 for a fascinating talk by the fabulous @annacusack.bsky.social titled: Dealing with the Dead — Early Quaker Burial Practices Sign up (for free!) below:
Dealing With the Dead: Early Quaker Burial Practices - Woodbrooke
It was in part through their unique beliefs and practices surrounding death that the early Quakers distinguished themselves from other radical dissenting
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Very excited to be at @unibirmingham.bsky.social this term as a teaching fellow in the Department of History! I’ll be convening the honours module, Gender and the Making of Modern Britain, 1650-1832. Can’t wait to get started! @kharveyhistory.bsky.social
FHA is very pleased to announce that registration is now open for our annual fall event! Please join us online Sunday, 16 November for a book talk given by Professor Marcus Rediker featuring his new work, Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea @marcusrediker.bsky.social
Lovely to be back in Durham today celebrating the brilliant career of Professor Andy Wood! @imems.bsky.social
My latest article, “Accessing the Intimate in the Archive: Quaker Women’s Meeting Minutes and the History of Emotions” has been published by Quaker Studies and is available for access here: quakerstudies.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
Accessing the Intimate in the Archive: Quaker Women’s Meeting Minutes and the History of Emotions
The earliest generations of Quakers existed primarily on the margins of early modern European society, and yet they produced an abundance of written material containing a wealth of information for soc...
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Come be my colleague at the University of Minnesota -- we are hiring! @umn-rels.bsky.social The Religious Studies program at UMN is searching for a new TT position in Buddhist Studies. Please circulate widely!
Had a brilliant and productive archive trip to Friends House Library in London this week! Great to see many colleagues and acquaintances again and to have the opportunity to gather rich new primary materials. Now begins a long weekend of image backups and data management…
Many busy things this month! Pleased to have presented my paper, “Stubborn, Ungratful Carriage: Early Quakerism and the Politics of Poor Relief” at @socialhistsoc.bsky.social earlier this month. Also pleased to have finally graduated from Durham (1 year post viva!) 🎉💃🏻 Feeling very grateful ❤️
Had a brilliant, stimulating time at the Caribbean Connections workshop at KCL yesterday. Many thanks to @drmishaewen.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social and Dr Michael Bennett for planning and convening! (A big bonus, the views from our conference room 😍)
Please consider submitting to this special issue of Quaker Studies around the Declaration of Independence semiquincentennial. We're a peer reviewed, fully open access journal welcoming submissions from all academic disciplines - do get in touch if you have questions. quakerstudies.openlibhums.org
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Dr Lily Chadwick@lilyrchadwick.bsky.social · last yr.Call for Papers! Please see image below. For all enquiries and submissions, please contact @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social at g.rhiannon@bham.ac.uk or Dr Lily Chadwick at lily.chadwick@woodbrooke.org.uk. Article submissions are due 30 January 2026.
Call for Papers! Please see image below. For all enquiries and submissions, please contact @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social at g.rhiannon@bham.ac.uk or Dr Lily Chadwick at lily.chadwick@woodbrooke.org.uk. Article submissions are due 30 January 2026.
Had a wonderful time delivering my paper “The Weight of Silence” at Spaces and Places of Devotion, c. 1600-1800 in Aix-en-Provence this last week. Many thanks to @imems.bsky.social, @univ-amu.fr, and @britaix17-18.bsky.social for sponsoring such a fantastic event
Friends Historical Association Grant Applications are Due May 31st! The Friends Historical Association is pleased to offer funding to support contributions to the field of Quaker history…
Please consider joining myself and Dr Caitlin McGeever at Woodbrooke this June for our new course: “Challenging Traditional Quaker Histories: Quakers and Enslavement.” Only two places remain, so be sure to book soon! For more, please visit: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/our-courses/
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I would be very grateful for any recommendations on scholarship related to the “curation” of emotions (e.g., how emotions are recorded or “curated” in archives). Thank you!
Interested in histories of political chaos and religious dissent? Want to know more about the radical origins of Quakerism? Join us at Woodbrooke for our upcoming course: “The Spirit of Dissent: Quaker Origins in Early Modern England” led by the brilliant @ericanela.bsky.social ! Register below ⬇️
Friends Historical Association invites you to attend our 2025 Spring Event on Sunday, 4 May 2025. This year, FHA will enjoy a guided tour of Harriton House in Bryn Mawr, PA. Sign up soon for this fantastic event! For registration, please see: www.quakerhistory.org/2025-spring-...
Excited to be hosting my first live session tonight for my Woodbrooke course “Troublesome Women: Female Quaker Ministers and the Gendered Politics of Dissent”! Watch this space for more exciting course content coming shortly at Woodbrooke 🥳 www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/trou...
Troublesome Women: Early Female Quaker Ministers - Woodbrooke
This course will dive deep into the history of the earliest Quaker women, uncovering what it was that made female Friends in particular so radical to
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Very excited to be back teaching in Durham this term. What great post-lunch views 😍 @durhamhistory.bsky.social
Interested in histories of the body, radical religious ministry, and women? Join us on 13 February online or in-person at the IHR in London to hear my talk, “Embodied Faith: Female Quaker Ministry and the Power of Ambivalence” ! www.history.ac.uk/events/embod...
Embodied Faith: Female Quaker Ministry and the Power of Ambivalence in the Early Modern British Atlantic
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A response from Lily Chadwick and a Q&A led by Amanda Herbert will follow.
Join us this Wed 22 Nov from 3-4:30pm in PG 20 to hear John Marshall (John Hopkins) discuss ‘Antiracism, Antislavery, and Anti-imperialism: Quobna Ottobah Cugoano’s Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (1787, 1788, 1791) in Context’.