The Incomparable Urania: Part two of Dr Nat Cutter's blog follows the remarkable journey of Edith Stedham's daughter Urania, Tunis-born and London-migrated: memorients.com/articles/the...

The Incomparable Urania: A Tunis-Born Daughter | MEMOs

Tunis-born and London-migrated, she was something the period had no ready category for.

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Delighted to receive an Australian Academy of the Humanities Travelling Fellowship for my upcoming visit to @iashedinburgh.bsky.social and Scottish rare books collections! @anzamems.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social

Australian Academy of the Humanities@humanitiesau.bsky.social · 2w ago

The AAH is thrilled to announce the 8 recipients of the 2026 Humanities Travelling Fellowships. The Fellowships will enable the humanities researchers to undertake critical projects which will generate new insights, and forge global connections. 👉 bit.ly/4wktbB0 @natcutter.bsky.social

I’m sure the Germans have a word for it, but it’s a very particular and special kind of pride you feel when you receive your own PhD student’s book in the post. @natcutter.bsky.social I could not be more proud 🥰

New blog post 📢📢 MEMOs team member Dr Nat Cutter (@natcutter.bsky.social ) gives us the true and gripping tale of an Englishwoman in Ottoman Tunis, Edith Stedham. Part Two next week! #earlymodern memorients.com/articles/edi...

Edith Stedham, Consolessa: An Englishwoman in Ottoman Tunis | MEMOs

These British women actively shaped the mercantile and diplomatic activities that linked the Maghreb to Britain and the wider Mediterranean world.

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this week's delivery of splendid @memorients.bsky.social 'stuff' has duly arrived 'in port' courtesy of @natcutter.bsky.social

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New blog post 📢📢 MEMOs team member Dr Nat Cutter (@natcutter.bsky.social ) gives us the true and gripping tale of an Englishwoman in Ottoman Tunis, Edith Stedham. Part Two next week! #earlymodern memorients.com/articles/edi...

Just got the copies for my first book 😄

Britain and the Ottoman Maghreb, 1662–1712: Merchants, Consuls, and Cultural Exchange by Nat Cutter: academic.oup.com/book/62534

Britain and the Ottoman Maghreb, 1662–1712: Merchants, Consuls, and Cultural Exchange

Abstract. This book examines the history of British relations with the Ottoman Maghreb in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries through the s

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The new British Library archives & manuscript catalogue is finally here... my prayers have been answered 😍 searcharchives.bl.uk?utm_campaign...

So delighted to see my first book up online with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @anzamems.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @earlymoderncircle.bsky.social. DM or email me for a review copy request form, and ask your uni librarian to buy the book!! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Today's blog post is a treat from MEMOs founding editor Lubaaba Al-Azami- 'Travellers in the Golden Realm' paperback out Aug 7! memorients.com/articles/cur...

Curious Encounters: Thomas Coryate and the Sherleys on the Persian Frontier | MEMOs

The indefatigable traveller prided himself on his singular frugality, adaptability to every circumstance and cheerful willingness to rough it when necessary.

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Today we have a great new blog post from MEMOs team member Dr Nat Cutter, who maps networks of readership on the Maghreb in eighteenth century Britain memorients.com/articles/rea...

Reading the Maghreb in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Part 2: Networks of Readership | MEMOs

Books are one of the few material items from the past that can be with certainty connected with a particular owner.

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