The Kiss is out today! And here I discuss it with the New Books Network! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-kiss-a-h...

Congratulations and thank you (!!) to the guest editors of this wonderful new volume that I am honoured to be part of! @emyang.bsky.social, Andrea Graus and Violeta Ruiz 👏

Dr. Elisabeth M. Yang@emyang.bsky.social · 6d ago

Wonderful news! OSIRIS, vol. 41: Histories of Science and Childhoods is FINALLY out! The hope is that this is just initial steps, sparking further research into and engagement with the intricately interwoven worlds of the child and science. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/osiris/2...

Maybe it's teething?! I asked this many times when my daughter was v. little & our lives/feelings were intimately bound up together, at times when she was.. less than cheery😅 Parents have been asking the same thing for centuries! In the 17thC they called infants' difficult emotions being *froward*

Froward Infants: Breeding Teeth in Early Modern England: Breeding Teeth in Early Modern England: Osiris: Vol 41, No null

AbstractIn sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, medical writers, practitioners, and parents alike recognized “frowardness”—expressed through sounds and bodily gestures imbued with disquiet or e...

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CALL FOR PAPERS  📣   Experiencing Relief in Early Modern Britain: 1500-1800   We welcome papers from ECRs, PGRs, and established scholars. For more info (e.g., how to submit a paper) please see our website: earlymodernreliefconference2027.wordpress.com #earlymodern #earlymodernists #AcademicSky

400 years ago today, a codfish was gutted at Cambridge Market. 🐟   Inside it was a tiny book containing Protestant texts from the early years of the English Reformation.   Was this a providential message from God, a piece of political propaganda or an elaborate hoax? Music by Julius H. from Pixabay

Thank you @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social for your generous support!

Past and Present@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · last mo.

We were pleased to support "Speech/less in the Early Modern World" @camhistory.bsky.social on 23 - 24 April 2026 Here organiser @oliviaformby.bsky.social reflects upon the workshop: pastandpresent.org.uk/reflections-...

Delighted to see this article out! I look at how the elderly used urban space, and the important role of mobility in old age in early modern Italy.

Urban History@urbanhistory.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🧑‍🦳 @jenmcfarland.bsky.social, 'Old age, urban space and mobility in seventeenth-century Italy' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

Cover Reveal! Coming soon, open access, with Taylor & Francis. Edited by @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social, Suzanne Trill and @hagenilda.bsky.social.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' research workshop at Emmanuel College last week! My brain is still absolutely buzzing with inspiration from all the incredible papers! ☀️

Very much looking forward to this session on early modern ageing! June 11th 2pm, in-person or online.

Helen McCarthy@historianhelen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm chairing a conversation on what those who study ageing in the present and recent past can learn from historians of early modern Europe. With @jenmcfarland.bsky.social & Laetitia Pilgrim. Join us in-person or online, June 11th 2pm. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/50556/

Don't forget to register by 12 April to attend Speech/less in the Early Modern World. Free event! All welcome!

Olivia Formby@oliviaformby.bsky.social · 5mo ago

✨Speech/less in the Early Modern World✨ Research Workshop, 23-24 April 2026 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Places limited. Please register as an attendee by 12 April: forms.gle/k9Xnz4gVFhe2Syez9 Thank you event sponsors! @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

📣Registrations open for this exciting event from one of our members!

Olivia Formby@oliviaformby.bsky.social · 5mo ago

✨Speech/less in the Early Modern World✨ Research Workshop, 23-24 April 2026 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Places limited. Please register as an attendee by 12 April: forms.gle/k9Xnz4gVFhe2Syez9 Thank you event sponsors! @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

We're pleased to be supporting the “Speech/less in the Early Modern World” Workshop 23 - 24 April 2026 @camhistory.bsky.social Registration free but places limited (register by 12 April 2026). Venue Emmanuel College Cambridge See programme and registration: pastandpresent.org.uk/programme-an...

Programme and Registration for the "Speech/less in the Early Modern World" Workshop - Past and Present

received from Dr. Olivia Formby (Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge) Dates: 23 – 24 April 2026 Location: Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge Programme Registration (closes 1...

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Woman at the window of a bare, clean house. Who is outside? Child, ghost, spirit? Friendly, frightening? You say. By Jacob Vrel, whose day is today.

✨Speech/less in the Early Modern World✨ Research Workshop, 23-24 April 2026 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Places limited. Please register as an attendee by 12 April: forms.gle/k9Xnz4gVFhe2Syez9 Thank you event sponsors! @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Call for papers - growing up in the early modern world!

Call for papers: Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World. for Gender & History

Two #histmed CFPs with deadline for abstracts Jan 2026! Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context (Manchester) & Blood is the price of coal: Coal communities, health and welfare in Britain and beyond from the 19th century to the present (Warwick) For more details 👇

History of Medicine CFPs

If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context Location:…

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The Word made Flesh is out today! I've not seen it in the flesh myself yet, but this is a happy day after many years of work. #EarlyModern #medhist #histmed #bodyhistory

🗓️ Remember to submit your proposal by next Friday 26 September!

Olivia Formby@oliviaformby.bsky.social · last yr.

📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (16th-18th century focus) - Inclusive Histories - Royal Holloway #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Associate (16th-18th century focus) - Inclusive Histories

Full-time, Fixed Term (12 months)Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Humanities.Inclusive Histories is a collaborative research and schools engage...

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Read about some of our findings on Thornton and her four manuscripts in this @ukri.org post on our #AHRC funded project: www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-pr...

AHRC project sheds light on the life of 17th century memoirist

Research into a manuscript discovered at Durham Cathedral has provided fresh insights on the life of writer and memoirist Alice Thornton thanks to AHRC funding.

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📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

📢JOBS: 2 postdoc research associate positions📢 On AHRC project 'Informing contemporary land use policy through sustainability assessment of farming systems' in pre-modern periods🗃️ - FT from 01/10/25 - #Medieval history (3 years) - #EarlyModern history (28 months) jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Our #OpenAccess collection on the #PowerOfPetitioning in early modern Britain has only been out for a year and amazingly it's been downloaded over 4,000 times from @uclpress.bsky.social. So pleased to see all the interest in petitioning! Get your free copy here: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-pow...

Really looking forward to speaking at the IHR Life Cycles seminar tomorrow!

IHR Life Cycles seminar@ihrlifecycles.bsky.social · last yr.

The last seminar of term is next Tuesday, 24th June at 17:30 to 19:00. We will be at the IHR & online. Olivia Formby will present on 'the bodily and emotional character of early modern infants’ preverbal voices'. Further details and how to register are in the link: www.history.ac.uk/events/speec...