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Sarah Bendall

@sarahabendall.bsky.social

📜 Historian of Women, Material Culture & Fashion, 1500-1800 | 🧵 Recreation & Making | 📚 Author of Shaping Femininity & Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens (Bloomsbury)| ✍️ Editor of Embodied Experiences of Making (AUP)| https://linktr.ee/sarahabendall

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James Taub@taubhistory.bsky.social · 2w ago

A little bit of an odd request. Does anyone know any textile history experts with knowledge on the linen trade in Brittany, Normandy, or Flanders during the 18th century? Trying to identify a marking on an object in our collection!

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Celine Camps@celinecamps.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨 Amazing #EarlyModern research degree opportunity: The University of Melbourne (Australia) is looking for a Ph.D Candidate who will work as part of an ARC-funded project on "The History of the Hourglass” (c. 1300-1600) ⏳ 🔗 More Info: shorturl.at/3NoNq #HistSTM

Histories of the Hourglass : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne

<p> <span>Applications are invited for a PhD position as part of the Australian Research Council funded project The History of the Hourglass.</span> </p> <p> <span>This PhD research opportunity forms part of a project that undertakes the first history of the hourglass from its origins c.1300 through to its global circulation in the sixteenth century. The most precise time-measurement device of its era, the hourglass changed the course of history through its role in maritime travel, scientific experiments and everyday time management. It transformed time into a silent, interior flow crucial to a wide range of cultural projects: in Cairo classrooms or alchemical labs; in the cook’s kitchen or preacher’s pulpit. Alongside its critical intervention in the history of time, the project seeks to pioneer new scientific methods for analysing these fragile objects, with major benefits for their conservation in Australian and international collections.</span> </p> <p> <span>Applicants with the following background are particularly encouraged to apply:</span> </p> <ul> <li> <span>An undergraduate or master’s degree with a specialisation in medieval and/or early modern studies</span> </li> <li> <span>Proficiency in one or more languages other than English, with preference for German, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese</span> </li> <li>Awareness of current methods in the history of material and visual culture. </li> </ul> <p> <strong><span>Eligibility</span></strong> </p> <p> <span>Applicants must satisfy the minimum entry requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy-Arts at the University of Melbourne and demonstrate strong research ability and potential.</span> </p> <p> <span>Applicants will normally have completed a master’s degree or an Australian honours degree (or equivalent) that includes a thesis subject, with academic results equivalent to a University of Melbourne H1 standard. This generally means achieving at least 80% overall and 80% in the thesis or major research component.</span> <br> <br> <span>Applicants must review the Doctor of Philosophy (Arts) entry requirements before submitting an Expression of Interest.</span> </p> <p> <a href="https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/courses/dr-philart/entry-participation-requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/courses/dr-philart/entry-participation-requirements</span> </a> </p> <p> <strong><span>How to apply</span></strong> </p> <p> <span>Expressions of Interest close <strong>Monday 21 September at 1700 (Melbourne time).</strong></span> </p> <p> <span>To apply, click the <strong><em>‘Submit Expressions of Interest’</em></strong> button at the top or bottom of this advertisement.</span> </p> <p> <span>Upload the following three documents as part of your Expression of Interest:</span> </p> <ol> <li> <span><strong>Academic transcripts</strong> for all completed or in-progress tertiary study</span> </li> <li> <strong>A one-page project description</strong> outlining a proposed research project examining the history of the hourglass between 1300 and 1600CE </li> <li> <strong>A current resume.</strong> Applicants are encouraged to use the Faculty’s resume template [<a href="https://go.unimelb.edu.au/otz2">https://go.unimelb.edu.au/otz2</a>]. Before uploding, please append to the end of the resume <strong>a 500-word statement</strong> describing your intellectual interests in the history of temporalities and material culture. </li> </ol> <p> <em>Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and invited to interview. </em><br> <br> <span>Applicants who are successful at the Expression of Interest stage will be invited to submit a formal application for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy- Arts. An invitation to submit a full application does not guarantee admission or the award of a scholarship.</span> </p> <p> <span>For further information about the application process, please visit the Faculty of Arts Graduate Research applications webpage.</span> </p> <p> <a href="https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/graduate-research" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/graduate-research</span> </a> </p>

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Alice Thornton's Books@thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

Today is World Emoji Day! Did you know that Alice Thornton used an early form of emoji in her writing? She often used a ❤ instead of writing the word heart. In the image, see seven lines up on the right: 'Oh that our soules, my mind & ♥' Image: Book of Remembrances, 109. Photo by Derek Beattie. 📜

A page from a 17th-century handwritten book. Seven lines up on the right the text reads: 'Oh that our soules, my mind & ♥'.
Mark Empey@memps2.bsky.social · 4w ago

Earlier this week I was informed that “The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing” is now published. It's a phenomenal effort by the editors but selling at a phenomenal price too. I've published some stuff in it so if any one doesn't have access happy to share my work #earlymodern

Feature-length article on early modern female book ownership (c. 1500-1700)Biographical entry on seventeenth-century French novelist Madame de La Fayette
Society for Iberian Global Art @siga.spainculture.us · last mo.

📢 Call for Papers | Deadline: July 24, 2026 How did animals shape—and reflect—the early modern world? This interdisciplinary panel invites papers on animal lives and their representation in literature, visual and material culture, history, and beyond. (1/5)

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Society for Iberian Global Art @siga.spainculture.us · last mo.

📢 Call for Papers | Deadline: July 15, 2026 Researching women, religion, and mobility in the early modern Low Countries? Submit a proposal for this interdisciplinary panel exploring migration, exile, evangelization, print culture, and global networks across confessional boundaries. (1/3)

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Gender & History Journal@genderandhistory.bsky.social · last mo.

New article by Stephen Bowd, drawing on letters by dozens of women in northern Italy around the 1st phase of the Italian Wars (1494–1530). It shows how military activity, female agency and dynastic identity were closely allied in their letters. #EarlyModern 🗃️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/S9XNMD...

A Family Affair: War, Agency and Female Epistolary Networks in Renaissance Italy

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Lou Roper@roperlou.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fascinating 'stuff': I wonder if Jane Potter knew 'Mrs Smith', wife of a Richmond (Surrey) sugarbaker who seems to have funded that 'Insolence' invasion after taking her spouse to the Republic (but, of course, has largely escaped the record?

Sarah Bendall@sarahabendall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New article has just been published OA @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social ! Lots of archival work in here tracing the the women who ran “Indian houses” in #17thc London. Including one woman who may have helped plot the Glorious Revolution!! #earlymodern www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sarah Bendall@sarahabendall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The same “Indian woman” also played matchmaker to two aristocrats… one of whom was later assassinated in Pall Mall by a rival lover. 👀 👀 Who needs fiction when reality is more interesting!! You can read more about her in my new book: bsky.app/profile/sara...

Sarah Bendall@sarahabendall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New article has just been published OA @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social ! Lots of archival work in here tracing the the women who ran “Indian houses” in #17thc London. Including one woman who may have helped plot the Glorious Revolution!! #earlymodern www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

becimay@becimay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In case you didn’t know, Exeter uni, where I work, has announced a plan to make 25% of staff in my English department redundant. Left-over staff will do double the teaching while their research time will be shrunk to 1%. Meanwhile admissions for English at Exeter are HIGH, and on the rise this year