#History #Skystorians New issue klaxon! Great articles on Viking fleets, the burning of women in medieval England, Victorian liberalism in global context, women's football and protests in Nigeria, left internationalism, and maritime geopolitics in the Cold War onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468229x...

History: Vol 111, No 396

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@sashahandley.bsky.social and I wrote about the relationship between sleep and scent in early modern England (and today!) for @historyworkshop.org.uk 💤 This is a companion piece for our latest article which you can read open access here: doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...

Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England

Abstract. Sleep loss was a vital health concern for early modern people, and inducing sleep was essential to healthcare practices. This article traces how

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The relationship between smells and sleep is gaining increasing attention but it is by no means a new topic of interest for those seeking to sleep well and stay healthy. @sashahandley.bsky.social and @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social discuss the importance of sleeping well in early modern England.

Interested in the relationship between sleep and scent? Read about its historical roots here

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 3mo ago

The relationship between smells and sleep is gaining increasing attention but it is by no means a new topic of interest for those seeking to sleep well and stay healthy. @sashahandley.bsky.social and @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social discuss the importance of sleeping well in early modern England.

I'm really excited to be presenting at this event on Friday with @sashahandley.bsky.social exploring lived experience and co-production in HE and heritage. We'll be talking about our work on @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lived-expe...

Lived Experience and Co-Production in HE, Heritage and Culture

In this one-day conference we gather with academics, heritage practitioners & cultural professionals to discuss lived experience in our work

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If you missed my RHS lecture last week, then you can catch a recorded version on the Society's website: see the link below :)

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 5mo ago

Last week we hosted our latest public lecture at the University of Warwick with @sashahandley.bsky.social. Recordings of Sasha's excellent lecture - a history of early modern ghost stories - are now available bit.ly/3QWxQJp #Skystorians 1/2

Interested in the history of women's anger and Chinese medical cultures? Read our latest fascinating blog post by our very own Zhaokun Xin, which spotlights two new articles. sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

Two new articles on the literary exploration of emotions in Ming China

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More publication news!! @sashahandley.bsky.social and my new co-authored article, 'Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England', is now available open access in @historyworkshop.org.uk ! Based on research for @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...

We are reaching out to mid-career historians who specialise in 17th-century British history! 📜 The IHR Ian Roy Mid-Career Library Bursary offers support for travel and accommodation for research using the IHR's incredible library collections in London. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

IHR Ian Roy Mid-Career IHR Library Bursary

The Ian Roy Mid-Career IHR Library Bursary is offered with the generous support of the estate of Ian Roy.

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So so pleased to see that my book ‘Body Size in Early Modern Germany’ is now available on Oxford Academic ahead of its print publication later this month: academic.oup.com/book/62409 🎉🎉🎉 To mark its online publication, I thought I’d share a bit more about the book and its contents...

Body Size in Early Modern Germany

Abstract. This book uncovers the significance of body size—of fatness and thinness—in early modern Germany. It explores how early modern people conceived o

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I'm excited to return to ghostly research in my forthcoming lecture for the Royal Historical Society, at the University of Warwick on 1 May 2026. To register: Online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-haunti... [eventbrite.co.uk] In person: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1983439987... [eventbrite.co.uk]

'The Haunting at the Rectory: Ghost Stories and Women’s Lives' ONLINE

Online audience tickets for the RHS Lecture with Prof Sasha Handley (Manchester) at the University of Warwick, 1 May 2026.

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Delighted that my new article in @historyworkshop.org.uk, co-authored with @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social, is now published! Thanks to all who read and heard earlier versions of this @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded research :) academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-... [track.smtpsendmail.com]

Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England

Abstract. Sleep loss was a vital health concern for early modern people, and inducing sleep was essential to healthcare practices. This article traces how

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The fact that a woman has become the #archbishopofcanterbury is not the astounding progress that it might seem, given that women were preaching in 1641! But they were vilified for doing so by the Church of England, which has taken a very long time to revise that view #earlymodern

JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...

Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library

Explore an exciting academic career as a Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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We recently delivered a pilot wellbeing programme at Salford's wonderful Ordsall Hall. Watch our participants reflecting on how engaging with historical archives and methods improved aspects of their wellbeing www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tq7...

Ordsall Hall Wellbeing Film

YouTube video by Sasha Handley

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I'm so excited to read, 'The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance' by @stefanhanss.bsky.social , which has just been published in The American Historical Review. It's groundbreaking work! academic.oup.com/ahr/advance-...

The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance

Abstract. Collaborations between the humanities and sciences allow for novel insights into the material world of Renaissance recipe cultures, and in partic

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The Whitworth's 'Albrecht Dürer's Material World' exhibition (2023-24) inspires new musical composition by University of Manchester composer Camden Reeves: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

Melancholia & the Angel: How The Whitworth's exhibition, Albrecht Dürer's Material World, inspired a new musical composition

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Prof Stefan Hanß and Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera win the 2024 Book of the Year Award of the Association of Dress Historians! Read a Q&A with the authors of "In Between Textiles, 1400-1800: Weaving Subjectivities and Encounters" (AUP, 2023): sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

2024 ADH Book of the Year Award Interview

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@drhollyfletcher.bsky.social wins the ESEH St Andrews Prize for Environmental History! Read all about it here! sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

Dr Holly Fletcher wins ESEH article prize for environmental history

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Read the second of two blog posts in which Ifeoma Akobi from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, reflects on the connections between past and present approaches to sleep care sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

Sleep and Self-care

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Read the first of two blog posts in which Ifeoma Akobi from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, reflects on the connections between past and present approaches to sleep care: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

Sleep Botanics: Past and Present

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If the marketing team is struggling to understand what universities do and are for, they can read this by a former Warwick professor, HoD, research centre founder/director and PVC. 3/3

To save UK higher education, start talking about knowledge - Research Professional News

Until debate on universities foregrounds their core purposes, their woes will deepen, says Margot Finn

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#History #SkyStorians 2025 @hisjournalha.bsky.social Research Bursary scheme is now open! Available: 1 ECR award & 1 mid-career researcher award, each worth up to £1,500. Deadline *15 August*. For further particulars & downloadable application form, see www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs - @hisjournalha.bsky.social is organising this event on 19 September for those looking for support with preparing their first journal articles for publication. Do think of applying! www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs

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Congratulations to @joshuarushton8.bsky.social on the award of your Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. Amazing news!

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective@bemccollective.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to our very own @joshuarushton8.bsky.social who has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his project "Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World". Read all about it here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

Don't forget to submit your abstract in for our June conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' - speaker expenses will be covered and we have two amazing keynotes in Marcy Norton & Sara Miglietti!

Sasha Handley@sashahandley.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

Fully-funded PhD scholarship opportunity on project on ‘The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750)’ at the University of Manchester. Supervised by me and my wonderful colleague Tabitha Tuckett in collaboration with Chetham’s Library. Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750): A data-driven approach to social justice in library catalogues of small and medium heritage collections at The Universit...

PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750): A data-driven approach to social justice in library catalogues of small and medium heritage collections at...

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Ok, teaching is over and I am finally about to return to our talk boards to see all the exciting things our volunteers have been highlighting in our #EarlyModern wills! If you would like to join the hunt click here www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs... 📜💍👞👗🧀🪑🐮🗡️📚🫖💰🗃️

The Material Culture of Wills: England 1540-1790 | Zooniverse - People-powered research

Help us transcribe wills from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, and reveal how ownership of, and attitudes towards, objects changed in a period of economic transformation

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I’ve finally finished my book on extinction! If you’re interested in reading how ideas of race, empire, and extinction have shaped our world and left important legacies for thinking about just conservation and the future of our planet, preorder here. #skystorians uk.bookshop.org/p/books/vani...

Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction a book by Sadiah Qureshi.

Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90 percent of species that ever lived are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in a world where species ...

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Always exciting to get cover proofs - this will be out next spring

Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...