Today marks the beginning of my British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship studying female collaboration in the early modern book trade- unbelievably excited to get started! I'm going to be better about posting highlights here, watch this space 👀 (USTC 6110476)

This would seem a good time of year to mention to anyone teaching or studying on an undergraduate history course that we offer final-year dissertation bursaries of up to £500. Also available to those on taught masters programmes. Full details at sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

If you're a #skystorian#EarlyModern@bhamhistory.bsky.social@emilymayvine.bsky.social#OpenAccesswww.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The origin story of the Alice Thornton's Books project. #EarlyModern 🗃️ 📜 📚

ATthorntonsbooks.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 11:00am

If Alice Thornton is your ancestor, get in touch, it's Ancestor Appreciation Day! Our project began when her descendant, the late Patrick Comber, took her Book of Remembrances to the pub to show friends, including @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social's dad! What came next?... https://buff.ly/3TEgjnF

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Inclusive Histories - 2 Positions available) Royal Holloway, University of London www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DJW864/p...#skystorians 🗃️

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Inclusive Histories - 2 Positions available) at Royal Holloway, University of London

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Inclusive Histories - 2 Positions available) on jobs.ac.uk!

Shoot, skip all the ads on that "culture" piece & head right to the good stuff, the full digitization of the MS: digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/work...#MedievalSky

I have shared this already but still very struck by the differences shown here, which I also felt in recent discussions about undergraduate dissertation topics. 🗃️

MJladyhistorian.bsky.socialSep 18, 2024 2:57pm

I asked for three words that come to mind when you think of studying history. Here's what students said vs. what you all said on here:

This looks like a fascinating new special issue of JMEMS on #Medieval#EarlyModernread.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...

I've uploaded vols 1-3 of Statutes of the Realm to @archive.orgstatutes.org.uk/site/collect...#LegalHistory 🗃️

Statutes of the Realm, 1101 to 1713

The ‘Statutes of the Realm’ series was commissioned by the newly unified British and Irish Government in the early 1800s, and is the most authoritative collection of pre-Georgian legisl…

The Open University is threatening a group of Assoc. Lecturers with fire and rehire. Please sign our petition against this discredited and soon-to-be illegal practice and support frontline staff. #oufamily#openuni#shamefulwww.change.org/p/stop-the-u...

Sign the Petition

After months of threats the Open University has announced a formal consultation on using fire-and-rehire against a group of OU Associate Lecturers (also known as ALs or tutors). Over a number of years...