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University of Birmingham
Joined December 2014
How did living through a period of violent religious change transform people’s experience of distress? What new light does a history of emotions approach shed on our understanding of the English Reformation? For answers see my new OA article in the JEH! doi.org/10.1017/S00220469240…
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Are you curious about the potential for archives to construct emotion; why there are letters in the Elizabethan State Papers labelled 'mad'; or how culture & politics shape the historical experience of distress? Find out here! doi.org/10.1017/S00804401251… #earlymodern #twitterstorians
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July 5, 7 pm @GMPriory! Wonderful French programme, plus, as part of @RussHepplewhite's Living Voices project, @stainerandbell, 'Song of Flight', by Jamila Gavin. And, Russell is hoping to be with us. Do come! Details and to book: birmingham.bachchoir.com/con…
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Fully-funded PhD opportunity with @komldsp and @MarloweProject: 'Editing Lost Copy-Texts: Christopher Marlowe's Plays and Poems' komldsp.org.uk/projects/edit… Supervisors: @loughnrv and @letterlocking How to Apply: komldsp.org.uk/how-to-apply/
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NEW YEAR! NEW TERM! NEW CHOIR? Why not join @BirminghamBach for Bach’s iconic 'B minor Mass', starting Wed 8th January? Open evenings for gents, with no obligation, 8th & 15th, others interested in joining also welcome! 🎶🎶🎶 Full details: birmingham.bachchoir.com/joi…
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It looks like my new office chair has gained the official feline stamp of approval! #secretlab
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Honoured to have been elected to the Council of the @RoyalHistSoc and looking forward to getting to work.
This week, we also welcome four new members to @RoyalHistSoc's governing Council: Dr Cath Feely, Prof. Karen Harvey, Prof. Matthias Neumann and Dr Jesús Sanjurjo bit.ly/4g7d3dv #twitterstorians @cathfeely
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New Book - available to order for February! @naomipullin @PlymPrivateer
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We are delighted to announce the launch of GEMMS 2.0 (gemms.usask.ca)! GEMMS 2.0 has new and enhanced searches, and allows contributors to add data to GEMMS. For more details, see gemmsproject.blogspot.com/20… #sermons #manuscript #earlymodern 1/3
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Job! Work with me to support public engagement using c18th letters @SocialBodiesUoB. Work with schools, @Literacy_Trust @readingagency @LearnBAES. PT fixed term, Bham based. Deadline 19 August. tiny.cc/i8qbzz
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Apply for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the College of Arts and Law! Complete research and build your profile in arts, humanities, and social sciences. Apply by 23 Aug 2024. Details: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/c… #Research #Postdoc #Academia #UoBArtsLaw
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TOMORROW: we bring you a repeat of 'Summer Concert', the last of our concerts in this current season in @StAlbanHighgate, 7 pm. Much appreciated in Warwick last week so we are confident you will enjoy it too. Do come! Details: birmingham.bachchoir.com/con…
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The Midland History Essay Prize 2024 is now live! Submit an article not exceeding 10,000 words on any aspect of Midlands history by 31st October 2024 for a chance to win £400 and have your article published in the journal. See below for submission instructions:
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Always miffed by the suggestion that the premodern isn't relevant. The premodern is the starkest reminder that the world wasn't always like it is now, and that humans were instrumental in changing it (for better and worse). Isn't that the most important thing to grasp right now?
The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present. Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies: rensoc.org.uk/statement-on-t…
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Given that it's hayfever season, sufferers might be interested in this just in from Elizabethan England: ditch those antihistamines, and try rubbing your eyes instead to counter a sneezing fit! (I think I'll keep taking the tablets for now...), BL Lansdowne MS vol. 121 , f. 146r.
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Presumably meant in a nautical sense, but still managed to raise a chuckle... BL Lansdowne MSS n. 65, f. 29.
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'Verie naughtely' indeed! VL MS Lansdowne n. 60, f. 80r
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Fifteen years. Five prime ministers, seven chancellors, eight foreign secretaries, twelve culture secretaries and sixteen housing ministers. A thread, for #RantyTuesday.
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#twitterstorians! I'm working with some C16th documents, several of which have the word 'silly' added in pencil (see image). Elsewhere there are more extensive C16th and C17th annotations in a variety of hands, but do these look C16th, C17th, or even C18th (or later) to you?
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