Really enjoyed the talk. Hands down the best use of the Agas map -- the walk around London bookstalls was amazing!

Back in York after a fantastic week at #Shax2025 and #RenSA25. Thank you to everyone working behind the scenes and to everyone who came along to the "Shared Forms" seminar! Dare I say we had the best paper props..?

Brilliant CfP from the always lively Revels Office for a conference on 12-13 June @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/2025/02/pape...

PAST Early Modern Legal Records: Common Law Courts Come to The National Archives for this introduction to Early Modern legal records!

On 26 June 2025, I'm running a document workshop at The National Archives on researching with common law records (including assize records). More details and registration information can be found via the link. #TNAPAST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-early...

Screenshot of part of The Leverhulme Trust newsletter. Text on the left reads 'Call for Zooniverse Volunteers' with more details underneath. On the right is a tile reading 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790' with a drawing of a hand holding a quill underneath.

Many thanks to @leverhulme.bsky.social for including our ongoing call for volunteers (especially those who can read 16th-century handwriting) in their latest bulletin!

#EarlyModern 🗃️

Transcribe on Zooniverse here: www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...

Join us for Lady Rachel Fane's May #Masque at Boston Manor on Saturday 8 March.
Last performed (we think) in 1627
www.ticketsource.co.uk/boston-manor...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #earlymodernsky #RachelFane #LadyRachelFane #womenwriters

First Article Workshop — CEMS KCL Blog First Article Workshop for PGRs and ECRs - receive anonymous peer review and feedback on your writing.

Calling all PGRs and ECRs! Deadline tomorrow for our First Article Workshop! Send in an Expression of Interest!

Great opportunity to receive and discuss peer review on your draft articles.

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/first...

Really enjoyed being a part of this and engaging with Melissa’s wonderful new book on practical texts from manuscript to print! You can read all the contributions below ⬇️

Had a great time back at York today subjecting my audience to the delightful sights and smells of early modern cancer cases. If you’re looking for a particularly smelly seminar experience, I’m happy to oblige!

First Article Workshop — CEMS KCL Blog First Article Workshop for PGRs and ECRs - receive anonymous peer review and feedback on your writing.

First Article Workshop! Deadline for submissions - 28th Feb.

This is an annual event in the CEMS calendar. A great opportunity for PGRs and ECRs to receive and discuss anonymous peer review on a draft article.

Send in your applications!

Full details: kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/first...

I didn't know this wasn't well known! Here are some resources:

DHQ article on eebo and fingerprints specifically: www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/18/1...

Ever wondered what early modern emojis would have looked like? Card of Courtship (1653) has you covered.

Dunnocks are typically solitary, so I'd guess that is a gathering (or zephyr, which is maybe the best collective bird noun!) of long-tailed tits.

save the date: I'm giving a paper on my new research project, 'Gender, Identity, and the Senses in Early Modern Cancer Cases', at @crems-york.bsky.social on Feb 20 at 12:15pm!

Inscription issue 6 (out spring 2026) is all about cuts / tears. Here is our call for papers. Talk to us if you have an idea for an article!

@jessiewhchen.bsky.social examines the skill and embodied knowledge involved in creating botanical printing woodblocks. By recreating four 16th-century woodblocks, she explores early modern tools, techniques, and materials, highlighting the insights gained through hands-on experimentation.

Thank you so much, Claire!

The most significant festive event of the year is almost upon us: the 🪶FEATHERS🪶conference abstract deadline of December 20th!

If you want to join a 3-day feast of early modern scribal culture & manuscript production, you have got a few days left: www.student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

“As an archivist, ephemera is endearing to me because it is a form of printed matter that is not meant to endure.” Eve Scarborough Writer and book artist

Type ephemera offers a glimpse into the craft of typography and printmaking. These everyday paper goods were once used to showcase and sell typefaces, but today they tell a larger story about permanence and culture.

🔗 Read the full essay: blog.archive.org/2024/12/18/v...

The most significant festive event of the year is almost upon us: the 🪶FEATHERS🪶 conference abstract deadline of December 20th!

If you want to join a 3-day feast of early modern scribal culture & manuscript production, you have got a few days left: www.student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

The Shakerly Marmion Society of America wants 1000 followers

If you’re keen to learn more about the life of dramatic letters, I’ll be sharing work about copied & printed letters, the theaters & bookstalls of Fleet Street, and epistolary reuse in Interregnum anthologies at @saaupdates.bsky.social and @srsrensoc.bsky.social next year! #Shax2025 #RenSoc25

Submitted my thesis, “Epistolary Culture and Early Modern English Drama, c.1550-1642,” in Sep., and I passed my viva yesterday with no corrections! Thank you so much to @roaringgirle.bsky.social and @kevinkilleen.bsky.social for such a wonderful discussion about letters, playbooks, and performance.

A close up of the carved oak chapel screen.

Beeyootiful. ❤️

📣Applications are open for Week 1 of the London Rare Books Summer School: 16-20 June 2025 📣

A 🧵 on all the exciting courses available this year!

Register, and find out more here: buff.ly/4ejU2mT

Bookings close on 23rd May 2025.

#RareBooks

Returned from my birdsite hiatus just in time for the great migration. Here for all things #earlymodern #letterwriting #bookhistory and #earlymoderndrama!