Final plug for this bad boy, tomorrow evening. New research on scribbles in baronetages and Austen’s composition of PERSUASION.

John Aubrey’s Natural History, Part 8: Witchcraft — Louise Ryland-Epton It is clear that John Aubrey's concept of witchcraft was not a narrow legal or theological one. It was something closer to what we might call the preternatural: events caused by an agency — whether hu...

Anne Bodenham could transform into a cat, a lion, a dog, or a bear. She was hanged at Salisbury in 1653. But John Aubrey wasn't sure the trial was sound. Part 8 of my series on Aubrey's Natural History — witchcraft, evidence, and an open verdict.
www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

📑 Help us to create a pool of syllabi for which scholars and teachers can draw upon for their courses. If you would like to include a syllabus from one of your courses that covers some aspect of women’s and gender history check out our website for more details:

jwomenshistory.org/syllabi/

Master's Scholarships programme 2026-27: supporting groups underrepresented in academic history - RHS Each year the Society awards Scholarships to support students who will study for a Master's degree in history at a UK university. Master's Scholarships, each of £5000, seek to support students from gr...

Today we also open the call for applications to our 2026-27 Master's Scholarships programme: bit.ly/4dTHmXe

Scholarships of £5000 are for students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history to study for an MA in history or a related subject. Closing date: Friday 5 June #Skystorians

Manchester University Press is proud to launch Radical Histories, a new series dedicated to the individuals, movements and ideas that have challenged political, social and cultural authority.

Call for proposals now open. Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

Are you studying, researching or teaching a history topic and not sure where to start? Try a search using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

I was already worried about Trump’s mental decline—it just got worse In the past week alone, the US president has depicted himself as Jesus and picked a row with the pope

Last week I suggested that maybe Donald Trump was not quite all there. I would like to revise that opinion. I think he may be what we used to call stark raving bonkers. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73055/...

Medieval Feminist Forum will be hosting a free article workshop this June, led by Dr. Suzanne Edwards! Register by May 15 to join

Build-a-voter is back! @fransham.bsky.social's creation is now updated for 2026 with data from More in Common. www.economist.com/interactive/...

My profile is predictably Labour-leaning...

This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇

ALDcon26 registration is now open with early bird discount closing 20 April 2026

Join us for #ALDcon26 The Learning Development Conference | 12 & 16–17 June 2026 | University of Leeds
This year, our focus is on advocacy, embedding and impact in Learning Development. Early registration closes 20 April 2026 https://aldinhe.ac.uk/aldcon26

Economic History Review (@echistsocreview.bsky.social)

There are two news items to share about the @echistsocreview.bsky.social
First, we will no longer be posting on X\Twitter.
Second, we have updated our notes to authors so that everyone is aware of our policy regarding AI.

#econhist #scholarship

One book in three weeks? At some universities that would be a triumph With undergraduates viewing education as a transaction and AI offering helpful summaries, reading is dying out on UK campuses, says Agnieszka Piotrowska

'The post-92 universities, the former polytechnics, the institutions that serve the majority of UK students, are experiencing something qualitatively different from what Oxford and Cambridge are experiencing.' 1/3

Women and Divorce Law in England and Wales, 1537–2022 Summary. The popular history of divorce in England and Wales centers on famous couples—predominantly royalty—whose marital discord played out through inter

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women's History has been launched, including my chapter 'Women and Divorce Law in England and Wales, 1537–2022'. I had great fun writing it and I'm proud to be published alongside so many amazing authors writing on such importantly and timely topics.

Across history, witchcraft has been understood in many different ways. 🧙

In this Journal of the British Academy conversation, leading academics explore the cultural history of witchcraft and how its meanings have shifted over time.

Read if for free on Open Access 👇

https://bit.ly/4sjcuTv

This is a crucial report, shining a spotlight on the funding links between Russia, Hungary and the British mainstream right

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 mont...

May I interest you in £10k for humanities or social science research? Our small grants scheme is open. Apply by 3rd June.

We allocate through partial randomisation - awarding randomly between all applications that meet our quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

We didn't deserve this day.

ADHD and the Academy

Hey if you want to hear me and a couple of colleagues discuss ADHD, neurodiversity, and the academy, here you go:
open.spotify.com/episode/1ztQ...

Visiting Fellowships - Chawton House In 2023, Chawton House is delighted to be able to offer nine residential fellowships for postgraduate or early career researchers (within 5 years of PhD).

Many moons ago I had the pleasure of an early career fellowship at @chawtonhouse.bsky.social, and now you can too! If you're a PhD student or ECA working on women's writing in the long 18thC, act quickly.
chawtonhouse.org/the-library/...

V excited to be delivering this online talk for the wonderful @chawtonhouse.bsky.social on the evening of April 23rd. Book tickets now if you want to hear more about why I think Fanny Knight was the prototype for Sir Walter Elliot!
chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/onl...

Hope you are now on the mend. Hideous iteration of covid doing the rounds a few weeks back. I’m so glad you got it treated.

Just found this episode and loved it - so interesting to have a lengthy discussion of how gender informs our understandings of both phenomena and those who study it.

BARS | BAVS Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellowship 2026 Call for Applications @ Liverpool John Moores University

offers unaffiliated ECRs a platform from which to pursue their research, while also organising an academic event or a workshop.
More info and how to apply:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6399

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

A stage with a set made up of warehouse-style shelving and an assortment of boxes and old TVs on the shelves. Above the set the word ‘uncanny’ is projected onto what look like two corrugated shop doorway covers.

Prepare to be scared #Uncanny #UncannyCommunity