Don't forget to register by 12 April to attend Speech/less in the Early Modern World. Free event! All welcome!

📣Registrations open for this exciting event from one of our members!

Programme and Registration for the "Speech/less in the Early Modern World" Workshop - Past and Present received from Dr. Olivia Formby (Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge) Dates: 23 – 24 April 2026 Location: Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge Programme Registration (closes 1...

We're pleased to be supporting the “Speech/less in the Early Modern World” Workshop

23 - 24 April 2026 @camhistory.bsky.social

Registration free but places limited (register by 12 April 2026). Venue Emmanuel College Cambridge

See programme and registration:

pastandpresent.org.uk/programme-an...

Woman at the window of a bare, clean house. Who is outside? Child, ghost, spirit? Friendly, frightening? You say. By Jacob Vrel, whose day is today.

Link to the full PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1FMMQ...

✨Speech/less in the Early Modern World✨
Research Workshop, 23-24 April 2026
Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Places limited. Please register as an attendee by 12 April: forms.gle/k9Xnz4gVFhe2Syez9

Thank you event sponsors! @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Call for papers for event on children in early modern institutions. Contact Paula Plastic.

Call for papers - growing up in the early modern world!

This is a call for papers for a special issue of gender and history on childhood, gender and crises. For more details email katie.barclay@mq.edu.au

Call for papers: Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World. for Gender & History

History of Medicine CFPs If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context Location:…

Two #histmed CFPs with deadline for abstracts Jan 2026!
Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context (Manchester) &
Blood is the price of coal: Coal communities, health and welfare in Britain and beyond from the 19th century to the present (Warwick)
For more details 👇

Cover of the book The Word made Flesh: Lutheran Bodies, 1600-1720 by Karin Sennefelt. The over image shows an etching of a young woman in a dress but bare foot flying through the air during a lightning storm.

The Word made Flesh is out today! I've not seen it in the flesh myself yet, but this is a happy day after many years of work.
#EarlyModern #medhist #histmed #bodyhistory

🗓️ Remember to submit your proposal by next Friday 26 September!

#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic

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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Associate (16th-18th century focus) - Inclusive Histories Full-time, Fixed Term (12 months)Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Humanities.Inclusive Histories is a collaborative research and schools engage...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (16th-18th century focus) - Inclusive Histories - Royal Holloway #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

AHRC project sheds light on the life of 17th century memoirist Research into a manuscript discovered at Durham Cathedral has provided fresh insights on the life of writer and memoirist Alice Thornton thanks to AHRC funding.

Read about some of our findings on Thornton and her four manuscripts in this @ukri.org post on our #AHRC funded project:
www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-pr...

Thanks Rebecca, I will be in touch with John! 😊

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📣Call for Papers 📣

I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊

Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

📢JOBS: 2 postdoc research associate positions📢

On AHRC project 'Informing contemporary land use policy through sustainability assessment of farming systems' in pre-modern periods🗃️

- FT from 01/10/25
- #Medieval history (3 years)
- #EarlyModern history (28 months)

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Title page of Brodie Waddell and Jason Peacey (Editors), The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain

Access stats showing 4,239 views/downloads since May 2024.

Our #OpenAccess collection on the #PowerOfPetitioning in early modern Britain has only been out for a year and amazingly it's been downloaded over 4,000 times from @uclpress.bsky.social. So pleased to see all the interest in petitioning! Get your free copy here:
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-pow...

Really looking forward to speaking at the IHR Life Cycles seminar tomorrow!