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Early Modern Historian. Convenor for Religious of Britain, 1500-1800 IHR Seminar. My publications include Catholics during the English Revolution t.co/x2ReoS7inS and Later Stuart Queens link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Forthcoming book on the global history of the Little Company of Mary.
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783275946/catholics-during-the-english-revolution-1642-1660/
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Our first seminar of the new term will be next Monday:

Alan Stewart (Columbia): 'Prosecuting Essex: Francis Bacon in the courtroom and on the page'.

5.30pm, online only, book at the link below.

All welcome! Abstract and the rest of the term's programme below.
Prosecuting Essex: Francis Bacon in the courtroom and on the page
Tudor & Stuart History Seminar
www.history.ac.uk
October 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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👑 This colloquium will be organised by the SCS alongside the Universidade Autoónoma de Lisboa and Parques de Sinatra.

👑 An optional excursion to the National Palace of Quelez will take place on the third day

👑 Keynote speech from Professor Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger 
October 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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1/2 📣 CFP for our 2027 conference on the theme 'Manifestations of Conformity, Controversy, and Emotions at Court, 1200-1800’!

📍National Palace of Sintra in Sintra, Portugal
🗓 16-18 September
🗓 Proposals deadline 31 Dec 2026 to [email protected] - can be papers, discussions or roundtables
October 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8

The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2027: submissions now invited - Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September and runs to Monday 14 Dece...
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October 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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It took me until a decade after publishing my first book to get around to applying to become a Fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org. Delighted that the Council has just elected me to the Fellowship! 🗃
October 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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friends who work on convents & religious women: a PhD student is looking for info about S. Chiara in Pistoia. Has been to the archives. Now looking for any relevant or helpful older or newer pubs #nuntastic #earlymodern
October 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Applications for the 2027-28 #Fellowship year are now being accepted through November 2.

Apply today apply.interfolio.com/186941
Questions? Email [email protected] info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/...
#Long18thCentury
#BritishStudies
#CommunityofScholars
#LewisWalpoleLibrary

@YaleLibrary
October 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Really excited for this event later this month! Join us if you can.
October 2, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"The case to which you refer of a sister failing in duty, was not from want of training of either kind, for you yourself examined her before she was incorporated with us...This must have escaped your memory".

Still one of my favourite quotes that came out of my research on 1/
October 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Call for Proposals: 30th OI Annual Conference at @howard.edu (June 17–19, 2027)

Theme: "Diasporas, Dreams, and Dominions in Vast Early America"
Co-chairs: Frederick C. Knight & Thomas A. Foster

🗓 Proposals due Monday, Dec. 6, 2026
🔗 Submit here: bit.ly/4hwrs6D

#VastEarlyAmerica
October 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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@royalhistsoc.org looks forward to taking part at this very helpful annual event for new researchers.

It's an excellent orientation to the many ways @ihr.bsky.social and other organisations can support new graduates as you begin your research #Skystorians
Have you recently started your PhD in history and/or a related discipline? Would you like to hear more about the incredible resources the IHR has to offer history students in the heart of Bloomsbury? Join us on 7 Oct!

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social
IHR Workshop for New Research Students in History | 2026
IHR Research Training
www.history.ac.uk
October 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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New #OpenAccess #History:

Alice Thornton’s Books
Reassessing the Life Writings of a Seventeenth-Century Woman

Edited by Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill, Joanne Edge.

www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Alice Thornton’s Books | Reassessing the Life Writings of a Seventeent
This book is the first dedicated study of Alice Thornton (1626–1707) and her life writings, offering unprecedented insights into how one early modern woman
www.taylorfrancis.com
October 5, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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Join us for the branch's first event of the year. Dr Fern Riddell's lecture is based on her highly acclaimed recent book Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen (2025), a provocative re-evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown.
October 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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@rijksmuseum.bsky.social and @museodelprado.es Launch Landmark Partnership on Women in Art and History

"The Rijksmuseum and the Museo Nacional del Prado announce an in-depth research partnership focusing on women in art and history."

www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/pre...
Rijksmuseum and Museo Nacional del Prado Launch Landmark Partnership on Women in Art and History - Rijksmuseum
www.rijksmuseum.nl
October 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Early Modern Historian. Convenor for Religious of Britain, 1500-1800 IHR Seminar. My publications include Catholics during the English Revolution t.co/x2ReoS7inS and Later Stuart Queens link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Forthcoming book on the global history of the Little Company of Mary.
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783275946/catholics-during-the-english-revolution-1642-1660/
t.co
October 3, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8

The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2027: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...
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September 29, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Stuart courtiers, worldly women, libertinism, and feminist archival methodologies... join us for an exciting evening conversation on the women in the court of Charles II.

22nd October @ 17:00.

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/world...
Worldly Women at the Court of Charles II: Exile, Excess, and the Expanding World — CEMS KCL Blog
Join CEMS for a conversation on women and the Restoration, featuring Dr. Annalisa Nicholson, Dr. Kerry Apps, Dr. Hannah Dawson, and Catherine MacLeod.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
October 2, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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👑 What was life like for the women courtiers of Charles II?

@kerrylouisehistory.bsky.social, @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social, Dr Hannah Dawson and Catharine MacLeod examine how women embraced travel, consumerism and libertinism at this @cemskcl.bsky.social event on 22 October.

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Worldly Women at the Court of Charles II: Exile, Excess, and the Expanding World — CEMS KCL Blog
Join CEMS for a conversation on women and the Restoration, featuring Dr. Annalisa Nicholson, Dr. Kerry Apps, Dr. Hannah Dawson, and Catherine MacLeod.
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October 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Expanded chronologies, cross-confessional empathy, and Irish history in a European and global perspective. Some of the many themes from last night's wonderful celebration of Dr. Joan Redmond's new book, Religion, Rebellion and Violence in Ireland, c. 1603-1649. Thanks to those who came along!
October 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
As the new academic year begins, if anyone is in need of an academic researcher, tutor, proof-reader or similar, please do get in touch.
September 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Come one, come all! Shower us with your lovely abstracts!
September 30, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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I’m really looking forward to speaking about the relationship between Henry VIII and his Seymour in-laws. Tickets available at the web address in the second picture. @thetudortimes.bsky.social #henryviii #tudor #tudors #janeseymour
September 28, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Welcome to our first event of the year. Dr Fern Riddell's lecture is based on her highly acclaimed recent book Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen (2025), a provocative re-evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown.
September 27, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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A reminder that our first event of term is happening THIS Thursday - October 1 at 5.30 pm ! Rosamund Oates will be speaking on 'Deafness in Early Modern England' - the link is finally up for people to sign-up 🥳 in-person (NB02, IHR) and online www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England
www.history.ac.uk
September 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM