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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective

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This is the account for the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective at the University of Manchester. Exploring bodies, emotions and objects in the past! sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti…

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Check out our upcoming events for Semester 1! We have lots of exciting sessions planned and we hope to see you there! Further details and reading lists will appear on our website shortly: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

30 September: Dr Holly Fletcher, 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World'
28 October: Reading Group, 'Environmental Approaches to the Body'
16 November: Anne Hultzsch, 'Female Biography ad Architecture, 1785-1842: Maria Dundas Graham Callcott'
2 December: Reading Group, 'Environmental Approaches to the Body'
9 December: Work-in-Progress Session, 'Sugarways: The Material Life of a Caribbean Crop'

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Will Clement (@historywill.bsky.social), Lecturer in Modern European History @uomhistdept.bsky.social, to the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective! Find out more about Dr Clement’s research, and other members of our Collective, here:

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A feathery feature: @stefanhanss.bsky.social and the Collective’s digital microscopes will help uncover the mysteries of a 400-year-old ‘Feather Book’ held at McGill University Libraries. The project is led by Dr Victoria Dickenson and funded by @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca. Read more on our blog!

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History, Art and Science join Forces to Unlock the Mysteries of a 400-Year-Old Feather Book

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We're thrilled to welcome Dr Olivia Mitchell (@livsmitch.bsky.social), Lecturer in Modern History @uomhistdept.bsky.social, to the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective! You can find out more about Dr Mitchell's research, as well as other members of our Collective, here:

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The Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're excited to welcome @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social (@ucl.ac.uk) back to Manchester to speak about her new project, ‘The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World: Matter in Multispecies Medicine’ (funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social). Join us on Weds 30th Sept, 13:00, to hear more! Details linked:

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Holly Fletcher (UCL), 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World: Matter in Multispecies Medicine'

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Interested in the history of women's anger and Chinese medical cultures? Read our latest fascinating blog post by our very own Zhaokun Xin, which spotlights two new articles. sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Two new articles on the literary exploration of emotions in Ming China

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us.

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Dr Jennifer Evans @historianjen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You can now read mine and @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social new article about the remedies 18thc women took six weeks before birth. doi.org/10.1017/S001...

Anticipating Birth in Early Modern England | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Anticipating Birth in Early Modern England

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Read our latest blog post on Dr Ingrid Rembold's research on churches and virtue signalling in the Carolingian World. sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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New article 'Widows, orphans and churches: protection and virtue signalling in the Carolingian world'

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New special issue on Imaging Heritage Science Innovation by members of our Collective! sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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New Special Journal Issue on Imaging Heritage Science Innovation at Manchester

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Read our latest blog post about groundbreaking proteomics research on early modern medical and cosmetic recipes, by @stefanhanss.bsky.social and colleagues sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Global News Echo of New Proteomics Research on Early Modern Medical and Cosmetic Recipes

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The Whitworth's 'Albrecht Dürer's Material World' exhibition (2023-24) inspires new musical composition by University of Manchester composer Camden Reeves: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Melancholia & the Angel: How The Whitworth's exhibition, Albrecht Dürer's Material World, inspired a new musical composition

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Prof Stefan Hanß and Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera win the 2024 Book of the Year Award of the Association of Dress Historians! Read a Q&A with the authors of "In Between Textiles, 1400-1800: Weaving Subjectivities and Encounters" (AUP, 2023): sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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2024 ADH Book of the Year Award Interview

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

@drhollyfletcher.bsky.social wins the ESEH St Andrews Prize for Environmental History! Read all about it here! sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Dr Holly Fletcher wins ESEH article prize for environmental history

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Read the second of two blog posts in which Ifeoma Akobi from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, reflects on the connections between past and present approaches to sleep care sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

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Sleep and Self-care

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Read the first of two blog posts in which Ifeoma Akobi from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, reflects on the connections between past and present approaches to sleep care: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

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Sleep Botanics: Past and Present

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History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

#History #SkyStorians 2025 @hisjournalha.bsky.social Research Bursary scheme is now open! Available: 1 ECR award & 1 mid-career researcher award, each worth up to £1,500. Deadline *15 August*. For further particulars & downloadable application form, see www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

History Research Bursary Scheme: Early Career and Mid-Career Routes

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

For any PhD Students or ECRs in search of support in preparing their first journal article for publication, do check out this exciting workshop, run by @hisjournalha.bsky.social! www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

See below for exciting information about Research Bursaries for ECRs and Mid-Career Researchers to support publications in @hisjournalha.bsky.social

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Joshua Rushton @joshuarushton8.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I’m so thrilled by this news and extremely grateful to the many people who have supported me with this! Looking forward to starting the project “Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World” in 2026! 🎉

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Congratulations to our very own @joshuarushton8.bsky.social who has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his project "Catholic Renewal and Environmental Change in the Early Modern World". Read all about it here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Dr Joshua Rushton wins Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Here is the latest fantastic interview in @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social's series 'New Directions in the History of the Body'. Here, Professor Karen Harvey, @kharveyhistory.bsky.social, discusses her portfolio of work on the body's material history sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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New Directions in the History of the Body – Holly Fletcher in Conversation with Karen Harvey

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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I’ve been interviewed about our new book by the bodies, emotions and material culture collective @bemccollective.bsky.social @kategibson.bsky.social

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Faith in the Town: Lay Religion in Northern Towns, 1740-1830: An Interview with Professor Hannah Barker

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Read this fascinating interview by our very own @historyhannahb.bsky.social about her new co-authored book 'Faith in the Town: Lay Religion in Northern Towns, 1740-1830', which is hot off the press with Oxford University Press: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Faith in the Town: Lay Religion in Northern Towns, 1740-1830: An Interview with Professor Hannah Barker

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Congratulations to Joshua Rushton, whose article 'The Emotional Dimension of Shrine Formation in Early Modern Catholicism' is now out in Cultural and Social History. Read more about this fascinating work here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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New Cultural and Social History Article by Dr Joshua Rushton

Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Congratulations to @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social who has received a Wellcome Trust Early Career Award for 'The Fats of Life, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine', which she will take up at UCL in autumn 2025. Read more about this fascinating project here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Dr Holly Fletcher Receives Wellcome Trust Early Career Award

Holly Fletcher, who is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the ‘Sleeping Well’ Project at the University of Manchester, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Early Career Award for ...