Reposted by Bethan DaviesSophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Only 10 tickets left! Sign up quickly, we have a great study day lined up with several manuscripts on display and a series of speakers discussing women book owners and producers in early modern England and Scotland 📚 042
Reposted by Bethan DaviesMarissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Come and ask me questions about Shakespeare in the Kitchen! Really looking forward to this. 0124
Reposted by Bethan DaviesLauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 04/05/2026#AGoldenWorld is out in exactly one month! Please consider pre-ordering for a friend or library. The book is the culmination of my decade-long obsession with researching traces of the Americas in Renaissance London: www.faber.co.uk/product/9780... #earlymodern #Tudorsfaber.co.ukA Golden World: How the Americas Transformed Renaissance EnglandA Golden World by Lauren Working is a glittering new history of how the Americas transformed early modern England. History books from Faber. 46730
Bethan Davies @bethandavies.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Congratulations Marissa! I can't wait to read it! 120
Reposted by Bethan DaviesMarissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Shakespeare in the Kitchen is officially published today @routledgebooks.bsky.social !!!! Thank you to everyone how has supported my work / my Cooking in the Archives project & made this book possible. 📸 of the Pear Pie recipe from my chapter on The Winter's Tale by @gaypanek.bsky.social 84915
Reposted by Bethan DaviesMeryl Faiers @merylf.bsky.social · 21/04/2026My latest blogpost for the Kingswomen introduces Rebecca Edwards: she married star actor William Knell at 14, was widowed at 15, then married Shakespeare’s colleague, John Heminges. www.kingswomen.org/post/rebecca... #earlymodern #womenshistorykingswomen.orgRebecca Heminges (1571-1619)by Meryl Faiers, 20 April 2026Evidence of the lives of non-elite women is often fragmentary and frequently found in administrative records. The first stage of thinking about the experiences of someone... 3339
Reposted by Bethan DaviesKerry-Louise Apps 🗃️ (Dr. Apps formerly the teacher Ms. Apps) @kerrylouisehistory.bsky.social · 17/04/2026If you like your historic interiors with a globally-focused twist, on April 27 I will be giving a lecture for the Society of Court Studies on the interiors of the Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale at Ham House. It's in person in London, or online! 353
Reposted by Bethan DaviesMarissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Good morning! I'm getting texts letting me know that people who signed up for alerts are able to preorder today!! Preorders officially open tomorrow. www.routledge.com/Shakespeare-...routledge.comShakespeare in the KitchenAudiences and scholars alike have long remarked that Shakespeare’s poems and plays record the pleasures and perils of the table. Shakespeare in the Kitchen asks what Shakespeare’s works can tell us ab... 2215
Reposted by Bethan DaviesUoM English, American Studies & Creative Writing Department @uomenglish.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Today’s the day! 🎉 We're in Sam Alex SG.16 4–5pm for an EACW research seminar 'The Sweet Taste of Empire' - @profkfh.bsky.social in conversation with @fredschurink.bsky.social on sugar, empire and race. Join us! 0177
Reposted by Bethan DaviesGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 07/02/2026You’re Dead To Me is going on tour! We’re playing London, Cardiff, Edinburgh & Manchester in the Spring — come along, it’s gonna be so much fun! Www.YoureDeadToMeLive.com 36715
Reposted by Bethan DaviesStefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 09/01/2026If you ever wondered what biochemical traces of past users of medical recipes may tell us about early modern haircare, see @uk.theconversation.com's discussion of our @historians.org article: doi.org/10.64628/AB.... Research supported by @thejohnrylands.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.socialdoi.orgWhat Renaissance readers left behind in haircare booksNew biochemical techniques offer unmatched insight into early modern medicine, as traces of plants, animals and even human waste have been sampled from pages. 23618
Bethan Davies @bethandavies.bsky.social · 08/01/2026My partner has been suffering with long covid for three years. He’s been unbelievably brave and stoic through it all. Take a look at his new Substack on the power of art and literature in coping with chronic illness. 072
Reposted by Bethan DaviesGrace Murray @mazinggrace.bsky.social · 03/12/2025I have kindly been invited to talk about gardening and reading at the Gibson Library in Saffron Walden! Come along (for free!) at 19.30 on 10 Dec to hear about #earlymodern plants, print & marginalia (+ Gabriel Harvey’s compulsive underlining of mentions of saffron). gibsonlibrary.org.uk/news.htmlgibsonlibrary.org.ukGibson Library 154
Reposted by Bethan DaviesBarbara Di Gennaro Splendore @barbarasplendor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025A global issue of the recipe project! recipes.hypotheses.orgrecipes.hypotheses.orgAutumn 2025GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES INTRODUCTION By Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, and Amanda E. Herbert, Editors The early modern globalization of food and medicine was also a globalization of recipes. A... 0112
Reposted by Bethan DaviesThe English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This ⬇️⬇️ 073
Reposted by Bethan DaviesProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Friends, if you want to learn a bit more abt The Sweet Taste of Empire, watch this INCREDIBLE conversation with @triciamatthew.bsky.social w.bsky.social, Debapriya Sarkar, Jennifer Morgan, @kwazana.bsky.social & Tapiwa Gambura! www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-... Then you can buy it at 40% discount.youtube.comKim F. Hall: The Sweet Taste of EmpireYouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women 33519
Bethan Davies @bethandavies.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Congratulations Hester! ✨It looks beautiful. Can’t wait to read! 120
Reposted by Bethan DaviesProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Want a taste of *Sweet Taste of Empire*? See this pre-launch discussion w/ a former student about the book, my relationship to writing and to food -- and why it's not just about the early modern. #booksky #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace #writing #foodhistory #history bcrw.barnard.edu/brown-sugar-...bcrw.barnard.edu“Brown Sugar Makes the World Go ‘Round”: A Conversation with Kim F. Hall on The Sweet Taste of Empire | Barnard Center for Research on WomenTomisin Fasosi interviews Kim F. Hall on her new book, The Sweet Taste of Empire 26333
Reposted by Bethan DaviesHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 07/10/2025'The transience of a flicker of fire [...] compels us to grapple with histories of the ephemeral and the impermanent, even within those places that seem built to last.' Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:historyworkshop.org.ukIndigenous Plant Stories in an English Treasure HouseDelve into the links between Knole and Indigenous American histories as we investigate its colonial connections. 0258
Reposted by Bethan DaviesRevels Office @revelsoffice.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Hey Bluesky!👋 We're the Revels Office, an academic network for PGRs and ECRS researching all things early modern📚 Our community is a friendly space to share ideas and resources, ask questions, support each other, and meet fellow early modernists. Check out our website for more! revelsoffice.comrevelsoffice.comRevels Office⋅ a virtual network for early modern PhD students and ECRs ⋅ 0153
Reposted by Bethan DaviesSociety for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 22/09/2025First autumn SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories" with Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces), and Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton). 001
Reposted by Bethan DaviesFaculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Our #Shakespeare webinar series continues! Join us on 6 Oct at 6pm to delve into the new OWC edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social & @callanjd.bsky.social All welcome! Register now via Eventbrite & you will be sent a Zoom link before the event. #teamenglishshakespeare-webinar-merry-wives.eventbrite.co.ukEnglish Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Merry Wives of WindsorIn this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor from Oxford World's Classics. 0136
Reposted by Bethan DaviesHeather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives! We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...eventbrite.co.ukArchival Research in the Environmental Humanities WorkshopLearn about archival research in the Environmental Humanities in a workshop at The National Archives. 13327
Reposted by Bethan DaviesTamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Today is #WorldChocolateDay! Here is a #17thcentury #ballad extolling the virtues of #chocolate, printed in the year that the first chocolate (and coffee) house was opened in London.... From Chocolate, or an Indian Drinke, 1652. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KJ... #earlymusic #earlymodern #otdyoutube.comIn Praise of ChocolateYouTube video by Passamezzo 02312
Bethan Davies @bethandavies.bsky.social · 30/08/2025 Looks beautiful, Hester! Can’t wait to see what’s inside 🥰 010
Reposted by Bethan DaviesEmily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 10/07/2025So much fun working with the @kingsartshums.bsky.social marketing team and the Globe on this ‘Top 5 Shakespearean Film Adaptations’ (and got to live out my inner TikTok star!) If you’re on Instagram - give the original a like too! — www.instagram.com/reel/DL4nTOC... #Shakespeare #skystorians 63811
Reposted by Bethan DaviesJames McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social · 29/05/2025What questions should writers ask? Katherine Rundell nails it in @thetls.bsky.social 011136
Reposted by Bethan DaviesDr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle. 33884411885
Reposted by Bethan DaviesProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025The seeds of plantations’ easy transition from “house of horrors” to luxury spas & sites for celebration of white reproduction were planted from the beginning through a phenomenon I call “plantation aesthetics” boingboing.net/2025/05/21/a... 28018
Reposted by Bethan DaviesHarry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Do come along on May 28th to hear all about Francis Fry, his bibles, and a little bit about his chocolate...which you might even get to try🍫 The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social 084
Reposted by Bethan DaviesProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 22/04/2025In *Sweet Taste of Empire,* (forthcoming August 2025), you can read my re-visiting of the Black boy mentioned by Pepys who was “dried in an oven, and lies there entire in a box” who has been troubling me since graduate school. Another colonial “souvenir” 😢 www.theguardian.com/science/2025... 14412
Reposted by Bethan DaviesEmily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025We’ve extended the deadline to submit an abstract for our colloquium on early modern war narratives! Please share widely and send us your abstracts! #earlymodern #history 02531
Reposted by Bethan DaviesAlex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 07/04/2025An excellent post from @barbarableiman.bsky.social of @engmediacentre.bsky.social on how English teaching has lost its spark. It echoes similar issues I see in history classrooms where genuine engagement with historical debate and process is being lost #historyteacher www.tes.com/magazine/tea...tes.comEnglish: how the subject lost its sparkStudents are falling out of love with English, and can we really blame them, asks subject specialist Barbara Bleiman 1157
Reposted by Bethan DaviesJenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I continue to be amazed by what the arts & humanities contribute with so little, and disappointed by the ongoing under investment in knowledge of human societies and cultures at a time of such fragmentation. 03411
Reposted by Bethan DaviesLauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Coming up this Monday (7 April), do come along to this webinar on the #Tempest. This new intro came out about a year ago this month, and I still love coming back to it 🐚 053
Reposted by Bethan DaviesCallan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025A brilliant reflection on and advocacy for humanities research, teaching, and engagement in these trying but urgent times for SHAPE academia, with a forceful intro from Regenia Gagnier and including @jennyrichards.bsky.social on English and @englishassociation.bsky.social work. 02110
Reposted by Bethan DaviesShakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The #Shax2025 #NextGenPlen was brilliant! Thank you to our early career scholars for sharing their exciting research. 0344
Reposted by Bethan DaviesB&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · 20/03/2025#Theatre Thomas Middleton In Our Time Today 09:00 BBC Radio 4 One of the star writers for the London stage in the age of Shakespeare, much in demand for his own work and for rewriting the work of others. @oldfortunatus.bsky.social @lucycmunro Michelle O’Callaghan www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Thomas MiddletonThe prolific and versatile Jacobean playwright tasked with 'improving' some of Shakespeare 0115
Reposted by Bethan DaviesProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Feels wrong to celebrate while academia is on 🔥, but this week I got the lovely cover for my long overdue book *The Sweet Taste of Empire: Sugar, Mastery and Pleasure in the Anglo Caribbean* forthcoming from UPenn Press! #RaceB4Race #RenSA2025 #RSA2025 #Shax2025 3851697
Reposted by Bethan DaviesDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Shakespeare's Globe Archive Catalogue: "Finding Disability in Our Records" (Free download, 117-page book) #Shakespeare #Disability #drama #performance cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2025... 0166