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Heather Nicholas

@heathernicholas.bsky.social
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History PhD candidate at Aberystwyth University researching George Whitefield and Evangelicalism in 18th Century England. Project coordinator of Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500-1850 Tutor in Humanities at Aberystwyth University

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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My online course ‘Researching and writing #womenshistory’, will start in October with Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning. The course will explore how we research and write #women 's #history from queens, to authors, to ordinary women in our family trees. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My online course ‘Researching and writing #womenshistory’, will start in October with Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning. The course will explore how we research and write #women 's #history from queens, to authors, to ordinary women in our family trees. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My online course 'Welsh #History Early Modern #Wales (c.1485-1815) will be starting in Oct with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. Explore the history of Wales, including your own local and family history, throughout the Early Modern. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more information.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My article, 'George Whitefield, John Edwards, and the Varieties of Calvinism: The Leeds Socitey, 1748-58' was published in Wesley and Methodist Studies last week.
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Not only is the #CFP for #BSECS2027 out, the @isecs-sieds.bsky.social #CFP has also been released. 'Enlightenment and (in)equality' will take place in Zaragoza, Spain on the 12-16 July 2026.
The image is a poster for the ISECS conference with details of the date, and the location, overlaying an image of an ornate coach while people sell their wares and a small dog curled up in the corner
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My online course ‘A Research Project in Women’s #history’ will be starting in April 26 with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth Uni. Learn how to conduct your own research and how to present in it in academic, popular, fictional, exhibition etc formats. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... information.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
My online course ‘A Research Project in Women’s #history’ will be starting in April 26 with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. Learn how to conduct your own research and how to present in it in academic, popular, fictionalised formats. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more information.
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Joey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Delighted to announce that Jason Peacey (UCL) will deliver the keynote speech at the Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference (11-12 June 2026). Details of our #CfP are below, deadline: 27 February 2026. Please do share! #Earlymodern #History
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My online course 'Welsh #History Modern #Wales (c.1815-2000) will be starting soon with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. Explore the history of Wales, including your own local and family history, throughout the Modern Period. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more information.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My online course 'Welsh #History Early Modern #Wales (c.1485-1815) will be starting soon with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. Explore the history of Wales, including your own local and family history, throughout the Early Modern. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more information.
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Joey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
CALL FOR PAPERS! Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026). Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
My online course ‘Researching and writing #womenshistory’, will start in October with Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning. The course will explore how we research and write #women 's #history from queens, to authors, to ordinary women in our family trees. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
My online course ‘Welsh Landed Estates’, will start in Oct with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. We will explore the #history of #Wales through architecture, landscapes, and the people living in them from 16th-19th centuries. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info. #welshhistory
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Christian Callisen @ctcallisen.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This looks like a great #CfP for #EarlyModern #skystorians, especially the #nuntastic and #reformazing bunch. "Religious Embodiment and Conversion Practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800," in Copenhagen on 23 and 24 April 2026. Abstracts due 26 November 2025. #16thC #17thC
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Call for papers: Religious Embodiment and Conversion Practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My online course ‘Researching and writing #womenshistory’, will be starting in Oct with Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning. The course will explore how we research and write #women 's #history from queens, to authors, to ordinary women in our family trees. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info.
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Jana Byars @janalena.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Check out this quick and fun @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social chat with David de Boer about The #EarlyModern #Dutch Press in the Age of Religious Persecution" @oxunipress.bsky.social #skystorians #Netherlands #Reformation #AcademicSky #Press #BookSky📚💙 #AcademicSky newbooksnetwork.com/the-early-mo...
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My online course ‘Welsh Landed Estates’, will be starting in October with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. We will explore the #history of #Wales through architecture, landscapes, and the people living within them from 16th-19th centuries. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info.
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Olivia Formby @oliviaformby.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
📣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
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Henry Miller @henryjmiller.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
#SkyStorians One day workshop on oaths/oath-taking in Britain/Ireland/British Empire, 1600-present in London, 11 Sept. Supported by @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social & @hisjournalha.bsky.social. Sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oaths-and-... See image for programme.
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Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026. 👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference 📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025 📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals! #CfP #bookhistory #skystorians
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Joey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Very privileged to host such a fantastic conference exhibiting a global voice on new perspectives of communication history. Thank you to all of the speakers who joined us, and @heathernicholas.bsky.social and @rharman.bsky.social for all your hard work! Same time next year?
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RHarman.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Real privilege to be part of the team that welcomed speakers from all over world at the Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern: Far From Home conference at Aberystwyth. Thanks @heathernicholas.bsky.social and @joeycrozier.bsky.social for making it so fun to organise! Same again next year? ;)
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Thank you to everyone who came to Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern: Far From Home at Aberystwyth University last week. It was a delight to organise the conference with my amazing colleagues @joeycrozier.bsky.social and @rharman.bsky.social and to hear all your fantastic research
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Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic 1500-1800 @nonconformity2025.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
My online course ‘Researching and writing #womenshistory’, will be starting in April with Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning The course will explore how we research and write women's history including women in your family tree. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info. #women #history #learn
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
My online course ‘Researching and writing women’s #history’, will be starting in April with Lifelong Learning Aberystwyth University. The course will explore how we research and write women's history, including the history of women in your family tree. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info.
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Do you work on #earlymodern English women and religion (c.1500-1800)? Would you like to join a community of scholars asking questions, sharing research, and disseminating news of upcoming events related to the field? Please subscribe to our new mailing list: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/EMEW-R 🗃️
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JISCMail - EMEW-R List at WWW.JISCMAIL.AC.UK
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just under 2 weeks left to sign up for the course. Join me and Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning to start your own research project in women's history. Learn more about your favourite figures in history or a member of your own family tree and enrich your knowledge of women in the past
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just under 2 weeks left to sign up. Come join me and Aberystwyth University Lifelong Learning to learn about the history of Wales, your local area, and your own family in the Early modern period (c.1485-1815)
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Joey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Delighted to announce @mrfw17thc.bsky.social as our keynote for keynote for Communication and Exchange this year. I’m excited to hear more about his exciting research on mobility. The #cfp is still open! We’re looking forward to seeing y’all in Aberystwyth in June! #earlymodern #History.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
My online course ‘A Research Project in Women’s #history’ will be starting in Feb'25 with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. Learn how to produce your own research and how to present it in academic, popular, creative, exhibition etc formats. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... information.
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Heather Nicholas @heathernicholas.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
My online course 'Welsh #History Early Modern Wales (c.1485-1815) will be startin in Feb'25 with Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University. Explore the history of Wales, including your own local and family history, throughout the Early Modern. Visit aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... for more info
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Joey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hello #skystorians 👋 good to see so many here! I’ll leave the annual Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500 - 1850 #CfP here for folks who are interested. Come and join us in Aberystwyth, 12 - 13 June 2025. Co-organised with @heathernicholas.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social
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