IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just a reminder – if you are a PhD student or know a PhD student who would like to give a talk at our seminar Lightning Talks on 12 November, do encourage them to get in touch! 01524
Reposted by IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We're on the lookout for some PhD students who would like to give a Lightning Talk at our seminar on 12 November! Open to early modernists working on any geography, talks are 3-5 minutes! Get in touch via BlueSky or email tmt29@cam.ac.uk with a short summary of PhD and bio by 12 October! ✨🥳 01720
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A 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/...history.ac.ukSilent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England 077
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Our first event of term is on Thursday 1 October at 5.30 pm! @rosamundoates.bsky.social will be speaking on ‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England’! Watch this space: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... full programme will be up soon and you'll be able to sign up for in-person or online!history.ac.ukSociety, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel 0912
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We're on the lookout for some PhD students who would like to give a Lightning Talk at our seminar on 12 November! Open to early modernists working on any geography, talks are 3-5 minutes! Get in touch via BlueSky or email tmt29@cam.ac.uk with a short summary of PhD and bio by 12 October! ✨🥳 01720
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Sketchbooks, account books, signatures, and recipes... join us TODAY (5.30 pm) for our last event of term as Melissa Calaresu (Cambridge) discusses writing the life of the painter Thomas Jones across London, Rome, and Naples. In-person only, Room NB02 at the IHR: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 041
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Using sketchbooks, account books, and recipes, Melissa Calaresu (Cambridge) will discuss some of the methodological problems of piecing together the life of Jones and his family from the numbers, images, and words which have survived. The event is in-person only (IHR Wolfson Room NB02). All welcome! 011
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Our next and final event of this academic year is on Thursday 4 June! Melissa Calaresu will be giving the following paper ‘Painting by Numbers: Writing the Life of Thomas Jones (1744-1803)’. Thomas Jones was known for his strikingly exact portrayals of urban Naples: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 062
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Just a reminder that Erin Maglaque @erinmaglaque.bsky.social is speaking TODAY at 5.30 pm! For those of you who have missed registration, do feel free to just turn up (we can always find more chairs!) or send us a direct message for a Zoom link on bluesky or at ihrscbmail@gmail.com! ✨📚 035
Reposted by IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Come along on to the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday to hear from @erinmaglaque.bsky.social, whose new book *Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body* is coming out with Penguin next month! 13211
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026A reminder that our next event is THIS THURSDAY (21 May) at 5.30 pm. Erin Maglaque @erinmaglaque.bsky.social will be speaking on '"A zeal without limits": the postmortem caesarian section in early modern Italy'! ✨ You can sign up here (in-person in room 243 & Zoom): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukA zeal without limitsSociety, Culture and Belief 1500-1800 Seminar 072
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Join us in an hour at 5.30 pm (not 5 pm, as a previous post suggested) today! ✨ Laura Sangha will be talking on 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790', both online and in-person at the IHR www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukThe Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790Society, Culture & Belief 1500-1800 Seminar 1105
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026...a data sample of 30,000 English wills?! 👀 📚 A reminder that Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social will be speaking TODAY, Thursday 7 May, 5 pm, on 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790'! Sign up here to attend in person or online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukThe Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790Society, Culture & Belief 1500-1800 Seminar 076
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026We're back for a new term! ✨📚 Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social will be speaking next Thursday, 7 May, on 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790'. The event is both hybrid (via Zoom) and in Wolfson Room NB02 of the IHR... do sign-up here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukThe Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790Society, Culture & Belief 1500-1800 Seminar 011
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Just a reminder... Tomorrow, 5 March, 5.30 pm ✨ Sue Wiseman, Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social , and Michael Powell Davies @mdpowelldavies.bsky.social speaking on "Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England" Sign-up in person & online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukWritten Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England 01815
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Our next event is happening next week! Sue Wiseman, Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social and Michael Powell Davies will be discussing "Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England" ✒️📖✨ Sign-up here (in-person and online) Thursday 5 March, 5.30 pm www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukWritten Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England 098
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Just a reminder ... tomorrow at 5.30 pm, Holly Fletcher (@drhollyfletcher.bsky.social) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine' ✨ Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... (In-person, IHR Wolfson Room NB02, all are welcome!)history.ac.ukThe Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine 0128
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026The event will take place at 5.30 pm and is in-person – taking place in the IHR Wolfson Room NB02 (Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU), later events this term are also online – sign up here ✨ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukThe Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine 010
Reposted by IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Our first event of this term is taking place very soon, on Thursday 5 February! Holly Fletcher (UCL) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine'. You can sign-up to attend in person and online here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 02317
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Our first event of this term is taking place very soon, on Thursday 5 February! Holly Fletcher (UCL) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine'. You can sign-up to attend in person and online here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 02317
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The talk will take place in the Wolfson Room NB02 at Senate House. For those coming to Senate House for the first time, we've attached a map that shows the two nearest stations – Russell Square and Goodge Street, we're only 1-2 stops away from Euston and King's Cross for anyone outside of town! 011
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025A reminder that our final event of term is happening tonight! Dr Nailya Shamgunova @nailyas.bsky.social will speak on 'English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700'. Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukEnglish and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700This talk introduces the UKRI-funded Future Leaders project, The Global Library project. 121
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Our final event of term is happening this Thursday (27 November) Dr Nailya Shamgunova @nailyas.bsky.social on 'English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700'. ✨📚 This talk will be in-person only at the IHR. You can sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukEnglish and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700This talk introduces the UKRI-funded Future Leaders project, The Global Library project. 1137
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Misha’s first monograph, The Virginia Venture: American Colonization and English Society, 1580-1660, was published in 2022. Her current research focuses on the role of women in the development of colonisation and racial slavery in seventeenth-century Barbados. 013
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 09/11/2025After a PhD in History at UCL, she took up posts at the University of Kent and the University of Manchester, and was a Curator for Inclusive History at Historic Royal Palaces between 2021and 2022. 113
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Dr Misha Ewen ( @drmishaewen.bsky.social ) is Assistant Professor in American History at the University of Sussex. She works on histories of gender, slavery, and colonialism in the early modern Atlantic world. 122
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 09/11/2025... Since there’s a bit of time between now and our next event, we thought we would introduce some of the new convenors who have joined us this year! 🥳 We’ll be introducing one a week until our next event. Dr Emily Vine spoke at our most recent seminar. We'd now like to introduce Dr Misha Ewen! 173
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Dr Misha Ewen (@drmishaewen.bsky.social) is Assistant Professor in American History at the University of Sussex. She works on histories of gender, slavery, and colonialism in the early modern Atlantic world. 000
Reposted by IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800Lucy Hyde @lucyformaldehyde.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Really excellent talk, Emily @emilymayvine.bsky.social , thoughtful and thought provoking, I learned so much! Thanks for sharing online IHR and allowing so many more people to engage with this great work. 141
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 30/10/2025As ever, do register online to attend! (If you find yourself free at the last minute and want to join, please come anyway, as we can always find extra chairs ☺️) 000
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 30/10/2025A quick reminder that Dr Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social will be speaking TODAY on 'Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London' from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm in the Wolfson Room (NB02 at the IHR) and online, via Zoom! ✨ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukBirth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern LondonSociety, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800 Seminar- Session 2 2116
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Prior to joining Exeter, Emily was a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and also at the University of Leeds. She held the 2018/19 Thornley Junior Fellowship at the IHR and completed her PhD at Queen Mary University of London. She was also a researcher for Horrible Histories! 010
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Emily will draw from her recently published monograph, on domestic religion and the life cycle in early modern London, to consider both Christian and Jewish practices, comparing the experiences of Catholics, Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews, Huguenots, and conforming and nonconforming Protestants alike. 120
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We’re also thrilled to introduce Emily Vine as one of our new convenors at SCB! Emily is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Exeter on the Leverhulme Project 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790’. 161
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Join us next Thursday (30/10, 5.30 pm) for Dr Emily Vine’s (@emilymayvine.bsky.social) talk on ‘Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London’! You can sign up to join in-person (IHR Wolfson Room, NB02) or online via Zoom here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukBirth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern LondonSociety, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800 Seminar- Session 2 12717
Reposted by IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800Dr Jo Edge 🏴 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Lyndal Roper’s talk held this ADHD perimenopausal brain’s focus for a full 45 minutes this evening at @ihrscb.bsky.social! I cannot tell you what a feat that is. German peasants’ revolt, turbulence, Cranach, Dürer, and the lasting psychological effect of the uprising. 0241
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025If you’ve forgotten to sign-up or should the event read as fully booked, do just turn up anyway, as we can always find extra chairs!! ☺️ 000
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025If you would like to register for the event to attend in-person or via Zoom (and get a link), do sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukTurbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800 Seminar- Session 1 121
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Lyndal Roper’s talk will also be preceded by a brief session marking Michael Hunter’s retirement from active involvement with the seminar ✨ 110
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025We’ll be holding the event in room 243, on the Second Floor of Senate House, Malet Street, in London. For those who haven’t been before, this is how to get there: maps.app.goo.gl/7A4q39Mjo8tH... We also have an online option this year for those further afield!maps.app.goo.gl 100
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Just a final reminder that our first event of term is happening tomorrow at 5.30 pm! 🎉 Lyndal Roper will be speaking on ‘Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6’. All are welcome to join! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukInstitute of Historical ResearchThe Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history 122
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Our first event is taking place next Thursday (16 October) at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be speaking on 'Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6’. You can join us in-person (Room 243, Senate House) or online – but do book a place here ✨ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukTurbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800 Seminar- Session 1 051
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Thank you!! ☺️ If it helps at all, we're experimenting this year with some hybrid events, so all three of our events this term are also accessible via Zoom! (We appreciate that this doesn't solve any issues that might arise from time difference though.) 100
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 05134
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025#EarlyModern history PhD students around London… We are looking for a postgrad convenor for 2025/26. The stipend is of £300/yr and it’s a chance to get involved in a really welcoming seminar! 062
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Our next event is this Thursday (19 June) in IHR Room N304 5.30-7.00 pm. We're thrilled that @willtullett.bsky.social will be speaking on ‘Animals and “Smellscapes" in Early Modern England’ ! Details and registration here (registrations are used to gauge numbers) www.history.ac.uk/events/anima...history.ac.ukAnimals and “Smellscapes" in Early Modern England 096
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Our next event is tomorrow, Thursday 22 May, 5.30 - 7.00 pm. Tiéphaine Thomason (Cambridge) @teaphaine.bsky.social will speak on (French) speech in Martinique's streets 'Mobilising the Francophone Speechscape in Eighteenth-Century Urban Martinique' www.history.ac.uk/events/mobil...history.ac.ukMobilising the Francophone Speechscape in Eighteenth-Century Urban Martinique 041
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025If you're wondering...who could you trust in the seventeenth century? @nikkic.bsky.social will be speaking to us later today about the importance of personal news networks in the judgement of accuracy! Join us at 5.30 pm in room N304 (3rd floor, IHR, Senate House). All are welcome! #EarlyModern 021
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025If you've ever wondered how #EarlyModern news consumers found and shared reliable information during plague and fire... 🔥 Come join us in just a few days (Thursday 27th) for a talk by Nicola Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social on seventeenth-century news and accuracy...! www.history.ac.uk/events/i-am-...history.ac.uk“I am told … but I know not of a certainty”: The value of accuracy in the multimedia world of news in England 1658-1685 14119
IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you know you're coming, please do register via the link in our original post. (It helps us gauge numbers.) If the booking form reads as fully booked, don't let this put you off and do feel free to turn up anyway – we can typically always find extra chairs! 041