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Rachel Peacock @rachelpeacock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You know you've made it as a scholar when Dr. Ed MacDonald comes out of retirement to give a guest lecture to your class. UPEI's POLS 2020 students had a real treat this past Wednesday!

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In June 1348, the first recorded death from the Black Death occurred in England. The disease entered England through the port in Weymouth. Over the next year, between one third and half of the population of England died of the disease

Photograph of a black and white plaque stating that the Black Death entered England through this port.

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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Welcome to Charlottetown! Bienvenue à Charlottetown! #CHASHC2026

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Coming to @cndhistassoc.bsky.social conference on #PEI? 🦞 @nichecanada.bsky.social is hosting an all-day #envhist field trip to the beautiful North Shore on Sunday, 31 May, & we have a few spots on the bus. Contact me - amaceach@uwo.ca - for details. First come, first served.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Today is the start of World Immunization Week. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can find sources on the history of immunizations in the UK and Ireland, including smallpox, typhoid, and diphtheria vaccines

Painting of a man inoculating a child against smallpox. The mother helps the child extend his arm.

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Royal Studies Journal @royalstjournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Welcome to the Royal Studies Journal We’re an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to global royal studies across all periods, places, and disciplines. Explore our latest research, special issues, and book reviews, Join the conversation: rsj.winchester.ac.uk @royalstudies.bsky.social

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

English physician, anaesthetist, and epidemiologist John Snow was born on this day in 1813. Snow is best remembered for tracing a cholera outbreak in Soho to the water in the Broadstreet Pump

Black and white photograph of a Victorian man.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Today is World Mental Health Day. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research the history of mental health. BBIH’s free reading list on the history of emotions highlights some recent scholarship on the history of mental health in the UK and Ireland buff.ly/OK5HSbu

Engraving of an 18th century building in a pastoral landscape

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Building on their Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) internship on medicine and health, @rachelpeacock.bsky.social explores in our latest On History blog Victorian understandings of mental illness through the example of intruders on Queen Victoria’s privacy tinyurl.com/b47xyh34

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Medical History and the Bibliography of British and Irish History - On History

Rachel Peacock recently completed a summer internship at the IHR, where she focused on medical history and health in the Bibliography of British and Irish History. In this blog, she explores…

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Rachel Peacock @rachelpeacock.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

My video tutorial on using BBIH to research medical history and health is available now!

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Effective August 1st, we’re cutting tolls on the Confederation Bridge from $50 to $20 — and cutting fares on all interprovincial ferries in half in Atlantic Canada. Canada’s new government is bringing down costs and building one strong, Canadian economy.

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/06/2025

Our last #VoicesVisions pre-conference (and very topical) panel, "People, Politics, and Protest in the Victorian Press" is this Friday, June 27! As with previous panels, this event is free and open to all, but you must register for the event to receive the Zoom link: rs4vp.org/june-digital...

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We’ve had a great morning so far at #KQ14 —I was chairing Session 1.1 Staging Queenship with Sheila ffolliott on a masque at the French court on the Portuguese succession crisis, Rachel Peacock on fictional intruders in Queen Victoria’s household & Julia Hamilton on the Stuart queen’s apartments

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We've started our final countdown to Kings and Queens 14! Join us in Lisbon (or online 💻 ) next week for #KQ14: "Beyond the King: Diplomacy, Social Roles and Family Dynamics of Monarchies" 👑 More information is available on our website here: www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/current-conf... 🧵/2

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