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Loughborough English @lboroenglish.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Earlier we were treated to a fantastic @healthhumslboro.bsky.social talk by @saralread.bsky.social where she discussed her novels ‘The Gossips’ Choice' (2020) & 'The Midwife’s Truth' (2023), and how case notes and midwifery practices in historical medical treatises are transformed into fiction.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Quick show and tell this afternoon for the VC @lborouniversity.bsky.social and the Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities of some of the materials we use to explore early modern health @lboroenglish.bsky.social

Biscuitsmade from an early modern recipe

A hareskin and eagle stone used in childbirth in early modern times.

Joan Fitzpatrick's early modern health demonstration

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Loughborough English @lboroenglish.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Here are two photos taken by Prof Clare Hutton who has made the journey to Canterbury today to attend this historic unveiling and to support Prof Hobby.

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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Loughborough English professor Elaine Hobby has been with Her Majesty the Queen today at the unveiling of a statue of Aphra Behn - the first professional woman writer. The event took place in Behn's home city of Canterbury. Read more: 👇 bit.ly/4bdmmaD

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Her Majesty the Queen unveils Aphra Behn statue following campaign involving Loughborough English professor

Her Majesty the Queen has officially unveiled a historic statue of Aphra Behn in Canterbury today, marking a momentous occasion in the recognition of the first full-time professional woman writer in t...

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Loughborough English @lboroenglish.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hello Bluesky! We are the English Department at Loughborough University. You can find out more about us at this link: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/eng.... Below is a photo taken on a glorious day in May 2024 of some our faculty and finalists.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Wonderful afternoon yesterday celebrating another PhD success as Rai passed her viva. Her creative critical thesis has been a pleasure to supervise for Catie Gill and me over the last 3 years. @lborouniversity.bsky.social

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Five years ago we went to the National Civil War Museum in Newark to bring you a tale of Old Father Christmas and his brush with the law. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDe...

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When fake news cancelled Christmas

YouTube video by Loughborough University

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Siân Adiseshiah @sadiseshiah.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Universities are in a shocking state & the new government has barely begun the herculean task of stabilising the sector.It signals a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic & intellectual tools provided by literature. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis

With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Last evening we said goodbye to two phenomenal colleagues in Loughborough English. Deirdre O'Byrne and Catie Gill have been teaching in our department for over 20 years and next week will leave us for pastures new. The department will feel very strange next term without their presence.

Leaving banner reading "rude that you're leaving but OK"

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Let me know if I should add you 😊

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I've made a starter pack of my wonderful colleagues in English @lborouniversity.bsky.social go.bsky.app/83SfwnK

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

At the launch of this new volume! 🎉 To all involved.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Six years ago @historianjen.bsky.social and I went to the very cold 1620s house in Leicestershire to make mince pies with cow's tongues from a historical recipe. See how we got on here: www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre...

A collage of photos from this day in 2018 featuring two women making mince pies in a historical setting.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Lots of good people to follow here for those interested in health /medical humanities.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

👀 @wsguk.bsky.social is now amongst us in this place. Do follow!

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Sandra Gilbert, co-author of The Madwoman in the Attic, dies aged 87 www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

And the Loughborough English Oscar Wilde written by our colleague Sarah Parker is now completed 🎉 @lborouni.bsky.social @jenniferacooke.bsky.social @sadiseshiah.bsky.social

A completed jigsaw of Oscar Wilde's London.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A slightly snowy view from my office window in Loughborough today.

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hello, friends! We've made a starter pack. Please give us a nudge if you're a WSG member, colleague, book contributor, or a speaker past or present. We're keen to put our lovely community in touch with each other here. We've started small, so come back and check as we grow! go.bsky.app/88zFAoB

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hello, we're new here 👋 We're looking forward to meeting friends, old and new. Please say hello in the comments so we can follow you!

A colourised version of the engraving 'A lady telling a gripping story to young women and children' by John Opie. Credit: Wellcome Collection. The image shows a group of five women, huddled together and deep in concentration. A woman on the right is the focus of attention: she has raised her arm to command attention as she tells the gripping story.

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

*VERY EXCITING VACANCY* Join our team behind the superb Renaissance Studies as editor -- guided expertly by Wiley. Ability to combust into flames and shrug it off not a requirement. #EarlyModern excitement is Deadline: 31 Jan 2025 All info: rensoc.org.uk/vacancy-edit...

Renaissance Studies is one of the leading journals in the field of Renaissance studies, with an interdisciplinary emphasis, and a worldwide readership. Established in 1987, Renaissance Studies is published in partnership by the Society for Renaissance Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley).

The Council of the Society for Renaissance Studies (SRS) seeks to appoint an Editor for Renaissance Studies to succeed Professor Kevin Killeen, who retires as Editor in December 2025.

It is hoped that the new editor(s) will be able to take over responsibility from 1 January 2026 and serve for a 5-year term until 19 December 2031. Interviews will be held online in February/March 2025.

The Editor is responsible for the editorial content of the journal, for obtaining peer reviews of articles submitted, and for the supply of edited copy to Wiley. The Editor works with, and leads, a team consisting of an Associate Editor (whose main responsibility rests with the Special Issues of the journal), Book

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Hello, not logged in here for a while. If I should be following you back and have missed it, please let me know 😊

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Not gonna lie: I'm a historian and I had no idea there was a second person on that plane. His name was Fred Noonan. We've all been a Fred at one point in our lives 😂

A photo of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan who both disappeared. The caption says: If you ever feel like you've been forgotten just remember there was another person in the plane when Amelia Earhart went missing.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Hello, not logged in here for a while. If I should be following you back and have missed it, please let me know 😊

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

Last couple of days to see this. The exhibition closes on Tuesday.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

The Loughborough English Health Humanities exhibition is all installed and we can't wait to show it off next week. www.lboro.ac.uk/arts/whats-o...

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Exhibition alert! ‼️🔔 All are welcome to 'Health From Cradle to Grave: Birthing Chair to Death Couch' - an exhibition curated by our wonderful Health Hums researchers. Open 27 March - 23 April 2024. More details below 👇 www.lboro.ac.uk/arts/whats-o...

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Health From Cradle to Grave: Birthing Chair to the Death Couch | LU Arts

An exhibition highlighting the work from English at Loughborough University's Health Humanities Research Network.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

I love contributing to Discover Your Ancestors annual bookazine. Especially sweet this year following its post COVID hiatus. So if you're interested in #genealogy #lanuguagechange #tudors #stuarts #vowelsounds #familyhistory #catholic #belfast #celebrities there's something you in issue 11.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Quite the week, but the highlight was a new granddaughter on Tuesday 😍 Lots of baby snuggles have been had.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Lovely to see this volume is out in the world now. My chapter is in part three The Birthing Room. (Priced to appeal to university libraries only, sadly). www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

After along week back teaching, I've earned this. Cheers.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Happy New Year and happy birthday to me. 🥂

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Look what's just arrived in today's post. The paperback edition of my 2015 Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women's Lives, 1540-1740.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Home with the last teaching of term done.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Fantasy Lego made by @daphnao.bsky.social How much would I love it this was manufactured!

A mock cover of a Lego set with Seventeenth-century midwife on the cover

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

If these walls could speak, indeed. A lovely little cafe at Middleton Hall. #Bake180

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Today! Author and Art Critic @LauraCummingArt will be joining us for a reading of her book 'On Chapel Sands' and taking questions. 📅 23rd November 🕒 5-6.30pm 📍 Stanley Evernden Studio, Loughborough University. Drinks and nibbles included, all are welcome!

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Look what's just arrived! This brilliant new study from my very clever friend @historianjen.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Great visit to Southwell Workhouse with our MA students today. Really helps contextualise our reading for the Writing History and Heritage module.

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Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

Six days left to bid on hundreds of books in this year's Children in Read appeal. The link to my lot below. www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

The QR code for The Midwife's Truth which is part of this year's Children in Read appeal.

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