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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for 'Imagining Diﬀerence in Early Modern London', a conference exploring how EM Londoners experienced and negotiated forms of diﬀerence.

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Dr Shirley Bell @drshirleybell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I really enjoyed speaking about my book at the University of Sheffield today! Thank you to everyone who attended both in person and online, and special thanks to @ellaalton.bsky.social, @emjlynajsh.bsky.social and Mark Jones for being such lovely hosts! @sheffieldcems.bsky.social 🥰

Me holding a manuscript of my new book and standing in front of a screen with a PowerPoint presentation on it with the title “Good Karolin, sing. Help to divert this fant’sy”: Identifying Grief in Karolin’s Song in Ben Jonson’s The Sad Shepherd.

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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

CfP for our Annual Colloquium! This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs. Deadline: 7th April Full details below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

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Call for Papers for the Annual CEMS Colloquium. This year’s theme is periodizing the early/modern. The CfP deadline is 7th April. The Colloquium will take place on 11th June.

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Grace Murray @mazinggrace.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Finally (inevitably?) I have succumbed to How X Read His Y! Grateful for the chance to revisit Joseph Banks’ copy (actually copies) of Thomas Tusser’s husbandry manual in verse, among other plant marginalia. And looking forward to what promises to be a great 2 days! Registration ⬇️

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Patrick Durdel @pdurdel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Come hear me talk about the grammar of weather in husbandry manuals!

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

📣 Just over a week left to register for 'Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature'! 📣 @fairbanc.bsky.social We have a HUGE range of papers and panels, plus a careers roundtable AND two brilliant keynote speakers! Plus online attendance is free. Registration HERE: bit.ly/4rb7CiX

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This two-day interdisciplinary symposium will invite scholars to re-consider practical texts written between c. 1558 and 1642 as productive sources for lit

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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

One month to go till registration closes for #ReadingthePractical @sheffieldcems.bsky.social @themhra.bsky.social @emjlynajsh.bsky.social! Online attendance is free, in person is free for self-funded/unwaged PGRs and ECRs, and you can register HERE: bit.ly/4rb7CiX

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Izzy Daltry will be joining us online **today at 1pm** to share her research on water in Antony and Cleopatra! Details below 👇

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

EMDG is back, this Thursday (26th Feb, 1-2pm)! Izzy Daltry will be joining us from Hull to present a paper on watery emotion in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Izzy's abstract and the link to join online can both be found via our website: scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Early Christmas present! 🎁✨️ New paperback edition of the Bloomsbury Cultural History of Education series 🎄 (I edited Vol 5) 📚 #histed @unishefplayer.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldcems.bsky.social

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Now only **FIVE DAYS** until the deadline for @fairbanc.bsky.social and @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's conference on EM practical texts that will take place in Sheffield next April! sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

One month left to apply to @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's and my conference on early modern practical texts, featuring keynotes by the brilliant @endeeekay.bsky.social and Laurence Publicover! #CFP sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The deadline is still over a month away, but reminder about this @themhra.bsky.social funded conference @fairbanc.bsky.social and I are organising on the exciting subject of **early modern practical texts**! 📅 Abstracts due 24/11. Full details can be found here: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This Thursday (9th October) at 1pm, our Early Modern Discussion Group will be recommencing! Our first paper will be presented by our very own Cameron Whiteside on 'The Commission on Fees: its "Recommendations" and "Regulation" of Manuscript Production.' Please see the website for how to join!

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026 Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin... #SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social

Call for Papers

This two-day interdisciplinary symposium will invite scholars to re-consider practical texts written between c. 1558 and 1642 as productive sources for literary criticism. In a period best known today for its poetry and drama, practical texts such as Gervase Markham’s The English Husbandman were ‘almost literally read to pieces’, Thomas Tusser’s Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry ‘led the market’ as ‘a Tudor best-seller’, and cookery books enjoyed a staggering 70% reprint rate. That these texts occupied such a prominent position in the publishing industry is testament to their importance in early modern life. Yet despite this, literary criticism has been slow to embrace such texts as more than merely contextual sources for canonical texts by poets and dramatists such as Shakespeare and Spenser. Critics continue to frame Tusser’s work as an agricultural manual or almanack rather than a book of poetry, for example, while literary scholars tend to note his significance in the same breath as they denigrate the quality of his verse: an ‘agrarian book of jingles’ or ‘collection of doggerel’. Other practical texts such as receipt books and surveying texts have been interrogated primarily as a means of understanding early modern culture and society. Less common are studies of practical texts as works of literature, studies that centre the practical text rather than positioning it as context for the work of more canonical writers. This symposium seeks to address this gap, and invites contributors to consider how studying non-traditionally canonical texts can help scholars to reassess established positions. It is designed to lead to an edited collection, provisionally aimed at Routledge’s Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge series, so speakers are encouraged to propose papers suitable for extension into a 6000-8000 word chapter.

Recent scholarship by Katarzyna Lecky, Jessica Rosenberg, and Kyla Tompkins has begun to demonstrate

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Just over ONE WEEK to go! The deadline for submitting an abstract for the Winter Conference is Friday 12th September! Share the news with your friends and come on down and join us in Norwich 🏰 @ueahistory.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @chase-dtp.bsky.social

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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

@emjlynajsh.bsky.social and I are delighted to be running this conference on EM practical texts, generously supported by @themhra.bsky.social, and with fabulous keynotes by @endeeekay.bsky.social and Laurence Publicover. Abstracts due by 24th November!

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Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

the legitimacy of the police in the Anglophone world has been the subject of a lot of debate in recent years. I think early modern England has a lot to tell us about our relationship with the police. blog here: drlucyjsclarke.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/1...

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Policing by consent: an early modern perspective

This post derives from some of the work I’ve been doing on my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship over the last year and a half. For more on these themes, I’ve an article coming out in H…

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Megan Bennett • 📚🪡☕️ @megandanielle.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Looking forward to sharing some of my work on Fielding this Friday! ✨

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This Friday (21st March), Sheffield will be hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on beer! Topics of discussion include the politics of brewing, how to make beer more sustainably, and the globalisation of the drink! To join, get in touch!

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Ella Alton @ellaalton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Our first EMDG of the year is on Thursday! Join us virtually for 5-10 minutes of @emjlynajsh.bsky.social and I talking about our cats before Tom's v interesting paper ⛪

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This Thursday (20th March) at 1pm, Sheffield's own Tom Nixon-Roworth will be presenting a paper on 'The campaign to restore confirmation to parish religion in the 1650s.' This will be online and if you would like to join, please see the website for details! scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

SCEMS events will be starting up again next week and we're off to a busy start! 🧵 Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Great events coming up at Sheffield next week! Wonder who that is talking about the social history of translation in early modern London... 👀

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Mark Jones @ma-jones.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Really looking forward to these workshops and events this semester!

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Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Sheffield students! I am once again recruiting actors (and a fight director) for my practice-as-research workshops! please email lucy.clarke@sheffield.ac.uk if interested! @sheffieldcems.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social #skystorians #practiceasresearch #actorswanted

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UHIHistory.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social

REMRA is excited to host its first multidisciplinary conference from 11 to 13 June 2025 to discuss its exciting research with academic colleagues in the field. We therefore invite papers in the following categories:

Early Modern Warfare in the North Atlantic/ Baltic
Early Modern Culture/ Archaeology in the North Atlantic
Early Modern Public History
Early Modern Communities and Identities

Keynote speakers include Dr Lucy Dean (UHI), Professor Mark Elliot (UHI) and Dr Simon Burton (University of Edinburgh), Professor Mark Gardiner (University of Lincoln) and Professor Steve Murdoch (Swedish Defence University, Visiting Professor UHI).

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The last EMDG of 2024 will be held next Thursday lunchtime! Juliet Atkinson (Leeds) is joining us to share her research on border practices in London and Yarmouth, 1606-1640. Full details (inc. the link to join) can be found via our website: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We are delighted to be joined tomorrow by Prof Bernard Capp (Warwick) for a lecture on ‘The multiple worlds of James Frese: Russia, civil war radicalism, the Fleet prison, and the Millennium.' Full details (including the joining link) can be found via our website: scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Tomorrow lunchtime, Isaac Chong (Shakespeare Institute) will be joining us at EMDG to share his research on Macbeth and conjuration magic 🧙🪄 Full details (inc. the link to join) can be found via our website: scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We're excited to welcome Prof. Nuala Zahedieh to Sheffield this evening, who will be sharing her research on 'Canoes, commons, and capitalism'. 🛶 Full details (including the link to join online) can be found via our website: scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Saraya Haddad (Shakespeare Institute) is joining us this Thursday afternoon to present her research on the ghostly world of Macbeth and the queering of time. See the attachment for full details 👻

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Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

it's not too late to join us in person or online for our exciting workshop this Friday @sheffieldcems.bsky.social! feat. brilliant papers on new approaches to EM law and government, and a practice-as-research workshop on arrest. free to attend, lunch is provided! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experienci...

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Experiencing Law, Government and Politics: a collaborative workshop

A collaborative, interdisciplinary workshop exploring early modern law, government and politics through new approaches.

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

This week @ SCEMS, Thursday 2nd May, 5:15pm: Dr Diana Matut will be delivering a lecture on 'Performing vernacular musics: Jewish women and Yiddish song, 1500-1750.' The lecture is online only. Register here: forms.gle/RdifgN9NZeKZ... 📝

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

Tomorrow, Prof. Neil Kenny will be giving a lecture on Rabelais, and early modern writing’s changing relation to hierarchy and class. If you want to join us online or in person on Thurs 22nd February at 5:15, use this link to register: forms.gle/GSPF6nmAx9tV...

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

SCEMS is back after the Christmas break and so is the Early Modern Discussion Group! On 15 Feb, from 1-2pm we'll be taking a closer look at the primary sources we use in our own research. Please join us at 38 Mappin Street and bring your own source extracts. No sign up needed!

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Next week Claire Turner will be helming our final EMDG of the semester. We will be starting at the slightly earlier time of 12pm on 7 December so please feel free to bring your lunch and discuss all things plague and PhD! For those wanting to attend online, see below: 1/2

A poster for a talk by Claire Turner at the University of Sheffield. Title: Plagued by all the edits: Finishing a PhD on the plague after a pandemic. Date: 7 December 2023. Time: 12-2pm. Location: Diamond Workroom 3 and online.

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Next week, Prof. Craig Muldrew will be giving a lecture on finance and class formation in eighteenth-century England. If you want to join us online or in person on 30 November at 5pm, use this link to register for a FREE ticket: forms.gle/zkhQWqeYpzub... 1/2

Poster for a talk by Craig Muldrew titled "a new view on finance and class formation in eighteenth century England." Time: 5-7pm. Date: Thursday 30 November 2023. Location: The Diamond Lecture Theatre 8 and online via Google Meet.

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

EMDG is back! Join us for a free online talk on Thursday 23 Nov. by Camille Paccou, who will be discussing the agency of the princesses of Hainault and Flanders. Focusing on thier networks and mobilty, Paccou will argue that women had duties, rights, and capacity to govern. 1/2

Poster for talk by Camille Paccou for the Early Modern Discussion Group at the University of Sheffield. Date: 23 November 2023. TIme: 1-2pm. Location: Online.

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