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Siobhan Poole

@siobhanmup.bsky.social
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Senior Commissioning Editor for Medieval Studies, Premodern History and Law at Manchester University Press. She/her

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How much of what we think we know about eighteenth-century women comes from the historical record, and how much comes from popular culture? Virtue reconsider'd offers a fresh perspective on married women's lives. Publishing 6 October: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187468/
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Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm fascinated by creativity and what sparks ideas, so this is going on my (ever growing) TBR list.
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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
'History is a Human Craft'. In piece about ethics, our classrooms and AI, I suppose I've put up my barricades and drawn my lines. I suggest 8 'considerations' before we do any teaching with AI. This is part of a new @royalhistsoc.org short series on 'AI and History Teaching' in Transactions.
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History is a human craft | Historical Transactions
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a flawed honest worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Celebrate this weekend's heatwave with a hot new podcast interview about my book on hell!
The Medieval Podcast, hosted by Daniele Cybulski, featuring me and my book translating hell
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Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's time for my obligatory back to school picture 🤓 I'm back in the office and catching up on emails after an exciting summer of conferences (and a teeny bit of annual leave). If you have a book idea you've been toying with, now is a good time to get in touch!
Manchester University Press, a redbrick building on Waterloo Place, Manchester, with a banner reading “From Manchester for the world” showcasing a selection of recently published books.
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WHICH WAY MODERN MAN?
GTA 6 on Amazon for $80My book translating hell on sale on Amazon for about $90
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Dr Ellen Gallimore @emgallimore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Be sure to check out the Padlet for CfPs for #IMC2027! If anyone wants their CfP adding to the Padlet, email or tag the @imc-leeds.bsky.social team. It's useful for those who don't use the socials and is linked on the IMC 2027 website. padlet.com/universityof...
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IMC 2027 'Communities'
Proposals on any topic related to the Middle Ages are welcome, while every year the IMC also chooses a special thematic focus. In 2027 this is ‘Communities’. For any questions, please email imc@leeds....
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We're thrilled to say that Carol Chillington Rutter's 'Lying abroad' has been longlisted for the The Cundill History Prize 2026! 'Lying abroad' is out now and available from all good bookshops & online. #booksky #historysky
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Brimming with materials, incl. interviews, news articles, photos & flyers, 'A queer scrapbook' explores queer life since WW2. Join two of the editors at @womenslibrary.bsky.social as they unpack this unique & beautifully illustrated book. FREE tickets: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/a-quee... #booksky
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A queer scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945
Meet the authors as they unpack this unique and beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTQI+ life over eighty years of extraordinary change.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
⚔️Medieval Studies Collection 🍀Irish Studies Collection 🎞️Film, Media and Music Collection 🎭Literature and Theatre Collection 📣Politics Collection Don't miss this chance to grow your collections with high-quality UP scholarship. Contact katharine.horton@manchester.ac.uk today. #AcademicLibraries
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Summer reading season is officially underway at MUP☀️📚 From postcolonial family sagas and queer desire in Northern Italy to neo-noir detectives and brand new Maggie O'Farrell, take a peek at what made it out of our TBR piles and into our tote bags this July! Let us know your current read below⬇️
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Dr Jacob H. Deacon ⚔️ @deaconjh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
After the success of this year's iteration of Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social , it's time to begin planning for next year. Please do circulate amongst any relevant parties. #imc2026 #imc2027
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Have you organized a smashing session at #IMC2026 that fits somewhere in the first millennium and you are thinking about publishing it? Essays in Long Late Antiquity accept proposals for special issues and special sections, just get in touch! liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/ella/cur...
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Contents | Essays in Long Late Antiquity 1, 1
This editorial introduction explains the rationale for this journal and its place in the current research landscape of late antique studies. While this field has “exploded”, different specialisms and disciplines continue to approach the period through ...
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
50% off with @manchesterup.bsky.social!!! Go on, get yourself a little treat. Our series of Studies in #earlymodern Europe history is basically one big treasure chest of shiny gems. #SkyStorians manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/studi...
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Studies in Early Modern European History - Manchester University Press
This series aims to promote challenging and innovative research in all areas of early modern European history. For over twenty years it has published monographs and edited volumes that make an origina...
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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
please pardon 'piggybacking' @onslies.bsky.social but our 'French Connection' volume is #earlymodern #ICYMI @manchesterup.bsky.social 50% sale ends this week (only 15 quid/$22.50) manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152616733...
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Manchester University Press - Agents of European overseas empires
Agents of European overseas empires - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Agents of European overseas empires by Elodie Peyrol-Kleiber
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We had a blast at day one of #IMC2026 and we're ready to do it all again today! Pictured: Sam Ottewill-Soulsby with 'The Carolingian South', Hope Doherty-Harrison with 'Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance', Graham A. Loud with 'Monasticism and renewal in southern Italy'.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It's the penultimate day of #IMC2026 and our Summer Sale! For 48 hours more, enjoy 50% off all MUP titles. Discount applies at checkout, unless based in North America. North American customers, please enter discount code SUMMER50 at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/06...
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Dr Jérémy Filet @drjeremyfilet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
My first monograph is now in GREAT company in the Jacobite Studies series at @manchesterup.bsky.social ! Congrats' to @f18cal.bsky.social on a beautiful cover... and an even more excited content 💪 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/jacob...
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Jacobite Studies - Manchester University Press
The Jacobite Studies series is an academically rigorous home for new work examining Jacobitism in the British Isles and beyond, which broadens our understanding of Jacobitism as a whole, provoking his...
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Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If you're at @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week, do come and say hello! I'll be at the MUP booth showing off our latest publications and I *think* we're near the tea and coffee too.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We’re on the road for conference season 📚 We kicked things off yesterday at the Society for the Social History of Medicine, with more events to come across the UK and Europe. If you’re attending, come and chat to the team, we’d love to say hi! #SSHM2026 #SHS2026 #IMC2026 #NCS2026
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James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Next week, I'll be presenting a creative-critical paper @imc-leeds.bsky.social on 'The Phoenix Speaks: An Ecocreative Response to an Old English Allegory' in Session 616. Looking forward to it! #IMC2026 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/mee...
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The Phoenix Speaks: An Eco-Creative Response to an Old English Allegory
Can we think creatively as well as critically with fire? What can destructive r...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We're proud to celebrate Queer and Trans Histories, a series dedicated to groundbreaking work on LGBTQ+ lives past and present. To mark Pride Month, we sat down with two of the series editors Jennifer Evans and Matthew Cook. Read the full Q&A here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/06...
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Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Eyes Queer as Folklore 👀
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Today marks National Writing Day, an annual celebration of the power of writing creatively. Here's just a selection of our books which celebrate and offer guidance to writing in various forms, from crime & fantasy fiction to memoir & classic novels. #NationalWritingDay #amwriting #booksky
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🚨what does Christ have to do with the Midgard Serpent? Watch for answers 🚨 youtu.be/fvhbnJSvSwI
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Hell (with 2 Ls) in Old Norse: feat. Prof. Stephen Hopkins
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We’re thrilled to share that Slave Trading in the Early Middle Ages: Long-Distance Connections in Northern and East Central Europe by Janel M. Fontaine has been shortlisted for the 2026 Royal Historical Society First Book Prize. More about the shortlist: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2026/05/18/r...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We're proud to launch Radical Histories, a new series dedicated to the individuals, movements and ideas that have challenged authority. We recently caught up with the series editors to find out more about the series' aims. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04... @tedvallance.bsky.social
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Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congratulations Janel Fontaine! It's great to see Slave Trading in the Early Middle Ages making the shortlist for the Royal Historical Society's 2026 First Book Prize manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160096/ @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I SPENT TEN YEARS TRANSLATING MEDIEVAL VISIONS OF HELL SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO!
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
STEAL HIS LOOK: BUY MY BOOK
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Manchester University Press - Translating hell
Translating hell - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Translating hell by Stephen C. E. Hopkins
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Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I appreciate I'm biased, but tell me this isn't the best unboxing video ever!
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
From canvas to carpet 🖼️📷 This year’s Met Gala theme was fashion as art, so we couldn’t resist taking a few of our most beautiful covers and pairing them with some of last night’s standout looks. Turns out our books hold their own on the cream carpet!
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We're sending HUGE congratulations to Mark Bailey for winning the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize. His work 'Serfdom in medieval England: Theory and practice 1200-1500' explores how serfdom operated in practice and why it has shaped historical debate. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172976/
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Out now! What role does silence play in war? The latest book in our Melland Schill Studies in International Law series uncovers the hidden role of silence in enabling military violence, from drone warfare to colonial counterinsurgency. Find out more on our website.
Promotional graphic for a new academic law book. A blue background features the heading “New in Law” at the top and “Melland Schill Studies in International Law” vertically on the right. Centered is the book cover of Silent War: Remote warfare and the politics of silence by Elisabeth Schweiger. The cover shows a lone figure standing in front of a heavily damaged, abandoned building in a bleak landscape, with a red title banner across the top. The Manchester University Press logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
For Shakespeare’s birthday, give a plug for my new book with @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191908/
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Manchester University Press - What's in a name?
What's in a name? - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of What's in a name? by Susan Dwyer Amussen
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Happy birthday William Shakespeare! 🎉 To celebrate the occasion, we've shared a new Shakespeare reading list on our Blog (link in bio) with 30% OFF featured titles, including @freeburian.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's borrowed feathers' which is now out in paperback. #Shakespeare #booksky
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It was a pleasure to welcome members of The Fed team to our office this week as they collected copies of six new additions to the My Voice collection. With these additions, the collection grows to 45 titles, each told in the survivor’s own words. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/03...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Manchester University Press is proud to launch Radical Histories, a new series dedicated to the individuals, movements and ideas that have challenged political, social and cultural authority. Call for proposals now open. Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This week is #LesbianVisibilityWeek, celebrating lesbian lives, loves & achievements. We'd like to recommend these books - 'A queer scrapbook', 'Queer beyond London' & 'Eva Gore-Booth' - if you're looking to read more histories celebrating lesbian lives in the UK & Ireland. #LVW26 #booksky
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Publishing today in paperback. Two brilliant group biographies by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social. From fighting for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth, to challenging the status quo in interwar Britain. Available now from all good bookshops & online. #history #biography #booksky
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A Hamnet‑era mourning jewel, the very pendant seen in the 1635 painting Sir Thomas Aston at the Deathbed of His Wife, has been rediscovered after 400 years. You'll also find it on the cover of 'Religion and life cycles in early modern England', manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526149237/
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Radical Histories is our new series spotlighting the people and movements that challenged power. It centres hidden archives, unheard voices and research that reshapes how we understand resistance. Call for proposals now open. Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...
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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I'm pleased to announce I'm a founding co-editor of the new @manchesterup.bsky.social book series, Radical Histories. Do let me know if you have a proposal for a book that fits our inclusive remit on radical histories. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/radic...
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Radical Histories - Manchester University Press
The Radical Histories series encourages innovative and field-defining research in the history of individuals, groups, movements and ideas which challenged the political, social and cultural status quo...
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Abigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Historian friends, does anyone have a suggestion for a venue that publishes undergraduate history papers? Thanks! 🗃️
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British Agricultural History Society @braghs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@bsky.app The winners of the Joan Thirsk Prize (2026) are: Mark Bailey, 'Serfdom in England: Theory and Practice 1200 to 1500' @manchesterup.bsky.social Shaun Evans, 'Coming of Age Celebrations on Welsh Landed Estates: Gentry, Culture and Society, c.1770–1920' @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social .
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Publishing today! A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life. 'A queer scrapbook' is a rich archive of histories from across Britain & Ireland. Featuring interviews, photographs & flyers, it captures the diversity of queer & trans lives since WW2. Out now. #booksky
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Andrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I was interviewed by the French History Network blog about my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book, 'Make cheese not war'. It was an ace opportunity to reflect on the lifecycle of a book project, personal encounters, research-led teaching (& vice versa) & more frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6838/ 🗃️
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Spotlight on Andrew W. M. Smith – SSFH
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Our Queer and Trans Histories series is seeking proposals! We welcome works spanning premodern to modern eras, global perspectives, and across genders and sexualities, it explores intersections of age, race, class, religion, disability, and more. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...
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