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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We've had a fantastic couple of days at our project conference with engaging presentations and insightful keynotes from Sara Miglietti and Marcy Norton. Thanks to all our presenters and attendees and to the John Rylands Research Institute and Library for hosting us.

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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

FINAL PROJECT CONFERENCE! Register to attend Medicine, Slavery, and Race in the Atlantic World, bringing together longstanding project collaborators and exciting, new interlocutors. Spaces are *extremely* limited, so do sign up... see the programme at www.mmor.co.uk/events/confe... #EarlyModern 🗃️

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Select tickets – MMoR Conference: Medicine, Slavery, and Race in the Atlantic World – The Council Room, King's College London

After four full years, the initial funded stage of Medicine and the Making of Race comes to a close in September 2025. To mark ...

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Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

And secondly, Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (UPenn) - 'Feeding, Eating, and Transforming Bodies: Interspecies Relationships and Subject Formation in the Early Modern Atlantic World' See the full programme and join the waitlist for spare tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bodies-and... 2/2

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Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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We have two very exciting keynote papers for the upcoming and (now sold out!!) @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social conference 'Bodies & Environments in the Early Modern World' Firstly, Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute) - 'What was "environment" in the early modern period?' 1/2

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Last two tickets remaining for our conference! 😀 Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World, 9th-10th June 2025 at JRRIL, Manchester. More info and booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bodies-and...

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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Registration for our 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' conference 9th-10th June, John Rylands Institute, Manchester is now open. Registration is free! Tickets and more info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bodies-and...

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Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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Really excited to share this amazing news and very much looking forward to starting the project @uclhistory.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Read more about it on the @bemccollective.bsky.social blog and watch this space!!

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Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Registration is now open for @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social's conference 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World', 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Check out our AMAZING programme and register for free here: shorturl.at/SFrEK. Limited spaces available!

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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American Society for Environmental History @aseh.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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Did you know ASEH is starting an open-access online journal? Germinate: Environmental History Review is accepting content now! Learn more here: aseh.org/Germinate-En...

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American Society for Environmental History - Germinate: Environmental History Review

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Our very own @sashahandley.bsky.social and Abi Greenall are talking about their work on soporific recipes in Dublin tomorrow at 4pm!

Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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📢NEW MANY-HEADED MONSTER SERIES📢 Today I introduce 'Visual Culture in #EarlyModern England', a series that celebrates the relaunch of the brilliant 'British Printed Images to 1700' database and showcases historians' use of printed images. 🗃️ #Skystorians manyheadedmonster.com/2025/02/24/a...

Screenshot of the front page of British Printed Images to 1700. Printed images border the screen on both sides, in the centre is the website title and various links: About, Search, Resources, Research.

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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Can anyone think of any instances when a mother might be deemed 'unnatural' in the period c.1700-1900? I've got the more obvious things like infanticide, but I'm looking to branch out into other subversive female behaviours.

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Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Don’t forget our CfP for our long 18thc @bsecs.bsky.social PGR/ECR conference in Bath 30-31st July on the theme of facades! Closes on 21st March. We can’t wait to welcome you to Bath Spa and the city! #skystorians #18c #19c #17c Please share with anyone interested!

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We're so excited to have some films about our work with Ordsall Hall in Salford to share with you. This first one explains how we worked with their team to transform our academic research about early modern sleep into practical activities for their visitors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wv...

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Sleeping Well Intro film

YouTube video by Gavin Repton

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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Sleeping Well Intro film

YouTube video by Gavin Repton

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 02/03/2025

Coming up in March, we look forward to hosting this year's 'History and Archives in Practice' day conference, on Weds 5th, with partners @ihr.bsky.social and The National Archives bit.ly/3XlcLbW #HAP25's theme is ‘Working with Memory', with contributions from historians and archivists #Skystorians

Slide for the 2025 'History and Archives in Practice' day conference on 5 March with the theme of 'Working with Memory: History, Storytelling and Practices of Remembrance', hashtag #HAP25

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

We are very excited to announce the #cfp for our #PGR #ECR conference on 'Facades' - 30/31 July at Bath Spa University Please send 250 word abstract + short bio to postgrad@bsecs.org.uk by the 21 March 2025 Full details for screen readers in the thread below 1/5 #BSECS2025 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

📢Academic Job Klaxon📢 Our Inventing Futures team is growing - we’re looking for three early career researchers in Early Modern European History, French, and Italian Studies. Could you be one of our new colleagues? Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/4w9ssbxe

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Inventing Futures Job Opportunities - Durham University

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Last chance to submit an abstract for our 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' conference, CFP closes tomorrow!

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Plants and People 2025 conference @people-plants-2025.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We are delighted to announce our #CfP for 'Plants and People: the cultivation and propagation of botanical knowledge among non-professional communities, c.1600–1800'! Please email your abstracts (300 words) and bios to @zarakesterton.bsky.social @lucyjhavard.bsky.social, by 14 March 🪴

A 17th century Dutch painting of pink roses, carnations, cornflowers, and narcissus. The text reads: Call for Papers. Plants and People: the cultivation and propagation of botanical knowledge among non-professional communities, c.1600–1800. University of Cambridge, 8–9 July 2025.

Text reads: This interdisciplinary conference will examine botanical knowledge exchange among early modern individuals at the periphery of professional science. We will focus on women, domestic workers, artisans, merchants, and enslaved and indigenous naturalists who used plant knowledge in their everyday life, yet did not (or could not) derive a living primarily from botany.

Over the course of this conference, and a subsequent publication, we intend to address the following questions:
What kinds of people and spaces fostered botanical knowledge outside of traditional institutions of learning?
What role did embodied experience play in the acquisition of botanical knowledge?
What did the social networks of these practitioners look like, and how did this overlap with or differ from the networks of professional scientists?
How was the knowledge of these non-professional practitioners valued (or devalued) by their contemporaries?

Reflecting the creative nature of our subject matter, we welcome applications for papers in formats other than traditional presentations. Furthermore, the conference will include a practical workshop with the artist and natural dye expert Nabil Ali. We hope that our creative workshop will feed into participants’ practice and inform their contributions to our proposed publication.

This conference will be held in person from 8–9 July at the University of Cambridge. Lunch and refreshments will be included. We aim to offer grants of £150 to contribute towards the cost of travel and accommodation for speakers coming from outside of Cambridge and the surrounding area. Please let us know in your application whether you would like to be considered for a travel grant.

Please send an abstract of max. 300 words and a short biography to the conference organisers, Lucy Havard (lh655@cam.ac.uk) and Zara Kesterton (zlk21@cam.ac.uk) by Friday 14 March 2025.

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Sasha Handley @sashahandley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Don't forget to submit your abstract in for our June conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' - speaker expenses will be covered and we have two amazing keynotes in Marcy Norton & Sara Miglietti!

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

12 days until the deadline for our 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' conference so still plenty of time to put something together!

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

This sounds like an excellent workshop, particularly questions on 'How can historians study weathering through human and non-human bodies?': lots of relevance to our upcoming conference on bodies and environments!

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Free one day symposium @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social exploring case studies of Collecting Environmental Change, 13 March. More info and booking here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collecting... 📜 #envhist

Collecting Environmental Change: Case Studies from Scotland and Europe

This symposium explores how museums are collecting objects that represent the impact of and response to environmental change.

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Lots of exciting abstracts flowing in for our 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' conference in June, but still some time to get yours in!

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Really interesting look at the relationship between fog and health, of interest to those hoping to come to our bodies and environments conference in June!

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

An excellent looking seminar series on historical food preservation!

Preservare @preservare.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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Save the dates and spread the word! In collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden’s Humanities Institute (@nybg.bsky.social), we’re launching an online seminar series. Check out the program below 👇 Stay tuned for registration details. We hope to see you there!

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Sarah Bendall @sarahabendall.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

You can read our introduction for free here: assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7...

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Jonathan Reinarz @reinarz.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

EAHMH2025, the main European history of medicine conference for 2025 will take place in Berlin 26-29 Aug. And is on the theme of Health Beyond Medicine. Abstracts accepted until 10 March 2025: hi.converia.de/frontend/ind...

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Little reminder about our CFP: Bodies and environments in the early modern world. 9-10th June in Manchester. Abstracts due to eleanor.shaw@manchester.ac.uk by the 3rd Feb. #skystorians #earlymodern

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Fantastic blog by @katemcal993.bsky.social on historical ideas about bedwetting, with plenty of implications for understandings of historical sleep!

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Fred Schurink @fredschurink.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Fully-funded PhD scholarship opportunity on project on ‘The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750)’ at the University of Manchester. Supervised by me and my wonderful colleague Tabitha Tuckett in collaboration with Chetham’s Library. Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750): A data-driven approach to social justice in library catalogues of small and medium heritage collections at The Universit...

PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750): A data-driven approach to social justice in library catalogues of small and medium heritage collections at...

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Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Always fascinating to read about other remaking experiences! Our own attempt and a recipe for apple moyse here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

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Sleep and Apples: Wassailing and Apple Moyse Making