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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A wonderfully interdisciplinary project that unravels the mysteries of a unique 17th-c feather book! A real honour to be part of the international project team @mcgill.ca! Stay tuned for updates! @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're excited to welcome @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social (@ucl.ac.uk) back to Manchester to speak about her new project, ‘The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World: Matter in Multispecies Medicine’ (funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social). Join us on Weds 30th Sept, 13:00, to hear more! Details linked:

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Holly Fletcher (UCL), 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World: Matter in Multispecies Medicine'

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Dr Jennifer Evans @historianjen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You can now read mine and @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social new article about the remedies 18thc women took six weeks before birth. doi.org/10.1017/S001...

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Anticipating Birth in Early Modern England | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Anticipating Birth in Early Modern England

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

📚 Proudly celebrating the stories, voices and experiences that make our communities stronger. Happy Manchester Pride from all of us at Manchester University Press. 🌈 #ManchesterPride #Pride #BooksForEveryone

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Guyda Armstrong @guyda.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today is the last day of the John Rylands Research Institute @thejohnrylands.bsky.social before it closes, so I’m thinking back to our first Kaffeeklatsch in Oct 2023 with Kelly and @stefanhanss.bsky.social. Thanks so much to all who sailed with us over the years in our amazing cathedral of books!

Three smiling people of increasing height standing in front of a table with coffee cups and a magnificent home-made cake, with large hangings behind them showing a Japanese print of Mount Fuji and a triumphant image from the French Revolution.

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Interested in the history of women's anger and Chinese medical cultures? Read our latest fascinating blog post by our very own Zhaokun Xin, which spotlights two new articles. sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Two new articles on the literary exploration of emotions in Ming China

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Read our latest blog post on Dr Ingrid Rembold's research on churches and virtue signalling in the Carolingian World. sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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New article 'Widows, orphans and churches: protection and virtue signalling in the Carolingian world'

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Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'm having a book launch on 9th June 6-8pm for my book 'Body Size in Early Modern Germany' 🎉 I will be discussing the book alongside Profs. Lyndal Roper and @stefanhanss.bsky.social. It would be great to see you there (in person and online)!! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ias-book-l...

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IAS Book Launch: Body Size in Early Modern Germany

Author Holly Fletcher overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon.

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New special issue on Imaging Heritage Science Innovation by members of our Collective! sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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New Special Journal Issue on Imaging Heritage Science Innovation at Manchester

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Read our latest blog post about groundbreaking proteomics research on early modern medical and cosmetic recipes, by @stefanhanss.bsky.social and colleagues sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Global News Echo of New Proteomics Research on Early Modern Medical and Cosmetic Recipes

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Many thanks to wonderful @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social @arstechnica.com for this piece on our @historians.org AHR article on the proteomics analysis of Renaissance recipes. I really enjoyed our conversation!

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Wonderful to see my “Situating Early Modern Translators: A Mediterranean Epilogue” out in @degruyterbrill.bsky.social ‘On the Move: Mobility and Early Modern Translation’ Massive thanks to @eui-eu.bsky.social eds Giancarlo Casale & Ann Thomson! 👉🏽 shorturl.at/TX4wb

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 28/01/2026

In “Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes,” @stefanhanss.bsky.social and his research team show how scientific analysis and historical contextualization of biochemical information of early modern recipes reveals new insights into early modern medicine and material practices. #AHR

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The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance

Abstract. Collaborations between the humanities and sciences allow for novel insights into the material world of Renaissance recipe cultures, and in partic

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Wonderful to see our research receiving such wide attention

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

This sounds like an unmissable exhibit, but the phrase "defence of museums with global collections" is doing a huge amount of work as a justification for clinging on to "collected" (stolen) Hawaiian heritage.

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Hawaii: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans review – a feather-filled thriller full of gods, gourds and ghosts

This retelling of Captain Cook’s death and the merging of two cultures is a trove of miraculously preserved wonders – but beware of the shark-toothed club!

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

If you ever wondered what biochemical traces of past users of medical recipes may tell us about early modern haircare, see @uk.theconversation.com's discussion of our @historians.org article: doi.org/10.64628/AB.... Research supported by @thejohnrylands.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.social

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What Renaissance readers left behind in haircare books

New biochemical techniques offer unmatched insight into early modern medicine, as traces of plants, animals and even human waste have been sampled from pages.

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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

By way of introduction: my book, The Multiplicity of Scripture: The Making of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible (Toronto: PIMS 2025) pims.ca/publication/... Available in North America via @uoftpress.bsky.social, in Europe via @brepols.net, and in digital form by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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The Multiplicity of Scripture: The Making of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible – Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Christmas comes early! NEW open access @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Bulletin spec issue on how imaging science transforms our understanding of heritage! www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal... Co-edited w/ @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social @nhsf.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🎉 At Christmas we look back on the good things the year brought. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Beatriz Marin-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social who won a prestigious @leverhulme.ac.uk Philip Leverhulme Prize for her research into the origins of anti-colonial resistance in the Caribbean.

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Archaeology researcher wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - University of Liverpool News

Archaeology researcher wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 10/12/2025

Next year we are co-hosting a celebration event with @rshc.bsky.social to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal. 📍Birkbeck, University of London 🗓️Saturday 31 January 2026 ⏱️14:00-18:00 Everyone welcome! Please make sure to book via the link below.

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History Workshop Journal’s 100th Issue: a celebration

Speakers include former and newer editors, and friends of the journal. Tea, coffee and a drink will be provided.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 08/12/2025

New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research. Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

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Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS

The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Just got my contributor’s copy! Stay tuned for this wonderfully powerful Jan 2026 volume w/ Disobedience Press, celebrating the legacy of Chandler Davis for the current struggle for academic freedom. Pre-order here: disobediencepress.com/in-the-spiri...

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Wonderful to see our @historians.org article on "The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance" on top of the "most read" AHR articles! It is available open access here: doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

...and we have many of these manuals @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk! Wonderful to see our @historians.org American Historical Review article sparking wider discussions across disciplines! @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

“The originality and innovation of the study cannot be overstated.” Wonderful to see @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Pamela Smith commenting on our @historians.org article in @cenmag.bsky.social news release by @bethanyhalford.bsky.social! Massive thanks!

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Wonderful to see this new @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social article by @uomsalc.bsky.social's very own @tibetcurator.bsky.social!

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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This is just so grim. Students deserve to be taught by experts, not be expected to settle for AI. It is so disheartening to add this to the list of ways in which staff expertise is devalued, undermined or sidelined by institutions across the sector. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI

Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We had to decide to switch off the respiration machine of my grandfather on a 1st Jan as the hospital had run out of machines for patients with better chances of survival “Too little, too late” is true for the UK & other countries,like Germany.I am beyond relief to hear it being said.Finally.Loudly.

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Beatriz Marín-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🔊 JOBS ALERT! Two vacancies at the #InternationalSlaveryMuseum in #Liverpool! Join the wonderful team of curators reimagining this unique museum! Curatorial fellow: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/... Project facilitator: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Finally, a voice of reason. It is time to see RE reformulated across the country. Now.

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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Just TEN DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts for @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's and my conference on EM practical texts @sheffieldcems.bsky.social. The conference has hybrid capability, and we have six self-funded student/non-waged ECR travel bursaries of £75 each. sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

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Beatriz Marín-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"Wherever Afro descendants are located, they are most vulnerable to climate and environmental impact” “Climate justice cannot be separated from reparatory justice. The same systems that enriched the north created today’s vulnerabilities.” #coloniallegacies #Afrodescendants #Indigenous #Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa a ‘real-time case study’ of colonialism’s legacies

Destruction in Jamaica shows why climate justice cannot be separated from reparatory justice, campaigners say

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

VERY excited to see the forthcoming @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Bulletin special journal issue available for pre-order: shorturl.at/jWDap Edited by @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social & myself, we showcase stunning projects to discuss the extent to which imaging innovation transforms heritage studies

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Manchester University Press - Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2 - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2 by Stefan Hanß

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Beatriz Marín-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Join us next week for our Material Worlds Lunchtime Seminars! They are held in person and online, and feature our amazing staff across faculties @liverpooluni.bsky.social working on materiality! @sotauol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social #ArchaeoSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #HistorySky

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Just arrived! 👉🏼 the hardcopy catalogue of the #gnm exhibition Global Nuremberg, 1300-1600 Germanisches Nationalmuseum @stadtnuernberg.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social

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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️

The cover of a book. Text reads TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE. The illustration is of black and white embroidery of flowers, fruit, and animals; it's sitting on a blue and white William Morris print cushion.

The table of contents of a book. The chapter titles read Stuff, Linen, Leather/Wool, Silk, Inky Cloak, Sew, Cut, Fold, Ruff.

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Now on bsky, my recent #CurrentAnthropology journal article on Amazonian biocreativity & 17th-c featherworking in colonial Dutch Brazil 👉 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... @wennergrenorg.bsky.social @sapiens.org @chicagojournals.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

A real honour to publish this in the Historical Journal. Thanks so much to Stefan Hanß for all his work in bringing it to print, and to the late, great Natalie Zemon Davis for these extraordinary reflections on scholarship and persecution. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Experiencing Exclusion: Scholarship after Inquisition | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Experiencing Exclusion: Scholarship after Inquisition

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

"Any temptation I had at age twenty-three to categorize oppressed people in binaries, as either heroic resisters or unjust victims, was ended." Wonderful to see this new piece from Natalie Zemon Davis, with forward by Stefan Hanß #OpenAccess #EarlyModern 🗃️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Screenshot of Davis, Natalie Zemon, and Stefan Hanß, ‘Experiencing Exclusion: Scholarship after Inquisition’, The Historical Journal, 2024, 1–16 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X24000311>

Natalie and Chandler with their children Aaron and Hannah during a visit to Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1955/6. Photograph reproduced with kind permission of the family.

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Beatriz Marín-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Join us this coming Thursday @livunihss.bsky.social and Friday @WorldMuseum for a documentary screening and a workshop on #Circum-Caribbean art & communities in Liverpool! Scan the QR code & book your free tickets! #Archaeology #AcademicSky #NationalMuseumsLiverpool #ArchaeoSky #museums #Liverpool

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

NEW EXHIBITION: Global Nuremberg, 1300-1600, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg shorturl.at/4sX2X see the open access catalogue w/ my chapter on Nuremberg & the Ottomans: shorturl.at/zt1M5 @bemccollective.bsky.social y.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social dept.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

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Global Nuremberg, 1300-1600

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The Whitworth's 'Albrecht Dürer's Material World' exhibition (2023-24) inspires new musical composition by University of Manchester composer Camden Reeves: sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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Melancholia & the Angel: How The Whitworth's exhibition, Albrecht Dürer's Material World, inspired a new musical composition

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Prof Stefan Hanß and Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera win the 2024 Book of the Year Award of the Association of Dress Historians! Read a Q&A with the authors of "In Between Textiles, 1400-1800: Weaving Subjectivities and Encounters" (AUP, 2023): sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...

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2024 ADH Book of the Year Award Interview

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