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PhD Candidate @livunihistory | Gender performativity, emotions and resistance in Early Modern witch trials | Funded by the John Lennon Memorial Scholarship

Joined March 2020
Welcome back to #RenSA25! Please check your email for the Friday, March 21 conference newsletter. Here's the full schedule for today ➡️ ow.ly/qREe50VlXSx #RenTwitter #earlymodern @RSAorg
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Finally visited Salem and went on a poignant tour which included the memorial for the men and women who were executed. “I am wholly innocent of such wickedness.” Brave men and women who resisted the identity of the witch to the end.
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Day 1 in Boston for this year’s @RSAorg conference. So grateful to be presenting and attending! I am presenting my paper tomorrow morning on performance and emotions in witchcraft pamphlets.
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Today at 5pm I will be presenting a paper on constructing identity in early modern witch trial executions. Join us if you can for what promises to be a great workshop and panel! @EMGSCam
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Reminder that out next session is TODAY at 5pm on Gender in Early Modern England - We're thrilled to welcome three speakers! Get in touch if you would like the Zoom link to join virtually.
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In the third of Not Just the Tudors' special series on witchcraft, @sixteenthCgirl and @malcolmgaskill look at the dangerous exploits of Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, who hunted down vulnerable people across East Anglia between 1645 and 1647: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t…
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In the third of Not Just the Tudors' special series on witchcraft, @sixteenthCgirl and @malcolmgaskill look at the dangerous exploits of Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, who hunted down vulnerable people across East Anglia between 1645 and 1647: eu1.hubs.ly/H0dFCTH0
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One week to go, and the topic of our annual lecture couldn’t be more pertinent.
We are absolutely overjoyed to invite you to the inaugural Selden's Sister annual lecture, to be given by none other than the legend that is the Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond. The 200-year struggle for mothers’ rights Liverpool, 14 Nov, 3pm, hybrid, free 1/2
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YES YES YES! Witches taking over #RSA2025 , thank you @RSAorg . Is it too early to start with the Dropkick Murphys “I’m shipping up to Boston” jokes @hsbamford @double_a_larsen ?
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Super excited to announce I will be presenting a paper in Boston at the #RSA2025 conference @RSAorg on a panel with @hsbamford @toujoursbizarre @double_a_larsen A trip to Salem is finally on the cards🧙‍♀️
YES YES YES! Witches taking over #RSA2025 , thank you @RSAorg . Is it too early to start with the Dropkick Murphys “I’m shipping up to Boston” jokes @hsbamford @double_a_larsen ?
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As we prepare to go trick or treating, or perform our ancient rites (no judgement here), let's celebrate all the times Abercromby Scare served goth so spookily. #Halloween
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Happy Halloween! Really enjoyed presenting a paper today, thanks to @hsbamford @_Elizabeth_M_W for organising a great day! 🧙‍♀️🐈‍⬛🤎
Thank you to our wonderful speakers and all our attendees for a great conference! Don't worry there'll be more spooky history next year, watch this space! 👀
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A brilliant first panel on new perspectives on witchcraft, covering many topics from emotions, to vampire-witches, to confessions! Many thanks to our speakers @CaitlinStarkey6 and Alexandra Sonu, and everyone for asking great questions. We'll be back after a short tea break
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What a brilliant first paper to kick off this years' Spooky Conference! Caitlin Starkey (Uni of Liverpool) discussed deathbed performance in witch trials
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Tomorrow is Halloween 👻 It's also the online Spooky Conference!
🎃It's spooky week! 👻 Register here for our spooky Halloween conference! forms.gle/ntaQMdjXTEzXjQJG6
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