Left X. Professor of Cultural History, Uni of Birmingham; c18th history; letters; body. Recent book on Mary Toft. PI @SocialBodiesUoB @kharveyhistory/bsk.social
Birmingham, England
Joined January 2013
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Just out (+open access): 'The Material Body: Embodiment, history and archaeology in industrialising England, 1700-1850' eds @ecraigatkins & me. A unique collaboration of historians & archaeologists who stepped outside their discipline to study embodiment
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North American scholars come join us in Birmingham for a month! Deadline 15 Nov! @TheNACBS
The Huntington Library in California and the University of Birmingham offer one Exchange Fellowship each year.
Applications are now open for a US or Canada based scholar to come to Birmingham!
Find out more: birmingham.ac.uk/about/colle…
Like the RHS, I have just opened up on bsky: bsky.app/profile/kharveyhist…
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From today, we are now also bsky.app/profile/royalhistso…
We look forward to engaging and working there with historians and history professionals, to support and promote our discipline and the wider humanities
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Honoured to have been elected to the Council of the @RoyalHistSoc and looking forward to getting to work.
This week, we also welcome four new members to @RoyalHistSoc's governing Council: Dr Cath Feely, Prof. Karen Harvey, Prof. Matthias Neumann and Dr Jesús Sanjurjo bit.ly/4g7d3dv
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ALT We also welcome four new members to the Royal Historical Society’s governing Council; they will work with the President and fellow Councillors over the coming four years.
Delighted to welcome @earlymodernemma to the project! Emma’s work on c18th letters and health will enrich the public engagement enormously. Read Emma’s first article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Full article: Absent parents, sick children, and epistolary relationships in England, c.1640-c.1750 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Congratulations to @KateGibson22 for winning the Women’s History Network Book Prize for 2022. Well deserved indeed!
My book Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England 1660-1834 won a prize! Thanks to the judges and congratulations to fellow winner @jec_free womenshistorynetwork.org/wom…
As we prepare our History modules for this year, I really welcome this thoughtful article in 'transactions of @RoyalHistSoc': connect, be active, keep learning, take notice & give.
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Having subjected Elizabeth to 'drugery', her former mistress is now tucking her up in one of the best beds. How the tables have turned!
The letters of Elizabeth Clift are a remarkable record of her labour as a domestic servant, especially regarding childcare and what she called 'drugery'
#childcare #care
Launching our exchange fellowship between @unibirmingham and the Huntington Library. Hear me discuss our collections inc @BarberInstitute and Cadbury Research Library in this webinar: tinyurl.com/bdz5w56z.
@TheNACBS @AHAhistorians @SHAFRhistorians @The_OAH
We're excited to announce our new Exchange Fellowship with the Huntington Library in California!
Applications to be the ‘Huntington Fellow’ in Birmingham for 2025-2026 are now open, closing on 15 November 2024.
To find out more and apply, visit: birmingham.ac.uk/university/…
ALT The University of Birmingham's green heart.
Professor Karen Harvey retweeted
A fantastic opportunity to become part of our vibrant research culture. Deadline 6 Sept. Don’t delay!!!
History PhD students around London: the 'British History in the Long 18th Century’ seminar at @ihr_history is looking for a postgraduate convenor for the academic year 2024/25. A stipend of £200 and a chance to get involved in a great seminar! @long18thsem
#18thcentury
Apply ⬇️
Women so often apologize for not writing or for poor writing in their letters, partly because of a 'humility topos' or poorer education, but also because their hands are full with caring and housekeeping #womenshistory #womenswork #letters
Familiar letter as measure of the duty, obligation & bond between a hectic post-partum mother & sister-in-law:
‘I should have wrote before... This I assure you is the first Letter I have wrote since I have left my bed. I beg you will forgive me'
Mary to Jane Warton, 1764
#letters
Postdoc opportunities at Bham (but a tight deadline of 23 August). Feel free to contact me or my History colleagues ...
Apply for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the College of Arts and Law! Complete research and build your profile in arts, humanities, and social sciences. Apply by 23 Aug 2024. Details: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/c… #Research #Postdoc #Academia #UoBArtsLaw
ALT The University of Birmingham campus
Job! Work with me to support public engagement using c18th letters @SocialBodiesUoB. Work with schools, @Literacy_Trust @readingagency @LearnBAES. PT fixed term, Bham based. Deadline 19 August.
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'Bodies & Embodiment'. Could there be a better theme for #BSECS2025 ... Very much looking forward to this!
The submissions portal for #BSECS2025 is OPEN! You now have until the 30 October to submit your proposals on 'Bodies and Embodiment'. We can't wait to read them!
54th Annual Conference, Pembroke College, Oxford, 8-10 January 2025
#18thC #twitterstorians
Did people share letters in the c18th?
@SocialBodiesUoB have not found many egs, though we recently came across this great reference ...
A rare, for our corpus, but rich example of letter-sharing. What say others? @Montagu_Letters @Hamilton_Papers @EMLOnline
'I cannot express how we all rejoiced when it appeared every one taking a peep & impatient till the other had perused it.'
A. Robertson to daughter, 1803
Interesting blog on citizen humanities/digital citizens from @materialwills & @_drsang
📢ICYMI📢A new post by @_drsang all about 'Citizen Humanities': the role of volunteers within Humanities research & the vital part they have played in preserving, understanding & making cultural heritage accessible #twitterstorians #History #EarlyModern sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialc…
Out now: 'Prayer for Family and Friends: The Body and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain'
The article with @EmilyMayVine from @SocialBodiesUoB has officially been published in @HistoricalJnl. If you don't have access, DM me for a code (I have 10 giveaways!).
