📢 My article on parents' letters to/about ill children is out in an exciting special issue, 'Mothers and Fathers in Medieval and Early Modern Europe', ed. @elrhodes96 & Alice Whitehead. It's full of fantastic contributions to the history of parenting! 👇 tandfonline.com/toc/rhof20/3…

Our latest @SocialBodiesUoB public event is now taking sign-ups! 👇 Please help us spread the word - we'd love to get as many people as possible transcribing these wonderful letters (no experience necessary!) ✍️ transcribathon.eventbrite.co…

I argue that throughout the life-cycle, parents who were physically distant from their children used responses to illness to fulfil duties such as protection, discipline & education via correspondence. In the process, they navigated complex identities, relationships & emotions.

Very excited to speak at "Late Night Keats: Illness and Death in the 19th Century" @KeatsHouse next month - it promises to be a really interesting event with lots to do and discover. If you're in London on 6th Feb, check it out! 👇 🫁 💀 eventbrite.co.uk/e/late-nigh… @eventbritehelp

I've loved being part of the academic/history community here for the past 5 years, and am not leaving it behind completely. But I am now also in the other place - please find me there @earlymodernemma.bsky.social!

For anyone still here: from January, I'm running an 8-week, learning-for-pleasure evening course via @UniOfYork's Centre for Lifelong Learning. It's on Zoom, open to the public and taking bookings now - please share with anyone who might be interested! 👇 york.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/…

What a day to be marking essays on historical turning points... #USElection2024