Writer. Feminist. Historian. Professor. Likes to think about both "small' (pregnancy, birth, care) and 'large' (historical change). Working on MIDDLE CARE
Oxford, England
Joined June 2012
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For @TheTLS, I wrote about @helen_charman 's capacious account of mothering and the British state since the 1970s. Totally recommend MOTHER STATE
Mostly at the other place now. BUT I couldn't be happier that @HZeavin is visiting Oxford next week! Join us on Thursday afternoon to talk writing, psychoanalysis and history history.ox.ac.uk/event/writi…
I'm still here, ambivalently and on and off, so for now here is a fabulous job alert: Beit Professorship of Global and Imperial History here @UniofOxford my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
The 4th Annual Black Feminist Theory Institute 👇
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Join us on Wednesday at 4pm for the first session of this year's #AffectiveArtefacts - with @hrfletcher_ and Noelle Duckmann Gallagher discuss fat bodies in early modern culture! @UoMhistdept @UoMSALC
Don't forget that this year's Affective Artefacts seminar series kicks off on Wednesday (16th Oct) with what promises to be a fascinating discussion of fat bodies in early modern material and visual culture with @hrfletcher_ + Noelle Duckmann Gallgher. @UoMhistdept @ECW_UoM
This Thursday pm I head to my former undergraduate college to talk about the history of maternal labour. A return of sorts, both to Magdalen and to an earlier body of research. All welcome! magd.ox.ac.uk/events/ewen-gr…
Feminist social reproduction / care historians, I reckon @SvenBeckert needs to hear from you
Interested in Labor and Political Economy in American History? Apply for these great opportunities at Harvard.
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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…
Friday feed cleanse: how the 18thc librarian unchained the 16thc books @StJohnsOx . Thx @william_whyte!
In October, we’re celebrating the official reopening of the Old Library at St John’s.
Professor @william_whyte, Keeper of Historic Buildings, reveals the history of this ‘state-of-the-art’ sixteenth-century library.
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Excited that my new book, Personhood, will be out with @yalepress this spring, and so honored by the first blurb from @julianzelizer, who calls the book powerful, "the definitive history of the concept of fetal personhood, past present, and future." More on the book soon!
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Our brand new issue is out! Three great articles, a forum, and lots of book reviews journals.uchicago.edu/toc/em…
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Women are still the majority of workers in low paid or precarious employment - & have the most to benefit from Labour's employment bill. Our new briefing #TheFeministFutureOfWork is out today and looks at the opportunities that the bill presents for women. newstatesman.com/spotlight/e…
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Calling all students! Daunted by the prospect of archival research? Sign up to one of our upcoming (onsite) introduction days, tailored to support those who want to get started with postgrad/academic research: nationalarchives.gov.uk/abou…
ALT Close up of an aged archival document.
Scholars of care, we should all be so lucky to be at Duke to hear @NFolbre speak this week...
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Are you starting a new research degree in History? Join us on the 3 October as we introduce the IHR. Learn about:
* Library
* Resources
* Seminars
* Events
* Publications
* Website
* Research Training
Register today: buff.ly/3zechvC
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Now at @ahrcpress @Activism23 @LSBU_LSS Workshop 4 we have three fab ECRs @girlinwrongera @graceheaton93 & @racheljcollett sharing their experiences of ‘doing’ oral history & how making stories of female activism more audible also makes this activism more visible.
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Funding opp: @BritishAcademy_ & Leverhulme Small Research Grants (Up to £10k). To support primary research in the humanities and social sciences thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fund…
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Come and do a (funded!) doctorate on the architects Seely and Paget with David Lewis of @OxfordConted Andrew Hann of @EnglishHeritage and me...
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Magdalen College homecoming:
This year’s Ewen Green Memorial Lecture will be given by the Hillary Rodham Clinton Professor of Women’s History Sarah Knott (1990) on ‘Histories of Maternal Labour’.
Book here: lnkd.in/efaXyYaj
ALT a portrait of Professor Knott who will be giving the lecture