With the #Coronation of King Charles III now a month away, I'm starting a megathread of weird and wonderful historical Coronation facts which I'll be posting every day until the eve of Coronation Day #CoronationFacts 1/31

Call for Papers for the Scottish History Society's first annual conference (Edinburgh, March 2024)! Please share widely, submit a proposal, and get in touch if you have any questions☺️ More info can be found here: scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-paper…

The NECBS is pleased to share the program for our Annual Meeting in Halifax, NS on Oct 13th - 15th, 2023. You can find the program, as well as information about registration, hotels, and travel on our website: necbs.org/conferences/

Gorgeous scene of a Jacobean printing shop, from the title page of Alexander Cooke’s ‘Yet more worke for a masse-priest’ (London, 1622). Notice the typesetter in the background & the ink man left foreground with his ink balls. Cambridge UL Special Collections Syn.7.62.300.

Congrats to Alex Martinborough & Amelia Rosch on receiving the David Underdown Memorial Prize for the best graduate student paper delivered at last year's NECBS, as well as Joe Borsato on his honourable mention! 🎉 CFP for this year's conference ⬇️: necbs.org/2024/03/15/nec…

The deadline for submitting proposals to the NECBS has been extended until June 1st! More here: necbs.org/2024/05/10/nec…

IMPORTANT Pre-1600 manuscripts, including restricted items, can now be consulted in person British Library Readers should register for a new reader pass and bring a letter of recommendation for restricted items Please read these FAQs for more information: bl.uk/research/#read…

The submission deadline for the NECBS conference in 2024 has been extended to June 21st! Those who have already applied can expect a response in early July. We especially welcome papers from graduate students and can offer some financial aid to attend the conference

Thank you to everyone who applied to present at the NECBS in 2024! Acceptances were sent last week and our registration site for the conference is now live at the following link (does not require an Eventbrite account): eventbrite.com/e/northeast-co…

The NECBS is holding its annual business meeting TODAY at 12:30pm EST as part of NACBS program in Montreal. The meeting will be held in the Ravel room in the conference hotel. All are welcome to attend!