Lisa Forman Cody Lisa Cody reviews 'Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England', by Sarah Fox Sarah Fox academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-ar… University of London Press

Long thread; A lot of the violence we have seen over the last few days has been stoked by years of misinformation about migration, often from many of the politicians condemning it now. So, let's address some of that misinformation. 1/

Delighted to share my new article 'Favouritism, Patronage and the ‘Family System’ in England, c.1700–1850' in EHR. Interested in the family, patronage and the professions? Then read on for my argument ⬇️academic.oup.com/ehr/article-ab…

Adding to the high of last week to share the publication of my first article, in Women's History Review! Here I explore the material nuances of sibling letters at Nostell Priory National Trust Research (and it’s open access🎉) doi.org/10.1080/096120…

It's been a while since I experienced the spike of adrenaline that a new review of my book causes, but this lovely review was well worth it! Thank you Lisa Cody

Check out the Royal Historical Society blog post on the latest #NewHistoricalPerspectives book, Designed for Play by Jon Winder. #OpenAccess #Twitterstorians #Playgrounds #History

Call for Participation 📢 Applications are now welcome for our annual History and Archives in Practice event, held with The National Archives and Institute of Historical Research. Next year's event will be held in London on Wednesday 5 March on the theme 'Working with Memory'. Find out more

This looks like a really useful guide to discussing GenAI.

This is an incredibly helpful commentary from Daniel Trilling that I would recommend to anyone wanting to understand what's going on in England at the moment. lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu… Daniel Trilling #England #Riots

After much deliberation I chose these lovely Gillray prints to brighten up my office walls. I love how human they are (which is incidentally what I love about writing history too!) #18thC #twitterstorians National Portrait Gallery

Cheesy 90s rock + #18thC architecture = #happyhistorian #mcfly The Piece Hall #theNorth

Wouldn't you like to live here for 2 or 4 weeks? Research in the day & exchange ideas with other 18th-centuryists in the evening? Write undistracted? Apply for a Visiting Fellowship or Travel Grant today! Applications accepted thru 1 Nov walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/vi… @YaleLibrary

Biggest category by SOME MEASURE is 'Illness' (and related are other big categories 'Accident/danger' and 'Death'). Of interest to EM medicine folks: Dr Lisa Smith Leah Astbury Alun Withey Olivia Weisser Sarah Fox ...

Fabulous!

📢The HJ is now officially a Gold Open Access Journal! We have an OA option for EVERY author, regardless of career stage or affiliation. The costs of OA will be covered by agreements between the HJ and the author's institution; from grants; or waived entirely⭐️🔓

Excited to share the cover of my book coming out early 2025!! 🌱

And it's LIVE!!! With our new Swatch Search, you can explore our collection of #textiles swatches (and a few larger items), either by historic textile name (if they were labeled) or by attributes like color, pattern, process, weave structure, and fiber. dutchtextiletrade.org/projects/swatc…

I have just had to ask how to return a book to the library despite working here since January. It's a wonder librarians let academics & their hoarding tendencies anywhere near books! #twittetstorians #18thC

Do you research / teach book history or 18thc literature/history? No £ to purchase books for your institution? Once again I am obliged to demurely note that my recently published Element about Burneys, books and bibliomania is available for FREE.

Published on 19 Sept: the next title in Royal Historical Society's New Historical Perspectives book series for early career historians: 'Mapping the State' by Martin Spychal bit.ly/4dRJwUq As for all NHP books, published University of London Press, Martin's book will be available #OpenAccess