Delighted to say I'll be starting a PhD with UCL History & Wellcome Collection, funded by LAHP in October, exploring health & the body in the Wellcome's early modern commonplace books! In the archives today & these sources are so rich & intriguing, I can't wait to get started!

Consistent misspelling of the day: alamanac (almanac). I keep thinking it's like mississippi/llamas, and enjoying the up down of the vowel sounds before word ruins my fun with its little red underline :(

Post final supervision and on to the last edit of my MPhil! Cursing all my wee 'sort this out later' notes - it is now 'later' 😶

Taking a 2 minute break in-between edits, having just finished re-reading my section on astrology ... Fate! Twitter is still useful sometimes.

Delighted to have (at last!) submitted my MPhil - have loved learning all about time, women & recipe books this year, and very grateful for all the support I've received from my supervisors & the community University of Glasgow. I will miss this project and Glasgow very much!

Today is the day! I'm making a 17th century hand scrub w/ Julia Nurse & Finn Manders Wellcome Collection in preparation for the EMROC annual transcribathon. Theme this year? Beauty by the books. Details: tinyurl.com/47p8uvfs #histstm #earlymodern UCL History RCP museum

Lots of fun experimenting with this hand scrub recipe this afternoon Wellcome Collection! More on the smells, textures, processes & whether it worked (!?) coming soon 👀

Really enjoy that my official award email contains the congratulations emoji confetti 🥳🎊 Delighted to have passed my MPhil! Very grateful for the generous & helpful report from my examiners, and of course all of the support from my supervisors at University of Glasgow

Excited to be starting as a The Brilliant Club tutor after working with them as an SLO on launches & graduations Emmanuel College SLO 🥳 I'll be teaching Making a Museum to KS2 students!

January Mondays:

Don't forget the Tories made it deliberately more difficult for people to cast their votes today by bringing in a new requirement for photo ID - please remember to take it with you and have your say! And if you do have a dog, take them with you too 🐶 #DogsAtPollingStations

A PhD is often compared to running a marathon - a sea of far-off deadlines and self-motivation. This week, I am presenting to colleagues at the Wellcome, submitting my 1st year 'upgrade' & running an actual marathon... Bit of a shock to the system that the far-off is here x3!

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Really great experience speaking at the Writing the World Conference conference in York today! Heard some fantastic, insightful papers and made some new early modernist friends; super grateful to the organisers for bringing together such a friendly & stimulating conference!

back in my fave place ( the National Library of Scotland special collections 💛)

19 November - Autumn lectures Explore recent research & practical recreation with historic recipe books. Excited to announce speakers Dr Lisa Smith, Senior Lecturer University of Essex & PhD researcher Finn Manders! Find out more 👉tinyurl.com/2zxmbnp5 Finn Manders @rcphysicians

Coming up soon! I hear there will be some recipe remaking to have a peek at too - link to tickets below 👀

Still time to book! 👉tinyurl.com/2zxmbnp5 Join us on 19 Nov to hear Dr Lisa Smith Dr Lisa Smith & PhD researcher Finn Manders Finn Manders for an evening exploring fascinating recipe books from England, Scotland & France. Plus recipe recreations! Royal College of Physicians #histmed

A Christmas present from UCL History: we'd love to have you at our 'Early Modern Connections' conference in March 2025! -- Call for Papers deadline 30 January 2025; we hope this will be a friendly space to test ideas & meet other people who are thinking about the early modern!

You still have time to submit a proposal for our Early Modern Connections conference! Key info: 🌈 Friendly, inclusive, PhD & ECR space 🤝Interdisciplinary connections >> spark new ideas ✉️Email us at [email protected] by 30 Jan!