Shameful, devastating, racist. Wanjirū Doseline is a brilliant and much-valued colleague - what she and her daughter have been put through is evil theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

OUT NOW, Open Access! “The Foods of Love? Food Gifts, Courtship and Emotions in Long Eighteenth-Century England” cambridge.org/core/services/…

Great opportunity for someone. Permanent Lecturer in Medieval English Studies at St Andrews: jobs.ac.uk/job/DEH210/lec… #MedievalTwitter #AcademicTwitter

New job alert! We're hiring a permanent (read: tenure track) US historian post-1865. Durham University is a special place, with a great History Dept. (Durham History), sharp and driven students, and a large and collegial(!) group of US historians. See below: durham.taleo.net/careersection/…

After 3+ years, here's my first peer-reviewed article: 'Forgotten Stories of Yogurt' about old yogurt-making methods involving spring rains, ant colonies, and nettle roots. A huge thanks to my relatives, whose yogurt stories and flavors have been a constant source of inspiration!

Join us for our next online Lunchtime Seminar to learn more about History Department Rachel Winchcombe BAAS (British Association for American Studies) award-winning research & stunning collection items John Rylands Research Institute and Library! With our very own Julianne Simpson, we will tall visual culture, print culture & empire School of Arts, Languages and Culture

We've been doing some exciting and seasonal remaking with our friends Ordsall Hall! Find out how to candy fruits, pickle vegetables and make quince paste to go with that Christmas cheese board - it might help you sleep too! History Department Stefan Hanß

Some really innovative research from History Department Dr Abi Greenall on the use of 3D modeling in historical research!

Just under a week left to apply for our permanent lectureship in early modern history (deadline 12 Jan): jobs.ac.uk/job/DET180/lec…

We're hiring a Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Manchester - get in touch if you have questions!

Congratulations to Hayley Negrin, who won the American Society for Environmental History's Leopold-Hidy Prize for best article in Environmental History. The article, "Return to the Yeokanta/River: Powhatan Women and Environmental Treaty Making in Early America" is free until July 1. Chicago Journals

Students at Manchester University are setting up a Gaza encampment after worldwide calls for solidarity with Palestine | via PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸

.REF 2029 have announced this morning that there will be no requirement for books, edited collections or scholarly editions to be available Open Access to be eligible for REF29. This follows responses to a recent REF consultation. Full statement here: bit.ly/46POdeD

The UMBC History Department seeks to hire a Historian of Vast Early America for a full-time tenure­ track position at either the Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor level. Deadline Sept 27. Full ad here: facultyjobs.umbc.edu/cwfac/en-us/jo…

We now have a twitter account for the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective History Department . Please retweet and follow if you are interested in histories of the body, emotions, material culture studies, and interdisciplinary research!

Read below about a new exhibition University of Melbourne that forms part of the larger research project “Albrecht Dürer’s Material World” - bringing together researchers from Melbourne, Manchester and Heidelberg. ⁦Stefan Hanß⁩ ⁦Sasha Handley⁩ sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotion…

The ⁦Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World⁩ team has been doing some amazing work as part of their ⁦Wellcome⁩ project. You can read about their final public engagement event ⁦Ordsall Hall⁩ on our blog 👇🏻! ⁦Sasha Handley⁩ ⁦Dr Holly Fletcher⁩ sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotion…

Find out more about Dr Holly Fletcher wonderful new article for the Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World project on how bedding materials were understood to affect sleepers’ health in the early period, as well as the environmental implications of different bed fillings. 😴 💤 🛌 sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotion…

#Newpublication - members of the collective might be interesting in this forthcoming and exciting work, edited by Dr Alex Burchmore

Congratulations to ⁦JRRI⁩ fellow Dr Kate Gibson⁩ whose book ‘Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England’ has won the Women’s History Network Book Prize. You can read more about the book and what the judges said about it on our blog 👇🏻 sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotion…