Dr Elizabeth Gow
@ecgow.bsky.social
Manuscript curator and archivist in Manchester, UK.
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Just got the news to say I’ve been elected as a Fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org! With many thanks to my referee @adamchapman.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Just got the news to say I’ve been elected as a Fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org! With many thanks to my referee @adamchapman.bsky.social
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Was saddened to hear of this sale
Spectacular anatomical atlases, landmark works in the history of medicine, irreplaceable manuscripts and rare early photographs from the Royal Society of Medicine’s collection are being auctioned at Christie’s London this month.
Phillip Prodger explains why these items are too important to be sold
Phillip Prodger explains why these items are too important to be sold
This auction is just what the doctor didn’t order
The Royal Society of Medicine is putting some of its rarest books and photographs up for auction at Christie’s this month. Phillip Prodger argues that it’s a case of medical negligence
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Was saddened to hear of this sale
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
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Do you or your students work with English manuscripts? We have a summer school course for you👇 Book now for June 2026 in person in London. #MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky 📖✏️ #palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Do you or your students work with English manuscripts? We have a summer school course for you👇 Book now for June 2026 in person in London. #MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky 📖✏️ #palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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On Monday 1 December at 6pm, join archivist Stella Halkyard at the Lit & Phil Library in Newcastle, where she will be reading from and discussing her recent Carcanet book, Library Lives.
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
A Bookworm in the Library | An illustrated talk by Stella Halkyard - The Lit & Phil
Monday 1st December | 6pm. A Bookworm in the Library […]
www.litandphil.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On Monday 1 December at 6pm, join archivist Stella Halkyard at the Lit & Phil Library in Newcastle, where she will be reading from and discussing her recent Carcanet book, Library Lives.
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Looking forward to tomorrow's lunch-time seminar @thejohnrylands.bsky.social. Join me and Dr Hannah Yip to discover the Library's extra-illustrated books - unique objects customised by their owners with added illustrations.
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Looking forward to tomorrow's lunch-time seminar @thejohnrylands.bsky.social. Join me and Dr Hannah Yip to discover the Library's extra-illustrated books - unique objects customised by their owners with added illustrations.
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New exhibition ‘Cottonopolis: The origins of global Manchester’ is now open. Explore how 18th century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse and the centre of Britain’s booming cotton industry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New exhibition ‘Cottonopolis: The origins of global Manchester’ is now open. Explore how 18th century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse and the centre of Britain’s booming cotton industry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
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“a restoration team from Gaza's Ministry of Religious Endowments is painstakingly retrieving historical manuscripts, rare volumes, and archival documents — some nearly 700 years old — from beneath the rubble.”
The secret mission to save Gaza's historical artefacts
Palestinians scramble to save centuries-old books and manuscripts before they are lost
With a ceasefire in effect in Gaza, a restoration team is painstakingly retrieving historical manuscripts, rare volumes, and archival documents from beneath the rubble of a destroyed mosque.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“a restoration team from Gaza's Ministry of Religious Endowments is painstakingly retrieving historical manuscripts, rare volumes, and archival documents — some nearly 700 years old — from beneath the rubble.”
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At last our special issue, JECS 48.4, is out, all 200+ pages of it! We're very proud of it. Thanks are due to many colleagues, but especially Nuria Yáñez-Bouza for proof-correcting heroics, and the general editor, Emrys Jones, for brilliant support throughout. #18thC #langsky
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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🔊 JOBS ALERT! Two vacancies at the #InternationalSlaveryMuseum in #Liverpool! Join the wonderful team of curators reimagining this unique museum!
Curatorial fellow: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Project facilitator: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Curatorial fellow: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Project facilitator: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🔊 JOBS ALERT! Two vacancies at the #InternationalSlaveryMuseum in #Liverpool! Join the wonderful team of curators reimagining this unique museum!
Curatorial fellow: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Project facilitator: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Curatorial fellow: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Project facilitator: liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
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The casualisation/workload seesaw continues apace. I need a job, you have too much of a job, and yet here we both are.
Today in the life of an academic specifically targeted by management as under hours: PhD supervision meeting; exam board attendance; read and rank 51 job applications; write and deliver tonight’s MA lecture; write tomorrow’s 3rd year class.
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The casualisation/workload seesaw continues apace. I need a job, you have too much of a job, and yet here we both are.
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📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
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Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
PhD: AHRC Studentship | University of Exeter
Project descriptionThe University of Exeter is offering up to three fully funded AHRC doctoral studentships and training and development opportunities across a range of the AHRC’s disciplines for cand...
www.exeter.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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VERY excited to see the forthcoming @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Bulletin special journal issue available for pre-order:
shorturl.at/jWDap
Edited by @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social & myself, we showcase stunning projects to discuss the extent to which imaging innovation transforms heritage studies
shorturl.at/jWDap
Edited by @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social & myself, we showcase stunning projects to discuss the extent to which imaging innovation transforms heritage studies
Manchester University Press - Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2
Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2 - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2 by Stefan Hanß
shorturl.at
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
VERY excited to see the forthcoming @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Bulletin special journal issue available for pre-order:
shorturl.at/jWDap
Edited by @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social & myself, we showcase stunning projects to discuss the extent to which imaging innovation transforms heritage studies
shorturl.at/jWDap
Edited by @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social & myself, we showcase stunning projects to discuss the extent to which imaging innovation transforms heritage studies
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🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship:
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship:
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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These "Teaching the Codex" blog posts introducing collation formulas from Dr. Sian Witherden @sianwitherden.bsky.social
have particularly good illustrations that make it clear for students learning about it for the first time. 📜
teachingthecodex.com/author/teach...
have particularly good illustrations that make it clear for students learning about it for the first time. 📜
teachingthecodex.com/author/teach...
Teaching the Codex
Teaching the Codex is an interdisciplinary project on the teaching of palaeography and codicology.
teachingthecodex.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These "Teaching the Codex" blog posts introducing collation formulas from Dr. Sian Witherden @sianwitherden.bsky.social
have particularly good illustrations that make it clear for students learning about it for the first time. 📜
teachingthecodex.com/author/teach...
have particularly good illustrations that make it clear for students learning about it for the first time. 📜
teachingthecodex.com/author/teach...
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‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home
‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home
Would saying goodbye to every last newspaper clipping, button and book her parents had saved over decades help her mourn?
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home
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As a once (& future?) library worker and current @ucu.org.uk member, I stand with striking BL staff. Library, and especially special collections, workers are often told they should accept low wages because they get “a dream job:” but any job needs to put food on the table & pay rent.
The risible wages are well-known in the wider field of the library, museum, gallery and archive world. I’d like to think public opinion is with the people who make the place click day-in-day-out; they deserve better.
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
October 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
As a once (& future?) library worker and current @ucu.org.uk member, I stand with striking BL staff. Library, and especially special collections, workers are often told they should accept low wages because they get “a dream job:” but any job needs to put food on the table & pay rent.
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Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
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In our latest blog, Dr Naomi Baker writes about Rose Thurgood’s conversion narrative from 1636-7, which gives us a rare insight into religious women’s lives and beliefs in the decades before the English Civil War.
Blog: https://ow.ly/Pt7i50Xcva4
Dr Baker's latest book: https://ow.ly/ltyT50Xcvnm
Blog: https://ow.ly/Pt7i50Xcva4
Dr Baker's latest book: https://ow.ly/ltyT50Xcvnm
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In our latest blog, Dr Naomi Baker writes about Rose Thurgood’s conversion narrative from 1636-7, which gives us a rare insight into religious women’s lives and beliefs in the decades before the English Civil War.
Blog: https://ow.ly/Pt7i50Xcva4
Dr Baker's latest book: https://ow.ly/ltyT50Xcvnm
Blog: https://ow.ly/Pt7i50Xcva4
Dr Baker's latest book: https://ow.ly/ltyT50Xcvnm
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It was wonderful to have my book launch last night @porticolibrary.bsky.social. I had such a brilliant time! Thanks so much to everyone who came along - it was standing room only which was incredible. It meant the world to me that so many people want to hear about these amazing women 📚#earlymodern
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It was wonderful to have my book launch last night @porticolibrary.bsky.social. I had such a brilliant time! Thanks so much to everyone who came along - it was standing room only which was incredible. It meant the world to me that so many people want to hear about these amazing women 📚#earlymodern