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Elena Mary

@elenamary.bsky.social

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Historian of Modern Britain c.1840-1950. Writes about women's bodies, images, dress, beauty, whiteness and violence. DPhil on the cultural history of the female neck. https://elenamary.co.uk

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Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

📢 An update - now the dust has settled I'm really thrilled to share that I finally submitted my thesis on the cultural history of the female neck in modern Britain earlier this year and passed my viva just over a week ago!! 🗃️🎉🥳

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...

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Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Jul 21

Why does writing a first draft always feel like one of those nightmares where you have an exam you havent prepared for??? Like, I'm back at school and I have to do my GCSE physics exam but I dont have my calculator and I havent revised and also I'm 31 and I'm pretty sure I've done this all before...

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Jul 10

solidarity!!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Jul 10

If I just read one more thing, then I'll start actually writing my draft, definitely, but I just need to read this one thing which will probably solve everything and be the crucial piece of the jigsaw I've been missing... right? 🗃️

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SHCY @shcy.bsky.social · May 29

This week on the blog, check out this fun interview with Jennifer Crane (@jennycrane.bsky.social) all about her fascinating new book on the rise, fall, and legacy of gifted children in the UK and the world: shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/the-rise...

The Rise and Fall of the Gifted Child - Digital Childhoods

This spring, Jennifer Crane published her new book ‘Gifted Children’ in Britain and the World: Elitism and Equality since 1945 with Oxford University Press (open access). It expands upon the article “...

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · May 26

Thinking of every academic who has had to apply for grants to cover the cost of requesting and licensing images for their books with zero assistance from a publisher

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · May 26

This is such a remarkable thing to admit.

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“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said. “And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

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Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · May 24

Looking forward to listening to this on my train journey tomorrow!

Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · May 23

Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the super beautiful and brainy @drrochellerowe.bsky.social about Victorian beauty standards.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · May 3

Congratulations!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 30

Currently gazing in my wardrobe in abject despair… Are shorts acceptable do we think…? Weighing up my veneer of professionalism against the possibility of fainting on the central line

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · Apr 18

Your thought for the day is that magnolias existed 95 million years ago, which means that dinosaurs were around to enjoy them. Bees hadn’t evolved yet, so they were pollinated by ancient beetles!

Next time you see a magnolia tree, think of your dinosaur cousins. ☺️ #science

A beautiful closeup of pink and white magnolia flowers, on an extended branch. There is a bright blue sky in the background.

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Jenny Crane @jennycrane.bsky.social · Apr 2

Triple book launch for myself, @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social, and @hannahcharnock.bsky.social! Thanks to @lauratisdall.bsky.social for chairing.

Please do join if you're interested in social and cultural approaches to young people's lives and leisure spaces.

12 June, 12-1, tinyurl.com/mryazrew

Book launch poster for book launch with Jenny Crane, new book Gifted Children in Britain and the World, Sarah Kenny, new book Growing up and going out, and Hannah Charnock, new book Teenage intimacies - all in discussion with Laura Tisdall. Date is 12 June, 12-1, via teams https://tinyurl.com/mryazrew

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Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 18

Congratulations!! Can’t wait to read this!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 15

I thought of the epilogue as something to offer an engaged and interested reader to summarise/deepen the argument already made whereas the conclusion was pitched more at an undergraduate who might not even read the rest of it. also writing the epilogue was really fun...!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 15

Yes, the epilogue was about 30 pages (A4 double spaced) whereas the conclusion was only 6 pages - a brief top level summary of the overall argument/arguments of each chapter, and then a discussion of the avenues this opened up for future work and a reflection on the contemporary relevance of my work

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Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 15

I don’t know if this counts as it’s not (yet) a monograph, but I did an epilogue in my phd thesis which was a biographical case study. I saw it as an opportunity to draw together the themes of the thesis but adopt a different, lighter, more narrative tone. This meant my conclusion was very short!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Apr 15

'Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society': bit.ly/4cRjK37

The Society's President, Lucy Noakes, writes today on the profession and discipline @historywo.bsky.social

#skystorians

Graphic for RHS article in History Workshop, 'Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society'.

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Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you Lucy!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you Ben!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you so much!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you Lucy!!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Ah thank you so much that's so lovely to hear!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you!!

Elena Mary @elenamary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you so much!