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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · 1d

The deadline is still over a month away, but reminder about this @themhra.bsky.social funded conference @fairbanc.bsky.social and I are organising on the exciting subject of **early modern practical texts**!

📅 Abstracts due 24/11.

Full details can be found here:
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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · 10d

EMDG starts up again this Thursday!

We've got loads of great papers coming up this term -- details in this thread 👇 and via our website: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 22d

Call for Papers! @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social x @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar special edition - we want papers on all types of migration and mobility history from ECRs and PGRs. Abstracts to kabcommons [@] gmail.com by 15th November. Pls spread the word & DM with any questions

Call for papers for a seminar for ECRs and PGRs on migration and mobility history

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Sep 8

CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature

University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026
Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025
All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin...
#SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social

Call for Papers

This two-day interdisciplinary symposium will invite scholars to re-consider practical texts written between c. 1558 and 1642 as productive sources for literary criticism. In a period best known today for its poetry and drama, practical texts such as Gervase Markham’s The English Husbandman were ‘almost literally read to pieces’, Thomas Tusser’s Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry ‘led the market’ as ‘a Tudor best-seller’, and cookery books enjoyed a staggering 70% reprint rate. That these texts occupied such a prominent position in the publishing industry is testament to their importance in early modern life. Yet despite this, literary criticism has been slow to embrace such texts as more than merely contextual sources for canonical texts by poets and dramatists such as Shakespeare and Spenser. Critics continue to frame Tusser’s work as an agricultural manual or almanack rather than a book of poetry, for example, while literary scholars tend to note his significance in the same breath as they denigrate the quality of his verse: an ‘agrarian book of jingles’ or ‘collection of doggerel’. Other practical texts such as receipt books and surveying texts have been interrogated primarily as a means of understanding early modern culture and society. Less common are studies of practical texts as works of literature, studies that centre the practical text rather than positioning it as context for the work of more canonical writers. This symposium seeks to address this gap, and invites contributors to consider how studying non-traditionally canonical texts can help scholars to reassess established positions. It is designed to lead to an edited collection, provisionally aimed at Routledge’s Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge series, so speakers are encouraged to propose papers suitable for extension into a 6000-8000 word chapter.

Recent scholarship by Katarzyna Lecky, Jessica Rosenberg, and Kyla Tompkins has begun to demonstrate

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · Aug 26

@emjlynajsh.bsky.social and I are delighted to be running this conference on EM practical texts, generously supported by @themhra.bsky.social, and with fabulous keynotes by @endeeekay.bsky.social and Laurence Publicover. Abstracts due by 24th November!

Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 26

Loudly tooting this CFP, please retweet:
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CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Jul 1

Publicising this game developed by my wonderful colleague Dr Maisha Wester:
'A narrative-driven social justice game exploring the suppressed histories of anti-Blackness in the US and UK.'
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It's getting a lot of attention at festivals etc.; reposts appreciated!

Educational Game - Free Download & Resources | Coded Black

Explore our educational game, free to download. Access bibliographic details, secondary materials, and suggestions for further reading and viewing to enhance your learning experience. Join us for fun ...

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Dr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · Apr 30

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia'
Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia

We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Mar 17

With full respect to our speakers, those first 5-10 minutes are what makes EMDG what it is!

Harmony (a small tabby cat with a white bib) sits on a laptop, desperate to join in with the discussion.

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · Mar 17

This Thursday (20th March) at 1pm, Sheffield's own Tom Nixon-Roworth will be presenting a paper on 'The campaign to restore confirmation to parish religion in the 1650s.'

This will be online and if you would like to join, please see the website for details!

scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events

Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - Events

Upcoming events If you would like to be notified about upcoming events, email [email protected] to be added to our mailing list.

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Alex Hibberts @hibbertsalex.bsky.social · Mar 10

If you're interested in early modern meteorology, barometers, naval battles or fish, then come along to my hybrid lecture (link in comments) @unibern.bsky.social !

📆 25/03 🕐 18:15 CET

@northernenvhistory.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · Feb 27

SCEMS Spring 2025 events lineup 👇

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · Feb 25

SCEMS events will be starting up again next week and we're off to a busy start! 🧵

Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm

This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Feb 17

Reminder: this ASLE-UKI seminar on soil is coming up this Wednesday! Details below 👇

Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Feb 8

If you're interested in soil and other earthy matters, feel free to come along to this ASLE-UKI online seminar that I've been involved with organising!

📅 19th Feb, 2-4pm (GMT)

Full details and registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-gro...

Common Ground: Explorations of Soil across Research Disciplines

An online ASLE-UKI seminar where PGRs and ECRs from a range of disciplines will share their perspectives on soil.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Feb 17

Reminder: this ASLE-UKI seminar on soil is coming up this Wednesday! Details below 👇

Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Feb 8

If you're interested in soil and other earthy matters, feel free to come along to this ASLE-UKI online seminar that I've been involved with organising!

📅 19th Feb, 2-4pm (GMT)

Full details and registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-gro...

Common Ground: Explorations of Soil across Research Disciplines

An online ASLE-UKI seminar where PGRs and ECRs from a range of disciplines will share their perspectives on soil.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Feb 11

EXCITEMENT!!!

OUR PROGRAMME IS LIVE!

Would you look at all these fascinating panels and presentations -- the #EarlyModern continues to fascinate.

Have a peak www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-biennial... and get excited for 2-5 July in Bristol for #RenSoc25! #SkyStorians

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Alt: gif from the office. it's a guy in a suit walking out an office door while there's lots of movement by other men in suits. The guy says "oh my god it's happening everybody stay CALM" while absolutely not staying calm.

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Feb 8

If you're interested in soil and other earthy matters, feel free to come along to this ASLE-UKI online seminar that I've been involved with organising!

📅 19th Feb, 2-4pm (GMT)

Full details and registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-gro...

Common Ground: Explorations of Soil across Research Disciplines

An online ASLE-UKI seminar where PGRs and ECRs from a range of disciplines will share their perspectives on soil.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Dec 18

Is there anyone out there who can shed some light on what 'Jappeens' are in this context (or any context!)? I've been puzzling over this for a couple of days without making any progress.

Quote from the prologue to Samuel Pordage's Herod and Mariamne:
"Plays heighten'd by gay Cloaths, and gawdy Scenes,
Are but like Spanish Beauties in Jappeens.'

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · Dec 12

The last EMDG of 2024 will be held next Thursday lunchtime! Juliet Atkinson (Leeds) is joining us to share her research on border practices in London and Yarmouth, 1606-1640.

Full details (inc. the link to join) can be found via our website:
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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - Events

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Sasha Handley @sashahandley.bsky.social · Dec 10

Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · Dec 4

We are delighted to be joined tomorrow by Prof Bernard Capp (Warwick) for a lecture on ‘The multiple worlds of James Frese: Russia, civil war radicalism, the Fleet prison, and the Millennium.' Full details (including the joining link) can be found via our website: scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events

Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - Events

Upcoming events If you would like to be notified about upcoming events, email [email protected] to be added to our mailing list.

scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Nov 27

The SCEMS email account is currently inaccessible so we can't advertise events as usual... IT are working on it, but in the meantime, please share tomorrow's online event with anyone who might be interested!

Full details here: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social · Nov 11

Saraya Haddad (Shakespeare Institute) is joining us this Thursday afternoon to present her research on the ghostly world of Macbeth and the queering of time. See the attachment for full details 👻

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Emily Naish @emjlynajsh.bsky.social · Nov 11

Thank you! She's getting plenty of biscuits... but it's never enough!