Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Elizabeth Ewan

@kiritekatawa.bsky.social

680 followers 320 following 62 posts

Scottish medieval and early modern gender historian, cat-lover and book-obsessed

Videos

History 56%

Economics 14%

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Norfolk Record Office @norfolkro.bsky.social · 9h

🐟 Following the Fish has arrived! Come and explore the unsung stories of the herring girls, who followed the fishing fleets from Scotland to East Anglia, with this pop-up exhibition.

You can catch the online version here - suffolkarchives.shorthandstories.com/following.../

2 3 5

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 1d

Victoria Drummond 1st UK woman #MarineEngineer. Colleague wrote "Most courageous woman I ever saw...without fear or nerves, is very good at her job & has an uncanny power over engines for which I once thanked God" Early @wes1919.bsky.social member b. #OTD 14 Oct 1894 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori...

Victoria Drummond in apprenticeship uniform c. 1920

1 16 55

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Matthias Doepke, Kris Inwood , and 3 more Sascha O. Becker, Matthias Doepke, Kris Inwood, C. Kirabo Jackson, Louis D Johnston, Elizabeth Ewan

Alexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 2d

"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...

LIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaks

YouTube video by Reuters

www.youtube.com

1 18 49

Reposted by Charles West, Elizabeth Ewan

Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 2d

This #medieval illuminated manuscript has been digitized and is now available online #openaccess !

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky 🏺

www.openculture.com/2025/10/the-...

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate a...

www.openculture.com

2 22 46

Reposted by Lynn Abrams, Elizabeth Ewan

Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 3d

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅

Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Front cover of Leah Leneman's 'The Scottish Suffragettes' featuring an image of an Ewardian woman in front of a 'Womens Freedom League' banner, and a second image of a busy suffrage march with banners that read 'Votes for Women'.

20 18

Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Elizabeth Ewan

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 5d

I cannot imagine what it would be like to find 13 rare medieval and Roman artifacts at a charity thrift store in Chilliwack, BC, but I'm glad they were donated to Simon Fraser University for further study: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study

Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to Simon Fraser University for study.

www.sfu.ca

6 36 180

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Dr Karen McAulay @karenmca.bsky.social · 5d

Ladies and Their #Harps: the Maclean-Clephane Sisters of Torloisk, Mull (and Edinburgh) karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/10/10/l...

Ladies and Their Harps: the Maclean-Clephane Sisters of Torloisk, Mull (and Edinburgh)

You know how you buy a new car, and suddenly everyone seems to be driving the same white Fiat 500? It’s the same with research topics. I researched Gaelic song-collectors Anna and Margaret Ma…

karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog

1 2

Reposted by Colin Murray, Lesley A. Hall, Elizabeth Ewan

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 5d

“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”

My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core

Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990

www.cambridge.org

3 21 61

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Dr Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social · 5d

My colleague @HamishDarrah.bsky.social recording historic timbers from Black Bull Close, an urban renewal project in Dunbar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by community enterprise The Ridge. Many of the lintels are re-used oak ships’ timbers. Yet to do the dendrochronology
#FindsFriday #buildings #timber #heritage #archaeology

Hamish is standing looking at a timber lintel on the floor and recording woodworking details. Photo copyright Coralie Mills

5 39

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 5d

Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

6 21 89

Reposted by Oliver Cromwell, Lesley A. Hall, Kris Inwood , and 2 more Oliver Cromwell, Lesley A. Hall, Kris Inwood, Sara M. Butler, Elizabeth Ewan

Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 6d

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

news.exeter.ac.uk

2 100 200

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Turnstone Genealogy - Jane Barton @turnstonegenie.bsky.social · 6d

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 6: Gender
In Scotland, a monumental inscription relating to a married woman typically gives her full maiden name alongside the name of her husband. This doesn't mean she wasn't married! Some examples from #RutherglenCemetery #OPS.

On the left the gravestone of Mary Jess, wife of William Graham, and on the right the gravestone of Lilla Ethel Cable, wife of Harry Nixon. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Gravestone of Nellie Gray, wife of Hugh Stewart, surrounded by autumn leaves. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Gravestone of Susan Semple, wife of William Riddell. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Gravestone of Ellen Simpson, wife of John Lister. Rutherglen Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

1 5 23

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan, Steve Murdoch

Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 7d

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

scottishhistorysociety.com

2 34 41

Reposted by Adrian Streete, Elizabeth Ewan

Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 7d

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

The Scottish History Society

scottishhistorysociety.com

6 71 110

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Lesley A. Hall, Dolly Jørgensen , and 4 more Dave O’Brien, Lesley A. Hall, Dolly Jørgensen, Kathleen Kennedy, Catriona Seth, Elizabeth Ewan, Jan Machielsen

Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 8d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

5 99 110

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 9d

Winifred Drinkwater, 1st woman in world to hold a commercial #pilot's licence. Flew photographers over Loch Ness as they searched for Nessie, did air ambulance work on the Western Isles & flew an air search for a boat of kidnappers. d. #OTD 6 Oct 1996 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifre...

Winifred Drinkwater stood by plane propeller, fuselage marked Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd

1 8 28

Elizabeth Ewan @kiritekatawa.bsky.social · 9d

Lilias of Ancrum

Priscilla Scott @brudhearg.bsky.social · 9d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 6: Gender.
Local lore tells that this young woman joined the men to fight against the English near Ancrum in the Scottish Borders. '......Upon the English loons she laid monie thumps, An' when her legs were cuttit off, she fought upon her stumps...' c.1544

1 1

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Priscilla Scott @brudhearg.bsky.social · 9d

1 1 12

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Elaine Treharne, Keith Lilley , and 2 more Lesley A. Hall, Elaine Treharne, Keith Lilley, Judith Jesch, Elizabeth Ewan

PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 13d

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen)

Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites ap...

www.hsozkult.de

39 42

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Elizabeth Ewan

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 14d

RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.

The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj

Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026

David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS

Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...

bit.ly

1 34 39

Elizabeth Ewan @kiritekatawa.bsky.social · 16d

fascinating and also beautiful!

Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 16d

Cool colleagues doing cool stuff again - that's Dr Blackwell @earlymedieval.bsky.social nearly blurred out back there in this story of cool medieval finds from excavations at Eliean Donan Castle www.thenational.scot/news/2550068...

Rare medieval hair-styling tool found during Highland castle excavation

A RARE 13th-century tool for styling hair has been acquired by a museum after it was discovered in an excavation ...

www.thenational.scot

1 3

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 16d

Rare medieval hair-styling tool found during Highland castle excavation

A RARE 13th-century tool for styling hair has been acquired by a museum after it was discovered in an excavation ...

www.thenational.scot

1 11 30

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 17d

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...

Lecturer in Irish/British History at King's College London

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Irish/British History on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

1 4 2

Reposted by Kris Inwood, Elizabeth Ewan

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 17d

Today a THREAD👇 of Scottish WWII sheroes who shone in adversity. 1st resistance fighter & nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi-occuped France. Killed in Ravensbruck, novelist, Simone St Clair, incarcerated with her said 'she kept her chin up' Mary we salute you./1

2 15 29

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Kathleen Kennedy, Judith Pollmann , and 3 more Lesley A. Hall, Kathleen Kennedy, Judith Pollmann, Elizabeth Ewan, Jan Machielsen, Morwenna Ludlow

Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 18d

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World- King's College London - Department of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at King's College London

Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

24 26

Reposted by Melissa Terras, Adrian Vickers, Elizabeth Ewan

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 19d

From @chrismpaton.bsky.social Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly. Extremely alarming legal saga involving US genealogy company Ancestry and National Records of Scotland re core Scottish genealogy and family history records. scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...

Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly

From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.

scottishgenes.blogspot.com

2 17 25

Reposted by Catriona Seth, Elizabeth Ewan

Rebecca Kosick @rkokayokay.bsky.social · 21d

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DON512/h...

Head of Research, Archives and Libraries at The British Museum

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Head of Research, Archives and Libraries on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

13 11

Elizabeth Ewan @kiritekatawa.bsky.social · 23d

sad to hear this - a kind and generous man and fine scholar

Matthew Hayday @mhayday.bsky.social · 23d

Saddened to learn that J.R (Jim) Miller passed away a little over a week ago. His scholarship on Indigenous history, I think it is fair to say, was extremely influential for many of us - and his survey textbooks provided an accessible entry point. www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...

James Miller Obituary September 11, 2025 - Saskatoon Funeral Home

View James Miller's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Matthew Hayday @mhayday.bsky.social · 23d

James Miller Obituary September 11, 2025 - Saskatoon Funeral Home

View James Miller's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com

2 2 14

Reposted by Elizabeth Ewan

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 23d

For one day only, the Blackadder Prayerbook – made for Glasgow’s first archbishop, Robert Blackadder, c. late 1400s – will be on display as part of Glasgow’s 850th birthday celebrations & @natlibscot.bsky.social’s centenary

29 Sept, Glasgow Cathedral. Free
#medievalsky
www.nls.uk/whats-on/bla...

Glasgow 850: The Blackadder Prayerbook at Glasgow Cathedral | National Library of Scotland

For one day only, the Blackadder Prayerbook, considered 'Glasgow's Book of Kells' returns home to Glasgow Cathedral. Visit it on 29 September.

www.nls.uk

2 22 90