Bethan Davies
@bethandavies.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer and teacher | PhD from the University of Roehampton in sugar and femininity in early modern drama and culture | she/her.
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I have kindly been invited to talk about gardening and reading at the Gibson Library in Saffron Walden! Come along (for free!) at 19.30 on 10 Dec to hear about #earlymodern plants, print & marginalia (+ Gabriel Harvey’s compulsive underlining of mentions of saffron). gibsonlibrary.org.uk/news.html
Gibson Library
gibsonlibrary.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I have kindly been invited to talk about gardening and reading at the Gibson Library in Saffron Walden! Come along (for free!) at 19.30 on 10 Dec to hear about #earlymodern plants, print & marginalia (+ Gabriel Harvey’s compulsive underlining of mentions of saffron). gibsonlibrary.org.uk/news.html
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A global issue of the recipe project! recipes.hypotheses.org
Autumn 2025
GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES INTRODUCTION By Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, and Amanda E. Herbert, Editors The early modern globalization of food and medicine was also a globalization of recipes. A...
recipes.hypotheses.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A global issue of the recipe project! recipes.hypotheses.org
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Calling all #English #teachers! Join this free webinar from @englishassociation.bsky.social on Tues 9 December, exploring strategies to engage students with #closereading #poetry, using #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems as inspiration! With secondary expert Jo Heathcote and me.
tinyurl.com/4pxu48u8
tinyurl.com/4pxu48u8
Adventures in Close Reading Poetry with A History of England in 25 Poems
This webinar explores new ways into poetry analysis and ‘unseen poetry’
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December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Friends, if you want to learn a bit more abt The Sweet Taste of Empire, watch this INCREDIBLE conversation with @triciamatthew.bsky.social w.bsky.social, Debapriya Sarkar, Jennifer Morgan, @kwazana.bsky.social & Tapiwa Gambura!
www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-...
Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-...
Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
Kim F. Hall: The Sweet Taste of Empire
YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women
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November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Friends, if you want to learn a bit more abt The Sweet Taste of Empire, watch this INCREDIBLE conversation with @triciamatthew.bsky.social w.bsky.social, Debapriya Sarkar, Jennifer Morgan, @kwazana.bsky.social & Tapiwa Gambura!
www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-...
Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-...
Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
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I started a Substack!
Regular essays & short introductions to all things Tudor & Shakespearean culture & entertainment + sharing findings from the archives and more!
Please do consider subscribing for #Shakespeare #earlymodern #theatre #heritage content.
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Regular essays & short introductions to all things Tudor & Shakespearean culture & entertainment + sharing findings from the archives and more!
Please do consider subscribing for #Shakespeare #earlymodern #theatre #heritage content.
open.substack.com/pub/shakespe...
On Shakespeare and Not Shakespeare
New writing about Shakespearean culture (and beyond), arising from new research projects...
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Want a taste of *Sweet Taste of Empire*? See this pre-launch discussion w/ a former student about the book, my relationship to writing and to food -- and why it's not just about the early modern. #booksky #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace #writing #foodhistory #history
bcrw.barnard.edu/brown-sugar-...
bcrw.barnard.edu/brown-sugar-...
“Brown Sugar Makes the World Go ‘Round”: A Conversation with Kim F. Hall on The Sweet Taste of Empire | Barnard Center for Research on Women
Tomisin Fasosi interviews Kim F. Hall on her new book, The Sweet Taste of Empire
bcrw.barnard.edu
October 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Want a taste of *Sweet Taste of Empire*? See this pre-launch discussion w/ a former student about the book, my relationship to writing and to food -- and why it's not just about the early modern. #booksky #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace #writing #foodhistory #history
bcrw.barnard.edu/brown-sugar-...
bcrw.barnard.edu/brown-sugar-...
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'The transience of a flicker of fire [...] compels us to grapple with histories of the ephemeral and the impermanent, even within those places that seem built to last.'
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
Indigenous Plant Stories in an English Treasure House
Delve into the links between Knole and Indigenous American histories as we investigate its colonial connections.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
'The transience of a flicker of fire [...] compels us to grapple with histories of the ephemeral and the impermanent, even within those places that seem built to last.'
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
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Hey Bluesky!👋 We're the Revels Office, an academic network for PGRs and ECRS researching all things early modern📚
Our community is a friendly space to share ideas and resources, ask questions, support each other, and meet fellow early modernists.
Check out our website for more! revelsoffice.com
Our community is a friendly space to share ideas and resources, ask questions, support each other, and meet fellow early modernists.
Check out our website for more! revelsoffice.com
Revels Office
⋅ a virtual network for early modern PhD students and ECRs ⋅
revelsoffice.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hey Bluesky!👋 We're the Revels Office, an academic network for PGRs and ECRS researching all things early modern📚
Our community is a friendly space to share ideas and resources, ask questions, support each other, and meet fellow early modernists.
Check out our website for more! revelsoffice.com
Our community is a friendly space to share ideas and resources, ask questions, support each other, and meet fellow early modernists.
Check out our website for more! revelsoffice.com
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First autumn SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories" with Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces), and Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton).
September 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
First autumn SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories" with Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces), and Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton).
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Our #Shakespeare webinar series continues! Join us on 6 Oct at 6pm to delve into the new OWC edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social &
@callanjd.bsky.social
All welcome! Register now via Eventbrite & you will be sent a Zoom link before the event. #teamenglish
@callanjd.bsky.social
All welcome! Register now via Eventbrite & you will be sent a Zoom link before the event. #teamenglish
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Merry Wives of Windsor
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-merry-wives.eventbrite.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Our #Shakespeare webinar series continues! Join us on 6 Oct at 6pm to delve into the new OWC edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social &
@callanjd.bsky.social
All welcome! Register now via Eventbrite & you will be sent a Zoom link before the event. #teamenglish
@callanjd.bsky.social
All welcome! Register now via Eventbrite & you will be sent a Zoom link before the event. #teamenglish
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Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives!
We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...
We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...
Archival Research in the Environmental Humanities Workshop
Learn about archival research in the Environmental Humanities in a workshop at The National Archives.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives!
We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...
We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...
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Today is #WorldChocolateDay!
Here is a #17thcentury #ballad extolling the virtues of #chocolate, printed in the year that the first chocolate (and coffee) house was opened in London....
From Chocolate, or an Indian Drinke, 1652.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KJ...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #otd
Here is a #17thcentury #ballad extolling the virtues of #chocolate, printed in the year that the first chocolate (and coffee) house was opened in London....
From Chocolate, or an Indian Drinke, 1652.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KJ...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #otd
In Praise of Chocolate
YouTube video by Passamezzo
www.youtube.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today is #WorldChocolateDay!
Here is a #17thcentury #ballad extolling the virtues of #chocolate, printed in the year that the first chocolate (and coffee) house was opened in London....
From Chocolate, or an Indian Drinke, 1652.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KJ...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #otd
Here is a #17thcentury #ballad extolling the virtues of #chocolate, printed in the year that the first chocolate (and coffee) house was opened in London....
From Chocolate, or an Indian Drinke, 1652.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KJ...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #otd
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So much fun working with the @kingsartshums.bsky.social marketing team and the Globe on this ‘Top 5 Shakespearean Film Adaptations’ (and got to live out my inner TikTok star!)
If you’re on Instagram - give the original a like too! — www.instagram.com/reel/DL4nTOC...
#Shakespeare #skystorians
If you’re on Instagram - give the original a like too! — www.instagram.com/reel/DL4nTOC...
#Shakespeare #skystorians
July 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So much fun working with the @kingsartshums.bsky.social marketing team and the Globe on this ‘Top 5 Shakespearean Film Adaptations’ (and got to live out my inner TikTok star!)
If you’re on Instagram - give the original a like too! — www.instagram.com/reel/DL4nTOC...
#Shakespeare #skystorians
If you’re on Instagram - give the original a like too! — www.instagram.com/reel/DL4nTOC...
#Shakespeare #skystorians
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I wrote this guide to being a better reader: how to read, what to read and why
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
How I Read
I love reading and I love advice about how to read.
jmarriott.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I wrote this guide to being a better reader: how to read, what to read and why
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
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What questions should writers ask? Katherine Rundell nails it in @thetls.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What questions should writers ask? Katherine Rundell nails it in @thetls.bsky.social
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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
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The seeds of plantations’ easy transition from “house of horrors” to luxury spas & sites for celebration of white reproduction were planted from the beginning through a phenomenon I call “plantation aesthetics”
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May 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The seeds of plantations’ easy transition from “house of horrors” to luxury spas & sites for celebration of white reproduction were planted from the beginning through a phenomenon I call “plantation aesthetics”
boingboing.net/2025/05/21/a...
boingboing.net/2025/05/21/a...
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Do come along on May 28th to hear all about Francis Fry, his bibles, and a little bit about his chocolate...which you might even get to try🍫
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Did you know Francis Fry, heir to the chocolate company J.S Frys & Sons, amassed one of the largest Bible collections ever known?🍫
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
May 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Do come along on May 28th to hear all about Francis Fry, his bibles, and a little bit about his chocolate...which you might even get to try🍫
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
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In *Sweet Taste of Empire,* (forthcoming August 2025), you can read my re-visiting of the Black boy mentioned by Pepys who was “dried in an oven, and lies there
entire in a box” who has been troubling me since graduate school. Another colonial “souvenir” 😢
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
entire in a box” who has been troubling me since graduate school. Another colonial “souvenir” 😢
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
April 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In *Sweet Taste of Empire,* (forthcoming August 2025), you can read my re-visiting of the Black boy mentioned by Pepys who was “dried in an oven, and lies there
entire in a box” who has been troubling me since graduate school. Another colonial “souvenir” 😢
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
entire in a box” who has been troubling me since graduate school. Another colonial “souvenir” 😢
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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We’ve extended the deadline to submit an abstract for our colloquium on early modern war narratives! Please share widely and send us your abstracts!
#earlymodern #history
#earlymodern #history
Deadline Extension! CEMS Colloquium on Early Modern War Narratives. Send us your abstracts by this Friday (18th)!
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...
@emilyrowe1.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...
@emilyrowe1.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social
Early Modern War Narratives - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog
Join CEMS for our annual colloquium. This year's theme is early modern war narratives. CfP deadline: 11th April.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We’ve extended the deadline to submit an abstract for our colloquium on early modern war narratives! Please share widely and send us your abstracts!
#earlymodern #history
#earlymodern #history
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An excellent post from @barbarableiman.bsky.social of @engmediacentre.bsky.social on how English teaching has lost its spark. It echoes similar issues I see in history classrooms where genuine engagement with historical debate and process is being lost #historyteacher
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
English: how the subject lost its spark
Students are falling out of love with English, and can we really blame them, asks subject specialist Barbara Bleiman
www.tes.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
An excellent post from @barbarableiman.bsky.social of @engmediacentre.bsky.social on how English teaching has lost its spark. It echoes similar issues I see in history classrooms where genuine engagement with historical debate and process is being lost #historyteacher
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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I continue to be amazed by what the arts & humanities contribute with so little, and disappointed by the ongoing under investment in knowledge of human societies and cultures at a time of such fragmentation.
and yes those are the figures - with those three little boxes at bottom left we support research into everything humans have ever thought, said, designed or performed; what it is to be human, and the conditions that allow us to flourish or falter.
April 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I continue to be amazed by what the arts & humanities contribute with so little, and disappointed by the ongoing under investment in knowledge of human societies and cultures at a time of such fragmentation.
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Coming up this Monday (7 April), do come along to this webinar on the #Tempest. This new intro came out about a year ago this month, and I still love coming back to it 🐚
Our next English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare webinar is on 7 April at 6pm. This month we will be exploring The #Tempest with Dr Lauren Working
@laurenworking.bsky.social & Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social.
The webinars are free and open to all!
Book now >>
@laurenworking.bsky.social & Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social.
The webinars are free and open to all!
Book now >>
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Tempest
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Tempest from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-the-tempest.eventbrite.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Coming up this Monday (7 April), do come along to this webinar on the #Tempest. This new intro came out about a year ago this month, and I still love coming back to it 🐚
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A brilliant reflection on and advocacy for humanities research, teaching, and engagement in these trying but urgent times for SHAPE academia, with a forceful intro from Regenia Gagnier and including @jennyrichards.bsky.social on English and @englishassociation.bsky.social work.
In a new thematic collection published in the Journal of the British Academy, Fellows reflect on recent course closures and threats of further cuts across the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Introduction: the state of the university, the university and the state
Today the purpose of a university education is under question Should it provide technicians and workers for productivity and international competition Should it be a liberal education,…
journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A brilliant reflection on and advocacy for humanities research, teaching, and engagement in these trying but urgent times for SHAPE academia, with a forceful intro from Regenia Gagnier and including @jennyrichards.bsky.social on English and @englishassociation.bsky.social work.