Professor Karen Harvey
@kharveyhistory.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural History, Uni of Birmingham; c18th history; letters; body. Most recent book on Mary Toft. PI https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk/. Webage: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/harvey-karen
Our article 'Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain' with @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out online and OA in the JBS @thenacbs.bsky.social. It's about older people and the body and shows them having fun (as well as coping with the challenges of old age). doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2024.181
May 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Our article 'Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain' with @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out online and OA in the JBS @thenacbs.bsky.social. It's about older people and the body and shows them having fun (as well as coping with the challenges of old age). doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2024.181
We've reached over 100 submissions so far today! I'm stunned by this response. Thanks to our brilliant letter transcribers in Canada, Romania, Dubai, as well as closer to the @unibirmingham.bsky.social in Warwick, Sutton Coldfield and Edgbaston
April 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We've reached over 100 submissions so far today! I'm stunned by this response. Thanks to our brilliant letter transcribers in Canada, Romania, Dubai, as well as closer to the @unibirmingham.bsky.social in Warwick, Sutton Coldfield and Edgbaston