Dr Jennifer Evans

You can do it. Hold fast!!

So timely given the announcements about the new towns scheme. One of which is incredibly close to me and a village I currently drive through regularly.

Hopefully I have signed up 🙂

Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

😬 so much unknown here.

Me too. I got mistaken for you not too long ago, I was very flattered indeed 😁

Congratulations 🎉 👏🏼

Graduation is always a highlight. This was our first ever evening ceremony but was lovely to catch up with colleagues and see the students cross the stage.

In exactly the same boat. Time off was interrupted by proofs, deadlines and short notice meetings and now I'm triaging my email and counting down until I can book some more time off. Bon chance

Today on #BetwixtTheSheets; I am getting fruity, spicy, and yes, windy, with none other than the marvellous @historianjen.bsky.social to talk about aphrodisiacs in the early modern period.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Histories of Birth Trauma and Obstetric Violence | Australian Women's History Network In this blog, Managing Editor Paige Donaghy explores the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence in Britain and Australia for “Birth Trauma Awareness Week” 2025.

This week is Birth Trauma Awareness week in Australia 📢

I wrote a blog exploring the hidden histories of birth trauma and obstetric violence ⬇️

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#birthtraumaawareness #birthtrauma #obstetricviolence

It was a really fascinating talk, thank you.

Wonderful discussion of 'trifles' and 'nothings'. How did people think about their own letter writing in the eighteenth century?@socialhistsoc.bsky.social #shsconference2025

Very much looking forward to @kharveyhistory.bsky.social keynote !!

Excellent first two days at @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference. Some brilliant and thought provoking papers and a funfair evening.

Still thinking about Marcy Norton's keynote on modes of interactions with animals in Europe and America and what they reveal about subjectivities. Fascinating stuff.

Fascinating paper by Brian Li on stone eating in early modern China.

Really enjoyable and informative keynote from Sara Miglietti on what was 'environment' in the early modern period.

Excited to be at the John Rylands Library today for the Bodies and Environnements conference. Really looking forward to a whole host of papers.

There's a whole bunch of similar ones..I like the confectio potentisma. Only very slight attempts to mask it's aphrodisiac properties

Public Engagement Fellow (The Victorian Hand Project) at University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion Don't miss your chance to apply for professional services job openings, including the Public Engagement Fellow (The Victorian Hand Project) role, listed on jobs.ac.uk. Start your search now!

Job Alert! We're hiring a 3-year F/T Public Engagment Fellow based @lcflondon.bsky.social to lead our exciting programme of activities. We're looking for collegial & creative people with expertise in History, Galleries, Archives, Libraries, or Museums. Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI861/p...

'the results also challenge the narrative that generalist or academic degrees are inherently low value. As you can see, most subject areas—including history, languages, and the creative arts, often targeted in these debates—show strong subjective outcomes across the three dimensions'. 3/3

Oh that's so sad

I'm absolutely thrilled to have been awarded a 2025-26 Short Term Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library. I'm very excited to get stuck in to the collections for my research project,
Wounded Wombs and Empty Cradles: Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss in Early Modern England c.1600-1780

Sign the Petition Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

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For all those, like me, who have found that everything they've ever written has been taken, please consider signing this petition.

Society of Authors to hold protest at Meta's London HQ after 'pirated books used to train AI' Kate Mosse, Tracy Chevalier, Daljit Nagra and other Society of Authors (SoA) members will demonstrate outside Meta HQ after millions of pirated books were allegedly used to train Meta’s artificial int...

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Conference Visit the post for more.

📣The programme for our 2025 conference is out now!

👉Read it here (scroll down to 'Conference Programme'): socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

✨Take a look at the amazing array of social & cultural history on show!🗃️

Thoroughly enjoyed hearing about Sophie Mann's monograph I'm her talk today.

Today at 1pm online the Herts History Research Seminar welcomes Sophie Mann (Warwick) talking about 'Double Nature, Double Care: Therapeutics and ensouled bodies in early modern England. Message for joining instructions

A Decade of Crisis The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.

The brilliant @davehitchcock.bsky.social speaking what I also feel. I was also hired in 2013 and am now clinging on trying to survive.

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