Jill Burke

Ah one of my former PhD students, Pigi Sakellaropoulou, wrote about recreating the walks of 16th c plant hunter and artist Gherardo Cibo. Very cool.

Is Walking Research? A Methodological Ramble Mark HailwoodI needed to try something to get me writing again. Blessed with a period of research leave to resume work on my book – Everyday Life in the Seventeenth Century English Village &#…

'I would set off, with some sense of what I might be looking for, and see what I stumbled across...'

Is going for a walk a valid methodology for a historian? And if so, how much theory do you need to read before you start?

Some thoughts in my latest blog post:
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Women wore a bra already in the 15th century!

Amazing discovery. Also: I highly recommend the book “How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity” by @jillburke.bsky.social 📖🌟💄

Yes they were! Lots of links between cosmetics, poison, love magic and witchcraft in the inquisition record

Still (just) time if you’re looking for a Christmas gift for someone who likes history/art/make up 😉

Thank you!

Such a great project, was a real pleasure to hear more about what people are up to!

Phew: another output for the PTAS project ✔️
A really stimulating afternoon discussing experiential learning, heritage in education, recipes, historical fashion, pedagogy & so many exciting projects currently underway. With massive thanks to @jillburke.bsky.social for a fabulous keynote✨

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Robert B. Woodward, 1915

Cuffs
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100966

Horizon Europe Pump Priming collaboration between UK and EU partners 2026 This programme is providing pump priming funding to seed collaborations for applications to specific Horizon Europe topics in Pillar 2. The aim is to build collaborative activity between UK and EU/Ass...

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Nice!

The first to realise that gall wasps came from an egg was Swammerdam in 1669 (Redi dissected thousands of galls and concluded reluctantly that gall wasps generated spontaneously). He drew this picture of a wasp laying an egg. janswammerdam.org/Images/gall....

Wow!!

Oak gall wasps are my current obsession - galls are a key ingredient in European writing inks before industrialisation.
Countless ideas on paper start with the relationship between an oak tree and a wasp.

Marcello Malpighi observed galls to understand and illustrate their growth in the 1670s

The Renaissance changed how people saw and understood the body. Cultural and art historian @jillburke.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social explores fashion and everyday life in Renaissance Italy, reflecting on the surprising history of bras in medieval times: www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4582

Can vouch that was completely spontaneous!

Have you heard our recent BBC You’re Dead To Me episode about Renaissance Era Beauty Trends? It’s very funny, and I got a historical makeover!

My guests are fab comedian Tatty Macleod and brilliant expert historian @jillburke.bsky.social

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'The study...found that the main driver of increased red tape was university efficiency reforms. It threw doubt on the idea that increasing automation results in real efficiency, and suggested that Australian universities...had recently shifted towards stronger central executive management.' 1/2

Was SO delighted to hear this just now! 😊

BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Rima Ahmed Rima Ahmed presents selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.

GRW-Rima! As we hear about nails, 16th century beauty treatments, and the value of care. With @jillburke.bsky.social @gregjenner.bsky.social @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social @cmatbaby.bsky.social and more. 1815 on R4 or afterwards on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Thanks Charles!

I very much agree!

Delighted to be part of this gang! 🙏

such a great team to work with 👌

Smily photo of comedian Tatty Macleod with pink hair and pink shirt, Professor Jill Burke with blonde hair and white shirt, and Greg Jenner with green shirt, brown curly hair and beard, and he is pointing to splodges of orange makeup on his face

New episode of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME: Renaissance Beauty — makeup, hair, skincare in 16th century Italy

With me, comedian Tatty Macleod, and expert historian Professor @jillburke.bsky.social

Available now on BBC SOUNDS, and coming to other podcast apps in 28 days www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great to see our project written up in today's Guardian. Follow the link inside to our digital edition - more than one thousand pages of Thornton's writings transcribed and modernised. @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #EarlyModern 📜 🗃️

So kinda connected even if not causal

Yes I think this is the gate where Leonardo’s lion was wheeled out for the victory over Venice

Could it be around 1509? Leonardo da Vinci made a mechanical lion for the King of France’s triumphant entry into Milan after the French defeat of Venice at the Battle of Agnadello. I write about it here: www.jstor.org/stable/3600494