@sheffieldcems.bsky.social
The official BlueSky page for the Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies, based at the University of Sheffield. Website: https://scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/. Email: scems@sheffield.ac.uk
One month to go till registration closes for #ReadingthePractical @sheffieldcems.bsky.social @themhra.bsky.social @emjlynajsh.bsky.social!
Online attendance is free, in person is free for self-funded/unwaged PGRs and ECRs, and you can register HERE: bit.ly/4rb7CiX
Izzy Daltry will be joining us online **today at 1pm** to share her research on water in Antony and Cleopatra! Details below 👇
EMDG is back, this Thursday (26th Feb, 1-2pm)!
Izzy Daltry will be joining us from Hull to present a paper on watery emotion in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.
Izzy's abstract and the link to join online can both be found via our website: scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events
Early Christmas present! 🎁✨️
New paperback edition of the Bloomsbury Cultural History of Education series 🎄
(I edited Vol 5) 📚 #histed
@unishefplayer.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldcems.bsky.social
Now only **FIVE DAYS** until the deadline for @fairbanc.bsky.social and @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's conference on EM practical texts that will take place in Sheffield next April!
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One month left to apply to @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's and my conference on early modern practical texts, featuring keynotes by the brilliant @endeeekay.bsky.social and Laurence Publicover! #CFP
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The deadline is still over a month away, but reminder about this @themhra.bsky.social funded conference @fairbanc.bsky.social and I are organising on the exciting subject of **early modern practical texts**!
📅 Abstracts due 24/11.
Full details can be found here:
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New blog post 📢
Project researcher Dr Edda Frankot on 'Danzig’s Great Mill and the renown of its master mill builder'
politicsoftheenglishgraintrade.co.uk/2025/10/06/d...
#earlymodern #historyofgrain
For more information on all of these fantastic papers, please see the website!
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Our last session of the year will be delivered by Izzy Daltry (Hull) on 11th December.
Izzy's paper is on 'Affective encounters: reading hydraulic models of emotion beyond geohumoralism in Antony
and Cleopatra.'
Esther Bancroft (Glasgow) will be presenting on 27th November.
The paper is on 'Religious Encounters: The Chapel at Little Moreton Hall.'
On 23rd October, we will be hosting Beth Lettington (Hull).
Beth will asking 'Could Spenser’s Errour be an eel?'
On 16th October, we will be hosting Rosalind Rothwell (Duke).
Her paper is on '“Pariah” Arrack: Alcohol and Caste in Early Modern French India.'
This Thursday (9th October) at 1pm, our Early Modern Discussion Group will be recommencing!
Our first paper will be presented by our very own Cameron Whiteside on 'The Commission on Fees: its "Recommendations" and "Regulation" of Manuscript Production.'
Please see the website for how to join!
CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature
University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026
Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025
All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin...
#SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social
Just over ONE WEEK to go! The deadline for submitting an abstract for the Winter Conference is Friday 12th September! Share the news with your friends and come on down and join us in Norwich 🏰
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@emjlynajsh.bsky.social and I are delighted to be running this conference on EM practical texts, generously supported by @themhra.bsky.social, and with fabulous keynotes by @endeeekay.bsky.social and Laurence Publicover. Abstracts due by 24th November!
the legitimacy of the police in the Anglophone world has been the subject of a lot of debate in recent years. I think early modern England has a lot to tell us about our relationship with the police.
blog here:
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Looking forward to sharing some of my work on Fielding this Friday! ✨
This Friday (21st March), Sheffield will be hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on beer! Topics of discussion include the politics of brewing, how to make beer more sustainably, and the globalisation of the drink!
To join, get in touch!
Our first EMDG of the year is on Thursday! Join us virtually for 5-10 minutes of @emjlynajsh.bsky.social and I talking about our cats before Tom's v interesting paper ⛪
This Thursday (20th March) at 1pm, Sheffield's own Tom Nixon-Roworth will be presenting a paper on 'The campaign to restore confirmation to parish religion in the 1650s.'
This will be online and if you would like to join, please see the website for details!
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SCEMS events will be starting up again next week and we're off to a busy start! 🧵
Early Modern London: New Work and Approaches
Thurs 6th March, 10am - 5:30pm
This workshop, headed by Ian Archer (Oxford), will cover a range of topics, inc. the Inns of Court, translation, and London's Bridewell.
SCEMS Spring 2025 events lineup 👇
Great events coming up at Sheffield next week! Wonder who that is talking about the social history of translation in early modern London... 👀
Really looking forward to these workshops and events this semester!
Full details of these events (inc. speaker details and registration information) can be found via our website: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
Registration, as always, is free but essential.
We hope to see you there!
Early Modern Women and the Courts
Mon 10th March, 10am - 6pm
This workshop, headed by Jane Ohlmeyer (Trinity), will include discussions of self-expression, the milling industry, and the lives of Irish women within the Chancery Court records.
A Journey Through Early Modern London: Negotiating Institutional, Social, and Cultural Histories
Fri 7th March, 10-11:30am
The following day, Ian Archer has kindly agreed to lead this masterclass on methods and concepts when researching early modern London.
