@ruthatherton.bsky.social
Lecturer in #Earlymodern History at USW. Deputy Editor of Reformation & Renaissance Review. Interested in 16C German religion, education and culture. Writing a book on early modern catechisms. Mum to 2 rascals and 1 excitable spaniel.
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
We've now created a starter pack for those whose work/interests include early modern religious radicalism:
go.bsky.app/ArYba4T
Let me know if you'd like to be added!
#EarlyModern
Tfw you didn't study much medieval history at school
19.02.2026 11:18 — 👍 1149 🔁 185 💬 41 📌 24Yes please (if work on radical catechisms counts) 😃
18.02.2026 15:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Still time to register for the 2026 Calvin Studies Society Colloquium, exactly one month from now in Birmingham, AL. Hope to see you there! #earlymodern #Reformation #CalvinStudies
www.calvinstudiessociety.org/colloquium
I'm surprised you haven't invested in a dinghy given how much rain you have had!
18.02.2026 07:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
About to embark on the long journey to #RenSA26 and San Francisco.
I'll be there as @rsaorg.bsky.social Religion Discipline Rep and as co-editor of the Transactions of @royalhistsoc.org.
If you have ideas for an article or just want to talk about submissions, please send me a DM!
#earlymodern
I'm at the point where I hate every part of my book. I hope this is a normal feeling and not a sign that my book is, in fact, a complete mess...
#earlymodern #amwriting #skystorians #sendchocolate
Only 2 weeks left to submit your proposal for this year's Medieval Germany Workshop in cooperation with German History Society! 📯
📅 29 May 2026
📍German Historical Institute London
⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2026
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If you have graduate students working with medieval manuscripts this free online training might be useful 👇
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
A reader‘s letter in the times which reads as follows: Old adversaries Sir, Your obituary (Jan 19) of Mr Justice Blofeld rightly referred to his fine sense of humour. When he first sat in Winchester a barrister called Richard Bond stood up to open the first case. Mr Justice Blofeld began to stroke the white ermine on the sleeve of his High Court judge's robes as if stroking a cat. He then said with a smile: "We meet at last, Mr Bond." Sir John Royce Clifton, Bristol
This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
21.01.2026 15:03 — 👍 511 🔁 151 💬 4 📌 2
Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
16.01.2026 11:57 — 👍 36 🔁 58 💬 1 📌 2There have been some fantastic proposals so far! The CFP is open until 13th Feb so there is still time to submit a proposal 😁
16.01.2026 08:06 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Blog post image on 'Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application'. Full abstract: "Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to Fellowship, just as there are different kinds of contributions and careers within the discipline of history. Today’s RHS Fellows are history practitioners from a range of backgrounds (within and beyond higher education) who have contributed to historical understanding and knowledge through a body of work. These contributions take many forms, from academic publications of different formats, to editorial and curatorial work, history programming and public history. This post addresses common questions asked by those considering applying to join the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. If you are interested in making an application, we hope this helps."
How do you become a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society? What kinds of activity lead to Fellowship?
RHS Fellows are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'. We've a new guide to the many ways Fellows achieve and demonstrate this bit.ly/48mpcJa
#Skystorians 1/2
The countdown is on for our Winter Meeting 2026!
You can check out the speaker lineup on our website: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#HistoryConference #EHSWinter26
Grants!
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
No time to write.
27.12.2025 21:22 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Our tribute to Natalie Zemon Davis, in the Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte. Please share widely!
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.
21.12.2025 10:37 — 👍 330 🔁 138 💬 9 📌 5
I have completely finished one of the harder chapters of my book. It's a Christmas miracle! #ecrchat #skystorians #reformazing #phew
15.12.2025 11:44 — 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Post-Doc Fellowships at the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 2027 (Lower Saxony) www.hab.de/en/forschung...
11.12.2025 09:26 — 👍 4 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30 17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys 31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 17 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30 17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys 31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 28 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
There is no netball tonight so I have got dressed in my gym kit as a reminder/motivation to do some exercise at lunch time. Future Ruth is chortling at present Ruth's optimism.
#humpday #exercise #wouldratherread
A text description of ‘Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain’
We are delighted to welcome Dr Kate Gibson (Manchester) on Wednesday 12 November, 3.30-5pm in Forum Seminar Room 10 and on Teams for the following CEMS seminar:
'Fostering and Adoption in Eighteenth-Century Britain'.
Full description attached. Please join us! @lsangha.bsky.social
