Dr Imogen Knox (she/her)

My latest piece with The Conversation - a short read on the long history of fermenting foods 🥒

Delightful break to the journey back from York stopping at Hardwick Hall

In York today for the Cabinet of Curiosities conference. Speaking later on truth and deceit in 17th century witchcraft reporting

"He soon told her he must be gon and bid her good Night, at which she seem'd troubled, saying, that she liked his Company, and said she would not have him go till she was well; adding, for I shall Die when you are gon"

Seventeenth century flirting:

"A Young-man came in and ask'd her how she did? She answered very bad, but at present a little better"

Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.

A snapshot into my current research as Visiting Early Career Fellow at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social and my enduring fascination with the Ordinary of Newgate, Paul Lorrain - what a character!

We have a great programme of emotions events kicking off at Warwick today with a conversation on Teaching Emotions History with @katieebarclay.bsky.social and Sasha Turner.

Lots more to come this week! @naomipullin.bsky.social

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Had a wonderful time last week discussing early modern masculinities with @benltjackson.bsky.social and Hannah Yip at Manchester's Affective Artefacts seminar

Reading Foucault like

Looking forward to talking about my current project on Wednesday as part of a bumper Affective Artefacts session on early modern masculinities

Looking forward to this film screening and discussion on Friday!

Great to be back at the Lord Leycester this morning with @naomipullin.bsky.social to deliver training for volunteers and the public on using parish records

Talking alternative careers with Warwick History Postdoc Club this evening

Research Workshops Sign up to our series of FREE Research Workshops on methods and approaches for researching family, local and military history.

Pleased to be re-running our FREE Research Workshops:
with @lordleycester @WarwickHistory @warwickengages. Training and skills on early modern records, incl. parish registers, legal records, family archives and the early master & brethren. More here: www.lordleycester.com/lord-leycest...

National Folklore Survey for England

The brand new website for the NATIONAL FOLKLORE SURVEY has launched today! www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk #folklore

Join History on Film and @emeccwarwick.bsky.social with @history-ucdavis.bsky.social
on Friday 7 March, 4pm for screening of the award-winning The Devil’s Bath (2024), followed by pizza and discussion with Kathy Stuart. Claudia Stein, and @imogenknox.bsky.social

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Great fun to be writing again, today about the various controversies of Paul Lorrain, Ordinary of Newgate

Graduation last week was the culmination of years of work on my project, from drafting that (very rough) initial proposal in Nov 2019 to passing my viva with no corrections last July. An especial thanks to @naomipullin.bsky.social for being there on the day and all the support during my PhD journey

By far the best incident has been when Lorrain felt the need to defend himself against an accusation that he'd been drunk on the job, been sick in front of the condemned prisoners, and subsequently died. He was in fact very much alive.

Some fascinating material so far in the Ordinary's Accounts. Shout out to Paul Lorrain for being so judgmental and providing some great quotes for my research

Enjoying getting stuck into research at the Rylands Library for my new project on last dying speeches

Seventeenth-century painting of landscape with figures in foreground. Text reads Call for Papers: Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World. 9-10 June 2025. John Rylands Research Institute, Manchester.

CFP for the 'Sleeping Well' @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social end-of-project conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Taking place 9-10 June 2025 at JRRI, Manchester. Details on our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

Deadline 3 Feb. Please share widely!

Faithful men and false women: Love‐suicide in early modern English popular print This article explores the representation of suicide committed for love in English popular print in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows how, within ballads and pamphlets, suicide ...

While I've been absent here my article 'Faithful men and false women' was published OA with Gender & History. If you're interested in early modern constructions of love, emotion, and gender check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Long time no update! I passed my viva with no corrections in July and since then have been working away on the monograph. Very excited to be taking up a John Rylands Early Career Fellowship in January, looking at emotions and masculinity in gallows speeches.

Thanks Kristof! Hopefully it will get a more public presence in the not so distant future

Submitted my thesis yesterday (so of course we had to go for donuts)

Last week was hectic but brilliant. Spoke about my thesis at Birmingham Eighteenth Century Centre colloquium and about demonic possession at @ihr.bsky.social
Back to reality (and my mountain of marking) this morning

New piece on The Conversation theconversation.com/early-modern...

There is still plenty of time to add our next colloquium with @imogenknox.bsky.social to your calendars ✨ Though the event is shown as being sold out, this is only due to Eventbrite's ticket limit - there is no cap on attendance and the Zoom link can still be accessed at the link below!