Dr Ellen Smith

Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war

'Two of four autobiographical volumes were discovered by Cordelia Beattie, a history professor at the University of Edinburgh. One was handed by a descendant of Thornton to Beattie’s father in a pub in Ludlow, Shropshire, and the second was unearthed in the library of Durham Cathedral.'

A truly remarkable resource. ⬇️ Please check out 'South Asian Britain' a free database that explores South Asian lives in the UK. It felt really special to research some of the entries, even for the very short time I worked with this amazing team! @remakingbritain.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social 👏 👏👏

Have you ever heard of the Manchester Mummy?

Join us at Manchester Museum for the launch of 'Unburied' by @shewolfmanc.bsky.social to find out the true story of how Hannah Beswick became mummified.

11th June - FREE tickets here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/unbur...

Living between inside and outside: the disciplined domesticities of prison staff quarters in the UK’s Victorian-era prisons Carceral geography has critiqued the notion of a clear binary between the inside and outside of prisons, revealing that the prison boundary is porous and that the prison materializes in multiple fo...

New article klaxon - co-written with Dominique Moran, @yvonnejewkes.bsky.social and Jennifer Turner:

'Living between inside and outside: the disciplined domesticities of prison staff quarters in the UK’s Victorian-era prisons' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A screenshot of the title (“Civilizational Hierarchies and the Notion of ‘Europe’ in the European Convention on Human Rights”) and abstract of the paper available at the link above

📄 New article:

Colonialism continues to shape the project of European human rights. In this article I trace the continuity of civilizational hierarchies in the ECtHR’s case-law on extraterritoriality and European consensus

Available in EJIL @ejiltalk.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...

Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research Explore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.

The submission website for the International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association's new peer-review journal *Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research* is now online. We welcome submissions of all kinds. Get in touch if you have an idea for a special issue!
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...

Thank you! Looking forward to reading your article as well.

Reforming Medicine: Dr. Krishnabai Kelavkar A look at the lives of early women physicians in India reveals the impact of social reform in on health outcomes. Dr. Krishnabai Kelavkar, who transformed maternal and infant health in the state of Kolhapur, is such a trailblazing woman, as…

Today is International Day for Maternal Health and Rights.

From the archive, Mrunmayee Satam on the life and work of Dr. Krishnabai Kelavkar, a social reformer and one of the earliest women physicians in India in the early 20th century ✊🗃:

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Roses, shells, insects. Beautiful study by Jan van Kessel, who was born on this day 1626. In Antwerp.

Wonderful images of the letters to accompany the article! Thanks @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social ⬇️

Thank you! ☺️

We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.

British History from the Middle of Nowhere
Julia Laite (Birkbeck UoL)
1 May 2025, 6.00pm Venue: Queen Mary, University of London, E1
HistoryMiddleNowhereRSML25.eventbrite.co.uk
@qmcbs.bsky.social @mileendinstitute.bsky.social
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

‘Some people talk about children as though they’re completely different’: hospital art, architecture and design for children in modern Britain Children’s hospitals are often thought to be special places, marked by particular attention to emotions and careful consideration of inclusive design. Photographs of children’s hospitals, or design fo...

Just published - ‘Some people talk about children as though they’re completely different’: hospital art, architecture and design for children in modern Britain'. (1/2) mh.bmj.com/content/earl...

Book cover of book titled 'The History of Railway Thieves in India'.

Call for Papers: 'Mobilising Imperial History: Crime, Policing and Control in the British Empire' bit.ly/3Ye0Pco

Dr Aparajita Mukhopadhyay (Kent) will host a workshop on 15 July. Calls for papers are now invited. This event is supported by the Society's Workshop Grants scheme for 24-25 #skystorians

@thenacbs.bsky.social thanks to support from @rs4vp.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social

Hello! Finally kicking off this new account! Happy to share my latest article on correspondence and the 1857 Indian Rebellion, out now with @jbritishstudies.bsky.social open access. Lots on letters, newspapers, colonial anxiety and archives in British India ✉️ 📝📫📰
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