Emilie K. M. Murphy

What it’s like to study a history MA at York - Student Voices Postgraduate history student, Grace, some of her experiences about what it's like to study an MA history degree at York.

If you want to hear more about the experience of being a taught postgraduate student here at York, do read the blog written by Grace, one of our Renaissance and #EarlyModern Studies MA students blogs.york.ac.uk/student-voic... 🗃️

Started Gisèle Pelicot's memoir earlier. To say it is affecting would be an understatement. Not sure I can continue honestly but now I've started I feel like I sort of owe it to her to carry on. Anyone else read it? Think I might have to do a chapter at a time and read something silly in between. 😭

Having been treated to a preview of a couple of chapters of this, I can confirm how absolutely brilliant Will's new book will be!! Get your preorders in folks and Roll on September!! 🗃️

a cartoon mouse wearing a red coat and red hat ALT: a cartoon mouse wearing a red coat and red hat

why is rachel weisz so perfect?

ok we've just started watching vladimir #academicsky

Will you be in Bristol on 11 March? Could you be? Well if you are, do come along to @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social's Frenchay Campus at lunchtime to hear me talk all things New Labour. Should be fun!

ditto. <3 sorry again and hope things look brighter soon!

so sorry will but also yay?

My special subject is on #earlymodern English nuns in Catholic Europe (it rocks!) This semester I handover to students to come up with a short activity for each seminar. Today we had to make front covers for chronicles! Thought I'd share some of my #nuntastic favourites here. See alt text for deets

Israel has been dumping herbicides throughout southern Lebanon as part of a concerted ecocide campaign to render the region uninhabitable. This has been going on for months with Lebanese journalists & environmentalists regularly reporting on it.

The BBC: we don’t know why the Israelis are doing it

I can take no credit here - congratulations to @racheljwillie.bsky.social and @spparkle.bsky.social!
If you work on #earlymodern sound in any capacity do consider Sonance for your article projects!
And if you'd like to review any recent books in the field please do give me a shout! 🗃️

👀 Over the last few months, I’ve been working with the terrific triumvirate @spparkle.bsky.social, @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social & Hannah Yip to set up “Sonance: A Journal of Early Modern Sound Studies”, a diamond open access journal dedicated to historic sounds in all their wondrous & eclectic forms.

#earlymodern talk tomorrow - hybrid and in person with @kyamamoto.bsky.social 🗃️

Our second seminar of the semester is coming up!

The Politics of the ‘Essential Work’ under Charles I's Personal Rule, 1629-1641

Speaker: Koji Yamamoto, University of Tokyo
📅 Wednesday 4 March
🕛 5:00-7:00pm
📍 Yarbrugh Room, HG/15 & Zoom
🌐 www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

In person early modern metals event in London next month with me, @laurenworking.bsky.social, and Lubaaba Al-Azami. Please repost and share widely! And register here -- forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Full book jacket just dropped, and we're pretty happy with it. Huge thanks to @cecilefromont.bsky.social, @soccerpolitics.bsky.social, Alice, and Andrés for your generous words! #earlymodern #BeyondTheOcean global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Call for Proposals | Sixteenth Century Society Call for Proposals Chicago, Illinois, October 29—October 31, 2026 The Sixteenth Century Society (SCS) is pleased to invite proposals for individual presentations, panels, and roundtables for its annua...

CFP for the SCS conference in Chicago in October. Come join the most collegial gathering of early modernists that I know.
#earlymodern 🗃️

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Have seen all the jokes re "Operation epic fury" but they are murdering children. Murdering. Children.

Israel murders 40 children at Iranian elementary school At least 40 children were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran — Israel is now the expert at this

At least 40 children were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran — Israel is now the expert at this

not meant to be a hot take was just the politest way i could articulate my rage tbh

f*ck imperialism.

Wonderful to hear!

Ahh 🥰🥰🥰 thanks Sarah! Also i routinely think about how we should get a coffee soon and then life happens sighsigh, but soon??

Colleagues, I'd be delighted if you might encourage your promising UGs to consider our interdisciplinary MA here at York. It's particularly well-suited for joint honours students with a passion for the period 1500-1700. Any QNs please do let them know to reach out to me directly! #earlymodern 🗃️

It's weird that this never really took off.

Lol @willtullett.bsky.social

Join us later today!

Book Launch for Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France

Looking forward to my book launch at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social Modern French History seminar on 9 March. I'm honoured to have @alisoncarrol.bsky.social, @vbivar.bsky.social & Sarah Farmer speaking. You can attend in person or online, sign up below:

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🗃️ #skystorians

Nobody Expects the English Inquisition: Mary I’s Persecution of Protestants through European Eyes* Abstract. Historians have long regarded Mary I’s brutal campaign against heresy—a campaign which saw almost 300 Protestants burned alive—as a clumsy, heavy

New article! Frederick E Smith @fredesmith.bsky.social on 'Nobody Expects the English Inquisition: Mary I’s Persecution of Protestants through European Eyes'

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