Canonesses' Collections

'Scholars interested in monasticism, precursors of the Enlightenment, and early modern British and Irish history should not miss the essays included in this collection'. Review in @16cjournal of the first volume in the series #history #twitterstorians #nuntastic

History of Catholicism job klaxon! Come and join us at @Durham_Theology to work on a #nuntastic post-doc project about the Faithful Companions of Jesus. Application deadline is 27 July. More info here: durham.taleo.net/careersection/… #twitterstorians #jobalert #catholicism

Some fantastic work by fellow Durham CCS colleagues @CatholicismsEM @EilishGregory and @SepsCollections in the sale, as well as my own "Mysticism in early modern England"! (2/4)

There's 60% off the first volume in the @CatholicismsEM series in the @boydellbrewer sale. Enter the code BB600 to get 'British and Irish Religious Orders in Europe, 1560–1800' for only £32 here: boydellandbrewer.com/9781914967009/… #nuntastic #CathHist #twitterstorians #catholicism

Lovely write up on @durham_uni website about my recent @BritishAcademy_ @LeverhulmeTrust success with @SepsCollections and Jonathan Bush! Excited to start the project 😄 durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…

Such an exciting project. Congratulations to all involved! 🥳

Thrilled to have been awarded a @BritishAcademy_ @LeverhulmeTrust Small Research Grant for a project with @SepsCollections and Jonathan Bush. We will be thinking critically about the ways in which scholars work with religious orders and their valuable collections.

Lay Catholic Societies in Twentieth Century Britain is out now with Boydell & Brewer! Over the coming weeks we will be spotlighting the chapters. First up is Pat Jones writing about the Young Christian Workers (YCW) movement! The book is available here: buff.ly/p4fco7p

#8M It is not about making room for women in history, but about giving history back to women. 👉Join & share our initative #WomeninResearchforWomeninHistory @archivocolonial @Proyecto_Bieses @ISHWR_A @H_WRBI @ADHUC_UB @RECIRC_ @SomosAEIHM @ProjectWink @CIRGEN1 & so many others!

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our 67th annual conference, which will take place at Hinsley Hall, Leeds, as well as virtually, on 14-16 July 2025. More details about the conference and how to submit a paper can be found here: buff.ly/4h4vorv

An event of interest - 'Leading Women in Medieval Religious Communities' hosted by @NotreDame, March 8–9, 2025. isla.nd.edu/news-and-event…

Join us on Tuesday 18 February to hear Catherine Sexton (@CCSDham) discuss 'Holy Listening and Sacred Reading: British and Irish Sisters' Reflections on Ageing and Ministry in the Twenty-First Century.' durhamuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday for Joanne Myers' wonderful paper on the production and usage of poetry in the English Poor Clare Convents in Exile, which drew on the collections held by @DU_Collections.

Joanne Myers of @gettysburg will deliver the paper, '“I chuse the better subject”: Original Verse by English Poor Clares in Exile (1600s–1700s)' on Tuesday 21 January. To join us , register at durhamuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Many thanks to @PatriciaStoop for a really wonderful paper on female religious and the production and circulation of literature and knowledge in the Low Countries yesterday!

Join us next Tuesday, 10 December, when @PatriciaStoop will speak to us on 'Women Religious in the Low Countries (c. 1350-1600) and their roles in the production and circulation of literature and knowledge'. Registration is via durhamuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Our cataloguer working on the library of the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre gets to see some amazing marbled endpapers – like these! The first is from CHS 325 (1769). The second is from CHS 339 (1765) – but we think that the marbled endpapers could from much later in the 1800s

Get 60% off the first volume in the series - only £32/$44 for hardback of 'British and Irish Religious Orders in Europe, 1560–1800: Conventuals, Mendicants and Monastics in Motion' boydellandbrewer.com/9781914967009/…… #twitterstorians #CathHist #History

We're delighted to be hosting a seminar on Mother Cabrini's 'teaching force' on 21 November! x.com/ISHWR_A/status…