Jonathan Willis (@drjpw.bsky.social)

How did living through a period of violent religious change transform people’s experience of distress? What new light does a history of emotions approach shed on our understanding of the English Reformation? For answers see my new OA article in the JEH! doi.org/10.1017/S00220…

Are you curious about the potential for archives to construct emotion; why there are letters in the Elizabethan State Papers labelled 'mad'; or how culture & politics shape the historical experience of distress? Find out here! doi.org/10.1017/S00804… #earlymodern #twitterstorians

July 5, 7 pm @GMPriory! Wonderful French programme, plus, as part of @RussHepplewhite's Living Voices project, @stainerandbell, 'Song of Flight', by Jamila Gavin. And, Russell is hoping to be with us. Do come! Details and to book: birmingham.bachchoir.com/concerts---tic…

Fully-funded PhD opportunity with @komldsp and @MarloweProject: 'Editing Lost Copy-Texts: Christopher Marlowe's Plays and Poems' komldsp.org.uk/projects/editi… Supervisors: @loughnrv and @letterlocking How to Apply: komldsp.org.uk/how-to-apply/

NEW YEAR! NEW TERM! NEW CHOIR? Why not join @BirminghamBach for Bach’s iconic 'B minor Mass', starting Wed 8th January? Open evenings for gents, with no obligation, 8th & 15th, others interested in joining also welcome! 🎶🎶🎶 Full details: birmingham.bachchoir.com/join.html

It looks like my new office chair has gained the official feline stamp of approval! #secretlab

@KHarveyHistory @RoyalHistSoc Congratulations Karen!

Honoured to have been elected to the Council of the @RoyalHistSoc and looking forward to getting to work.

New Book - available to order for February! @naomipullin @PlymPrivateer

@BenLTJackson I don't know the actual answer, but I'm haunted by an off-the-cuff comment by the (genuinely lovely) external examiner of my PhD that my thesis had a 'Germanic flavour' because I'd chosen to capitalise so many nouns; so nowadays I try to only capitalise when absolutely necessary!

@richarddhillon Huge congratulations Richard!

We are delighted to announce the launch of GEMMS 2.0 (gemms.usask.ca)! GEMMS 2.0 has new and enhanced searches, and allows contributors to add data to GEMMS. For more details, see gemmsproject.blogspot.com/2024/08/introd… #sermons #manuscript #earlymodern 1/3

@shahmima_akhtar @ManchesterUP Congratulations!

Job! Work with me to support public engagement using c18th letters @SocialBodiesUoB. Work with schools, @Literacy_Trust @readingagency @LearnBAES. PT fixed term, Bham based. Deadline 19 August. tiny.cc/i8qbzz

Apply for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the College of Arts and Law! Complete research and build your profile in arts, humanities, and social sciences. Apply by 23 Aug 2024. Details: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/coll… #Research #Postdoc #Academia #UoBArtsLaw

TOMORROW: we bring you a repeat of 'Summer Concert', the last of our concerts in this current season in @StAlbanHighgate, 7 pm. Much appreciated in Warwick last week so we are confident you will enjoy it too. Do come! Details: birmingham.bachchoir.com/concerts---tic…

@richarddhillon It's the pater noster and the creed I feel sorry for...

The Midland History Essay Prize 2024 is now live! Submit an article not exceeding 10,000 words on any aspect of Midlands history by 31st October 2024 for a chance to win £400 and have your article published in the journal. See below for submission instructions:

Always miffed by the suggestion that the premodern isn't relevant. The premodern is the starkest reminder that the world wasn't always like it is now, and that humans were instrumental in changing it (for better and worse). Isn't that the most important thing to grasp right now?