Associate Lecturer @univofstandrews and Deputy Director @universalstc. Historian interested in early modern statesmen, readers and copyright.
Joined May 2020
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I passed my viva yesterday!! Thank you to Jacqueline Rose and @JosephHone_ for a fantastic discussion, to my supervisors @APettegree and @A_der_Weduwen for their flawless support throughout, and to all of you for your help along the way!
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Arthur der Weduwen, co-director of the USTC, has published 'The Last Invasion of England' investigating the Dutch Republics motives behind the daring invasion of England in 1688.
Read about how the Dutch utilized print during the campaign at the link!
ustc.ac.uk/news/the-print-cu…
'Probably soon we won’t be cool, and that’s fine'. A fascinating look Fitzcarraldo: - ft.com/content/fad8bcc7-6963… via @FT
Can't wait!
New book on the way! A decade-plus in the making. And it's coming into the world with the most absurdly glorious honour guard. Couldn't be happier. press.princeton.edu/books/ha…
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History at St Andrews: Still No. 1 in the UK!
The School of History at the University of St Andrews has been ranked as the UK’s top destination for studying History by the The Guardian University Guide 2027 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027 #EverToExcel
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#earlymodern #bookhistory Workshop Call for Papers:
Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade, University of Edinburgh 6-7 May 2027
Please feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!
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Our new Book History seminar launches this September, with a fantastic programme of internal and external speakers! All are more than welcome.
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It's almost time!!! We have less than a week before our Book History Conference. Lots of great panels are planned!
If you'd like to join online please contact the organizers, Chloe Akers-Brewers or James Fox.
Learn more about the conference program here: ustc.ac.uk/conference
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Good luck to all of our students who are taking exams over the next two weeks!
Here is a Scottish History exam, which was set almost sixty years ago in 1967, courtesy of our friends at the St Andrews University Library.
#scottishhistory #revision #examseason #exams
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‘Postcards, Translators and Esperanto Pioneers: An Alternative History of International Communication’ by Guilherme Fians, @BernhardStruck and Claire Taylor is out now in #OpenAccess!
You can read it here: doi.org/10.63674/wujq4585.
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One of my undergraduate students, Oliver Lewis, has a Substack and he's written a piece about Laurence Sterne & Charlotte Lennox, & it's actually left my head spinning - what a remarkable, deeply thoughtful piece of writing:
open.substack.com/pub/oliver… #18C
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PhD Candidate @BasilBowdler has recently had an article published in History Today! You can read it here: historytoday.com/archive/his…
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On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, ten lords a-leaping!
Up next on our 12 days of Christmas, is ‘A catalogue of the dukes, marquesses, earles, viscounts, bishops, barons, that sit in this Parliament’ (USTC 3021312), chosen by @ernestjeb (1/2)
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On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, seven swans a-swimming.
Up next in the USTC’s 12 Days of Christmas is ‘The orders lawes and ancient customes of swanns’ (USTC 3015937), chosen by our Deputy Director, @ernestjeb: ustc.ac.uk/editions/3015937
#Swans
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Good luck to all of our students who are taking exams over the next two weeks!
Here is a Modern History exam from 1911, courtesy of our friends at the University Library. How do you think you would have got on?
#revision #examseason #exams
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After reading week, we are back at it with another brilliant set of seminars this week!
Do come along if you can!
Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history!
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-laun…
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Brigid Ehrmantraut, who recently joined the School of History, has a brilliant new book out! ‘Classical Myth in Medieval Ireland’ explores why Irish authors were interested in the history and mythology of the ancient Mediterranean. (1/2)
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We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-…
It’s a pleasure to appear alongside such a great group of scholars in ‘The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England’, overseen by the brilliant @elementaladam, @BewareCat and Kaley Kramer.
You can read it for free over the next two weeks here: doi.org/10.1017/978100962946…
