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Zara Kesterton

@zarakesterton

PhD candidate @camhistory writing on flowers in 18th century French fashion 🌷@wolfsonfdn scholar 📚 @MaterialCam (she/her) zarakesterton.bsky.social

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What do William Pitt, Foundling Hospital tokens, and shipwrecks have in common? They all feature in tonight’s stellar line up for the Long Eighteenth Century workshop! ✨5pm, Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John’s and online. Message us for directions or for the Teams link.✨

What do William Pitt, Foundling Hospital tokens, and shipwrecks have in common? They all feature in tonight’s stellar line up for the Long Eighteenth Century workshop! 
✨5pm, Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John’s and online. Message us for directions or for the Teams link.✨
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One of our Cambridge History co-convenors at Cambridge University’s workshop for the Long 18th Century has just been published! Daniel’s article tells of a forgotten woman orator against enslavement, highlighting the challenges women orators faced and restoring her rightful credit. Read it!

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Our final session of the term is tomorrow, and it’s a bumper edition! We’ll be meeting in the Arthur Quiller-Couch room at St John’s at 5pm tomorrow and on Teams. Sign up to our mailing list for more details. See you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💡🕰️ lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscrib…

Our final session of the term is tomorrow, and it’s a bumper edition! We’ll be meeting in the Arthur Quiller-Couch room at St John’s at 5pm tomorrow and on Teams. Sign up to our mailing list for more details. See you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💡🕰️

lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscrib…
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⏳ Deadline extended! ⏳ You now have until this Friday 17 January to apply to speak at our workshop. All postgraduate students and ECRs welcome. Come and join our friendly 18th century community 😊

⏳ Deadline extended! ⏳ You now have until this Friday 17 January to apply to speak at our workshop. All postgraduate students and ECRs welcome. Come and join our friendly 18th century community 😊
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#CfP Hello, if anyone is still here on X! I’m thrilled to be organising a conference with Lucy Havard on Plants and People. Please send abstracts and bios to us by Friday 14 March!

#CfP Hello, if anyone is still here on X! I’m thrilled to be organising a conference with <a href="/lucyjanehavard/">Lucy Havard</a> on Plants and People. Please send abstracts and bios to us by Friday 14 March!
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We are delighted to announce our Lent term card! Our first session is a big Bach event on 4 February at St John’s College Library seminar room. 🎶 For more details, subscribe to our mailing list: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscrib…

We are delighted to announce our Lent term card! 

Our first session is a big Bach event on 4 February at St John’s College Library seminar room. 🎶

For more details, subscribe to our mailing list: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscrib…
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Delighted that my new article is now available on FirstView with the The Historical Journal! I explore the important role health and the body played in the making of the Pomeranian Art Cabinet. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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Our next session of the term is tomorrow evening at 5pm in Teaching Room 1, Old Divinity School! We’re delighted to welcome Nate Catching and Tiéphaine Thomason to speak on war and peace in France and Martinique 🕊️ Join us in person or online (message for a Teams link)

Our next session of the term is tomorrow evening at 5pm in Teaching Room 1, Old Divinity School! We’re delighted to welcome Nate Catching and Tiéphaine Thomason to speak on war and peace in France and Martinique 🕊️ 

Join us in person or online (message for a Teams link)
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We have two exciting papers coming up tomorrow from Tomas Brown (Cambridge) Tomas Brown and Anita Hoffmann (York) The Apothecary's Wife – join us at 5 pm in the Library Seminar Room at St John's College! Followed by drinks and dinner...!

We have two exciting papers coming up tomorrow from Tomas Brown (Cambridge) <a href="/tomasbnbrown/">Tomas Brown</a> and Anita Hoffmann (York) <a href="/17CMedicalWomen/">The Apothecary's Wife</a> – join us at 5 pm in the Library Seminar Room at St John's College! Followed by drinks and dinner...!
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Our final session of Lent term is on Tuesday! We will be hosting an *online only* event featuring two exciting papers from @arrannerispoli and Deiara Semeco Kouto. DM us for the Teams link or subscribe to our mailing list via the link in our bio.

Our final session of Lent term is on Tuesday! We will be hosting an *online only* event featuring two exciting papers from @arrannerispoli and Deiara Semeco Kouto. DM us for the Teams link or subscribe to our mailing list via the link in our bio.
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Our next event of term is taking place TODAY! (Monday 2nd June) at 5.30 pm (not 5 pm!) in the Junior Parlour at Gonville & Caius College. We'll be hearing papers from João Moreira da Silva joão moreira da silva and Andrés Jácome Andres Jacome. All are welcome to join!

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Join us this evening for the third workshop this term, featuring our wonderful convenor Jake Bransgrove and guest speaker Dr Beth Richards! We’ll be in the Junior Parlour, Gonville & Caius, at 5pm. Message us for a link to join online. See you there! ✨