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Rare painting from 17th century at risk of leaving UK gov.uk/government/new…

So looking forward to speaking at this conference in a month’s time. My paper is focused on men’s hair practices in early modern England 🧔🏻‍♂️

I am giving a Zoom presentation on 'Ageing Skin and the Fountain of Youth in Early Modern Europe' at the University of Salzburg on 20 January. Thank you to @romanasammern for inviting me. See here to register: w-k.sbg.ac.at/veranstaltung/…

Remaking history: how we are recreating Renaissance beauty recipes in the modern chemistry lab theconversation.com/remaking-histo… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Today at #RenSA22, Vanessa Cruz de Medina chairs the panel Women Confined: The Enclosure of Royal & Aristocratic Women in Early Modern Europe. Vanessa is co-ed of the Amsterdam Univ Press series Early Modern Court Studies aup.nl/en/series/earl…

University of Auckland is looking for a Lecturer in Classical Studies and Ancient History. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversityO… via SmartRecruiters

Congratulations to Erin Griffey, winner of this year's "Renaissance Studies" Article Prize for ‘"The Rose and Lily Queen": Henrietta Maria’s fair face and the power of beauty at the Stuart court’, Vol. 35 No. 5, pages 811-836, November 2021 rensoc.org.uk/srs-article-pr… 💫🙌🥳🎉💫

Please join us for the Olio 2023 webinar about women, textiles and embroidery in 17th-century England. I will be speaking on Henrietta Maria’s dress. Saturday/Sunday depending on time zone. ⁦Sarah Bendall⁩ and @_KatieLanders are also presenting. canva.com/design/DAFJnI0…

This came out today - open access! - as part of Christina Strunck and Lukas Maier's edited collection on early modern queens. My chapter is entitled, 'Home Comforts: Stuart Queens Consort and Negotiating Foreignness at Court': protect-au.mimecast.com/s/q_OCCwV1NRf2…

So excited to see this article by ⁦Erin Griffey⁩ finally out in the journal of ⁦Costume Society UK⁩ !! Re-Dressing the Evidence: Henrietta Maria’s Wardrobe Accounts, 1627–1639 | Costume euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.33…

We're excited it's Friday, but we're even more excited that the latest Royal Studies Podcast episode is now live! 🎉 Join Susannah Lyon-Whaley for the first in the Royal Studies Podcast's new series on "Clothing, Fashion, and Appearance". 🧵

Join us online for a collective lecture on "Doctoring Beauty. Beauty and Medicine in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period" - 26 Sept at 6 pm Salzburg/5 pm London/noon NYC/5 am Auckland. More info: w-k.sbg.ac.at/veranstaltung/…

A big thank you to Sophie Vasset and François Zanetti for their expert editing of Water Medicine, just published. You can read my essay on Stuart queens and their medical treatment at the spa and all the other excellent essays here! 🫧🫧🫧journals.openedition.org/hms/7196

At last! Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts is published and biggest thanks are due to its wonderful contributors and Erika Gaffney | erikagaffney.bsky.social and Amsterdam Univ Press 🌹🌺🌻🪷🌷🌸 See below for discount codes and a link to a preview of the Table of Contents and Introduction 🌹

Stuart queens' reproductive bodies were closely scrutinised and managed. Their experiences are at the heart of my open-access article in the current Court Historian, 'Sacred Vessels': Maternity, Infertility and Dynastic Politics at the Stuart Court tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Look at this beauty that arrived today: Susannah Lyon-Whaley’s brilliant book on Floral Culture! I am delighted to be in such good company. My chapter is entitled, ‘Blooming Fertility: Henrietta Maria and the Power of Plants as Iconography and Physic’.

Dr Serena Dyer & I are delighted to announce a project we’ve been working on - our forthcoming edited volume ‘Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe’ is now available for pre-order Amsterdam Univ Press ! Published 13 Dec! aup.nl/en/book/978946…

Congratulations to the brilliant ⁦Mirren Brockies⁩ for successfully defending her PhD today! Look out for her groundbreaking work on early modern English neckwear and its layers of medical, social & sartorial significance! Thank you examiner⁦⁦⁦Sarah Bendall⁩