Early modernist @KingsCollegeLon ~ exile, gender, Huguenots, Francophonie ~ she/her
Cambridge, England
Joined November 2011
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Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
📖 @apuddleofmuddle A Salon-in-Exile shows how Hortense Mancini’s 17th-century London salon became a vibrant hub for French exiles, turning the traditional French salon into a pan-European space of intellectual, literary & cultural exchange.
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Welcome to our exciting event exploring the evolution of diasporas from the Mediterranean to a global scale during the Early Modern Period.
To request the teams link, please write to:[email protected]
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Thinking about some Protestant "femmes fortes" on #InternationalWomensDay : Jeanne d'Albret, Louise de Coligny, Georgette de Montenay, Catherine de Parthenay, Annabell Murray and Marie Stewart, countesses of Mar - and Esther Inglis. @EMWjournal @ScotsHistory
ALT Louise de Coligny, Mauritshuis
ALT Catherine de Parthenay, Protestant Museum
ALT Marie Stewart, National Galleries of Scotland
ALT Georgette de Montenay, BNF
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
From midnight sword fights to introducing champagne to England, the affair between Hortense Mancini and Anne Lennard was nothing short of dramatic
Learn more about them this #LGBT+ History month
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From Early Modern Women, this article takes a closer look at a story Madeleine de Scudéry wrote about her two pet chameleons. Learn what this story reveals about Scudéry's opinions concerning the emotional inner lives of animals here: ow.ly/1qKe50UYZ8N @SSEMWomenGender
ALT Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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Born 375 years ago, Nell Gwyn was England's most celebrated actress and Charles II's favourite mistress. @sixteenthCgirl finds out more about her from Prof. Laura Engel and Charles Beauclerk, a direct descendant of Charles and Nell: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t…
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
♥️Competition time! A special Valentine's giveaway to cheer the gloomy days of mid-February. A signed copy of my Reynard the Fox, a gold-edged Fox for All Seasons journal, a box of Guylian Seashells, a Lindt heart full of truffles & an elegant fox companion. Simply like, share and follow to win!♥️
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
We're excited to announce a special online seminar featuring Distinguished Professor Emerita Merry Wiesner-Hanks, discussing her new book Women and the Reformations.
13 February 2025 via Zoom, 7pm GMT (1 hour).
Please join us! #womenshistory
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780… /1
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
Save MLANG at Cardiff University! chng.it/RMWFwLDn via @UKChange
Solidarity to all colleagues & students at Cardiff facing cuts and redundancies. We need students to learn intercultural communication and the value of different cultures now more than ever
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
Call for Conference Papers
Thrilled to share the CfP for Women’s Scientific Literatures: The Poetry and Poetics of #EarlyModern Natural Philosophy
26–27th June 2025, ARU, Cambridge
Deadline for submissions: Monday 3rd March 2025.
Please share widely!
scientificpoetry.org/news/20…
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
A little thread introducing the articles in this issue which we’ll build gradually over the week:
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NEW SPECIAL ISSUE!
And it’s a beautiful one: on Exile and Innovation in the #EarlyModern World
Find the full issue here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/…
ALT Renaissance Studies is one of the leading journals in the field of Renaissance studies, with an interdisciplinary emphasis, and a worldwide readership. Established in 1987, Renaissance Studies is published in partnership by the Society for Renaissance Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley). The Council of the Society for Renaissance Studies (SRS) seeks to appoint an Editor for Renaissance Studies to succeed Professor Kevin Killeen, who retires as Editor in December 2025. It is hoped that the new editor(s) will be able to take over responsibility from 1 January 2026 and serve for a 5-year term until 19 December 2031. Interviews will be held online in February/March 2025. The Editor is responsible for the editorial content of the journal, for obtaining peer reviews of articles submitted, and for the supply of edited copy to Wiley. The Editor works with, and leads, a team consisting of an Associate Editor (whose main responsibility rests with the Special Issues of the journal), Book
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
Interested in #embroidery and early techniques?
Sign up to hear professional embroiderers Christy Batie and Erin Moody tell how they recreated an #EstherInglis binding and what they learned. Virtual talk, Thursday Jan. 30, 6pm EST; 11pm GM
folger.edu/whats-on/virtual-…
ALT Recreated binding for Folger MS V.a.93 by Esther Inglis
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
#CfP Hello, if anyone is still here on X! I’m thrilled to be organising a conference with @lucyjanehavard on Plants and People. Please send abstracts and bios to us by Friday 14 March!
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
The CFP for our closing conference 'Medicine, Slavery, and Race in the Atlantic World, 1440-1833' is now live! Deadline for submissions is 14th February, and the conference takes place 15th-17th May 2025. Please share! tinyurl.com/4y9bee66 #earlymodern #histmed @kingshistory
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
I'm hiring! Pls share this fantastic opportunity to join our team in the new Heritage Centre at Bevis Marks Synagogue as Learning Programmes Manager. We'll be telling the story of the first Sephardi Jewish community in Britain, through its unique collection & beautiful building.
New #job Learning Programme Manager Schools and Families
@bevismarksuk
Apply by Thu 13 Feb 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/learning-pro…
#GEMJobs #MuseumJobs #LearningJobs #Culture #Heritage #Learning #Schools #FamilyLearning #GEM
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It’s out! Today is publication day for Gender and the Book Trades, from the conference of the same name in June 2021. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed and read drafts of this behemoth's xxii + 492 pages. We are so proud of it and hope you enjoy. brill.com/edcollbook/title/7…
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
Very much hoping that @bphillipsonMP will recognise it's not remotely progressive to cancel a project that gets Latin taught in state schools, costs only £1 million a year, & will leave students who are doing it for GCSE this summer totally marooned. theguardian.com/education/20…
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
Urgent action: We ask all our followers to retweet this information about young fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi who was jailed for 11 years by the owners of our club @NUFC simply for supporting 🚺 's rights. She's been incommunicado for 30 days.
#FreeManahel now!
🚨 For the last 30 days, fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi has been held incommunicado, in clear violation of the Convention Against Torture which #SaudiArabia has ratified. We call for her immediate release. #FreeManahel
Annalisa Nicholson retweeted
The latest issue of The Sixteenth Century Journal features twelve new articles that stretch from Spain to Sweden to Muscovy. Read it now: ow.ly/PFMr50UycaL @16CSociety
ALT The Sixteenth Century Journal: The Journal of Early Modern Studies
