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Paper on Thornton at Life-Cycles Seminar, 24 January 2023

News article published by Joanne Edge on 17 January 2023 events

Project postdoctoral fellow Dr Jo Edge will give a paper at the Life-Cycles Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London on Tuesday 24 January at 5.30pm. The paper is titled 'Taking it to Heart: ...

Publication of Anne, Lady Halkett's A True Account of My Life and Selected Meditations

News article published by Suzanne Trill on 12 January 2023 lifewriting publications

Suzanne Trill (Co-I) is pleased to announce that her latest edition of Anne, Lady Halkett's autobiographical writing is now in print. Born in the early 1620s to parents of Scottish descent who were se...

Taking it to Heart: Grief and Illness in Alice Thornton's Books

Blog article published by Joanne Edge on 19 December 2022 childbirth emotions illness

Content note: miscarriage, child illness In February 1655, Alice Thornton was in bed recovering from giving birth to her second daughter, Elizabeth (Betty), when her maid called out to her. Her one-ye...

Project Team to take part in RSA Virtual 2022

News article published by Cordelia Beattie on 29 November 2022 conferences deliverances

On 3 December, Cordelia Beattie (PI) and Suzanne Trill (Co-I) will take part in a roundtable on ‘Creative Approaches to Early Modern Women’. The roundtable is organised by Naomi J. Miller (Smith Colle...

Project Team to be interviewed on the radio

News article published by Cordelia Beattie on 28 November 2022 media

Cordelia Beattie (PI) and Suzanne Trill (Co-I) will be on EHFM at 5pm GMT tonight (Monday 28 November), being interviewed by a University of Edinburgh student, Jasmine Webster aka Webster's Dictionary...