Come listen this Saturday to our online speaker, Rachel Sweeney talk about #pictish imagery and the #PapilStone. Sign up via our events page.

bodiesandbeing.com/events-2/

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #HistorySky #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory

For more on the approach that researchers in the team are taking to analysing the objects found in 30,000 English wills from 1540-1790, see this blog post by Professor Jane Whittle, the project leader:

sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... #EarlyModern 🗃️ #MaterialCulture

New on NOTCHES: Queer Crafts: LGBTQ+ Identity, Politics, and Cultural Expression by Daniel Fountain.

Fountain discusses how LGBTQ+ artists and makers use craft to explore identity, embodiment, community, and queer worldmaking.

🔗 Link to full interview: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4XT

#NOTCHES #MaterialCulture

You are invited: 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗟 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
“𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”

🗓️ 𝟮𝟴 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 

📍 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗣𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲
📩 𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿,write to 𝘀̲𝗲̲𝗰̲𝗿̲𝗲̲𝘁̲𝗮̲𝗿̲𝗶̲𝗮̲𝘁̲@̲𝗰̲𝗲̲𝗿̲𝗹̲.̲𝗼̲𝗿̲𝗴̲
Programme: www.cerl.org/services/sem...

#CERLSeminar #ResearchLibraries #MaterialCulture #CambridgeUL

Some back and forth about writing boards (waxed tablets) in hot sunny weather with papyrologist Brent Nongbri https://brentnongbri.com/2026/08/19/erasing-wax-tablets-in-the-sun/ #antiquidons #ancMedToot #materialCulture

School's back in and so are we! Join us for our first online gathering of the year on Saturday, Sept 12th.

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory

A chair built for the eternity of good taste, teal velvet now flanked by raw timber and a shipping carton — three states of matter awaiting the same verdict: use, or discard. Furniture doesn’t age here, it gets sentenced. #ObjectHistory #Obsolescence #MaterialCulture