@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social
Lecturer in Book History at IES, Uni of London. Author of The Dreadful Name of Henry Hills (MUP 2026). Co-editor of upcoming Routledge Companion to Book Studies.
@ies-sas.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialJoin our in-person workshop for the opportunity to make your own embroidery inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry! 🪡🧵 ⏰ Thursday, 12 Nov 2026 📍 Senate House, London 🎟️ £40 Spaces are limited, book your place now 👇
@ies-sas.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialWe shared some of work today at the SAS Research Festival, with print making and palaeography activities! Thanks to all who joined us to learn more about IES and SAS.
@laurajcleaver.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialExcellent bookmark printing by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social for @ies-sas.bsky.social and the @sas-news.bsky.social Research Festival.
@bho.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialAn important new resource:
Africans in Ireland, 1578 - 1921.
africansinireland.com
@emodir.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social#CfP 📢 Research Symposium: “Imagining the Global Past: Antiquities, Early Modernities, and the Humanities Today”, University of Washington Division of the Humanities
📆 17–18 May 2027 | 🌍 Seattle (USA)
⏰ 1 Oct 2026
🔗 emworkshop.fas.harvard.edu/deadline-oct...
@plashingvole.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialQuick equalities check: across English, History/Politics/War Studies 6 women have lost their jobs and 0.5 men. 4 men and one woman are safe. English goes from 50:50 (6M, 6F) to 1 woman and 2.5 men.
@emodir.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social#CfP 📢 “Early Modern Women and Generations”, Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Inviting submissions for the Fall 2027 Forum.
⏰ 1 October 2026
🔗 www.stmoderna.it/it/dettaglio...
@ies-sas.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialHow does printing shape our language and the way we consume the written word?
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Karen Attar explored these topics at a talk last week, following on from their
@senatehouselib.bsky.social Caxton exhibition.
Read more here: www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialYesterday we delivered the lunchtime talk @westminsterabbey.bsky.social St Margaret's Church on Caxton to mark the end of @senatehouselib.bsky.social Caxton exhibition @ies-sas.bsky.social 🙌
@earlymodlancs.bsky.socialReposted by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.socialThis lunchtime talk by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Dr Karen Attar next week looks great 👇
