Always sniffing out history, books and TV. Historian. C18 stuff, gender, food, recipes, medicine, DH. University of Essex. Chair, Society for the Social History of Medicine. Canadian in the UK.
Lisa Smith
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Why studying the 18th c is so much fun.
Still time to book for the 49th Palaeography Summer School in Birmingham this July! #Skystorians #SkillsForHistory
Food historian Peter Scholliers recommends our book as a 'milestone in historiography' with 'new and pertinent insights in a very broad spectrum that not only considers food, but also Britishness, social hierarchies, colonialism, language, and cultural exchanges': uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin....
Out today! 🥳 The King's Dinner: Family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin.... My book with Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social & @adamcrymble.bsky.social. It is #openaccess so come take a look! cc @uclpress.bsky.social #skystorians #foodhistory
Right then 18th-century French fans – another mystery word for you!
Context: it's 1790 and an elderly countess is advising her daughter on how to cope with living in Paris
Any ideas please let me know 🇫🇷
Tired of people assuming good research and teaching is incompatible or something you have to choose between. Many of us care about and are *great* at both. It’s fine to specialise in one or the other, but not everyone does or even wants to do so because they are so often reciprocal.
IT'S PUBLICATION DAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Download 'The King's Dinner: family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820' here FOR FREE and read all about George III's eating habits over breakfast!
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
#skystorians #openaccess #18thC #foodhistory 🗃️
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
Final week to register for #SSHM2026!
Registration Closes 15 June
The Society’s biennial conference takes place 30 June - 3 July at University of Leeds
The theme is In/Out
Lisa Smith
Lisa Smith
My team is hiring a permanent lecturer:
-> Lecturer Digital Culture & Society
Deadline 28 June 2026. Please share with friends.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Victoria County History
Lisa Smith
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling and Conference Committee: Dr Alex Bamji, Professor Shane Doyle, Megan Graham, Professor Robert Hornsby, Dr Will Jackson, Dr J…
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
Applications are now invited for the Society's annual Teaching Fellowships. Funds support innovative practice in #history teaching in higher education bit.ly/4wbwoDb.
Open to UK and international Fellows and Members of the Society. Closing date Friday 10 July 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Do you want to learn to read old documents? Do you need to learn some Latin? The 49th Palaeography Summer School is for you! 👇 Tell all your friends. #palaeography #Skystorians #MedievalSky
palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Emily Brand
Sarah Fox
Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)
Sadiah Qureshi 🦈
Adam Crymble
The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…
'“In many institutions, students would benefit from being taught by lecturers selected for their excellence in teaching, rather than in research,” the report says.'
Which institutions and which students might that be? 2/3
Margot Finn
Savage House’s filth and farce are closer to the real bawdiness of the 18th century
theconversation.com/savage-house... #18C #SavageHouse
Royal Historical Society
Dirt, sex and faeces abound in 18-century ilterature.
The Royal Historical Society's Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships are awarded annually to support innovative practice in UK higher education. The Society is pleased to open the call for Fellowships for...
