Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World
@SleepingWell4A Wellcome Trust funded project at the University of Manchester exploring an environmental approach to the history of sleep care.
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@hrfletcher_ new article on bed making in early modern England is now available open access here: doi.org/10.1093/hisres…
What might 'septialicum' refer to in this 17th c. recipe for a medicinal plaster? ‘Make 2 socks of sheeps leather, spread them over with implastrum septialicum the socks must be as long as the feet … it restoreth and settleth the braine.’ @HerbalHistoryRN @historybeagle 🙏
Find out more about @hrfletcher_ wonderful new article for the @SleepingWell4 project on how bedding materials were understood to affect sleepers’ health in the early period, as well as the environmental implications of different bed fillings. 😴 💤 🛌 sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotion…
Last Sunday we celebrated the end of the @sleepingwell4 project here at the Hall! It was great to see visitors get involved with the activities and to see how far the project has come! #sleepingwell #ordsallhall #freemuseum #freeevent
What's on this week! 🌞Today - design a Tudor monogram (spaces left this aft!) 🌞Tues - Make a Tudor purse (spaces 1pm & 2pm) 🌞Weds - Sleepy foods: oven baking bread (spaces at 2pm) 🌞Thurs - Clay Play (sold out) Book your summer activities here 👉buff.ly/3XTMN0o
We've got a packed schedule of summer events at @OrdsallHall coming up, with plenty for to entertain adults and children. These are the last workshops of this phase of the project, so make sure to join in while you can! ordsallhall.com/whats-on/
We have added some additional spaces on our adult learning bread making workshop this Sunday. Join Dr Anna Fielding to make sourdough, soda bread, and oatcakes while exploring the benefits of grains for sleep past and present. 12-3pm, free, book online ordsallhall.com/event/sw-soda2…
Come join us @OrdsallHall on Sunday 12-3pm to celebrate Midsummer. On the longest day of the year we will be decorating the hall with protective summer garlands to ward off evil spirits. Discuss the solstice and the effect of light nights on sleep. ordsallhall.com/event/midsumme…
Did you miss the landmark Dürer exhibition @WhitworthArt? Our catalogue is now also available as ebook: manchesterhive.com/display/978152… @sashahandley @ManchesterUP @UoMSALC
Second day of The Public Country House conference @V_and_A with @nationaltrust and @BritishAcademy_ A truly inspiring day yesterday. Today we share our work on @SleepingWell4 @OrdsallHall Can’t wait! So much great work being done on country houses to interrogate what they are
Listing to guts and launching book at @ExploreWellcome on the 30th of May with @jennasutela @littlegaudy and Ruby Tandoh wellcomecollection.org/events/Zh-vuBE…. Come along in person or join online, will be interesting I promise
Lecturer in Environmental History (22 months-cover)@LivUniHistory! Come join us! Deadline:4 June 2024 jobs.ac.uk/job/DHN283/lec… Please, share widely!! @MBHMG @envhistwomen @esehtweets #TwitterHistorians #environtmentalhistory #blackhistory #Indigenoushistory #AcademicTwitter
We're thrilled to announce Joanne Begiato's appointment as Associate Dean for Research at LCF! With her expertise and vision, we're excited to push the boundaries of research in the world of fashion. Congratulations, @JBHist! Learn more about her here: ow.ly/pQWo50Rvyys
I'm very proud and pleased to say that from 1 August, I'll be Associate Dean for Research @LCFLondon I'm so excited about this new chapter in my career. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage with and support some amazing research at the coolest institution I can think of.
Explore the problem of bedbugs for 16th and 17th century sleepers 🌙🪳🛌 Learn about various solutions that were once popular, some can be used today, and others are best left in the past!
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