Very happy to be giving a talk and sharing Renaissance cosmetics at this very cool event Gawthorpe Hall on 14th May - about 17th-century textiles, dress and portraits. Burnley here I come! Click the link for the programme and info about travel funding:
britishportraits.org.uk/events/17th-ce…

Doing some research for A Thing and now I want to be this woman. Susan Hoare by William Hoare of Bath, 1742.

Just a few days left to send in proposals for 'Nature and Environment in Early Modern Worlds,' our joint conference with CREMS [Birmingham] and BRIHC taking place 24-25 June! blog.bham.ac.uk/18c/wp-content…

We’re so excited for the big culmination of @MakHistDress’s in-person events! Do send in your proposals for papers, performances, and demonstrations!

We're thrilled to share a new fully funded #PhD opportunity with #Gressenhall & ARU 'Material Life in the Workhouse –  Gressenhall Workhouse, Norfolk, 1777-1948'. Learn more/apply here: ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/students…

Some unfinished needlework from 17th century #England
For all of us with unfinished projects. It happens.

It happened then too.

(Art Institute Chicago: ref no. 1966.430)

This is a fabulous read! 📖 Thank you Dr Dyer. 🙏
The completed garment is excellent! 👗
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Don’t miss your chance to read new Cambridge Element Labour of the Stitch by Dr Serena Dyer Free access available until 12 April.
cup.org/3PHC4B0
#cambridgeelements #literature

A little Saturday treat! I have uploaded a new video to my YouTube, all about who made gowns in the 18th century. youtu.be/5a1kpM19NV0?si…

Discover the story behind this precious artefact in the 'Tokens of Style' episode of our podcast, 'Take this Token', with Ariane Fennetaux and Dr Serena Dyer 👉bit.ly/3HjO33y

I’ve been lucky to have had early access to this and everyone must read it!! OA until 12 April!!

✨Labour of the Stitch: The Making and Remaking of Fashionable Georgian Dress✨ has been published! It’s out with Cambridge University Press and you can access it 🔥for free🔥 until 12th April! cambridge.org/core/elements/…

How many candles is too many candles?

Funded PhD opportunity with the wonderful Suzanna Ivanic 🇺🇦 I stand with Ukraine AND ME!!! Are you interested in craft, making, knowledge and belief? Do you know someone who could be? #earlymodern #twitterstorians please spread the word.... komldsp.org.uk/projects/craft…

🚨Internship alert!🚨
An exciting opportunity for a PhD student or Early Career Researcher to work as a research intern for EMCO this summer. The EMCO internship programme focuses on transcribing the letters written by Montagu to her friend, Elizabeth Carter.

Love the 18th-century gown depicted in this Ford Maddox Brown painting 🐑

📢We have just re-advertised our PhD studentship on Global Commodities in #EarlyModern wills📢

The successful student has lots of scope to shape it: this post outlines some themes they might explore. Please share!

#History #PhDChat #twitterstorians

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I am delighted to share the 📢 CALL FOR ARTICLES 📢for a special issue of Women's History Review that I am editing on 🪡 Women Making Fashion 🪡 Please do get in touch if you would like to discuss an article idea. More information is available here: serenadyer.co.uk/_files/ugd/8c4…

⁦Megan Shaw | meganshaw.bsky.social⁩ and I had thoughts about the new ⁦BINGE⁩ show ⁦The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand⁩ !

“Intimacy, ‘secret service’ and social climbing: meet the real Villiers women behind Mary & George”
theconversation.com/intimacy-secre…

Our first keynote, Alka Raman, is sharing how she came to using recreative work within the history of science and technology