Brodie Waddell
@Brodie_Waddell
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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History @BirkbeckHCA. Likes: archives, fatherhood, footnotes, the seaside. Dislikes: marking exams, Henry VIII, cars, inequity.
Birkbeck, University of London
Joined December 2014
If you need primary sources for dissertations or other housebound research, here's links to thousands of transcriptions from our #PowerOfPetitioning project, @sharon_howard's London Lives Petitions Project, @cwpetitions & @intoxspaces:
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**The Voices of the People, 1500-1800** My shiny new module launches in January at @BirkbeckHCA! Still a few spots available for anyone who wants to take it as a stand-alone MA credit-bearing module:
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RT @world_turned: LISTEN "Multitudes of hands" In the 17th century, petitioning was one of the few opportunities for people to be heard by…
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@columbus_aaron Lovely to hear that! And the book has a much better view than I'm ever likely to have!
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@BreeRob_Kirk @BSECS @ECSStirling @JECSjournal @18thCentCulture Yes I think so. Discussed in Tawny Paul's book on debt and credit.
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@andykesson @BirkbeckUoL It might not be in the Top Five Early Modern Themes, but it's definitely in the Top Ten.
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@tommilesz @BirkbeckUoL @Europeanaeu Lots of likely stuff, but haven't found much in English pre-1800. Perhaps I'm not searching it correctly?
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@hagenilda @BirkbeckUoL Thanks! It's just a first-year survey, but I've done my best to make it more than just a plod through key events or themes.
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I'm not going to claim I'll never use this platform again, but I'm finding the Other Place much better right now ... and it seems considerably less likely to actively promote terrible people. Maybe see you over there?
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RT @CommonsKathleen: I'm a journalist (sort of)! Thanks to excellent editors @ConversationUK I have written about all the ways early modern…
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@LauraGowing @nicole_maceira Yeah, archival material is often trickier but series or sub-series usually makes sense.
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RT @SocialHistoryOx: Really good article here by @ManorCourts - on 'how to' guidebooks for running courts baron and leet. Argues that print…
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RT @BirkbeckUoL: Unfortunately we're continuing to experience IT connectivity issues. We are working hard to resolve these and have contact…
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RT @jessicagpurdy: Delighted to see my article out in the latest issue of Library & Information History! Check it out to learn more about h…
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RT @SocialHistoryOx: Who says historical research can’t be exciting. I’m currently, quite literally, counting sheep.
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We have 100+ft red cedar and douglas fir in the back yard of the place where we're staying and it makes me very happy to wake up to this every morning.
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RT @RoyalHistSoc: Last month @RoyalHistSoc published an Update to its 2018 report 'Race, Ethnicity & Equality in UK History': https://t.co/…
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@CathrynPearce @ProfDaveAndress Small world! I was a RA for Peter for a few months while doing my MA.
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