Sam Brown
@samuscript
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Part-producer, part-PhD researcher, 100% in the archives. PhDing @livesandletters on English encounters with Arabic pre-1635. Fled from here to Bluesky!
London, England
Joined November 2009
I'd be very grateful if any #BookHistory accounts and people might be happy to help spread the word! @BibSoc @HistLibraries @OxBibSoc @ABARareBooks @CILIP_LIHG @RL_UK @MELCom_UK.
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Briefly returning to X to share our CfP for the @livesandletters Built with Books Symposium. Come and geek out with us over #EarlyModern libraries and the books that filled them! Abstracts due May 16th, full details here:
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RT @susie_dent: Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Either the BL has underestimated us historic handwriting nerds when choosing the images for this ad, or Gabriel Harvey led a much richer life than I previously imagined.
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I’m thrilled to have my name alongside @anna_lujz in Dee’s library list, and I cannot emphasise enough that she’s done all the real work whereas I just happened to wander over in the Bodleian with uncanny timing. Read more in Anna’s blog post: #bookhistory.
A new list was established following his death. We are pleased to announce a further identification, made by Dr Anna-Lujz Gilbert and Samantha Brown:
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RT @earlymodernjohn: It's out! 'Migrant Voices in Multilingual London, 1560-1600' in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Read to….
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RT @bookhist: The European Qurʾān. Encounters with the Holy Text of Islam from the Ninth to the Twentieth Century. What role does the Holy….
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RT @Paul_Babinski: Looting and Learning: my essay with Jan Loop on looted manuscripts & Muslim captives in the history of European Qur’anic….
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When an app threatens democracy I think it’s definitely time to leave. Deleting it from my phone for now - if anyone wants me I’ll be over on BlueSky and Threads!.
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RT @PeteOlusoga: To offer a counter to the dickheads setting fire to libraries and looting Shoezones, here's a thread of good people doing….
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The irony of hearing about Vincent being bullied and then coming to see the dire contributions to this hashtag tonight #thebodydetectives.
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RT @arthistorynews: In case you're wondering where all the arts TV has gone on the BBC, then today's Annual Report is both revealing and de….
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I'm very proud to have sourced and cleared the archive footage for this fantastic, poignant series. Big thanks to colleagues at @TheKinolibrary, @GettyImages, @ThamesTVArchive and @Screenocean for all of their help along the way.
Ex-detective Dave Grimstead and his team revisit forgotten cases around the UK using cutting-edge forensics. Watch The Body Detectives on Tuesday 23rd July at 9pm or stream on Channel 4.
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RT @Hiba_3abid: Apply now for NYPL's new Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Fellowship, including a $25,000 stipend to support three months'….
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RT @Paul_Babinski: One enduring feature of the rise of academic oriental studies in Europe in the seventeenth century: the enthusiastic app….
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Such a fantastic evening at UCL celebrating the most anticipated book in book history, er, history. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s open access via UCL Press!
Book launch: Gabriel Harvey & the History of Reading.24 June 5pm @UCL_IAS .This @UCLpress collection provides a unique lens on the place of marginalia in textual, intellectual and cultural history. With @Warburg_News .
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RT @UCLEarlyModXcha: Book launch: Gabriel Harvey & the History of Reading.24 June 5pm @UCL_IAS .This @UCLpress collection provides a unique….
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RT @MartinSLewis: URGENT! Pls share. The last chance to register to vote in the General Election is 11.59pm tomorrow Tue 18 June. Potential….
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