Professor of Cultural History, Uni of Birmingham. c18th history, letters, body and Mary Toft (the woman who gave birth to rabbits). PI https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk/. Webage: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/harvey-karenhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3mr5vo4dh7s2hCongratulations to my colleague @tomcutterham.bsky.social. Just look at the reviews! The American Revolution from below. Very excited to read this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5vo4dh7s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3mqmq6mwtfs2xThrilled to be keynote @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social 20th anniversary conference on ‘Embodied Histories’ this Friday 17th July. I’m excited to learn from all those speaking. @ihr.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/historylab-20th-anniversary-annual-conference-tickets-199098000779914 Jul 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmq6mwtfs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3mqbx27oxws24Book your place: ‘The Crisis in UK HE: The Future for History! 4 August 2pm online @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis-in-uk-he-the-future-for-history-tickets-1993566300470?keep_tld=true10 Jul 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbx27oxws24https://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3mqa2pwo5jc2tThe case of Mary Toft’s monstrous births have attracted artistic, scientific and political reinventions since they began almost 300 years ago. This is a fascinating new account of a 20th doctor trying to make sense of the case! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa2pwo5jc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3m5ceh3lu2k2kNorth American scholars come and work at Birmingham for a month. Deadline 15 November! #nacbs https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/college-of-arts-and-law/huntington-exchange-fellowship10 Nov 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ceh3lu2k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3ltjqbagwtk2eThank you @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social for a brilliant #SHSConf2025. Outstanding papers, ran like a well-oiled machine in a terrific venue. And I got to give the keynote in a swimming pool!09 Jul 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjqbagwtk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lteqkjmwyk2wKeynote written. On my way to the #SHSConf2025. Excited to hear so many great-looking papers. (And to eat Black Country fish n chips) [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2025 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lteqkjmwyk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lqc4acdqx22sModern History post @ Lancaster! https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG822/lecturer-in-modern-history-teaching-and-scholarship?uuid=56e7dd15-3c2f-11f0-b61c-027e9b1da9c1&campaign=jbe20250529&source=jbe29 May 2025 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqc4acdqx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lq5oseqbg22xLooking forward to being back at CECS York with this new work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5oseqbg22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lpr646izk22tOur article 'Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain' with @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out online and OA in the JBS @thenacbs.bsky.social. It's about older people and the body and shows them having fun (as well as coping with the challenges of old age). ‪ doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2024.18122 May 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpr646izk22thttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3loq2iqatpk2dOur 20th anniversary of c18th studies at Birmingham. Do join us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2025 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3loq2iqatpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3loq2gnjkmc2dI was delighted to be interviewed for this wonderful series on the history of the body. It was a great opportunity to think about how we do this sort of history. Thanks @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3loq2gnjkmc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lnnmx5ahjc2jOur transcribathon generated 122 submissions. Thank you! Your transcriptions will be used by researchers and school children, adults learners, older people and archive users who we work with in our engagement projects. Special thanks to @earlymodernemma.bsky.social for such a superb day! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnmx5ahjc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lnngbsbvr22cWe've reached over 100 submissions so far today! I'm stunned by this response. Thanks to our brilliant letter transcribers in Canada, Romania, Dubai, as well as closer to the @unibirmingham.bsky.social in Warwick, Sutton Coldfield and Edgbaston [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnngbsbvr22chttps://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lnmpvvmzsc23Very excited for our day-long transcribathon event today! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmpvvmzsc23https://bsky.app/profile/kharveyhistory.bsky.social/post/3lckkrr27oe2vHonoured to be the keynote for the SHS Annual Conference in July 2025! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:h3grwldohldxtdlm27fiuigb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckkrr27oe2v