Emma Levitt

Mum of two little Tudor redheads 👩🏻‍🦰 + one noble steed Pal 🐶 Jousting and Tudor expert at heart 🐎🏰

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

It has been a career highlight to appear on @channel5_tv new documentary ‘Henry VIII: Man, Monarch, Monster’ tonight! I’m proud to discuss Henry’s reign in my regional dialect, to a public audience outside of academia. It’s been a decade of research, so far and I still love it.

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just published Footnotes to a History Thesis https://t.co/Ler759L0FT the final entry Blog 8: Returning to the Lists explores life after the PhD podcasts, invited talks @MOLEvents, a Henry VIII documentary @channel5_tv and rediscovering my passion for history #AcademicTwitter

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just published Footnotes to a History Thesis https://t.co/zQTNvOhU05 Footnote 7: Survival My most honest blog yet: surviving my PhD anxiety, guilt, obsession, and isolation. It’s raw, personal, and about mental health #PhDLife #MentalHealth #SurvivingThePhD

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I’ve now completed the first 6 posts in my series Footnotes to a History Thesis:
1 - Conferences
2 - The Elite Crowd
3 - Archives
4 - Impact
5 - Teaching
6 - Publishing
If you’d like to explore the journey, the full set is now live on Medium!
https://t.co/SDZzRAvKFe

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just published Footnotes to a History Thesis, Footnote 6: Publishing Beyond the Thesis https://t.co/H6SZOZ5rwY A reflection on revisiting my published chapters, the challenges of writing beyond the thesis, and the ambition that still remains. #History #PhDLife #AcademicWriting

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just published Footnotes to a History Thesis, Footnote 6: Publishing Beyond the Thesis https://t.co/H6SZOZ5rwY A reflection on revisiting my published chapters, the challenges of writing beyond the thesis, and the ambition that still remains. #History #PhDLife #AcademicWriting

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just published Footnotes to a History Thesis https://t.co/kXRDl42vFm Footnote 5: In the Classroom is live. From lecture theatres and seminars @hudhistory @HuddersfieldUni marking marathons and stepping away from academia, this is the most relatable blog in my series #PhDlife

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

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Footnote 4 reflects on impact. Early in my PhD, research into surviving jousting score cheques cheques led to public talks, media coverage and recognition I hadn’t anticipated #twitter historians @HistoryToday @BBCHistoryMag @rsociety_iii

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

https://t.co/dkWZnO9g7y Footnote 3 reflects on the reality and thrill of working with original manuscripts from the reign of Henry VIII. Making every minute in the archive count #twitterhistorians #AcademicTwitter @britishlibrary @UkNatArchives @collegeofarms

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

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Footnote 2 of my PhD blog series reflects on hierarchy, competition, and what it felt like to step into the elite crowd whilst researching masculinity at the court of Henry VIII #twitterhistorians #AcademicTwitter @IanJamesFM @sixteenthCgirl

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

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In Footnote 1 of my PhD blog series, I reflect on entering the lists as a first generation student presenting research on masculinity and jousting at the court of Henry VIII #twitterhistorians #AcademicTwitter
@HuddersfieldUni @mhmhudds @HistoryatHud

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just published Footnotes to a History Thesis now on Footnote 4: Impact. The word every PhD student hears constantly. I reflect on finding originality in the tiltyard and how jousting score cheques reshaped how we see Henry VIIII. https://t.co/H2ZoH5FsPd #twitterhistorians

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just posted Blog 3 in my Footnotes to a History Thesis series: Among the Archives.

This is the third post in the series - if you’ve missed the earlier blogs:
Blog 1 - Academic Conferences
Blog 2 - The Elite Crowd https://t.co/iJdJyb0oDk
#AcademicTwitter #BlogSeries

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I just published Footnote 2: The Elite Crowd https://t.co/zFQM37lnWr
The Elite Crowd looks at prestige, recognition, and competition in academia who gets to watch, who gets validated, and what it feels like to be briefly invited into elite spaces #AcademicTwitter

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

I’ve started a blog series reflecting on my PhD in medieval history, beginning with academic conferences, performance, and belonging.
Footnotes to a History Thesis. Footnote 1: Academic Conferences.
Writing this felt cathartic, and it’s a quick read. https://t.co/SDZzRAvKFe

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

Returned to now “X” to say that A Knights Tale is the best musical I have seen in a long time! It’s definitely brought me out of a long motherhood sabbatical and encouraged me to dust off that PhD thesis and to get writing again watch this space @aknightsmusical @PalaceAndOpera

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

Special Bank Holiday being able to visit the @Royal_Armouries Tournament Gallery with my two year old after a decade of research on Henry VIII’s jousting career. We also enjoyed the Annual Jousting Tournament especially the “neighs” entering into the tilt yard #jousting

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

@GabbyStorey Oh really, interesting! I didn’t know you could do that actually I couldn’t afford to go this year 😢 If you see any live action combat take a sneaky video for me!

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

@GabbyStorey @jo_strong_ Whoop! I’m glad to see “Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain on display” that’s both my chapters on display! Now just need to get my brain into gear and get working on the next one! Let me know if you hear any jousting papers!!? Haha.

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

Sad news as a former BA, MA, PhD student @HistoryatHud if it wasn’t for my mentor @profkjlewis supervising me the invites for talks, publications, TV & podcasts wouldn’t have come. Gutted they pulled a 0.6 lecture post I spent hours over a couple of months ago after the deadline.

[Barry Michael Doyle @profbarrydoyle]

The redundancies have been picked up by @yorkshirepost Thanks for amplifying and for highlighting the fact that @HistoryatHud are 13th in the @GuardianEdu league table. You might also have noted @HuddUniEnglish achieved almost 50% 4* research in the REF https://t.co/7Gwjjkfd6Y

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

@ScarlettPioneer Yes, Bridlington born and bred! Thanks so much for getting in touch I’m glad you enjoyed it. It was a great series to be a part of and my first time doing anything like this on TV, so hopefully there will be other opportunities in the future.

[Emma Levitt @EVLevitt]

It has been a career highlight to appear on @channel5_tv new documentary ‘Henry VIII: Man, Monarch, Monster’ tonight! I’m proud to discuss Henry’s reign in my regional dialect, to a public audience outside of academia. It’s been a decade of research, so far and I still love it.