I’ve organised a panel at the @rsaorg conference in Boston on the Visual and Material Cultures of Air in Early Modern Courts...🧵

We are looking for speakers for the Monash Medieval and Renaissance Seminar series. If you would like to join our mailing list to attend the seminars, please get in touch! (We will be alternating between European, American and Australian timezones) @monashcmrs.bsky.social

*VERY EXCITING VACANCY* Join our team behind the superb Renaissance Studies as editor -- guided expertly by Wiley. Ability to combust into flames and shrug it off not a requirement. #EarlyModern excitement is Deadline: 31 Jan 2025 All info: rensoc.org.uk/vacancy-edit...

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

I've made a starter pack for if you want great quality posts about medieval history. Let me know who else to add! go.bsky.app/Eo1HyLT

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

Looking forward to seeing this just-opened exhibition this week!

Ever wondered what plague smelled like? Probably not but I wrote an entry on it for the Encyclopedia of Smell History and Heritage! Masterminded by @willtullett.bsky.social this is your go-to resource for the history of olfaction. #historysmells encyclopedia.odeuropa.eu/items/show/2...

Henri Matisse Reading Woman in Violet Dress, 1898 #art

Mothers, teach your daughters about Judith beheading Holofernes. #themoreyouknow