"Why Machiavelli Matters Now". Join Stephen Bowd and Alexander Lee, in conversation with Brian Maxson, as they celebrate the publication their new book with friends, colleagues and well-wishers. 18 June 2026, 12:00EDT/17:00BST/18:00CEST #SRSlyGood #Skystorians rensoc.org.uk/announcement...

Delighted to be able to share a first teaching and research resource relating to The Firearm Revolution: a compilation of links to primary sources - visual, objects and translations of texts that I cite in the book #academia #earlymodern #skystorians

3 PhD fellowships are available on the Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy’ (TRAVEL) project, PI: @toffolosandra.bsky.social. 1 position at Padua (deadline: 20 May 2026), 1 at Trento (deadline: 26 May 2026), & 1 at Roma Tre (not yet open) #Skystorians rensoc.org.uk/announcement...

This month's blogpost is about a medieval Swedish woman who left her mark on English religious texts. How? 🤔 Arielle Jasiewicz-Gill explores: wp.me/p7o0HV-sT #History #ChurchHistory #SkyStorians

Against a backdrop of war in Europe and the Middle East, and fraying Anglo-American relations, Charles would do well to emulate the canny diplomacy of his predecessor. What King James can teach Charles III about diplomacy | @eloisedavies.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/wha...

The Hamilton School for Classical & Civic Education at the U. of Florida has hired various historians of political thought in recent years (some from Cambridge!) & is now on the hunt for more faculty members. Ads here explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... & here explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.

Important Caravaggio on its way to Florida, home of rare communicable diseases

#OTD 1752, Britain went to bed like usual. But when they awoke, it was ‘eleven days later’ on Thursday 14 September. Find out why...👇 @georgianlords.bsky.social

We’re hiring again @ufhamilton! 3 open-field humanities/social sciences 4 jobs in PPEL (All open rank) Do apply! 😎🐊 explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

You can now access a beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC). A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world. Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/

Beyond thrilled and honoured to see my book on the shortlist for this year's @royalhistsoc.org First Book Prize!!! Thanks to the prize panel for this recognition, and congrats to the other shortlisted authors

It’s publication day for Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England with Michael Joseph @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social! Pop by your local bookshop or order now - uk.bookshop.org/a/12264/9781...

There's still time to sign up for next week's graduate conference! See below for details ⬇️ intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...

📢 New Blog Or Rosenboim (@orrosenboim.bsky.social) explores 'Planetary Orders and Global Divisions in the Political Thought of Barbara Ward' intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/plan...

This year's Quentin Skinner Lecture will be delivered by Dr Max Skjönsberg. Date: 6 June 2025 Time: 11:00 – 18:30 Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP To register, please visit the following website: onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...

How exciting and well-deserved. @faisaldevji.bsky.social www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/beit...

It's officially out! As of Friday, my book is available to purchase and exists in the world. What a long and wonderful ride this has been and I'm thankful for all the support I've received along the way! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

A close reading of Caravaggio's "Calling of St. Matthew" #earlymodern #arthistory

Join us for the colloquium celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sylvana Tomaselli’s article ‘The Enlightenment Debate on Women’. Date: 28 April (Monday) Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College. See our website for further details: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...

Federico Zuccaro, Scenes from the Life of the Artist's Family, detail, 1579, Casa del Sarto-Zuccari, Florence #arthistory #earlymodern #renaissance

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴: 𝘈 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 by Edward Wilson-Lee finds in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola a case for the Rennaissance as a triumph not of individuality but of universal experience. ✍️ Eloise Davies reviews the recent book www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

Thrilled that the @lrb.co.uk published Alexander Bevilacqua's wonderful review of my book on The Discovery of #Ottoman Greece www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #earlymodern #skystorians

I’ll be launching my book The Limits of Erudition in Cambridge on 2 May 2025 with Simon Ditchfield. All very much welcome, whether in person or online! For further details see the poster attached and register for Zoom here: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series... #earlymodern

Listen Now 📻🎤 'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social Plus an Easter thread! tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy

Great to see these translations out and now online - not least as I was lucky enough to take an intellectually formative class on embryonic versions of these back as a 1st year undergrad.

New Cambridge blue text now out 🔔: George Garnett and Magnus Ryan’s edition & translations of Bartolus of Sassoferrato’s political tracts @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @oxfordcih.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...