#publichumanities #childrenslit #SelmaLagerlöf My adaptation of one of Selma Lagerlöf’s beloved novels in English translation has just been published. Read it for free here: www.booktime.org/en/books/435...

En unas semanas, tendré el placer de participar en las VI Jornadas de Historia de la edición: circuitos y redes del libro en el mundo Atlántico y el Pacífico (Barcelona, 3-5 de diciembre de 2025). #historiadelaedición #circuitosyredes #mundoatlánticoypacífico #mujeresletradas

The decision to suspend MFL departments, in particular, across the UK is absolute madness. #letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered www.bbc.com/news/article...

The symposium starts today! #earlymodern #learnedcommmunities

Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women

#talks Delighted to be entering my busiest time of the year, with three confirmed talks so far. Here is the third one at @WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...

#publicationday #childrenslit A new book from my philosophy series for kids, #littlebooksaboutbigthinkers, is out today, this time on #Plato. Do check it out for free via Booktime-The Reading App! booktime.org/en/books/350...

The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May. newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...

#cfp I have received some fabulous news about an upcoming conference on the history of publishing, organised by the Universitat de Barcelona. The deadline for paper abstracts is 30 May 2025. Do consider submitting one! #publishinghistory #internationalnetworks

#cfp #internationalpublishingnetworks Me llegan noticias de estas fabulosas jornadas sobre la #historiadelaedición, organizadas por la Universitat de Barcelona. La fecha límite para enviar propuestas es el 30 de mayo. ¡Anímense a participar!

What a fantastic opportunity! 👇Cambridge University Library and University of Leeds. 'The Hidden Gender of Collections: #Women and the #Curation of #Scientific #Heritage'. Start date: 1 October 2025 Application Deadline: 30 April 2025. www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition

[Call for Papers] ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London #callforpapers #earlymodernlibrary www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Maravillosa noticia. ¡Bravo al equipo interdisciplinar de la Universidad de Bergen! #historiaintelectual #contribucionesfemeninas www.muyinteresante.com/historia/muj...

C.S. Lewis in 1959. Some advice never gets old. #writingadvice

#publicationday My latest adaptations of world classics are now available for free, along many other children's books, via Booktime.org -- soon to appear also in Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish. Do check out the Booktime reading app! #Heidi #PeterPan #Pinocchio play.google.com/store/apps/d...

[CfP] WHN Annual Conference 2025 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #womenshistory #archives #libraries #museums #personalcollections

#onlineevent International Women's Day 2025 Lecture: Women in Early Modern Medicine [Online] | EGA Institute for Women's Health - UCL – University College London #earlymodern #women #medicaltexts www.ucl.ac.uk/womens-healt...

[CfP] Women’s Scientific Literatures: The Poetry and Poetics of Early Modern Natural Philosophy. Deadline: 3 March 2025. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/... #earlymodern #poetics #femaleauthorship #naturalphilosophy

#callforpapers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference, to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025. sammelband.hypotheses.org/2267

Hot Publishing Take: You can write an A+ book, but unless it gets huge publisher support or gets randomly lucky, it won't be seen as successful. Publisher support is a $ decision you can't impact; luck depends on viral social media/celebrity endorsement. All we can do is keep writing and hope.

I'm just a historian of the Spanish Inquisition, standing before other historians of early modern Europe, begging you to recognize Spain as part of Europe when you make your arguments about something being the first in Europe when Spain already had it for centuries.

#upcomingevent Talking Women and Creativity | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Job announcement for historians of #earlymodern Europe, including note that "scholars pursuing transnational projects and those that connect Europe to the wider world are encouraged to apply."

#CfP The deadline is in just two days. Anímense! #printinarchives

New article in the Times Higher by Charles Burdett @ilcs.bsky.social Wendy Ayres-Bennett, and myself @ucflangs.bsky.social on the new lives of Modern Languages in HE and why the narrative of gloom and doom needs challenging. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/demise-...

A bluesky reminder that if you would like to contribute to the www.mmor.co.uk/blog series on "Sources for Medicine, Slavery, and Race-making in the #EarlyModern World", please reach out! We pay a modest sum of £250 and offer editorial feedback and advice.

Two postdocs in History of Philosophy: feministhistoryofphilosophy.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/t...

We are saddened to learn of the death of the inimitable Natalie Zemon Davis www.rensoc.org.uk/natalie-zemo...

Did I mention that applications for our Visiting Fellowships @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social are open for the 2024-25 academic year? bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowship…

That's a week to go...

AcademicSky pls help. My feed for Historia Indiana was giving an error on the RegEx block. I have tried removing some terms, hashtags, nothing works. If I use any of the following words it gives me errors, any ideas why? HistoriaIndiana|HispanoamericaColonial|Nueva Espana|NuevaEspana|Novohispanos

Yesterday, I went to see Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote at The Royal Opera House. Truly impressive and delightful, even if loosely based on Cervantes's masterpiece. #DonQuixote #ballet #CarlosAcosta #RoyalOperaHouse #belatedbirthdaypresent N.B. I got the photo from here: www.flickr.com/photos/dance...

Hello! I joined yesterday, thanks to the kindness of @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social. Happy to (re)connect to fellow early modernists, especially those working on questions of authorship, publication, and gender. Comparatists most welcome!

📣 Oxford Political Thought Seminar | Fri 13 Oct - 17.00 | All Souls | Melissa Lane (Princeton): Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political. Drinks reception afterwards 🥂 intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/meliss...