Switching off for the next two weeks after a very busy year of travelling, writing, publishing and presenting research papers. While the future is uncertain, especially with the current employment situation, I am looking forward to what 2026 may hopefully bring me.

Can someone with access to Oxford Academic please obtain this article for me, please? DO A GOOD DEED THIS CHRISTMAS. academic.oup.com/histres/arti...

I have a new article in the Journal of Early Modern History about the Jesuits and their role as agents of the Inquisition in Angola. It is now available as an advance article: brill.com/view/journal...

My article, ‘Visualizing the executions of British queens in early modern Europe‘, has been published in “Historical Research” and can be read here: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

My next book, The Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens, has a cover!!! And a preorder link!! Yippee! www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-who...

Truly honoured to receive these endorsements for my forthcoming book from historians who I so admire & whose work has inspired my research @lauragowing.bsky.social @juliehardwick.bsky.social @susannah-lw.bsky.social To read more & pre-order @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social see the links in my bio!

Nice article by Georgia Vullinghs in the latest Proccedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on #Jacobite tokens #c18th #c18 #18thc @socantscot.bsky.social @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social

Amid the ongoing chaos of my home town having no safe water to drink for almost a week (irony not lost on anyone considering it is a spa town) I have been cracking on with book writing, book reviews and an abstract. Cannot wait to share more information in the future!

Our services will be affected between 8 and 12 December due to planned strike action at our St Pancras site. This includes an extension to our current collection access suspension. To check what’s impacted, please visit our website. bit.ly/StrikeAction...

Delighted that a copy of Nathan Hood’s first monograph arrived in the post today! Nathan’s work to date on emotions in early modern Scotland has been outstanding. I am sure this is going to be great too and I can’t wait to read it.

Was really lovely to see the LCM leaders in Tooting this morning to update them about the book on their pioneering history across the globe. More updates about the book in the near future!

Due to the funding we have received from the National Research Foundation of South Africa, we are delighted to be able to offer a limited number of fee waivers for online attendance on a first-come, first-served basis! This means that you can attend all our conference events ONLINE for FREE!

Delighted that my book Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660 is one of many illustrious works in @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Black Friday sale until 2 December. Get while you can! boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi...

Thinking of applying for Durham University's MA in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)? Click here to book onto a session to hear more about it! 👇🎓 durhamuni.eventsair.com/postgraduate...

Woke up to the news that my first article has cleared the reviewing stage and is going to be published next year!!!

#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.

You can read more in our new image gallery: Women’s Voices in the Rebellion Papers virtualtreasury.ie/image-galler...

Dr Daniel Cowling is Senior Historian at the National Army Museum. He is currently an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Historical Research. "Don't let's be beastly to the Germans, the British occupation of Germany, 1945-49" is his first book.

It has been a wonderful experience being in Montréal this past week for the NACBS conference. I have enjoyed my first time in Canada, from the Basilique de Notre Dame, the Bon Secours Chapel, Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum, to the Pointe a Carille, Musée des Hospitalières, 1/

Attention #NACBS2025: we have conference displays copies looking for a good home! If you're an #ECR stop by our stand anytime tomorrow morning to claim yours. @thenacbs.bsky.social #BritishStudies If you do miss out, you can still grab a bargain with conference code BB154: buff.ly/U9twdID

The Renaissance Society of America is partnering with the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) to offer five tuition scholarships (each for one week) to current RSA members who wish to attend the institute in 2026. Deadline November 19, 2025. www.rsa.org/general/cust...

Looking forward to reading this once I am back in the UK. Great opportunity to combine both my early modern and LCM work!

International Conference: Women and Music in the Iberian Courts (1600-1900) 7th and 8th May, 2026 Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026

Misha’s first monograph, The Virginia Venture: American Colonization and English Society, 1580-1660, was published in 2022. Her current research focuses on the role of women in the development of colonisation and racial slavery in seventeenth-century Barbados.

After a PhD in History at UCL, she took up posts at the University of Kent and the University of Manchester, and was a Curator for Inclusive History at Historic Royal Palaces between 2021and 2022.

... Since there’s a bit of time between now and our next event, we thought we would introduce some of the new convenors who have joined us this year! 🥳 We’ll be introducing one a week until our next event. Dr Emily Vine spoke at our most recent seminar. We'd now like to introduce Dr Misha Ewen!

Excited to start today in my new role as Collections and Archives Manager at @rialibrary.bsky.social! Looking forward to working with my colleagues and fun projects! 🤗📖🎉

Our extraordinary winter offer is live - get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage! Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in November Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25 Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ #booksale #universitypress

Just over a week to go until the first of our autumn online lecture series; 4 top historians on aspects of the 1600s, including a forgotten general, a dashing cavalier, slavery in 1600s art & Cromwell in the movies. Talks are recorded for ticket holders! cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw...

Fantastic @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with @witchykallestrup.bsky.social about The Construction of #Witchcraft in #EarlyModern #Denmark @routledgebooks.bsky.social #skystorians This is how you write a book and take an interview! #BookSky📚💙 newbooksnetwork.com/the-construc...

New podcast episode available, hosted by @susannah-lw.bsky.social who interviews Lorinda Cramer. They discuss Queen Charlotte's relationship with Britain's global empire, and the queen's deep interest in the flora and fauna of the colonies. see also: www.routledge.com/Queens-Queen...

1 Nov 1584: William Bedell the future Bishop of Kilmore & translator of the Old Testament to #Gaelic #Gaeilge admitted to Emmanuel College #Cambridge #otd

Honorary Research Fellow, Durham University and Convenor for Religious of Britain, 1500-1800 IHR Seminar. Early modern British historian. My publications include Catholics during the English Revolution t.co/x2ReoS7inS and Later Stuart Queens link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

oday marks my last day as the Little Company of Mary Research Associate at @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social. . It has been a three years that I will not forget. As a precarious early career researcher, I never thought that I would have the opportunity to be 1/

Do you have an essay that contribute to our understanding of Anglophone literature/history/culture,1660-1700 or explores how the Restoration impacts other periods, including our current moment? We encourage submissions from scholars at any career stage, with or without university affiliation.

Enjoying this free live online mapping course offered by the IHR in preparation for mapping the movement of my LCM sisters for book manuscript.

Bookpeople! Does anyone know where I can buy uncut printed sheets to teach basic imposition and format (rather than the DIY sheets I typically print off on 8.5x11)? The Rare Book School's bibliographic format kits appear to be out of stock.

📢CFP: Annual Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26! Our annual prize for Black UK-based history PhD students is now open for submissions! 📆Key dates: - Abstracts due on 28th November - Notifications on 19th December - 8000 word essay due on 27th Feb (1/3)

📢 Call for Contributions 📢 The Journal of British Studies seeks submissions for a special series of short essays to be published over the course of 2026 on the topic of “1776: Views from the British World.”

Very shortly, my current role ends: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or any freelance research work done please do drop me a message. I have over a decade's experience in teaching and in archival research.

CfP📢"Manuscript Practices and the Making of Exile Communities in the Early Modern Period", Institutes of Philosophy and History, Czech Academy of Sciences 📆15–16 April 2026 |🌍Prague ⏰Application deadline: 30 October 2025 #Earlymodern @czechacademy.bsky.social

What was a bear worth in Elizabethan England? Well, thanks to a deed held at The National Archives [TNA C 146/8581], we at least know a few specifics, like Nan, the old she bear, valued at 30s in 1590. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Just your periodic reminder that there is an early modern pub night once a month for PhDs and ECRs and anyone else who'd like to join in London. If you'd like to be added to the mailing list please DM me.

Very shortly, my current role ends: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or any freelance research work done please do drop me a message. I have over a decade's experience in teaching and in archival research.

Tonight, 9pm on BBC Scotland & Monday 20/10, 9pm on BBC Two: ‘The Secret Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots’. Featuring some lovely shots of @selwyn1882.bsky.social and a word or two from me about my friends George, Norbert and Satoshi’s phenomenal discovery. #StuartSaturday #earlymodern

A reminder that pg researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies in the UK are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award (valued up to £500) The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this #Romanticism www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

Rejection is one of the toughest parts about academia and this post provides some great guidance on how to deal with it (that I will start trying to follow myself). Here's a couple of thoughts that the post triggered, if those happen to be of interest:

A wonderful opportunity for an #EarlyModern scholar with an interest in knowledge, libraries, collecting or recordkeeping.... 🗃️

Arrived in Durham for final few days as research fellow.

Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026. Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v #Skystorians