Many medievalists and early modernists have fond memories of the Keele Palaeography Summer School - it lives on! Now in the convenient location of central Birmingham, organised with help from @ies-sas.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social Booking open now! palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Olin mukana Förfalskarna-Väärentäjät-hankkeessa @utu.fi, nyt olemme julkaisseet hankkeessa kootun Falsarium-tietokannan 1800-luvun alun Suomessa tehdyistä asiakirja- ja rahaväärennysrikoksista. Kirjoitimme tietokannasta Lastuja Suomen historiasta blogiin: blogit.utu.fi/suomenhistor...

A new Rembrandt discovered! Vision of Zacharias in the Temple (1633) has just been confirmed as an authentic work by the young Rembrandt.  The painting will be on display at the Rijksmuseum from March 4. 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/themes/rembrandt/story/a-new-rembrandt-discovered

Brontësaurus. Ink & gouache on Strathmore grey toned paper, 151 x 147mm, 2014. Because this seems to be doing the rounds again elsewhere. Perhaps the only piece of mine to have gone mildly viral, shunted uncredited like an orphan from workhouse to workhouse across the Internet over the years. 🤓

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

Maggie O’Farrellin Hamnet oli koskettava teos. Siinä oli historialliselle romaanille tyypillisiä julmia ja väkivaltaisia tyyppejä, mutta myös monisyisempiä hahmoja, joista pidin kovin. Erityisesti arvostin sitä, miten O’Farrell kuvasi lasten menettämistä ja elämän jatkumista sen jälkeen 📚

Interior of a Peasant Hut https://botfrens.com/collections/216/contents/1004970

CFP for @esshc.bsky.social 2027 in Lyon is open 🎉 For the Women & Gender Network, the theme will be women as peacekeepers and peacebuilders. You can find more info here: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en/women-and... We invite suggestions for panels, roundtables or individual papers

A putto blowing soap bubbles, sitting on a type case full of type, and the letters in the bubbles read as: VANITAS (vanity). A beautiful reflection of human writing and publishing, #skystorians 1/2

Liity jäseneksi Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkostoon! Mukaan ovat tervetulleita kaikki uuden ajan alkua tutkivat, aikakaudesta kiinnostuneet tai siitä opinnäytetöitä valmistelevat henkilöt alasta riippumatta. Liittymislomake löytyy verkoston nettisivulta. www.uudenajanalku.fi/2026/02/27/l...

A 🧵 of 4-legged animals in sixteenth-century prints, including 🦊 🐕 🦒 🐈‍⬛ and a 🦄 . #skystorians

Still Life with Flowers and a Watch https://botfrens.com/collections/216/contents/1005407

New issue Daphnis: Journal of German Literature and Culture of the Early Modern Period (1400-1750) Literarische Katastrophendiskurse zwischen Mittelalter und früher Neuzeit brill.com/view/journal... @themhra.bsky.social @thegsa.bsky.social @cas-umn.bsky.social @dgb-mem.bsky.social

#skystorians A rare permanent job at Warwick - Assistant Prof in Early Modern British History www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO295/a...

Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

Sain juuri luettua Ulla-Lena Lundbergin teoksen Jää ja se oli hieno! Kaikki suosittelijat olivat täysin oikeassa: monisyinen ja koskettava tarina. Koin myös sielun sisaruutta pastorskaan, joka marttana hyöri menemään niin, että muiden oli parempi ymmärtää pysyä poissa jaloista #kirjataivas 📚

Call for papers - growing up in the early modern world!

Jen’s response to winter is to wear big boots and keep on stomping.

Auraican uusin numero on julkaistu ja se on avoimesti luettavissa journal.fi/aur Julkaisemme kolme vertaisarvioitua artikkelia, yhden muun artikkelin, kirja-arvion ja lectio praecursorian. Linkit ja esittelyt kustakin tekstistä 🧵 Mukavia lukuhetkiä!

WTF did I just see?

Ilahduttavia uutisia 😊☀️ yle.fi/a/74-20208514

Inspired by the #BSECS2026 talk on the fabulous "Three Thousand Dishes on a Georgian Table, 1788-1813" data compiled by @historybeagle.bsky.social and team, I pulled together this website: threethousanddishes.hubers.org.uk It is such a fun dataset to explore! @bsecs.bsky.social #c18th #foodhistory

My new article, 'Selling Education in England, 1650-1715' is now out (open access) in the English Historical Review! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Jos et tiedä mikä sinusta tulee isona, älä huoli. Ei tarvitsekaan. Mutta koulutus on ihmisoikeus. Sen pitää olla mahdollista kaikille, kaikkina aikoina ja kaikista lähtökohdista. Ja siksikin vastustan hallituksen leikkauksia haikkapa kansanopistoilta. www.kansanopistot.fi/opiskelijata...

Back home from Ireland & Italy and tasting the teas I found on the way. Life of Brian from Wall & Keogh, Dublin works perfectly while trying to start working again at the (home) office 🫖

Dear history fans, what objects would you like to see in an exhibition on privateering & life at sea in the 18th century? Everyday objects, letters, navigational instruments, or something unexpected? It will also explore forced migration. I’d love to hear your thoughts #earlymodern #maritimehistory

Today was a day when we visited the Forum and San Pietro in Vincolo Basilica and saw the chains of St. Peter and Moses with small horns in his head by Michelangelo

This gesture means: I am reading, f*ck off.

We visited the Vatican Museums and the St. Peter’s Basilica today

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social reviews 'Kunskapens stora hus: Huvudlinjer i universitetets historia', by Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

‘The Tailor’ c 1570, by Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520-1578), Italian Mannerist painter of restrained, subtle portraits with silvery tonality, inspired by Titian & Lotto. The portrait, originally owned by the Venetian Grimani family, is probably of a woollen cloth merchant. National Gallery London

Today we visited Pantheon

2/2 Lady Anne Pope had her portrait painted in 1596 when pregnant w/ her 4th child, so other 3 would remember her if she died in childbirth. Good news: she didn't! Painted by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.

In the time of lemons started a course that I am teaching with @jennikuu.bsky.social in Rome. We and students from the @utu.fi will follow mediaeval and early modern Nordic people that travelled to Rome. Today we took part in ecumenical mass to celebrate Saint Henrik, the patron saint of 🇫🇮

Another from the vault: @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social chat with Sara Petrosillo about Hawking #Women: #Falconry, #Gender, and Control in #Medieval Literary Culture @ohiostatepress.bsky.social #skystorians #medievalist newbooksnetwork.com/hawking-women

"... Valitettavasti on kuitenkin vähän, mitä Traficomin mukaan voimme yhdysvaltalaiselle digijätille. Tiedämme jo, että Meta ei salli nykyään sellaisia maksullisia mainoksia, joissa mainitaan esimerkiksi sana "tasa-arvo". Tällainen mainos Liitolta hylättiin eston alla." 2/2

Somewhere in the sky between Dublin, Ireland, and Rome, Italy.

Petteri ja maailman pienin viulu. 🎻 Varmasti kaikki, joilta tämä hallitus on vienyt ihmisarvoisen elämän, symppaa sua nyt ihan täysillä.

Today it was time to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral and @marshslibrary.bsky.social

Spending this weekend in Dublin. Today I visited Trinity College’s old library and saw also a glimpse of the Book of Kells

Just a regular fox taking an #earlymodern Uber. Nothing to see here. #skystorians

This was an excellent conference! I was really happy to take part and talk about how swedish university consistory courts handled conflicts between professors. Also, it was lovely to learn to know and meet other scholars doing mediaeval and #EarlyModern university history ✨

This morning, somewhere in the sky between Helsinki, Finland, and Limerick, Ireland

This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com

Lauantaina spostiin oli kilahtanut erinomaisen kiinnostava kysymys: tietäisinkö lähdettä, jossa kerrottaisiin Turun kuninkaallisen akatemian konsistorin langettamista kuolemantuomioista - ja tokihan tiesin! Oli ilo olla avuksi ja @mikaelniku.bsky.social teki teemasta hienon ja informatiivisen 🧵

Quadrille was a popular card game in the 18th century. Jane Austen makes references to Quadrille being played by Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and her guests in her novel Pride and Prejudice.

If you ever wondered what biochemical traces of past users of medical recipes may tell us about early modern haircare, see @uk.theconversation.com's discussion of our @historians.org article: doi.org/10.64628/AB.... Research supported by @thejohnrylands.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.social

A man travelling within the lines of a text printed in 1621. Enjoy this short 🧵 for #skystorians and friends of news flows.