Overheard in the Eurostar today: ‘Any allergies?’ ‘I’m allergic to shellfish’. ‘It’s chicken …’ ‘Then that’s fine’.

Call for Papers – Scholars’ Day Beyond the Exception: Reframing Judith Leyster (Haarlem, May 10, 2027) www.codart.nl/conferences/... #JudithLeyster #womenartists @hnanews.bsky.social #artherstory

For centuries Queen Elizabeth I has been portrayed as prone to 'feminine' bouts of irrationality & rage. The emotional outbursts in her letters were a political strategy designed by Sir Francis Walsingham. Walsingham encouraged the queen to feign a hissy fit!

For centuries Queen Elizabeth I has been portrayed as prone to 'feminine' bouts of irrationality & rage. The emotional outbursts in her letters were a political strategy designed by Sir Francis Walsingham. Walsingham encouraged the queen to feign a hissy fit!

I’m SO proud of Dr @clodaghmurphy.bsky.social who was awarded her doctorate cum laude for her exceptional dissertation on Queen Elizabeth I. The @unileiden.bsky.social newsletter now shares some of her remarkable discoveries from our ERC Consolidator project #FEATHERS Congratulations! bit.ly/4fkiMPo

new romantasy dedicated bookshop is opening in Oxford today and 10/10, no notes

Wat goed zeg! Geven een boodschap mee. De tijd schreeuwt erom. - Blijf vragen stellen over informatie die je krijgt - #actueel #dubbelcheck #watiswat #AI

I agree with all the takes about an attack on the humanities being an attack on critical thinking, &c. It’s also about joy, though. ‘Why bother studying that’ is always also a sneer at — why do you think you should get to do something you enjoy? Grow up and be miserable all the time!

@gordondarroch.bsky.social Hi Gordon, I have sent sth interesting to your gmail address if that’s still active. If not, email me

Grim to see it all together in one thread like this. All that expertise & opportunity for education that's being lost for the sake of meeting annual accounting targets 💔 Do write to your MPs to get them to realise the risks of inaction on #UKHE. (suggested template: docs.google.com/document/d/e...)

Important knowledge:

“Capivard, ou cochon d’Eau au Pied d’un Bananier” ("Capybara, or Water Pig, at the Foot of a Banana Tree"), from François Froger, Relation d’un voyage fait en 1695, 1696, et 1697 aux côtes d’Afrique, détroit de Magellan, Brésil.. (Paris, 1698), p. 123 #capivara #brasil #earlymodern

everyone with an English degree rn: WELL, WELL, WELL,

Vijfdegeneratieuniversiteit? Dat betekent vast niet wat mijn hoofd er meteen van maakt (een universiteit speciaal voor vijfdegeneratie-studenten) maar wat het dan wél betekent wil ik denk ik ook niet weten.

Heartbroken to hear that the great Italian (micro)historian Carlo Ginzburg died a few days ago in Bologna. He was one of the most masterful storytellers and historians I have ever read. May we all reread his magnum opus this week and consider that there is no history too small to be remembered. 🧀 🪱

With an American connection too, for the pendant describes Elizabeth as queen of Virginia. The reverse, with what may be a Boleyn falcon, is interesting too. A wonderful and unusual use of amber (Yours perhaps for a cool $250,000 or more).

Historische sensatie! In 2023 stuitte ik op een volstrekt onbekend schilderij. Het bleek te gaan om een voorstelling van de Staten-Generaal en een verbeelding van het ontstaan van Nederland als soevereine staat. Lees nu het volledige verhaal in Early Modern Low Countries. doi.org/10.51750/eml...

Excellent couple of days at #clioreframed talking about women and historical writing. Thanks @amylidster.bsky.social for organising to my fellow presenters for great papers and chat @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social @leahknight.bsky.social @disfordiscourse.bsky.social amongst many others

Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.

Thanks, Steve...

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING IMMEDIATELY AND LOOK AT THIS DOG

Ik ben maar even in de pen geklommen met gewaardeerde collega David Henley (hoogleraar Modern Indonesië) om onze mening te geven over het universitaire huisvestingsbeleid en hoe dat schuurt met goed werkgeverschap en zo. En hoe contraproductief het is. www.mareonline.nl/opinie/geach...

The government is advertising for academics to work on policy advice across 27 different areas but reckon historical research is only relevant to one of them.

I couldn’t think of a lazier thing than not to do your citations manually. It’s one of the most simple jobs in the world. Jesus Christ what the hell do you need someone to help you chew your food? Insert a footnote and type the words ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE YOU LAZY BASTARDS

Oxford, reflected 🌧️ 📷 Instagram | UmairAtOxford (Photos taken earlier this week)

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In mijn mand herlezen Is het mijn sterfdag? Vergeet engelen en psalmen Ik wil het vanille van een oud boek Ik wil een koud flesje bier en ik wil jou, nog één keer 💔 Lieke Marsman

Still need an excuse to preorder my next book? Enter the code “GLR AT8” to get 35% off via the @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social website!! See links in my bio 😊 #earlymodern #17thc #18thc

I'm obsessed with this 18th Century signature. Look at it. Ridiculous. (I'm still not 100% sure, but I think it says Sam Wilding)

Otherworldly caterpillar in the garden this morning

The naughty mermaid #Adderbury

Closing soon! 👇🤩

Closing soon! 👇🤩

We are profoundly saddened to share that our Honorary President, Maureen Duffy, has passed away. Maureen was extraordinary: a novelist, poet, playwright and critic of incredible range, and one of the founding figures of ALCS. Learn more about her legacy and impact: https://ow.ly/yHWs50Z52Ye

Voor een verhaal in Mare ben ik op zoek naar ouders (liefst in/nabij Zuid-Holland) die kinderen van middelbare schoolleeftijd hebben die bijles volgen. Wie kent zo iemand die een paar simpele vragen zou willen beantwoorden? RT is lief

Sshh 🤫 ... I might be following a coded paper trail; there's nothing more delightful on a Sunday morning! My sojourn in the world of Elizabethan espionage made me want to repost this review of my latest book #Spycraft co-written with @elegantfowl.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/reviews/insi...

Can’t wait to read this 🤩

I’m evolved enough to understand it’s shit and we don’t want it because it’s shit

If you have yet to get your hands on a copy of Spycraft, now is as good a time as you're likely to see ...

Tab hoarding is leading to stress and information overload, and distraction, since the Middle Ages. #tabhoarding

This should be of great interest to all the #17thCentury / #EarlyModern #Skystorians out there... @earlymodhistory.bsky.social @emwjournal.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @englishcivilwar.bsky.social @1642author.bsky.social @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social @misswalsingham.bsky.social 📚 🗃

'Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750 opened this month at the the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts (MSK), after an earlier run in Washington DC. The exhibition seeks to restore women to one of the most feted periods of art history'.

Painting herself into art history: Judith Leyster's Self-Portrait (c. 1630, National Gallery of Art, Washington), now to be seen in the Unforgettable exhibition of Dutch & Flemish women artists at the MSK in Ghent. Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/04/gone...

Last chance to rediscover the great work of dozens of 17th- & 18th-century Dutch and Flemish women artists at the MSK in Ghent: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/04/gone.... Closes May 31. Pictured: Clara Peeters, Still Life with Cheeses and Crayfish, c. 1612-21, Private collection.

Delivering a paper on Louise Hollandine in Ghent tomorrow www.codart.nl/guide/agenda...

Do copies of such metal racked human eyes made for teaching anatomy survive somewhere in museums? #skystorians

Heron Encircled by a Snake, with a Worm in his Bill, c. 1701-10, by #DorotheaMariaGsell (#DorotheaMariaHenrietteGsell, #DorotheaGraff; German, 1678-1743), who was born #otd, May 13. Held by The Morgan Library & Museum, www.themorgan.org/drawings/ite... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

Daily Hortus stroll

A grebe riding on its parent’s back for protection. So cute.

Looking into 18th-century mermaids, as you do on a Saturday ... www.britishmuseum.org/collection/i...