It's almost here! So looking forward to this being out in the world

We have ranked 85th in the QS World University Rankings 2027! Professor Karen O’Brien, our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, said: “To rise nine places to 85th in the QS World University Rankings is a tremendous achievement, in an outstanding year.” www.durham.ac.uk/discover/qs-world-university-rankings/

Publishing this month ➡️ Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age by Elise Watson reveals the hidden world of ephemeral Catholic print in the so-called Dutch Golden Age. Pre-order: buff.ly/Q25qoNR @ewatson.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social

Published this month, the 6th volume in the series! Order 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' by @ewatson.bsky.social here and get 35% off using the code BB897: boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a... #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism

CCS PhD researchers @maddyphillipps.bsky.social and @jonchant.bsky.social are talking at the York Catholic History Day on 6 June about book networks in the Bar Convent library and the library of the English College at Lisbon #skystorians #history #bookhistory #catholicism #CathHist

For the whole of May, get 40% off the fifth volume in the series, Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688 by @creutcke.bsky.social using the code HISTORY40 here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi... #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism

Less than a month until booking closes for the Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference! Plenary speakers include Liam Chambers, Freddy Domínguez and @jaimelgoodrich.bsky.social #skystorians #EMHistory #nuntastic #history #Catholicism

Congratulations to former @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social PhD researcher Scholastica Jacob, who has published a book based on her @durhamtheology.bsky.social thesis about the return of Benedictine nuns to England after the French Revolution. #skystorians #CathHist #history #nuntastic #catholicism

There is currently 60% off the series' first three volumes in @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social's spring hardback sale! #skystorians #CathHist #history #nuntastic #catholicism Details here: boydellandbrewer.com/sale/?yith_w...

To celebrate the publication of my new book, my latest Youtube video explores what it was like researching in the Vatican Archives while writing it! youtu.be/fQn-37zpUes @durhamtheology.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social #skystorians #skyhistory #youtube #vatican #catholicism #history

Two weeks today, on 10 April @durhamtheology.bsky.social’s James Kelly will be talking at the Ó Cléirigh seminar in UCD Belfield on 'Fighting for the Future: the survival and revival of English religious orders in 17thC Europe'. #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

Amazing news that @durhamtheology.bsky.social has been ranked 4th in the world in the latest QS World University Rankings. Durham overall achieved its strongest-ever performance!

We are thrilled to announce that the Department of Theology and Religion has been ranked 4th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 🎉🎉 This ranking is recognition of the extraordinary quality and global impact of the Department’s research and teaching. 1/3

We are delighted to announce that booking is now open for the fifth Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference - details and a draft programme can be found here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #skystorians #EMHistory #nuntastic #recusantsbaby #history #Catholicism

'Hammond’s meticulous study uncovers the important role that the northern nobles played in trying to change the course of religious and political affairs'. Review by @eilishgregory.bsky.social in @northernhistory.bsky.social of the third volume in the series. #history #skystorians #CathHist

Save 35% on my new Bloomsbury book "Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022" by using the below code at checkout! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #history #skyhistory #capuchins #catholicism #catholic #StFrancis800 #franciscan

‘Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022' by @durhamtheology.bsky.social’s @liamtemple.bsky.social is out now! Order here and save 30%: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

"Radical Poverty" is finally out in the world! Drawing on four years of research and partnership with the Capuchin Franciscans, the book adds a new layer to our understanding of the history of Catholicism. More details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Congratulations to the newly-minted Dr Helen Knight on defending her @durhamtheology.bsky.social thesis, 'Forgotten leaders - English and Irish women religious and the development of secondary education for all Catholic girls in the opening decades of the 20thC' #skystorians #nuntastic #catholicism

New video from me on Br Lawrence of the Resurrection, a seventeenth century mystical writer that Pope Leo has stated is one of his personal favourites. URL: youtu.be/2oJF1Qxr0Go #youtube #cathhist #history #Catholicism #LeoXIV #mysticism #skystorians #skyhistory

Did you know we hold the UK’s first academic chair dedicated specifically to #Catholic history? Dr James Kelly @durhamtheology.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social holds the Clare and Hawley Chair - indicative of our ground-breaking research into the history of #Catholicism 👉 bit.ly/4amN7cq

Coming to your library shelves this summer!

Delighted to announce the 6th volume in the series will be published in June! Click here for details about the forthcoming 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' by @ewatson.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a... #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism

New from James Kelly in the latest issue of The Historical Journal: 'Women’s Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

James Kelly's article 'Women’s Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800' has been published in the latest issue of @historicaljnl.bsky.social #nuntastic #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism Read it open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New Year, new book from the IMEMS Press! 📖 @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Chelsea Reutke's 'Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688' reconstructs the various networks that sustained the production and circulation of Catholic texts. 📲Order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi...

- James Kelly, 'Women’s Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800', The Historical Journal. Read here: 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S001...

Are you an author of a new #history book published in 2025? Consider applying for our #BookPrize! The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026. ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr...

Just one week left to submit papers for the 5th Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference! Proposals are welcome from researchers at all career stages working on the 16th to the late 18th century #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism #nuntastic

Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688 by @creutcke.bsky.social is the fifth volume in the series and is out now! #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism

The CCS’ James Kelly and CCS honorary professor @jdmccafferty.bsky.social have just been announced as winners of the 2025 Trisco-Minnich Prize by @achahistory.bsky.social for their work as general editors of the Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism! #skystorians #catholicism #history

⏰Deadline: 21 January 2026 📢CfP : Fifth Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism Conference (EMBIC V) 📆26 June-1 July 2026 | 🌍University of Notre Dame (London) 🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #CallforPaper #EarlyModern

The fifth volume in the series, 'Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688' by @creutcke.bsky.social is out this month - and with 35% off using the code BB897 in the link below! #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism

Nativity Scene, from Giulio Aleni, "Illustrated Life of the Lord of Heaven", 天主降生出像經解, Fuzhou, 1637

The CfP for the 5th Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference is now live! Taking place in London 29 June-1 July 2026, proposals are welcome from researchers at all career stages. For details: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #skystorians #nuntastic #history #cathhist #catholicism

8 Dec 1622: Jerome Porter #Benedictine hagiographer professed at St. Edmund's #Paris #otd (eebo) - a 17th century proponent of a Saintly Common Travel Area.

Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting! Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'. Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory

So grateful for another pre-publication review of 'Radical Poverty', this time by Susan O'Brien. The book is due out with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in Feb 2026, more info here: bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #cathhist #skystorians #catholicism #capuchins #franciscanstudies #catholichistory

Back in the library (1640s) & thinking about how amazing it was that Luke Wadding started the Irish house here in 1625 & brought out the first of the 8 chunky volumes of his Annales Minorum in the very same year.

Another review of the second volume in the series: 'The book is clear and well-written ... a must-have book for all specialized libraries in theology and the history of Christianity'. (The Catholic Historical Review) #history #skystorians #jesuits #CathHist #catholicism

Thank you to Museum Plantin-Moretus, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Utrecht University, and Northumbria University for organising such a wonderful conference!

CCS and @durhamtheology.bsky.social PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social recently spoke on early modern English Catholic women and the use of missionary texts at the 'Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade' conference in Antwerp #skystorians #bookhistory #catholicism

The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland Annual Conference on 'O'Connell and his Legacy' takes place on Saturday 22 November 2025 at the St Patrick's campus @dublincityuni.bsky.social To book see www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...

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/

sisters who came before them and who shared their wonderful memories with me. I have also had the honour to present my research at various conferences and locations, including at @catholicrs.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social and to the LCM communities in Sydney and Christchurch. 11/

Editorial Assistant British Catholic History invites expressions of interest for the new role of 'Editorial Assistant' by 17 November 2025 by 5pm. For more details www.crs.org.uk/editorial-as... ​

To mark the annual @16csociety.bsky.social conference, there is 50% off and free shipping on all the books so far published in the series. Enter the code BB151 here: boydellandbrewer.com/books/series... #skystorians #Jesuits #nuntastic #Inquisition @imems.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

James Kelly of @durhamtheology.bsky.social recently appeared on the Gospel Simplicity YouTube channel to talk about his new book, The Catholic Reformation: A Very Short Introduction. You can watch it here: youtu.be/5Y0QQKBYMqc?... #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

'Conedera has provided us with a highly useful resource ... appropriate both for the expert ... and for those who wish to know more about Catholic biblical interpretation'. Review in Journal of Jesuit Studies of the second volume in the series #history #skystorians #jesuits

Dr James Kelly @durhamtheology.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Clare and Hawley Chair in the History of Catholicism - the first in the UK dedicated specifically to Catholic history 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...