Hear ye, hear ye! My book is in production! www.routledge.com/Unconventual...

Dear everyone, As per the post from the Bodleian librarian below, AI bots and scrapers are putting just about every website under great pressure, British History Online included. A lot of excellent tech staff are working hard to keep everything working, but outages and siruptions are inevitable.

Two historians on Spanish-speaking women in Early America

Delighted my collaboration with Industrial Museums Scotland @shacklington.bsky.social ‘Sniffers in Residence: Using Smell to Engage Intergenerational Audiences with Industrial Heritage' is one of the projects to be funded under this scheme! Look out for industrial smelly things from April onwards!

My article in the renewed Huntington Library Quarterly, with focus expanded to the global early modern, edited by @brettrushforth.bsky.social . An honor to be included in this wonderful issue! #earlymodern

20 February 1583: Ambassador Mendoza writes home about a picture sent from Flanders featuring the Netherlands depicted as a cow an early version of this 1630s painting. It features Philip II trying to control the cow, his spurs drawing blood; William of Orange milking it, a sign ... 1/ #earlymodern

Ein paar Plätze sind noch frei und noch nehme ich Anmeldungen entgegen: turns.hypotheses.org/2356

Dank der Gemälde von Sascha Schneider gilt mein erster Post hierzu noch nicht mal als jugendfrei. Man lernt nie aus 🤷. Zu sehen übrigens: Gefühl der Abhängigkeit (li), Lichtsieg (re), beide ca. 1920.

Liebe #skystorians: 🤫 so unter uns, noch 5mal schlafen, dann ist es schon so weit: meine Experimentierwerkstatt zu #Bias in der #Geschichte an der @univie.ac.at, organisiert am @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social und gefördert vom @fwf-at.bsky.social . Noch nehme ich Anmeldungen entgegen 🤗 (1/2)

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three! Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Open letter @arolsenarchives.bsky.social: Consistent Action Against AI-generated Holocaust Distortions on Social Media Platforms

Ein Friendly Reminder für alle #skystorians, die Lust und Zeit auf eine Experimentierwerkstatt zu #Bias und #Herrschaft haben. Bis zum 10.01.2026 habt ihr noch Zeit, eure Ideen bei mir einzureichen. Ich bin schon gespannt. Alle Infos findet ihr im Link:

Liebe #earlymodern #skystorians, kurz vor der Zeit zwischen den Jahren habe ich mir mit einer für Februar geplanten Experimentierwerkstatt zu #Bias und #Herrschaft ein kleines Geschenk an mich selbst gemacht. Frist des Calls 10.01.2026, alle Infos: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

www.derstandard.at/story/300000... Sie entwickelte eine bahnbrechende Methode der Teilchenphysik und machte Kernreaktionen sichtbar. In Wien erhielt sie nicht einmal eine bezahlte Stelle.

I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

OMG OMG OMG! Belgian universities ARE SPEAKING OUT! And brilliantly collectively. LOOK! hogeronderwijsinopstand.be Belgian unis are also facing drastic cuts that will change what universities are. It's so hopeful to see staff pulling together so thoughtfully. Let's protect what we know to matter.

And here's the essay part of that post. sharedhistoryproject.org/essay/few-ex...

We are excited to welcome @wedgie-bce.bsky.social on November 30th for our online speaker series! #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #witchcraft

Antonio Pérez de Aguilar, Artist's Cupboard, c. 1769 (Museo Nacional de Arte INBA, Mexico City)

I'm honored to have been invited to contribute to the "AGENART: La agencia artística de las mujeres de la Casa de Austria, 1532-1700" blog. Please do check out their website & all of the project's wonderful scholarly contributions! #FlemishArt #WomensHistory #ArtHistory agenart.org/the-infanta-...

Our latest issue of #Diplomatica is out ! Volume 7.2 is here, with great contributions on topics such as Ferrante I of Naples, and Chinese literary diplomacy. It includes a debate around a manifesto for new diplomatic history written by some of our members. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/Diplomatica

Die #Hofzwergin Luisa wendet sich im 16. Jh. an die spanische Königin: Ihr Bruder durfte wegen seiner Größe nicht dem #Franziskanerorden beitreten. @juliagebke.bsky.social über die Verhandlung von körperlichen Normvorstellungen & sozialen Grenzen. habsmon.hypotheses.o...#Hofzwergin#Franziskanerordenihb-oeaw.bsky.social

Liebe #earlymodern #skystorians, habt ihr Lust auf eine kleine Zeitreise an den spanischen Königshof im 16. Jahrhundert? Und wollt ihr wissen, was Luisa, die "Hofzwergin", und die spanische Königin, Anna von Österreich, umtrieb? Dann schaut mal hier👇 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

📯 Netzwerke der Nonnen are a material object AND open access available! www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/netzwer...

Francisco Ortiz, originally from Santoña, was appointed as shipmaster of the Fort de Nantes by the Spanish charterer, Francisco Sánchez de Madrid. His personal archive, comprising more than 500 documents, reveals many details about his personal life and his social relationships.

Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool. #earlymodern #witches #halloween #scholar #academic #gothic #horror #history britishonlinearchives.com/collections/...

#earlymodern ads are never boring! An ox on the way to slaughter ran into a house... created a mess! Good on you Mr Ox! 🐂 🩲👖👗🧦🪟 St James's evening Post, May 6, 1729.

How was Robert Knox, son of an EIC Captain and captive in Sri Lanka for nineteen years, immediately identified as an outsider aboard ship when it was inspected on his arrival in England in September 1680? His beard was long and old-fashioned. #earlymodern #skystorians

A great presentation from Lyndal Roper, now Q&A time. Did you know that between 70,000 and 100,000 people died in just two to three months during the German Peasants' War? This map shows the extent of the destruction - hundreds of castles, convents, and monastaries were attacked #16thC #EarlyModern

Whoop, Whoop! Verrückt und freudig! doi.org/10.24894/978...

OA, #earlymodern #bookhistory: Visuelle Geschichtsvermittlung Zur Medialität historischer Lehrwerke für Kinder und Jugendliche im langen 18. Jahrhundert. Von @tinahartfiel.bsky.social

Studies are beginning to reveal fissures in the argument that AI boosts productivity, writes Tech Policy Press fellow @eryk.bsky.social. Nonetheless, companies and governments are pouring investments into speculative growth without ample evidence.

It’s that time of year again! Here is the term card for the upcoming talks. As always, everyone is welcome! Fortnightly, 4:30pm in the Memorial Room, @jesusoxford.bsky.social

#PDprekär #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan

Liebe #EarlyModern #Skystorians, am 14.10.2025, 17 Uhr, werden meine Kolleginnen vom @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social und ich gemeinsam die Frage nach #agency von Frauen in der Geschichte diskutieren. Wir freuen uns auf euch! Online-Teilnahme ist möglich, gerne hier anmelden 👇 www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran...

#earlymodern ads are never boring! Diana Maccartney dismissed servant taking revenge pretending be the wife of her former employer and running him into debt! Post Boy, May 7, 1720.

An amazing opportunity for a PhD and a 4-year postdoc on this important project with the brilliant and lovely @smschober.bsky.social - hair, race, trade and multispecies history! #EarlyModern 🗃️

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne. Do apply and spread the word! www.unilu.ch/en/universit... www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

What would you do if you won the lottery? 💵💰💸 In the 18th century, people allready loved the lottery. Here they’re fighting eachother to enter the lottery agency in the Kalverstraat, in Amsterdam.  👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200110487

Dear #skystorians interested in experiences and #DisabilityHistory, The 8th annual HEX Conference, Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures is coming soon (9–11/03/2026). The deadline for proposals is 30/11/2025. For the CfP, take a look here: events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

Ch 6 of Voices of Thunder tells the inspiring story of the London lace woman Elizabeth Attaway, the first C17th woman to preach publicly to a mixed-sex congregation. Her Baptist church did not let women preach, but Attaway did not allow her low social status or her sex to be a barrier … 1/2

Today, I accidently delved into the world of gambling in 16th-century Netherlands. Apparently, King Philip II of Spain believed that if his governor-general, Margaret of Parma, had no means of securing money, she could always draw from the lottery. #earlymodern #skystorians

Dear #skystorians, do you sometimes struggle to bring those historical voices that were silenced and unheard until now to life? I've been ruminating on #earlymodern voices and #disability history. You can read more here: www.public-disabilityhistory.org/2025/09/disa...

#Hochschulkommunikation — macht bald auch KI?! Diese (berechtigte) Sorge war heute ebenfalls Thema. Kürzungen drohen an vielen Orten. Aber: Kommunikator_innen sind unersetzlich! Von vielen Gründen dafür hab ich hier nur 1 rausgegriffen: KI hat keinen politischen 🧭 & den braucht’s dringend! #WissKomm

For all those #skystorians hispanohablantes (please excuse my Spanglish 😉) interested in #earlymodern diplomacy, here the CfP for the workshop "Más allá de los embajadores" iehm.uib.es/actividades/... 2026 - Seminario diplomacia - Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos en la Modernidad

Who would have thought that early modern wills could create such a burst of creativity! 👏 This post reminded me of the fascinating artsy and sensory ways to engage with history. There is still so much to explore...