📣 #CallforPapers 📣 Working on how Central and Eastern Europe participated in #EarlyModern global exchanges? Check the #CfP for the conference Global Connections – Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Modern World (ca. 1500-1800) 👉 loom.ly/68-mKyU ⏰ Submit your proposal by 15 June 2026

Aaron Swartz was facing prison for something the LLM companies are investing trillions in (downloading other people's data) and educational instutions like MIT absolutely cannot wait to throw money at them while simultaneously reducing services and staff amid budget crises. grody

Paolo Broggio discusses his new book, Criminal Justice and Peace-making in Early Modern Italy, with Tom Hamilton, Stuart Carroll, Amanda G. Madden and moderated by Krista Kesselring in this online book event. Watch here 👉 buff.ly/K6hULBz @imems.bsky.social @kjkesselring.bsky.social

MAP Fellowships available to graduate students. Deadline to apply is 15 July. #earlymodern www.medici.org/scholarship/...

I'm leaving Rome next week and thinking of Ungaretti's Girogavo from more than a hundred years ago. A ogni nuovo clima che incontro mi trovo languente che una volta già gli ero stato assuefatto E me ne stacco sempre straniero

CfA - Post-doctoral fellows in Global History and Governance, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples. Two 1-year positions (renewable for up to 3 years) Deadline: 5th June 2026 English and original research project required. www.ssmeridionale.it/avcp/selezio...

1. Colleagues from History and Islamic studies have organized an exhibition in Bruges on the city's Connected Worlds c. 900-1500. It's marvelously organized and will share other highlights later. Just want to focus on this gem which had several Medievalists and myself in thrall tinyurl.com/49f82xbk

Fellow historians #skystorians, if you can’t do archival research in Paris, from mid-June I have open slots to do the research/photos of the archives for you. I know some parts of the BNF like the back of my hand, and will send you a clean and nice invoice. DM me if interested!

Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇

Is this conference where an in-person presentation is replaced by an audio recording of the speaker with someone connected just to read French citations or a spiritist seance?

A Big Archive of Occult Recordings: Historic Audio Lets You Hear Trances, Paranormal Music, Glossolalia & Other Strange Sounds (1905–2007)

So excited to participate in this conversation on Thursday at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide! 🗃️

I'm hiring for a funded PhD in 'global' medieval history or trans-Mediterranean entanglements at my chair in Bochum, Germany, from 1 Oct 2026 — 3 yrs, your own project, 3 hrs/week teaching in the History Department, at 65 %of TVL-13 (~€2050/month after tax). Apply by 31 May — or please share 👇

the basic policy of "you slapped some LLM stuff in your paper and didn't check it, we can't trust you" is entirely sound, but the specific reactions (and the reactions to the reactions) really show how different norms are across disciplines. 1/

Having some neyyappam after my first qurbana in Rome, full of synths, LEDs, and saris.

We’re appointing a writer-in-residence! Join us to respond to our holdings related to the Bloomsbury Group (including the archives of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press) ahead of a major exhibition in 2027. Applications close 19 May. Best of luck! collections.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

#JobKlaxon We are looking for a permanent Lecturer in Global Medieval History to join us at @leedsims.bsky.social! Applications due 1 June. Happy to talk to anyone interested in an informal capacity. If you are in Kalamazoo, find me at #ICMS! #leedsmedievalstudies jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Eligible for visa sponsorship per the ad

“Crossing Boundaries, Fostering Dialogue” brings together a 2-part program: a giornata di studi featuring presentations by postdocs & an expert roundtable on day 2 focused on the professional & structural challenges faced by early-career academics. 19-29 Oct 2026 a ND Rome #CPF #humanities #ECR

"Yo no te cambio por dinero / el dinero lo inventó el hombre/ y Dios inventó tu pelo". Podría ser Antonio Mairena pero es una chavala de Málaga open.spotify.com/track/0Tq56L...

A ten-page wax notebook from the 13th/14th century, found in a latrine in Paderborn, possibly belonging to a merchant? www1.wdr.de/nrw/ostwestf...

At 6pm this evening @aberuni.bsky.social, we host Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL) as the guest lecturer for our visit to Aberystwyth and @librarywales.bsky.social. Miri's lecture, 'Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse', is open to all, in person/online bit.ly/4wxY99h #Skystorians 1/2

Very happy to be helping organise the Essential Skills workshops at the 2027 SRS conference! Sessions on palaeography, languages, printing & conservation (and much more!)

Ce week-end, visite de la magnifique exposition "Chypre à la BnF" au musée de la @labnf.bsky.social. Au menu : manuscrits, gravures et icônes exceptionnelles. À voir !

#NewPublication #ChristianArabic brill.com/view/journal...

There's still time to book for the 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, this year hosted in Birmingham! Find out more and book here 👇 palaeography.uk/study/short-...

#CfA 📢 Job opportunity: Lecturer in Medieval/Early Modern History 🏫 Lancaster University (UK) ⏰Application deadline: Tuesday 19 May 2026 🔗 www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

And if you'd like to know about the slightly later reception history of Sacrobosco's work, there's no better (or at least, no more entertaining) place to start than Cecco d'Ascoli... hadean.press/products/an-...

Juan Antonio Martínez de Getafe en 1985, me siento muy identificado contigo y espero que allá donde estés te vaya muy bien

Next week, I will discuss Goa (Manchester) and colonial Lima (Warwick)! 1/2 'Building Early Modern Goa' in the Department of Art History and Cultural Practices seminars, Manchester University, Wednesday 13 May, 5 pm, registration details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-e...

Looking forward to presenting in Madrid this Tuesday a paper titled "Intellectual Genealogies of Marian Mystical Discourse: the Apocalypsis Nova between the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish Americas" (in excellent company! and just in time for San Isidro!)

📌12 May 2026 🕞15:00 Don’t miss the presentation of Federico Barbierato’s latest book on libertinism, book circulation, religious dissent, and the Inquisition in 17th-century Venice. 🪑Alessandra Celati and Luca Addante 🏫 Università di Torino | 💻 Online: unito.webex.com/wbxmjs/joins... #EarlyModern

Let's just say, this pretty yellow and amazing volume came out this week in print, and will be available in open access soon (likely in June): www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Schreibkalen... It is about #earlymodern almanacs of German-speaking Europe: the #Schreibkalender

Just learnt of rclone and everything is better now

Thrilled to share that my book Cultural Data Science – An Introduction to R is finally out! A journey through digital methods, visual culture & data analysis—made for everyone exploring the intersection of humanities and code. #digitalhumanities #culturaldata #RStats #openscience […]

Looking forward to this in Rome! "Marc Bloch. Letture dall'Italia" - 20-22 May.

Vous souhaitez découvrir les ressources de la collection de l'Institut d'histoire de la Réformation dans le cadre de vos recherches, tout en bénéficiant d'un coup de pouce financier pour votre séjour à Genève ?

Napoli L'Orientale: small photodump from the Jesuit Missions in Northern Abyssinia conference. So much cool stuff, Psalm 68:31 vibes.

18-month postdoctoral position in Florence (BNCF & INSR) linked to the curation of the incoming Sensi exhibition. Deadline: May 16 bncf.cultura.gov.it/amministrazi...

Divus Paulus nobis haec otia fecit

Happy Labour Day!

Happy Labour Day!

Our pilot Small Grants Scheme for early career DH researchers and GLAM practitioners is now OPEN! Up to £ 3,000 / € 3,449.26 to support collaborative projects between researchers & GLAM institutions. Deadline: 19 June Details digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/05/01/2... #DH #digitalheritage

Coming soon at the Oxford Iberian History Seminar! Edward Wilson-Lee & Giuseppe Marcocci, Laughter in the Archive: Half-Serious Storytelling and Religious Encounters in Portuguese India 🕰️ Wednesday, 6 May, 4:30-6:30pm 🧭 Exeter College, Turl Street iberianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/edward...

Applicants must have a PhD from a British or Irish university (at least provisionally)

My grad student João Covolan is organizing a nice workshop in Florence. Spread the word! Tuscany and the Iberian Empires. Migration and Knowledge Transmission in the Early Modern Period (30 October 2026, Florence) www.medici.org/cfp-tuscany-...

Until the day when God shall deign to reveal and preserve all knowledge for us, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words: scrape and store.

Ya está la información en la red: www.uimp.es/agenda-link....

Important intervention by the @royalhistsoc.org, @ihr.bsky.social, History UK, and the Historical Association. I hope politicians will take note.

One challenge to learning quantitative methods in #DH is that there are endless prerequisies. You can't just read the latest thing in Journal of Cultural Analytics and expect to do it yourself (even with "vibe coding"!) This spring, I have been reading some old & new books to strengthen basics: