Due October 10th >> The New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies returns 5-7 March 2026! Accepting abstracts on all topics in European & Mediterranean history, literature, art, music & religion (4c-17c): www.newcollegeconference.org/cfp #medievalsky #earlymodern #renaissance #CfP

The New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies returns 5-7 March 2026! Abstracts on all topics in European & Mediterranean history, literature, art, music & religion (4c-17c) are due 1 October 2025: www.newcollegeconference.org/cfp #medievalsky #earlymodern #renaissance #CfP

TBR.

Yep, me too. 👇

Higher education faculty members should read two new articles and discuss them deeply as a department/unit/etc. The NYMag article about AI and cheating + the NYT article by the professor at U. of Florida about working under the DeSantis regime. They are connected; discuss those connections.

Tomorrow, 1pm EDT! On behalf of @medievalacademy.bsky.social , Alison Perchuk and I are hosting an informal Community Hour for any/all premodernists affected by recent federal cuts. Please join us! #medievalsky #earlymodern #lateantiquity www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-to-host-...

Proud to add my name to this important message. #MedievalSky www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

*One week from today* On behalf of @medievalacademy.bsky.social, Alison Perchuk and I are hosting an informal Community Hour for premodernists affected by recent federal cuts. Please join us—and share this announcement widely! #medievalsky #earlymodern #lateantiquity

Starting point, this time, was “No way this guy is Cardinal Pizza Can Dance.”

Thank you, Elizabeth Warren.

Happy Earth Day from the #sferaproject! #medievalsky #earlymodern #maphistory #bookhistory (G. Dati, La sfera/The Globe, early 15c; BNCF Magl. XI.83, f. 7r)

Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.

Donation page for the formerly-NEH-funded #sferaproject. The horrors persist, but so do we. 💪

If you’re feeling anxious and restless, check out these two free, public events hosted by ACH this week. On Wednesday, advocate for the NEH and IMLS to your elected officials. On Friday, learn to reach broad audiences through op-eds.

Important time-sensitive recommendations for anyone affected by yesterday's cuts:

Like many other #NEH -funded projects. the #sferaproject received notice yesterday that our grant has been cancelled. It's not yet clear what that means for the project, but we hope to have more info soon. Meanwhile, here's a screenshot of what they cancelled (our website-in-development):

2. New Directions in Early Modern Cartography I. A roundtable! Discussants: Tom Conley, Dana Leibsohn, @rmidura.bsky.social, Jessica E. Maier, and I. Sat. March 22, 9:00-10:30am, Boston Marriott Copley Place – Provincetown Room – 4th Floor. rsa.confex.com/rsa/2025/mee...

Last call! Sat March 8th in Sarasota @lauramorreale.bsky.social and I will be offering a PD teacher workshop on pre-modern maps and mapping, based on our NEH-funded work on the #sferaproject. Pls see details tinyurl.com/sferamar25 — we have extended the sign-up deadline to Wed March 5th.

First round of DMSI @ Leeds applications are due in TWO DAYS (30 Jan)! Come dive into medieval maps and digital mapping with me! I might even get to wear a sweater in July! #medievalsky #earlymodern #skystorians #dh #maphistory tinyurl.com/DMSI-2025-UK

Came across this and am genuinely alarmed at the idea that any of this is evidence for an LLM being a "very good historian" (a phrase which, incidentally, I previously heard used only by a pompous old bore trying to wow me with how many History Facts™ he knew while I was an underpaid museum guide).

#skystorians #medievalsky #earlymodern #classicsbluesky #dh Please see and share the attached #AHA26 CFP on Historical Game Design in Research and Teaching from @rmidura.bsky.social and @eegraham.bsky.social!

#skystorians #earlymodern Please see and share the attached CFP for #AHA26 on Histories of Nostalgia. (A topic near and dear to my heart. cf. 2011 Urban Legends, etc.)

#sferaproject friends and #sferisti, on deck!

#skystorians #medievalsky #earlymodern #publichistory. Re: #AHA26, I've had interest in a panel on history in journalism (historian<>journalist communication, history in journalism, etc.). Anyone else interested? @lollardfish.bsky.social and @profgabriele.com have done this, maybe they have ideas?

Working on deleting my formerly-known-as-bird account, and came across this absolute gem. Yes, I still need this dress. (John Bright Collection, 1880s).

From my thesis student: according to one study of social-media study, people prayed during COVID more than 2x as much to St Rita of Cascia as to Sebastian and Roch put together, even though she has historically *no connection* to plague. WTF? 🧐

More manatees.

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees Yf we wante a bettir future Teach artes & humanityes

For those new to this platform, @orcspiration.bsky.social‬ is good content.

Saving this for teaching Methods this spring... 👀 It's so important to realize that what one person sees, looking at an artifact, can be totally different from what another person sees, and you just can't take labels and descriptions as objective realities.

Really wish I had more time for calligraphy these days. Those of you who do, here's a great opportunity!

#DH query: Are there any #Tropy gurus out there who can help me turn a static project with absolute paths into a portable project with relative paths? I've read the documentation on creating portable projects but am stuck on conversion. @rrchnm.bsky.social @tropy.bsky.social

Towerssssss!!!!

Including yours truly, with amazing maps! #maphistory #medievalsky

Heads-up #skystorians / #earlymodern ! Manchester UP and the SSFrHist have announced two book dev fellowships for ECRs preparing their 1st book in Early Modern or Modern French/Francophone History. Includes editorial mentoring and £1000; deadline 21st March. manchester.benchurl.com/c/l

Finally got my laptop back after a major crash on Christmas Day. Migrating backed-up files to repaired (but empty) laptop... so far 228,249 files migrated in 4 hours. Approx. 12h remaining. 😬 Back up your files, peeps.

With my own @leedsims.bsky.social recently joining @bsky.app, just a reminder of this starter pack for #medievalstudies and #earlymodenstudies! If there’re others please let me know!

Such a good take, esp. as I try to make my way through all the Many Things my mother refused ever to throw away, including boxes and boxes of family papers and photos with "sentimental value". I am sentimental! And yet.

This is a wonderful, generous, charming, meep-meep-y take on book history.

Also, as someone who has had no access to work files for 3 wks (dead laptop security-locked by IT which was closed for break; diagnosed with major failure i.e. everything is GONE; backup is too big for former laptop to load), I'm going to celebrate 2025 and my return to BlueSky with this (Torcello):

#Historians: I'm on the program committee for the 2026 #AHA in Chicago! Anyone who might be interested in presenting, please get in touch via email [last-name-no-diacritic at ncf full-stop edu] or DM. I'll also put a few idea in the replies. #medievalsky #earlymodern #maphistory #academicsky

This is so fantastic.

PUBLIC EVENT! @lauramorreale.bsky.social, Jessica Maier, Chet Van Duzer, & I are hosting "Imagining the World in the Renaissance": fountains, mountains, camels, & sea monsters! At NCF, Thurs 12/5, 5-7pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/1076710904... Via Mellon & nehgov.bsky.social (MS here BNCF II.II.69)

Delighted to share the results of the 2024 premodern SIHS article prize (which I chaired). Congrats to prize winner Katy Ferrari and honorable mention @rmidura.bsky.social! 🤩 Link includes video interviews I did with both winners, so you can learn all about them, their articles, and their work.

"Literary Mapping in the Digital Age",edited by @drdavidcooper.bsky.social, Christopher Donaldson & Patricia Murrieta-Flores, is the first intensive examination of digital literary cartography, exemplifying the critical & creative potentials of digital #literarymapping #DigitalHumanities

Do the reading, people. Also, evidence.