Tonight we celebrate with Hungary by having homemade chicken paprikash and spaetzle

The AHA, with American Oversight, filed a lawsuit challenging a DOJ memo declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional—threatening access to millions of records, including at the National Archives. This case is about public access to our nation’s history. Learn more and support our work:

No Kings in Boston

Despite (or because of?) current events, history is more relevant than ever. Thanks so much to @historyextra.bsky.social for the opportunity to share a different kind of history of disease podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

In addition to today's guide to national history societies in the UK and Ireland, we also have listings of c.100 Record Societies. These societies are central to our research culture, with a focus on regional history / primary source publications. Here is England: bit.ly/4sPSwk3 1/2 #Skystorians

I get a scam email from someone claiming to be hosting a book club and wanting to read my new book every single day. I am utterly baffled by this trend. Why would a book club need an author's permission to read a book? Don't they know that book clubs just, ya know, read the book?

COVER REVEAL. Really excited to show off the fantastic cover for my new book Sniff from @yalebooks.bsky.social. It’s a history of smells across time and space and hits the shelves on the 8th September. Pre-order from Yale, your local bookshop, or the usual suspects! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Also: everyone should read this book.

For #WomensHistoryMonth we are resharing some of our past posts on Alice Thornton. As it is also #InternationalWomensDay we are sharing Patricia Phillippy's post on Thornton's North American connections. #EarlyModern #Skystorians 🗃️ thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2...

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit? They look so cool! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

currently teaching 19th-c sectarian medicine and struck by the long roots of anti-elitism in the US. Students picked up on it right away: "they sound like instagram influencers!"

I love that there’s a kids book (All in A Drop) about Leeuwenhoek and early modern science tho it made me think of this image and now curious about said drop… www.harpercollins.com/products/all...

A window display out of an author’s fantasy - I’m here for it and so deeply grateful to the @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social for the support 😉

'Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England' Sue Wiseman, Michael Powell-Davies and I will be introducing our five-year collaborative project at the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday, March 5th. Hope to see you there! Register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

For Boston area peoples: there’s a fun-fact-filled talk about the history of STIs at Harvard’s @countwaylibrary.bsky.social on March 31! libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15805705

Amanda Herbert and Kevin Dawson debut a new HLQ article category called Early/Modern Connections: original #earlymodern research in service of the public good. The article and cover feature art by Ebony Iman Dallas. Open access: muse.jhu.edu/article/983132

From biblical Greek, to the scandalous secret disease of early modern London, we've all sorts of new books for you to get stuck into. 🙌📚 There is 'Reading Biblical Greek' by Steffen G. Jenkins, 'The Dreaded Pox' by @oliviaweisser.bsky.social, 'Keeping Hold' by Kate Smith and many more. 🤩

How did people in the seventeenth century understand ending a pregnancy? Find out tomorrow, Thursday 2/19, at Mary Fissell’s talk, ‘Savin, Sex, and Scandal: Rethinking Abortion in Early Modern Anglo-America.’ 4:00–5:30 PM in 470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley. #History #Gender #Medicine

Discover how shame, secrecy and so‑called “shame‑free” cures helped turn the pox into the first modern disease and how Londoners navigated silent shopping, social judgement and new attempts at objective diagnosis. Read more about Olivia Weisser's new book, 'The Dreaded Pox'🔗 https://cup.org/4qJwePw

The AAHM, in conjunction with the AAHN @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social, is pleased to share details about our 2026 Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY. Join us for what promises to be a dynamic gathering of scholars! Learn more about our upcoming meeting here: histmed.org/buffalo-2026...

Chuffed to see this ranking!

Happy VD day! Hot off the press on this lovely Valentine’s Day- THE DREADED POX - a history of having and living with VD (venereal disease) in London hundreds of years ago. www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...

I had a fun conversation with Miranda Melcher for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book THE DREADED POX and all the wild ways to treat a clap in the 1700s. newbooksnetwork.com/the-dreaded-...

The new issue of History Workshop Journal is out: issue 100, marking 50 years of the journal's existence. It's more necessary than ever. academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...

A beautiful day to vote!

Join us next Thursday (30/10, 5.30 pm) for Dr Emily Vine’s (@emilymayvine.bsky.social) talk on ‘Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London’! You can sign up to join in-person (IHR Wolfson Room, NB02) or online via Zoom here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

These little tools are apple scoops. They date from the 1800s and are made of sheep bone. They were common in apple-growing districts. The marrow has been hollowed out to allow the user to scrape off pieces of apple if they had few teeth and couldn’t afford dentures.

First review! So happy to see it! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

My favorite prof, mentor, & committee member Martha Howell wrote a new book & I'm psyched it's out: "Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany." Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds. l1nq.com/6gxOL

Saw this guy today - taking it as a sign of hope

Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecord essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM

Hello UK! I wrote a book about living in London with an STI hundreds of years ago. Waterstones is having a preorder sale for 25% off that includes THE DREADED POX now thru Friday. Use OCTOBER25 at checkout.

Which book cover do you like better?

I'll be in the UK in a fortnight, honored to be in conversations with @sarahknott.bsky.social and @sbrooksfranklin.bsky.social about my new book!

Coming to your bookshelves in Fall 2025: The Nursing Clio Reader 🥳

Spotted at #AHA25: @maryfissell.bsky.social ’s forthcoming book on abortion.

Looking forward to next Wed., when Kevin Siena is speaking about 'The Pathology of Race: Disease, Formativity and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety', to @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome in person and online - please register. www.history.ac.uk/events/patho...