It’s that time of year again and I’m so excited for the Communication and Exchange #history #conference. We have an impressive line up of speakers shedding new light on cultural & diplomatic exchange in the public sphere. Follow the QR link and come join us at Aberystwyth University 11-12 June 2026!

I’m pleased to say that in November 2025 I passed my viva. I had the best time doing my PhD at Aberystwyth and I’m very grateful for the warm support from my friends and family (especially my supervisor David Jones!) If you’re interested in my research take a look at this: doi.org/10.1080/0268...

Delighted to announce that Jason Peacey (UCL) will deliver the keynote speech at the Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference (11-12 June 2026). Details of our #CfP are below, deadline: 27 February 2026. Please do share! #Earlymodern #History

Excited to share the CfP for @amendproject.bsky.social ‘s Early Modern European Neurodivergence conference happening in Swansea this August! Info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TQpB...

Updated CfP: Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation’ @ Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026. Please do check out and share our #CfP. Deadline: 27 February 2026. #Earlymodern #Communication #History

We are hiring! @histparl.bsky.social's House of Lords (1660-1832) section - aka The Georgian Lords - is looking for a new research fellow. Details of the post and how to apply are below. Please spread widely. #skystorians historyofparliament.com/2026/01/12/v...

Hello new followers! Can I take this opportunity to flaunt the upcoming publication of my new book (on Feb 3rd), a critical edition of the Grand Tour diaries of George of Denmark, detailing his adventures in Restoration England in the summer of 1669? And here is a discount code! BB135

We have a range of seasonal #History posts you can read to inform and entertain over the festive period, including: Did Oliver Cromwell Really Ban Christmas? how-to-history.com/2025/11/26/d...

#OTD 1688 the 'Provisional Government' was formed, after James II fled with William of Orange's invading force bearing down on London. Dr Robin Eagles details how this provisional force transitioned to a new regime headed by William III:

CFP: Truth and Un-Truth: Eighth Biennial Conference of the European Society for the History of Political Thought, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy, 5-7 October 2026. Deadline for proposals is 15 March 2026. Spread the word! europoliticalthought.wordpress.com #HPT #skystorians

ESHPT-Brill First-Book Manuscript Prize in the History of Political Thought, deadline: 31 Dec. The winner receives €500 at our conference in Naples in Oct 26 & a chance to publish their book in the Brill Series History of European Political & Constitutional Thought europoliticalthought.wordpress.com

CALL FOR PAPERS! Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026). Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026. 👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference 📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025 📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals! #CfP #bookhistory #skystorians

How much did I enjoy the "Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500-1850: Far from Home" conference at Aberystwyth University this week? I was too absorbed in the fantasticly informative and patient (no question too enthusiastic!) speakers to take any photos until the very end 🤔💭👌📷

Thank you to everyone who came to Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern: Far From Home at Aberystwyth University last week. It was a delight to organise the conference with my amazing colleagues @joeycrozier.bsky.social and @rharman.bsky.social and to hear all your fantastic research

Thrilled to say that this is now fully Open Access! Hopefully now available to any and all interested #earlymodern #skystorians

Very excited for the Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern #conference at Aberystwyth, 12-13 June 2025. For #skystorians interested in joining, please see the form for more information below. Looking forward to seeing y’all next month. forms.gle/wC5oA5NFJE15...

The current state of life at Cardiff University. voice.cymru/three-months...

My article on the destabilization of the British Empire in the eighteenth century has been published open access in the @historicaljnl.bsky.social. It brings one of the major arguments of my PhD to print: we need to think about the imperial transformations of the public sphere. bit.ly/3XXW86z

‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’

CfP! With Natasja Peeters, Jasper van der Steen, and Ton van Strien, I am organising the one-day Seventeenth-Century Society's conference on Family, Kinship, and Dynasty in the Early Modern Low Countries on 5 September 2025. zeventiendeeeuw.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

A very warm welcome to Bluesky to my old friend and ex-colleague Prof. Alan Marshall (@57alan.bsky.social). Alan's most recent monograph is Intelligence and espionage in the English Republic, c.1600–60 #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #espionage manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152611889....

For anyone interested in #c18th political or electoral history & for students researching EPQs, special subjects &/or final year dissertations, do check out the wealth of data & information available on our Political Participation & Electoral Culture (ECPPEC) website #skystorians 🗃️ecppec.ncl.ac.uk

Delighted to announce @mrfw17thc.bsky.social as our keynote for keynote for Communication and Exchange this year. I’m excited to hear more about his exciting research on mobility. The #cfp is still open! We’re looking forward to seeing y’all in Aberystwyth in June! #earlymodern #History.

#Seaside Alphabet #AdventCalendar 1st December. What better start than #Aberystwyth! Boomed as a resort C19/early C20 when most seafront buildings & pier were built...And Britain’s longest electric cliff railway, Constitution Hill- where this postcard view is from & where m'profile pic was taken!

I had an excellent time this week presenting on James Johnston as a person in intelligence at the #NIHC and delighted to cipher on a real enigma machine! Grateful to the organisers at Bletchley Park! #spystorians

Hello #skystorians 👋 good to see so many here! I’ll leave the annual Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500 - 1850 #CfP here for folks who are interested. Come and join us in Aberystwyth, 12 - 13 June 2025. Co-organised with @heathernicholas.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social