My new blog post examines a brief dispute over money between the Met Police and the Home Office - the police won, in the longer term. legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/12/26/m...

A fascinating blog from my brilliant colleague Dr Helen Rutherford on #Victorian #Coroners and a unique source held at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

On #December6, we remember the names, faces, and lost futures of 14 women killed in an act of femicide, and recommit to working for change. #NationalDayOfRemembrance #GBV #WomenInSTEM #EndVAW #Polytechnique #MontrealMassacre

🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford! We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History. This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance” Deadline: 17 Dec 2025 Please share widely!

New post by @sarabutler.bsky.social: 'Bracton and the History of Emotions': legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/11/30/i...

New guest post by Susannah Wilson, on homicide, forensic psychology, and perceptions of criminal culpability in late 19th century France: legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/11/20/t...

Just back from a very successful meeting of @thenacbs.bsky.social in Montreal (the biggest yet, I think) -- a huge thanks to Brian Lewis, Katherine Grenier, and all the organizers and presenters. Loads of good work and camaraderie - and many notes to think over in coming days. #nacbs2025

Attention #NACBS2025: we have conference displays copies looking for a good home! If you're an #ECR stop by our stand anytime tomorrow morning to claim yours. @thenacbs.bsky.social #BritishStudies If you do miss out, you can still grab a bargain with conference code BB154: buff.ly/U9twdID

Fantastic new post by Krista Kesselring! legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/10/27/c...

Super new series at @manchesterup.bsky.social - perfectly launched today!

📢Fully Funded PhD Opportunities @thetimes University of the Year @durham_uni's Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 🎓 durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

This is an excellent deep dive by @kjkesselring.bsky.social into the Devil in legal records. My (very) small contribution was coming up with the title, which I blurted out mid-conversation with Krista when told about the subject.

What if the Devil made them do it? A new post by @kjkesselring.bsky.social 'Crime, Culpability, and the Devil in the Details'. legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/10/27/c...

my thoughts on generative AI in the classroom memoriousblog.com/2025/10/18/w...

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉 Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e... news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

Another post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' - a reminder that work in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was very much a family affair... manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/09/t...

Many thanks to the editors at the @historicaljnl.bsky.social blog for publishing this short piece, and to @ellasbaraini.bsky.social for her help with it. My recent article, and one of the central ideas of the book manuscript I’m currently working on, in a nutshell. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Out #OpenAccess on FirstView @lawandhistrev.bsky.social: 'Conspiracy, Crime, and Conflict in the Court of Star Chamber'. #StarChamber

Who did what in early modern England? New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️ Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!

New blog post examines the recent Australian 'mushroom murderer' case in the light of historical patterns - the poison used is pretty unique in the history of crime, but there are plenty of other similarities to note: legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/09/23/p...

New post by @drkdwatson.bsky.social and Carolyn Strange: "Poisoning Crimes and the ‘Mushroom Murderer’: Patterns and Precedents" legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/09/23/p...

The Board-ordered lockout that began Aug 20 has finally ended: classes start on Tues. I’m excited; but I hope that someone is not now trying to concoct a report on the ‘success’ of this innovative tactic in the ‘rebalancing of markets and mission’. By what KPI would they benchmark it? 🧵 (1/7)

Here @dalhousie.bsky.social, we should be starting our 3rd week of classes today, but instead, we're still locked out -- a lockout the Board initiated on Aug 20 'to not prolong the uncertainty'. No one can make this make sense, but they can at least make it end. #KeepDalStrong

Please circulate - we are hiring in Early Modern European history!

We are proud to introduce the new RSC Fellows & College Members! This exceptional group will be officially inducted into the RSC on Nov 14 at #COEE2025 in Montréal. Register at bit.ly/COEE2025 🎉 Meet the Class of 2025: bit.ly/3JZLfga #rscBRAVOsrc

Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians

Ren Thomas has a nice blog discussing Nous Group and Dalhousie @dalfaculty.bsky.social @dalhousieu.bsky.social : renthomas.ca/theres-a-nou...

From our colleague in Law, this is a brilliant dissection of the Board’s doubling down on unfair bargaining tactics in presenting their tepid "offer" www.reddit.com/r/Dalhousie/... #keepdalstrong

We are proud to announce that 1,000 manuscripts are now published on manuscripta.se, advancing our mission to make #medieval and #earlymodern manuscripts in Sweden accessible worldwide. #iiif #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalSky

I've updated #EarlyModern Resources earlymodernweb.org/resources/ Quite a few new links but also a big overhaul of the site to be more usable + a visual refresh. (If you can't see a change, you may need to clear your browser cache and refresh hard. 😬)

Our students understand what's at stake! Why don't our administration or our Board? Students and Faculty united can turn this tide! Now is the time to redouble our efforts to #KeepDalStrong! www.dsu.ca/dfa-labour-n...

Today I should have been welcoming new health promotion undergrads to @dalhousieu.bsky.social & teaching my first class with them. Instead, I'll be picketing with my @dalfaculty.bsky.social colleagues to reject the bad faith tactics of the Board & administration & #KeepDalStrong ✊

Not just classes are cancelled. DFA members have been locked out by the admin since August 20th: we can't sign students in from waitlists, can't advise them, can't share syllabi, can't help them with scholarship applications, etc. etc. #KeepDalStrong www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The very small number of consultancies currently destroying the Anglosphere's universities will make a ton of money out of it, then disappear. Their influence is entirely baleful, but they have control over large parts of Higher Education. nationalpost.com/feature/how-...

It's now a week since @dalfaculty.bsky.social members were locked out by Dal's board. No access to our physical & virtual workspaces. My students & TAs are left stressed about what will happen next week & I am so angry for them. Do better @dalhousie.bsky.social Get back to the table & #KeepDalStrong

Delighted to have Paolo Broggio's study of peace-making in early modern Italy as the inaugural volume in the @imems.bsky.social and @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social book series, 'Law, Peace, and Justice in Medieval and Early Modern Europe'. boydellandbrewer.com/book/crimina...

Yup, still locked out. Here is your daily reminder that @dalfaculty.bsky.social would rather be working, but @dalhousie.bsky.social locked us out. Read info from our side at www.wearedal.ca

Hello historians in the UK. I am standing for election to the Royal Historical Society's Council. For information on the role, check out the RHS page. If you're an RHS fellow and want a sense, beyond the short statements we write, of why I've chosen to stand, I'm going to set that out below.

Thinking of my faculty colleagues who, 10 minutes ago, have been locked out by the Board less than two weeks before the start of the fall term.

Just over two weeks before our CfP closes! Remember to submit your abstracts before Friday 5th September ⚔️

New post by @sarabutler.bsky.social: 'Resisting Visitation in Late Medieval England': legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/08/14/r...

The National Archives is looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. Pros: you'll get to work in the same department as me. Cons: you'll have to work in the same department as me. Details via the link. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

The Slavery North initiative at UMass Amherst is hiring a Director of Curriculum & Outreach; great opportunity for someone with training in art history; application deadline is 8/24. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u... 🗃️

Job ad: history of healthcare and health equity, jointly at Dalhousie & University of King's College (tenure-stream, junior/mid-career): dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/19481

#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...