First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵

must seize self-promotion chance but, that aside, this includes excellent work inter alia from @carrington-farmer.bsky.social susanne lachenicht anne-claire foucquez @eheijmans.bsky.social and the late Trevor Burnard w/Agnes Delahaye #earlymodern #empire

❗The deadline for abstracts for SHoW 2026 is almost here! 🗓️ Submit your abstract by 3 July to join us at UL in November. This year's keynote speaker is Robert Gerwarth, Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin and Director of the Centre for War Studies. Details: www.show.org.uk

Out today!! So excited that our @routledgehistory.bsky.social textbook is now published—wonderful to work with Lucy Dean @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social & Simon Lambe as well as our amazing contributors to create a comprehensive look at monarchy across medieval Europe www.routledge.com/Exploring-Mo...

Bayeux Tickets bought! Despite the huge numbers in the Queue, there were still plenty of slots left... Still, it will probably be a full exhibition, we'll all shuffle slowly along the tapestry

University of Nottingham staff are facing cuts to more than 600 jobs and over 40 courses. This would be devastating for workers, students, and our city, as well as UK research.

The Linnaeus University (southern Sweden) is inviting applications for 5-6 fully funded PhD positions in the arts and humanities, including #history, #arthistory and #religiousstudies. International applicants without prior knowledge of Swedish are encouraged to apply.

New podcast episode out - listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... Join @susieoftraken.bsky.social and Lauren Working for their discussion on Working's latest book 'A Golden World': www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

as Catherine and I discuss in the pod episode we did on renaissance firearms, combi-weapons weren't intended to be used. think of them as like the "samurai swords" people buy purely for display. they were discussion pieces, but tend to end up in museum cases with REAL guns now, confusing people

We have an 18-month temporary lectureship in early modern British and European history just advertised at Newcastle - closing date 9th July www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW166/l... #skystorians

Our 2026 Conference "Storytelling at Princely Courts, c.1200-1800: Narration, Performance, Social Discourse" will take place 27-29 August at University of Wrocław and online! Early bird prices available until 20 June! There are also SCS member rates! Visit 👇 courtstudies.org/events/confe...

Two-year early modern English job, at Oriel College and the Oxford English Faculty, starting October. Happy to field any questions! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Sad to learn of passing of eminent historian Carlo Ginzburg; his "The Cheese and the Worms" is one of the books that had the most impact on me as a grad student, as the writing is lively & builds insight from small, carefully observed details of the historical record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Che...

Hey folks. I know $$$ is tight, but if you have some cash down the back of the sofa to share with @archive.org it does help make knowledge available and preserve the heritage of the world wide web.

Not long until Jane Seymour: Patronage, Material Culture and Image Crafting is published (23 July) by Routledge. Based on substantial archival research, this is the most detailed account of Jane’s life and queenship that has so far been written #janeseymour #queenjane #livesofroyalwomen

Wer vor Ort in Berlin sein kann, das klingt nach einer fantastischen Veranstaltung am 22. Juni: leibniz-irs.de/veranstaltun...

Our Annual Colloquium is next week! Join us on Thursday 11th June for a series of panels and a roundtable on 'Periodizing the Early/Modern'. Full details below! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

Just a month to go until the SHoW conference deadline. Looking forward to seeing your abstracts and to catching up in Limerick #skystorians

2,700 letters sent last month warning staff that they are at risk of redundancy, with Nottingham senior management's goal to shed 608 academic posts, following the 350 professional services staff lost last year. 1/3

There are a couple days left to register to attend the Beyond Exceptionalism III conference later this month—online if you don't happen to be in Spain! Check out this fantastic line-up of papers 👀

It looks like you are able to watch online, and don't have to be in Bath for this? @fiscalmilitary.bsky.social Obviously, it would be great to also visit Bath, but just a bit less practical

Public talk on the Peace of Westphalia 6 June 2026: www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-...

📣 #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

I am really looking forward to reading Regina: A New History of Women and Power by @katewilliamsme.bsky.social It was fabulous to attend the launch today. The book looks wonderful #regina

Join us Monday 1 June at 4:30pm at Jesus College Oxford or online to celebrate the launch of Matthieu Mensch’s book on Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, the newest addition to the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series www.tickettailor.com/events/royal... www.routledge.com/Marie-Theres...

So pleased to be starting this new project on royalist exiles in Paris attached to Queen Henrietta Maria's court, 1644-60. Thank you @britishacademy.bsky.social for funding this research! @openuniversity.bsky.social

These look great! www.khm.at/programm/rue... @fiscalmilitary.bsky.social @catherinefletcher.info

Online event 15 June: Jasper Heinzen in discussion on Prisoners of War and Military Honour 1789-1918 mkgd.hypotheses.org/current-term

Hmmm, I am not an AI-user as I have other things to waste my time on. My husband, however, is and has set up an own agent. Now, this agent has rick-rolled him! Tbh, best use of AI I have seen in a long time!

The Hidden Financiers: Women’s Role in Medieval Commerce www.medievalists.net/2025/05/wome... #medievalwomen

Today is Biographer’s Day — and you think you already know all the figures in history? Then it’s time to turn to the almost forgotten figures. 🧝 📚We recommend a book about the exceptional Queen Elisabeth of Luxembourg (1409–1442) and life in her time. brill.com/display/ti... #medievalsky

#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...

31 years ago I was sent on a computer programming course in Norway. The SSNE database went live online & open access 30 years ago this month. It records over 8000 British migrants (mostly #Scots) in northern Europe. Enjoy www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/ssne... #EarlyModern #WhatsHistory #History

Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.

Very excited to be giving a paper on using history to teach command at the Swedish Defence College, if you’re in Stockholm do come along!

Just arrived, latest addition to the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series! Join us to launch the book at the Oxford Court Studies seminar on 1 June at Jesus College 4:30pm

IN THE NAME OF SULTAN, EMPEROR AND KING | 27.–29. Mai How did sultans, emperors, and kings rule alongside their grand viziers and chancellors? International experts discuss power, governance, and political structures at the great courts of #earlymodern #Eurasia. www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/In...

New article 📢 written by Jane Whittle and me - about work and the problems of identifying workers in Medieval England. Open access here: doi.org/10.1080/0304... #history #medievalsky

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Thrilled to see this epic international collaboration (two huge volumes, over 30 essays on Sigismund and his court) published. Honoured to have had the chance to contribute. Thanks and congratulations to the editors! www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde...

We are excited to announce Steven Gunn's new AHRC Curiosity project ‘Life and Death in Tudor Prisons’, which will work with heritage partners at Oxford Castle & Prison and Lincoln Castle to transform our understanding of Tudor imprisonment. @oxhumanities.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3fezm52k

Despite my last name, I actually don't speak Italian - nonetheless, my first publication in Italian is now published: www.rivistamodo.it/2026/05/03/t... Thanks to fantastic editors overseeing a discussion on widowed princesses and female rulers, published as double-feature in German and Italian!

Overhaul of my blog on Anna of Denmark's household servants and expenses in Scotland, with new and better references: vanishedcomforts.org/2019/05/20/v...

New podcast episode out now - listen here: buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... @susannah-lw.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Eltze to discuss the reign of Amannote-erike, ancient King of Kush

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

Interesting new book on early modern military intelligence networks and espionage. ”Spying for the Early Vasas: Intelligence in Sixteenth-Century Sweden” by Martin Neuding Skoog of @mhafhs.bsky.social . Open Access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Living in the UK has shown me the importance on following the #dogsatpollingstations on election days! Any tipps when to go voting to see a high number of dogs at my local station (conveniently situated near a park)?

With only two weeks to go before our CfP closes, we are pleased to confirm this year’s conference activity: a tour of Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), led by our very own Zara Money @zara-money.bsky.social. Remember to send us your abstracts to [email protected] by 22 May!

Here we go again. Every so often tech makes an incursion into history, completely ignores that history is a rigorous discipline with a methodology, and then claims that a mystery or issue that historians have grappled with can be solved with an algorithm. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Episode 339 of The Medieval Podcast: Financing Queenship with Michele Seah www.medievalpodcast.com/episodes/fin... #queens