Conference cfp: Beyond Exceptionalism III (17-19 June 2026), Spain Reminder to send your proposals by 31st Jan 2026 to [email protected]

Prof @petermandler.bsky.social will give the James Ford Lectures 2026 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social Peter Mandler will chart the spread & use of the language of social science into everyday life in 20th-century Britain. Thursdays, 5pm Weeks 1-6 Hilary Term 🔗 www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...

New Postdoc position at the Uni of Copenhagen! “Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE). Changing the narratives of early modern philosophy and uncovering women’s contribution to Scandinavian gender equality” Deadline 15 Feb! Info here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

As the world moves full speed into a more authoritarian future, a discussion of the structures and mechanisms of power delegation by sultans, emperors, and kings in #history could not be more relevant. Stay tuned for more details about this by-invitation-only conference. 27-29 May See more ⬇️

We continue with asking researchers in #Monarchy&Money about what they're doing - the new episode with Veronika Hyden-Hanscho on 18th century noble families (Habsburg Empire) and their economic behaviour is out now: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... @royalstudies.bsky.social

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

Here’s my list of things the public doesn’t seem to know, but historians broadly agree upon 👇

If you're out for a nice winter walk this morning, might I recommend our new podcast on #Monarchy&Money with @royalstudies.bsky.social - we talked with Katia Wright on English Queens of the 14th century as some of the richest people in the realm: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

This gold medal was made to celebrate the Scottish coronation of King Charles II, which occurred at Scone Palace on this day in 1651. It was the last coronation to ever take place in Scotland. This gold specimen from the Hunterian is exceedingly rare, most were cast in silver.

Training Royal Horses for Warfare: A Medieval Mastery www.medievalists.net/2024/12/trai... #militaryhistory

For anyone interested in war and gender, check out the MKGD's Early Career Researcher initiative at mkgd.hypotheses.org/early-career...

New podcast episode available! Join @ewoodacre.bsky.social and Dr Kristen Vitale Engel who discuss the Dec RSJ Feature: Cluster on ‘Diplomacy as Performative Politics in the Early Modern Courts’ Royal Studies Journal: rsj.winchester.ac.uk Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

With contributions from sixteen international scholars, it explores various forms of entrepreneurship and the broader social, economic, political, and military significance of the interaction between public and private actors in the supply of war. (3/3)

This edited volume provides the first holistic overview of continuity and change within this business in and from the Baltic Sea region over the course of three centuries. (2/3)

The business of war—meaning the commercial supply, financing, and organisation of soldiers and materiel for armies and navies—was one of the predominant economic sectors in early modern Europe. (1/3)

Coming next spring! ”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765” Description in comments @profmurdoch.bsky.social @anulah.bsky.social

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

A fantastic conference and discussions among medievalists has now seen the light of publication! (I sneaked in as an early modernist) It's all about the debate on the nation in medieval Europe - and here the whole of Europe incl. many (Eastern or Northern) polities often more sidelined in research.

New issues of The Medieval Globe Vol. 11, Nos. 1-2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55994 @projectmuse.bsky.social @archumanities.bsky.social Shaping the Nation in Medieval Europe @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social

Recent research carried out by the Teaching Medieval Women group supported by NTU, shows that women are critically underrepresented in History assessments in English secondary schools at GCSE and A-Level: theconversation.com/women-are-st...

Symposium CFP on the topic of 'Showtime’s The Tudors: A Twenty-Year Retrospective'. Send abstracts of 150 words and a brief bio to both Bill Robison ([email protected]) and Valerie Schutte ([email protected]) by 1 February 2026.

Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026. Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v #Skystorians

Our next Digital Seminar Series seminar is on Nov 17 (date changed) at 6pm GMT. Join @historyboy30.bsky.social's talk on 'The Material Culture of Queens and Queenship - Employing Digital Research Methods'. You must be an RSN member and register by Nov 16: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dss-novemb...

A good time, it seems, for a thread about public sculptures of, and by, women that have been installed in the last 10 years or so... Aphra Benn in Canterbury, Licoricia in Winchester, Mary Anning in Lyme Regis, Dervorguilla in Oxford...

International Conference: Women and Music in the Iberian Courts (1600-1900) 7th and 8th May, 2026 Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026

(1/3) Excited to announce patrikpastrnak.bsky.social & I launched new 📚 book series “Court Cultures, 1000-1900” w/ degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Series feat books exploring any & all aspects of global courts 👑 (all variations). CfP now open! Info & CfP: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/cocu-....

Ok, someone needs to give Mary, Queen of Scots her copy of Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy back. You don’t need to fight over it, it’s available in all good booksellers #womenwhoruledtheworld

Call for contributions for issue number 6 of The Journal Bellica. Guerre, histoire et sociétés, for publication in June of 2027: 'The New History of the Age of Gunpowder in Asia'. Contact Christopher Goscha at [email protected]

It’s that time of year again! Here is the term card for the upcoming talks. As always, everyone is welcome! Fortnightly, 4:30pm in the Memorial Room, @jesusoxford.bsky.social

New podcast episode! @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Professor Nwando Achebe and Lydia Amoah, discussing the distinctive features of African queenship, including : royal women from across African history from ancient Egypt and Kush to the recent death of the Asantehemaa in Ghana.