thoroughly enjoying reading through this new special issue of the the journal of #earlymodern history, which critically reflects on the meaning of early modernity, what it stands for, whether it is inherently eurocentric, and whether multiple views on this are compatible brill.com/view/journal... 🗃️

Despite the deadliness of the disease, it was possible to recover from plague, and medieval chroniclers mention the possibility – however unlikely – of survival.

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

David's book is out! A box of *Remembering the Wars of Religion* recently arrived in Durham in time for his visiting fellowship. Book launch at St John's College on 4pm 22 May and full details via the link below... @imems.bsky.social @dcvanderlinden.bsky.social

New Open Access article in French History by Howard G. Brown Faction and fiction: political murder, compagnies de Jésus and the limits of justice in the Lyonnais, 1795–1800 academic.oup.com/fh/article/d... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

New Open Access article in French History! 🎺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💾💻🌟 Conner Muller on 'Scottish martyrs, Scotland and internationalism in revolutionary France, 1794–99' academic.oup.com/fh/article/d... @conormuller.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social

Damien Tricoire's new article previews an upcoming special issue on eighteenth-century libelles with a major reinterpretation of the origins of the Revolution: 'Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville and his path from philosopher to revolutionary' doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

The latest issue of French History is now published! 💾🖥️🖨️ Articles covering the 11th to the 20th centuries... And a 🔥 series of decolonial reflections on historiography and curating via the landmark volume Colonisations: notre histoire and the Musée Carnavalet relaunch @frenchhistory.bsky.social

'Legacies of Violence? Catholic Militancy in Paris After the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre' Robert Descimon and I have pubished our article with French Historical Studies (@sfhs.bsky.social), with special thanks to colleagues at @crh.ehess.fr @durhamhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1215/0016...

Assistant Professor in History of the Iberian Empires (111483-0426) University of Warwick - #History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD751/a...

Assistant Professor in History of Capitalism (111484-0426) University of Warwick - #History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD759/a...

Fantastic PhD opportunity with a dream supervisory team including Katie Carpenter and Kevin Linch in the School or History at Leeds!

So so pleased to see that my book ‘Body Size in Early Modern Germany’ is now available on Oxford Academic ahead of its print publication later this month: academic.oup.com/book/62409 🎉🎉🎉 To mark its online publication, I thought I’d share a bit more about the book and its contents...

Thrilled to see our article “AI assistants in the archive and the lure of ‘instant history’" out in Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society! It is open access and available here: doi.org/10.1017/cfc....

New article in French History! ‘By the king’s suspension, the constitution is violated’: provincial opposition to the revolution of 10 August 1792' by William S. Cormack 🇫🇷🧐💾👨‍🎤🤴 Open Access here: doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

I was interviewed by the French History Network blog about my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book, 'Make cheese not war'. It was an ace opportunity to reflect on the lifecycle of a book project, personal encounters, research-led teaching (& vice versa) & more frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6838/ 🗃️

‘Caravaggio exploits dress not so much as a language, but as a way of posing the question: what is it we’re most susceptible to? A scrap of fur? A feather on a thigh? Hard, burnished armour?’ @erinmaglaque.bsky.social on Caravaggio’s clothes. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Fellowship Opportunity! Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History University of Oxford - St Hilda’s College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL341/j...

Do you want to teach wonderful students alongside great colleagues? Look no further and apply! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Another very attractive job offer (only two years, alas) to join the Faculty of History in Cambridge! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Violent Waters: Environmental Politics in Early Modern England is out now with Cambridge University Press: www.cambridge.org/core/books/v... This watery, riotous book has been more than a decade in the making, and I'm delighted to see it out in the world to live its own life!

Delighted to share the Call for Papers for a special issue of French Historical Studies on the theme "European-Indigenous Relations in the French Americas" (to be co-edited by Scott Berthelette and myself) CFP and submission guidelines can be found here: read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

Applications are open for the Addison Wheeler Fellowship at Durham's Institute of Advanced Studies, a 36-month postdoctoral position – please get in touch with a potential department mentor asap if you're interested! www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

'The University of York and Swansea University have became the seventh and eighth universities to confirm they will not take up a three-year deal with the world’s biggest academic publisher'. Sheffield, Lancaster, Surrey, Kent, Essex and Sussex have already opted out.

Oyez Valois historians medieval and early modern!

Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊

Associate Professorship in Eighteenth Century History- Faculty of History - Worcester College- University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️#c18th www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE665/a...

Delighted to have had this joint article published - even if the keynote it grew out of was almost 3 years ago now! Thank you for being so patient with me @tombhamilton.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social

New article by Katherine Astbury and Abigail Coppins, 'French prisoner-of-war sociability in Hampshire during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars' Open Access here: doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

The Senses and Medical Humanities – 24 February A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities, organised by @claireturner.bsky.social with the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...

How is the concept of culture wars rooted in the social and political struggles of nineteenth-century Germany? Robert D. Priest explores these little-known origins.

Durham History PhD candidate Ashleigh Percival-Borley will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Free Thinking this Friday at 9pm It's about 'Double Lives', from undercover field operatives to online anonymity, via lives led in the closet and large scale infidelity: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians

1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.

Congratulations to Marc Jaffré on his new article 'Sociability and Diplomacy at Louis XIII’s Court, 1610–1643': academic.oup.com/ehr/article-...

@brettrushforth.bsky.social says 'Colonisations' is 'among the most innovative contributions to French colonial scholarship for the pre-revolutionary period'. But that was just a warm-up for co-editor Mélanie Lamotte's upcoming BY FLESH AND TOIL out this month!! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Talitha Ilacqua has won the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize for her book *Inventing the Modern Region: Basque Identity and the French Nation-State* (MUP, 2024). Congratulations!! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/prizes/winne... @manchesterup.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social

Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!) doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... 🗃️

VERY excited we get to discuss Mélanie Lamotte's book @ihreurope1500.bsky.social with @lrhodges.bsky.social & @juliehardwick.bsky.social and Mélanie herself! 18 May, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social Get your copy @harvardpress.bsky.social: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years? From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.

In 2025 the Society was pleased to add 5 titles to its 'New Historical Perspectives' book series for early career historians bit.ly/4qh8eDt This year saw publication of the 25th NHP title and the 200,000th download from the series. All books are available free Open Access @uolpress.bsky.social.

Merry Christmas! My state of the field essay on the history of sexuality in Modern France was published in open access yesterday by @frenchhistory.bsky.social. Check it out at academic.oup.com/fh/advance-a...

New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research. Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

This was fantastic - moving, angering, and inspiring in turns. So proud of colleagues David and Julie-Marie, and the wonderful people at The Story, home of Durham archives - including archivist Victoria Oxberry (R), who is helping to build a community archive on HIV/AIDS in the county. 📜🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗃️

New article by Daisy Livingston, 'A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria'? 🧐📜📚🎉 compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Can anybody help us out in the search for a mid-C20 computer lab in action? 💾🤖💽🧑‍💻💾📸🙏

Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder. Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️

One for urban historians... The new Cambridge Urban History of Europe is out soon, including chapters by Durham historians Christian Liddy (vol. 2) and Markian Prokopovych (vol. 3): www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... @cambridge.org

Congratulations to Rachel Harkes on her book *Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society*, which is based on her Durham PhD thesis – published OA with the @royalhistsoc.org series New Historical Perspectives uolpress.co.uk/book/forging... @latemedievalist.bsky.social