John Latham-Sprinkle's book, 'The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850-1240' is described by the judges as 'a masterly study which shows how historical analysis can be brought to bear even when source material is largely absent or fragmentary.' 3/4

Yesterday evening, the Society was delighted to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RHS First Book Prize: Dr Kiran Mehta and Dr John Latham-Sprinkle 1/4 #Skystorians

Come join our friendly team to do radical history online. History Workshop is recruiting one editorial fellowship this year, with specialism in pre-1800 history in any part of the globe.

Still time to submit your book to the Society for the Study of French Book Prize! By 31 July 2026 📖📚🇫🇷 for 'an author based in the UK and Ireland, on a topic related to the history of France and the Francophone world in its broadest global context, which is the author’s first sole book publication'

Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...

Colleagues at Exeter have asked me to circulate this petition as widely as possible: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

This is a brilliant collection, that delivers a series of blows against any remaining simplistic notions of the “Enlightenment” being a movement of outsiders, or of censorship collapsing before a tidal-wave of dissent.

The latest issue of French History is guest edited by Damien Tricoire on the theme of 'Court society and the politics of print in the eighteenth century' doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

An academic tribute to Rosamond McKitterick, published by Reti Medievali. www.rm.unina.it?p=554

What happens when archival research meets lived experience? After the birth of her son, @erinmaglaque.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social began exploring how women’s bodies have been understood across history. Her new book uncovers hidden histories of the female body. 👉 bit.ly/4vhyG2y

The second is entitled "Execution and Martyrdom in the Early Modern World": www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... The idea behind these four sessions would be to explore what historians of religion and crime can learn from each other. The deadline is 24 July. Please get in touch! 😊

As the @rsaorg.bsky.social 's Religion discipline rep, I'm excited to share two #earlymodern #CfP for #RenSA27. The first, coorganised with Amanda Scott, is entitled "Banishment and Exile in the Early Modern World": www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

Job Opportunity! Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) University of Limerick - School of History and Geography www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a...

Career Development Fellow in French & Francophone Studies (2 years) at Durham University 'we are especially interested to receive applications from those with specialisms in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries' Deadline 21 June, start Sept 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRS327/c... @imems.bsky.social

📢 Job Opportunity at @durham.ac.uk Bridging Fellow in Early Modern Italian Studies: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... IMEMS seeks to appoint a Bridging Fellow with research interests in the field of early modern Italian studies to the Inventing Futures research programme @languagesdurham.bsky.social

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.