Bluesky hive mind: I am looking for a robust theoretical discussion of civil wars in history, would anyone have any suggestions? I have read some, but I would like to dig deeper! #history

I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This has got absolutely ridiculous. I have just deleted my account

"Women have been describing their experiences of male abuse for centuries – we just haven’t always been ready to listen to them." @drnaomibaker.bsky.social reminds us that if you think domestic and family violence is a new thing, you're not paying attention. theconversation.com/the-17th-cen...

This is a thought-provoking piece about what historians should do in the face of AI-generated history

Very much looking forward to John Coffey speaking about the diaries of William Wilberforce this Wed. at the earlier time of 3pm - in Northampton. Do join us online or in person (some travel funds are available). www.history.ac.uk/events/diari... @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

With plans for the coming academic year being firmed up: non-UK-based #EarlyModern #SkyStorians: let us know when & where you're passing through this little island. Would be lovely to grab a coffee or to get you to present your work where feasible.

My project on early modern public diplomacy has entered its final year, and our archival work is at an end. Time to start sharing! Here's a first batch: the 1000+ letter catalogue of one our favorite publishing diplomats, Pieter Cornelisz Brederode. emlo-portal.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/...

Happy Friday! you can now register for our @cemskcl.bsky.social colloquium on Early Modern War Narratives! June 6th in person and online! Keynote by Andrew Hopper and Ismini Pells, funded by KCL, CEMS, & @srsrensoc.bsky.social. Register here (and pls repost!) — www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

It's an apt week to remember the South Sea Bubble of 1720. And for anyone thinking of teaching comparative financial crises next year, a reminder of the fab resources and datasets on the Bubble compiled by the Yale School of Management: som.yale.edu/centers/inte...

#skystorians I am looking for work on early modern Swedish witchcraft for a student of mine, does anyone have any good suggestions?

🇹🇷📢 İstanbul today. This is what hope looks like. The current historical conjuncture may have emboldened authoritarian leaders worldwide, but it is also one of massive social mobilizations *for* democracy, in Turkey, Serbia, Georgia, Israel, in US townhalls... The authoritarian wave can be stopped.

28 MARCH: John Gallagher on “The notaries of the Royal Exchange: migration and translation between London and the Low Countries?” IHR Low Countries seminar 5:30 pm GMT (UK clocks not yet changed), online & in person at IHR Wolfson Rm 2. Register here: www.history.ac.uk/events/notar...

Excellent news!

This is what Greeks did yesterday - our biggest ever (I feel) demonstration. Many media outlets focus on the few violent clashes, but this was a massive protest in many parts of Greece

I am really pleased to hear it, what a great resource for historians!

24 Feb 1664: John Twyn, printer of anti-#Stuart pamphlets is executed #otd (eebo)

I've just cleared a few to-do list items and been alerted that the first pre-ordered copies of Postal Intelligence have arrived (!) so now seems like as good a time as any to share some exciting and troubling tidbits from my ten years with Europe's postal technocrats 1/? #earlymodern 🗃️

This is ‘Miss Clara’. This #rhinoceros came to Europe from India in 1741, where she was shown in many places and became very famous. I saw the bronze figure (c. 1770) in the museum today and then followed some of Clara’s tracks. 1/9 🦏 #Birmingham, The #Barber Institute, attr. to P.A. v. Verschaffelt

Post brings this chunky number from the Printing Historical Society, containing many scholarly essays about the history of colour lithography

📚🎉📚 Huge congratulations to CECS member Dr Alison O’Byrne on the publication day of her book, The Art of Walking in London: Representing the Eighteenth-Century City, 1700-1830 from @cambridgeup.bsky.social ‘Elegantly written, well-researched, and highly engaging’ and with a gorgeous cover. #18thC

If you fancy some Renaissance listening this Sunday, you're in luck. I have a new podcast up: talking to @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social about Cesare Borgia for Not Just the Tudors.

I am really excited for this, especially since Heidi Mehrkens is an excellent former colleague who always manages to make any subject she deals with interesting! Mind you, this topic probably does not need any help to be interesting :)

Available in Open Access here: boydellandbrewer.com/978183765021...

Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

So this is very exciting! We have 16 places on our AHRC-funded Print Matters Summer School. There is no course fee, and applicants get 4 nights B&B accommodation and a travel bursary of up to £100. The Summer School is open to all disciplines and career stages. www.thinicepress.org/events/print...

If you fancy buying my book, Roguery in Print: Crime and Culture in early modern London, it is right now on sale through Boydell and Brewer! Code BB060 boydellandbrewer.com/978178327440...

'an arrest was doubly a performance: the magistrate needed to perform his own legitimacy to those present & if the arrest was successful, it performed a vision of the state for those present' New post by @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social on @historywo.bsky.social: www.historyworkshop.org.uk/practice-his...

Ooh I hadn't seen that! Seriously considering applying

Hello #skystorians 👋 good to see so many here! I’ll leave the annual Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500 - 1850 #CfP here for folks who are interested. Come and join us in Aberystwyth, 12 - 13 June 2025. Co-organised with @heathernicholas.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social

Very engaging analysis of paper worlds in an early modern school :)

This is actually full of good reporting on casualization of UKHE at even the most prestigious institutions. And the fact that the Observer pressed Christ Church directly on ad wording, and then reported on the college's sidestepping is nothing short of astonishing.

To produce 25,000 transcriptions of English wills 1540-1790 we are combining Handwritten Text Recognition software with the power of the crowd. If you'd like to participate you can transcribe wills any time on our Zooniverse site! #EarlyModern 🗃️ www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...

Amazing list of podcasts for the early modern period!

If you're a #skystorian who works on digitised archival material - and pretty much all of us do - you should read this new article on #EarlyModern wills by Harry Smith @bhamhistory.bsky.social and Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social, #OpenAccess in the TRHS 🗃️: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...