A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...

Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2

The Curriers' Prize is now open! Submit your best unpublished essay on any aspect of London's history, and you could get a £1,000 award! Full details: 👇 w ww.history.ac.uk/funding/awards-bursaries-prizes/curriers-prize

I am thrilled to share my new open-access article on John Evelyn, his wife Mary, eldest daughter Mall and their complex, multifaceted relationship with clothing has been published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Giovanna Garzoni (Ascoli Piceno 1600 – Rome 1670), Lapdog with Biscotti and a Chinese Cup, c. 1648. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina)

Speaking next Tuesday in Cambridge on #earlymodern pain at the early science and medicine seminar series. talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...

Our latest Viewpoint article is out: 'Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons' by @mpdavies.bsky.social. A 🧵 on the insights provided by this article into the history and historiography of these key metropolitan institutions in the medieval and early modern periods.

So pleased to have a History Matters article in the latest amazing issue of @historytoday.com on Oxford’s medieval scribes, beer brewing, and more! ✍️🍻🎉

If you're looking for the short on my new article, Dr Tom Almeroth-Williams has made it easy for you! 👇👇

📅 Save the Date! 🎉 To mark 50 years of the Social History Society, we’re hosting a Social History Festival with @ihr.bsky.social! 🗓️ Fri 24 April 2026 📍 Senate House, University of London Panels, a keynote + hands-on activities! 💡 Want to contribute? 👉[email protected] More info coming soon!

At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!

All these woolly knits left the Yorkshire Grey Sheep HQ last week. Have you got a favourite 💕🐑💚🐮💛 #knits #sheep #highlandcow #coo #collies #sheepdog #bordercollie #beautiful #bsnm #knitwear #cosyknits #pink

Medieval seals! 🦭 In our Bridge House Estates collection, we hold some remarkable examples of personal seals used by medieval women to authenticate documents. Some of the most commonly used motifs or designs were radial devices, stylised lilies, birds, and full-length standing women.

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?' Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England) manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/07/t...

Before cinema, there was Music Hall! 🎭 From pub backrooms to grand palaces of entertainment, it was the heart of London's cultural life. Uncover treasures from the golden age in our new free display, 'Spotlight on Music Hall'. Opens Oct 6! www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh... #Archives

If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person! I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!

This against one of History's most successful admissions cycles and a clearly thriving degree scheme (healthier than some that have been taken out of scope). This isn't 'cannot rule out' but 'chooses not to rule out' compulsory redundancies.

HMS Erebus and Terror set sail from England #OnThisDay in 1839. Despite many failures, the lure of the Northwest Passage has enjoyed remarkable longevity. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/sear...

Just two weeks to go until the #Oxford #astrolabe study day on Saturday 27 September! Learn the making and use of this most iconic scientific instrument – with the bonus that everyone attending gets to assemble and take home their own modern laser-cut astrolabe.

🎺📖 Happy to say that The Word made Flesh now is available for pre-order (also in slightly more affordable paperback)! 🎺📖 #earlymodern #medhist #histmed #skystorians www.routledge.com/The-Word-Mad...

In this month's collection's blog, we take a look at how personal possessions recovered from the Mary Rose, such as the bone angel panel found in a gentleman's chest, allow us to learn more about the people who owned them, their beliefs and roles. maryrose.org/blog/stories...

In Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image, Jack Hartnell charts the emergence of this striking image, used as a visual guide to the treatment of many ailments, and explains why it continues to intrigue us today. Out August 19. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Royal School of Needlework is hosting its first conference and though in-person tickets are sold out you can still join us virtually! I’ve put an embarrassing amount of work into this so hopefully it’ll be a fun and informative conference for all! royal-needlework.org.uk/events-exhib...

My new book 📕 The Story of Tudor Art 🌹 comes out on 25th September. It’s the first book ever (!!) to look at art from across the whole sixteenth century in England and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Cardiff University reported to still be in an utter mess following last year's redundancies debacle. Further job cuts are now planned in Professional Services. Good luck with your South Wales tech hub, everyone! nation.cymru/news/new-con...

A greyhound, c. 1500-01 Albrecht Dürer (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

Life at sea was hard. An #17thcentury ship’s surgeon had to treat not just broken bones but distress and trauma. ⌛️ Last chance to read this new History Matters for free www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

I have some time this morning so I will introduce the project I’m taking part in. I am sailing on Saga Farmann, a reconstruction of the Klåstad ship. It dates from 998 and was found near the the site of Kaupang in southern Norway. Only 40% of the original ship survives #Saga25 #MedievalSky 1/

I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️

Life at sea was hard. An early modern ship’s surgeon had to treat not just broken bones but distress and trauma. 🔓Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin’s new History Matters is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project. 👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg

A short piece by me on early modern ships’ surgeons and emotions!

I've written a short piece for History Today on ships' surgeons and emotional lives at sea. Enjoy!

New release from British History Online: A high resolution tif of the Agas Woodcut Map of London, circa 1562. Licensed as Creative Commons Zero and available to download from our Github Repository: github.com/ihr-digital/... #History #DigitalHistory #London #Map

2/2 Calm, yet distracted by something we cannot see: man weighing gold, 1515, by Adriaen Isenbrandt of Bruges.

📖 Alert : my book "Underground Mathematics" seems to now be available in paperback 🎉 So if you've always been to learn everything about the geometry of mining, mathematical practitioners, their customs and instruments, you can now do that at an almost reasonable price 😋 ... doi.org/10.1017/9781...

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

doi.org/10.1111/1468... Publication day! ‘Disability, Gender and Segregation in the Britain–Australia Convict System’ #OpenAccess in a @genderandhistory.bsky.social sky.social‬ special issue on Gender and Segregation. How did disability affect prisoners’ fates? Was it gendered? 1/6

Hoorah!!! A new book of essays in honour of Bernard Capp, courtesy of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social !

The shortlist for the Society's 2025 First Book Prize for early career historians is now available bit.ly/4kkm4lW Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July. #Skystorians

Event at UCL on 29 May 6pm to celebrate publication of Metropolitan Science: London Sites & Cultures of Knowledge and Practice, c. 1600-1800. Join @jasminekt.bsky.social & me, in discussion with Simon Werrett & Tim Boon #histsci #earlymodern #18thcentury #londonhistory www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

REMINDER: We offer bursaries of up to £500 per head to support UK-based postgraduate and early career researchers to arrange panels on London-related topics for academic conferences. See here for further details on how to apply (please repost to help spread the word!)

We hear that @ucl-ias.bsky.social is hosting a book event ideal for lovers of #LondonHistory. Metropolitan Science is a great example of how our collections have been used for incredible historical research - @rhiggitt.bsky.social @jasminekt.bsky.social 📚 Thu 29 May @ 6pm 📚 🎫 FREE - book here:

It is time to remember the ones who never abandoned the way to care for the dead the ones who said not only my dead and not only the official dead matter amidst all the matter. ‘The Historians’, a poem by Maureen N. McLane: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

If you're in or around London on Thursday 29 May, join @jasminekt.bsky.social and me to celebrate the publication of Metropolitan Science. Big thanks to the Institute of Advanced Studies & @stsucl.bsky.social for supporting the event. Book a free ticket here: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... #histsci 🗃️

It's here. Our 50th anniversary special issue, on 'London's Past Today', edited by @aidannorrie.bsky.social and Robert Shoemaker: www.tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/c.... 🧵

New article! 'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research. It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it! Some context below: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

On International Day of the Midwife explore our digital exhibition 'In Safe Hands: The Battle for Midwifery', on the history of midwifery and obstetrics and Edinburgh's contribution to the development of the profession. archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-coll...?

Today’s the day! The 50th anniversary special issue of @thelondonjournal.bsky.social, which I co-edited with Bob Shoemaker, is published! It concludes with my rather personal reflection on the future of the humanities: I’d be very grateful if you gave it a read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Two things I love about the cover 1) The image isn't shipwreck or clockwork* 2) Such a great - and prominent - list of co-authors! *Yes, it's a 19thC attempt at a marine chair, for getting longitude from Jupiter's satellites - not the first or last such. Very much "you go first, mate"