@brettrushforth.bsky.social shared this with me years ago, and I return to it constantly. We must dare to risk delight. poetrysociety.org/poems/a-brie...

Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians

Fascinating article by Nuala Zahedieh about the centrality of canoes in early colonial exploitation 🗃️https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtaf021/8231030

Reposting - the intro essay is available for free download for another 2 weeks.

The introduction to the HLQ special issue on exhibitions in London is available for free download until Aug. 5. muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

Checking caption credits for the next HLQ issue (first French edition of Utopia) while also finalizing image permissions for The Book, and voila: Sir Thomas Morue. (Apologyes in advance, it's been a very long day.) #earlymodern

New HLQ special issue. What counts as an exhibition? As art? As respectable or "high" art? How did colonialism, empire, and race shape artistic production, display, and consumption? #arthistory #skystorians #BritishArt nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Phew!

"At a time when many scholars face narrowing opportunities in the humanities, The Huntington upholds a long-standing commitment to its community of research fellows and their work." www.huntington.org/news/champio...

My article "Seasonal Harvests: Migration, Reproduction, and Religion in the Early Modern Spanish Tuna Fisheries" is now available online in advance of the July issue of @envirohistory.bsky.social. The essay reflects years of work and revision; I'm so grateful for the help I got along the way.

My article has been published! And it's open access so you can all enjoy reading about Protestant church orders 🤣 #earlymodern #churchhistory #skystorians #history #reformazing www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

More and more friends and colleagues are joining, so I quickly made a little starter pack. For those ‘Didn’t know you’re here too!’ occasions. Please suggest more! #HistSci #HistMed 🗃️ #EarlyModern #c18 #c19 go.bsky.app/S7TEGpq

New article in French History by Sean Heath, 'Parisian street songs and the propaganda campaign over the Sorbonne’s Chinese censure (1700)' – with musical accompaniment! 🎼⛪🧑‍🎓🎶 doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social #earlymodern

Soundtrack: Peaches & Herb, "Reunited." Reunited, and it feels so good Reunited 'cause we understood There's one perfect fit And, sugar, this one is it #earlymodern #bookhistory huntington.org/news/whats-h...

I'm looking forward to speaking at ASU later this month. The subtitle is an homage to the amazing work they've been doing at ACMRS and the Humanities Institute. Join us! asuevents.asu.edu/event/divers... #earlymodern #skystorians

PIRATES! Check out my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with John Coakley about Coakley, Nathan Kwan and @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social The Problem of Piracy in the Early Modern World @amsterdamupress.bsky.social #Skystorians #earlymodern #history #piracy newbooksnetwork.com/the-problem-...

Happy Valentine's Day to all who celebrate. #earlymodern

Free virtual panel on Tue Feb 18 3pm EST on #Disability in #AsianStudies: Blindness and Leprosy in #EarlyModern #Japan, featuring two amazing scholars Wayne Tan and Susan Burns! Register in advance to receive the Zoom link. #DisabilitySky #DisHist #SkyStorians

Can't get enough MMoR & @kingshistory.bsky.social conferences?? We're thrilled to be associated with "Caribbean Connections", organised by Michael Bennett and @drmishaewen.bsky.social and taking place 25-26 June at King's. See the CfP here.... #EarlyModern 🗃️

Historians occasionally make fun of Jefferson for alleging that some Americans wanted a king, or something like a king. That strain of thinking was real and, apparently, never went away.

Looking forward to this lecture at the Huntington tomorrow night. Paul Reeve, "The Mormons in Black and White." SoCal folks: there's still space, and tickets are free. huntington.org/event/mormon...

‘As we imagine the Irish landscape of the past, this book helps us to include in our imagining the women our records so often leave out’ Conor McDonough OP reviews Brides of Christ: Women & Monasticism in Medieval & #Earlymodern Ireland ✍️ #womeninhistory www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/b...

The delight of *The Sisterhood* being a finalist for an Oregon Book Award for non-fiction is made so much sweeter by the fact that @miriamgershow.bsky.social's bracing and brilliant *Survival Tips* is a finalist for fiction!! literary-arts.org/2025/01/anno...

Indeed.

This is going to be great. So many excellent presenters.

Looking forward to this today. #earlymodern #arthistory #bookhistory #materialculture dornsife.usc.edu/emsi/seminar...

Just downloaded a copy. This looks like a fabulous addition to #nuntastic scholarship! Can't wait to dig in more.

Online seminar about publishing in academic journals. Please share with grad students and early career scholars. www.rsa.org/events/Event...

17th c. French parlor game designed by Pierre Duval, royal cartographer to Louis XIV. Roll the dice, pay or collect according to a national stereotypes. #earlymodern gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

🇬🇧 I'm delighted to take part in this symposium in honour of Angela Groppi (1946-2020), professor of modern history at Sapienza University of Rome, where I studied. Thanks to my friends Michaël Gasperoni and Davide Mano @cnrs.bsky.social for organizing this! #earlymodern #Rome #skystorians

Looking forward to this today and tomorrow. huntington.org/event/aborti...

An exciting book delivery today!

This article editing workshop from @globalhistjnl.bsky.social looks like a great opportunity: networks.h-net.org/group/announ... 🗃️

Calling all scholars of Quaker history, Peace history, and allied topics! Swarthmore College Special Collections is now accepting applications for our Moore Research Fellowship for the 2025-2026 cycle. www.swarthmore.edu/friends-hist...

Something is cooking: will soon be in conversation w/ magnificent & inspiring @bibliophilenick.bsky.social & Diana Berruezo-Sánchez, reading & discussing each other's new books & value of interdisciplinary convos. More details soon, but if you happen to be in Madrid on 25 Feb, save the date!

Due to disruptions from the LA fires, the deadline to submit for the first HLQ featured issue is extended to Jan. 31 (see attached). I'm happy with what we've seen so far, but since we can't process everything right now we might as well leave the window open a little longer. #earlymodern

New publication! Kirsten Macfarlane’s Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World (Oxford, 2024) offers an alternative account of #earlymodern popular religion by reconstructing an unstudied community of c17th puritan immigrants to North America.

One of the loveliest drawings out there. Anonymous, French, 16th century, Interior with a Man Writing on a Long Table, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, over faint sketch in graphite, 19.2 x 14.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) #earlymodern #skystorians

Before too long OUP will publish the book I co-authored with Chris Hodson and you can learn about this sketch of Saturn as Peg Leg Leclerc eating a baby. Until then, enjoy. #earlymodern #pirates #Reformation

A snapshot of some daunting challenges faced by humanities journals. I've never felt happier to work with @jocelyndawson.bsky.social and @pennpress.bsky.social, and I'm especially grateful to The Huntington for its support of HLQ's efforts to diversify its perspectives and broaden its reach.

The latest issue of the Huntington Library Quarterly is now live on Project MUSE! #earlymodern #skystorians muse.jhu.edu/issue/54101

The latest issue of the Huntington Library Quarterly is now live on Project MUSE! #earlymodern #skystorians muse.jhu.edu/issue/54101

Can't wait for this one.

16th-century paintings rediscovered in the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in the tiny Mexican town of Santa María Huiramangaro, Michoacán news.artnet.com/art-world/la... #earlymodern

Our book is coming!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh

One week left to submit for the HLQ relaunch. Essays that pass peer review will be published *this September*, so it's a good option if you want an answer and possible publication quickly. #EarlyModern www.pennpress.org/journals/jou...

On my way to the AHA! If you want to chat about the HLQ, dm or email me and we can grab coffee or meet in the book exhibit area. Or come to the panel I'm chairing and hear some excellent papers. aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...

I love this framing. In a year of reading (and re-reading) so much great work, I can’t stop thinking about two novels (one new & one 50+ yrs old, but my first read) and two exceptional histories. 🗃️

What did you read this year that won't let you go? For me, two novels and a stack of early modern books. How about you?

Albrecht Dürer, Dream Vision, 1525, Watercolor on paper (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). In this haunting sketch, Dürer describes his vivid and terrifying dream of a flood. (See alt text for translation.) #earlymodern