TODAY!

So looking forward to the book launch for this fantastic edition of Margaret Tudor’s letters tomorrow— @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social and I will be ‘in conversation about the book, the fascinating features of Margaret’s correspondence and what it reveals about the practice of queenship 👸

THIS WEDNESDAY! #EarlyModern #SRSlyGood #EarlyModernEvents #SkyStorians

Should have remembered to add hashtags! Here, have some: #BookHistory #EarlyModern #EarlyModernEvents #Skystorians #MaterialCulture

POSTDOCTORAL SHOWCASE! Come and hear all about the exciting work our post-doctoral fellows have done this past year! Starring @claireturner.bsky.social & Jean David Eynard. 25 September, 5-6pm, Crowdcast. Register here: www.crowdcast.io/c/postdoctor... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

SYMPOSIUM with the brilliant team of the Early Modern Scholars of Colour Network. Join us for an afternoon of exciting research papers as well as discussion of academia beyond the academy. 11 September, 12:45-17:15, Liverpool John Moores Uni All info & programme: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/emsoc-...

CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026 Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin... #SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social

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CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026 Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin... #SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social

This'll be my first academic event in a long while so be gentle with me ;p Looking forward to supporting some incredible research by young scholars with vital perspectives on the field. I'll be the old bald one nodding furiously and trying to spread good vibes :)

Want a little bit of #MusicalBookHistory for your weekend? About #Plainchant arguments and problematic historiography and the value of musical sources? I wrote an accidental thread! #BookHistory #EarlyModern #EarlyMusic

Come one, come all to lovely Liverpool to hear some fabulous scholarship!

Looking forward to hosting this terrific symposium. Come and join us!

Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), Durham (UK): memorients.com/news/assista...

Are you thinking of applying to speak at our Winter Conference? Considering coming along to take part in the activities and enjoy the panels? If you do, you'll have a lovely time. Don't just take our word for it though... Our Call for Papers is open until the 12th September!

The EHS welcomes submissions for its 2026 Book Prize. Publishers, former supervisors and authors are encouraged to make nominations. The Society welcomes submissions from scholars of all backgrounds. Deadline: 28 February 2026 For more information: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/prizes/

🕌Islam in Medieval England Event 🏰 Our expert panel explore the Islamic presence in England during the medieval and early modern period. Thursday 6 November 18.30 Knowledge Centre, British Library, London. Book tickets here: events.bl.uk/events/islam...

Don’t miss out! Seminar and workshop enrollment for #Shax2026 close in September 15. Submit your enrollment preferences today on our website, or by visiting linktr.ee/saaupdates

Now available for shipment in the US and the UK and from your favorite bookseller in the UK. Order your copy today! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Herstory: Jessica Faulkner talks to Susan Abernethy about Catherine of Braganza, wife to King Charles II open.spotify.com/episode/0EpF... @susanabernethy2.bsky.social #Stuarts #Podcast

New issue of Renaissance Studies Vol. 39, No. 4 (2025) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14774658... @srsrensoc.bsky.social Renaissance Humanism and the Venetian Empire @lukaspoljaric.bsky.social @clemencerevest.bsky.social @stuartmcmanus.bsky.social

SYMPOSIUM with the brilliant team of the Early Modern Scholars of Colour Network. Join us for an afternoon of exciting research papers as well as discussion of academia beyond the academy. 11 September, 12:45-17:15, Liverpool John Moores Uni All info & programme: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/emsoc-...

POSTDOCTORAL SHOWCASE! Come and hear all about the exciting work our post-doctoral fellows have done this past year! Starring @claireturner.bsky.social & Jean David Eynard. 25 September, 5-6pm, Crowdcast. Register here: www.crowdcast.io/c/postdoctor... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

CFP: Stilled Lives: Living Materials and their Architectural Afterlives in Premodern Buildings University of Aarhus, 17-21 June 2026 Deadline for submission: 19 September 2025 all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/stille... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

NEW PUBLICATION: (re) meet Catherine of Braganza, Charles II's queen, who somehow hasn't had as much attention to her as his mistresses have... New biography by @susanabernethy2.bsky.social all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/charle... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

#AngloDutch relations?

Should have remembered to add hashtags! Here, have some: #BookHistory #EarlyModern #EarlyModernEvents #Skystorians #MaterialCulture

The Old Science of Sound: 450 Years of Tallis & Byrd’s ‘Cantiones Sacrae’ (1575) An evening of music, readings, and discussion of English Catholic music National Centre for Early Music, York, 28 October 2025, 19:30 All info www.rensoc.org.uk/event/the-ol... #EarlyMusic #RecusantsBaby #EarlyModern

CFP: Speech/less in the Early Modern World Keynote speakers: Rosamund Oates Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 23 April 2026 Deadline: 26 September 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/speech... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #DisabilityHistory #HistDisability

We are thrilled to announce that the Summer 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.2) has been published online. Take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org

📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

CALL FOR PAPERS!!! The MEMRN Committee are delighted to share the call for papers for our second annual Winter Conference: Fragmented Worlds, Shared Histories. Please share widely! Sponsored by @chase-dtp.bsky.social

The Old Science of Sound: 450 Years of Tallis & Byrd’s ‘Cantiones Sacrae’ (1575) An evening of music, readings, and discussion of English Catholic music National Centre for Early Music, York, 28 October 2025, 19:30 All info www.rensoc.org.uk/event/the-ol... #EarlyMusic #RecusantsBaby #EarlyModern

CFP: Speech/less in the Early Modern World Keynote speakers: Rosamund Oates Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 23 April 2026 Deadline: 26 September 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/speech... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #DisabilityHistory #HistDisability

CFP: @rebpaf.bsky.social’s “Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures” With keynote speakers @wynkenhimself.bsky.social @renskehoff.bsky.social and Aditi Nafde Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 23-25 June 2026 Deadline: 15 December 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/re-med...

ICYMI: here’s a list of important dates for #Shax2026 in Denver. First up? Getting yourself enrolled in a seminar or workshop before September 15! Linktr.ee/saaupdates

As ever, the competition was extremely fierce: thank you to all the excellent candidates who applied: we enjoyed reading about all the fantastic and vibrant scholarship that is happening in our field and hope others can fund what we cannot. You are all amazing!

Congratulations to @nicolemaceira.bsky.social and @serinquinn.bsky.social, SRS Postdoctoral Fellows 2025-2026! We look forward to working with you in the coming year 💫 🎉 🙌🎉 💫 www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-postdoct... #SRSlyGood #Skystorians

CFP: Fifteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity Submissions still ongoing⬇️⬇️ memorients.com/events/cfp-f...

So looking forward to speaking at @memorients.bsky.social first conference taking place in Cape Town this December. And what an excellent programme! 🔥 sites.google.com/view/memorie...

Hugely honoured to be granted this opportunity and excited to begin my new project on aphrodisiac-foods in early modern England!

Thank you @srsrensoc.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity to develop my research 🤩 🎉 I cannot wait to get started with my project on Animals, the environment and the ‘Protestant’ worldview in seventeenth-century Scotland

Huge congratulations to this year’s incoming postdoctoral fellows!

📖I'm having an online book launch with @ewoodacre.bsky.social and @srsrensoc.bsky.social for my @royalhistsoc.org Camden Edition of 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots' (out 8 Aug). 🗓️10 Sept 2025 ⏰17.00BST/12.00EDT/18.00CEST Register here: shorturl.at/Z6zfN Please join us!

Evenin' Campers! We're hosting a #SRSlyGood book launch on 10 Sept 2025, 17.00BST/12.00EDT/18.00CEST. Join former SRS Postdoctoral Fellow, @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social in conversation ŵ @ewoodacre.bsky.social to celebrate "The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots" shorturl.at/Z6zfN

Congratulations to @nicolemaceira.bsky.social and @serinquinn.bsky.social, SRS Postdoctoral Fellows 2025-2026! We look forward to working with you in the coming year 💫 🎉 🙌🎉 💫 www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-postdoct... #SRSlyGood #Skystorians

'Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books', a new digital exhibition, curated by Hannah Yip and @thejohnrylands.bsky.social #EarlyModernVirtualEvents #Skystorians www.rensoc.org.uk/event/extra-...

The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of Science & Technology with a focus on Western Europe and/or its empires, starting August 16 2026. Apply by October 1, 2025 www.rensoc.org.uk/event/search... #Skystorians

Reposting a guest contribution on the history behind the Guinea Company and its surprising role in sparking England's early global trade ambitions across West Africa, Asia and the Americas 🌍 #worldhistory #trade #earlymodern @roperlou.bsky.social memorients.com/articles/the...

The Society is pleased to announce the short list for our 2025 Book Prize! 📚 The winner will be announced at the Society’s Winter Meeting in January 2026. #EHSCon25 #BookPrize #ChurchHistory