Reposted by Cathleen SartiCurtis Dozier @curtisdozier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026CFP for contributions to a special issue of Radical History Review on "The Politicized Premodern Past." I'm confident they would stretch the 500 CE boundary earlier for an ancient or late antique contribution. www.radicalhistoryreview.org/the-politici... 158
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDe Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🎧 Can #rockstars be intellectuals? According to Jens Ivo Engels' new book "Rock und Politik," the answer is yes: #BAP frontman Wolfgang Niedecken is not only one of Germany's best-known musicians but also an astute political observer and commentator. @tuda.bsky.social @machtgeschichte.bsky.social 121
Reposted by Cathleen Sartiwill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026i wrote about this last year www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p...history-uk.ac.uk‘Doing the Readings’Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press… 15718
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Book Launch celebration and author conversation event as part of @ThinkUHI Centre for History's Talks Live series Join for a free session on the 15th of October at www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-... or watch after on youtube @UHIHistory #history #booklaunch #exploringmonarchy 043
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Have you ever thought about the fact that queens were some of the richest persons in their realms? Our Special Issue of Essays in Economic & Business History looks at 14th to 16th century queens as business owners, investors, administrators, or all around badass CEOs. www.ebhsoc.org/journal/inde...ebhsoc.org Vol. 44 No. 1 (2026): Essays in Economic & Business History | Essays in Economic & Business History 11711
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In our latest episode, host Ellie Woodacre is joined by Elizabeth Norton and Valerie Schutte to explore their new books in the Lives of Royal Women series on Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves. Check it out right here👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... 046
Reposted by Cathleen SartiAlberto J. Campillo Pardo @albertocampillo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm delighted to prresent "Privilege and Power Printing Privileges and the Regulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" from the @be4copy.bsky.social project and edited by Marius Buning, @andreaottone.bsky.social and me. #Printingprivileges #Bookhistory #OpenAccess www.scup.com/doi/book/10....scup.comPrivilege and Power | Books 22512
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 19/09/2026We also announced the return of the Society's annual 'International Fellows Lecture': chance to hear about new research by RHS Fellows working outside the UK: bit.ly/4xUZnLS The 2026 lecturer is Prof Amy Froide in a lecture co-hosted @echistsoc.bsky.social to mark its centenary year #Skystoriansbit.lyThe Society's 'International Fellows Lecture', 2026 - RHSThe Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the recommencement of its annual International Fellows Lecture. The 2026 lecture will be given by Professor Amy Froide (University of Maryland, Balt... 0105
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Important reading on the right extremist danger in Germany right now, and its connection to East Germany: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... East Germany did not have de-nazification, and it did not (but needed, in my opinion) de-DDR-ficationtheguardian.comI know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin WürfelGrievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel 000
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Shout out to all #earlymodern #mobility and #maritime #skystorians folks 🗃️ 01111
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just a little reminder that my documentary The Real Jane Seymour is available to watch over on History Hit. It was fabulous to tell Jane’s story, based on the research from my new book on her: Jane Seymour, Patronage Material Culture and Image Crafting #janeseymour #queenjaneseymour #realjaneseymour 0144
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Thank you to everyone who made #KQ15 such as success, especially our hosts at @akademievedcr.bsky.social and @historickyustav.bsky.social Watch this space for information about #KQ16 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship #prague 194
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The window that started the Thirty Years’ War when, on 23 May 1618 Protestant noblemen threw Catholic Imperial officials from this window in Prague Castle. Amazingly, they survived. The Defenestration sparked a Bohemian revolt against Habsburg authority #defenestrationofprague #thirtyyearswar 0183
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#KQ15 has been a wonderful whirlwind of papers, discussions and catching up with lovely royal studies colleagues! All that is left now is tomorrow’s excursions and then we’re off to Chile next year for #KQ16! Thanks again to the Czech Academy of Sciences for being fabulous hosts! 👑 031
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Hosted by Laboratorio de Humanidades at the Universidad San Sebastian. The deadline for proposals is 29/01/27, and we look forward to new exciting proposals ✍️ The conference website is at the link in bio 🔗 We can't wait to welcome you to #KQ16! #Kings #queens #royalstudies 021
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026After a fantastic #KQ15, the Royal Studies Network is excited to announce the dates for Kings and Queens 16, in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 Join us from 7-10 September 2027 for our first conference in the Southern hemisphere! In 2027,the conference will focus on war and conquest. 198
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Third day of #KQ15 and once again the problem of not being able to in two or even three places at once - a constant problem of fantastic conferences, and right at the top of my wishlist of problems to solve. Just below the Mary Poppins / Tardis bookshelf of a shelf being bigger inside than outsidestatic.klipy.comTardis Police Box IllustrationALT: Tardis Police Box Illustration 000
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Today's programme for #KQ15 and for more details go to our website via our linktree 🔗 Make sure to follow along and share your experience with our conference hashtag #KQ15 #Royalstudies #conference 013
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Day 2 of #KQ15 in #prague Thank you Jonathan Spangler for opening as today's keynote speaker, and everyone who delivered a wide variety of thought-provoking papers and our hosts @akademievedcr @historickyustav_avcr #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship #history 053
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Our evening reception, celebrating the start to a brilliant conference and the winner of the @royal_studies_journal Biennial Book Prize for 2026 @emmaoberat @historickyustav_avcr @akademievedcr #KQ15 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship 074
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Starting the second day of #KQ15 with a keynote from @jspan.bsky.social on Protecting Against Peril: The Uses of Dynastic Extensions—siblings, cousins—in Safeguarding Royal Continuity in the EM Period- Unusual for Jonathan, he started in the 21st c. and is working backwards - from 2026 over 1926... 030
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The timetable for today's talks on day 2 of #KQ15 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship 062
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Learning much about the very complicated political (and economic and financial) conflict surrounding the succession of the Bohemian throne after 1306 #Monarchy&Money #KQ15 - several papers are looking at the various actors from Henry and Anna of Bohemia to John of Luxemburg and Elisabeth of Bohemia 062
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDaniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026And we are finally open access: a volume full of #earlymodern almanacs, especially the German #Schreibkalender, dear #bookhistory experts: www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...harrassowitz-verlag.deSchreibkalender der Frühen NeuzeitBuch | Harrassowitz Verlag 14414
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026After a fantastic keynote by Cindy McCreery bringing us at #KQ15 to 19th c. New Zealand, I am now listening to an attempted murder and spy dramatic tale of 14th c. Portugal! And all because of opposition to a royal marriage (between Fernando I and Queen Leonor Teles) 051
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Today's the day! Kings and Queens 15 starts today in Prague and online💜 See above for today's programme and for my details go to our website via our linktree 🔗 Make sure to follow along and share your experience with our conference hashtag #KQ15 #Royalstudies #conference 084
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Sitting at the airport, and looking forward to our annual meeting - see you all soon in Prague! 010
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Two days to go till our annual conference! Check the schedule at www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/copy-of-curr.... #KQ15 #conferencecountdown #history 011
Reposted by Cathleen SartiTudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026@enortonhistory.bsky.social has just published a biography of Jane Seymour. As 4th speaker at the Tudor Times Summit on Henry VIII and his In-laws bit.ly/4wOdTnn she will be sharing her discoveries about how Henry & the Seymour family interacted. @catherinefletcher.info @drlindaporter.bsky.social 086
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Another episode of the #Monarchy&Money episodes from @royalstudies.bsky.social podcast is out: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... We spoke with a project from TU Darmstadt about 19th century Monarchy, and especially how corruption debates are key to understand the changing European monarchies.buzzsprout.comMonarchy & Money Episode on Monarchy and Corruption: Interview with Jens Ivo Engels, Sarah Deck, and Markus Horbach (Darmstadt - The Royal Studies PodcastThe mini series within the Royal Studies Podcast on Monarchy & Money is hosted by Charlotte Backerra from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria, and Cathleen Sarti from the University of Oxford ... 000
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Kings & Queens 15 is next week in Prague. We’d love for you to join us, wherever you are. Organisers have confirmed conference will be streamed online. Remote participation is now available. Register by 31.08.2026. Registration & programme found here: www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/copy-of-curr... 133
Reposted by Cathleen SartiJade Jesty @jadejesty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I am delighted that my article has been published by The Seventeenth Century, @tandfresearch.bsky.social! ⚔️ It explores the reputation of Prince Maurice of the Palatinate, a highly active military commander in the British Civil Wars! #skystorians #earlymodern www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comPrince Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, in the British Civil WarsThis article explores the representations of Prince Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, in the history of the British Civil Wars. Tracing the development of his fearsome reputation as the wars p... 54918
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Nothing worse than nearing a deadline, and then tech fails you! Today, my Citavi (literature software) and Word are not speaking to each other - so, do I spend energy and time to sort it out; or do I work around it, delay the problem to afterwards, then forget it completely until the next deadline?static.klipy.comStella Kidd: We Need Each Other - Chicago FireALT: Stella Kidd: We Need Each Other - Chicago Fire 000
Reposted by Cathleen SartiUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/08/2026Universities across the UK are calling their redundancy programmes ‘voluntary’. In today’s Sunday Times a Senior Lecturer in Humanities completely exposes that lie. 23623
Reposted by Cathleen SartiEarly Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network @earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We're excited to share the final programme of events for our upcoming conference at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See the thread below for details, and register here for three full days of talks discussing early modern violence beyond the battlefield: forms.gle/i2qhzBTpboxK... 12617
Reposted by Cathleen SartiLen Scales.bsky.social @lenscales.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It was indeed a terrific conference, superbly organised by Éloïse Adde. It was great to have the chance to reflect on the conference themes in the concluding discussion with Éloïse and @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social, captured in the YouTube recording. 031
Reposted by Cathleen SartiArc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 19/08/2026{New book} Shaping the Nation in Medieval Europe Edited by Éloïse Adde explores a fundamental problem of European historiography within a global context: the history of medieval nations and the question of their relationship to modern nation-states. www.arc-humanities.org/978180270424... 163
Reposted by Cathleen SartiErika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Sat 3 Oct 2026 at Christ Church Library, Oxford Univ - Women and Their Books: Women as Book Producers and Owners in Early Modern England and Scotland A study afternoon exploring women as book producers and owners in Early Modern England and Scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-and-...eventbrite.co.ukWomen and Their Books in Early Modern England and ScotlandA study afternoon exploring women as book producers and owners in Early Modern England and Scotland. 35528
Reposted by Cathleen SartiH-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Konf: jungcherre, Junggeselle, Hagestolz – der unverheiratete Mann in epochenübergreifender Betrachtung www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1640… Kiel, 18.11.2026-19.11.2026, Abteilung für Regionalgeschichte mit Schwerpunkt Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel …hsozkult.de 021
Reposted by Cathleen SartiErika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026New series announcement! Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History & Culture Series Editors: @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer Publisher: @dgb-mem.bsky.social brill.com/page/forthco... Feel free to DM me with questions, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com 210251
Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Have you ever thought about the royal court as employer? As a business and place of work for many... We talked with @driesraey.bsky.social and Marc Jaffré about Employment Conditions in Early Modern European Courts - hope, you enjoy the episode! 021
Reposted by Cathleen SartiErika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Call for papers - Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade University of Edinburgh 6-7 May 2027 Deadline: 20 December This conference also launches a new collaborative database sourcing biographical information about women in the early modern book trade. #earlymodern 04233
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡 97758343
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Get your tickets now for the Tudor Queens Talk at Hampton Court Palace, with Elizabeth Norton and Valerie Schutte! They'll discuss their new biographies of Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, in the Routledge Lives of Royal Women series www.hrp.org.uk/.../members-... www.routledge.com/Lives-of-Roy... 033
Reposted by Cathleen SartiSociety for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Save the date! For our 30th anniversary the Society for Court Studies will be holding a symposium on the question: "Where are Court Studies, now?" 📍St Mary's University Twickenham AND Strawberry Hill House 🗓 2 October 2026 🕑 From 2pm - times TBC More information will follow in September 034
Reposted by Cathleen SartiErika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Gen'l Eds Elizabeth Rhodes, James Daybell, Merry Wiesner-Hanks, and I, welcome book proposals to "Genders & Sexualities in the Early Modern World," a new series published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social - brill.com/page/forthco... DM me with q's, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com 034
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 06/08/2026In my new book Jane Seymour: Patronage, Material Culture and Image Crafting, which is the first full length academic study of Jane’s life and queenship, I spent a lot of time myth busting… #janeseymour #queenjaneseymour #gablehood #frenchhood 172
Reposted by Cathleen SartiDr Karin Schrader @karina42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026@royalstudies.bsky.social @historickyustav.bsky.social I’d really like to attend the K&Q conference in Prague, but I haven’t been able to find a link to register on your websites yet. Can anyone help me? 111
Reposted by Cathleen SartiRoyal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Special Issue on CROWN AND CONSTITUTION in the journal for the History of European Ideas www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhei20/5... 034
Reposted by Cathleen SartiJohn Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I never thought that I would have to write this piece about my university. But after weeks of demonstrating privately to senior managers that their case is based on a false prospectus, that their data are inaccurate and their claims misleading, there was little choice. substack.com/@lucasamin/n...substack.comInside Britain's university crisisAs teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter 48551