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Early Modern Circle @earlymoderncircle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We are delighted to share the first seminar in the 2026 Early Modern Circle series! Two wonderful PhD candidates from Melbourne surrounds, Jenny Smith and Isabelle Moss, will present their research 💫 When: April 15, 6.15pm, UniMelb Campus DM for details or see poster below ⬇️ #earlymodern #emhist

Presenter 1:Jenny Smith
Seeing the future in 1590s English popular print: mirrors in conjuring and mirrors of conscience
The future was hard to see in 1590s England, clouded by an imminent succession crisis, religious war, and widespread famine, and subject to the intervention of providence. Speculation and prognostication were outlawed, and ‘conjuring’ including scrying was also condemned on theological grounds, by Puritan preachers and popular playwrights alike. But mirrors retained authority as way to engage with the future in popular texts. News from Europe was reported as a mirror of what might happen at home.
Jenny Smith is a PhD student at Monash University, writing a history of the mirror as a metaphor in sixteenth-century England.
Presenter 2: Isabelle Moss
Witchcraft Belief in Fifteenth-Century Zurich: Intersections Between Learned and Popular Demonologies
This paper explores the richness and plurality of fifteenth-century witchcraft belief in the early modern city of Zurich. It examines community accusations of flying wolves, magical milking, bewitching, weather magic, and yet, this paper will argue that it is the sexual activity of witches with their demonic accomplices which proves most concerning for the Council. This exploration is used to consider the ways in which both the Zurich Council and the wider community processed the emerging threat of witchcraft in the city. In doing so, it complicates existing expectations of demonological belief and the role of demonic copulation in early witchcraft prosecutions.
Isabelle Moss is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Melbourne. Her research examines witchcraft in early modern Zurich, focused on the ways in which demonic copulation was conceptualised and its implications for trial proceedings.

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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely! *to submit an abstract before 21/3

CALL FOR PAPERS: PERFORMING EVIL: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres, 1700-2000'. 4 & 5 June 2026, Leuven.

This conference explores the tangled histories of supernatural, diabolic evil and all kinds of spectral apparitions in the last three centuries – Walter Scott’s ‘malignant and unhappy beings’. Specifically, it is interested in how and why ghosts, spirits and related apparitional phenomena were framed as diabolic, demonic or malign manifestations from the afterlife.

Diabolic connotations of ghosts and spirits did meaningful cultural work. They were mobilised to discredit ghost beliefs and spiritual practices, to delegitimise competing beliefs, or to invest doctrinal arguments with occult authority. They could also function as tools of scepticism and ridicule as well as triggers of wonder, fear and religiosity. Put differently, the nexus of ghosts and evil is deeply historical. And it was often articulated through performative means: in gestures and expressions of (dis)belief, in visual and textual representations, in séance rooms, on the stage and on the page. Emerging from this nexus are theatrical spirits of evil, staged, embodied, and made legible through mediation and display. In this sense, every ghost is a theatrical ghost. Through the focus on the construction and staging of diabolic spirits, this conference aims to develop a methodological framework for studying historical forms of occultism and demonology more broadly in terms of performance.

Exploring how the relationship of spectrality and evil has shifted in shape over time and across different cultures, the conference invites contributions that can consider a wide range of historical actors – clerics, mediums, ghost-hunters, debunkers, necromancers, stage
performers, eyewitnesses.

This conference aims to study cultural intersections and interactions to arrive at a more granular understanding of discursive, practical and material connections between spirits and evil. At the same time this lens zooms out, making visible broader dynamics of knowledge construction in specific historical moments. How, for instance, did hauntings and possessions shape communities and audiences? How did religious or folkloric ideas about the devil inform spectral encounters?

We hope to bring together historians, art historians, theatre and literary scholars, folklorists and anthropologists from every stage in their career around the above questions. We welcome 20-minute papers on topics that include but are by no means limited to:
- making spectral evil visible: performance, arts, media, technologies, popular cultures
- making spectral evil invisible: popular and occult knowledge circulation
- performing (un)belief: practices and rhetoric, summoning and debunking on the stage (from popular stages to the lecture hall and the laboratory)
- materiality of spectres: the function of bodies and objects
- diabolic spirits and (intellectual, vernacular, theological, folkloric) ideas about morality, mortality and temporality
- occult performance and ‘cultural scripts’ of ghost encounters (from necromancy to poltergeists)
- affect and emotions: fear, grief, trauma… and hope

Send abstracts (c.250 words) and bios (c.100 words) to kristof.smeyers@kuleuven.be before 21 March 2026. Please do get in touch if you have any questions.

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

So excited about this - my book on ghosts will be published with this series in the not-too-distant future. Such a fabulous team to be working with!

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

After a mere seven years in the making, The Cultural History of Magic is finally here!!

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Historians with research interests in magic and witchcraft are especially encouraged to apply for this position covering Dr Andrew Sneddon for 12 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU353/l...

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Lecturer in History at Ulster University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in History opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Just over two weeks to go to our ghosts 👻 in Britain and Ireland, 1500-1950 conference in Mary Immaculate College Limerick! Places available - programme and registration at www.mic.ul.ie/Ghosts-Confe...

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Ghosts in Britain and Ireland 1500-1950 History Conference | Mary Immaculate College

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Time is running out to register for our Ghosts in Britain and Ireland Conference! WHEN: 26-27 June WHERE: University of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick We have an amazing line up - see the program and register here! www.eventbrite.ie/e/ghosts-in-...

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Ghosts in Britain and Ireland Conference

Join us for an exploration of ghostly tales and haunted history in Britain and Ireland at our upcoming conference!

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Registration is now open for our ghost conference at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick this June! If you'd like to come along and listen to our wonderful line up of talks please sign up below - note that we are an in-person only event. www.eventbrite.ie/e/ghosts-in-...

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Ghosts in Britain and Ireland Conference

Join us for an exploration of ghostly tales and haunted history in Britain and Ireland at our upcoming conference!

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Eleanor Thom @eleanorthom.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Congratulations to all of the Thornton's Books team. I loved being part of this wonderful and fascinating project and discovering the 17th-century life wrintings of Alice Thornton. #writers #authors I highly recommend delving into this fantastic free resource.

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Early Modern Circle @earlymoderncircle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🌟 We are delighted to announce the Early Modern Circle seminar programme for 2025 🌟 First in the line-up is the fabulous Dr Sarah Bendall (@sarahabendall.bsky.social) presenting research on her female milliners in 17th ce London 👒🎩 Students and researchers in Melbourne all welcome to attend!

The image is a poster for the Melbourne University Early Modern seminar series. This is available for screen reading at https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ancient-medieval-and-early-modern-studies/seminars-reading-groups/early-modern-circle

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year fellow ghost enthusiasts! Only 8 days left to get your abstracts in for our ghost conference in Limerick this June. 🏃‍♂️ 👻

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Worth sharing this starter pack again for all the Taphophiles and anyone interested in Graveyards, memorialisation or funerary practices #TaphophileTuesday #MementoMori #12DaysofGraves #Skystorians #EarlyModern go.bsky.app/KGLpmwp

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It’s almost here!! Get your pre orders in now. My volume has eight wonderful essays including one from the late Jim Sharpe.

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We're loving seeing the abstracts coming in for our ghost conference in June next year! Just three weeks left to get your abstracts in. 👻

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Chloë Kennedy @chloejskennedy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Come and work on a @leverhulme.bsky.social project about the history of ‘hurt feelings’ & the law with @katieebarclay.bsky.social Alice Krzanich and me! We’re looking for a historian of medicine (or similar) for a 4 yr postdoctoral research fellow position elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to work on a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project titled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The project is a collaboration between Prof Chl...

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Delighted to be part of this forum on emotions and imagination. My piece on ghosts and the spectral imagination is out now and open access. brill.com/view/journal...

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Come join us, we advocate for history and historians and your membership fee allows us to continue to do that (and gives you opportunities for networking, funding, discounts, events, general kudos etc 😜) 🗃️

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Don't forget to get your abstracts in for our ghost conference! We will have two keynotes: Prof. Sasha Handley (Manchester) and Dr. Shane McCorristine (Newcastle). It's going to be spooktacular!

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Eduardo Fernández @apocalypsisnova.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Fellowships and Grants

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Are you a PhD student at a UK/Irish uni, or are you within 3 yrs of award? Did you publish your first academic journal article this year (2024)? Please consider applying for the RHS Early Career Article Prize. Nominations open Mon 2 Dec 24 and close Fri 31 Jan 25: royalhistsoc.org/prizes/royal... 🗃️

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Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize | RHS

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

How long would your commute take in 1680? Mine would be about a day and a half. @camunicampop.bsky.social has a brilliant tool for calculating travel times in Roman, 1680, 1830, 1911 and 2024. 🗃️ www.travelintimes.org/journey/52.2...

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

100 new followers in 12 hours! What just happened??

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Ghost Conference Alert!! 👻 We are organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians

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Charlotte-Rose Millar @charlotte-millar.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I am now a permanent lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne. I'm still in a bit of shock and feeling very lucky, very grateful, and oh so happy.

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Journal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

🗃️The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you!

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