Reposted by Devyn GwynneEmily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 19/10/2023It's decorative gourd season, motherf*ckers. (Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Autumn, 1573, Musée du Louvre) 16010
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My quest for you, should you be interested, is finding out if your institution has people and how many 140
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Historians of medicine and science: does your institution have people* (defined as any parts of the body) in their collections/possession and if so how many? McGill has ~1000 in our natural history museum and 1000s in our anatomical museum and anatomical program 031
Reposted by Devyn GwynneEmilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A day in the life of a university lecturer in Gaza #academicsky www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘First there’s the gruelling task of trying to charge my laptop’: a day in the life of a university lecturer in GazaAs the war in Gaza approaches its fourth year, the Guardian follows five ordinary Palestinians as they go about their lives. Each tells the story of their day, revealing the terrible toll of the confl... 057
Reposted by Devyn GwynneJesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Reverse side of a painting, 1670, Oil on canvas, 67 x 87 cm (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen) 17214
Reposted by Devyn GwynneGianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Our entire roundtable on "Cross-Contextualization as Method", co-edited with @mikahyman.bsky.social, is out now in FirstView in @historicaljnl.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1017/S001...doi.orgCross-Contextualization as Method | The Historical Journal | Cambridge CoreCross-Contextualization as Method 11713
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ms Frizzle couldn’t do what she did today due to wavers and decreased social acceptance of child labour and their role in scientific experiments 030
Reposted by Devyn GwynneEarly Modern Research Centre, 1450-1850 (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Watching, Reading, Listening: The Early Modern Audience and Their Entertainments (1400-1800) at UoB, 13-14 January 2027 Call for papers open until 13 November! Submit abstracts here: linktr.ee/earlymodaudc... Contact: earlymodaudconfm4c@gmail.com 023
Reposted by Devyn GwynneLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026THEY GOT TO 2000 SUPPORTERS! Now in need of 3000 more in just under a year. LETS GO! #earlymodern #bookhistory #skystorians 14624
Reposted by Devyn GwynneMatthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Visiting fellowship for PhD students in medical humanities at Upsala www.uu.se/en/centre/me...uu.seCall for applications: Visiting PhD-student position in Medical Humanities, Uppsala University, spring semester 2027 – Centre for Medical Humanities (CMH) – Uppsala University 02121
Reposted by Devyn GwynneErin Rowe @erinkathleenrowe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨🚨 Job Alert: Johns Hopkins Dept of History is accepting applications in Mediev European and/or Mediterranean History, 400-1500, associate or advanced assistant rank: apply.interfolio.com/193938. 🚨🚨apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 11915
Reposted by Devyn GwynneElad Carmel @eladcarmel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fantastic job opportunity at the University of Jyväskylä! ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...ats.talentadore.comPostdoctoral Researcher in History of Philosophy / History of Political Thought[The Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy](https://www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/yfi) is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Philosophy / History of Political Thought starting 1 ... 022
Reposted by Devyn GwynneCordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Proposals by 20 Sept. ⏰ 👇#MedievalSky 058
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026How I feel strolling up to lecture/ How my students see me lecturing 0247
Reposted by Devyn GwynneAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/09/2026If you are willing to drop $47 million on AI services but unwilling to invest in research support & infrastructure for humanities faculty & students, you show that austerity is a choice. It’s not “too expensive” to give people the resources they need; you just don’t want to. bsky.app/profile/ashe... 224162
Reposted by Devyn GwynnePaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨the Department of History at the University of Toronto (St George campus) is hiring an Assistant Professor in the history of early modern or modern South Asia jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - South Asian HistoryAssistant Professor - South Asian History 02542
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Best part of academia is knowing a buddy working on it 190
Reposted by Devyn GwynneActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Scott Berthelette adds historical context to discourse around the 'renaming' of Lake Ontario by exploring seventeenth-century history and maps. Cross-posted with @nichecanada.bsky.social for their series exploring environmental history and the current US administrationactivehistory.caBefore “Lake America,” There Was “Lake Frontenac”By Scott Berthelette On August 27, 2026, President of the United States Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. federal government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.” The order… 0129
Reposted by Devyn GwynneNadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/PhD-Posi... Apply by 15 Oct 2026careers.universiteitleiden.nlPhD Position Women in the Early Modern Language SectorPhD Position Women in the Early Modern Language Sector 24557
Reposted by Devyn GwynneCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What is the Register of British Slave Traders and whom does it identify? Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comWhat is the Register of British Slave Traders and whom does it identify?Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans 044
Reposted by Devyn GwynneOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026teachers of Bluesky: it is officially France, Haiti, and CLR James week in my Revolution philosophy class and...things are going to escalate pretty dramatically. any tricks or habits you all have developed around teaching particularly violent periods of history? 4246466
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I feel like I am just in a perpetual “just one more funding application” loop 020
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I haven't been posting much recently as I have been too busy disseminating research findings to decision-makers 011
Reposted by Devyn GwynneIHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We're on the lookout for some PhD students who would like to give a Lightning Talk at our seminar on 12 November! Open to early modernists working on any geography, talks are 3-5 minutes! Get in touch via BlueSky or email tmt29@cam.ac.uk with a short summary of PhD and bio by 12 October! ✨🥳 01112
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My methodology? Gather up the sources I can find and go insane 091
Reposted by Devyn GwynneKylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Tech companies don't even tell you what they do anymore, they just look at you like this 26823900
Reposted by Devyn Gwynneprofessor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026them: we need you to get with the program, be expert tech-embracers me: i have a literal PhD in something literally called Science & Technology Studies and i actually think this tech is bad them: not like that (it's almost funny to me. *almost*) 247675
Reposted by Devyn GwynneAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this. 11915243
Reposted by Devyn GwynneEarly Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We hope that lots of you will consider submitting a piece for our upcoming forum on early modern women and generations #EarlyModern 05551
Reposted by Devyn GwynneH-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New job: Head of the Library (Florence, Italy) Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70314 012
Reposted by Devyn Gwynnenoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026i know a lot of your classes are taught by people who insist on being called 'professor', but i'm really not like that. i just think it's so hierarchical and artificial and that's not the atmosphere i want to cultivate in this class. so please, just call me 'unc' 411512
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I have got to get more normal, I mutter under my breath alone 130
Reposted by Devyn GwynneJoshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn. 6979581452
Reposted by Devyn GwynneWill Li @williamlidc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Say no to cognitive offloading, say yes to declension onboarding! 0112
Devyn Gwynne @devyngwynne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026has anyone asked lorraine daston to chime in on this map renaming situation 020
Reposted by Devyn GwynneSarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 29/08/2026has anyone encountered any good critical history of writing in the university? especially as it concerns labor 133816
Reposted by Devyn GwynneShannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026JOB!! The Department of History at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a position in medieval and/or transregional history, 7th-16th centuries. French or English, bilingualism an asset. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/... 380107
Reposted by Devyn GwynneThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/08/2026Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth. 722490
Reposted by Devyn GwynneColleen Kennedy-Karpat @cbkenkar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026you can feel this happening in real time in graduate school 1225
Reposted by Devyn Gwynnenoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026'hey, has anyone tried refuting race science on theoretical and empirical grounds?'—guy who just woke up from a 100 year coma, presumably 334961
Reposted by Devyn GwynneAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. They told YOU to recycle better while they polluted more. Don't fall for it. Hold systems accountable. #ClimateCrisis 31990894158
Reposted by Devyn GwynneKenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026🧵 Medieval Inquests & Bail Records I’ve been working on Inquests & writs of bail (C144 records) for nearly a decade. They’re a great source for many aspects of medieval life, not just the law. For instance, they reveal causes of death unrelated to crimes, e.g. drunkenness. bsky.app/profile/kfdu... 29720
Reposted by Devyn GwynneAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026universities are not run by leftist profs they are run by corporate profiteer board members siphoning public $$ to tech partnerships "An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards." www.insidehighered.com/news/governa... 221977664