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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI)

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The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks. FEEGI hosts conferences every 2 years. feegi.org/index.html

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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Call for applications: FEEGI RESEARCH AWARDS - we will award two $1000 research grants to support travel to archival or other field sites. This award is open to all FEEGI members, but is intended especially for graduate students, independent scholars, and untenured faculty. feegi.org/awards.html
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Awards
Application deadline Nov. 1, 2026 Recognizing the significant material and financial challenges inherent in multi-sited studies, FEEGI will award two research grants of $1000 each to support travel...
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
CHECK IT OUT - The HKU history department is excited to be launching a search for a new open rank position in early modern global Iberian empires. See the HKU listing here: jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53696...
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HKU Careers
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) offers an intellectually-stimulating and culturally-rich academic environment, with attractive remuneration packages.
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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form it into a variety of ornaments, some of which are executed with a great deal of taste and ingenuity.” Mungo Park, 1796
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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What did they write about? : An intellectual history of Timbuktu ca. 1450-1900. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/what-did-t...
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What did they write about? : An intellectual history of Timbuktu ca. 1450-1900.
No single body of primary sources in the literary heritage of West Africa has attracted as much attention and attained as much celebrity as the fabled manuscripts of Timbuktu.
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
WHAT'S FEEGI? FEEGI is a special conference because it is unpretentious, affordable, and welcoming to scholars at all levels. The conferences are composed entirely of plenary sessions with short papers to maximize general discussion. Awards and travel grants are also available. Come to FEEGI!
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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Terra Nova won our @nichecanada.bsky.social prize for best book in Canadian Environmental History this year. :) niche-canada.org/2026/06/03/b... #envhist #cdnhist #books
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Best Book in Canadian Environmental History Prize: The 2026 Winner
We are pleased to announce that NiCHE’s 2026 Best Book in Canadian Environmental History Prize has been awarded to Jack Bouchard, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the Rutgers Univer...
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Society for Iberian Global Art @siga.spainculture.us · 14/07/2026
📣 CFP | RSA 2027 🗺️Early Modern Maps and Their Materialities 📍Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting in Philadelphia 🗓️March 11–13, 2027 🗓️ Deadline: July 15, 2026 (1/4)
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Jessica Goethals @jessgoethals.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
CFP for the RSA 2027: The Sack of Rome at 500 🚨 Sponsored interdisciplinary panels on all aspects of the Sack. See www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... #earlymodern #Renaissance #Skystoriana
Image adapted from Heemskerck of the Sack of Rome, showing the city in flames.
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
FEEGI Spotlight: Jack Bouchard is an Medieval and Early Modern Historian specializing in maritime environments, food and island geographies. His recent book explores fishermen, geographies, and food production. Check it out! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Terra Nova
A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic...
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Molly Warsh @mwarsh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My wonderful friend, the stellar (and wildly productive) historian @rparkinson.bsky.social has written another fabulous book. Congratulations, Rob! I can't wait to dive in.
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Molly Warsh @mwarsh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is exciting. Our most recent double issue of the JEMH is now live. Titled "Reflections on the Global Early Modern", we envision this to be just the beginning of an ongoing conversation--check out Vol. 1 and stay on the lookout for Vol. 2! #earlymodern #globalhistory
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
FEEGI supports and encourages scholarship around the Early-Modern world. Research spotlight: Sarah Balakrishnan Check out her innovative work! #Earlymodern #history www.sarahbalakrishnan.com
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Sarah Balakrishnan
Sarah Balakrishnan is an award winning fiction writer and a historian of West Africa at Duke University.
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
As we lead up to America's semiquincentennial, check out archival holdings on the people and events. www.masshist.org/thomasjeffer...
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Massachusetts Historical Society: Thomas Jefferson Papers
Selections from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts at the Massachusetts Historical Society
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
In honor of Juneteenth explore the Huntington Library's slavery and abolition collection. #history #earlymodern #huntingtonlibrary #juneteenth #abolition #slavery hdl.huntington.org/digital/coll...
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jsherrillphoto.bsky.social @jsherrillphoto.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Honoring the official end of slavery on Juneteenth. 📷: Wrist shackles on display at the Smithsonian African American History Museum . . #juneteenth #slavery #emancipation #freedom #smithsonian #canonphotography #ushistory #photography #history #factnotfiction
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 05/06/2026
Looking for materials you can use in your teaching or research? The AHA Resource Library includes syllabi, primary sources, teaching tools, and disciplinary guidelines—all developed or vetted by historians. Whether you’re building a course, revising a lecture, or exploring new topics, start here:
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AHA Resource Library - AHA
Explore All Resources Search Resource Type Thematic AHA Topics Geographic K-12 Education Undergraduate Education Graduate Education Professional & Career Resources Academic Department Resources Histor...
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
In honor of e-publication week, Chris and I have launched a Substack. Follow for more than you ever wanted to know about the ivory sporks, wildly inaccurate maps, and emetic recipes that didn't make it into the book. #earlymodern #frenchhistory #skystorians open.substack.com/pub/frenchat...
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Introducing Beyond the Ocean
Welcome to our Substack!
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Did you know that on June 4th, 1755 a combined force of Mi'kmaq, Acadians, and French fighters attempted to keep the British from taking Fort Beauséjour? British victory in the siege isolated the Mi'kmaq in the region as the French retreated in an early battle in the Seven Years War. #earlymodern
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Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site
Discover a time when Britain and France were caught in a tug-of-war for dominance in Acadie, and be moved by the stories of soldiers and settlers who lived and died around the historic star-shaped for...
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Another successful FEEGI Conference in the bag! Thank you to our incredible conference organizing committee and for all of YOU who made this such a smashing success!! We hope to see all of you in Pittsburgh for FEEGI 2028. #earlymodern
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#earlymodern CFP for the Renaissance society of America (RSA). Sounds like an exciting slate! Global early modern, religion and interdisciplinary. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Call for Papers: Renaissance Society of America Conference, 11-13 March, 2027, Philadelphia, PA (USA) | H-Net
CFP: Jesuit Studies panels at the Renaissance Society of America annual Conference, March 11-13, 2027 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.The 2027 annual meeting w...
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Jessica Minieri @jessicaminieri.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Join @amandajsummers.bsky.social and I at RSA in Philly next year! Send us your abstracts by July 31st 🥳
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