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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Please everyone sign and support my east side comrades. Sociology in the post-1992 sector is being gutted and sociology itself is being made into a subject for elite universities.

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

How did heads of state control the narrative before social media? In our latest article, @nataliesmith.bsky.social explores the role of Swedish historiographer of the realm, and how history was used for political ends at the height of empire. scilicet.org.uk/who-controls... #skystorians

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Who Controls the Narrative? A short history of Swedish state historians | Scilicet

How did heads of state control the narrative before social media? In this article, we look at the Swedish historiographer of the realm role – the early modern spreader of disinformation.

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Riksantikvarieämbetet @raa-se.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Rettigstipendiet ger yngre forskare och tjänstepersoner inom akademiens verksamhetsområde möjlighet att fördjupa sig i vårt gemensamma kulturarv. Ta del av resultatet från två av 2024 års stipendiater, Avigail Rotbain och @nataliesmith.bsky.social. Läs mer: k-blogg.se/2026/04/28/r... #forskning

Bild från Rettigska huset på Villagatan i Stockholm. En grön fåtölj av äldre modell står i ett rum. I bakgrunden finns en bokhylla med gamla böcker samt en vit kakelugn. På ett brunt bord bredvid fåtöljen står en ask samt ett svartvitt fotografi på en man.

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

We're back with a new series! Our first article is an overview of the history of history by @guyfassler.bsky.social #skystorians #history #historiography

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

First knitting project of the year complete!

A dark blue sweater with a nordic style moose

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Song Yeonjun/Anders Riel Müller @andersriel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

1/2 Excited to announce our Call for Abstracts for the next Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea workshop, hosted by colleagues at the University of Copenhagen August 20-21, 2026 This year, we also welcome work that looks beyond the North Sea. nors.ku.dk/english/cale...

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Call for papers: Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Around 1650, Sweden’s ships sailed beyond the Baltic for the first time. Dutch captains and lieutenants in the Swedish navy guided this expansion. Join our online lecture on Monday, 1pm CET, in the Ships & Seafaring series: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf... #earlymodern #maritimehistory #history

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Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800

An online lecture series organized by the German Maritime Museum and the Prize Papers Project (Prize Papers Talks Special Edition)

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Just a reminder about the new grant we (@universitypress.cambridge.org) are offering. Deadline is mid-April. Please spread the word.

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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

On Wednesday 4th February, Dr Sebastian Graf (Visiting IMH Researcher) will give the paper “War, Memorialisation, and Digitality: Mnemonic Practices of Ukrainian Virtual Museums in the Russian War against Ukraine" 📆 4 Feb 2026 🕝 15:00 CET 📍RAAB or Zoom (dm for link)

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Just a week to go to get those abstracts in. We are really looking forward to putting the programme together for our conference in Limerick - happening 29 & 30 May 2026.

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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

a book light, italy, 15th century

a medieval drawing of a blue man reading a book with a lamp suspended from his tall, curved hat

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📣Apply for Small Grants Funding! Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment? ⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...

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Small Grants

The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support our members to carry out research activities and hold events. We give priority to activities and event that would otherwise remai…

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Last year, just before moving to Sweden, a lady named Joyce from a local Facebook group taught me how to knit, and I thought I'd share what I've made since then

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 27/12/2025

Goat down! I repeat: Goat down! www.dn.se/sverige/stor...

Auto-translation of news site: Storm Johannes overturned the Gävle goat. The Gävle goat has once again met an unfortunate fate.

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Postdoc Opportunity! University of Southern Denmark - 3-year postdoc position in Medieval Studies networks.h-net.org/jobs/69652/u...

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University of Southern Denmark - 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies | H-Net

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Feeling the winter chill? ❄️ Ever wondered “Should royal monkeys wear sweaters” when it's cold out? You’re not alone! Let's take a look at a letter letter from Olof von Dalin to Carl Linnaeus, translated by @nataliesmith.bsky.social on the topic: scilicet.org.uk/should-royal... #Skystorians

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

discussed this in seminar yesterday, albeit with reference to “race science” generally. If you understand science as a historical phenomenon then the question is what was science then, not whether it would count as science now, and the implication is that what science is now is not forever, either

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Reminder for anyone wanting to submit an abstract before the holidays!

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Happy St Lucy’s Day! To mark the Feast of St Lucy, we thought we would share this petition from Pistoia regarding the renovation of her chapel.

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Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 12/12/2025

Nominations for the 2026 Society for Disability Studies Award are now open: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Last week, I was awarded my PhD in history from the University of St Andrews 🎉 A summary of my thesis, which examines the intellectual legacies of the swedish empire, can be found here: share.google/KfNonvidgQga... #skystorians

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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Last week, our colleague, @nataliesmith.bsky.social was officially conferred her PhD in History from the University of St Andrews for her thesis Empire in Flux: The Managing of Otherness and the Creation of Swedishness During Periods of Territorial Expansion and Decline, 1645-1845. Congratulations!

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Don't miss! 🌿 Pocket Books and Floating Libraries: Books as Collecting Tools in Instructions to Travelers. Anna Svensson will discuss how books haven’t just described the natural world, they’ve also helped collect it. Wed. 10 Dec, 15:00–16:00 CET Zoom link, email: instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se

Book used as a collecting tool. Image is author's own.

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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

On Wednesday 10 Dec, Kristoffer Østnes (Narvik War Museum) will be giving the paper ”Guests in disguise: An Historical case study of German intelligence operations in Narvik c. 1936-April 1940” Time: 15.00 CET Location: Raab or zoom. Dm for link More here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences, and Experiences at the Military Periphery Conference date: 22-23 October, 2026 Location: @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social Stockholm, Sweden (hybrid participation tbc) Cfp Deadline: 28 February, 2026

CfP: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences and Experiences at the Military Periphery From enslaved soldiers in republican-era Rome to foreign mercenaries in the Thirty-Years War and commonwealth soldiers in the World Wars, militaries have never been monolithic organisations. they have served as key sites in the formation of state power and different kinds of collective belongings. Yet the boundaries that determine who may serve, under what conditions and on whose behalf have never been fixed as these boundaries have shifted in response to changing configurations of citizenship, empire, class, gender, race/ethnicity, religion, physical capacities and national identity. Militaries have functioned both as mechanism for producing social hierarchies, and as arenas in which such hierarchies are negotiated, contested and reconfigured. This conference explores how lines of inclusion and exclusion have been drawn, negotiated and experienced within military organisations across diverse historical periods and geographical contexts. The aim is to foster a nuanced conversation that broadens our understanding of military institutions by focusing on the experiences and narratives of those often marginalised within them. We welcome contributions which examine how distinctions such as the following have been historically constructed, negotiated and embodied/experienced within and/or in relation to military institutions, organisations and structures: Race, ethnicity and minority status: Gender, gender-identity/non-conformity and sexuality Nationality, migration and statelessness: Religion: Disability status: While the emphasis is on historical perspectives, proposals are invited from scholars working in adjacent fields (political science, cultural studies). It will be held 22-23 October, 2026 the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden. We are applying for funding to hold it fully in person, but depending on the outcome, it could be a hybrid event.

Please submit a preliminary title of maximum 150 characters and an abstract of maximum 350 words to MarginalMilitaries@gmail.com by no later than February 28. If you have any questions, please get in touch! Regards, Natalie Smith & Daniel Stridh

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This post brings together some reflections on the themes I explored in my Rettig Fellowship, funded by the Swedish National Heritage Board and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The sources (travel diaries, military maps, antiquarian accounts) have been fun to work with!

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Dr Emily Ennis (they/she) @emilyennis.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This is a fantastic opportunity from MERL!

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Where would we be without Google? Before the age of the internet lots of questions went unanswered. In this week's article @jamesafox.bsky.social takes us through a curious list of questions compiled by Leonard Wheatcroft, a 17th c. man from Derbyshire. #Skystorians scilicet.org.uk/where-would-...

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Making a medieval manuscript was an artful process that required many types of specialised knowledge. Our latest article by @guyfassler.bsky.social is a catalogue of everything you need to know about making medieval books that would last a millennium. scilicet.org.uk/everything-y... #skystorians

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The Society for the History of War @sochistorywar.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

📢 CFP | Food and Nutrition in Wartime, 19th - 21st Centuries | St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (16–17 April 2026) How have modern wars reshaped the production, movement, and meaning of food? 📨 Submit a title + abstract (≤300 words) to foodandwarconf@gmail.com 22 December 2025 (5pm UK).

How have modern wars reshaped the production, movement, and meaning of food? From rationing and humanitarian relief to scientific innovation, state control, and the weaponisation of hunger, food has long been central to the conduct and experience of war.

The organisers invite proposals for a two-day conference at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (16–17 April 2026), exploring the political, social, legal, scientific, and logistical dimensions of food and nutrition in wartime.

✅ Papers may address themes such as:
• Technological and scientific innovations
• Bureaucratic and legal developments
• Feeding of civilian, combatant, and incarcerated populations
• Humanitarian logistics
• Civilian responses and survival strategies
• Food as a tool of coercion, control, or violence
• Colonial, civil, and asymmetric warfare

📨 Submit a title + abstract (≤300 words) to foodandwarconf@gmail.com
by 22 December 2025 (5pm UK).

Hosted by St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Supported by the International Society for First World War Studies and History & Policy.

Call for Papers for Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Looking forward to chairing this session! Do come along if you can

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Dr Liam Sims @liamsims.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

One of my favourite student seminars of the year, looking at Venetian Sessa imprints wry cats @theulspeccoll.bsky.social 🐱

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🎆Happy #GuyFawkesDay! Before and after the 1605 gunpowder plot, fireworks were an important part of celebrations. But what were they made of? In our latest article, @jamesafox.bsky.social explores the fascinating book that taught the art of making fire scilicet.org.uk/before-and-a... #Skystorians

An etching of the Royal Fireworks display on the Thames, London, England 1749

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Sarah Knott @sarahknott.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

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Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

What does a Prince need to know? In our latest article, @nataliesmith.bsky.social analyses Frederick the Great's fiery rebuttal to Machiavelli's "the Prince", and examines what it can tell us about #EarlyModern ideas of morality, war and governance: scilicet.org.uk/is-ruling-th... #Skystorians

Black and white drawing of Frederick the Great of Prussia and Voltaire meeting for the first time.

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Guy Fassler @guyfassler.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This post by @nataliesmith.bsky.social was particularly interesting to read!

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

My latest post for Scilicet, on Frederick the Great's Anti-Machiavel

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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled: ”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series. Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Navigating flu season is bad enough, but what are you meant to do when the Black Death strikes in your city? 💀In our latest article, @guyfassler.bsky.social looks at some lessons learned from #medieval Pistoia: scilicet.org.uk/the-black-de... #Skystorians #historyofknowledge #MedievalHistory

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Really enjoyed working on this with @jamesafox.bsky.social and @guyfassler.bsky.social !

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Radical Online Archives @radonlinearchives.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Hello BlueSky! Starting this account to showcase the ever growing list of radical online archives and collections. Nearly 1000 collections from the around the world are listed at the link below. Please follow for updates and collection highlights! hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

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radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

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