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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Dept of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University has just opened an open-rank search (Associate / Full) for history of medicine pre-1800. Details here: apply.interfolio.com/182469

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So pleased to see the dreaded pox here!!

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Another challenge of AI in the classroom that I haven’t seen much discussed: amount of in-class learning time given over to in-class assessments to ensure no AI use. I had to cut 1.5 weeks of class content!

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I'm a proud @shearites.bsky.social as it debuts the Civics Exchange, part of a multi-pronged outreach at a moment when good history is a critical component of our civic discourse. Please circulate widely, & if you're a journalist or from an organization looking for experts, dig in! civics.shear.org

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“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.”– James Madison, 1791 Welcome […]

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Tonight we celebrate with Hungary by having homemade chicken paprikash and spaetzle

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 07/04/2026

The AHA, with American Oversight, filed a lawsuit challenging a DOJ memo declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional—threatening access to millions of records, including at the National Archives. This case is about public access to our nation’s history. Learn more and support our work:

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AHA Files Lawsuit to Defend the Presidential Records Act - AHA

The American Historical Association, in collaboration with American Oversight, filed a lawsuit last night challenging a recent memorandum from the Department of Justice declaring the Presidential Reco...

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Despite (or because of?) current events, history is more relevant than ever. Thanks so much to @historyextra.bsky.social for the opportunity to share a different kind of history of disease podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Sores, sweat and secretions: the pox in early modern London

Podcast Episode · HistoryExtra podcast · March 23 · 36m

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 17/03/2026

In addition to today's guide to national history societies in the UK and Ireland, we also have listings of c.100 Record Societies. These societies are central to our research culture, with a focus on regional history / primary source publications. Here is England: bit.ly/4sPSwk3 1/2 #Skystorians

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English Regional History and Record Societies - RHS

About this listing The following is a listing of English record societies specialising in historical research and publishing in selected regions. If you are member of one of the following societies, a...

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I get a scam email from someone claiming to be hosting a book club and wanting to read my new book every single day. I am utterly baffled by this trend. Why would a book club need an author's permission to read a book? Don't they know that book clubs just, ya know, read the book?

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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

COVER REVEAL. Really excited to show off the fantastic cover for my new book Sniff from @yalebooks.bsky.social. It’s a history of smells across time and space and hits the shelves on the 8th September. Pre-order from Yale, your local bookshop, or the usual suspects! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

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Suman Seth is Mortal & Measuring @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Also: everyone should read this book.

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Alice Thornton's Books @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

For #WomensHistoryMonth we are resharing some of our past posts on Alice Thornton. As it is also #InternationalWomensDay we are sharing Patricia Phillippy's post on Thornton's North American connections. #EarlyModern #Skystorians 🗃️ thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2...

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Women's History Month 2024, 4: Alice Thornton and the North American Connection

Blog article - 21 March 2024

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Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit? They look so cool! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

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Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas

The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

currently teaching 19th-c sectarian medicine and struck by the long roots of anti-elitism in the US. Students picked up on it right away: "they sound like instagram influencers!"

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I love that there’s a kids book (All in A Drop) about Leeuwenhoek and early modern science tho it made me think of this image and now curious about said drop… www.harpercollins.com/products/all...

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

A window display out of an author’s fantasy - I’m here for it and so deeply grateful to the @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social for the support 😉

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

'Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England' Sue Wiseman, Michael Powell-Davies and I will be introducing our five-year collaborative project at the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday, March 5th. Hope to see you there! Register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England

Who wrote in early modern England? What did they write and why did they write it? How did their writing fit into the wider worlds that they inhabited? In this talk, Sue Wiseman, Brodie Waddell and Michael Powell Davies – all from Birkbeck University of London – will address these questions by introducing their ongoing Leverhulme-funded collaborative project on non-elite writers in England from c.1570 to 1730. Our research explores the writing practices of people below the level of the gentry and clergy, considering their biographical contexts, their motivations and their contributions to written culture. In addition to giving a bird’s eye view of the sorts of writers and texts we are studying, each of the three speakers will discuss a couple of specific examples of particular writers, including the notebooks of a midland villager, the spiritual diary a London wigmaker, and the confessions of a condemned widow.

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Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Amanda Herbert and Kevin Dawson debut a new HLQ article category called Early/Modern Connections: original #earlymodern research in service of the public good. The article and cover feature art by Ebony Iman Dallas. Open access: muse.jhu.edu/article/983132

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cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

From biblical Greek, to the scandalous secret disease of early modern London, we've all sorts of new books for you to get stuck into. 🙌📚 There is 'Reading Biblical Greek' by Steffen G. Jenkins, 'The Dreaded Pox' by @oliviaweisser.bsky.social, 'Keeping Hold' by Kate Smith and many more. 🤩

A person holds the book "Reading Biblical Greek: A Graded Reader for Beginners" by Steffen G. Jenkins, with foreword by Jeremy Duff. The cover features large A and Ω symbols. Books are blurred in the background, sitting on wooden shelves.

A hand holds the book "The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London" by Olivia Weisser. The cover features an illustration of historical figures. Books are visible but blurred on a wooden shelf in the background.

A person holds a book titled "Keeping Hold" by Kate Smith, featuring a cover image of a painting of an individual with a dog. The background has wooden shelves filled with books.

A person holds the book "Broken Cycle: World Politics in the Age of Dissent" by Randall L. Schweller in front of bookshelves. The book cover features an ancient column with a cloudy sky in the background.

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Sandra Eder @ederummadum.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

How did people in the seventeenth century understand ending a pregnancy? Find out tomorrow, Thursday 2/19, at Mary Fissell’s talk, ‘Savin, Sex, and Scandal: Rethinking Abortion in Early Modern Anglo-America.’ 4:00–5:30 PM in 470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley. #History #Gender #Medicine

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TOMORROW, February 19th: CSTMS Colloquium with Mary Fissell at 4 pm in 470 Stephens

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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 16/02/2026

Discover how shame, secrecy and so‑called “shame‑free” cures helped turn the pox into the first modern disease and how Londoners navigated silent shopping, social judgement and new attempts at objective diagnosis. Read more about Olivia Weisser's new book, 'The Dreaded Pox'🔗 cup.org/4qJwePw

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American Association for the History of Medicine @aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The AAHM, in conjunction with the AAHN @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social, is pleased to share details about our 2026 Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY. Join us for what promises to be a dynamic gathering of scholars! Learn more about our upcoming meeting here: histmed.org/buffalo-2026...

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2026 Annual Meeting

American Association for the History of Medicine in conjunction with theAmerican Association for the History of Nursing 99th Annual Meeting Buffalo, New YorkJune 3-7, 2026 Preliminary Program avai...

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy VD day! Hot off the press on this lovely Valentine’s Day- THE DREADED POX - a history of having and living with VD (venereal disease) in London hundreds of years ago. www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...

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The Dreaded Pox

Cambridge Core - British History after 1450 - The Dreaded Pox

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I had a fun conversation with Miranda Melcher for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book THE DREADED POX and all the wild ways to treat a clap in the 1700s. newbooksnetwork.com/the-dreaded-...

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Olivia Weisser, "The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London" (Cambridge UP, 2026) - New Books Network

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Benjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The new issue of History Workshop Journal is out: issue 100, marking 50 years of the journal's existence. It's more necessary than ever. academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...

Front cover image of History Workshop Journal issue 100, with a hand-drawn illustration of a Wollemi pine.

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IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Join us next Thursday (30/10, 5.30 pm) for Dr Emily Vine’s (@emilymayvine.bsky.social) talk on ‘Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London’! You can sign up to join in-person (IHR Wolfson Room, NB02) or online via Zoom here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London

Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800 Seminar- Session 2

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

These little tools are apple scoops. They date from the 1800s and are made of sheep bone. They were common in apple-growing districts. The marrow has been hollowed out to allow the user to scrape off pieces of apple if they had few teeth and couldn’t afford dentures.

Four sheep metatarsals that have been hollowed out to make a spoon

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

My favorite prof, mentor, & committee member Martha Howell wrote a new book & I'm psyched it's out: "Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany." Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds. l1nq.com/6gxOL

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Making Merchants

Cambridge Core - Social and Population History - Making Merchants

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Saw this guy today - taking it as a sign of hope

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 18/09/2025

Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecord essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hello UK! I wrote a book about living in London with an STI hundreds of years ago. Waterstones is having a preorder sale for 25% off that includes THE DREADED POX now thru Friday. Use OCTOBER25 at checkout.

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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Which book cover do you like better?

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Mary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I'll be in the UK in a fortnight, honored to be in conversations with @sarahknott.bsky.social and @sbrooksfranklin.bsky.social about my new book!

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Coming to your bookshelves in Fall 2025: The Nursing Clio Reader 🥳

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Kathleen Crowther @sacrobosco.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Spotted at #AHA25: @maryfissell.bsky.social ’s forthcoming book on abortion.

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Looking forward to next Wed., when Kevin Siena is speaking about 'The Pathology of Race: Disease, Formativity and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety', to @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome in person and online - please register. www.history.ac.uk/events/patho...

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The Pathology of Race: Disease, Formativity and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety

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