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Christian Hoffarth @chhhoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Im November kommt was Neues. 😉 Ich denke immer noch gern an die Tagung in Mainz 2023. Und ein wirklich spannender Band ist daraus geworden, finde ich. www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/detail/index...

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Hundsköpfige, Hermaphroditen und Städte aus Gold

Die Beiträge des Bandes untersuchen Figurationen auffälliger und wundersamer Körperlichkeit, Geschlechtlichkeit und Materialität in Reiseberichten und verwandten Textgattungen nicht als Kuriositäten, ...

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Ueli Zahnd @uelizahnd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Master in Reformed Studies Geneva's Faculty of Theology and the @ihr-geneva.bsky.social launch a Master in Reformed Studies, starting Fall 2027. It will be international (all in English), interdisciplinary, and affordable. See www.unige.ch/theologie/en.... Share widely! #earlymodern #reformazing 🗃️

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Lavinia Gambini @lavinia-gambini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🚨CFP, #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture Workshop! Early-career scholars, don't forget to apply to present your work on Early Modern Material Culture in Bern (19-20 Nov 2026)! Deadline: 2 Oct 2026 👇

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@vreinburg.bsky.social My graduate seminar read your recent article in conjunction with "The Cheese and the Worms" this past week, and they really liked it. #earlymodern

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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Excited to take part in the "Night of the Witch" at Delft University on Friday 23 October! Tickets are free and open to everyone. 😊 www.tudelft.nl/evenementen/... #hextag #earlymodern

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Krista Kesselring @kjkesselring.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Really pleased to see Rosamund Oates's new 'Silent Histories' out. For a taster, Rosamund is giving a talk on the work at at the IHR (hybrid) on Oct. 1, as well as a talk at the Chelsea History Festival on Oct. 2 (links with details below). #earlymodern

Image of book cover for 'Silent Histories: Defness in Early Modern England' by Rosamund Oates, showing two hands as depicted in an early modern sign language manual.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today I’m presenting my poster, “The Convicts’ Letters,” at the Digital History Conference in Salzburg: a planned digital edition and storytelling platform on forced migration aboard HMS Calcutta (1803), based on newly discovered letters. Thanks to @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de for the support.

Me standing in front of the poster. Poster with many texts and pictures – in blue/white, waves in the back.

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Journal of Early Modern History @earlymodhistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Global Connections in #earlymodern Central and Eastern Europe

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Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📢This Thursday! The first #EarlyModern Hellenism colloquium for this semester hosted by me and @hlamers.bsky.social ✨Anastasia Stylianou (warburginstitute.bsky.social) will discuss ‘Uncovering the Hidden Histories of England’s ‘Invisible’ Greeks, c.1450-1715' 📆 24 Sept, 15:00-16.00 CET Link below 👇

Image of the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople Kyrillos Loukaris (1572-1638)

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Krista Kesselring @kjkesselring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pleased to see this volume on married women & the law now out - the product of a great conference on coverture organized by Danaya Wright. (Rather pricey, but good for the library-wishlist!) #earlymodern #history www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New from Brepols - Visual Networks of Healing in Renaissance Italy Editors: Sandra Cardarelli, Valentina Živković www.brepols.net/products/IS-... #earlymodern

A nearly square book cover, with the author and editor info presented in black text within a cream-colored square superimposed over the featured image. The image is a renaissance painting (mural?) of a half-dressed woman in a bed with a bandage wound around her right arm. Two women stand by the bed, apparently celebrating the recovery of the woman in the bed.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've put in my proposal and hope to be there next summer. #earlymodern

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oct 1st, Save the date! Rosamund Oates will be talking about ‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England' at @ihrscb.bsky.social in-person @ihr.bsky.social & online. #EarlyModern 🗃️ Booking details will soon be on: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/ihr-seminars/society-culture-belief-1500-1800

Rosamund Oates (Manchester Metropolitan University)
‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England’

1 October 2026, in-person and online
Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800, at the Institute of Historical Research, London

Rosamund Oates shares previously untold stories of deaf men, women and children, showing how their experiences reveal contemporary beliefs about disability and humanity in early modern England. Drawing on archival sources, she will explore how far deaf people were integrated into their communities, and show how Catholic and Protestant churches adapted to include sign language users from the medieval period onwards. Lastly, she will explore the influence that deaf signers had on the broader culture of the period, showing their impact on artists, scientists and philosophers, including Christopher Wren and John Locke.

Venue and booking details will be available soon on our webpage:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/ihr-seminars/society-culture-belief-1500-1800

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Amy Leonard @hoyahistorian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The ATWG Conference program committee is extending the workshop proposal deadline from Sept. 15 to Sept. 30. The information you'll need for this process can be found here: www.ssemwg.org/attending-to.... Let me know if you have any questions! #earlymodern

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Attending to EMW 2027 CFP — Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender

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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#CfP 📢 “Early Modern Women and Generations”, Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal Inviting submissions for the Fall 2027 Forum. ⏰ 1 October 2026 🔗 www.stmoderna.it/it/dettaglio... #GenderHistory #WomensHistory #EarlyModern

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Dettaglio CFP - “Early Modern Women and Generations”

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I would not like an AI summary, I would not like it on a boat, I would not like the email bloat, I do not like it on a chair, I would not like it anywhere! I do not like them on a phone, I do not like them in my home, I do not want them on a search, I do not like them in a church

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Andrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My article is now available open access! 'Building a French Florida: the Mission Racine and the ‘touristification’ of the Languedoc-Roussillon' This looks at grand state projects, regional impacts, & the wider development of the Mediterranean doi.org/10.1080/1755... #FrHistory #skystorians 🗃️

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Building a French Florida: the Mission Racine and the ‘touristification’ of the Languedoc-Roussillon

In the 1960s, the French state began an ambitious tourism project, known as the Mission Racine, to transform the Languedoc-Roussillon coastline into a major tourist destination. The state envisione...

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FrenchHistTO @frenchhistto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Please join us Sept. 25th, 4:30pm at @UofT to hear @christinawelsch.bsky.social present: "At the Crossroads of Defeat: Sepoys, the French Company, and Military Mobility in Eighteenth-Century South India" More info and to register: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/crossr... #frhistory 🗃️

Poster for a French History Seminar, talk by speaker, Christina Welsch, The College of Wooster. Title: "At the Crossroads of Defeat: Sepoys, the French Company, and Military Mobility in Eighteenth-Century South India" Date: Sept. 25, 2026, 4:30-6:30pm. Location: room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7. At left of poster, image of South Asian soldiers in various attire, 18th-c. hand-coloured engraving in pinks, greens, and red.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nov 12th - PhD Lighting Talks at @ihrscb.bsky.social! A chance to introduce your PhD project in 3-5 minutes on any aspect of society, culture or belief, 1500-1800. Organised by @teaphaine.bsky.social and @annajpravdica.bsky.social. Email abstract to tmt29@cam.ac.uk by Oct 12th. #EarlyModern 🗃️

If you would like to attend the seminar, do keep an eye out on our webpage (very soon to be updated with our events for this term) or you can always follow us on Bluesky @ihrscb.bsky.social. We tend to meet on Thursdays during term time at 5.30 pm — all are welcome!

PhD Lightning Talks
Deadline: 12 October, Event: 12 November

The Society, Culture, and Belief Seminar is inviting applications for lightning talks from PhD students on their research. We ask that these talks be 3-5 minutes. This is a fantastic opportunity to talk through your research with a broader audience of fellow students and more seasoned academics, as well as test out some ideas in a comfortable and welcoming environment. The talks will be followed by a brief Q&A session.The event will take place on Thursday, 12 November, 2026, from 5.30 pm onwards. For those presenting in person, we typically continue the conversation after the seminar over drinks or dinner. We’re open to applications from students working on any geographical region between 1500-1800.If you would like to participate, please email: tmt29@cam.ac.uk by 12 October 2026 with a 300-word thesis summary and a brief bio.

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Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Honoured to be chairing the Hakluyt Society essay prize committee for the second time, do consider submitting an essay and/or advertise to your PhD students/ECR colleagues. 🗃️ #earlymodern included!

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! PIRATES! AND #LowCountries #EarlyModern

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Colin Rose @crosehistorian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#earlymodern post, which I'm a little uncomfortable about. I know everything is bad but the @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca still funds a lot of great research here in Canada. I want to say congratulations to all of the scholars whose fascinating work was funded in the 2025 Insight competition. 1/4

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Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 @catholicismsem.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The 7th volume in the series is coming out in December! 'Early Modern Catholic Missions and Emotions: Conflict, Suffering, and Communities in Global Encounters', eds Elisa Frei and Thomas Santa Maria with Carlos Eire. Details: boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m... #skystorians #earlymodern #history

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

These are two amazing places to work in, as I can attest. #earlymodern 🗃️

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Sara Gwyn Beam @saragwynbeam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Who knew there was a witch panic in Geneva in 1571? These incredibly rich and revealing witch trials have been hidden from view and deserve further research. #skystorians #earlymodern #hextag #16thC Check out www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/MFNVU...

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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

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g.j.hilton @hltn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Co-signed. This is a *phenomenal* issue. And it’s at www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/scj/curr...

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The Sixteenth Century Journal | Vol 57, No 3

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Sara Gwyn Beam @saragwynbeam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Pleased to share the publication of my challenge to claims that Reformation Genevan authorities were skeptical of witchcraft! #hextag #earlymodern #16thC Check out: "Aggressive Prosecution of Witches in Reformation Geneva," Sixteenth Century Journal 57, 3 (2026): 639-655

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Sara Gwyn Beam @saragwynbeam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Congratulations to editors Carina L. Johnson and Jesse Spohnholz on the publication of the Loose Ends of History in Sixteenth Century Journal. #history #16thC #earlymodern Exploring the stories that are not told or get lost in the archives. 👇

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Ooo there's a webpage up for my little book Listening to #EarlyModern Travel Writing, and I see that expected publication is 6 October! Exciting! 🗃️ www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The title page of Purchas His Pilgrimes, which is lavishly described and discussed in my forthcoming Element 'Listening to Early Modern Travel Writing' - so you'll have to read all about it there!

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I was one of the manuscript readers of this excellent study, and I'm very glad to see it in print. #earlymodern #reformationinthelowcountries

Blue and red book cover: "War, Revolt, and Saced Space," by Andew Spicer

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

An English woman insisting on inclusive language in 1684! The main text refers to “man” and Ann Bathurst corrects this in the margin - “that is … men & women” #earlymodern

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Renaissance Society of America @rsaorg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

📣 Apply Today! RSA Fellowships support scholars at all career stages conducting research in Renaissance studies (1300–1700) across many fields. Award Amounts of $2,000, $3,000, or $3,750 depending on the fellowship type. Take a look: www.rsa.org/news/news.as... #earlymodern #RenTwitter #fellowships

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Congratulations to our #SRSlyGood Book Prize 2026 shortlist: @jwscolley.bsky.social, Colby Gordon, Chloe Ireton, Jack Hartnell, & Tiffany Jo Werth! 🎊🎊🎊💫💫💫👏👏👏💫💫💫 🥳🥳🥳💫💫💫👏👏👏💫💫💫🎊🎊🎊 #Skystorians #EarlyModern rensoc.org.uk/srs-book-pri...

A Banner of BEAUTIFUL BOOK Covers, detailing all the shortlisted books:

John Colley, Humanism, English Literature and the Translation of Greek, 1430-1560, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025)

Colby Gordon, Glorious Bodies: Trans Theology and Renaissance Literature (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2024)

Jack Hartnell, Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press,2025)

Chloe L. Ireton, Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Alantic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025)

Tiffany Jo Werth, The Lithic Imagination from More to Milton (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Call for papers - Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade University of Edinburgh 6-7 May 2027 Deadline: 20 December This conference also launches a new collaborative database sourcing biographical information about women in the early modern book trade. #earlymodern

Front page of a call for papers, with a b&w engraving of women sitting at a table, and a man apparently just walking into the room. In the bottom half of the page is the title of the conference with the dates.

A full page of text about the conference - description, possible topics to explore, etc. At the bottom the text reads "Proposals for papers of maximum 20 minutes, including title, an abstract of up to 300 words, and a biography of up to 150 words should be sent to Dr Elise Watson, elise.watson@ed.ac.uk, by 20 December 2026. While all papers will be delivered in person, the conference will be available to attend online."

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Rachel Midura @rmidura.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

As you prep syllabi, consider Postal Intelligence! It's available Open Access and I also love to visit classes. Perfect for #earlymodern, history of information/communication, #renaissance, #reformazing etc. 🗃️https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779923/postal-intelligence/

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Postal Intelligence by Rachel Midura | Paperback | Cornell University Press

Postal Intelligence connects and situates histories of the post and government intelligence alongside print technology and state power in the wider context of the early modern communications revolutio...

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

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AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"An analysis of almost 30,000 Census tracts found that walkability is important to both physical and mental health. Key factors include short blocks, urban greenery and access to amenities like restaurants and cultural institutions." news.mit.edu/2026/how-urb...

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How urban design leads to better wellness

A new big-data analysis of the U.S. shows how urban design aids the health of city residents — especially when cities provide walking opportunities, greenery, and mixed-use streets with a blend of com...

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Across wealthy countries, dementia risk has dropped around 13% per decade since the late 1980s, helped by better blood pressure control, lower cholesterol, less smoking and more education. buff.ly/RvX6ePg #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

powerful tactic: Japanese-American interment camp survivors march 4 hot days from former "internment camp" to current day immigrant internment camp truthout.org/articles/jap... Grateful for this witness.

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Japanese Internment Survivors Gather to Demand Closure of Texas ICE Jail

The survivors made a four-day pilgrimage on foot from the site of a Japanese internment camp to the Dilley ICE jail.

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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It took this Holocaust historian six years to find a publisher... A good reminder that sometimes one can be right and it's the world that is wrong.

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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#CfP 📢 New book series: "Genders and Sexualities in the Early Modern World", eds. Elizabeth Rhodes, James Daybell and Merry Wiesner-Hanks (Brill). ⏰Deadline: 20 June 2028 🔗 brill.com/page/forthco... #EarlyModern #GenderHistory #GenderHistory #HistoryOfSexuality

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Forthcoming Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Early Modern World

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The reliquary of the Gorcum martyrs in the St Nicholas church in Brussels. 19 priests murdered by Protestant Beggar troops in 1572 during the Netherlandish Revolt. #reformazing #reformationinthelowcountries #1572ayearintheendofchristendom

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