Molly Warsh

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Our August issue, #30.4, is now available online! It opens with an article by Guillermo Wilde and Fabián R. Vega, "Decentering European Written Culture: Indigenous Appropriations of Printing in the Southern Borderlands of the Iberian Empires." brill.com/view/journal...

brill.comDecentering European Written Culture: Indigenous Appropriations of Printing in the Southern Borderlands of the Iberian EmpiresAbstract This article explores the production of written culture in a remote region of Iberian colonial domains: the Jesuit-Guaraní missions in Paraguay in the eighteenth century. Through an examinati...

History for the 21st Century@hist21.bsky.social

H21 recently published 2 new modules: Collecting in the Colonies - Hidden Histories of British Science (1660-1838) & Utopian Thinking in the 16th Century. Interested in using these adaptable modules in your classroom? Check them out--link in our bio. #H21 #earlymodern #skystorians #worldhistory

Brodie Waddell@brodiewaddell.bsky.social

Commonplacing, lameness, disability, printing, massacres, the Tower, the church, landscape and more! #EarlyModern lightning talks for @ihrscb.bsky.social on Nov 12th at the @ihr.bsky.social, with @joesaunders1.bsky.social, @maybeitwasutah.bsky.social and more. Registration link to follow soon.

AAUP @ UMich-Ann Arbor@umichaa-aaup.bsky.social

AAUP is growing its national network of local university chapters. Check out AAUP's Defend Higher Ed starter pack here:

History for the 21st Century@hist21.bsky.social

H21 board members Shane Carter and Molly Warsh @mwarsh.bsky.social will be talking World History pedagogy next week on Zoom--join them to learn more about H21 modules and how to approach teaching collaboratively. Thursday 10/29 at 1pm on Zoom! See the QR code below to register. @whcpitt.bsky.social

History for the 21st Century@hist21.bsky.social

Hi! We’re History for the 21st Century (H21), a collaborative teaching project of the World History Association. We provide free, peer-reviewed, adaptable teaching resources to help history educators build engaging, student-centered world history classroom experiences. #H21 #WorldHistory #Education

Steven Teasdale@steventeasdale.bsky.social

This promises to be a fascinating (if somewhat gruesome) discussion by @anastruillou.bsky.social. It will be interesting to see how the notaries situated themselves with respect to the torture to which they were witnesses (and passive participants). #earlymodern

Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org

There's a 3 year VAP in the history of early modern empires at Vanderbilt apply.interfolio.com/191792 🗃

Society for Renaissance Studies@srsrensoc.bsky.social

GET EXCITED! Our biennial conference is happening in THAT LONDON in 2027! It's our 💎 Diamond 💎 Jubilee, so get ready for a party. The #Renaissance Beyond Borders Warburg, 30 June-3 July 2027 Deadline for proposals: 25 September 2026 all info: rensoc.org.uk/cfp/12th-bie... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Lastly, we have a series of book reviews by José Luis Gastañaga Ponce de León, Aneta Georgievska-Shine, Samantha Brown, André Murteira, and Allison Stielau. brill.com/view/journal...

brill.comJournal of Early Modern History Volume 30 Issue 4 (2026)"Volume 30 (2026): Issue 4 (Sep 2026)" published on 18 Aug 2026 by Brill.

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Finally, we close out the articles section with a piece by Elizabeth Hines, "Dutch Gold and Charles I’s Turn from Spain, 1634–1637." brill.com/view/journal...

brill.comDutch Gold and Charles I’s Turn from Spain, 1634–1637Abstract This article investigates Dutch elements of English state financing under the early Stuart kings. It reveals Anglo-Dutch financial connections that contributed not only to the growth of the E...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

This is followed by an article by Zachary Young, "Two Arabic Orders of Mass: The Liturgical Inflection of Morisco Christianity, 1493–1596." brill.com/view/journal...

brill.comTwo Arabic Orders of Mass: The Liturgical Inflection of Morisco Christianity, 1493–1596Abstract In early modern global Catholicism, both Catholic evangelists and native intermediaries regularly made attempts to translate between local cultural practices and Catholicism. This article pro...

Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI)@feegiconference.bsky.social

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

feegi.orgAwardsApplication 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...

Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI)@feegiconference.bsky.social

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...

yalebooks.yale.eduTerra NovaA bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic...

Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI)@feegiconference.bsky.social

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!

Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI)@feegiconference.bsky.social

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...

jobs.hku.hkHKU CareersThe University of Hong Kong (HKU) offers an intellectually-stimulating and culturally-rich academic environment, with attractive remuneration packages.

John Carter Brown Library@jcblibrary.bsky.social

Call For Proposals: Conference on Families in Early American and Atlantic Worlds April 15-17, 2027 Hosted by the John Carter Brown Library (Co-chairs Julie Hardwick and Karin Wulf) Details at: forms.gle/QWcB23XGbwu6...

Nicole Maceira Cumming@nicolemaceira.bsky.social

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 @joshuarushton8.bsky.social and I are holding an online colloquium 'Environmental Approaches to the Reformation World' on 30 Sept 2026 🌳 🌊 ⛪ 🐄 Deadline for submissions 1 September.

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

And we close out this issue with book reviews by Paula Findlen, Holly Fletcher, Ross Moncrieff, Olivia Adankpo-Labadie, Birgit Tremml-Werner, and Ângela Barreto Xavier. brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

This is followed by the final article in this issue by Cosimo Pantaleoni, "The Underworld of Maritime Workers in the Venetian Sea Colonies: Galley Men and Uskok Pirates at the End of the Sixteenth Century." brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Next, we have an article by Philipp Hofmann entitled "The Jesuits and the Lisbon Inquisition in Angola, 1681–1760." brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Our June issue, #30.3, is now available online! This issue begins with an article by Natalia Woszczyk, "The Limits of Compassion: Bohemian Refugees in the Duchy of Prussia." brill.com/view/journal...

Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI)@feegiconference.bsky.social

FEEGI supports and encourages scholarship around the Early-Modern world. Research spotlight: Sarah Balakrishnan Check out her innovative work! #Earlymodern #history www.sarahbalakrishnan.com

sarahbalakrishnan.comSarah BalakrishnanSarah Balakrishnan is an award winning fiction writer and a historian of West Africa at Duke University.

Rob Parkinson@rparkinson.bsky.social

Yesterday was my birthday, today is the birthday for Tyrants and Rogues! The first book to interrogate the Declaration’s 27 grievances. On sale now!

EUI Department of History@eui-history.bsky.social

📣 #CallforPapers 📣 Working on how Central and Eastern Europe participated in #EarlyModern global exchanges? Check the #CfP for the conference Global Connections – Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Modern World (ca. 1500-1800) 👉 loom.ly/68-mKyU ⏰ Submit your proposal by 15 June 2026

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org

The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

bit.lyHistory and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHSEven for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...

Brett Rushforth@brettrushforth.bsky.social

Apparently this is *the* French history podcast, so... www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/france-on-th...

thefrenchhistorypodcast.comFrance on the High Seas with Dr.s Christopher Hodson & Brett Rus…Dr.s Christopher Hodson & Brett Rushforth discuss their magnum opus which took them 15 years to write: the history of French conquerors, explorers, adventurers & pi…

Emilie K. M. Murphy@emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social

thoroughly enjoying reading through this new special issue of the the journal of #earlymodern history, which critically reflects on the meaning of early modernity, what it stands for, whether it is inherently eurocentric, and whether multiple views on this are compatible brill.com/view/journal... 🗃️

Matt Green@mattgreencomedy.com

I read this book this week and it’s one of those inspiring and challenging books that makes you go: “yes! I should totally do that. It makes total sense!” And then you remember you’re self employed in this capitalist system and it’s actually quite hard to do. Worth a read though.

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

And closing out the issue are book reviews by Rosalind O'Hanlon, Ron Harris, and Francesco Quatrini. brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

The issue also includes a review essay by G.S. Sahota, "Inter-Oceanic Studies as Cosmopolitan Horizon: A Critique of Dalrymple’s 'The Golden Road.'" brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

And closing out the articles for this issue is "Before the Middle East: In Search of an Early Modern System of States in the Heartland of Islamdom" by Selim Güngörürler. brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Following this is Valerie Hansen's "Song-Dynasty China (960–1276): Early Modern before Europe." brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Next, we have an article by Joan-Pau Rubiés, "Early Modernity, the Global Renaissance, and the Problem of Eurocentrism." brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

This is followed by an article by Kiri Paramore, "The Origin of Early Modernity." brill.com/view/journal...

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

The articles begin with Alan Strathern's "Conceptualizing Early Modernity beyond the West," brill.com/view/journal....

Journal of Early Modern History@earlymodhistory.bsky.social

Our special issue #30.1-2, "Reflections on the Global Early Modern," is now available online! It opens with an introduction by Zoltán Biedermann, Giancarlo Casale, and Molly Warsh, "How Early? How Modern? Reflections on the Global Early Modern (Part 1)." brill.com/view/journal...

Nate Wolff@natewolff.bsky.social

Canvas is down, ye say? Aye lad hearken to me and I'll tell thee of a time when a man might say canvas was down! When the leviathan booms his bulk upon ye an' thy splintered masts surrender their sails to the foaming, merciless drink!! then, lad, ye say might say with some authority that can (1/135)

AAUP@aaup.org

NEW today in the New York Times: In the face of unprecedented authoritarian attacks, the AAUP is building a powerful and militant resistance movement in defense of American higher education, the freedom to learn, and our democracy. Join Us!

nytimes.comA Professor Union Grows Fast as It Ramps Up Its Fight Against Trump

Brett Rushforth@brettrushforth.bsky.social

Conference CFP. Early/Modern Connections: Academic and Applied Humanities. Deadline, June 1. #earlymodern

Environmental History@envirohistory.bsky.social

Congratulations to @mwarsh.bsky.social for winning the Leopold-Hidy Award for the article "Seasonal Harvests: Migration, Reproduction, and Religion in the Early Modern Spanish Tuna Fisheries." @uchicagopress.bsky.social has taken down the paywall to the article:

journals.uchicago.eduSeasonal Harvests: Migration, Reproduction, and Religion in the Early Modern Spanish Tuna Fisheries | Environmental History: Vol 30, No 3Abstract This article argues that the early modern Spanish tuna fisheries were a compelling maritime cultural theater in which species, calendars, and cultural practices collided. Combining the accoun...