So dramatic! This was such a stimulating and generative event - have been turning over grains, practices, ephemera, voices, silences, and the difficult negotiation between the whispers of interiority and the loudness of structure all weekend...
One of a number of *fully-funded* PhD studentships associated with our new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery and War. I'll be co-supervising with the Centre director, Maeve Ryan: an interdisciplinary collaboration with War Studies. PlHappy to answer questions/offer advice!
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CfP for our Annual Colloquium! This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'.
We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs.
Deadline: 7th April
Full details below.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...
I completely forgot I made this... a big list of English judicial records, 1500 to 1800, published and often online!
So so pleased to see that my book ‘Body Size in Early Modern Germany’ is now available on Oxford Academic ahead of its print publication later this month: academic.oup.com/book/62409
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To mark its online publication, I thought I’d share a bit more about the book and its contents...
Please share! EHR is hosting a free one-day symposium at St John's College, Oxford, on Friday 17 April, 10-6, on the theme 'When there are no sources'.
Further details and how to sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-there...
How to do #history when there are no sources?🤔—in person April symposium @stjohnsox.bsky.social with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social & @academic.oup.com + John Arnold, @hsmurphy.bsky.social, Jonathan Saha, Miranda Spieler & Tess Wingard across many periods & geographies. Free, but book👇!
Sprinkling a little #EarlyModern and #HistSTM over this, as I forgot in my earlier excitement....
Strange! If you click 'read excerpt' it comes up, though I can't seem to link directly to that.....
@kingsartshums.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingsenglish.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social @kingsdllc.bsky.social
The Heretic of Cacheu by Toby Green - an incredible microhistory of Crispina Peres and her travails with the inquisition www.penguin.co.uk/books/453870...
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social's The Face: A Cultural History. Reviews in The Times, The Telegraph, the FT and the New Statesmen all agree it's 'fascinating' and I'm here to confirm. www.penguin.co.uk/books/459227...
Smart: A history of intelligence by David Brydan - a compelling account of the idea of intelligence and sometimes terrifying, sometimes incisive, occasionally quite comic work it does in politics and society footnotepress.com/books/smart/
It's world book day! To celebrate, here are three recent publications by incredible colleagues @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingschostm.bsky.social and @cemskcl.bsky.social
running the gamut from #EarlyModern to #HistSTM 🗃️
NEXT MONDAY!
Excited we get to welcome @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social to talk about Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid.
9 March, 17:30 (UK), in person & online -- sign up for the zoom link.
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #HistSTM #HistMed
Managing Pandemics in Early Modern Germany, edited by Peter Hess, is out now with Berghahn books, and I've just learned that the introduction (which I wrote) is free to read on the website! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HessMa...
Delighted to announce our seminar - 'Race and the Early Modern' - now has a full schedule of events. We'll be convening monthly to discuss research on race, racemaking, and racialisation across #earlymodern studies.
@kingsartshums.bsky.social @folger.edu
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
At least something is great about 2026. We've already gotten off to a wonderful start with Yahya Nurgat - come join us for our next seminar in two weeks with Federica Gigante and a bonus comment by Franciso Bethencourt.....
I want to say a bit more about our initiative to hire scholars to 3yr Research Associate positions.
None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/
It *really* is a lovely department! A permanent job too, so spread the word to your nicest colleagues....
Apply for this! #EarlyModern 🗃️
Poster advertising the for applications to Hans Rausing Scholarship 2026/2027 at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at King’s College London. Indicates the call closes by 17 April 2026.
Applications are open until 17 April to our Hans Rausing Scholarship to enter an MA+PhD or PhD-only to study the history of science and/or technology
from October 2026.
Contact a prospective supervisor and find out more about the schemes here: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
An opportunity to get practical and constructive feedback on postdoc applications, workshopped anonymously in this online webinar - deadline for drafts tomorrow! #EarlyModern #ECR 🗃️
33 month postdoc (0.8 FTE) on a really interesting project at Essex on #EarlyModern German and English witchcraft...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
Thank you @hsmurphy.bsky.social and @cemskcl.bsky.social for hosting me - what a great evening!
TOMORROW!! Renaissance Skin: the final celebration. This *sold out* , but we've been able to squeeze in a few more chairs. If you're interested in materials, bodies, meaning, or even just sausages, do come and celebrate @evelynwelch.bsky.social's return to @kingshistory.bsky.social. #EarlyModern 🗃️
Folks on the @rsaorg.bsky.social mailing list: check your email! @cathfletcher.bsky.social and I are doing a webinar, "Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers," free for members.
Nov 6, 12pm ET (recorded).
💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern
Join/renew your membership to register.
www.rsa.org/events/Event...
A wonderful opportunity for an #EarlyModern scholar with an interest in knowledge, libraries, collecting or recordkeeping....
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Our very own, most excellent Alice @ajt55.bsky.social talking about her amazing career and all its achievements, and, most importantly, our KCL Arts and Humanities doctoral school, which she has championed...