Cover of “The Absolute Abolition” by Jesse Olsavsky

starting now i am going to start sharing the books i read. finished this volume this morning. it is terrific.

Ignore the questionable plaque and focus instead on the open paywall www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... and my total joy in winning the Leopold-Hidy award for the best article in _Environmental History_ published in 2025! @aseh.bsky.social

Here's something good for early career scholars in history and area studies! Submissions close in a week! Tell your frens!
#academicsky 🗃 #histsci #earlymodern #ancient #medieval

I am so proud of and honored by this award. Working with the wonderful editors at EH, Mark Hersey and Stephen Brain, was transformative for me as an author and as an editor. My deep thanks, too, to the extraordinary readers who saw what I was trying to do and helped me to do it better. #earlymodern

FEEGI The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks.

Early modernists in NYC/NJ--join us next week at Rutgers for FEEGI's 2026 conference! FEEGI is entirely DIY-no institutional base or $$ support, just a committed membership. All sessions are plenary. Oh, and it's crazy affordable (FREE for grads, postdocs and IS!) #earlymodern
feegi.org/index.html

We still have money & space for educators to attend our our virtual May 30th workshop on Teaching Gun Violence in World Historical Context! New deadline of April 12th. Join us, learn, and get a $300 stipend. #earlymodern @thewha.bsky.social #worldhistory @pernilleblues.bsky.social @historians.org

If you teach history at any level, apply for this May's ALWH workshop on Teaching the History of Guns in World Historical Context! Deadline is in 2 days on 3/27! #earlymodern @historians.org @historyed.bsky.social #historyteacher @whcpitt.bsky.social #historyeducation @pernilleblues.bsky.social

Reminder that applications for this workshop on Teaching the History of Guns in World Historical context are due on March 27th! #earlymodern #historyeducation #TeacherEducation @historyed.bsky.social #TeacherMentoring @catherinefletcher.info @pernilleblues.bsky.social @worldhistoryassn.bsky.social

Can’t wait for this! #earlymodern

@worldhistoryassn.bsky.social @historians.org @bbain21.bsky.social

Educators! Apply for this May's ALWH (Alliance for Learning in World History) virtual workshop on Teaching the History of Guns in World Historical Context! Apps are due March 27th. Workshop is on May 30th. #historyeducation #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation @historyed.bsky.social

Migrants by Issa Watanabe Yesterday, I placed a book in the hands of a friend who had dropped by. ‘Read’ was all I said. The book was a wordless one and it left her speechless, as it had me. She looked up, her eyes brimming w...

When words fail me, exhaust me, disappear into the abyss, I go back to the astonishing work of the Peruvian artist Issa Watanabe. If you don't know her, find her. _Migrants_ and _Kintsugi_ are equally extroardinary.

www.mythaunty.com/post/migrant...

Conferences View the 2026 Conference Program here . ​ Register for the 2026 conference here .

The program for the April 2026 conference of the Forum on Early-modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) is live. This year is extra special because we've teamed up with the Program in Early American Economy & Society. Join us! #earlymodern #globalhistory #earlyamerican @csschmitt.bsky.social

This looks excellent #earlymodern

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FREE AMERICA WALKOUT Jan 20, 2026 On Jan 20, 2026 we will walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.

Today at 2pm ET

www.freeameri.ca

Never a dill moment

I know what you mean. Some parts were stronger than others!

I couldn’t resist.

You’re great! I am Very Serious 😂. I smiled at some points during the interview, I promise…they just cut all those parts!

The Portuguese Empire’s formula: Slave trade, faith and ports | Al Jazeera Untangles YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

I’ve been enjoying watching the @aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Untangles series the “Colonizer’s Academy” and am honored to feature in their episode on the Portuguese empire, alongside several others, including dear friend @lbrockey.bsky.social
youtu.be/6ukRESgQUpo?...
#earlymod #skystorians

#EnvHist

#earlymodern #skystorians

Me too!

Awards, Prizes, and Honors Conferred at the 139th Annual Meeting – AHA Join us in Chicago to honor the 2025 AHA prizewinners.

Amidst the darkness in this country & the world right now, I’m taking solace in seeing dear friends & celebrating my wonderful mentor Phil Morgan as he receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the AHA at this year’s annual meeting @historians.org

www.historians.org/perspectives...

Beautiful new cover of the HLQ- exciting and impressive to see what @brettrushforth.bsky.social is bringing to this interdisciplinary publication as editor! #earlymodern #skystorians

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

@kawulf.bsky.social luck-of-the-screenshot made me laugh. I was more fortunate and got "Hopeful"

😂