Beautiful Internal Monologue moment at @histfest.bsky.social last weekend.
@adamzmith.bsky.social : "I read a lot of sad, gay books."
My Brain: "I, too have read the works of Anne Rice!"
#books #bibliophile #annerice #vampirechronicles #lgbtqia+ #histfest2026 #histfest
£4, a VERY lucky charity shop find for my birthday!
Fianlly got my grubby little hands on a copy.of this absolute #folklore classic!
#myths #folklorethursday #books @loremen.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social
Closing a great weekend with Travela through Time with Sir Michael Palin chaired by #histfest director @rebeccarideal.bsky.social #histfest2026 #history #travel
Talk 3 day 2 The Bronte Sisters: Livea & Legacies with Dr Tara Puri, @essiefox.bsky.social & @gregjenner.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #brontes #literature
Session 2 The Log Books: Queer Britain & the Helpline that Listened with @tashwalker.bsky.social @adamzmith.bsky.social & Dan Vo #histfest2026 #histfest #history #queerhistory #lgbtqia
Day 2 session 1 @histfest.bsky.social Birth, Motherhood & Custody: An Untold History with Prof Lara Feigel, @lucyinglis.bsky.social & @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #motherhood #childbirth
Final event of day 1 @histfest.bsky.social Living History with Ruth Goodman chaired by Dr Wanda Wyporska! #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival
Speak to the Earl of Manchester's Foote in the lobby to sign up for reenactment shenanigans! #histfest2026 #histfest #history #civilwar #englishcivilwar
Final talk in the 'ancient history trilogy' The Lost Voices of Pompeii with @rakshadigs.bsky.social & Dr Jess Venner. #histfest2026 #histfest #history #classics #historyfestival
Grab speakers books between talka from the @waterstones.bsky.social stall @histfest.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival
Talk 2 of the weekend Themistocles:The Rise and Fall of Athens's Naval Mastermind with Prof. Michael Scott #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival #classics
Check out the @histassoc.bsky.social stall at @histfest.bsky.social Join up for talks, courses, podcasts, events and a great historical community!
#histfest2026 #histfest #history #historicalassociation
Starting strong with a fascinating session on #historicalfiction chaured by @rebeccarideal.bsky.social in diacussion with authors Sofia Robleda & Saara El-Arifi #histfest2026 #histfest #history #cleopatra #pharaohs #empresses
Day 1 of another awesome @histfest.bsky.social with an amazing looking programme S/o to @rebeccarideal.bsky.social & her awesome team! @britishlibrary.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/rare...
#ottoman #history #turkiye #skystorians
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-hist... #ottoman #history #skystorians #ebooks #freeebooks
The very room in Strawberry Hill House where #HoraceWalpole allegedly wrote #TheCastleofOtranto #gothic #history #heritage
Explore the mystery of a lost #Ottoman dagger! Currently on at Strawberry Hill House.
www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/lost-dagger/
#history #tudor #victorian #henryviii #skystorians
@iismm.ehess.fr
EUI’s History department welcomes projects in Mediterranean history, Ottoman history, and the history of the Middle East and North Africa.
iismm.hypotheses.org/138943
#phd #phdfunding #ottoman #history #skystorians #academicsky #phdstudentships
@ihb-oeaw.bsky.social announces 4th Intensive #summerschool in Comparative #Ottoman & #Habsburg #Paleography
www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...
#history #skystorians #manuscriptstudies #academicsky
Check out @thebiaankara.bsky.social latest #cfp on Ottoman Mobilities! #callforpapers #academia #history #ottoman #skystorians #symposium This project is headed by the wonderful @peterjcherry.bsky.social & is definitely worth a look!
I had a lovely time yesterday visiting #TheBritishMuseum exhibition #AncientIndiaLivingTraditions An exhibition I highly recommend!
#museum #india #religion #comparativereligion #history #museums #skystorians #academicsky
We have tickets for this exhibition next Wednesday! So excited!
#Academia is wild y'all. Go to a meeting about a potentially collaborative conference and suddenly you're in a meeting with rockstar #historian Philip Mansel! My #historyfangirl heart the whole time!
#skystorians #academicsky #TIOL #travellersinottomanlands #levantineheritage #ottoman #history
@universitypress.cambridge.org offers a huge range of #openaccess #academic publications on a range of subjects, including #ottomanstudies
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
#history #ottoman #resources #publication #skystorians #cambridgeuniversitypress #academicsky
Courtsy of #WIASN facebook group - too good not to share!
#academicsky #skystorians #academicyear
Internet: Use a VPN to keep your browsing safe!
Also the Internet: With a VPN we will block you from many websites and functions unless you disable it!
#internetsecurity #vpn #internet #browsing #computing #computersecurity
Love a #bookmail day! Finally got my hands on #BerengariaofNavarre by the amazing @gabbystorey.bsky.social
#history #skystorians #medieval #queenship #booksky
My alma mater @unibirmingham.bsky.social holds an amazing collection of over 3000 #middleeastern #manuscripts in the Mingana Collection, cared for by the Cadbury Research Library. Explore them here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/c...
#skystorian #history #ottoman #arabic #persian #syriac #archive