Just published! Another new title in our ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with @royalhistsoc.org and @ihr.bsky.social 🎉

‘Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain’ by @rowan-thompson.bsky.social

Read it or download it for free (or buy the print editions) at the link below 👇

#Skystorians #OA

Crime and Punishment in Early Modern London and the Home Counties Crime and punishment in early modern London and the home counties is a rich area of study. Students will encounter not only the changes in the law across the period, but also the very real human stori...

There's still space on my Summer course. I promise a week of highway robbery, pickpockets, pirates, burglary, murder, execution, & more. It'll be great fun!
Crime & Punishment in Early Modern London & the Home Counties | Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford share.google/sEp55JVrpBtZ...

Congratulations to IMEMS' @tombhamilton.bsky.social, who has been awarded a @britishacademy.bsky.social Mid-Career Fellowship to work on 'The Social Roots of Religious Violence in Sixteenth-Century Paris'!🎉

Read Tom's recent article in French Historical Studies: read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

All made possible by the archivists and conservators who care for the collections at county archives!

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Two books and one rolled document sit on a large table.

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I had a great time giving a public talk (followed by a mini-workshop on medieval documents) at Shropshire Archives this week. Is there anything better than talking to people about cool historic documents?! We are so lucky to have incredible county archives. #shropshire #archives #welshmarches 📚

Resharing this now that BlueSky is working again

@brisunipress.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Would love a boost for this post to get it to those interested in Arabic manuscripts please and thank you. #Skystorians #MedievalSky @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social @soas-speccoll.bsky.social @soashistory.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social

We’re hiring more at Warwick! Assistant Professors in History of Capitalism: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/... & History of Iberian Empires: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/... Happy to answer any questions for anyone interested!

A painted manuscript illumination of a church set in a countryside scene, with a procession of medieval villagers in brightly-coloured clothes holding candles and making their wat towards the church. The door of the church is open and you can see the ceremony taking place inside. Villagers on their way to church by Simon Bening (c.1550), Getty Library MS 50.

More information, including about our Dobson #scholarships, the PGR/ECR presentation competition, and details on how to book can be found on the Symposium's website: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/harlaxton-me...

The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England The 2026 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium at Madingley Hall, Cambridge Please note that this is a draft programme which may be subject to change. Monday 17th August 1:00 pm Registration opens 1:30 pm Welcome 1:45 pm Introduction Robert Swanson Session 1 2:00-3:30 pm John Jenkins: Rural Pilgrimage and Rural Parishes in Medieval England David Griffith: Reading Spaces: the Epigraphy of the Late Medieval Rural Parish Church in England 3:30-4:15 pm Tea/Coffee Session 2 4:15-5:45 pm Benjamin Thompson: Aliens in the Parish: French Monks in Medieval English Villages Katie Hawks: Merton Priory and its Parishes 6:30 pm BBQ Dinner 8:00 pm Drinks Reception and PGR/ECR presentations.

Tuesday 18th August 7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Session 3 9:00-10:30 am Zachary Stewart: The Rural Parish Church in Medieval England: Beyond an Additive Model of Architectural Development Helen Lunnon: Parish Making: Local and “Amateur” Contributions to the Fabric and Furnishings of the Late Medieval English Parish Church 10:30-11:00 am Tea/Coffee Session 4 11:00-12:30 pm Rachael Harkes: Inter-parochial Relations in the Welsh Marches Richard Asquith: Rural Parishes and London Merchants in Pre-Reformation England 12:30-1:15 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Excursion: Coach departs for visit to Chesterton and Cherry Hinton church (Lynne Broughton to guide) Individual dinner arrangements (coach drop-off either in Cambridge or at Madingley Hall).

Wednesday 19th August 7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Session 5 9:00-10:30 am Lydia Fisher: Decorating the Rural Parish Church: the Evidence of Stained Glass in the South-West David King: Edward IV, East Harling, and the N-Town Plays 10:30-11:00 am Tea/Coffee Session 6 11:00-12:30 pm Nicholas Orme: The Education of the Parish Clergy, 1250-1550 Barney Sloane: English Rural Benefices in the Black Death of 1348-9: Some Evidence for Administration and Communication 12:30-2:00 pm Lunch Session 7: The Pamela Tudor-Craig Memorial Lecture 2:00-3:15 pm Ian Forrest: A “Social Church” Paradigm for Parish Studies (with a Late Medieval Downland Case Study) 3:15-3:45 pm Tea/Coffee Session 8 3:45-5:15pm Peter Clarke: The Foot-soldiers of the Late Medieval English Church: Parochial Chaplains on the Front-line Sarah McKeagney: The Summoner and Rural Authority in the Diocese of Canterbury 7:00 pm Reception and Book Launch 7:30 pm Conference Dinner (black tie optional).

Thursday 20th August 7:30-8:30 am Breakfast 8:30-9:00 am Check out of rooms Session 9 9:00-10:30 am David Lepine: Rural Rectories as Centres of Agricultural Production: the Evidence of Probate Inventories Joanna Mattingly: Church Ales as a Rural Institution in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period 10:30-11:00 am Tea/Coffee Session 10 11:00 am-12:30 pm Tanya Heath: The Experience of Confession in the Late Medieval Rural Parish Robert Swanson: Country Pastors: Feeding the Sheep, Tending the Flocks 12:30 pm Closing remarks.

Please see the images and alt text below for the provisional programme - we have an excellent line up of speakers (including myself and @latemedievalist.bsky.social!)

A photograph of the church of St Materiana, Tintagel (Cornwall). It is a grey slate building with a tower to the left, set against a blue sky and behind the hedge of a country lane.

Photograph of Madingley Hall, Cambridge, venue of the Harlaxton Medieval Symposium since 2024. Photographed on a beautiful summer's day, the hall is a Tudor red brick building with turrets, oriel windows, and chimney stacks.

Registration for the 2026 Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium is now open! The theme is 'The Rural #Parish in Late Medieval England', and it will be held at Madingley Hall, #Cambridge, Monday 14th - Thursday 20th August ⛪ #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Picket at St Barts Hospital, London, in 1988. Image credit: Bishopsgate Institute. Photographer: Maggie Murray.

💥 Women Strike Back! – A new exhibition by Dr @saimanasar.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) is on display at St Paul's Learning Centre until end of June

Celebrating the stories of Black & South Asian women who campaigned for & brought about change in postwar Britain

More 👉 bit.ly/412N1Tj

Gordon Forster Essay Prize Published in Northern History (Vol. 62, No. 1-2, 2025)

One month until the 1 May deadline for the Gordon Forster Essay Prize.

Open to postgraduate students & ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should be between 7000-10000 words inc. footnotes.

Please repost!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#medievalsky - there is an excellent opportunity to become involved with the amazing Harlaxton Medieval Symposium. I’ve enjoyed holding this post and would thoroughly recommend it, especially for ECRs.

On the importance of maps in historical scholarship! Specifically, how creating maps helped shape the research questions in my recent book #medievalsky #digitalhumanities @mappingthemarch.bsky.social

Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law - University of London Press Borders not only demarcate nations and territories, but transform people into migrants. Hand-in-hand with law and law enforcement, borders create residents and foreigners. The law ascertains who cross...

Congrats to Devyani Prabhat @bristoluni.bsky.social on the publication today of 'Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law'!

Part of the #OpenAccess Reimagining Law and Justice series published with @ials.bsky.social.

uolpress.co.uk/book/migrati...

@sas-news.bsky.social @icws-sas.bsky.social

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#ICYMI: Join us on 31 March to learn about family history in late Medieval Brecon!

This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-f...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Scholarship for Canadian students doing a graduate degree at Lincoln in the UK: great place for medieval history!

The Oldest Firm: Institutional Football in Medieval Scotland It’s a historic time for Scottish football: the men’s national team has qualified for the World Cup, ending a near three-decade drought. Scotland’s rugby (football) team has a cha…

🚨NEW Blogpost🚨

We all know about the #OldFirm. But what's the 'oldest firm' in the history of Scottish #football?
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The answer takes us back to #medieval and #earlymodern St Andrews, where university and city invested in an unlawful game.
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The Welles-Ros Bible with Kathryn A. Smith — The Medieval Podcast Much in debate in England in the fourteenth century was how – and even if – the Bible should be translated into everyday language. Enter Maud de Ros, Lady Welles, the woman responsible for the most…

🎧 Listen to Kathryn A. Smith, author of The Painted Histories of the Welles-Ros Bible, talk with Danièle Cybulskie about the complexities of translating the Bible during the Middle Ages on this episode of The Medieval Podcast 👉 buff.ly/8HjuYqh #medievalsky #skystorians

New Open Access article by Richard Huzzey and Katrina Navickas, 'From Repertoires to Recipes: Rethinking Political Organisation in the Long 19th Century' 🧐💾👇💻🙋

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/WKHAW9...

@richardhuzzey.bsky.social @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @parlhistjournal.bsky.social

Publication of my short #PenguinMonarchs book on Henry VII on #WorldBookDay is wonderful. Enjoy the early #Tudor conspiracies, tragedies & @jodyhewgill.bsky.social‘s amazing cover painting. Thanks to the team @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?

They look so cool!

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Join us on Tuesday 10th. February from 17:30 GMT to hear @elenarossi.bsky.social speak about families in the middle ages as their children left for university and international travel.
We will be at the IHR in London. You may meet us there or online.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Assistant Professor- Tenure Track Position- Department of History - University of Prince Edward Island The Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island, Department of History, welcomes applications for a tenure-track position, Assistant Professor level, beginning on July 1st, 2026, in the...

Assistant Professor- Tenure Track Position- Department of History – University of Prince Edward Island

Closing date for applications is March 13th, 2026.

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#envhist #cdnhist #atlanticcanada #publichistory

Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law - University of London Press Borders not only demarcate nations and territories, but transform people into migrants. Hand-in-hand with law and law enforcement, borders create residents and foreigners. The law ascertains who cross...

Publishing this month:

Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law: Scales, Locales, Themes and Practices by Prof Devyani Prabhat

Part of the Reimagining Law & Justice series published in association with @ials.bsky.social

uolpress.co.uk/book/migrati...

#OpenAccess #LegalStudies #Immigration

Happy publication day to @uobrishistory.bsky.social’s Professor Sumita Mukherjee!

I’ve just had the charity shop find of my life: an Interiors 1900 stained glass shade, £7 😍 This may be a long shot, but does anyone seeing this know what kind of finial(?) I need to cover the hole so I can use it as a table lamp? I think the base I need is a ‘harp base’? Advice greatly appreciated!

Fancy knowing more about the Bayeux Tapestry? At a free public lecture and reception?? Look no further! 👁️ 👁️

Blank Face Drawing on literary studies, philosophy, social science and neuroscience, Noreen Masud’s project will interrogate the deep structural and aesthetic impact of face blindness on contemporary poets and n...

Drawing on literary studies, philosophy, social science and neuroscience, @noreenmasud.bsky.social's project at @bristoluni.bsky.social will interrogate the deep structural and aesthetic impact of face blindness on contemporary poets and novelists who identify as face blind.