Breaking news: The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, rolling back what he described as “overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities.” https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx
New job:
Research Associate – Nexus Center for Antisemitism Research
The Nexus Project
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Esteemed colleagues! I would like to introduce you to Dr Anna Kalinowska ( @akalinowska.bsky.social )
Anna is a specialist in #EarlyModern / #17thCentury Polish history with an emphasis on #Scotland / #Britaian and #Sweden links.
Go on, give her a follow #Skystorians 📚
@mhafhs.bsky.social
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.
The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
“Some people in the Epstein files are monstrously gross. Some are moderately gross. Some are situationally, aspirationally, or cosmetically gross.” Josh Tyrangiel sifted through nearly 3.5 million pages to determine a taxonomy for those named in the files. theatln.tc/TYNK1H3C
Grateful to TED for having me at this year's conference in Vancouver. I met with thought leaders from tech, education, and the arts. An intellectual paradise! I'll post the talk as soon as it's live.
Our spring 2026 issue is out! Featuring four articles, the annual Conversations on Early Modern Women and Race, three exhibition reviews, and twenty-five book reviews www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr... #EarlyModern
Thinking about the 62 million views, and then thinking about how marital rape was only made illegal in all 50 US states in the summer of 1993.
I can remember 1993. I can remember what was on the radio at the time. I had just been in my first movie. It was not so long ago.
A tweet describing Nancy Pelosi’s response to a question about Trump depicting himself as Jesus, with a video still of Pelosi speaking at an event.
Perfection.
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Share a sentence and help illustrate the range of the discipline.
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Post doc opportunity to work at the excellence centre on history of everyday nationalism in Tampere, Finland tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
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At the event we'll be hearing from @lsangha.bsky.social, @lauracking.bsky.social, Paul Carter (TNA), @ruthslatter.bsky.social, @isabellajackson.bsky.social, Grace Huxford (Bristol), @lucynoakes1.bsky.social, @beckierutherford.bsky.social & Naomi Tadmor (Lancaster), all at the @ihr.bsky.social!
I am once again asking
It’s 2026 and the Pope is having to answer questions on how much he fears the United States Government.
POPE LEO XIV: “I am not afraid of the Trump administration. I speak from the Gospel, and I will continue to speak out loudly against the war.”
The Republican Party used to complain that President Obama used the pronoun "I" too much in his speeches.
Nobody executes a “madman” theory of foreign policy when they’re winning—and Donald Trump’s use of it signals his desperation, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/6UbhSLEr
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026 Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026
The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl
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You can now order the paperback directly from @princetonupress.bsky.social at a 30% discount by entering the code PUP30 on their order form!
May I interest you in £10k for humanities or social science research? Our small grants scheme is open. Apply by 3rd June.
We allocate through partial randomisation - awarding randomly between all applications that meet our quality threshold
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In a few days I will be in Catania with two lectures (in Italian) for master's students and colleagues on women, Enlightenment and Catholicism, and on islands and imaginary travels.
Do join us if you happen to be in the city on 16th and 17th April!
@inthiseui.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social
Front page of Transactions article: 'Louis XIV’s Attitude to the Chinese Rites Controversy', by Sean Heath. Full abstract: 'Although Louis XIV’s sponsorship of a French Jesuit presence in China is well known, his attitude to the major dispute over the Chinese rites which engulfed the mission has been barely explored. This article shows that, as the Chinese Rites Controversy reached its peak in Paris and Rome in the years around 1700, Louis XIV’s response was surprisingly inconsistent, reflecting the fact that the two groups of missionaries whose work in east Asia he had supported – the Missions étrangères de Paris (MEP) and the French Jesuits – were pitted against one another. Furthermore, the king’s somewhat contradictory interventions were due to the opposing directions in which his chief advisers on ecclesiastical matters pushed him: his confessor La Chaise towards support of the Jesuits, and his wife Madame de Maintenon and Archbishop Noailles of Paris towards helping the MEP. In the end, Louis decided not to wield his influence in Rome in favour of one side or the other, but to leave the decision to the Holy See while prohibiting publication on the ‘Chinese affair’ in France. In doing so, the article offers an exploration of ecclesiastical policy in the making under the Sun King.'
New article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'.
'Louis XIV’s Attitude to the Chinese Rites Controversy': bit.ly/47NYgmk
Dr Sean Heath offers an exploration of ecclesiastical policy in the making under the Sun King. Sean's article is now freely available Open Access #Skystorians 1/2
Rightwing dudes: "Women shouldn't be in leadership. Women shouldn't vote. They're not rational like men."
Also, somehow, rightwing dudes: "The hand of God teleported me to a Waffle House."
Three Postdoctoral Researchers in Early Modern History Deadline: 8 May 2026 Visit website → Three postdoctoral research positions (35 months each) are available within the project 'Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy' (TRAVEL), funded by a Consolidator Grant from the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS-2023-02909), based at the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento (PI: Sandra Toffolo). This three-year project focuses on interpersonal encounters involving travellers in the Italian peninsula (1400-1600). It aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the practical aspects of interactions involving a wide range of people on the move and, in doing so, to address more general issues concerning early modern mobility. The members of the research team will each focus on a specific geographical area, examining different aspects of encounters involving travellers: legislation, the use of urban space, communication, and material culture. For more information, see https://jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_FBK_is_looking_for_three_Postdoctoral_Researchers_in_the_field_of_Early_Modern_History_245158441.htm. Deadline: 8 May 2026
Three postdoctoral research positions (35 months each) are available on the project 'Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy' (TRAVEL), working with @toffolosandra.bsky.social at the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento. Apply by 8 May 2026 #Skystorians #EarlyModern
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oooooo! This will be such an exciting Masterclass to participate in. Run, don't walk, #earlymodern #SkyStorians in Nordic countries, if you're a PhD student yourself or have PhD students who should apply.
