The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present.

Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies: rensoc.org.uk/statement-on-t…

PERMANENT FT lectureship just advertised at History at Newcastle! We're looking for a historian of the post-1700 period, ideally in one of these subfields: history of race (British or European); OR revolution, ideology, empire, or war (European). #twitterstorians jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-…

Conference CfP: Efficacy in Early Modern Healing. Deadline for abstracts 30 June 2024! Cambridge HPS Cambridge History Cambridge Early Modernists

This great Royal Historical Society scheme for early career historians of colour is open again! Application deadline is 17 June. royalhistsoc.org/first-academic…

Join us in Durham! Three-year postdoc to work on modelling the Black Death with my brilliant colleague Alex Brown and a tech-savvy interdisciplinary team 👇💀😷💻💾🧙

They’re back: the Latin Palaeography and the Early Modern English Palaeography online courses are now open for applications!

The #IMEMS courses will run July 8-19.

We’ll receive applications until June 14. Spaces are limited so grab them quick!
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Colin Jones: 'My own writing style is based on two practices: shameless theft and endless tinkering.'

Fascinating conversation between Colin Jones, Cathy McClive, and Charles Walton on writing, research, universities, and French history in the Age of Revolutions

In the recent issue of French History Journal, Charles Walton and Cathy McClive edited an issue in honor of Colin Jones. The three of them met to discuss the issue, Jones's life as a historian, and the future of the field. ageofrevolutions.com/2024/05/27/ref…

Looking for a home for your research? SSFH is seeking contributions on quantitative methods in histories of any period dealing with France and the Francophone world.

Learn more and submit by July 15, 2024: oxford.ly/3UvoJNP

Fascinating new article by Caspar Patton (Oxford History) in French History, which shows how little Cardinal Richelieu controlled the press in his early rule – 'Insubordination and the rise of absolutism: the Mercure françois under Richelieu' 🧑‍🎤📰👑academic.oup.com/fh/article/doi…

It's here!!

*The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain*

Published #OpenAccess by UCL Press, chapters from Lloyd Bowen 🇺🇦, Elly Robson, Sharon Howard, Hannah Worthen, Imogen Peck, Karin Bowie, Professor Ann Laura Hughes & J. Peacey: petitioning.history.ac.uk/blog/2024/05/n…

#PowerOfPetitioning

Les registres du Parlement de Paris, dans la galerie du Parlement des grands dépôts Archives nationales de France

This has been a passion project for ages and it means so much to see it realized.

I read Anne Dowriche's 1589 text during my PhD and was determined to bring her work to a wider audience.

It's taken a long time, but it's finally here!

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2 year post alert!!! Assistant Professor of Early Medieval History [Temporary Cover] - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46516/

Come to School of History, Queen Mary University of London and conduct doctoral research under my supervision 'A Minority At Law: Jews And The Courts In Medieval England, c. 1216-1290' in collaboration with The National Archives as a holder of a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award. DM for details.

Northern lights photographed by Carl Størmer from Bossekop in 1910

📷: Norsk Teknisk Museum

Just a week left to send us your proposals on early modern peacebuilding! The deadline for abstracts is 15 May. histj.com/conference #transitionaljustice #peacebuilding #twitterstorians #earlymodern #CFP

So much fun working on this with all the fab authors and my co-editor Charles Walton. Thanks Tom, Joe, and Claire for making it happen!