Jessica Roitman is giving her fascinsting inaugural lecture as professor of #Jewish studies Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (inactief)

fans of early modern church music, stained glass, and debates over the presence of crucifixes in royal churches, look no further - my new article, in the Journal of Ecclesiastical History, below! Thanks to reviewers, draft-readers, and seminar audiences! doi.org/10.1017/S00220…

Kinneil House Historic Scotland *re-opens!* on Saturday 22 March - self-guided indoor tours, 10am-4pm, kids’ craft activities 11am-3pm in adjacent Kinneil Museum + family-friendly outdoor guided walk at 12.30 - all *free* in support of next week’s Hippodrome Silent Film Festival kinneil.org.uk/2025/03/11/kin…

This letter was written by King James I in 1622 to Pope Gregory XV asked the pontiff to help bring an end to the ‘calamitous discords & bloodshed’ caused by the Thirty Years War that ravaged the European continent. #TowerTreasure

Thanks to everyone who attended our exciting event on Ottoman science & technology last week. Special thanks to Meriç Tanık, Pamela H. Smith, B. Harun Küçük, Duygu Yıldırım, alper yalcinkaya, Seçil Yılmaz, Marwa Elshakry, Nükhet Varlık, Daniel Stolz, Tunç Şen & Sümeyye Yar for making it possible.

If you love castles, churches, historic buildings or nature, I’d like to know you better. Please follow me here & on Bluesky. Thanks! #Castles #HistoricHouses #History #Churches #NationalTrust #EnglishHeritage bsky.app/profile/chrisr…

Congratulations to our colleague John Thompson UlsterUniSchoolofLaw for his tireless research and work to highlight Cecily Jackson’s case 300 years since she was burnt at the stake in Derry City Ulster Uni History Arts and Humanities Ulster Uni Library derryjournal.com/heritage-and-r…

I passed my viva with no corrections in Feb - that’s my #phddone 🎉 My thanks to examiner Malcolm Smuts for an exhilarating defence & Professor Nadine Akkerman for a supportive & thoughtful report. Thanks also to my supervisors Erin Griffey & Jonathan Scott for everything along the way 🥂

📣Calling all #ECRs who have completed their PhD, but who are not currently employed in a full-time academic post - the BAVS British Association for Romantic Studies Nineteenth-Century Matters fellowship Edinburgh University is now live! See below for details ⬇️

#OTD 1473 b. James IV, one of the most successful kings of Scotland who extended crown authority to the Isles, concluded a peace treaty with Henry VII of England, encouraged education & industry whilst still finding time to joust, philander & do dentistry. bit.ly/1FZBt67

A New Work for Donatello’s Corpus? Previously thought to be a 19th-century copy, the marble bust of Cecilia Gonzaga discovered in the storerooms of the Spiš Museum in Levoča, Slovakia, is now thought to be by the famous Renaissance sculptor. #attribution

Exciting new edited volume out on #EarlyModern #Women! Elite Women in Early Modern Catholic Europe uses a historiographical approach to analyze women’s roles through changing political, social, and cultural contexts. tinyurl.com/yzju4h5r

🚨 NEW CFP 🚨 The Material Culture pre-1850 Workshop is very pleased to announce a new call for papers on the theme of 'lifecycles'. We are looking for 20 minute papers from researchers of all career stages, deadline 28 April 2025

REED is social! Find us on on Bluesky at reedproject.bsky.social

Registration is now open for 'Corruption and Scandal in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800' on 5th and 6th June: eventbrite.com/e/corruption-a… Join us at the IHR or online for what promises to be an exciting conference!

🐝 New Bee Boles Added! We've been updating the register & are excited to share 2 new additions recently recorded in the Scottish Borders & N Yorkshire. Explore the growing register: bit.ly/3SzpkOF #BeeBoles #HistoricBeekeeping #ScottishBorders #NorthYorkshire #bees

Book Launch Aug 13 on #EarlyModernWomen - sign up at link on poster - and get a discount on the book! Oxford Academic SSEMWG Lara Dodds Michelle M. Dowd

This is an early English binding covering a book printed in 1527 at Cologne in Germany which is the collected writings of the ancient Roman author Macrobius. (WCL Sel. A.52.3)

We are very excited to announce our latest 🚨CfP🚨 on the theme 'Holding Court', deadline 17 September 2025. Looking very much forward to reading your submissions over the next year!