In our latest blog, Maria Zukovs examines a fascinating calendar from the French Revolution: ustc.ac.uk/news/rationali…

Many congratulations to all involved with Books & Borrowing, 1750-1830 ! An absolutely fantastic project and their website (borrowing.stir.ac.uk) is simply amazing. I am sure that many will find it useful long into the future.

With the PhD under my belt, I'm officially on the job market and available for paid work! My expertise is in early modern family life, illness, healthcare, and gentry and letter-writing cultures. I am experienced in archival research, palaeography and transcription, public (1/2)

Come work with me! 🧐PhD project in partnership with Bodleian Libraries Atlantic Stories, Colonial Legacies and the Bodleian Library, 1650-1800 #PhDlife coventry.ac.uk/research/resea…

We have recently added contemporary ownership references to 73 books formerly belonging to Sir Thomas Smith, the influential sixteenth-century English statesman and writer. They survive today in Queens' Library

Any #twitterhistorians able to help with literature suggestions on newspaper/pamphlet culture or public opinion under Louis XIV?

I refuse to believe that Klaits' Printed Propaganda under Louis XIV' (1976) is the most recent work on the subject!

Calling all #bookhistory enthusiasts: I'm intrigued by this 18c imprint that identifies the 'De Goesin sisters' as printers/publishers. In my experience sisters who worked in the family biz usually used the conveniently genderless 'heirs of' in imprints: anyone seen this before?

23 April - #StGeorgesDay . The coronations of Charles II, James II and Anne all took place on this day.

Our Prussia data now includes 2,700 new records for Gdańsk and Königsberg, 8,000 new copies and 600 digital links. Examine our new data here: shorturl.at/iqAY7

Featuring Arthur der Weduwen on Iceland and Norway, and Andrew Pettegree on imaginary places!

Fancy entering this next time Jane Baxter?

We have made a major update to our Brussels data, including the addition of 1,093 new records and 9,000 new copies. Find out more here: shorturl.at/txzSU

This is a fascinating read from the one and only Dr Natalee Garrett!

The conference programme (soon to be released) is packed full of amazing and varied papers - we can't wait to geek out over books with you all 📚❤️Get your tickets here ⬇️

First up, we have added 340 new copies to our #Icelandic data. This makes the USTC the most comprehensive resource for Icelandic holdings worldwide. Examine our Icelandic data here: ustc.ac.uk/explore?q=&fqr…

Every Friday over the next few months, we will be highlighting some major updates to the USTC that we have recently made!

How cool is this? For more on tennis in the early modern period, the wonderful Barnaby Cullen and I wrote a blog on the subject a few years ago: ustc.ac.uk/news/balls-in-…

Even though this is last minute, it will be a guaranteed masterclass on how to give a seminar paper. Can't wait Dr Elise Watson !

Book historical job alert! My brilliant collegues Rozanne Versendaal and Natalia Petrovskaia are looking for a PhD candidate in the project ‘Multilingual Books as Cultural Brokers in the Sixteenth Century’. uu.nl/en/organisatio…