Molly Warsh
@mwarsh.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh. World History, Atlantic History, Iberian Empires and many other things, too. Editor, Journal of Early Modern History. Author, American Baroque (Omohundro/UNC Press, 2018)
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The last 2025 issue of the JEMH just dropped, a Special Issue on Environment & Empires. Don’t miss it! #earlymodern #envhist #envhum
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Never a dill moment
January 17, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Never a dill moment
I’ve been enjoying watching the @aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Untangles series the “Colonizer’s Academy” and am honored to feature in their episode on the Portuguese empire, alongside several others, including dear friend @lbrockey.bsky.social
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The Portuguese Empire’s formula: Slave trade, faith and ports | Al Jazeera Untangles
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January 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I’ve been enjoying watching the @aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Untangles series the “Colonizer’s Academy” and am honored to feature in their episode on the Portuguese empire, alongside several others, including dear friend @lbrockey.bsky.social
youtu.be/6ukRESgQUpo?...
#earlymod #skystorians
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#earlymod #skystorians
Our early-career network is growing! Join us if you are interested in #EnvHist in or about Europe. You will then be added to our listserv and receive updates on events and opportunities, and you will also be able to contribute to the network. Send us a DM with your email to be added.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Amidst the darkness in this country & the world right now, I’m taking solace in seeing dear friends & celebrating my wonderful mentor Phil Morgan as he receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the AHA at this year’s annual meeting @historians.org
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Awards, Prizes, and Honors Conferred at the 139th Annual Meeting – AHA
Join us in Chicago to honor the 2025 AHA prizewinners.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Amidst the darkness in this country & the world right now, I’m taking solace in seeing dear friends & celebrating my wonderful mentor Phil Morgan as he receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the AHA at this year’s annual meeting @historians.org
www.historians.org/perspectives...
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Beautiful new cover of the HLQ- exciting and impressive to see what @brettrushforth.bsky.social is bringing to this interdisciplinary publication as editor! #earlymodern #skystorians
I couldn't be happier, or more honored, that the first issue of the redesigned and reimagined HLQ will feature the work of the Somali American artist Ebony Iman Dallas. Like much of her work, 𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒𝘰𝘶𝘵: 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 puts past and present in vital conversation. #earlymodern #skystorians
January 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Beautiful new cover of the HLQ- exciting and impressive to see what @brettrushforth.bsky.social is bringing to this interdisciplinary publication as editor! #earlymodern #skystorians
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
@kawulf.bsky.social luck-of-the-screenshot made me laugh. I was more fortunate and got "Hopeful"
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
@kawulf.bsky.social luck-of-the-screenshot made me laugh. I was more fortunate and got "Hopeful"
And a bonus review essay on “The Challenge of Early Modernity” in the new Special Issue of the JEMH on Environment & Empires! #earlymodern #envhist #envhum
Lastly, we have a review essay by Alan Strathern entitled "India as the World: The Challenge of Early Modernity."
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December 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
And a bonus review essay on “The Challenge of Early Modernity” in the new Special Issue of the JEMH on Environment & Empires! #earlymodern #envhist #envhum
And the articles section closes with Kristian Price's "Sharks and European Colonial Empires: Changing Perceptions of Animal Intentionality in the Transatlantic Slave Trade."
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December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is followed by John T. Wing's article, "The Making of Imperial Environments in Castile During the Reign of Philip II, 1556–1598."
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December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Then we have Erika Monahan's article, "Mapping for Travel and Conquest, Revealing Nature: Reading Remezov’s Maps for Insight into the Early Modern Siberian Environment."
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December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is followed by Nükhet Varlık's article, "Plague and Migration: Rural Depopulation in the Ottoman Balkans and Anatolia during the Little Ice Age."
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December 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Next is an article by Pratyay Nath, "Nonhuman Animals and the Transformation of the Mughal Empire under Akbar."
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December 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The issue then contains an article by Ian Miller entitled "Between Land and Water: Fisheries Oversight in Early Modern China." brill.com/view/journal...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The last 2025 issue of the JEMH just dropped, a Special Issue on Environment & Empires. Don’t miss it! #earlymodern #envhist #envhum
December 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The last 2025 issue of the JEMH just dropped, a Special Issue on Environment & Empires. Don’t miss it! #earlymodern #envhist #envhum
What an honor to be interviewed by the @timesofindianews.bsky.social about the history of pearls #earlymodern #envhist
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‘From ruptured eardrums to ravaged seas, empire to agency, pearls hold our history’ - The Times of India
World News: Molly Warsh is Associate Professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh. Speaking with Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke , she discusses th.
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December 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What an honor to be interviewed by the @timesofindianews.bsky.social about the history of pearls #earlymodern #envhist
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📣 #CfP Reminder 📣
Are you a #historian researching #earlymodern gender-based violence?
📜 Check our Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow @ladygiada.bsky.social 's Call for Papers: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns 👇
⏰ Send your proposal by 20 December 2025
📣 #genderhistory #genderstudies
Are you a #historian researching #earlymodern gender-based violence?
📜 Check our Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow @ladygiada.bsky.social 's Call for Papers: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns 👇
⏰ Send your proposal by 20 December 2025
📣 #genderhistory #genderstudies
Call for Papers📣: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns. Join us in Florence. We look forward to hosting you in May 2026😎☀️ @eui-history.bsky.social #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📣 #CfP Reminder 📣
Are you a #historian researching #earlymodern gender-based violence?
📜 Check our Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow @ladygiada.bsky.social 's Call for Papers: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns 👇
⏰ Send your proposal by 20 December 2025
📣 #genderhistory #genderstudies
Are you a #historian researching #earlymodern gender-based violence?
📜 Check our Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow @ladygiada.bsky.social 's Call for Papers: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns 👇
⏰ Send your proposal by 20 December 2025
📣 #genderhistory #genderstudies
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Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, is back with her picks for environmental history worth reading (and listening to) from November!
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#EnvHist Worth Reading: November 2025
Find marmots, sewage infrastructure, and animism in the latest list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, is back with her picks for environmental history worth reading (and listening to) from November!
niche-canada.org/2025/12/04/e...
#envhist
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#envhist
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On Monday, author Casey Schmitt will discuss her new book THE PREDATORY SEA in a virtual event hosted by @jcblibrary.bsky.social! Learn more & register:
JCB Reads: Casey Schmitt's The Predatory Sea. Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean | John Carter Brown Library
Zoom link: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ERxVIYvZROWkIFcp8gH7Ag
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November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
On Monday, author Casey Schmitt will discuss her new book THE PREDATORY SEA in a virtual event hosted by @jcblibrary.bsky.social! Learn more & register:
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What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️
Bursting pink peonies to celebrate the totally unexpected and awesome arrival of the Arabic edition of my book, _American Baroque_! Couldn’t love the baroque pearls they chose for the cover more. @uncpress.bsky.social @oieahc.bsky.social #earlymodern #skystorians
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Bursting pink peonies to celebrate the totally unexpected and awesome arrival of the Arabic edition of my book, _American Baroque_! Couldn’t love the baroque pearls they chose for the cover more. @uncpress.bsky.social @oieahc.bsky.social #earlymodern #skystorians
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"What begins as scholarship becomes something larger: a way of asking how we live with the past and what responsibilities come with knowing it." Wonderful article about research at The Huntington, including a forthcoming HLQ Early/Modern Connections article. www.huntington.org/news/haven-h...
A Haven for the Humanities | The Huntington
Research Fellows reflect on the archives, art, and gardens that have shaped our world.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"What begins as scholarship becomes something larger: a way of asking how we live with the past and what responsibilities come with knowing it." Wonderful article about research at The Huntington, including a forthcoming HLQ Early/Modern Connections article. www.huntington.org/news/haven-h...
Applications for FEEGI's April 2026 at Rutgers University are due in two days, on 10/30! Don't sleep on the deadline. See you in the spring! @csschmitt.bsky.social #earlymodern #EarlyAmerica #historians
Folks, applications for FEEGI's April 2026 conference at Rutgers are due 10/30! And for people interested in attending the PEAES workshop immediately beforehand (we're teaming up this time around), apps are due TODAY, 10/17! librarycompany.org/academic-pro... #earlymodern #earlyAmerica #historians
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Applications for FEEGI's April 2026 at Rutgers University are due in two days, on 10/30! Don't sleep on the deadline. See you in the spring! @csschmitt.bsky.social #earlymodern #EarlyAmerica #historians