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Renaissance Society of America @rsaorg.bsky.social · 11d

📣 We are delighted to announce that the Fall 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.3) has been published online. You can view it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Ana Saez-Hidalgo @shnuska.bsky.social · 9d

🚨New publication
E duobus elige: The Becket Devise & Elizabeth I’s Spanish Dilemma
Renaissance Quarterly
How does Thomas Becket prompt a political & moral dilemma presented to Elizabeth I?
#recusants #anglospanish #pastintopresent
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E duobus elige: The Becket “Devise” and Elizabeth I’s Spanish Dilemma | Renaissance Quarterly | Cambridge Core

E duobus elige: The Becket “Devise” and Elizabeth I’s Spanish Dilemma - Volume 78 Issue 3

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · Jul 19

Job Opportunity!

University of Notre Dame - Assistant Professor, 20th-Century U.S. Political History (tenure track)

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University of Notre Dame - Assistant Professor, 20th-Century U.S. Political History (tenure track) | H-Net

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 11

The Royal Historical Society is a fellowship of professional historians. We welcome applications from historians working in education and many other sectors.

Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians

Image of crowd with text: 'Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship. Fellowship recognizes the scholarly contribution of historians working in all sectors of professional history. Next closing date: Monday 11 August 2025'

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Ian S. Pumpkins @icpetrie.bsky.social · Jul 14

POSTDOC: Mellon Fellowship, Wolf Humanities Center, Penn, 2026-27

Topic: Practice
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/...

The Wolf Humanities Center at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its 2026–2027 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities on the general theme of Practice.

Research proposals from all humanistic disciplines and allied areas (e.g., anthropology, history of science) are eligible, except for educational curriculum building and the performing arts (scholars of performing arts are eligible). The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities who received, or will receive, their PhD between May 2021 and August 2026. Preference will be given to candidates not yet in tenure track positions whose proposals are interdisciplinary and who would particularly benefit from and contribute to Penn's intellectual life.

The appointment is twelve months (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027) and carries a minimum stipend of $67,000 plus a $3000 research fund and discounted health insurance. Fellows teach one course during the year and collaborate on the planning of a symposium in addition to conducting their research.

For full fellowship guidelines, application instructions, and the Practice topic description: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc. Please email Wolf Humanities Center Associate Director Sara Varney with questions.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jul 8

Coming from @edinburghup.bsky.social

Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present: Memory, Culture, Networks
Ed. by @drleith.bsky.social & Kevin J. James

Exploring Jacobitism & its cultural legacy, analysing works in English, Irish & Scottish Gaelic, & Scots
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Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present

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Ana Saez-Hidalgo @shnuska.bsky.social · Jul 1

Gracias, Isidro

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Ana Saez-Hidalgo @shnuska.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks!
It doesn't happen that often that one identifies a #manuscript #fragment as part of a volume for #CatherineofAragon in England
#anglospanish
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No todos los días se identifica un #fragmento de #manuscrito hecho para #CatalinadeAragon en Inglaterra 🧐
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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La segunda vida de dos folios recuperados del manuscrito escurialense de la Historia de Inglaterra de Cuero | Revista de Literatura Medieval

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Jun 4

We’ve acquired a remarkable group of rare medieval manuscripts that reveal new insights into life in Britain & Ireland during the Middle Ages – from religious dialogue to daily urban life.

Items include…

Trilingual dictionary, Psalter, and Hebrew grammar. Add MS 89788

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Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · Apr 2

PhD Studentship available! @ihr.bsky.social and Historic Royal Palaces AHRC CDP project on the Tower of London and Londoners, late medieval and Tudor. Focus on looking at everyday people supplying the Tower, especially migrants, also global commodities. Full fees + stipend - UK or international

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’ at University of London

At jobs.ac.uk, you can apply for a AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’. Explore our d...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Mar 16

The Society welcomes applications for Fellowship from professional historians working in higher education and other sectors.

Fellows are those who've made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically - though not always - through publications. For more see bit.ly/4iOu51g, 1/2

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Royal Historical Society. Applications invited. Next closing dates
24 March and 26 May 2025'

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Mar 11

So you'd like a research grant from @britishacademy.bsky.social but you've got an additional need that makes that difficult? Well we still believe in equality, diversity, inclusion, and so there is a fund you can apply to for help with that www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/addi...

Additional needs

The British Academy has set aside specific funding to support any additional needs that applicants and award holders may require. This funding would be in addition to the amount already requested for ...

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Dec 11

I'll be teaching at the California Rare Book School next summer. If you'd like an intro to medieval manuscripts, please consider applying. And if you know anyone who would be interested, please spread the word. www.calrbs.org/introduction...

Introduction to European Medieval Manuscripts (2025) – CalRBS

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Mar 11

📢NEW POST: Malcolm Jones examines how prints were repurposed in #EarlyModern England📢

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Cut, copy, paste: what people did with early modern Printed Images

This is the third guest post in the mini-series Visual Culture in Early Modern England (read the introduction and find links to other posts here). As in our previous post by Helen Pierce, Malcolm J…

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s Day! For #IWD, why not pay a visit to the digital version of last summer’s ‘Her Booke’: Early Modern Women and their Books, celebrating the role of women in England’s devotional, intellectual & bibliographical cultures. www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/exhibitions/...

‘Her Booke’ : early modern women and their books at Lambeth Palace Library – Lambeth Palace Library

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Ana Saez-Hidalgo @shnuska.bsky.social · Feb 28

📣 Next week "Recovering women's legacies", an exhibition by 4th year students of @EstInglesesUVa @UVa_es
Come and learn more about women in the English-speaking world who made a difference in social and cultural spheres
#Diadelamujer #womensday
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Fecha de inicio: 3 de marzo Fecha de fin: 21 de marzo Lugar: Primer piso, …

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Ana Saez-Hidalgo @shnuska.bsky.social · Feb 26

Virtual (online) tour of the Library of the English College of Valladolid, organized last week in collaboration with the Middle Temple. Great honor to show some of their materials with the College librarian, Blanca Mateo.
#anglospanish #historiclibraries #recusant

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Ana Saez-Hidalgo @shnuska.bsky.social · Feb 22

Tristísima noticia, perder un compañero tan entrañable, excelente académico y persona, y tan, tan querido. Siempre en nuestro corazón, Maxi 🥲🥲

Muere el catedrático de la UVA Máximo García Fernández, el historiador de la vida cotidiana
www.elnortedecastilla.es/valladolid/m...

Muere el catedrático de la UVA Máximo García Fernández, el historiador de la vida cotidiana | El Norte de Castilla

Discípulo de Teófanes Egido, era el director de la revista científica 'Investigaciones Históricas' que publica la institución académica

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · Feb 12

Job Opportunity!

Kenyon College, seeks one-year visiting assistant professor in Medieval History beginning July 1, 2025. The successful candidate is expected to teach survey and seminar-level courses in medieval history in Europe and the broader Mediterranean world.

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H-Net Job Guide

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · Feb 12

Job Opportunity!

Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · Feb 12

***Job Opportunity***

Assistant Professor of History, Modern American History, Indiana University Northwest

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Assistant Professor of History - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

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Lorena Pérez Hernández @lorenaph.bsky.social · Feb 11

¿Conoces a Noam Chomsky pero no a Carol Chomsky? ¿A George Lakoff y a William Labov pero no a Robyn Lakoff y Gillian Sankoff? Este #11F un recuerdo especial para muchas lingüistas eclipsadas y olvidadas. En #Naukas2023 divulgamos el trabajo de una de las más grandes www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZB...

Naukas Bilbao 2023. Lorena Pérez Hernández: Anna Wierzbicka y la tabla periódica del pensamiento

YouTube video by eitb

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Pooka Mayo Booooooooooks @condimentking.bsky.social · Jan 30

Manicules are great, sure; but cufficules? The best.

manicule with fancy cuff and green sleeve

manicule with fancy cuff in brown and black

manicule with fancy cuff, green sleeve, red bracelet, alongside marginalia in Latin

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Elaine Leong @historyelaine.bsky.social · Dec 16

Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory

Opportunities

Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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