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Sara Caputo

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History Senior Research Fellow & Director of Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge; British Academy PDRF. Histories of maritime labour, mapping, and medicine (Britain, France, Spain, & Italy). https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sara-caputo

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello sky! 👋

I'm Sara, a historian of maritime spaces and communities. I teach, read, and write at the University of Cambridge, UK. I'm interested in the history of maritime labour, migration, mapping, and medicine.

I look forward to meeting more of you here!

www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sa...

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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 14d

"Ocean routes’ complicated beginnings."

Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @saracaputo.bsky.social & @uchicagopress.bsky.social!

Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 16d

I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Historical Journal Call for Special Issues

Welcome to Cambridge Core

www.cambridge.org

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!

Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you! I don't think any book *could* ever truly explain this, but Tracks does certainly grapple with the hugely mind-blowing nature of voyaging, and how people have tried to make sense of it, or indeed wield it.

Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you!

Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you!

Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you, Elke!

Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Sep 4

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Tracks on the Ocean

An engaging look at ocean routes’ complicated beginnings and elusive impact. Sara Caputo’s Tracks on the Ocean is a sweeping history of how we have understood routes of travel over the ocean and ho...

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Chris R. Langley @chrislangley.bsky.social · Sep 2

The latest special issue of @scottishhistreview.bsky.social, on Scotland's Environmental History, is out!

Thanks to the guest editors, Rebecca Main, Richard Oram & Annie Tindley, for their fantastic work.

Read the issue on the @edinburghup.bsky.social website: www.euppublishing.com/toc/shr/104/2

Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - shr: Vol 104, No 2

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Paperback day!

Cover of book 'Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel'. Ship and map on blue background.

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you! More writing about maps is always a good thing, and the more paths leading to it the merrier. I'm delighted you are enjoying the book.

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did a seagull write these

A sign by a restaurant that says, "DO NOT BE AFRAID OF OVERFEEDING: Seagulls are dainty eaters." In the background you can see the Puget Sound and two people feeding seagulls.

The other side of the sign reads: "SEAGULLS WELCOME: Seagull lovers are welcome to feed seagulls in need. Please do not feed pidgeons." -Ivar's Pier 54 Fish Bar

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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh 🍉🌻🟥 @gianamar97.bsky.social · Aug 7

So excited to share my new article in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social:
"Colonial World-Making and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape of Good Hope" (Open access)
academic.oup.com/past/advance...

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hooray!! Huge congratulations, Elaine!

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thank you!

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Jochen Hung @jochenhung.bsky.social · Jul 16

Are you looking for a publisher for your manuscript in cultural history or heritage studies? We are setting up a new book series with Bloomsbury, titled Cultural History and Historical Culture.

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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · Jul 13

People don't seem to know that anyone can buy an interrail pass which makes European train travel much cheaper. Please tell them!

www.interrail.eu/en

Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries

Travel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass!

www.interrail.eu

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited to be giving the keynote address for this on Thursday afternoon, entitled 'Making and Unmaking the World of the Early English East India Company'. The talk involves a lot of drinking, multilingual cursing, and things going up in flames. And that's if it goes well!

#earlymodern #skystorians

Joey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · May 14

Very excited for the Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern #conference at Aberystwyth, 12-13 June 2025.

For #skystorians interested in joining, please see the form for more information below. Looking forward to seeing y’all next month.

forms.gle/wC5oA5NFJE15...

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Cameron Holloway @cameronholloway.bsky.social · Jun 9

Really enjoyed speaking to Julian Clover for Cambridge Radio's Cambs Politics

cambridge105.co.uk/cambs-politi...

Cambs Politics 08/06/2025

Julian Clover and Trevor Dann present the June edition of Cambs Politics; featuring Lucy Nethsingha, the Lib Dem leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, Mike Davey, the former leader of Cambridge …

cambridge105.co.uk

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · Jun 3

There's no doubt that editors for academic publishing need more help and support to keep things going.

But my god, this isn't it.

I've published in a number of OUP outlets. This would force me to reconsider. I suspect other #SkyStorians will, too.

Oxford University Press and Hum sign agreement to pilot Alchemist Review

Oxford University Press partners with Hum to pilot Alchemist Review, an AI-based editorial assistant that will enhance manuscript assessment while reducing a...

www.alpsp.org

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · May 22

So happy to see this out! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... #CoastalHistory

‘It's an Ill Wind that Blows Good to Nobody’ | 28 | The Environment, S

Coastal inhabitants of the nineteenth-century Atlantic Archipelago witnessed a larger number of shipwrecks, driven by increased storm frequency and intensity at

www.taylorfrancis.com

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations, Cathryn! It looks super interesting!

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