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Kristie Patricia Flannery

@thehistoriann.bsky.social

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Historian of the global Spanish empire living and working on Wurundjeri country. Author of Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World (2024).

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Aug 14

So happy that Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World made the shortlist for the NSW’s History Awards. My book is in great company - huge honour.
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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · 25d

With appropriate nails!

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 26d

If you're a writer that's currently thinking "What am I doing with my life? How did I get here?" just know that Peter Benchley partly wrote the novel JAWS in a converted chicken coop at his in-laws' house.

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Aug 17

A silver lining

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 17

The ugly truth: have Trump’s tariffs finally put an end to Crocs’ 19-year reign?

The Guardian’s Crocs correspondent traces the highs and lows of the rubbery perforated clogs that divide opinion

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Aug 14

So happy that Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World made the shortlist for the NSW’s History Awards. My book is in great company - huge honour.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-h...

Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Aug 13

It wouldn’t be livable if it was taxed.

Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Aug 13

I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.

We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested

www.acu.edu.au/research-and...

Pacific powers: Imperial competition and cooperation in Micronesia

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Jul 24

Grateful for Prof Ponce Vázquez’s review of my book in The Americas.

Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · Jul 23

My review of @thehistoriann.bsky.social 's book is out today. To no one's surprise, it's a fabulous book, and you should read it if you are interested in the Pacific world, Spanish colonization, the Philippines, and/or piracy.
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Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. By Kristie Patricia Flannery . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. Pp. 288. $55 Hardcover. | The Americas | Cambridge Core

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. By Kristie Patricia Flannery . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. Pp. 288. $55 Hardcover.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · Jul 6

“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”

— A. Whitney Griswold

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 6

Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?

It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · May 12

join us next week at Melbourne Uni!

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · Apr 23

Hey, who's up for a #RemoteRetreatAUS ??? I need to get some writing DONE, and I need my peeps! Paging my regulars:
@kbneal.bsky.social @thehistoriann.bsky.social
@nikolasorr.bsky.social @justjenerally.bsky.social
@nonsequitania.bsky.social @mlcseah.bsky.social

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Apr 24

Next week!

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · Apr 7

“Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost … something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide … us” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

Opinion | Why DOGE Slashed the National Endowment for the Humanities

Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious.

www.nytimes.com

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Apr 7

Every historian’s dream is to find an archival treasure

Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · Apr 7

"The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with leaflets from the 1980s at Bar Convent, by Dr Hannah Thomas, while she was cataloguing the religious order's collection."

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Rare medieval scroll found in shoebox goes on display in York

The 15th-century Arma Christi, one of only 11 copies, is the focus of a new gallery at Bar Convent.

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Apr 7

Looking forward to discussing pirates and the Spanish Empire in the Pacific at this hybrid event in Hong Kong next week. I’ll be joining online.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · Mar 24

In 2022, historian Dr Kristie Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social received a Humanities Travelling Fellowship to access rare documents in Spain and the Philippines.

Her research considers the influence of slavery, and the wider Spanish empire, on the Asia-Pacific region today: bit.ly/4kSyRN7

Slavery in the Philippines may have influenced Australian history

Slavery and practices of unfree labour changed the political economy and culture of the Philippines—and may have influenced Australia.

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Jan 30

Thanks for listening :)

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · Jan 28

Catching up on Not Just the Tudors and delighted to hear the brilliant @thehistoriann.bsky.social discussing piracy and the Spanish Pacific with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social . More early modern #Pacifichistory, please! 🗃️

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Pirates of the Pacific & the Spanish Empire

Not Just the Tudors · Episode

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Jan 23

For audiobook fans! The audio edition of my book Pirates and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World is on sale for less than a buck. Great deal! Now you can was the dishes / work out/ doze off while listening.