Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg

Project Name Written Worlds funded by Leverhulme Trust at Birkbeck

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Written Worlds 17C Non-elite Writing 2 x Postdocs 0.5. Please consider applying.

Counting down to the OA publication of Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited by Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller ... out 10 April 2026 from @routledgehistory.bsky.social #openaccess #maritimehistory
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Join our "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800" series Monday 9 March, 1pm CET, for a book presentation by @csschmitt.bsky.social (Cornell): "The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean". Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #History

And now so am I!

A human skull positioned on a sundial with the inscription "INEVITABILE FATUM" (inevitable fate) staring into the void, avoiding eye contact to you, the reader, since 1557.

Staring with his mouth agape since 1557.

My article on Queen Anne’s wardrobe has just been published OA.

I provide a qualitative & quantitative overview of her extensive wardrobe accounts (incl makers & suppliers) & show how fashion influenced her representation!

#18thc #17thc #earlymodern

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Festival of Social History To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion pan…

Ooh, any #earlymodern peeps going? socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...

The acceptance of entries has now closed. Thank you for your submissions (now the judges will deliberate)!

The abstract of my thesis

Happy to say that my recently completed PhD thesis 'Identification Documents and the Governance of Mobilities in,through and beyond Seventeenth-Century London' is now available to download online open-access if anyone ever fancies having a read etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/37...

Men studying a dragon

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

what a name! I have been away from BlueSky for too long....

My article in the renewed Huntington Library Quarterly, with focus expanded to the global early modern, edited by @brettrushforth.bsky.social . An honor to be included in this wonderful issue! #earlymodern

It me....

#earlymodern

📢In partnership with St Andrews University, we're looking for a 'Joseph Bell Writer in Residence at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh' to pursue a writing project drawing on our archives. Stipend of up to £15,000. Closing date 6 March 2026. www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England

Our next event is happening next week! Sue Wiseman, Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social and Michael Powell Davies will be discussing "Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England" ✒️📖✨ Sign-up here (in-person and online) Thursday 5 March, 5.30 pm www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England

Next Thursday (March 5th) @ihrscb.bsky.social we are hosting the Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in #EarlyModern England. Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

What a result!! Huge congratulations to the amazing Hannah Spencer - everyone in Gorton and Denton has just made history. This result shows @greenparty.org.uk can win anywhere, that the politics of hope can win over the politics of hate & there is no longer any such thing as a Labour safe seat 💚

Public Domain Image Archive Explore our hand-picked collection of out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. This is a living database with new images added every week.

Question for #EarlyModern #Skystorians please! 🗃️

What are your favourite online places to search for public domain images?

(free to use, out of copyright, cleared by copyright owner for public use etc)?

Example: Public Domain Image Archive pdimagearchive.org

Schließung des Instituts für Archäologie an der HU-Berlin Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...

Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...

My proofs have arrived and #AGoldenWorld is now available to preorder! How did Indigenous peoples and knowledge enter into Tudor & Stuart art, literature, and fashion – and at what cost?

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#earlymodern #Tudors

every British historian rn frantically trying to find examples of British royals being arrested that don’t end with their execution

Scholars of #mobility, #travel, #exploration, #colonialism. Do remind your PhD students and ECRs about the @hakluytsociety.bsky.social annual essay prize! 🗃️We are accepting entries until 1 March. More details here: www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci...

Thank you for the invitation – and great questions to boot!

Thrilled to start this year’s #affectiveartefacts seminar series with @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social!

@bemccollective.bsky.social

Congratulations Lucas!!!

The Contagious Taste of Cancer

#Earlymodern cancer experiments such as that undertaken by English surgeon Samuel Smith privileged the senses, but the effects could be fatal.

🔓 Claire Tuner’s new History Matters is free for 7 days

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#earlymodern

Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library Explore an exciting academic career as a Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb

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Trying to write about pain and settler colonialism, and it’s not going so well today….