Marie Dean

A woman is looking through a telescope and on the right side the text says, "Choosing a journal". Below that there is a button that says, "Find out more."

⭐ Researchers, choosing the right journal for your work is crucial! Consider factors like scope, audience, impact factor, and open access options 🔓

Need guidance? Check out this helpful resource 👉 spr.ly/63322hPZIG

Imposter syndrome hits hardest when you're learning the most.

That discomfort means you're pushing boundaries. Every expert was once a confused beginner.

Ancient religion, fears of division and rules of civil unity in anti-Machiavellian literature Although the narrative on civil religion has come to commonly rely on Machiavelli, Hobbes and an array of republican thinkers, it may be argued that anti-Machiavellian authors also fully participat...

Très heureux de la parution de cet article, qui revient sur la manière de penser la pluralité religieuse dans l'espace politique de la souveraineté naissante.

Dans le prochain n° de l'Intellectual History Review... et dès maintenant en ligne!

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Marckalada: The First Mention of America in the Mediterranean Area (c. 1340) The Cronica universalis written by the Milanese friar Galvaneus Flamma (it. Galvano Fiamma, d. c. 1345) contains an astonishing reference to a terra que dicitur Marckalada, situated west from Green...

See this article in our journal Terrae Incognitae

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This Milanese Friar Wrote About North America 150 Years Before Columbus, and Columbus May Have Known It's the first written evidence that proves Columbus wasn't the first European in the Americas.

Did you know Genoans knew of America before it was on official maps or "discovered" by Columbus?

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Interesting article about the links between women's suffrage & vegetarianism in our journal Women's History Review.

The awakened instinct: vegetarianism and the women’s suffrage movement in Britain | Leah Leneman t.co/Fr1r38Qk22 t.co/xw2CCkeVXb

An ancient Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog blue in colour with dark blue or black bumps to represent the spikes

Happy #NationalHedgehogDay 🥺

This little Egyptian faience model of a hedgehog is from a tomb at Abydos, and was made around 1,500–1,300 BCE.

Hedgehogs had a favourable reputation in ancient Egypt, and were often seen as a symbol of rebirth and renewal of life.

How realistic is Mattel’s new autistic Barbie? Expert researchers give their view.

Brilliant to see an article out in the Conversation last week, referencing some research published previously in our open access journal, Cogent Education!
The blog post is "How realistic is Mattel’s new autistic Barbie?", found below:
theconversation.com/how-realisti...

CfP - New Voices in Midland Hisotry. For research covering Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Email 100 word abstract and title to Andrew Hopper (andrew.hopper@conted.ox.ac.uk), Imogen Peck (i.f.m.peck@bham.ac.uk), Justine Pick (j.pick@bham.ac.uk). Travel expenses for speakers up to £50. Lunch and refreshments provided. Attendees only, email Justine Pick to register with your name, institution/affiliation (if relevant), and email address, with subject ‘Attend New Voices in Midlands History Conference 2026.’

✨ Call for Papers ✨

Are you a postgrad, ECR, independent scholar, or heritage professional researching any aspect of Midlands history?

We'd love to hear about your work at our New Voices in Midland History Conference on Saturday 6 June at Newark Museum.

CfP details below 👇 deadline 31 March.

Calling all medieval scholars - uncover the gendered, continuous migration that shaped early England! ⚔️🧬

This #OpenAccess study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c. AD 400–1100 👇

Teacher CPD: The Tempest in context | British Library Get new inspiration, practical tips and resources for teaching The Tempest at Key Stage 4 – 5, with Professor Emma Smith and teacher and author Michael Don

English teachers! Don't miss our free online CPD session exploring The Tempest on 3 February.

Join Professor Emma Smith, and teacher and author Michael Donkor for fresh ideas, tips and resources, as we explore the thorny role of magic in the play.

Find out more here: link.bl.uk/CPDTempest

Bee Wilson · Two Pins and a Lollipop: Judy Garland’s Greatness To be a Garland fan is to have the illusion that you can save her from the wounds of the world, even as her voice and...

‘To be a Garland fan is to have the illusion that you can save her from the wounds of the world, even as her voice and her eyes and her gloriously melodic laugh seem instead to be saving you.’

@kitchenbee.bsky.social on the joy and pathos of Judy Garland:
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Your academic voice is unique. Don't sacrifice clarity for complexity or personality for formality. The best academic writing is distinctly yours.

a man in a black sweater is holding a box of tissues and a card . ALT: a man in a black sweater is holding a box of tissues and a card .

So sad to hear about the passing of Rob Reiner and his wife. He directed my all time favourite film ever, When Harry Met Sally and of course, the iconic Princess Bride. Awful news.

Gabriele Pedullà’s On Niccolò Machiavelli: the bonds of politics (New York: Columbia University Press, 2023) Published in History of European Ideas (Vol. 51, No. 3, 2025)

Great open access review symposium on Gabriele Pedullà’s On Niccolò Machiavelli: the Bonds of Politics featuring John McCormick, Agneska Bloch, Sabrina Marasa, Marshall Pierce.

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Print featuring a lifelike black and blue bird perched on a diagonal twig against a hazy grey background

The work of contemporary #printmaker Andrea Rich #womensart

A black and white photo of a woman (Merze Tate) on a bike outside the Radcliffe Camera on Oxford

1/8 An overview of a recent print issue, a forum on "Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2022) eds. @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - the forum was guest ed by @rosariolopez.bsky.social

Former Hungarian civil servants on the territory of Slovakia amid the first years of the Czechoslovak Republic, 1919–24: a case study on the status regulation of teachers and postal employees The study investigates the Habsburg (Hungarian) civil service and its relation to the Czechoslovak state on the territory of Slovakia in the immediate post-First World War years. By exploring how C...

We’re delighted to share that Veronica Szeghy-Gayer has won the Slovak Academy of Science award for her article, ‘Former Hungarian civil servants on the territory of Slovakia amid the first years of the Czechoslovak Republic, 1919–24’.

You can read it here:
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What Stories Can Maps Tell – If We Make Them? This is the first in a new occasional series that will feature reflections by and about those who have worked with maps in diverse ways. The format of the pieces will vary depending on the contribu...

In the first entry in a new occasional series, Christine Luckasavitch reflects on her “Life in Maps” as an Algonquin Anishinaabekwe and mixed settler ancestry woman.

Available Open Access until the end of October!

Uncovering Hidden Influences: The Reception Reader as a Tool for Intellectual Historians Published in Global Intellectual History (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Full article: Uncovering Hidden Influences: The Reception Reader as a Tool for Intellectual Historians www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#dh #digitalhumanities

National Trust and TV wildlife expert team up on autumn nature campaign People urged to savour sights, sounds and smells of the season as poll shows a disconnect during darker months There may be a bite in the wind and the nights are certainly drawing in but a conservation charity and a television wildlife champion have launched a campaign aimed at getting more people connecting with nature in the autumn and winter months. The National Trust is launching a “Wild Senses” campaign on the back of the new BBC series Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles in which the wildlife expert and camera operator Hamza Yassin celebrates the UK’s seasons and encourages viewers to notice, appreciate and reconnect to wildlife everywhere. Continue reading...

National Trust and TV wildlife expert team up on autumn nature campaign

A watercolour of a staircase with three figures sleeping on three of the steps. In the sky is a large sun.

This dream-like illustration is a detail from William Blake’s illustration to the 'Divine Comedy', Purgatorio XXVII, showing Dante and Statius sleeping with Virgil watching.

Detail from Dante and Statius sleeping, William Blake, 1827. WA1918.3

Senior Editor needed for Cogent Arts & Humanities Senior Editor needed for Cogent Arts & Humanities

📢 Call for Senior Editor: Literature & Literary Criticism on our growing broad scope open access journal Cogent Arts & Humanities ✨ Apply by 19 November 2025 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @routledgelit.bsky.social

‘A Museum of Everything’: Making the Pleasure Gardens inside the Museum of London In 2010, the Galleries of Modern London opened at the Museum of London, and included a re-making of London’s Pleasure Gardens. Using an embedded ethnographic perspective at the museum, this paper e...

The next in our series about standout articles from the journal's history, as chosen by members of of our editorial board, is Yihong Zhu's selection of Ellie Miles's 2013 article ‘A Museum of Everything’: Making the Pleasure Gardens inside the Museum of London' as her particular favourite. 🧵

After months of back-and-forth drafting, & over 10,000 words of dialogue, I am delighted that this discussion article co-authored with Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) is now published @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

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1/6 Another highlight for our 10th anniversary. @brucealexb.bsky.social (Griffith University) who wrote "Travels in Space and Time: Progress, War, and the Historical Mobilities of Scotland’s Enlightenment" with us in 2022 (print 2023). We asked him about this work and its future. His response:

Will definitely be going to this!

Zeitgeisters - Paul Hawken – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition

If you have even a passing interest in regenerative business, sustainable development, or ways we might reverse climate change, then Hawken is your man: he has been a key thinker and activist in these areas for the last six decades.

I think his mother nearly had a heart attack when he announced he was going to marry a Catholic girl!

Liverpool Sectarianism, the Rise and Demise. Published in Northern History (Vol. 55, No. 2, 2018)

Interesting book review from @northernhistory.bsky.social - my father was born in the 30's in L'pool & would talk about the Orange Lodge marches & the divide between Catholic/Protestants.

Liverpool Sectarianism, the Rise and Demise. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....