Dylan Neill Andres

I'm excited to share the Call for Papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World conference is here. This year's theme is 'Beyond the Battlefield' encouraging a vast array of interdisciplinary discussion about these themes from various social viewpoints. Please do share.

Please help us share the call for papers for this exciting conference I am co-organising this summer! 📜

We welcome submissions from anyone looking at any aspect of early modern violence, particularly those looking beyond military history, and those who would not call themselves historians at all 🗡️⚓

Very excited for our return in 2026! Please help us spread the word, and consider submitting an abstract to our #earlymodern conference below ⬇️

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️

The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May.

Please circulate widely!

@dylanneill.bsky.social and I are back at it! We are hosting another conference later this year with a fantastic committee! For anyone interested please do reach out! Abstract deadline is 20 April 2026!

What a wonderful couple of days in beautiful Potsdam for the Cultures of War and Violence conference, organised by the Society for the History of War. Thank you @sochistorywar.bsky.social for having me, and as always @swwdtp.bsky.social for making it possible! 💫🗡️

After a year of work, the conference on Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World @earlymodernwar.bsky.social could not have gone better. Thank you again to all speakers and attendees, to my fellow organisers and our sponsors @exeter.ac.uk and @swwdtp.bsky.social for making it happen! 🗡️

Once again, we thank you all for your support. And especially the organisers, Dylan Neill Andrés @dylanneill.bsky.social , Teoni Passereau @teonipassereau.bsky.social, Tom Gayton and Padmanabha Reddy Addula. We hope to see you all again in future editions of the conference! 🗡️⚓⚔️🏴‍☠️

The two keynotes were representative of our wide variety of topics, from land and maritime warfare to the boundaries of legitimacy surrounding early modern violence and the impact and representation of such violence in its various forms. All through a range of excellent panels!

We would like to thank our two keynote speakers, Mark Stoyle and Jo Esra. While Mark took us back to Civil War Exeter with a talk and guided walk along the city walls, Jo made us think about the emotional consequences of such violence by looking into the experiences of pirate captives ⚔️🏴‍☠️

What an incredible couple of days! It was a real pleasure to host such amazing speakers on a wide variety of topics relating to conflict and violence in the early modern period 🗡️

Thank you to everyone who spoke, attended and supported us, and especially to our sponsors @swwdtp.bsky.social !

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the results of these past few months of effort. Thank you to all speakers and attendees (both in person and online), my co-organisers @dylanneill.bsky.social, @swwdtp.bsky.social, and everyone that shared and engaged with this project along the way!

Day two of the conference complete! With some excellent panels and speakers, day two was completely filled with some amazing papers on Privateering, Methodology, Naval Violence, Representations of Violence on the Stage, and England's relations with her Neighbours in the Late Seventeenth Century.

Day one complete of the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World conference! Had some very insightful talks covering a variety of topics! The day finished with a fantastic talk from Professor Mark Stoyle followed by a walking tour of the city walls! I look forward to tomorrow!

Just finished preparing my paper for this - after a full year of working on this conference, I can't wait to finally to see it happen in a couple of days! 🗡️

Registration: Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World 30-31 October 2025, University of Exeter

The conference is free to attend for all, so if you would like to join us, either in person or online, do register using the following link. We look forward to seeing you all very soon! 🗡️⚓🏴‍☠️🌍

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We will continue with more representations of violence, this time on the early modern stage, before returning with some more pictures of maritime violence with naval accounts and concluding by discussing England's conflicting relations with its neighbours in the late 17c 🌍

On Day 2, we'll be adding a maritime flavour by looking at unlawful violence at sea ⚓ Starting with Dr Jo Esra's keynote on North African pirates and interpreting interdisciplinary approaches to violence before moving on to the transformation of privateering during the 18c 🏴‍☠️

On Day 1, we'll be discussing early modern representations of violence and relations between armies and civilians, before delving into the English West Country's experience of Civil War, concluding with a keynote and guided tour by Professor Mark Stoyle 🗡️

Our jam-packed programme is ready to go! Keep reading for more ⬇️

This conference has been so long in the making, and the day's finally almost here!

We're very excited to see everyone in just a couple of weeks - check out the final programme below, along with the registration link for anyone wishing to attend (it's free!) 🗡️

Conference poster - Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World, 30-31 October at the University of Exeter

Registration is now open! Join us this Halloween for a conference full of (historical) blood, conflict and violence 🩸We're hugely grateful to all who have submitted proposals and can't wait to see you all soon! 🗡️

Keep an eye out for the full programme, and register here: forms.gle/be4TAxmG9SVX...

Don't forget that today is the last day to submit your abstracts! 🙌🏻

Thank you very much to all who have already submitted. We aim to review all abstracts shortly, so please bear with us, and we'll be in touch very soon 🗡️

Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World University of Exeter, October 30, 2025 - October 31, 2025 Deadline for submission/application: September 5, 2025 Call for Papers We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: • Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. • Martial identities, values and motivations. • Notions of gender, race, class and religion. • Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. • The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. • Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. • Maritime violence and naval warfare. • The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.

#CfP: Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World

Exeter, 30-31 October 31, 2025. Abstracts by September 5, 2025 @earlymodernwar.bsky.social #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents #MiseryOfCivilWar

www.rensoc.org.uk/event/confli...

And as always, thank you to the SWWDTP, infinitely grateful for the funding that makes all of this possible!💫 @swwdtp.bsky.social

Had an absolutely amazing time at the fantastic James VI & I conference in Glasgow. Three full days of James, with brilliant speakers and fascinating papers - learnt a lot and made new friends, who could ever ask for more? Thank you to the amazing organisers @kingjamesconf.bsky.social 👑📜

DAY TWO - Book Workshop

Our own Alexandra Plane leads a wonderful session on Jacobean books in University of Glasgow Library. A fantastic workshop showing James's learning influences, library and writings 📖👑

A new account here on Bluesky, for the conference on Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World, scheduled for the end of October at the University of Exeter. @earlymodernwar.bsky.social Please do follow (and make plans for this autumn)

Excellent to see this call for papers for a conference bridging the gap between military, political, social & cultural approaches to conflict, war and violence in the #EarlyModern world. 🗃️

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