Mitra Sharafi

Law School, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Law - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

Come work with us @law.wisc.edu! Job posting just up, which could be an entry-level tenure-track assistant professorship in Anglo-American legal history ("foundations of western thought"): jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/law-sch... The deadline is soon: March 26, 2026. Please apply and/or spread the word!

I can confirm that the 'steady' hands of seventeenth-century surgeons were no better at handwriting than any other doctor... Any ideas what the surname of 'Johwhn' might have been? Do you think he actually knew? #palaeography #surgeonsproject

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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/...

Sign the Petition Keep the Classical Languages Major at the University of Iowa

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.

This time it was another botanical poison--ricin (better known than abrin). (5x)

Woman found guilty in town of Middleton poisoning scheme A woman accused of trying to kill her neighbors with poison was found guilty by a jury on Friday.

Also in June 2025, there was this case (Middleton is a suburb of Madison): www.wkow.com/news/crime/w... (4x)

Poisonous Plants Of India : Chopra Ram Nath : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.210747dc.contributor.author: Chopra Ram Nathdc.contributor.other: Badhwar Rattan Lalldc.date.accessioned:...

They blocked off the street last June with a swarm of people in hazmat suits and ambulances. There were many poisons allegedly used in this case. I recognized a botanical one called abrin from my colonial S.Asian sources (see p.345+): archive.org/details/in.e... (3x)

Wisconsin pair charged in alleged plot to stalk, poison and kill dating app liaisons Andrea Whitaker and Paul VanDuyne tried to kill women he dated before they met by putting homemade poison in elements of their daily routines, prosecutors allege.

Up the street from my house, a neighbor is now on trial for this (he is a fellow Princeton alum but I've seen no coverage of this case in the Princeton Alumni Weekly!): www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... (2/x)

We're about to do a class on poisoning in my History of Forensic Science course, and so it came up that #MadisonWI has had more than our fair share of serious criminal poisoning cases recently (1/x)

Family Ties in the Age of Exclusion: A Microhistory of Immigration, Childhood, and U.S. Citizenship Abstract. Drawing on women’s writing, family oral histories, and legal records, this article reveals how a patchwork of state and federal laws systematical

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Nativists attacked the extension of birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants from the moment the Fourteenth Amendment was introduced. These attacks continued over the twentieth century...
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After many years in the works, Jim Jaffe & Marc Galanter's source book on panchayats is finally out! This will be very useful for teaching, plus it has a nice introduction on panchayats in South Asian legal history: orientblackswan.com/details?obsi... Buyers in the US can get it via Abe Books.

A little over a week ago I was up at Catholic U. to speak on a panel with John Langbein on the role of priests in the early history of the English common law. The panel was recorded if anyone is interested: cit.catholic.edu/events/the-p...

Larsen & McSweeney Medieval Treatises Alli Orr Larsen (William & Mary Law School) & Thomas McSweeney (William & Mary Law School) have posted Medieval Treatises and the Judicial Search for a Useable Past on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s recent turn to history and tradition has prompted a renewed interest in the far distant past – the laws and customs of the Middle Ages.

Larsen & McSweeney Medieval Treatises

Alli Orr Larsen (William & Mary Law School) & Thomas McSweeney (William & Mary Law School) have posted Medieval Treatises and the Judicial Search for a Useable Past on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s recent turn to history and tradition has…

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We South Asianists at UW-Madison are *so glad* it's full steam ahead for the 2026 ACSA with @uw-madsouthasia.bsky.social Asst Director Andrea Fowler @ the helm. The conf. chair will be @arunluthra.bsky.social. A million thanks to South Asianists around the world for your support earlier this year!

Giving a talk for Sydney HPS next Monday! Planetary Health beyond Spaceship Earth. Featuring the music and thought of Sun Ra

Banner showing the cover image of 'Essays on the History of Equity' and the text: Investigates the history of equity in England between the 14th and 20th centuries.

Now available: 'Essays on the History of Equity' edited by @david-foster.bsky.social and Charles Mitchell

Charts the evolution of equity in English legal history from the medieval period to the present day ➡️ https://bit.ly/46a4BYr

#LegalHistory #EquityLaw

Just discovered the newly launched ANTE website on global legal history--looking forward to learning lots here!

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:

If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

New blog alert! I explore how post mortem medicine is understood, by those working within it and by the wider public. I reflect on the history of the modern autopsy, whether it's fair to call invasive autopsies barbaric, and how compassion can shape what respectful death investigation looks like.

Really excited for @zacharyherz.bsky.social's new book, The God and the Bureaucrat: Roman Law, Imperial Sovereignty, and Other Stories, out now with Studies in Legal History at CUP. 1/6

Court, Credit, and Capital, A brilliant blend of legal, economic, and cultural history that reveals how credit and trust sustained commerce during the Dutch Golden Age 2/3

Back from presenting an early prototype of a new project mapping early 20th century undercover investigations at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Legal History - including this poster.

Grateful for two recent prizes for Harlem in Disorder:
- 2025 Ángel David Nieves Book Award for Best Monograph, American Studies Association Digital Humanities Caucus
- Honorable Mention, 2025 Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize, American Society for Legal History

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

Overheard at work: "feeds two birds with one scone."

I like that one better.

Know Your Rights Visit the post for more.

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The IEHS website now has a “Know Your Rights” page with several resources to navigate the current immigration landscape: iehs.org/resources/ad...

Congratulations, @briannanofil.bsky.social!