Stefan Bauer

For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern

Society for the Study of the Past A new history of the world...

The new Society for the Study of the Past now has socials! 🥳🍉

You can find us on Insta or here on Bluesky: @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social

Or check out the website here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com

Congrats Reza and Sara!

Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS

Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!

Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025

Reminder: submit to the Historical Materialism London Conference!

From 6-9th of November - with a Postgrad pre day on the 5th.

We're running a stream with Notes from Below on Workers and Capital!

Get in touch for more info and submit here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

Fill | KCL UCU Casework training and social Register for the casework training and social. The training will run 2-5pm on the 19th of May. The social will start afterwards. After registration, we will invite you to the outlook event with…

Would you like to become a KCL UCU caseworker? The branch is hosting a training session on casework on 19 May 2-5pm followed by a social event. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... We are each other’s strength

This morning’s Gmail inbox counter was a monument to the endless tide of either empty or strictly functional words - or both.

As someone who's spent many years studying an Augustinian who wrote about the lives of the popes, I’m really happy to see an Augustinian become pope.

Yes I did

Waiting for the White Smoke A review of Mary Hollingsworth, 'Conclave 1559: Ippolito d’Este and the Papal Election of 1559', Literary Review, November 2021, pp. 37-38

A propos of the conclave, here is a review I wrote a few years ago on a book about the 1559 conclave www.academia.edu/61052515/Wai... #conclave

For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern

*Branch anti-casualisation workshop*
Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm)
❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign.
📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Reading and Writing History from Bruni to Windschuttle: Essays in Honour of Gary Ianziti Featuring work by researchers in the fields of early modern studies, Italian studies, ecclesiastical history and historiography, this volume of essays adds to a rich corpus of literature on Renaissanc...

You can now order 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 in paperback 📖🤓
www.routledge.com/Reading-and-...

#EarlyModern #history #Renaissance #Machiavelli #GeorgCalixtus #ChristianThomasius #LeonardoBruni #RobertGraves #biography #translation #NaturalLaw #humanism #books

The journal "Annali d'Italianistica" has received a review copy of "L'Invenzione della storia papi" and are looking for a reviewer. Scholars interested in reviewing the book should contact them at annali@elon.edu www.academia.edu/128322571/Bo... #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern #reformazing

At first, I thought how thoughtful of Waterstones to pair "Smart Thinking" with "History". Then it occurred to me - what if they’re actually contrasting the two?

Nice to be featured in King's Essentials today, though my light blue folder on the table is featured more prominently than my face

Way to go Guardian, this catchphrase is just so mellifluous

ALCS comment on Meta and LibGen It was recently revealed by The Atlantic that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of pirated material, to train its AI models.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of illegally pirated material, to train its AI models. This includes most of our academic books. www.alcs.co.uk/news/alcs-co...

this event is now CANCELLED and will be rescheduled for next academic year

Italy 1200-1700

On Thursday, 27 March, 6:00pm London time (2:00pm New York/7:00pm Brussels), Joshua Rushton (Manchester) will speak about ‘Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture’.
ONLINE ONLY ZOOM. Please share www.history.ac.uk/seminars/ita...

On Thursday, 27 March, 6:00pm London time (2:00pm New York/7:00pm Brussels), Joshua Rushton (Manchester) will speak about ‘Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture’.
ONLINE ONLY ZOOM. Please share www.history.ac.uk/seminars/ita...

The Middle Ages in the Modern World A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages

The Middle Ages in the Modern World conference is now on Bluesky! Stay tuned here and on our website for the upcoming 5th MAMO conference, at King's College London, 24-26 June 2025. See you at MAMO number 5!
themamo.org

Oxford and OpenAI launch collaboration to advance research and The University of Oxford has announced plans to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) offering and capabilities with OpenAI.

Interested to hear about ChatGTP Edu - www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...

Italy 1200-1700

Free seminar! On Thu, 27 Feb, 5:30pm UK time (12:30pm New York/18:30 Brussels), Saida Bondini (Zurich & Florence) will speak about ‘Earthquake Hazards and Art Making in Early Modern Italy: Novelty, Memory, and Cyclicity’.
Hybrid: On Zoom & in person at IHR London
www.history.ac.uk/seminars/ita...

So you're not supposed to see what you drink?

O dear, I made the same mistake then

Cappuccinos now to be drunk from this odd contraption at King's.

COMMENT: Why Germany's far right hates the Bauhaus movement At a time of political tension in Germany, the Bauhaus – arguably one of most influential architecture, art and design schools in the world – has become the target of far-right attacks.

🔨 Why does Germany's far right hate #Bauhaus?

Ahead of the German #elections, Dr @katrinschreiter.bsky.social interrogates how opinions on Bauhaus have reignited a historical culture war over German national identity and social anxieties.

🔗 Read more ⤵️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/comment...

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When you discover your book in the official Vatican bookshop on Saint Peter's Square