@cazmarris.bsky.social
Research Program Administrator at Drexel University. PhD in early modern European maritime history, Columbia University. Co-Editor of the H-Maritime network. Mum of twins, occasional musician (gamba, violin), baker, aspiring fiction writer. Views my own.
Tip van de dag: de drie starter packs hier op Bluesky van @onslies.bsky.social met daarin een grote groep vroegmoderne historici die over 'early modern stuff' posten.
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Watch this clip.
Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.
Tired: Thesis defense
Wired: Faculty senate cage fighting
"He was the captain of Company K of the 7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry from 1861 until his resignation in 1862. After his resignation, he raised fruit until his death."
May we all know such a future after the war.
Dude wrote a 173 page footnote on a marginally related topic, prefacing it with “I have omitted much that I would like to have said... [and] I have written much that few will read."
I HAVE FOUND MY PATRON SAINT
Our ✨open access✨ research agenda essay for injury studies is now out!
We argue that injuries are pivotal events deserving sustained attention within the critical medical humanities. And we have provided a ✨large✨ bibliography to give folks a place to start.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#earlymodern
EUROPEAN PHD ADVISORS, new challenge just dropped!
Teach your PhD students one (1) thing about the article publishing process. No, not a webinar. No not a summer short course. From you. Tutorial-style.
Librarians shouldn't have to hand-walk them through this individually
The moral, as always: do the fucking reading
permit me to add 'and women' as per this photograph
This is amazing Stephen, thanks for sharing!
Support the development of our major exhibition on the Norman Conquest through this extraordinary PhD placement opportunity.
Available to students currently registered at a UK HEI, three full-time, six-month placements. Applications open until Monday 6 April.
Find out more: link.bl.uk/dnv
wait. wait. everyone hold on. i've solved it
‘A 15th-century recipe collection, open at a drawing of a swaddled baby in a rocking cradle, provides a wider context for the other proteins found on the birth scroll’s surface: honey, milk, egg and legumes.’
@cjfaraday.bsky.social at the Wellcome Collection.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Oh my god my book is on here 😭😭😭
Join us Friday, March 20, 2026 at 4 p.m. for "Visualizing the Age of Revolutions: A Conversation with the Curators of the Brown 2026 Exhibits."
Attendees will have a chance to view the JCB's current exhibit, "1776 Across the Americas." A reception will follow.
jcblibrary.org/events/visua...
I really can't recommend this book highly enough. It's premise – that it is in loss that we find meaning – was as true for Kate’s subjects in the eighteenth century as it is for historians today.
Exciting news from the sixteenth century:
Next Monday, 16th March at 1 PM CET, we welcome Lucas' colleagues from the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven to tell us more about reconstructing a historical shipwreck! Join us under www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...!
#earlymodern
In #AHAPerspectives, Anna Snyder considers how lawyers can join historians in shaping public conversations about the United States’ 250th anniversary—and reconnect legal history to the story of the founding. 🗃️
François Ragot, The Master of the Musical cats c. 1627-1630. This is a satire on dodgy singing teachers who make excessive claims. The cats, of course, can only say 'mi mi miaou' as their musical scores show. (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
"it'll look good on your cv"
Bluesky keeps flagging today's @nursingclio.bsky.social post as too spicy. So please don't go to Nursing Clio's home page to see the spicy post about Heated Rivalry. (The picture is, in fact, not that spicy.)
nursingclio.org
I just signed a contract with Routledge to publish my second book, titled, Authority and Disruption in Early Modern Maritime Theatre: Mock Kings at Sea. It will be the first comparative study on maritime theatre across multiple cultures and languages.
We can all agree that I'd look fantastic on a £5 note
I don't think grammarly should just get to do "sorry deleting now" after ventriloquizing living and dead people without their consent to make money
Just a reminder... Tomorrow, 5 March, 5.30 pm ✨ Sue Wiseman, Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social ,
and Michael Powell Davies @mdpowelldavies.bsky.social speaking on "Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England" Sign-up in person & online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
For the past few years, I've been working on a research study at @aaslh.org exploring who works in public history, how they're paid, and how they feel about their work. This week, we published our first report. Please read and share! aaslh.org/history-work...
On Monday, at 1 PM, we welcome Casey Schmitt to our Ships & Seafaring Talk, where she will present her book "The Predatory Sea", a full-length study of the entangled history of captivity and colonialism using Spanish, French and English archives. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
1953. It would appear that absolutely NOTHING has changed