B. Andrew Song

“Many vices may [disguise] as virtues” (St Gregory, Book of Pastoral Rule, 2.9).

Self-promotion is really a repulsive vice in today’s academy, especially among evangelical scholars.

It could be an interesting Supreme Court case. But let him lose the election again!

Let him lose the election again!

Fatima Manji, Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain’s Lost Love of the Orient.

Enjoyed reading this fantastic book. Wish there is a sequel on East Asians in British history. Nevertheless, Fatima said it beautifully—pages 184–186—what I would offer as a proposal and call for church historians, i.e., to reimagine a metanarrative. Thank you, Fatima!

Call a priest!

CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden) | MEMOs Bringing together researchers working on books that were used in any form of prayer practice in the late medieval and early modern era (up to the 18th Century)

CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden)
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#CallForPapers #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory #medievaltimes #theology

Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. 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.

We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

📣 call for applications 📣
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.

Please share widely!

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Glad to participate my friend @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social ‘s talk tonight at Abney Park on the radical hymns of Isaac Watts!

It was a great afternoon discussing English Baptists in the 18th cen and the revolutions. #18thcen #nonconformity #ASCH @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social

@danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social and I are so pleased that we can host our third in-person meeting of the British Nonconformity in the Long Eighteenth Century working group conference this year in Bath! #ASCH #18thcen #Revolution

Bring the tender tale true of the Pelican;
Bathe me, Jesu Lord, in what Thy bosom ran
Blood whereof a single drop has power to win
All the world forgiveness of its world of sin.

BSECS Annual Conference BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

IMPORTANT #BSECS2026 NEWS!
Registration for #BSECS2026 opens on Sunday 1 June!
Submit your CFP on the theme of 'Big & Small' and join us for our 55th annual conference 7-9 Jan 2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social
#18thC #skystorians 🗃️
Click on the link for the full CFP

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I’m terribly sorry to hear this. What’s going with Canadian institutions these days.

After a fantastic slate of papers at RSA Boston 2025, EMoDiR is delighted to announce our CfP for RSA San Francisco 2026.

Please circulate, and submit a proposal!

#earlymodern

Radical Writers: The Radical Hymns of Isaac Watts with Dr Daniel Johnson — Abney Park Isaac Watts (1674-1748) is remembered as one of Abney Park’s most famous connections, for his hymns – which are still sung to this day. In his lifetime, Watts’ hymns were highly controversial, marking...

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June 26th, I’m speaking at Abney Park on the radical* aspects of Isaac Watts’ work

Tickets are on sale now, and if you’ve got time for a drink before or after, let me know

*in the fact that he was innovative and controversial, not radical in a technical sense

Exciting. I will be there!

Great to see my friend @drempel.bsky.social and @ryankturnbull.bsky.social today!

Registration is now open for our landmark conference ‘Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent’. We have a wonderful programme of international speakers including the editors of Barbauld’s Collected Works (OUP 2025).
📍 Online and in person at King’s Manor, 27-28 June.
More info: tinyurl.com/barbauld25

This upcoming day conference on 'Nonconformity and Revolutions' on 21 June in Bath might be of interested to our followers. This conference is co-sponsored by American Society of Church History and Andrew Fuller Centre for Baptist Studies.

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RIP. Prof. Alasdair Macintyre is truly an intellectual giant. Thanks for your contributions.

Join our exciting conference on nonconformity and revolutions in the long 18th c.
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@danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org

It’s not too late to join the Canadian Theological Society in June in Toronto for our annual meeting! cts-stc.ca/2025/cts-202...

Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.

@danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social and I are excited to host this day-conference on June 21.

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I don’t do much Canadian Baptist history, but feel privileged to join Baptist historians and scholars tomorrow to discuss the Canadian Baptist story at the Canadian Baptist Symposium, organised by Canadian Baptist Historical Society and Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies.

Early modern battle scene and text: 'Remembering Rebellion in the Tudor South West', RHS Lecture with Mark Stoyle (Southampton), 6.30pm Friday 2 May 2025 Mary Ward House, London and online

How did people remember the 'murderous midsummer' of the Prayer Book Rebellion?

Join us at 6.30pm on Friday 2 May for 'Remembering Rebellion in the #Tudor South West', with Professor Mark Stoyle.

Booking for in-person and online attendance is now available bit.ly/3DcfWMl

#Skystorians

Curious what’s the proportion of CoE, RC, and broadly evangelical churches that growth shows?

Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 encyclical, Veritas in caritate, is prophetic and a great reminder for us today.