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This looks fascinating on women's involvement in the production of the news and print. I look forward to reading it.

Masthead of the newspaper De Curaçaosche Courant. Reads: "DE CURACAOSCHE COURANT. Deel XL. ZATURDAG den 16den AUGUSTUS, 1823. N. 32. Gedrukt en Zaturdag's morgens uitgegeven door De Weduwe WILLIAM LEE, Drukker voor Zyne Majesteit den Koning der Nederlanden". Available from www.delpher.nl

New publication alert! 🚨 You can now read this Open Access article about women's involvement in #Caribbean #colonialism through their work as print shop owners in #Guadeloupe #StKitts and #Curaçao 1720s-1860s 📰 @silvaperez.bsky.social @heatherfreund.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

The comment really Is helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to engage with it and for your kind words.

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When you come to Catholic Ireland and Europe those power structures are very different, but that doesn’t mean an Irish Catholic public isn’t in some way a bearer of public opinion in a wider European Catholic Public Sphere. Definitely something I need to think more about. Thanks so much for the …

Thanks so much for engaging with it! I think you’re absolutely right that there is European dimension that isn’t present here. A large part of my argument is based on publics reacting against policy enacted by law making bodies on a few different levels within the British Empire. …

Excited about an article on the legal history of Britain or the British Empire published in 2025? Consider nominating the article for the #ASLH Sutherland Prize! Self-nominations also accepted - don't be shy! Due date: June 1. aslh.net/award/suther...

Thomas Paine And The United Irishmen Paine's Rights of Man was "the Koran" of Belfast, Theobald Wolfe Tone learned in October 1791 when he went north from Dublin to found the first Society of United Irishmen. Edmund Burke, an Irishman, l...

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Wolfe Tone on Paine: I have been laterly introduced to the famous Thomas Paine and like him very well. He is vain beyond all belief, but he has reason to be vain and, for my part, I forgive him. He has done wonders for the cause of liberty ... and I believe him to be conscientiously an honest man.

OTD in 1797, Thomas Paine met in Paris with Irish revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone, a key figure in the Society of United Irishmen. Paine was deeply involved in the Irish rebellion of 1798: thomaspaine.org/thomas-paine...

Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas and Beyond | Home Adrian Blau is Professor of Politics at King’s College London. His research interests include the history of political thought and other issues in political theory/philosophy, including corruption, democracy and rationality.

We've published a free e-book celebrating the 50th anniversary of Quentin Skinner's seminal essay 'Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas' including his own reflections on the contributions
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Official UK release date for Elites and Democracy @princetonupress.bsky.social!🎉

Pictured here in my favourite local bookshop @pagesofhackney.bsky.social❤️

The link above is to the entire issue. Here is the link to the article.

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My @historicaljnl.bsky.social article has been published open access alongside great articles by @adambforsyth.bsky.social, @davidandress.bsky.social, and others I couldn't locate here, in the most recent journal issue.

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Call for Proposals Immigrants in Challenging Times Edited by Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia A Call for Papers Since the early republic, advocacy has played a crucial role in shaping the contours of state ...

***Call for Proposals for New Edited Volume***

Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia are inviting IEHS members to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026.

More info and to submit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Image of a book jacket for Beyond the Ocean: France and the Atlantic World from the Crusades to the Age of Revolutions by Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushforth.

Full book jacket just dropped, and we're pretty happy with it. Huge thanks to @cecilefromont.bsky.social, @soccerpolitics.bsky.social, Alice, and Andrés for your generous words! #earlymodern #BeyondTheOcean global.oup.com/academic/pro...

When No Single Power Held Hegemony: Thomas Bowrey’s Account of Bay of Bengal (1669-1679) | MEMOs Thomas Bowrey’s account of Bay of Bengal (1669-1679) serves as a vital record of a global order that was interconnected yet decentralised hegemonically.

In today's new blog, Dr. Nia Deliana and Dr. Mehmet Ozay offer insights into how Thomas Bowrey’s account of Bay of Bengal (1669-1679) serves as a record of a global order that was interconnected yet decentralised hegemonically. Read it here:

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On the new episode of Historians & Their Histories, Dr. Elizabeth Hines discusses her research into the relations between New England and New Netherland in the 17th century, which grew out of a broader project on Anglo-Dutch relations across the globe. Listen here: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...

Heartbreak on the Colonial Front: Women’s Writing, the Seven Years War, and Humanity in the Archive By Thomas Lecaque This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Patrick Lecaque, 1/15/1949-10/11/2025, who taught his son the joy of history, of research, of discovery, and to find the individuals…

A powerful look at how women’s writing during the Seven Years’ War reveals the raw emotion, loss, and humanity often hidden in colonial archives. A moving reminder that behind every global conflict are intimate stories worth remembering. @tlecaque.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/02/h...

The People's Two Powers Cambridge Core - European Studies - The People's Two Powers

The People's Two Powers is now available digitally!
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Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom : Warren Eugene Milteer Free people of color were both architects of equal rights and active participants in the Civil War, on and off the battlefield. Their unique status as already free persons before emancipation shaped t...

UNC Press has posted a preview of my forthcoming book on Book2Look. The Intro, Chapter 1, and part of Chapter 2 are available to view for free.
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Librarian & executive director of Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library (Farmington, CT)

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This is a VA-based, hybrid 3-year position for a historian working on digital projects related to religious history. We'll also be hiring a historian working on onsite programming and training related to religious history.

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An image with a red banner on top with the text, in white: HLQ | an early modern studies journal. Below is the text: 'The Mysteries of Apalache': Tall Tales and Lost Worlds in the Early American South. Owen Stanwood. ABSTRACT: In 1658, Charles de Rochefort published a description of Apalache, an Indigenous polity located in southeastern North America that had welcomed French and English refugees. Usually dismissed as a tall tale, Rochefort’s account has never been thoroughly analyzed. The story demonstrates how Europeans in the early period of colonization understood America as a place of wonder and inspiration. In addition, one can learn how information (and misinformation) traveled across the Atlantic. Rochefort probably patched his tale together from various oral sources, including some that came from Indigenous Americans. As a result, Rochefort revealed a lost world of stories and shows the myriad ways Europeans tried to make sense of America.

Charles de Rochefort, a Protestant refugee, imagined a Native American utopia called Apalache. Stanwood uncovers the networks of knowledge, rumor, and storytelling that produced this fantastic--but not entirely fictional--place. #earlymodern #hlq

Want to work for @britishacademy.bsky.social? We are hiring several roles at the moment including 3 policy roles at different levels, a Deputy Head of Research Funding and several more. We are a lovely place to work. Take a look
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Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England

Our next event is happening next week! Sue Wiseman, Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social and Michael Powell Davies will be discussing "Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England" ✒️📖✨ Sign-up here (in-person and online) Thursday 5 March, 5.30 pm www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

YouTube video by The John Carter Brown Library Journalism and History When History Is News: A Panel Discussion

The JCB is closed due to the recent storm, but there is still lots happening behind the scenes!

If you missed Tuesday's discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (U of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt U), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins U), watch it here: youtu.be/0Y8Xc3O55K4

Today sees the beginning of a two-day conference hosted by @thehuntington.bsky.social, organised by Dr Vanessa Wilkie and IMEMS member Dr Amanda Herbert, 'United Queendom: Legacies of Gendered Power in the Early Modern British World'. 👑

Jefferson on Race: A Reader by Thomas Jefferson, edited by Annette Gordon-Reed. From The New York Times–bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race that every American should read.

A groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race that every American should read.

Jefferson on Race, edited by @agordonreed.bsky.social, arrives March 31 (26 May UK pub).

Learn more & preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Journal of Caribbean History | University of the West Indies Press The Journal of Caribbean History (JCH) is a peer reviewed journal produced by the Departments of History, The University of the West Indies, and published by the University of the West Indies Press. T...

Co-editors @gunvorsimonsen.bsky.social, Joy Lewis, Rasmus Christensen, and I have recently published a special issue of the Journal of #Caribbean #History! 🎉 Article topics include migration, trade networks, commons, marronnage, slavery law, and indentureship: www.uwipress.com/journals/the...