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Image of a dated list of tasks titled “hashtag shax 2026 deadlines.” The list includes items like “September 15, enrollment in seminars and workshops closes. October 1, dissertation prize submissions due, first book award nominations due, next gen plen submissions due, and seminar and workshop placements available.” End ID.

ICYMI: here’s a list of important dates for #Shax2026 in Denver. First up? Getting yourself enrolled in a seminar or workshop before September 15!

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As ever, the competition was extremely fierce: thank you to all the excellent candidates who applied: we enjoyed reading about all the fantastic and vibrant scholarship that is happening in our field and hope others can fund what we cannot. You are all amazing!

'SRS Postdoctoral Fellowships' in Fell type with extreme ligatures to the right of the SRS Phoenix logo.

Congratulations to @nicolemaceira.bsky.social and @serinquinn.bsky.social, SRS Postdoctoral Fellows 2025-2026! We look forward to working with you in the coming year 💫 🎉 🙌🎉 💫

www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-postdoct... #SRSlyGood #Skystorians

CFP: Fifteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity | MEMOs The organisers of the conference invite papers and panel proposals on the topic of Early Modern Christian materiality

CFP: Fifteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity
Submissions still ongoing⬇️⬇️

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Home "A Night-time Gathering" Muhammad Zaman (1664-1665)

So looking forward to speaking at @memorients.bsky.social first conference taking place in Cape Town this December. And what an excellent programme! 🔥
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Hugely honoured to be granted this opportunity and excited to begin my new project on aphrodisiac-foods in early modern England!

Thank you @srsrensoc.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity to develop my research 🤩 🎉 I cannot wait to get started with my project on Animals, the environment and the ‘Protestant’ worldview in seventeenth-century Scotland

Huge congratulations to this year’s incoming postdoctoral fellows!

Banner: Book Launch: "The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541), Author Helen Newsome-Chandler in Conversation with Elena Woodacre, 10 September 2025, 12.00EDT, 17.00BST, 18.00CEST https://www.crowdcast.io/c/holograph-letters Burnt red background, white text. Book cover to the left of the text, phoenix logo below.

📖I'm having an online book launch with @ewoodacre.bsky.social and @srsrensoc.bsky.social
for my @royalhistsoc.org Camden Edition of 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots' (out 8 Aug).

🗓️10 Sept 2025
⏰17.00BST/12.00EDT/18.00CEST

Register here: shorturl.at/Z6zfN

Please join us!

Banner: Book Launch: "The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541), Author Helen Newsome-Chandler in Conversation with Elena Woodacre, 10 September 2025, 12.00EDT, 17.00BST, 18.00CEST https://www.crowdcast.io/c/holograph-letters Burnt red background, white text. Book cover to the left of the text, phoenix logo below.

Evenin' Campers! We're hosting a #SRSlyGood book launch on 10 Sept 2025, 17.00BST/12.00EDT/18.00CEST. Join former SRS Postdoctoral Fellow, @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social in conversation ŵ @ewoodacre.bsky.social to celebrate "The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots" shorturl.at/Z6zfN

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Some of us have a real hard time of it when it comes to verifying our age. I can’t help it if I happen to spontaneously combust and regenerate every once in a while!

🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 🐥 🔥 🐣 🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥

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As ever, the competition was extremely fierce: thank you to all the excellent candidates who applied: we enjoyed reading about all the fantastic and vibrant scholarship that is happening in our field and hope others can fund what we cannot. You are all amazing!

'SRS Postdoctoral Fellowships' in Fell type with extreme ligatures to the right of the SRS Phoenix logo.

Congratulations to @nicolemaceira.bsky.social and @serinquinn.bsky.social, SRS Postdoctoral Fellows 2025-2026! We look forward to working with you in the coming year 💫 🎉 🙌🎉 💫

www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-postdoct... #SRSlyGood #Skystorians

Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books Why did readers write on, or alter, printed images? What does this tell us about the enduring appeal of early modern texts? A new digital exhibition curated by Hannah Yip (University of Manchester), ’Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books’, explores how readers engaged visually with their books. The exhibition includes a range of works from the literary canon to ephemeral pamphlets held today at the John Rylands Library, each uniquely transformed by the people who owned them. These objects ask us to reconsider how books and images were read, repurposed, and reimagined across time. Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books Location: The John Rylands Research Institute and Library (online) Ticket Price: Free Website: https://www.digitalexhibitions.manchester.ac.uk/s/extra-illustrated-books/page/introduction

'Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books', a new digital exhibition, curated by Hannah Yip and @thejohnrylands.bsky.social #EarlyModernVirtualEvents #Skystorians www.rensoc.org.uk/event/extra-...

Search for an Assistant Professor in the History of Science & Technology with a Focus on Western Europe and/or its Empires San Marcos, Texas, August 16, 2026 - Deadline for submission/application: October 1, 2025 Position Description: The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of Science & Technology with a focus on Western Europe and/or its empires (period specialization open). Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Applied History/Digital Humanities. The successful candidate will be expected to teach survey courses in Western/world civilizations and specialized undergraduate and graduate courses in the History of Science & Technology, to direct graduate theses and serve on graduate committees, and to participate actively in departmental programs, service, and governance. This position is part of a cluster hire in the History of Science & Technology. Required Qualifications: A PhD in History or a related field (e.g., History of Science and Technology or European Studies) is required by the time of appointment. Candidates must demonstrate an active research agenda in the History of Science & Technology with a focus on Western Europe and/or its empires. Preferred Qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Applied History/Digital Humanities and to those who demonstrate an active research agenda with a scholarship record that complements the existing strengths of the History Department.

The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of Science & Technology with a focus on Western Europe and/or its empires, starting August 16 2026. Apply by October 1, 2025 www.rensoc.org.uk/event/search... #Skystorians

The Global Ambitions of the Guinea Company and the Early Modern Orient | MEMOs English traders were well aware that merchants in Guinea desired ‘East Indies stuff’: fabrics for which African gold and ivory were exchanged

Reposting a guest contribution on the history behind the Guinea Company and its surprising role in sparking England's early global trade ambitions across West Africa, Asia and the Americas 🌍 #worldhistory #trade #earlymodern

@roperlou.bsky.social

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The Society is pleased to announce the short list for our 2025 Book Prize! 📚

The winner will be announced at the Society’s Winter Meeting in January 2026.

#EHSCon25 #BookPrize #ChurchHistory

🎉 Congratulations to our member, Timothy Twining, on his nomination for Best Monograph for the 2025 EHS Book Prize! We look forward to hearing the results in January 2026.

@tntwining.bsky.social
@eccleshistsoc.bsky.social

#EHSCon25 #BookPrize #ChurchHistory

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CFP: Tyrants and Dictators – Unjust Rulers in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

Fixed Term Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies King's College London, September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026 Deadline for submission/application: July 27, 2025 The English department at King’s College London wishes to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies on a fixed-term basis from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026. The role will be on our AEP pathway, with an emphasis on teaching and educational scholarship. The successful candidate will have proven experience of university teaching, a record of published research appropriate to their career-stage, and also be able to undertake administrative and pastoral duties. They will be able to teach on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules. These may include the level 4 modules Early Modern Literary Culture and the introductory first-year module Reading Poetry; the level 5 module The Film of the Play; and the level 6 module Shakespeare’s London (co-taught with our colleagues at Shakespeare’s Globe). They may also be asked to supervise MA dissertations for students on our MAs in Shakespeare Studies and Early Modern Literature: Books That Matter, as well as BA dissertations. The postholder will contribute, as personal tutor, to the pastoral care of students. They will be expected to undertake departmental administration as required. They will be responsible to the Head of Department. Further details are available here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120046-lecturer-in-shakespeare-studies. The deadline for applications is 27th July 2025.

#JobKlaxon: One year fixed-term lectureship in Shakespeare Studies @cemskcl.bsky.social (1 Sept 2025-31 August 2026. Apply by 27th July 2025. #Skystorians #Shax

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EHS Summer Conference Report: ‘Creeds, Councils and Canons’ From 15–17 July 2025, the Ecclesiastical History Society held its annual summer conference at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh, under the timely theme ‘Creeds, Cou…

If you weren't able to attend our Summer Conference last week in Edinburgh, you can read all about it in our conference report: wp.me/p7o0HV-q8

We hope you can join us for our online Winter Meeting in January 2026 on the same topic: 'Creeds, Councils and Canons' #history

Assistant Professor, Medieval Europe or Early Modern Europe (Texas A&M University, San Antonio) | MEMOs Assistant Professor, Medieval Europe or Early Modern Europe (Texas A&M University, San Antonio)

Assistant Professor, Medieval Europe or Early Modern Europe (Texas A&M University, San Antonio)

#medieval #earlymodern #medievalsky

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Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World University of Exeter, October 30, 2025 - October 31, 2025 Deadline for submission/application: September 5, 2025 Call for Papers 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.

#CfP: Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World

Exeter, 30-31 October 31, 2025. Abstracts by September 5, 2025 @earlymodernwar.bsky.social #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents #MiseryOfCivilWar

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Fixed Term Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies King's College London, September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026 Deadline for submission/application: July 27, 2025 The English department at King’s College London wishes to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies on a fixed-term basis from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026. The role will be on our AEP pathway, with an emphasis on teaching and educational scholarship. The successful candidate will have proven experience of university teaching, a record of published research appropriate to their career-stage, and also be able to undertake administrative and pastoral duties. They will be able to teach on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules. These may include the level 4 modules Early Modern Literary Culture and the introductory first-year module Reading Poetry; the level 5 module The Film of the Play; and the level 6 module Shakespeare’s London (co-taught with our colleagues at Shakespeare’s Globe). They may also be asked to supervise MA dissertations for students on our MAs in Shakespeare Studies and Early Modern Literature: Books That Matter, as well as BA dissertations. The postholder will contribute, as personal tutor, to the pastoral care of students. They will be expected to undertake departmental administration as required. They will be responsible to the Head of Department. Further details are available here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120046-lecturer-in-shakespeare-studies. The deadline for applications is 27th July 2025.

#JobKlaxon: One year fixed-term lectureship in Shakespeare Studies @cemskcl.bsky.social (1 Sept 2025-31 August 2026. Apply by 27th July 2025. #Skystorians #Shax

www.rensoc.org.uk/event/fixed-...

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Katie, Katie, quite contrary
How does your paper go?
With rhyme, iamb and choriamb
And pyrrhic feet, formal verse...yo!

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Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World University of Exeter, October 30, 2025 - October 31, 2025 Deadline for submission/application: September 5, 2025 Call for Papers 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.

#CfP: Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World

Exeter, 30-31 October 31, 2025. Abstracts by September 5, 2025 @earlymodernwar.bsky.social #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents #MiseryOfCivilWar

www.rensoc.org.uk/event/confli...

Interested in conducting research with the British Library? Get your research started with the BL's free introductory webinar on Thursday 16 October. Find out how to register as a reader, learn how to use the catalogue and hear about the BL's postgraduate development opportunities. Join the in-person Doctoral Open Days to learn about specific areas of the BL's collections, get expert advice from curators and reference specialists and meet researchers with similar interests. Find out more about the series: https://events.bl.uk/whats-on/doctoral-open-days

British Library Doctoral Open Days

British Library and Online, October 16, 2025 and various other dates

#Skystorians #YayArchives

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Worship in Transition: Liturgical Change, Continuity and Adaptation in Sixteenth-Century Europe Lille, France, September 15, 2025 - September 17, 2025 Of all the changes entailed by the European Reformations, it was the evolution of worship practices that most impacted the lives of all members of the community — from prince to peasant. Far from being unidirectional, religious policy was subjected to fits and starts; the religious identity of a territory might change through dynastic succession, military conquest, or even variations in preference of local church or municipal leaders. Responses to state-mandated change varied widely in pace, with both compliance and resistance manifesting through liturgical practice. Focusing on communal worship at ground level enables us to envisage the Reformation as a gradual process of transition from one faith to another (and sometimes back) as well as tracking evolutions within confessions as religious boundaries and identities settled progressively. The purpose of this conference is to encourage cross-disciplinary approaches to worship practices in the contexts of both inter-confessional and intra-confessional transitions in Europe during the long Reformation (1500-1650). Worship has recently come under renewed scholarly scrutiny as liturgical sources are mined for clues about how early modern faith and beliefs were forged, perceived and validated. Indeed, as worship was intensely communal and transcended the elite/popular and clergy/laity divides, it is generally understood that rituals are key to understanding the lived experience of religion.

Worship in Transition: Liturgical Change, Continuity and Adaptation in Sixteenth-Century Europe

Lille, France, September 15-17, 2025

Plenary Speakers: Professor Marjorie E. Plummer; Professor Magnus Williamson

#Skystorians #Reformazing

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Call for Papers: Poetry and Science, From the Renaissance to Enlightenment University of York, June 26, 2026 - June 27, 2026 Deadline for submission/application: September 30, 2025 Keynote: Katie Murphy Confirmed Speakers include: Liza Blake, Tita Chico, Jonathan Sawday, Helen Smith, Lizzie Swann We invite proposals for the final conference of the AHRC-DFG project, ‘Scientific Poetry and Poetics in Britain and Germany, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, 1580-1750’. From the late 16th and on into the first half of the 18th century, a large body of poetic writing addressed scientific subject matter. The conference explores this mass of scientific poetry – and a corresponding poetics of science – that reveals a vibrant facet of Renaissance, Restoration, and Enlightenment culture: the production not only of ideas, but of new, technical vocabularies and fast-paced neologizing, all forged in the particular demands of poetic form. Poetry, the era believed, did not function as mere ornament, but to reveal deep structures in the created world. This potential was theorized by the period’s emerging literary criticism, a practice that developed in demonstrable parallel with modern ‘science’.

#CfP: Poetry & Science, From the Renaissance to Enlightenment
York, June 26-27 2026. Abstracts Sept 30 2025

Keynote: @manymanyplies.bsky.social. Confirmed speakers: @medrenliza.bsky.social, @titachico.bsky.social, Jonathan Sawday, @wordsmith.bsky.social Lizzie Swann #Skystorians
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