My essay on early firearms is now up @aeon.co

The Renaissance gun, from diabolical device to popular militias | Aeon Essays

Renaissance Italians saw the gun as the Devil’s work. But soon they embraced this unchivalrous – and necessary – weapon

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Thanks to the @frenchhistory.bsky.social panel, the peer reviewers and @tombhamilton.bsky.social for their wonderful feedback and advice on this article! I had the best time studying Carmontelle’s watercolours at the Château de Chantilly and it’s lovely to receive this recognition!

Tom Hamilton@tombhamilton.bsky.social · last wk.

And congratulations as well to Zara Kesterton, who was awarded a special commendation for her article ‘Only illusions are amusing …’: nature, artifice and femininity in eighteenth-century France through the lens of Louis de Carmontelle, doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @zarakesterton.bsky.social ✍️🎨👍🙌📖👏

THIS FRIDAY! Our firstst session of the #LowCountries seminar with a paper by @bobpi.bsky.social on Water, Space, & Environmental Inequality in #EarlyModern Amsterdam FRI 23 Oct, 17:30 in person @ihr.bsky.social or on Zoom -free & all welcome but register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · last mo.

A programme! A veritable programme! Would you look at these cool talks for our Autumn line-up, with dream team @bobpi.bsky.social, @ninondubourg.bsky.social, and @ewatson.bsky.social Join us at the @ihr.bsky.social (or on zoom) on Fridays at 17:30 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #LowCountries

Congratulations to Jan Burzlaff whose article ‘What is typhus compared to the Gestapo!’: social reactivity in Vichy France' has been awarded the French History article prize! Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... 🙌🎊👏✍️🥳

‘What is typhus compared to the Gestapo!’: social reactivity in Vichy France

Abstract. This article rethinks social relations in Vichy France through the lens of social reactivity—the full spectrum of behaviours that either accelera

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As one of the current associate editors, I'd be happy to answer any questions from prospective applicants about the role! :)

Tom Hamilton@tombhamilton.bsky.social · 2w ago

At French History we're appointing a new Co-Editor and a new Associate Editor in the history of France and/or the Francophone world in the post-1789 period. Deadline 16 Nov. Do get in touch if you have any questions! Links posted below. 🧐📚📖👋✉️💾✍️🖥️🇫🇷 @frenchhistory.bsky.social academic.oup.com/fh

Trying to explain what daddy does in the archives

I was associate editor at FH until July this year and cannot recommend these opportunities highly enough: it’s a team of really exciting people to work with and these roles will give people the chance to try new things and take the journal in novel directions. 🗃️

Tom Hamilton@tombhamilton.bsky.social · 2w ago

At French History we're appointing a new Co-Editor and a new Associate Editor in the history of France and/or the Francophone world in the post-1789 period. Deadline 16 Nov. Do get in touch if you have any questions! Links posted below. 🧐📚📖👋✉️💾✍️🖥️🇫🇷 @frenchhistory.bsky.social academic.oup.com/fh

At French History we're appointing a new Co-Editor and a new Associate Editor in the history of France and/or the Francophone world in the post-1789 period. Deadline 16 Nov. Do get in touch if you have any questions! Links posted below. 🧐📚📖👋✉️💾✍️🖥️🇫🇷 @frenchhistory.bsky.social academic.oup.com/fh

French History | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Society for the Study of French History. Publishes contemporary debates from an international range of scholars, covering the entire chronological range of French history f...

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Exciting new special issue just released (in French) from @criminocorpus.bsky.social on Magic, divination and justice, covering a range of periods and examples. I think they keep these issues “open” so you can submit work to be added later, too! #hextag 🗃️ journals.openedition.org/criminocorpu...

Magie, divination, astrologie et justice, de l’Antiquité à nos jour...

Revue en ligne dédiée à l’histoire de la justice, des crimes et des peines. Lancée en 2005, Criminocorpus hypermédia est une revue plurilingue intégrée à la plateforme Criminocorpus. Online scholar...

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My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

New article in French History by Fabienne Henryot, 'Writing, publishing and creating a personal mythology in an age of confessional controversies: the career of Claude Pithoys (1587–1676)' 📖📚⛪🇫🇷💾🧐🙌 doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @ihrim.bsky.social @enssib.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social

excellent, excellent review article by @aiross.bsky.social, hot off the press from French History!

Tom Hamilton@tombhamilton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Review article: the history of sexuality in modern France, by Andrew Israel Ross, doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

The latest issue of French History is now online with five new research articles – from newspapers to seaweed and scouting... –, a review article on the history of sexuality in modern France, and a bundle of book reviews 💾🧐🇫🇷📸🖥️🌿👋 @frenchhistory.bsky.social

Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.

Reading articles on the amounts HE has spent in APCs over the last 5-10 years, and slowly watching my blood pressure rise. Millions upon millions, on something WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO OURSELVES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST - what universities couldn't do with that kind of money now... 😠 And breathe...

John Latham-Sprinkle's book, 'The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850-1240' is described by the judges as 'a masterly study which shows how historical analysis can be brought to bear even when source material is largely absent or fragmentary.' 3/4

Yesterday evening, the Society was delighted to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RHS First Book Prize: Dr Kiran Mehta and Dr John Latham-Sprinkle 1/4 #Skystorians

Come join our friendly team to do radical history online. History Workshop is recruiting one editorial fellowship this year, with specialism in pre-1800 history in any part of the globe.

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 4mo ago

📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!

Still time to submit your book to the Society for the Study of French Book Prize! By 31 July 2026 📖📚🇫🇷 for 'an author based in the UK and Ireland, on a topic related to the history of France and the Francophone world in its broadest global context, which is the author’s first sole book publication'

Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...

Colleagues at Exeter have asked me to circulate this petition as widely as possible: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

Katherine McDonald@katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A brief appreciation thread for some of my colleagues in Classics at Exeter, who the University of Exeter have put at risk of redundancy @exeter.ac.uk. A few are on here, most are not, but I'm going to say nice things about them anyway.

This is a brilliant collection, that delivers a series of blows against any remaining simplistic notions of the “Enlightenment” being a movement of outsiders, or of censorship collapsing before a tidal-wave of dissent.

Tom Hamilton@tombhamilton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The latest issue of French History is guest edited by Damien Tricoire on the theme of 'Court society and the politics of print in the eighteenth century' doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

The latest issue of French History is guest edited by Damien Tricoire on the theme of 'Court society and the politics of print in the eighteenth century' doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

Introduction: court society and the politics of print in the eighteenth century

Abstract. Promoting a political agenda and attacking the reputation of rivals were essential tools in the power struggles at the French court during the an

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An academic tribute to Rosamond McKitterick, published by Reti Medievali. www.rm.unina.it?p=554

Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) – Reti Medievali

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What happens when archival research meets lived experience? After the birth of her son, @erinmaglaque.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social began exploring how women’s bodies have been understood across history. Her new book uncovers hidden histories of the female body. 👉 bit.ly/4vhyG2y

The second is entitled "Execution and Martyrdom in the Early Modern World": www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... The idea behind these four sessions would be to explore what historians of religion and crime can learn from each other. The deadline is 24 July. Please get in touch! 😊

As the @rsaorg.bsky.social 's Religion discipline rep, I'm excited to share two #earlymodern #CfP for #RenSA27. The first, coorganised with Amanda Scott, is entitled "Banishment and Exile in the Early Modern World": www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

Job Opportunity! Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) University of Limerick - School of History and Geography www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a...

Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) at University of Limerick

Discover Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Career Development Fellow in French & Francophone Studies (2 years) at Durham University 'we are especially interested to receive applications from those with specialisms in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries' Deadline 21 June, start Sept 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRS327/c... @imems.bsky.social

Career Development Fellow in French & Francophone Studies at Durham University

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📢 Job Opportunity at @durham.ac.uk Bridging Fellow in Early Modern Italian Studies: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... IMEMS seeks to appoint a Bridging Fellow with research interests in the field of early modern Italian studies to the Inventing Futures research programme @languagesdurham.bsky.social