We hope that lots of you will consider submitting a piece for our upcoming forum on early modern women and generations #EarlyModern

Our spring 2026 issue is out! Featuring four articles, the annual Conversations on Early Modern Women and Race, three exhibition reviews, and twenty-five book reviews www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr... #EarlyModern

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@dr-sprockets.bsky.social & Emily Colbert Cairns explore Zayas's writing about honor & limpieza de sangre in @emwjournal.bsky.social emspanishhistorynotes.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/s...

Spragins & Cairns, “Following the Blood Lines in María de Zayas’s ‘El traidor contra su sangre,'” EMW, Spring 2025

Elizabeth Spragins and Emily Colbert Cairns, “Following the Bloodlines in María de Zayas’s ‘El traidor contra su sangre,'” Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal 19.2 (2…

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I'm also here with fellow @emwjournal.bsky.social editors @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social and @julieeckerle.bsky.social!#RenSA26

Headed to #RSA2026 tomorrow and will be repping @emwjournal.bsky.social Looking forward to chatting about all things #earlymodern, women, and gender.

Our fall 2025 issue is out! Featuring three articles, a forum on women in wartime, a review essay, a performance review, two exhibition reviews, and 22 book reviews www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr... #EarlyModern

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Of all published articles, the following were the most read.

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Here's our CFP for the Forum again, with ALT text

In case you haven't seen it, here's our call for the upcoming Forum in Early Modern Women. Consider submitting a short piece on the theme of migrancy! #EarlyModern

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!🗡️

Very excited about this event on the 25th!

@deborahhamer.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're in NYC on Friday, April 5th, check out this fantastic program at Columbia, Early Modern Women on the Move with leading lights of the field including Merry Wiesner-Hanks, @martinevanelk.bsky.social, and @ninalamal.bsky.social. (and it's free): www.eventbrite.com/e/early-mode...

I’m talking about nuns again! A pleasure to discuss my work on 16th & 17thC women religious in with @onthetudortrail.bsky.social recently. Listen here talkingtudors.podbean.com #nuntastic #catholichist #earlymodern #womeninhistory #tudorhistory

Natalie Grueninger@onthetudortrail.bsky.social · last yr.

New episode! It was enlightening to speak with @bamcshane.bsky.social about the lives and experiences of Irish women religious and the impact of the dissolution of the monasteries. A must-listen episode for anyone interested in early modern women. Tune in! talkingtudors.podbean.com

I neglected to announce this #nuntastic text when it came out: Moran, S.J., "Women and Artistic Knowledge in the Family: Mechelen Beguinage Grand Mistress Clara Eugenia Brueghel." In Brueghel: The Family Reunion. Ed. Nadia Groeneveld-Baadj, WBooks, 2023. See independent.academia.edu/SarahJoanMoran

Fellow #Renaissance #earlymodern #skystorians of women's #diplomatichistory! The CFP for women + diplo strategy panel AND roundtable on approaches to women and EM diplomacy at #16thc #16thCentury Society in Portland! Royals, merchants, ambass's wives (+ sisters, nieces, daughters), servants, nuns

I love Margaret Baker! And it was fun writing with @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social. #EarlyModern and just in for #WomensHistoryMonth...

Marissa Nicosia@nicosiamarissa.bsky.social · last yr.

@historybeagle.bsky.social and I wrote a short piece about Margaret Baker and her exceptional receipt books. doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Today is publication day! Check out our new issue with four articles, a conversation on race, an exhibition review, and many book reviews #EarlyModern www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr...

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I'm at RSA repping @emwjournal.bsky.social along w/co-editors @martinevanelk.bsky.social and @julieeckerle.bsky.social ! Chat with us if you have questions about the journal. And be sure to check out our display at the University of Chicago Press table at the book exhibit. We've got EMW swag!

Since so many of us are at #RenSa25 it's a good time to give this a little boost: go.bsky.app/Cqqbspt

We are at #RenSA25! See the journal at the University of Chicago Press booth at the book exhibit and feel free to come up to us to talk about any projects you are working on

Martine van Elk@martinevanelk.bsky.social · last yr.

Thursday: 8:00 to 9:00 a.m, @julieeckerle.bsky.social @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social ky.social and myself will be at the Meet-and-Greet with Journal Editors organized by SQ 📌 Liberty A, Sheraton 2F

Happy to have arrived in Boston for #RenSA2025! Expecting to hear lots of great talks these next few days and participate in lively discussions on early modern women

Reminder in the new year: Call for Paper is open until 31 March 2025. #BookHistory #HerBook 💙📚

Steven Van Impe@svanimpe.bsky.social · 2y ago

#CallForPapers: The Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade (5-7 November 2025, Antwerp). #Bookhistory #HerBook #WomensHistory #Herstory museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...

Start your week off with this moving post by @franceswolfreston.bsky.social on an early modern female owner of Donne's Poems https://buff.ly/4gK8Vkk #HerBook #EarlyModern @tarallyons.bsky.social @michelinewhite.bsky.social @memps2.bsky.social @erinannmcc.bsky.social

Poems, by J[ohn]. D[onne]., with Elegies on the Authors Death, 1639

Surprisingly, Early Modern Female Book Ownership has never before profiled a copy of John Donne’s oft reprinted Poems: With Elegies on the Authors Death, first published two years after the p…

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If you are interested in women immigrants simply go to the "Simple search" & type FEMALE This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios. Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber... 🗃 @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @emwjournal.bsky.social

Bereft of all Human Help: Scottish Widows during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)

This article traces the plight of the widows of Scottish soldiers who participated in the Thirty Years' War. Contrasting a number of strategies the women used in two main contrasting legal systems...

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I have just had the pleasure of looking through @drchrishiggins.bsky.social's amazing 'Wide Wandring Weemen' database that shows 2000+ journeys of English women throughout Europe and West Asia. #EarlyModern Women MOVED everyone - check it out! 🗃️https://travellers.thedevroom.co.uk/#

Today on the blog: @huntingrebels.bsky.social takes a fascinating dive into the household accounts of Annas Keith, an early modern Scottish woman, to find out what books she owned https://buff.ly/3Z9Vum9 #HerBook #EarlyModern

Annas Keith’s Books: Reconstructing Book Ownership

By Jade Scott As demonstrated by the contributions to this blog, the most compelling evidence for women’s book ownership is a signature or inscription. Yet often we are left with frustratingly few …

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Really excellent scholarship here by @jemmafield.bsky.social Pass it on @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @emwjournal.bsky.social @earlymodhistory.bsky.social #Skystorians #16thC #17thC 📚 🗃

Jemma Field@jemmafield.bsky.social · 2y ago

VERY pleased that MUP has now published my book on Anna of Denmark in paperback which makes it waaay more affordable: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182500/

We began a second Starter Pack for people interested in early modern women. Let us know if you'd like to be added! #EarlyModern go.bsky.app/F1pGKpL

Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ library catalogue, books given to her nephew, George. It’s too late for my project on 17th c. women’s libraries but still fun to browse. (Huntington Library, Hastings Inventories, Box 2). #herbook #bookhistory #bibliography

Welcome to Bluesky, @julieeckerle.bsky.social! Give her a follow everyone

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Martine van Elk@martinevanelk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Giving the starter pack for people interested in early modern women another little boost. Lots of great scholars here! go.bsky.app/Cqqbspt

I have somehow made mistakes twice before as I've posted this list. Apologies, but here it is again... in its full and proper form.

Adam Zucker Again@adamzucker.bsky.social · 2y ago

Contacts for the SAA Program Committee - Wendy Hyman (our intrepid chair - whyman@oberlin.edu) Adhaar Noor Desai Sarah Dustagheer Allison Deutermann Bernadette Myers Joseph Gamble Noémie Ndiaye Me Feel free to DM here if easier.