We lost David Graeber six years ago today, but the work is unstoppable. He’d have wanted me to hurry up and get on with the next instalment of our new history of humanity, so .. it’s back to work. RIP, dear David.
Timothy Hobbs-Bagley
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Reader in Intellectual History. Retired…private scholar. Non temere credere.
Want to try before you buy..? Listen to this comprehensive and wide-ranging @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast, in which I outline some of the key arguments and ideas in the book, as well as the process of writing it. newbooksnetwork.com/the-age-of-h...
Emile Chabal, "The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian" (Harvard UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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This new biography arrived in the post today! I know what I will be doing for the next few weeks. #Hobsbawm @emile-chabal.bsky.social Thanks for you labours on this book.
I’m extremely excited that my copies of The Carolingian South have arrived! Published by @manchesterup.bsky.social, I had great fun editing it with @graemeyward.bsky.social, turning the empire of Charlemagne upside down with a wonderful set of contributors! #medievalsky
'Hey for the New Jerusalem! The Millenium! And peace and eternal beatitude be unto the soul of Thomas Paine.' (Thomas Holcroft, 1791.) Thanks @gclaeyshistory.bsky.social et al. for all their painstaking work, & congratulations on the timely publication of this landmark scholarly edition.
Gregory Claeys@gclaeyshistory.bsky.social · 3mo agoTomorrow is the official publication day for Thomas Paine: Collected Writings, in 6 volumes, from Princeton University Press. Just in time for the 250th...
Very saddened to hear of her passing. McKitterick was an exemplar of scholarship and grace. I never knew her personally but her work was there as not only a guide and educator but also as a clear demonstration of what a historian should be. RIP.
Fraser McNair@ralphtorta.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn the wake of Rosamond McKitterick's death, on the blog @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social remembers her as a teacher and a mentor: salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/a...
This new work by the incomparable Mary Beard is so much fun! Inquisitive, stimulating,astute and fructuous (apologies for piling on Latinisms).
Lindsay Powell FRHistS@lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 4mo ago“In a global environment of fact-dodging, misreporting, conspiracy theories, fake news and outright lies, skills in reading difficult things are those that the world most needs." — @wmarybeard.bsky.social #AncientBluesky www.npr.org/2026/06/02/n...
Very sad to hear of the death of the great historian Gordon Wood, who was hit by a car in Providence.
I am in full agreement with Lloyd-Jones claim from his Blood for the Ghosts: Burckhardt is coming to be generally recognised as the greatest historical thinker of the nineteenth century, and the only one to foresee the nature of the twentieth. Jacob Burckhardt born this day in 1818.
"Sixteenth-century doctors were much less specialized than today’s medical professionals...Nancy followed them into these areas, and studied their polymathy with her own deep learning and equally profound humility." Today's #histSTM & #histmed lunch read: Andrew Berns's éloge for Nancy Siraisi 🗃️📜
Losing a Teacher— Professor Nancy Siraisi
Two days after the Rome Prize ceremony one of my most cherished teachers and mentors died.
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One of the strengths of TA (imo) is Lewis’ tracing back into the Augustan and Imperial authors to draw out arguments supportive to his very convincing argument. So glad that Bobis draws attention to this aspect in her brief review.
Rhodri Lewis@rhodrilewis.bsky.social · 5mo agoGrateful to Anne Bobis for giving Shakespeare's Tragic Art an extremely generous write-up in the new issue of Renaissance Quarterly.
Nicolas Guilhot, Conspiracy: The History of a Political Obsession - @harvardpress.bsky.social, October 2026 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Conspiracy — Harvard University Press
A bracing intellectual history that illustrates how the modern and contemporary obsession with conspiracy theories stems not from the slipperiness of truth but from the inability to imagine a positive...
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Paul Celan has been called the greatest German‑language poet of the twentieth century. Though much has been written about his contributions to poetics and Holocaust literature, very little has been written about Celan himself. Until now: tinyurl.com/y3z9px84 Coming June 9.
New work by the esteemed scholar Ann Blair coming this (US): Jul 21, 2026/ (UK): Sep 15, 2026.
Congratulations to Lyndal Roper for winning the Holberg Prize! holbergprize.org/laureates/ho...
Lyndal Roper
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After a very successful launch of @cclas2025.bsky.social, join us for our first event discussing Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx' with @michaellazarus.bsky.social and our very own Fernando Quintana : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-la...
Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx
Book discussion organised by the Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS)
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Much more extensive research resources on Foucault are listed here - progressivegeographies.com/resources/fo... - bibliographies, textual comparisons, audio and video links, etc.
Foucault Resources
A list of the resources on this site relating to Foucault – bibliographies, audio and video files, some textual comparisons, some short translations, etc. For details of English translations …
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Daniele Lorenzini ed. The Foucauldian Mind - @routledgebooks.bsky.social, August 2026 www.routledge.com/The-Foucauld... Congratulations to @danlor.bsky.social for bringing this massive collection together.
The Foucauldian Mind
Michel Foucault is one of the most influential, and controversial, thinkers of the twentieth century. His work has had a transformative effect on the study of the humanities and social sciences. His e...
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Today, February 21, 2026, is the 178th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and is celebrated around the world as #RedBooksDay. Read a red book today!
A statue of Paine in Morristown, New Jersey sculpted in 1950 by Georg J. Lober. It shows a seated Paine with a musket using a drum-head as a makeshift table. See more at the TPHA's Thomas Paine Monument Gallery: thomaspaine.org/gallery/monu...
Happy birthday Thomas Paine, born otd in 1737, and presented anew in a six-volume Princeton University Press edition of his writings, due out in June 2026.
Another must-have from Harvard University Press coming this August 18,2026! #hupharvard www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Age of Hobsbawm — Harvard University Press
An intellectual biography of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was one of the foremost European intellectuals of the twentieth cent...
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Anxiously waiting for this in June 2026! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Paul Celan — Harvard University Press
A luminous, groundbreaking biography of one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century, best known for the poem “Death Fugue.”Paul Celan (1920–1970) was recognized as the greatest...
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The third installment of our Online Speaker Series will take place on February 7! Jeremy Chow, Andrew S. Curran, and Mona Narain will be discussing "The Natural and the Social: Thinking About Diversity and Norms with the Enlightenment". www.csecs.ca/en/events/th...
Essential reading for historians of European political thought - Istvan Hont, Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx (2026) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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