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James Fox

@jamesafox.bsky.social

Social historian of numeracy, communication, knowledge, books | Postdoc at Glasgow Uni researching early modern how-to books howtobook.eu | PhD from St Andrews on numeracy in early modern Britain | Writer and co-editor at scilicet.org.uk

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The Material Culture of Wills Project@materialwills.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢PROJECT UPDATE📢 You may have seen the news that the University of Exeter, home of the wills project, has placed 500 academics at risk of redundancy. The project leader Prof. Jane Whittle & project co-investigator Dr Laura Sangha are both at risk, alongside almost all of the History department. 1/

Early Modern How-to Books@howtobooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Meet us at the GLASGOW SCIENCE FESTIVAL! Together, we’ll test real experiments from 16th-c how-to books. Try your hand at making a floating compass or writing with invisible ink, and discover the quirky world of early modern practical knowledge. You can find us at the Riverside Museum (June 7-10).

Scilicet - History of Knowledge@scilicetblog.bsky.social · 4mo ago

How did heads of state control the narrative before social media? In our latest article, @nataliesmith.bsky.social explores the role of Swedish historiographer of the realm, and how history was used for political ends at the height of empire. scilicet.org.uk/who-controls... #skystorians

Who Controls the Narrative? A short history of Swedish state historians | Scilicet

How did heads of state control the narrative before social media? In this article, we look at the Swedish historiographer of the realm role – the early modern spreader of disinformation.

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Charlie Lynch@charlielynch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So, historian here looking for more freelance work over the next few months. I’m a very experienced RA and have done lots of things, including numerous oral history interviews, editing, co-authoring a book, public history journalism, archive work…

Early Modern How-to Books@howtobooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Perhaps the greatest life hack of all is to stop reducing the world to mere utility, and instead to dwell in life’s quiet, unruly, exquisite imperfection" Words of wisdom from Stefan Laube in our latest blog post - read more here 👇 howtobook.hypotheses.org/5869

Tearing off Time. The Tyranny of the Daily Life Hack.

The year 2026 is already nearly two months old – and yet it feels lighter, more unburdened than the last. Why? Because my life is no longer measured by a tear-off calendar. It did not blink. It did no...

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Natalie M. Smith@nataliesmith.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This post brings together some reflections on the themes I explored in my Rettig Fellowship, funded by the Swedish National Heritage Board and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The sources (travel diaries, military maps, antiquarian accounts) have been fun to work with!

Scilicet - History of Knowledge@scilicetblog.bsky.social · 9mo ago

To conclude our autumn series, @nataliesmith.bsky.social takes us through early modern descriptions of the Swedish landscape. This article tells us what descriptions say about their authors, about empire, and so called 'objective' perspectives. #Skystorians #Sweden scilicet.org.uk/swedish-land...

Map showing Russia’s attack on Pirtmäki camp in Finland, by Barthold Anders Ennes, 1790.