I’m floored by this incredibly kind review of my first book in Mariner’s Mirror. Thanks @clairejowitt.bsky.social for letting me know!

Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The lives of the seafaring middle class

Published in The Mariner's Mirror (Vol. 112, No. 1, 2026)

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I’m floored by this incredibly kind review of my first book in Mariner’s Mirror. Thanks @clairejowitt.bsky.social for letting me know!

Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The lives of the seafaring middle class

Published in The Mariner's Mirror (Vol. 112, No. 1, 2026)

tandfonline.com

New series announcement! Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History & Culture Series Editors: @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer Publisher: @dgb-mem.bsky.social brill.com/page/forthco... Feel free to DM me with questions, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com

LAST CALL: I have one slot open for my "Maritime Literature and Culture" panel for the 2026 PAMLA Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. 12 Nov-15 Nov. I am accepting proposals until 5 Aug. The submissions should be sent using this link: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

LAST CALL: I have one slot open for my "Maritime Literature and Culture" panel for the 2026 PAMLA Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. 12 Nov-15 Nov. I am accepting proposals until 5 Aug. The submissions should be sent using this link: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

The Swedish ship Vasa. She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961. #SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail

Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition

Canadian scientists visit remains of polar exploration vessels in ‘golden era for shipwreck investigating’

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RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

I'm chairing two sessions at the 2026 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. (11/12-11/15):"Maritime Literature and Culture" and "Shakespeare and the Early Moderns." Deadline for panel proposals is 5/25. pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

I'm chairing two sessions at the 2026 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. (11/12-11/15):"Maritime Literature and Culture" and "Shakespeare and the Early Moderns." Deadline for panel proposals is 5/25. pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit

The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

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I just signed a contract with Routledge to publish my second book, titled, Authority and Disruption in Early Modern Maritime Theatre: Mock Kings at Sea. It will be the first comparative study on maritime theatre across multiple cultures and languages.

I just signed a contract with Routledge to publish my second book, titled, Authority and Disruption in Early Modern Maritime Theatre: Mock Kings at Sea. It will be the first comparative study on maritime theatre across multiple cultures and languages.

My proofs have arrived and #AGoldenWorld is now available to preorder! How did Indigenous peoples and knowledge enter into Tudor & Stuart art, literature, and fashion – and at what cost? uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-go... #earlymodern #Tudors

Faber Books@faberbooks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Proofs just in for A Golden World, featuring our glorious cover artwork ✨ A glittering new history of how the Americas transformed early modern England from award-winning historian @laurenworking.bsky.social, A Golden World is out 18 June and available to pre-order now. linktr.ee/agoldenworld

My new book has arrived already. On sale from Thurs 19 Feb. You may want to help charity by ordering it it via the Marine Society: lnkd.in/eR8_Nr9D. 😊

17th century shipwreck uncovered by winter storms Ancient timbers found on Dorset beach are believed to belong to a historic merchant vessel www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

Delighted to announce our seminar - 'Race and the Early Modern' - now has a full schedule of events. We'll be convening monthly to discuss research on race, racemaking, and racialisation across #earlymodern studies. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @folger.edu kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog

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Looking forward to giving a talk at the Oceanic and Maritime History Workshop at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday 11th February (4:30-6:30pm). They’ll be getting a sneak preview of some of the work I’ve been doing recently for my book… ⚓️🎶 #seashanties #maritimehistory

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Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians Here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Pirate Imperialism - Yale University Press London

This first truly global history of the suppression of piracy links maritime raiding to empire building in the nineteenth century   In the middle decades...

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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks

Amanda Litman@amandalitman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”

Renee Nicole Good was 37 - A U.S. citizen - and a poet — her wife watched her be murdered and is now a single parent to a 6 year old This regime has been defined by the endless tragedies it’s caused — we owe it to the victims to fight for the accountability they 💯 percent deserve

There is a grave moral consequence to letting this go on. Shut down the government, have a general strike, grind the country to a halt, hit the streets. But not treating a demented administration lying about its thugs committing cold-blooded murder as an emergency? That is an emergency in itself.

Holidays are over, and I'm motivating myself through the marking and emails by sharing the cover for Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic with @pennpress.bsky.social. Please indulge me! www.pennpress.org/978151282925... #skystorians

Just got my author copy of Black Atlantic Worlds! I’m honored and delighted to be a part of this volume. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...

Black Atlantic Worlds — Harvard University Press

Landscapes are key to the Black Atlantic. The history of how Africans and their descendants populated and transformed nations, regions, and ecosystems has always been attentive to the multiple meaning...

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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Happy to share my glowing review of the 100Ballads.org site, which has just been published in Early Modern Digital Review: jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/em... It's a fantastic site for anyone interested in early modern English ballads. Check it out!

5yo, playing with her Playmobil sets: "the princesses are friends with the pirates" Me: "ah, that makes them privateers"

It snowed on Christmas Day in Ellensburg! Only the second snow we’ve had in a month.