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Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers)

@lizlehfeldt.bsky.social

Professor of History; author, Religious Women in Golden Age Spain; historian of #earlymodern nuns; co-editor @emwjournal; #highered consultant; runner, gardener, needlepointer, cocktail enthusiast; madrileña at heart email me: llehfeldt at gmail dot com

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Mattia Corso@mcorso7.bsky.social · 20h ago

A long shot: is anyone currently doing research at the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú in Lima? I'm trying to track down two seventeenth-century single-sheet printed broadsides. I'd be very grateful to connect. Thanks! #earlymodern

@deborahhamer.bsky.social · 2d ago

I have one last slot for the 2026-2027 NNI Scholars Seminar - it's in October. Any historians, art historians, literature folks, etc., have anything Dutch Atlantic that they want feedback on?

Jan Machielsen@janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2d ago

The second episode has just dropped! I'm on this one discussing the many myths surrounding the (definitely not #skymedieval!) witch-hunts. Give us a try! New 🪄🧹🧙 episodes drop every other Saturday. 😊 #earlymodern #hextag 🗃️

Jan Machielsen@janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 New Podcast Alert! 🚨 Robin Briggs, Alison Rowlands and I join broadcaster Jon Briggs (yes, a relation!) for a series of wide ranging discussions of #earlymodern witchcraft. Between the three of us, we've spent some ninety years researching the history of witches and demons. #SkyStorians #hextag

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jericho jennifer nelson@henkaipantomime.bsky.social · 2w ago

we will start making decisions tomorrow so please be part of our effort to think past early modern/ist gender essentialism in material culture and art! Philadelphia is a fine place and we want to see you there #earlymodern blueskyers

jericho jennifer nelson@henkaipantomime.bsky.social · 2mo ago

for the Renaissance Society of America in Philly next year, consider submitting a paper to a panel I & Sara Berkowitz are organizing on "Gender Unruled: Beyond Essentialism in Material and Visual Culture c 1350-1700." Full desc here: www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... please forward widely! #earlymodern

Cropped engraving with flap flapped open from Johann Remmelin's _Catoptrum microcosmicum_, presenting a limbless female torso wrapped in a sash. The uterine flap, opened up, displays a Medusa head with large pointed ears. Latin labels appear on parts throughout. Superimposed on the original engraving with corny period-ish fonts are the words "CFP RSA 2027" and "Gender Unruled"
Fred Smith@fredesmith.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Very pleased to see this out in the wild - first fruits of my new project looking at the influence of English reformations on religious change elsewhere throughout early modern Europe

The English Historical Review@enghistrev.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New article! Frederick E Smith @fredesmith.bsky.social on 'Nobody Expects the English Inquisition: Mary I’s Persecution of Protestants through European Eyes' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Mauricio Drelichman@mdrelichman.bsky.social · 2w ago

New article in early view at RHE-JILAEH! Together with David González-Agudo and Valentina Ramírez, we reconstruct the cost of housing in Toledo between 1489 and 1810. This is one of the longest such series in existence anywhere in the world. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The cost of housing in the very long run: Toledo, 1489–1810 | Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History | Cambridge Core

The cost of housing in the very long run: Toledo, 1489–1810

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Celine Camps@celinecamps.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 Amazing #EarlyModern research degree opportunity: The University of Melbourne (Australia) is looking for a Ph.D Candidate who will work as part of an ARC-funded project on "The History of the Hourglass” (c. 1300-1600) ⏳ 🔗 More Info: shorturl.at/3NoNq #HistSTM

Histories of the Hourglass : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne

<p> <span>Applications are invited for a PhD position as part of the Australian Research Council funded project The History of the Hourglass.</span> </p> <p> <span>This PhD research opportunity forms part of a project that undertakes the first history of the hourglass from its origins c.1300 through to its global circulation in the sixteenth century. The most precise time-measurement device of its era, the hourglass changed the course of history through its role in maritime travel, scientific experiments and everyday time management. It transformed time into a silent, interior flow crucial to a wide range of cultural projects: in Cairo classrooms or alchemical labs; in the cook’s kitchen or preacher’s pulpit. Alongside its critical intervention in the history of time, the project seeks to pioneer new scientific methods for analysing these fragile objects, with major benefits for their conservation in Australian and international collections.</span> </p> <p> <span>Applicants with the following background are particularly encouraged to apply:</span> </p> <ul> <li> <span>An undergraduate or master’s degree with a specialisation in medieval and/or early modern studies</span> </li> <li> <span>Proficiency in one or more languages other than English, with preference for German, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese</span> </li> <li>Awareness of current methods in the history of material and visual culture. </li> </ul> <p> <strong><span>Eligibility</span></strong> </p> <p> <span>Applicants must satisfy the minimum entry requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy-Arts at the University of Melbourne and demonstrate strong research ability and potential.</span> </p> <p> <span>Applicants will normally have completed a master’s degree or an Australian honours degree (or equivalent) that includes a thesis subject, with academic results equivalent to a University of Melbourne H1 standard. This generally means achieving at least 80% overall and 80% in the thesis or major research component.</span> <br> <br> <span>Applicants must review the Doctor of Philosophy (Arts) entry requirements before submitting an Expression of Interest.</span> </p> <p> <a href="https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/courses/dr-philart/entry-participation-requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/courses/dr-philart/entry-participation-requirements</span> </a> </p> <p> <strong><span>How to apply</span></strong> </p> <p> <span>Expressions of Interest close <strong>Monday 21 September at 1700 (Melbourne time).</strong></span> </p> <p> <span>To apply, click the <strong><em>‘Submit Expressions of Interest’</em></strong> button at the top or bottom of this advertisement.</span> </p> <p> <span>Upload the following three documents as part of your Expression of Interest:</span> </p> <ol> <li> <span><strong>Academic transcripts</strong> for all completed or in-progress tertiary study</span> </li> <li> <strong>A one-page project description</strong> outlining a proposed research project examining the history of the hourglass between 1300 and 1600CE </li> <li> <strong>A current resume.</strong> Applicants are encouraged to use the Faculty’s resume template [<a href="https://go.unimelb.edu.au/otz2">https://go.unimelb.edu.au/otz2</a>]. Before uploding, please append to the end of the resume <strong>a 500-word statement</strong> describing your intellectual interests in the history of temporalities and material culture. </li> </ol> <p> <em>Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and invited to interview. </em><br> <br> <span>Applicants who are successful at the Expression of Interest stage will be invited to submit a formal application for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy- Arts. An invitation to submit a full application does not guarantee admission or the award of a scholarship.</span> </p> <p> <span>For further information about the application process, please visit the Faculty of Arts Graduate Research applications webpage.</span> </p> <p> <a href="https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/graduate-research" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/graduate-research</span> </a> </p>

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Cordelia Beattie@cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 2w ago

A different insight into #WomensWork. All three of the women named by Thornton were servants in her household (Mary a former servant, Hannah a current one, as was Barbara, albeit for Thornton's niece who was staying with them). #EarlyModern

Alice Thornton's Books@thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

20 July 1668 #OTD Thornton fell ill on hearing of rumours circulating about her: 'Barbara Todd, did impudently accuse, before my face, my servant (Hannah Ableton) for telling her from one Mary Breakes of several stories —which were very great lies and falsehoods against myself' (Bk Rem, 122). 🗃️

A woodcut, lightly coloured in. It shows 'the several Branches of Gossiping' by depicting women in various places: at a childbirth; at the market; at the church; at the baths; at the ale house; at the bakehouse; washing clothes at the river.