It was such an incredible honor to launch my book at #EMBIC2026. I could not imagine a better venue nor a better co-launch partner than @ewatson.bsky.social! Thank you to everyone who made the evening so special!!!

Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800@catholicismsem.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great launch event at #EMBIC2026 for the series' two publications so far this year: Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688, and Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age by @creutcke.bsky.social and @ewatson.bsky.social #skystorians #history #bookhistory #earlymodern

Exploring activity at Henrietta Maria's chapel at Somerset House @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social’s @liamtemple.bsky.social spoke at #EMBIC2026 on 'Savoy, Brazil and London: devotional space and the Quarantore in seventeenth-century French Capuchin missions' #skystorians #earlymodern #catholicism

Another @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social presenter at #EMBIC2026 was PhD researcher @jonchant.bsky.social on 'Nobody Expects the English Inquisition: collaboration and censorship in seventeenth-century Lisbon' #skystorians #bookhistory #earlymodern #CathHist #history #catholicism #Inquisition

Current @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social FCJ scholarship holder @aureliaeburne.bsky.social talked at #EMBIC2026 on 'Richard Lassels' Voyage(s) of Italy: English Catholic exiles and the proto-Grand Tour', outlining how his text was edited to appeal to non-Catholic readers #skystorians #bookhistory

On the last evening of #EMBIC2026, @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social post-doc Ben Johnson gave a talk entitled 'Benet of Canfield's mysticism in the Catholic Reformation', arguing for his importance in #earlymodern France and the #Capuchin order #skystorians #CathHist #catholicism

"Accompany our Brotherhood on its journey through history" Cap Const. No. 145. The first meeting of Capuchin scholars at Durham discussed Catholic Reform, mission, mysticism, Bonaventure, Mariology, history writing, anti-slavery, and warfare. #skystorians #skyhistory #capuchins #OFMCap

PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social was one of several from @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social to give a paper at #EMBIC2026. Her paper was ‘Raising "Prudent and Vertuouse Women": the religious education of Catholic girls in early modern England' #skystorians #bookhistory #earlymodern

"Radical Poverty" is finally out in the world! Drawing on four years of research and partnership with the Capuchin Franciscans, the book adds a new layer to our understanding of the history of Catholicism. More details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

The CfP for the 5th Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference is now live! Taking place in London 29 June-1 July 2026, proposals are welcome from researchers at all career stages. For details: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #skystorians #nuntastic #history #cathhist #catholicism

Thank you to Museum Plantin-Moretus, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Utrecht University, and Northumbria University for organising such a wonderful conference!

History of Catholicism@ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social · 10mo ago

CCS and @durhamtheology.bsky.social PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social recently spoke on early modern English Catholic women and the use of missionary texts at the 'Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade' conference in Antwerp #skystorians #bookhistory #catholicism

James Kelly of @durhamtheology.bsky.social recently appeared on the Gospel Simplicity YouTube channel to talk about his new book, The Catholic Reformation: A Very Short Introduction. You can watch it here: youtu.be/5Y0QQKBYMqc?... #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

The Untold Story of the Catholic Reformation | Dr. James Kelly

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Dr James Kelly @durhamtheology.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Clare and Hawley Chair in the History of Catholicism - the first in the UK dedicated specifically to Catholic history 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

First Clare and Hawley Chair in the History of Catholicism appointed - Durham University

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Scowling at you since 1663, dear human reader. #caturday #catcontent

Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022' by the CCS' @liamtemple.bsky.social is now available to pre-order through @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social! Details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

Radical Poverty

This incisive work offers the first comprehensive analysis of the history of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Britain. Drawing on previously closed archive…

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A little bit of a personal touch left behind. De censuris Ecclesiasticis tractatus. Leiden, 1608 #NationalLibraryOfLithuanis #earlymodern #printculture

CCS PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social recently presented her research at a conference in Antwerp about Tudor England the the Antwerp book trade #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

Maddy Keightley-Phillipps@maddyphillipps.bsky.social · last yr.

Speaking about the involvement of early modern English Catholic women in the illicit transnational distribution of Catholic books at the ‘Tudor England and the Antwerp Book Trade’ conference in Antwerp last week! #CathHist #bookhistory

CCS Assistant Prof @liamtemple.bsky.social attended the Provincial Assembly of the Australian Capuchins in Sydney last week. He presented his research on the friars' work amongst migrant communities and led a workshop on Franciscan understandings of history #skystorians #skyhistory #catholicism

PhD researcher @jonchant.bsky.social of @durhamtheology.bsky.social gave a paper at @catholicrs.bsky.social’s annual conference about his work on the library of the exile English college at Lisbon and the transnational movement of books #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

Delighted that my @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social monograph is live on their website for pre-order, & the stunning front cover has also been revealed, featuring two of my fave images from the archives! URL: bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #history #catholicism #capuchin #skyhistory

Speaking about the involvement of early modern English Catholic women in the illicit transnational distribution of Catholic books at the ‘Tudor England and the Antwerp Book Trade’ conference in Antwerp last week! #CathHist #bookhistory

Last week, I had the opportunity to do some research in the historic library of the English Convent in Bruges. Thank you so much to @catholicrs.bsky.social for making it possible! #nuntastic

Incoming CCS PhD researcher Aurelia Eburne has delivered a paper about Richard Lassels and the Catholic contribution to early Grand Tour travel literature at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

Helen Knight, PhD researcher at the CCS, gave a paper at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference about her research on women religious and girls’ education at the start of the 20th century #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

Lucia Luck, CCS-supported PhD researcher at @durhamtheology.bsky.social has given a paper at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference on John Lingard, Unitarians and radical politics in Liverpool in the 19th century #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

Some great papers by @maddyphillipps.bsky.social, Esther Rollinson (Manchester) and Alejandro Sell Maestro (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) in the first panel of the day at the @catholicrs.bsky.social exploring different aspects of new and exciting work on Catholic women’s networks.

PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social of @durhamtheology.bsky.social has been talking at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference about early modern English Catholic women and their use of missionary texts #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

#CFP the fifth early modern British and Irish Catholicism conference. The conference will be held in London 29 June-1 July 2026. Proposal deadline: 21 Jan 2026 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #skystorians #history #Catholicism #CathHist #nuntastic @imems.bsky.social

Maddy Keightley-Phillipps, PhD researcher at @durhamtheology.bsky.social, is currently visiting the 17th-century English convent in Bruges to investigate their library thanks to support from @catholicrs.bsky.social #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic @durhammemsa.bsky.social