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Matt Barfield

@mdbarfield48.bsky.social

Early modern French thought 🎓 PhD in đŸ‡«đŸ‡·đŸ“š from @gsas.harvard.edu on 18th-c. moralistes đŸŽ·đŸŽčđŸŽ” Jazz fanatic 📍 Cam, 🇬🇧 âžĄïž Cam, MA đŸ‡ș🇾 âžĄïž Cam, 🇬🇧

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Stuart Elden@stuartelden.bsky.social · 3d ago

A longer post in this weekly series - a tribute to Carlo Ginzburg, and his approach of the historian as a detective, with a particular focus on his important essay 'Clues'. "The Historian as Detective – Carlo Ginzburg and the Search for ‘Clues’" progressivegeographies.com/2026/08/02/t...

The Historian as Detective – Carlo Ginzburg and the Search for ‘Clues’

A few years ago, after one of the presentations I’d given on reconstructing Émile Benveniste’s movements during the Second World War through various archives, one audience member said to another: “


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Diane Brown@dianeberrettbrown.bsky.social · last wk.

Tonight I'm reading Montaigne and grieving the loss of the generous, brilliant Tom Conley, who died Friday. Je veux qu’on agisse, et qu’on allonge les offices de la vie, tant qu’on peut: et que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux ; mais nonchallant d’elle, et encore plus de mon jardin imparfait.💔

Matt Barfield@mdbarfield48.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m looking forward to beginning a PGDL law conversion course eight weeks from today! I'd love to hear any advice on preparation I should do over the rest of the summer, how to study for law exams, training contract applications, or any other tips you might have! Thank you!

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

'People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains and the more languages you speak and the earlier you speak them, the better, according to findings from a study being presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies conference in Barcelona.' 1/2

Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say

Study finds those who speak two languages have brains that appear around six years younger than those who speak one

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Guillaume Calafat@gcalafat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carlo Ginzburg est mort cette nuit. Son intelligence, sa virtuositĂ© historienne, son inventivitĂ©, son regard sur le monde, les mots et les anomalies vont beaucoup nous manquer. Des loups garous aux Caffres, de la microstoria Ă  Piero Della Francesca, son Ɠuvre est immense.

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'Transcribe Bentham began in 2010, and another 20,000 or so manuscript pages require transcription. We’d like to invite your readers to help us complete the project and to explore the writings and correspondence of a figure of enormous historical importance.' #Skystorians

Join the crowd digitising Jeremy Bentham | Letter

Letter: Dr Tim Causer invites readers to help complete a transcription project and to explore the writings and correspondence of the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham

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Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · 2mo ago

There are now over 2,300 people on my Philosophers list, plus over 250 philosophy groups and organisations in the orgs list! The #PhilosophySky (formerly PhilSky) feed is still the best place to catch up with all the latest #philosophy posts on Bluesky. Pin and ❀ the feed if you find it useful! 🙏

Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · last yr.

Resources for philosophers on Bluesky: 1. Starter packs go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (people) go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs) 2. New PhilSky feed 🩋 bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #PhilSky & other common hashtags (see profile for more) 3. Lists bsky.app/profile/did:... (people) bsky.app/profile/did:... (orgs)

Michael Lobel@mlobelart.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have nothing useful to add on the general state of things right now, but I can offer a thread of canine portraits by 18th-century French painter Jean-Jacques Bachelier, who was also director of the famed SĂšvres porcelain factory. First up: Mimi, the favorite dog of Madame de Pompadour, 1762

Painting of an adorable tiny black dog, in a landscape, its front paws raised off the ground
Karl Galle@karlgalle.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Forthcoming new book by Ann Blair on authorship & collaboration, from @princetonupress.bsky.social: 👀 📗 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #EarlyModern #HistBookChat

In the Scholar’s Workshop

The hidden hands behind history’s great scholarly works

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Aaron T. Pratt@aarontpratt.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you missed Ann Blair’s @ransomcenter.bsky.social Pforzheimer Lecture last night, you can check it out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/u16QHaI... I think you’ll agree that it’s both sharp and a lot of fun.

Kyle Glover@kyleghistory.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sometimes, you'll go to a library or archive full of hopes and come out empty handed. Other times you'll go in expecting nothing and find... well, WONDERFUL things! A late 15th century agricultural manual that turned out to be full of painted woodcuts illustrating the text! #MedievalSky

Pages of a medieval book showing painted woodcuts of plants.A medieval woodcut showing a peasant treading grapes in a wine press.A medieval woodcut showing peasants placing a fish trap in a river.A medieval woodcut showing peasants mowing grass.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

'“We received a total of 32,763 manuscripts, mostly in Old French and Latin, which we transcribed in four months”, explains Thibault ClĂ©rice - infinitely quicker than it would have taken to complete such a task manually.'

CoMMA: thousands of medieval manuscripts finally transcribed

Transcribing thousands of medieval manuscripts by hand would be a monumental undertaking. Fortunately, researchers in computational humanities at the Inria Paris Centre have been able to automate the ...

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