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History PhD Candidate at Aberystwyth University. Working on Secretary James Johnston and Scottish/British intelligence in the reign of William III. Project Director Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500 - 1850.

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Delighted to announce that Jason Peacey (UCL) will deliver the keynote speech at the Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference (11-12 June 2026).

Details of our #CfP are below, deadline: 27 February 2026. Please do share! #Earlymodern #History

12.02.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Contributors - Early Modern European Neurodivergence conference.pdf

Excited to share the CfP for @amendproject.bsky.social β€˜s Early Modern European Neurodivergence conference happening in Swansea this August! Info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TQpB...

09.02.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Updated CfP: Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: β€˜A Continent in Conversation’ @ Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026.

Please do check out and share our #CfP. Deadline: 27 February 2026.

#Earlymodern #Communication #History

16.01.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Job Vacancy: Research Fellow, 1660-1832 House of Lords - The History of Parliament The History of Parliament are excited to advertise for a research fellow to join our House of Lords 1660-1832 project.

We are hiring! @histparl.bsky.social's House of Lords (1660-1832) section - aka The Georgian Lords - is looking for a new research fellow. Details of the post and how to apply are below. Please spread widely.
#skystorians
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/12/v...

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It's the cover of my book! Showing a wax portrait half-length sculpture of Prince George in Roman costume and a fluffy blonde wig, encased in a painted gilded vitrine. The cover is black and bears the title in grey: The Grand Tour of Prince George of Denmark in England, 1669.

It's the cover of my book! Showing a wax portrait half-length sculpture of Prince George in Roman costume and a fluffy blonde wig, encased in a painted gilded vitrine. The cover is black and bears the title in grey: The Grand Tour of Prince George of Denmark in England, 1669.

Hello new followers! Can I take this opportunity to flaunt the upcoming publication of my new book (on Feb 3rd), a critical edition of the Grand Tour diaries of George of Denmark, detailing his adventures in Restoration England in the summer of 1669? And here is a discount code! BB135

11.01.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Did Oliver Cromwell Really Ban Christmas? Anna Cusack Oliver Cromwell cancelled Christmas – so goes the word on the street. Many people have heard this, friends, family, and strangers often tout it. β€˜The Puritans were so strict even Christ…

We have a range of seasonal #History posts you can read to inform and entertain over the festive period, including:

Did Oliver Cromwell Really Ban Christmas? how-to-history.com/2025/11/26/d...

12.12.2025 12:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Taking back control of a β€˜disordered and distracted nation’: the Provisional Government 11-25 December 1688 - The History of Parliament In today's blog Dr Robin Eagles of our House of Lords 1715-90 project explores the Provisional Government that followed the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1688...

#OTD 1688 the 'Provisional Government' was formed, after James II fled with William of Orange's invading force bearing down on London.

Dr Robin Eagles details how this provisional force transitioned to a new regime headed by William III:

11.12.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Europoliticalthought Website of the European Society for the History of Political Thought

CFP: Truth and Un-Truth: Eighth Biennial Conference of the European Society for the History of Political Thought, University of Naples β€œFederico II”, Naples, Italy, 5-7 October 2026. Deadline for proposals is 15 March 2026. Spread the word! europoliticalthought.wordpress.com #HPT #skystorians

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Europoliticalthought Website of the European Society for the History of Political Thought

ESHPT-Brill First-Book Manuscript Prize in the History of Political Thought, deadline: 31 Dec. The winner receives €500 at our conference in Naples in Oct 26 & a chance to publish their book in the Brill Series History of European Political & Constitutional Thought europoliticalthought.wordpress.com

21.11.2025 11:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CALL FOR PAPERS!

Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: β€˜A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).

Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History

13.11.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Migration and Mobility History The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026.

πŸ‘‰ Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference

πŸ“… Application deadline: 12 December 2025

πŸ“– We look forward to receiving your proposals!

#CfP #bookhistory #skystorians

01.07.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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How much did I enjoy the "Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500-1850: Far from Home" conference at Aberystwyth University this week?

I was too absorbed in the fantasticly informative and patient (no question too enthusiastic!) speakers to take any photos until the very end πŸ€”πŸ’­πŸ‘ŒπŸ“·

14.06.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to everyone who came to Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern: Far From Home at Aberystwyth University last week. It was a delight to organise the conference with my amazing colleagues @joeycrozier.bsky.social and @rharman.bsky.social and to hear all your fantastic research

16.06.2025 08:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Very privileged to host such a fantastic conference exhibiting a global voice on new perspectives of communication history. Thank you to all of the speakers who joined us, and @heathernicholas.bsky.social and @rharman.bsky.social for all your hard work! Same time next year?

16.06.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to say that this is now fully Open Access!

Hopefully now available to any and all interested #earlymodern #skystorians

05.06.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Very excited for the Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern #conference at Aberystwyth, 12-13 June 2025.

For #skystorians interested in joining, please see the form for more information below. Looking forward to seeing y’all next month.

forms.gle/wC5oA5NFJE15...

14.05.2025 10:33 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Three Months Into Cardiff University's Death Spiral - An Anonymous Academic Reports - Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter Cardiff University announced unprecedented cuts to jobs and courses, threatening the very nature of…

The current state of life at Cardiff University.

voice.cymru/three-months...

08.05.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765 | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765

My article on the destabilization of the British Empire in the eighteenth century has been published open access in the
@historicaljnl.bsky.social. It brings one of the major arguments of my PhD to print: we need to think about the imperial transformations of the public sphere.

bit.ly/3XXW86z

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β€˜Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’

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CfP!

With Natasja Peeters, Jasper van der Steen, and Ton van Strien, I am organising the one-day Seventeenth-Century Society's conference on Family, Kinship, and Dynasty in the Early Modern Low Countries on 5 September 2025.

zeventiendeeeuw.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

27.02.2025 11:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Manchester University Press - Intelligence and espionage in the English Republic c. 1600-60 Intelligence and espionage in the English Republic c. 1600-60 - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Intelligence and espionage in the English Republic c. 1600-60 by Alan Marshall

A very warm welcome to Bluesky to my old friend and ex-colleague Prof. Alan Marshall (@57alan.bsky.social). Alan's most recent monograph is Intelligence and espionage in the English Republic, c.1600–60
#skystorians πŸ—ƒοΈ#earlymodern #espionage
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152611889....

14.02.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture 18th-century Britain is notorious for corrupt and restrictive politics, when few could vote, bribery and debauchery were commonplace. But it was also an age when modern democracy was being shaped.

For anyone interested in #c18th political or electoral history & for students researching EPQs, special subjects &/or final year dissertations, do check out the wealth of data & information available on our Political Participation
& Electoral Culture (ECPPEC) website #skystorians πŸ—ƒοΈecppec.ncl.ac.uk

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Delighted to announce @mrfw17thc.bsky.social as our keynote for keynote for Communication and Exchange this year. I’m excited to hear more about his exciting research on mobility.

The #cfp is still open! We’re looking forward to seeing y’all in Aberystwyth in June!

#earlymodern #History.

22.01.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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#Seaside Alphabet #AdventCalendar 1st December.
What better start than #Aberystwyth!
Boomed as a resort C19/early C20 when most seafront buildings & pier were built...And Britain’s longest electric cliff railway, Constitution Hill- where this postcard view is from & where m'profile pic was taken!

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Thank you!

23.11.2024 13:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great lists, don’t suppose I could get added? :)

23.11.2024 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I had an excellent time this week presenting on James Johnston as a person in intelligence at the #NIHC and delighted to cipher on a real enigma machine! Grateful to the organisers at Bletchley Park! #spystorians

23.11.2024 10:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello #skystorians πŸ‘‹ good to see so many here!

I’ll leave the annual Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern c.1500 - 1850 #CfP here for folks who are interested.

Come and join us in Aberystwyth, 12 - 13 June 2025. Co-organised with @heathernicholas.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social

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