Hannah Murphy

Sprinkling a little #EarlyModern and #HistSTM over this, as I forgot in my earlier excitement....

Strange! If you click 'read excerpt' it comes up, though I can't seem to link directly to that.....

@kingsartshums.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingsenglish.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social @kingsdllc.bsky.social

The Heretic of Cacheu by Toby Green - an incredible microhistory of Crispina Peres and her travails with the inquisition www.penguin.co.uk/books/453870...

@fayboundalberti.bsky.social's The Face: A Cultural History. Reviews in The Times, The Telegraph, the FT and the New Statesmen all agree it's 'fascinating' and I'm here to confirm. www.penguin.co.uk/books/459227...

Smart: A history of intelligence by David Brydan - a compelling account of the idea of intelligence and sometimes terrifying, sometimes incisive, occasionally quite comic work it does in politics and society footnotepress.com/books/smart/

It's world book day! To celebrate, here are three recent publications by incredible colleagues @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingschostm.bsky.social and @cemskcl.bsky.social
running the gamut from #EarlyModern to #HistSTM 🗃️

NEXT MONDAY!

Excited we get to welcome @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social to talk about Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid.

9 March, 17:30 (UK), in person & online -- sign up for the zoom link.

#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #HistSTM #HistMed

Managing Pandemics in Early Modern Germany, edited by Peter Hess, is out now with Berghahn books, and I've just learned that the introduction (which I wrote) is free to read on the website! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HessMa...

Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog

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...

At least something is great about 2026. We've already gotten off to a wonderful start with Yahya Nurgat - come join us for our next seminar in two weeks with Federica Gigante and a bonus comment by Franciso Bethencourt.....

I want to say a bit more about our initiative to hire scholars to 3yr Research Associate positions.

None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/

It *really* is a lovely department! A permanent job too, so spread the word to your nicest colleagues....

Apply for this! #EarlyModern 🗃️

Poster advertising the for applications to Hans Rausing Scholarship 2026/2027 at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at King’s College London. Indicates the call closes by 17 April 2026.

Applications are open until 17 April to our Hans Rausing Scholarship to enter an MA+PhD or PhD-only to study the history of science and/or technology
from October 2026.
Contact a prospective supervisor and find out more about the schemes here: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py

An opportunity to get practical and constructive feedback on postdoc applications, workshopped anonymously in this online webinar - deadline for drafts tomorrow! #EarlyModern #ECR 🗃️

Senior Research Officer at University of Essex An opportunity for an academic position as a Senior Research Officer is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

33 month postdoc (0.8 FTE) on a really interesting project at Essex on #EarlyModern German and English witchcraft...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...

PhD Studentship: Knowledge Orders before Modernity at King's College London jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Knowledge Orders before Modernity Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.

Apply for a fully-funded PhD at King's... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPX390/p...

Thank you @hsmurphy.bsky.social and @cemskcl.bsky.social for hosting me - what a great evening!

TOMORROW!! Renaissance Skin: the final celebration. This *sold out* , but we've been able to squeeze in a few more chairs. If you're interested in materials, bodies, meaning, or even just sausages, do come and celebrate @evelynwelch.bsky.social's return to @kingshistory.bsky.social. #EarlyModern 🗃️

Folks on the @rsaorg.bsky.social mailing list: check your email! @cathfletcher.bsky.social and I are doing a webinar, "Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers," free for members.
Nov 6, 12pm ET (recorded).
💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern
Join/renew your membership to register.
www.rsa.org/events/Event...

A wonderful opportunity for an #EarlyModern scholar with an interest in knowledge, libraries, collecting or recordkeeping....

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Our very own, most excellent Alice @ajt55.bsky.social talking about her amazing career and all its achievements, and, most importantly, our KCL Arts and Humanities doctoral school, which she has championed...

My absolute FAVOURITE thing we have done @kingshistory.bsky.social is our new research seminar. External speakers, but also, *mostly* our own colleagues and their research. So far we've had departing colleagues, new Microhistories, and ECRS - we're squeezed like sardines and it is WONDERFUL🗃️

PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

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An amazing opportunity for a PhD and a 4-year postdoc on this important project with the brilliant and lovely @smschober.bsky.social - hair, race, trade and multispecies history!

#EarlyModern 🗃️

A total privilege to hear @eicathomefinn.bsky.social's work on imperial family formation - representation, political manipulation, and the ambivalence of its legibility in the context of the EIC and Tipu Sultan. The perfect start to our @ihreurope1500.bsky.social year

#EarlyModern 🗃️

I mean, what a term?! What a term card.... So excited, and more excellence to come in the new year....

#EarlyModern 🗃️

And our FIVE YEAR teaching and research position in Early Modern Europe and the World is now live..... Please do circulate and/or think about applying. I truly love our department! @kingshistory.bsky.social

First post of the new academic year and it's a good one: JOBS! There are THREE fixed-term research jobs in @kingshistory.bsky.social attached to my colleague Francisco Bethencourt's new ERC project on the Visual and Material Culture of New Christians. Please circulate!

#EarlyModern 🗃️