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Love paperbacks? 💙 40% off paperback sale starts Monday!
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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Join us @independentpublishersguild.com Spring Conference next week!

@kirahopkins.bsky.social @bethanylogan.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social will discuss the future of #OA funding in academic #Publishing 🔮

📆 11 Feb.
📍 The Shaw Theatre, London (+ online)
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IPG 2026 Spring Conference
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February 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
In this Q&A, Michelguglielmo Torri shares why the dramatic stories, remarkable characters, and sweeping historical developments inspired him to reinterpret the history of India. Read the blog post > buff.ly/i9eMLKb
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️

Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊
Call for Papers: The Valois (1328–1589): Governing France between Medieval and Modern
French History is an international forum for major new articles covering all aspects of the histories of France and the Francophone world, from the early M
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February 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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Current calls for RHS funding (closing 6 March) bit.ly/4tdarCb:

> David Berry Fellowship in History of Scotland, for all career stages
> Early Career Fellowships Grants
> Open Research Support Grants, for mid-career historians

Applications from current RHS Fellows / Members now invited 1/2
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes to March 2026 - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates of 6 March 2026. For further inform...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Pssst... Paperback sale coming soon! 💙
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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📣 Call for Papers and Panels!

BrANCH 2026 Conference at the University of Warwick (October 9-11) 📌 🗓️❗️

We welcome proposals on all aspects of North American history through to the end of the ‘long nineteenth century’

Deadline for Proposals: Friday, April 10

See more details below ⬇️
2026 BrANCH Conference — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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February 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🎶 This week, save 50% on Erik Chisholm, Scottish Modernist (1904-1965) with code BB050 and learn more about Chisholm from the book's author John Purser on Radio 3's composer of the week series. Buy the book > buff.ly/unKO9Nl Ends 8 Feb.
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Discover our latest books publishing across our subject collections. From animal symbolism in literature to the tradition of encrypting messaging into music, explore February's new books ➡️ buff.ly/oq9j6e8
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
In our latest blog post, Kirsty Bolton reflects on her experience of claiming a space of her own and the ways mothers occupied and used space within #medieval romances. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/ZGItAjv
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January 30, 2026 at 7:15 AM
What role do the #humanities play in shaping our world? The new #podcast from University of Rochester Press brings together voices from across the globe to explore this question. 🎧 Listen to episodes 1, 2 and 3 on Spotify and Apple Podcasts today. buff.ly/hrbxQNA @urochester.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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#BSECS @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Career Development Fellowship
£1050 to fund expenses associated with a defined research output or impact (including childcare & costs associated with publication) which supports the fellow's career development
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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This sounds like a fascinating conference. Abstracts to be by 1 March 2026.
January 28, 2026 at 9:16 AM
New #openaccess title ➡️ Old English Biblical Prose by Francis Leneghan provides the first in-depth study of the earliest attempts to make the sacred words of the Bible available to English readers, clerical and lay, in prose writing. Find out more: buff.ly/vJhX4AA #medievalsky #skystorians
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"An essential resource for anyone interested in the changeling phenomenon" SPECULUM. The Medieval Changeling: Health, Childcare, and the Family Unit by Rose A. Sawyer is available in hardback and eBook formats. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/1ERHE1P #medievalsky #skystorians #medievalbooks
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
What makes a witchcraft accusation against a child feel “true” enough for adults to act on it? Claire P. Ayelotan explores how this question led to the research for her book, Yoruba Pentecostalism and Child Witchcraft Accusations. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/aFcgePN
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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My first #book, Literary Landscapes and the Idea of England, 700-1400, was published 20 years ago (!) this year. This morning I'm reading a chapter on a subject I'm returning to just now. I was a bit nervous, but you know what? I'm still really proud of it! Thank you, @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social!
January 24, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Looking back on 2025 with @openingthefuture.bsky.social annual report

Our participating publishers doubled, creating more #OA routes for authors and richer backlist content for libraries ✨

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Opening the Future
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January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Two good things in one day! Just been alerted to another very recent and generous review of Women and Music in Ireland, this time by Denise Neary, published in Music and Letters.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Join Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner as she introduces her book at an in-person and virtual book launch on 25 Feb. For more info visit 👉 buff.ly/uhJbjSd #medievalsky #skystorians
Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner, "Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Medieval French Literature: Inscribing Biblical Encounters in the Vernacular" (Hybrid)
Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner, "Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Medieval French Literature: Inscribing Biblical Encounters in the Vernacular" Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner will offer a short introduction to the…
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January 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM
British Choral Singing: A History from Medieval Times to the Present Day by Peter Ward Jones charts choral traditions in Britain, evolution, sociological composition, engagement with and place within cathedrals and secular spaces. Hardback, paperback and eBook editions available 👉 buff.ly/CvqeQgf
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Richard North shares what inspired his love of the Old #Norse language and new theories about the connection between #Beowulf and #Grettissaga. Read the blog ➡️ buff.ly/vafbtTt #medievalsky #skystorians
January 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Laywomen and the Crusade in England by Gordon M Reynolds considers how elite women could participate in #Crusade, their means and motivations. Learn more about the book > buff.ly/KSfPaer #medievalsky
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM