Eloise Davies
@eloisedavies.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Humanities, Hamilton School, University of Florida / religion & political thought in early modern England & Venice / distinctive hair
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The Hamilton School for Classical & Civic Education at the U. of Florida has hired various historians of political thought in recent years (some from Cambridge!) & is now on the hunt for more faculty members.
Ads here explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... & here explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
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University of Florida - Details - OPEN-RANK FACULTY POSITION IN HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
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September 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Hamilton School for Classical & Civic Education at the U. of Florida has hired various historians of political thought in recent years (some from Cambridge!) & is now on the hunt for more faculty members.
Ads here explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... & here explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
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A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
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Important Caravaggio on its way to Florida, home of rare communicable diseases
A Rarely Seen Caravaggio Masterpiece Makes Its Way to Florida
"In Caravaggio’s Light: Baroque Masterpieces from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi" comes to the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.
news.artnet.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Important Caravaggio on its way to Florida, home of rare communicable diseases
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#OTD 1752, Britain went to bed like usual. But when they awoke, it was ‘eleven days later’ on Thursday 14 September. Find out why...👇 @georgianlords.bsky.social
‘Time, that great discoverer of truth and falsehood’: the calendar change of 1752 and the dating of Easter - The History of Parliament
As Easter weekend - late this year - approaches, Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1660-1832 section, discusses the timing of
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September 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#OTD 1752, Britain went to bed like usual. But when they awoke, it was ‘eleven days later’ on Thursday 14 September. Find out why...👇 @georgianlords.bsky.social
We’re hiring again @ufhamilton!
3 open-field humanities/social sciences
4 jobs in PPEL
(All open rank)
Do apply! 😎🐊
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
3 open-field humanities/social sciences
4 jobs in PPEL
(All open rank)
Do apply! 😎🐊
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - OPEN-RANK FACULTY POSITION IN HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
September 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We’re hiring again @ufhamilton!
3 open-field humanities/social sciences
4 jobs in PPEL
(All open rank)
Do apply! 😎🐊
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
3 open-field humanities/social sciences
4 jobs in PPEL
(All open rank)
Do apply! 😎🐊
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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You can now access a beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC).
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
May 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
You can now access a beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC).
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
A bibliography of about 500,000 records, the ESTC aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced before 1801 in the English-speaking world.
Explore the catalogue: datb.cerl.org/estc/
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Beyond thrilled and honoured to see my book on the shortlist for this year's @royalhistsoc.org First Book Prize!!! Thanks to the prize panel for this recognition, and congrats to the other shortlisted authors
The shortlist for the Society's 2025 First Book Prize for early career historians is now available bit.ly/4kkm4lW
Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.
#Skystorians
Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.
#Skystorians
May 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Beyond thrilled and honoured to see my book on the shortlist for this year's @royalhistsoc.org First Book Prize!!! Thanks to the prize panel for this recognition, and congrats to the other shortlisted authors
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It’s publication day for Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England with Michael Joseph @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social!
Pop by your local bookshop or order now - uk.bookshop.org/a/12264/9781...
Pop by your local bookshop or order now - uk.bookshop.org/a/12264/9781...
May 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It’s publication day for Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England with Michael Joseph @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social!
Pop by your local bookshop or order now - uk.bookshop.org/a/12264/9781...
Pop by your local bookshop or order now - uk.bookshop.org/a/12264/9781...
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There's still time to sign up for next week's graduate conference! See below for details ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Oxford Centre for Intellectual History Graduate Conference 2025
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
There's still time to sign up for next week's graduate conference! See below for details ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
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📢 New Blog
Or Rosenboim (@orrosenboim.bsky.social) explores 'Planetary Orders and Global Divisions in the Political Thought of Barbara Ward'
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/plan...
Or Rosenboim (@orrosenboim.bsky.social) explores 'Planetary Orders and Global Divisions in the Political Thought of Barbara Ward'
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/plan...
Planetary Orders and Global Divisions in the Political Thought of Barbara Ward
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
📢 New Blog
Or Rosenboim (@orrosenboim.bsky.social) explores 'Planetary Orders and Global Divisions in the Political Thought of Barbara Ward'
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/plan...
Or Rosenboim (@orrosenboim.bsky.social) explores 'Planetary Orders and Global Divisions in the Political Thought of Barbara Ward'
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/plan...
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This year's Quentin Skinner Lecture will be delivered by Dr Max Skjönsberg.
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
May 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This year's Quentin Skinner Lecture will be delivered by Dr Max Skjönsberg.
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
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How exciting and well-deserved. @faisaldevji.bsky.social www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/beit...
Faisal Devji appointed as Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History
www.history.ox.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
How exciting and well-deserved. @faisaldevji.bsky.social www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/beit...
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It's officially out! As of Friday, my book is available to purchase and exists in the world. What a long and wonderful ride this has been and I'm thankful for all the support I've received along the way!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Women, Race, and the Moravian Church in the Early Modern Atlantic World
This book focuses on women’s participation in the Moravian Church during the eighteenth century, focusing on international marriage and migration.
link.springer.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's officially out! As of Friday, my book is available to purchase and exists in the world. What a long and wonderful ride this has been and I'm thankful for all the support I've received along the way!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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A close reading of Caravaggio's "Calling of St. Matthew" #earlymodern #arthistory
A Closer Look at Pope Francis’ Favorite Painting (Gift Article)
Caravaggio was an artist of rare directness, whose naturalistic pictures brought the heavens down to earth. Our critic Jason Farago shows you what Francis may have seen in them.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A close reading of Caravaggio's "Calling of St. Matthew" #earlymodern #arthistory
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Join us for the colloquium celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sylvana Tomaselli’s article ‘The Enlightenment Debate on Women’.
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
April 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Join us for the colloquium celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sylvana Tomaselli’s article ‘The Enlightenment Debate on Women’.
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
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Federico Zuccaro, Scenes from the Life of the Artist's Family, detail, 1579, Casa del Sarto-Zuccari, Florence #arthistory #earlymodern #renaissance
April 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Federico Zuccaro, Scenes from the Life of the Artist's Family, detail, 1579, Casa del Sarto-Zuccari, Florence #arthistory #earlymodern #renaissance
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴: 𝘈 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 by Edward Wilson-Lee finds in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola a case for the Rennaissance as a triumph not of individuality but of universal experience.
✍️ Eloise Davies reviews the recent book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ Eloise Davies reviews the recent book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
‘The Grammar of Angels’ by Edward Wilson-Lee review
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January 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴: 𝘈 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 by Edward Wilson-Lee finds in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola a case for the Rennaissance as a triumph not of individuality but of universal experience.
✍️ Eloise Davies reviews the recent book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ Eloise Davies reviews the recent book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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Thrilled that the @lrb.co.uk published Alexander Bevilacqua's wonderful review of my book on The Discovery of #Ottoman Greece
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#earlymodern #skystorians
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#earlymodern #skystorians
Alexander Bevilacqua · Can we speak Greek? Martin Crusius’s Project
Crusius plundered contemporary travel accounts for information alongside chronicles and histories. He recognised the...
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April 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thrilled that the @lrb.co.uk published Alexander Bevilacqua's wonderful review of my book on The Discovery of #Ottoman Greece
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#earlymodern #skystorians
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#earlymodern #skystorians
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I’ll be launching my book The Limits of Erudition in Cambridge on 2 May 2025 with Simon Ditchfield. All very much welcome, whether in person or online! For further details see the poster attached and register for Zoom here: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
April 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’ll be launching my book The Limits of Erudition in Cambridge on 2 May 2025 with Simon Ditchfield. All very much welcome, whether in person or online! For further details see the poster attached and register for Zoom here: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
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Listen Now 📻🎤
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Typology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss biblical typology.
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April 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Listen Now 📻🎤
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
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Great to see these translations out and now online - not least as I was lucky enough to take an intellectually formative class on embryonic versions of these back as a 1st year undergrad.
November 19, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Great to see these translations out and now online - not least as I was lucky enough to take an intellectually formative class on embryonic versions of these back as a 1st year undergrad.
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New Cambridge blue text now out 🔔: George Garnett and Magnus Ryan’s edition & translations of Bartolus of Sassoferrato’s political tracts @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @oxfordcih.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Bartolus of Sassoferrato
Cambridge Core - European History 1000-1450 - Bartolus of Sassoferrato
www.cambridge.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:27 PM
New Cambridge blue text now out 🔔: George Garnett and Magnus Ryan’s edition & translations of Bartolus of Sassoferrato’s political tracts @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @oxfordcih.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...