Erin Rowe
@erinkathleenrowe.bsky.social
Professor of EM Spain at Johns Hopkins; Author, Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism, all saints all the time, vice dean, climber, hiker, baker, militantly frivolous
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Erin Rowe
@erinkathleenrowe.bsky.social
· Nov 20
I wear three major professional hats: professor/researcher; vice dean for Undergraduate Education in the school of Arts & sciences; and co editor of the Iberian Encounter & Exchange series at Penn State. AMA!
Mountains from airplanes are magical. Pro tip: if you're flying into Portland from the east, sit on the left side for the best views of this beauty
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Mountains from airplanes are magical. Pro tip: if you're flying into Portland from the east, sit on the left side for the best views of this beauty
trying to put together an outline for a new monograph, and realizing it's too early to have a clear shape and trying to figure out if it's still worthwhile exercise
October 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
trying to put together an outline for a new monograph, and realizing it's too early to have a clear shape and trying to figure out if it's still worthwhile exercise
". . . there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it." - C.S. Lewis
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
". . . there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it." - C.S. Lewis
for those of you who can't stand 'impactful', I'd like to introduce you to 'solutioning together '
October 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
for those of you who can't stand 'impactful', I'd like to introduce you to 'solutioning together '
this poster hangs on my office walls!
Cherries and cheese by a beautiful blue pitcher in 1760 by Luis Egidio Melendez. It's his day.
October 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
this poster hangs on my office walls!
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WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS PROGRAMME 🤩
And more excitement to come in 2026 as well.
I often get driven to despair about the health of #earlymodern studies because of how it's deemed 'not useful' and 'unpopular in recruitment' and then I see just how much brilliant and varied work we do despite all that
And more excitement to come in 2026 as well.
I often get driven to despair about the health of #earlymodern studies because of how it's deemed 'not useful' and 'unpopular in recruitment' and then I see just how much brilliant and varied work we do despite all that
NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
September 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS PROGRAMME 🤩
And more excitement to come in 2026 as well.
I often get driven to despair about the health of #earlymodern studies because of how it's deemed 'not useful' and 'unpopular in recruitment' and then I see just how much brilliant and varied work we do despite all that
And more excitement to come in 2026 as well.
I often get driven to despair about the health of #earlymodern studies because of how it's deemed 'not useful' and 'unpopular in recruitment' and then I see just how much brilliant and varied work we do despite all that
Reposted by Erin Rowe
🌟 On this day in 1970, Pope Saint Paul VI proclaimed Saint Teresa of Ávila Doctor of the Universal Church. He recognized her extraordinary doctrine "as coming from heaven."
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqA4K
#SaintTeresa #DoctorOfTheChurch
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqA4K
#SaintTeresa #DoctorOfTheChurch
September 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🌟 On this day in 1970, Pope Saint Paul VI proclaimed Saint Teresa of Ávila Doctor of the Universal Church. He recognized her extraordinary doctrine "as coming from heaven."
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqA4K
#SaintTeresa #DoctorOfTheChurch
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqA4K
#SaintTeresa #DoctorOfTheChurch
Wild early Modern engravings from JHUs Women of the Book Collection
September 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wild early Modern engravings from JHUs Women of the Book Collection
I'm not gonna lie - yesterday I was crashing out and spent a really long time watching "Hamilton climbing out a window" Tiktoks and giggling because how clever of these female creators to riff on how contemptuous H was of his wife.
August 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm not gonna lie - yesterday I was crashing out and spent a really long time watching "Hamilton climbing out a window" Tiktoks and giggling because how clever of these female creators to riff on how contemptuous H was of his wife.
In 2004 when writing my dissertation, I decided to buy a printer (my 1st); my brother recommended one that was pricey for me - a Brother 5040 LaserJet. It just went kaput. RIP printer. I love that printer, which got me through one dissertation and two books
July 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In 2004 when writing my dissertation, I decided to buy a printer (my 1st); my brother recommended one that was pricey for me - a Brother 5040 LaserJet. It just went kaput. RIP printer. I love that printer, which got me through one dissertation and two books
I've reached the early-middle stage of this project where it feels like the projects is going nowhere and says nothing. Experienced enough to know that's common and not necessarily true, but still not a good feeling
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I've reached the early-middle stage of this project where it feels like the projects is going nowhere and says nothing. Experienced enough to know that's common and not necessarily true, but still not a good feeling
The English translation of Job Ludolphus is sending me. The insults are so good - in reference to another author: "he was one always of Little Judgment, less Faith, and no Honesty." He's a hater and I'm here for it.
July 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The English translation of Job Ludolphus is sending me. The insults are so good - in reference to another author: "he was one always of Little Judgment, less Faith, and no Honesty." He's a hater and I'm here for it.
All my sources so far have been in Portugese, leading to the question of whether I should be in Lisbon, not Madrid. But Madrid is my city so I regret nothing.
July 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
All my sources so far have been in Portugese, leading to the question of whether I should be in Lisbon, not Madrid. But Madrid is my city so I regret nothing.
It is absolutely wild to see baroque sacred art complete with lovely estofado work sitting around Madrid antique shops.
July 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It is absolutely wild to see baroque sacred art complete with lovely estofado work sitting around Madrid antique shops.
Because I didn't learn Spanish until I became an early modernist, sometimes I accidentally use 17th c spellings. Today I wrote 'quatro' and couldn't figure out why spellcheck flagged it. 😆
June 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Because I didn't learn Spanish until I became an early modernist, sometimes I accidentally use 17th c spellings. Today I wrote 'quatro' and couldn't figure out why spellcheck flagged it. 😆
A weekend of jam making and bread baking (finding peace where I can. This week - back to the nuns and their professiobs.
June 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A weekend of jam making and bread baking (finding peace where I can. This week - back to the nuns and their professiobs.
On my way! ✈️
Inaugural JH Elliott History Forum Symposium is this week in Oxford emspanishhistorynotes.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/j...
JH Elliott History Forum Inaugural Symposium, Exeter College, Oxford, June 5-6
Early Modern History in the Making: The J H Elliott History Forum Inaugural Symposium The J H Elliott History Forum has the objects to preserve, promote and disseminate the intellectual legacy of S…
emspanishhistorynotes.wordpress.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
On my way! ✈️
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'Under Philip II, librarians imagined the stocking of the royal bookshelves as an enterprise parallel to the voyages of exploration.'
Alberto Manguel on the organiszation of knowledge in the Spanish Golden Age
Alberto Manguel on the organiszation of knowledge in the Spanish Golden Age
The universe in a book
www.the-tls.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
'Under Philip II, librarians imagined the stocking of the royal bookshelves as an enterprise parallel to the voyages of exploration.'
Alberto Manguel on the organiszation of knowledge in the Spanish Golden Age
Alberto Manguel on the organiszation of knowledge in the Spanish Golden Age
Reposted by Erin Rowe
humanities major hiring on the rise against the hallucination plagiarism arson machine www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...
College majors with the best and worst job prospects — art history beats finance
In general, what college students choose to major in has significant implications for job prospects and future earnings potential.
www.cnbc.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
humanities major hiring on the rise against the hallucination plagiarism arson machine www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...
JHU put required first year writing (called Reintro to Writing) at the center of our curriculum, and our excellent University Writing Program is a leader in what Writing programs can do.
Opinion | Why First-Year Comp Classes Give Me Hope
Imagine the kinds of critical thinkers we could graduate if we put expository writing courses at the center of the curriculum, Deborah Lindsay Williams writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4m1FH3n
Imagine the kinds of critical thinkers we could graduate if we put expository writing courses at the center of the curriculum, Deborah Lindsay Williams writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4m1FH3n
Why First-Year Comp Classes Give Me Hope (opinion)
Imagine the kinds of critical thinkers we could graduate if we put expository writing courses at the center of the curriculum, Deborah Lindsay Williams writes.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
JHU put required first year writing (called Reintro to Writing) at the center of our curriculum, and our excellent University Writing Program is a leader in what Writing programs can do.
This might win academic bluesky today
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This might win academic bluesky today
I was trying to be cool about the conclave but I confess I'm on pins and needles now
May 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I was trying to be cool about the conclave but I confess I'm on pins and needles now
Reposted by Erin Rowe
Being in the humanities is wild. You spend years studying how societies construct meaning, only to have people say “lol cute, but what’s the real value?”
Bro I’m literally explaining how value exists.
Bro I’m literally explaining how value exists.
April 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Being in the humanities is wild. You spend years studying how societies construct meaning, only to have people say “lol cute, but what’s the real value?”
Bro I’m literally explaining how value exists.
Bro I’m literally explaining how value exists.