Jenny Davis Barnett
@jennydavisbarnett.bsky.social
Cultural Historian
ANZAMEMS Postgrad Rep (AUS)
ANZAMEMS Postgrad Rep (AUS)
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Looking for some Halloween costume inspo? Some first-rate ideas in this 18th-century demonology book: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/compendium-of-demonology-and-magic-ca-1775/ #halloween
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Looking for some Halloween costume inspo? Some first-rate ideas in this 18th-century demonology book: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/compendium-of-demonology-and-magic-ca-1775/ #halloween
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From an interview I did on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, (now out from @ucpress.bsky.social) which appeared in The Ink in January:
"I have this vision of Zoomers reading the book, going outside to the hardware store, buying a pitchfork, and going after Count Dracula." 1/n
the.ink/p/are-you-a-...
"I have this vision of Zoomers reading the book, going outside to the hardware store, buying a pitchfork, and going after Count Dracula." 1/n
the.ink/p/are-you-a-...
Monsters are us
Historian Surekha Davies examines how and why humanity makes monsters, and lays out the case for embracing your inner Muppet
the.ink
October 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
From an interview I did on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, (now out from @ucpress.bsky.social) which appeared in The Ink in January:
"I have this vision of Zoomers reading the book, going outside to the hardware store, buying a pitchfork, and going after Count Dracula." 1/n
the.ink/p/are-you-a-...
"I have this vision of Zoomers reading the book, going outside to the hardware store, buying a pitchfork, and going after Count Dracula." 1/n
the.ink/p/are-you-a-...
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🧵 New Special Issue of the Australian Journal of French Studies: “Corporeality: Critical Concerns in French & Francophone Studies” and a tribute to Professor Jarrod Hayes
August 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🧵 New Special Issue of the Australian Journal of French Studies: “Corporeality: Critical Concerns in French & Francophone Studies” and a tribute to Professor Jarrod Hayes
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The earliest known depiction of a crop circle is in The Mowing-Devil (1678), a 5-page pamphlet which recounts a labor dispute ending with an unwitting deal with the devil, and a field mown in way “that no Mortal Man was able to do the like”: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #cropcircles
July 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The earliest known depiction of a crop circle is in The Mowing-Devil (1678), a 5-page pamphlet which recounts a labor dispute ending with an unwitting deal with the devil, and a field mown in way “that no Mortal Man was able to do the like”: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #cropcircles
Study day: ‘La sculpture monumentale médiévale à l’épreuve du musée: enjeux, conceptions, réceptions’, Musée du Louvre (30 June-1 July 2025) and Université de Toulouse (2-3 October 2025) medievalartresearch.com/2025/06/23/s...
Study day: ‘La sculpture monumentale médiévale à l’épreuve du musée: enjeux, conceptions, réceptions’, Musée du Louvre (30 June-1 July 2025) and Université de Toulouse (2-3 October 2025)
This study day, both at the Musée du Louvre and Université de Toulouse, focuses on how medieval sculpture is exhibited.
medievalartresearch.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Study day: ‘La sculpture monumentale médiévale à l’épreuve du musée: enjeux, conceptions, réceptions’, Musée du Louvre (30 June-1 July 2025) and Université de Toulouse (2-3 October 2025) medievalartresearch.com/2025/06/23/s...
On this International Unicorn Day, check my Explainer essay on the history of the unicorn theconversation.com/explainer-fr...
Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbol - the history and origins of the unicorn
Unicorns are a staple of social media. Today we might think of them as all magic and rainbows, but their past is one of ferocious beasts, religion, and mistranslation.
theconversation.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On this International Unicorn Day, check my Explainer essay on the history of the unicorn theconversation.com/explainer-fr...
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I talked with Jackson van Uden about how monsters patrol boundaries; positive, negative, and neutral monsters; and monster-making in the age of European exploration.
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH #maps
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH #maps
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Humans: A Monstrous History with Surekha Davies
Podcast Episode · History with Jackson · 03/30/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I talked with Jackson van Uden about how monsters patrol boundaries; positive, negative, and neutral monsters; and monster-making in the age of European exploration.
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH #maps
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH #maps
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Breaking News: Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was convicted of embezzlement, jeopardizing her plan to run for president in 2027.
Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement by French Court
The ruling immediately bars her from running for public office for five years, jeopardizing the far-right leader’s plans to run for president in 2027.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Breaking News: Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was convicted of embezzlement, jeopardizing her plan to run for president in 2027.
Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbol - the history and origins of the unicorn
theconversation.com/explainer-fr...
theconversation.com/explainer-fr...
Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbol - the history and origins of the unicorn
Unicorns are a staple of social media. Today we might think of them as all magic and rainbows, but their past is one of ferocious beasts, religion, and mistranslation.
theconversation.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbol - the history and origins of the unicorn
theconversation.com/explainer-fr...
theconversation.com/explainer-fr...
Primary Sources for PhD research
March 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Primary Sources for PhD research
Thank you @medicifangirl.bsky.social for hosting the Monash MedRen Community @monashcmrs.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Thank you @medicifangirl.bsky.social for hosting the Monash MedRen Community @monashcmrs.bsky.social
@monashcmrs.bsky.social Delighted to share my current PhD research on the origins of the witches' sabbath from 1430s western Alps with Monash MedRen community today
March 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
@monashcmrs.bsky.social Delighted to share my current PhD research on the origins of the witches' sabbath from 1430s western Alps with Monash MedRen community today
@ceraejournal.bsky.social
Delighted to receive this Certificate of Appreciation from Cerae Journal -
Delighted to receive this Certificate of Appreciation from Cerae Journal -
January 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
@ceraejournal.bsky.social
Delighted to receive this Certificate of Appreciation from Cerae Journal -
Delighted to receive this Certificate of Appreciation from Cerae Journal -
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Big news here-the 2nd edition of The Professor Is In book is underway, due out 2026! I’d love your suggestions on what to add, change. Updates focusing on: PhD mental health crisis, right wing attacks on DEI/tenure, BIPOC& trans scholar support, mass tenured faculty quitting. Others? #academicsky
November 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Big news here-the 2nd edition of The Professor Is In book is underway, due out 2026! I’d love your suggestions on what to add, change. Updates focusing on: PhD mental health crisis, right wing attacks on DEI/tenure, BIPOC& trans scholar support, mass tenured faculty quitting. Others? #academicsky
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
CERÆ Journal and the second incarnation of the CERÆ Conference are both accepting submissions for their 2025 iterations! The theme for both is "Dreams, Visions, and Utopias."
#medievalsky #historysky
ceraejournal.com/2024/12/17/2...
CERÆ Journal and the second incarnation of the CERÆ Conference are both accepting submissions for their 2025 iterations! The theme for both is "Dreams, Visions, and Utopias."
#medievalsky #historysky
ceraejournal.com/2024/12/17/2...
2025 Ceræ Call For Papers – Conference & Journal
We are pleased to announce that the theme for our second annual online Conference next year as well as for Volume 12 of the journal is Dreams, Visions, and Utopias, and we invite submissions to bot…
ceraejournal.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS:
CERÆ Journal and the second incarnation of the CERÆ Conference are both accepting submissions for their 2025 iterations! The theme for both is "Dreams, Visions, and Utopias."
#medievalsky #historysky
ceraejournal.com/2024/12/17/2...
CERÆ Journal and the second incarnation of the CERÆ Conference are both accepting submissions for their 2025 iterations! The theme for both is "Dreams, Visions, and Utopias."
#medievalsky #historysky
ceraejournal.com/2024/12/17/2...
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Happy New Year's Eve! Europe has been marking the change of year with pyrotechnics since at least the 16th century. Simon Werrett looks at how artists have represented fireworks displays through the centuries: publicdomainreview.org/essay/pictur... #Fireworks #NewYearsEve
December 31, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Happy New Year's Eve! Europe has been marking the change of year with pyrotechnics since at least the 16th century. Simon Werrett looks at how artists have represented fireworks displays through the centuries: publicdomainreview.org/essay/pictur... #Fireworks #NewYearsEve
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Born #onthisday in 1827, the French astronomer, artist, and amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot. See a collection of his stunning astronomical art here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t.... #otd
(And prints to buy here: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-ar...)
(And prints to buy here: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-ar...)
December 26, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Born #onthisday in 1827, the French astronomer, artist, and amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot. See a collection of his stunning astronomical art here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t.... #otd
(And prints to buy here: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-ar...)
(And prints to buy here: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-ar...)
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Nature in early modern France cfp
www.semfs.org.uk/conference/
#histsci #planthumanities #naturalhistory #gardenhistory
www.semfs.org.uk/conference/
#histsci #planthumanities #naturalhistory #gardenhistory
December 7, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Nature in early modern France cfp
www.semfs.org.uk/conference/
#histsci #planthumanities #naturalhistory #gardenhistory
www.semfs.org.uk/conference/
#histsci #planthumanities #naturalhistory #gardenhistory
