Joel Herman
@joelherman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social | Historian of the news, press, and popular politics in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
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Joel Herman
@joelherman.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Thanks for following along. I’m here for all things history. But posting mostly on the history of Ireland, America, Britain, and the wider Atlantic world, 1650-1850.
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Are you interested in joining our team? scottishhistoricalreview.org/news/express...
Expressions of Interest: pre-1707 editor — Scottish Historical Review Trust | Promoting Research & Publication in the Field of Scottish History | Monograph Series | Edinburgh - Scotland - UK
Call for Expressions of Interest Scottish Historical Review : Pre-1707 Editor The Scottish Historical Review seeks an editor for pre-1707 material. The term of office is 5 years and co...
scottishhistoricalreview.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Are you interested in joining our team? scottishhistoricalreview.org/news/express...
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Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700).
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700).
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Language, Sense, and Proof in the Early Modern World. Deadline for submissions: 12th April 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700).
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700).
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Violent Waters: Environmental Politics in Early Modern England is out now with Cambridge University Press: www.cambridge.org/core/books/v...
This watery, riotous book has been more than a decade in the making, and I'm delighted to see it out in the world to live its own life!
This watery, riotous book has been more than a decade in the making, and I'm delighted to see it out in the world to live its own life!
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Violent Waters: Environmental Politics in Early Modern England is out now with Cambridge University Press: www.cambridge.org/core/books/v...
This watery, riotous book has been more than a decade in the making, and I'm delighted to see it out in the world to live its own life!
This watery, riotous book has been more than a decade in the making, and I'm delighted to see it out in the world to live its own life!
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading.
February 13, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading.
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18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP
Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.
Please see the poster for further information!
Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.
Please see the poster for further information!
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM
18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP
Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.
Please see the poster for further information!
Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.
Please see the poster for further information!
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Please do submit to the second London PPE conference hosted at KCL- it is a great community and will promise to be an exciting conference!
⏰ Call for proposals!⏰
Organisers are calling for full panel proposals, author-meets-critics sessions, or individual papers from those who would like to attend the next annual PPE conference at King's
The deadline for submissions is February 20👇
ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...
Organisers are calling for full panel proposals, author-meets-critics sessions, or individual papers from those who would like to attend the next annual PPE conference at King's
The deadline for submissions is February 20👇
ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...
2026 PPE Society London Meeting - The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society
We are pleased to share that, in addition to the PPE Society’s Annual Meetings held each year in New Orleans, the international PPE Society will…
ppesociety.org
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Please do submit to the second London PPE conference hosted at KCL- it is a great community and will promise to be an exciting conference!
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ONE MORE WEEK to get your abstracts in for the 2026 AHA Conference! We can't wait to see you at Macquarie University in July -- don't miss out! theaha.org.au/aha-conferen...
AHA Conference 2026 - The Australian Historical Association
Monday 29 June–Friday 3 July 2026, Macquarie University The 45th Australian Historical Association (AHA) Conference will be hosted by Macquarie University. The organising committee are excited to…
theaha.org.au
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
ONE MORE WEEK to get your abstracts in for the 2026 AHA Conference! We can't wait to see you at Macquarie University in July -- don't miss out! theaha.org.au/aha-conferen...
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Just finished reading James Quinn’s excellent new history of 1798. A model of concise but deeply informed history writing and likely to be both the go to narrative account as well as essential introduction to historiographical debates.
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Just finished reading James Quinn’s excellent new history of 1798. A model of concise but deeply informed history writing and likely to be both the go to narrative account as well as essential introduction to historiographical debates.
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Great conference on The Ulster Plantation today at PRONI, showcasing the relaunched 'People of the Ulster Plantation' online database, produced through a research collaboration of @ria.ie, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @maynoothuniversity.ie. Access is via ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Great conference on The Ulster Plantation today at PRONI, showcasing the relaunched 'People of the Ulster Plantation' online database, produced through a research collaboration of @ria.ie, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @maynoothuniversity.ie. Access is via ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
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Also new in the One British Archive Series!
📗Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library by Elspeth Healey
OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📗Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library by Elspeth Healey
OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
One British Archive: Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
One British Archive: Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library - Volume 65
www.cambridge.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Also new in the One British Archive Series!
📗Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library by Elspeth Healey
OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📗Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library by Elspeth Healey
OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A fascinating review of two important and recent books on 'the news'. Closing with a story of information overload that connects audiences across the ages: 'Another puts his fingers in his ears: ‘Non voglio udir più nove, nò, nò, nò,’ he complains. ‘I don’t want to hear more news, no, no, no.’
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A fascinating review of two important and recent books on 'the news'. Closing with a story of information overload that connects audiences across the ages: 'Another puts his fingers in his ears: ‘Non voglio udir più nove, nò, nò, nò,’ he complains. ‘I don’t want to hear more news, no, no, no.’
Thanks so much for the reference. I am familiar with it, but need to go back and look at it again.
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Thanks so much for the reference. I am familiar with it, but need to go back and look at it again.
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on 'early modern news'! Looking forward to reading.
Issue 48.03 is now online, featuring:
Seamus Perry on pluralism and poetry
James Wolcott on John Updike
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the Romanian right
Claire Hall on Archimedes
John Gallagher on early modern news
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the US Special Forces
Read online at lrb.co.uk
Seamus Perry on pluralism and poetry
James Wolcott on John Updike
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the Romanian right
Claire Hall on Archimedes
John Gallagher on early modern news
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the US Special Forces
Read online at lrb.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on 'early modern news'! Looking forward to reading.
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Issue 48.03 is now online, featuring:
Seamus Perry on pluralism and poetry
James Wolcott on John Updike
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the Romanian right
Claire Hall on Archimedes
John Gallagher on early modern news
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the US Special Forces
Read online at lrb.co.uk
Seamus Perry on pluralism and poetry
James Wolcott on John Updike
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the Romanian right
Claire Hall on Archimedes
John Gallagher on early modern news
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the US Special Forces
Read online at lrb.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Issue 48.03 is now online, featuring:
Seamus Perry on pluralism and poetry
James Wolcott on John Updike
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the Romanian right
Claire Hall on Archimedes
John Gallagher on early modern news
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the US Special Forces
Read online at lrb.co.uk
Seamus Perry on pluralism and poetry
James Wolcott on John Updike
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the Romanian right
Claire Hall on Archimedes
John Gallagher on early modern news
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the US Special Forces
Read online at lrb.co.uk
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Mary Wilkes was an absolutely extraordinary person. Every bit as talented as her brother, John, whom she resembled in many ways.
Fantastic portrait of her, which really captures her grit and determination.
Fantastic portrait of her, which really captures her grit and determination.
February 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Mary Wilkes was an absolutely extraordinary person. Every bit as talented as her brother, John, whom she resembled in many ways.
Fantastic portrait of her, which really captures her grit and determination.
Fantastic portrait of her, which really captures her grit and determination.
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Part I of my work in progress mega essay is now published
historyofpublicspace.uk/thoughts/dra...
historyofpublicspace.uk/thoughts/dra...
Draft essay, “More than more than space?”, part I – contested commons
historyofpublicspace.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Part I of my work in progress mega essay is now published
historyofpublicspace.uk/thoughts/dra...
historyofpublicspace.uk/thoughts/dra...
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The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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What linked the first partition of Poland and American independence? David Armitage (@davidrarmitage.bsky.social) explores the question in the George Rousseau Lecture, 13 May, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/2026-a...
2026 Annual George Rousseau Lecture: "Poland was but a breakfast": or, why 1772 helps us to understand 1776
David Armitage (Harvard University)
www.history.ox.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
What linked the first partition of Poland and American independence? David Armitage (@davidrarmitage.bsky.social) explores the question in the George Rousseau Lecture, 13 May, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/2026-a...
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Andrea Bardin, Hobbes’s Materialist Agenda: The Politics of Early Modern Science – @edinburghup.bsky.social, January 2026
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hobbes-...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hobbes-...
Hobbes’s Materialist Agenda
Hobbes’s Materialist Agenda
edinburghuniversitypress.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Andrea Bardin, Hobbes’s Materialist Agenda: The Politics of Early Modern Science – @edinburghup.bsky.social, January 2026
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hobbes-...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hobbes-...
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If you’re planning to be in Sheffield in April, @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org and @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy are hosting the annual History & Archives in Practice conference, registration now open! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
History and Archives in Practice
History and Archives in Practice is where historians and archivists come together to consider shared interests in archive collections.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
February 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
If you’re planning to be in Sheffield in April, @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org and @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy are hosting the annual History & Archives in Practice conference, registration now open! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
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QMCECS Seminar 17 February 2026:
Esther Chadwick (Courtauld): 'Art, Bureaucracy and the Stamp Office'.
In person at Queen Mary Mile End campus, ArtsOne 1.36, starting at 17.15. All welcome.
More info: www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/....
Esther Chadwick (Courtauld): 'Art, Bureaucracy and the Stamp Office'.
In person at Queen Mary Mile End campus, ArtsOne 1.36, starting at 17.15. All welcome.
More info: www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/....
February 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
QMCECS Seminar 17 February 2026:
Esther Chadwick (Courtauld): 'Art, Bureaucracy and the Stamp Office'.
In person at Queen Mary Mile End campus, ArtsOne 1.36, starting at 17.15. All welcome.
More info: www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/....
Esther Chadwick (Courtauld): 'Art, Bureaucracy and the Stamp Office'.
In person at Queen Mary Mile End campus, ArtsOne 1.36, starting at 17.15. All welcome.
More info: www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/....
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Now on FirstView: Abolition on the eve of revolution? Jennifer Pitts and Michael F. Suarez, S.J., examine Condorcet’s French translation of Quobna Ottobah Cugoano’s influential antislavery treatise and analyze its reception in France
Cugoano, Condorcet, and Abolition on the Eve of Revolution | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Cugoano, Condorcet, and Abolition on the Eve of Revolution
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February 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Now on FirstView: Abolition on the eve of revolution? Jennifer Pitts and Michael F. Suarez, S.J., examine Condorcet’s French translation of Quobna Ottobah Cugoano’s influential antislavery treatise and analyze its reception in France
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Third lecture now online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l... - on the New Psychology and ideas of the self. (1/2)
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Third lecture now online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l... - on the New Psychology and ideas of the self. (1/2)
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🗞️ Two more job postings!
Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (1 March 2026) — www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
Addison Wheeler Fellowships, Durham University (26 March 2026)— www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (1 March 2026) — www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
Addison Wheeler Fellowships, Durham University (26 March 2026)— www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🗞️ Two more job postings!
Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (1 March 2026) — www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
Addison Wheeler Fellowships, Durham University (26 March 2026)— www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (1 March 2026) — www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
Addison Wheeler Fellowships, Durham University (26 March 2026)— www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social