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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In this blog post, Richard Ansell (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is contributing to his research on non-elite travel writing as part of ‘Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writing in Seventeenth-Century England’
Non-Elite Travel Writing and the Bibliography of British and Irish History - On History
In this blog post, Richard Ansell (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses several ways that the Bibliography of British and Irish History is contributing to his research on non-elite travel…
blog.history.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
In this blog post, Richard Ansell (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is contributing to his research on non-elite travel writing as part of ‘Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writing in Seventeenth-Century England’
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Better late than never. Census names in VRTI for end January, 2026 - a whopping 139,102, incl. >50,000 names from 1766 Religious Census of Ireland. Cork leads the way with 16k+ names from 1766 and 1821-1851. Next big mark is 150,000k Click for sample: virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-CE...
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Better late than never. Census names in VRTI for end January, 2026 - a whopping 139,102, incl. >50,000 names from 1766 Religious Census of Ireland. Cork leads the way with 16k+ names from 1766 and 1821-1851. Next big mark is 150,000k Click for sample: virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-CE...
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Need more #18thC in your life??
OF COURSE YOU DO!
Click below for an incredible programme of events from our friends @cecs-york.bsky.social
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
OF COURSE YOU DO!
Click below for an incredible programme of events from our friends @cecs-york.bsky.social
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
All Events - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York
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February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Need more #18thC in your life??
OF COURSE YOU DO!
Click below for an incredible programme of events from our friends @cecs-york.bsky.social
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
OF COURSE YOU DO!
Click below for an incredible programme of events from our friends @cecs-york.bsky.social
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
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A reminder that applications for the ERC Postdoctoral Research Associate position close this Tuesday 10 February at 12:00 noon local Irish time. We look forward to receiving applications from candidates interested in the BMoral Project. Further details: www.bmoralproject.com/projects-6
#Philsky #ERC
#Philsky #ERC
Vacancies | BMoral
www.bmoralproject.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM
A reminder that applications for the ERC Postdoctoral Research Associate position close this Tuesday 10 February at 12:00 noon local Irish time. We look forward to receiving applications from candidates interested in the BMoral Project. Further details: www.bmoralproject.com/projects-6
#Philsky #ERC
#Philsky #ERC
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New Cambridge Element, Addressing Misinformation and Disinformation, by James Meese and Corinne Tan, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://cup.org/3NWc2fF
https://cup.org/3NWc2fF
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
New Cambridge Element, Addressing Misinformation and Disinformation, by James Meese and Corinne Tan, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://cup.org/3NWc2fF
https://cup.org/3NWc2fF
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True story! Has there been a better year to talk about history & journalism? A year long project that begins this evening with @jamellebouie.net. Will I get to even half the questions I want to ask?! Unlikely!
Hope you'll join us & share -- registration info to join the webinar ⬇️
Hope you'll join us & share -- registration info to join the webinar ⬇️
TODAY!
Join us at 5 p.m. EST for a conversation between JCB Library Director Karin Wulf and NYTimes columnist Jamelle Bouie.
For 2026, the JCB is hosting the series Journalism and History When History Is News. More details at jcblibrary.org!
Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
Join us at 5 p.m. EST for a conversation between JCB Library Director Karin Wulf and NYTimes columnist Jamelle Bouie.
For 2026, the JCB is hosting the series Journalism and History When History Is News. More details at jcblibrary.org!
Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
True story! Has there been a better year to talk about history & journalism? A year long project that begins this evening with @jamellebouie.net. Will I get to even half the questions I want to ask?! Unlikely!
Hope you'll join us & share -- registration info to join the webinar ⬇️
Hope you'll join us & share -- registration info to join the webinar ⬇️
Just listened to a fascinating paper by @drmishaewen.bsky.social on ‘Gender, Race and Kinship in Early Barbados’ at the @historytcd.bsky.social Early Modern History Research Seminar. Leaving with much food for thought.
February 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Just listened to a fascinating paper by @drmishaewen.bsky.social on ‘Gender, Race and Kinship in Early Barbados’ at the @historytcd.bsky.social Early Modern History Research Seminar. Leaving with much food for thought.
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The Cambridge Companion to the Declaration of Independence by Mark A. Graber and Michael Zuckert
A wide-ranging anthology covering the significance and history of the most important statement of American political commitments.
📚 https://cup.org/4abBuF5
A wide-ranging anthology covering the significance and history of the most important statement of American political commitments.
📚 https://cup.org/4abBuF5
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Cambridge Companion to the Declaration of Independence by Mark A. Graber and Michael Zuckert
A wide-ranging anthology covering the significance and history of the most important statement of American political commitments.
📚 https://cup.org/4abBuF5
A wide-ranging anthology covering the significance and history of the most important statement of American political commitments.
📚 https://cup.org/4abBuF5
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The program for the April 2026 conference of the Forum on Early-modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) is live. This year is extra special because we've teamed up with the Program in Early American Economy & Society. Join us! #earlymodern #globalhistory #earlyamerican @csschmitt.bsky.social
Conferences
View the 2026 Conference Program here . Register for the 2026 conference here .
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February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The program for the April 2026 conference of the Forum on Early-modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) is live. This year is extra special because we've teamed up with the Program in Early American Economy & Society. Join us! #earlymodern #globalhistory #earlyamerican @csschmitt.bsky.social
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A provocative new #history of America’s #constitution & an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imagined.
Mark Peterson's The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution arrives March 10.
Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Mark Peterson's The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution arrives March 10.
Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A provocative new #history of America’s #constitution & an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imagined.
Mark Peterson's The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution arrives March 10.
Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Mark Peterson's The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution arrives March 10.
Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Excited to see this book arrive today, just in time to discuss this topic of French genealogical histories further next week at #RSA2026! @rsaorg.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Excited to see this book arrive today, just in time to discuss this topic of French genealogical histories further next week at #RSA2026! @rsaorg.bsky.social
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Just finished this one, pre-publication. I loved how @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social balanced sweeping scale with intimate, empathetic storytelling. It's a huge book in all the ways, but it never felt like a slog. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The Central Fire of the Iroquois
A comprehensive history of the Native American community at the heart of the HaudenosauneeThe people of the Onondaga Nation have lived in central New York St...
yalebooks.yale.edu
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Just finished this one, pre-publication. I loved how @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social balanced sweeping scale with intimate, empathetic storytelling. It's a huge book in all the ways, but it never felt like a slog. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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The Interdisciplinary 19th-Century Studies Association (INCSA) will host two satellite conference meetings in Japan and Copenhagen for Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation / Revolución, Revelación, Reconciliación 🌏
We just posted two new CfPs.
For more details, visit: in-csa.com/2026-call-fo...
We just posted two new CfPs.
For more details, visit: in-csa.com/2026-call-fo...
February 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The Interdisciplinary 19th-Century Studies Association (INCSA) will host two satellite conference meetings in Japan and Copenhagen for Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation / Revolución, Revelación, Reconciliación 🌏
We just posted two new CfPs.
For more details, visit: in-csa.com/2026-call-fo...
We just posted two new CfPs.
For more details, visit: in-csa.com/2026-call-fo...
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The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
'The three volumes of Green's Dictionary of Slang demonstrate the sheer scope of a lifetime of research by Jonathon Green, the leading slang lexicographer of our time. A remarkable collection of this ...
www.openculture.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
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The British Association for Romantic Studies is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest in hosting its 2028 International Biennial Conference.
More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6294
Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2026
More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6294
Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2026
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The British Association for Romantic Studies is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest in hosting its 2028 International Biennial Conference.
More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6294
Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2026
More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6294
Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2026
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Here's the cool ed vol which has been put together by @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social & @cindyermus.bsky.social, 'The Global Age of Revolutions'. My chapter is called ‘The Bastille and the Roundabout: Popular Protest and the Revolutionary Past of the Gilets Jaunes’
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
The Global Age of Revolutions
<p><b>Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions</b></p><p>In 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions,
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February 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Here's the cool ed vol which has been put together by @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social & @cindyermus.bsky.social, 'The Global Age of Revolutions'. My chapter is called ‘The Bastille and the Roundabout: Popular Protest and the Revolutionary Past of the Gilets Jaunes’
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
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Book launch in Bloomsbury for The Cambridge Urban History of Europe, 27 March, 6:15 pm. #Skystorians
IAS Book Launch: The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
We are pleased to host the international launch of this three-volume urban history of Europe - from ancient to contemporary times - and to welcome the editors and many of the contributors.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Book launch in Bloomsbury for The Cambridge Urban History of Europe, 27 March, 6:15 pm. #Skystorians
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Delighted to announce the 6th volume in the series will be published in June! Click here for details about the forthcoming 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' by @ewatson.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a...
#skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism
#skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Delighted to announce the 6th volume in the series will be published in June! Click here for details about the forthcoming 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' by @ewatson.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a...
#skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism
#skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism
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*DEADLINE EXTENDED* for both conferences, please apply by 28 February 2026.
January 26, 2026 at 9:19 AM
*DEADLINE EXTENDED* for both conferences, please apply by 28 February 2026.
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3-year postdoc opportunity at Durham University - any department, any field. Detailed guidance in the link - note that you need a mentor from a relevant department to mentor and support your application.
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
3-year postdoc opportunity at Durham University - any department, any field. Detailed guidance in the link - note that you need a mentor from a relevant department to mentor and support your application.
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Call for papers: Romanticism Beyond Europe: Global Circulations, Translations and Transnational Literatures (London, September 2027)
Details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6301
Details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6301
CfP: Romanticism Beyond Europe: Global Circulations, Translations, and Transnational Literatures – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Call for papers: Romanticism Beyond Europe: Global Circulations, Translations and Transnational Literatures (London, September 2027)
Details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6301
Details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6301
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"In France, they say, the revolution was so revolutionary that it revolutionised the very concept of revolution." buttondown.com/cutterham/ar...
Just What Was a Revolution Anyway?
1776, 1789, and Dan Edelstein's "The Revolution to Come"
buttondown.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
"In France, they say, the revolution was so revolutionary that it revolutionised the very concept of revolution." buttondown.com/cutterham/ar...
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One of the pleasures of the last two weeks has been the (belated) discovery of @carltonfwlarson.bsky.social's fantastic 'Trials of Allegiance,' which will now be a staple of my American Revolution reading list: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
One of the pleasures of the last two weeks has been the (belated) discovery of @carltonfwlarson.bsky.social's fantastic 'Trials of Allegiance,' which will now be a staple of my American Revolution reading list: global.oup.com/academic/pro...