Julie Hardwick
@juliehardwick.bsky.social
Historian | France| Gender| Global Early Modern| Views my own | Writing: An Intimate History of Racial Capitalism in Old Regime France | Sex in an Old Regime City (OUP, 2020).
More here: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/jholwell
More here: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/jholwell
Pinned
1/2 At the airport at 3:45 for a 6 am flight (thank you gov shutdown!) but - nevertheless - I'm looking forward to my first ever visit to Princeton for a talk to the History Department today - about enslaved apprentices among other things in Nantes.
2/2 With Marie Houllemare, Antoine Lilti and Sasha Turner.
(Not sure why the nice thumbnail for the forum that popped up when I put the link in isn't showing! I hope when you click it, it will be! Here's the link to the book with thumbnail at any rate
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
(Not sure why the nice thumbnail for the forum that popped up when I put the link in isn't showing! I hope when you click it, it will be! Here's the link to the book with thumbnail at any rate
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Slaves in Paris — Harvard University Press
A pioneering biographical study of enslaved people and their struggle for freedom in prerevolutionary Paris, by an award-winning historian of France and the French Empire.In the decades leading up to ...
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February 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
2/2 With Marie Houllemare, Antoine Lilti and Sasha Turner.
(Not sure why the nice thumbnail for the forum that popped up when I put the link in isn't showing! I hope when you click it, it will be! Here's the link to the book with thumbnail at any rate
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
(Not sure why the nice thumbnail for the forum that popped up when I put the link in isn't showing! I hope when you click it, it will be! Here's the link to the book with thumbnail at any rate
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
1/n Absolutely my honor & please to be part of this forum about Miranda Spieler's amazing new book, Slaves in Paris - an instant classic. Such an important intervention in French & European history as well as the history of Black Europe & Atlantic history.
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H-France Forum: Volume 21 (2026) – H-France
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February 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
1/n Absolutely my honor & please to be part of this forum about Miranda Spieler's amazing new book, Slaves in Paris - an instant classic. Such an important intervention in French & European history as well as the history of Black Europe & Atlantic history.
h-france.net/h-france-for...
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Check Toby Green's beautiful essay on @aeon.co, edited by dear Sam Haselby, essay draws on Toby's new magnificent book The Heretic of Cacheu. For reading and listening, and to be shared widely in these difficult times we live in #slaveryarchive #Africanhistory #Africa aeon.co/essays/lesso...
Lessons in pluralism from a 17th-century African town | Aeon Essays
The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women)
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January 28, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Check Toby Green's beautiful essay on @aeon.co, edited by dear Sam Haselby, essay draws on Toby's new magnificent book The Heretic of Cacheu. For reading and listening, and to be shared widely in these difficult times we live in #slaveryarchive #Africanhistory #Africa aeon.co/essays/lesso...
So sorry I didn't tag you, Erin - when I looked for your blue sky name, it didn't come up. And congratulations again!
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
So sorry I didn't tag you, Erin - when I looked for your blue sky name, it didn't come up. And congratulations again!
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This article is the best I have read so far this year and I think it will keep that award until the end of the year. It is a hard, painful read, but so well described and flipping the historiographical table. It keeps me thinking about what a sustained comparison with Protestant regions would bring.
3/ Everybody read it! @chicagojournals.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Reproductive Unfreedom and Structural Violence in Early Modern Catholic Europe* | The Journal of Modern History: Vol 97, No 4
Abstract This article argues that reproductive unfreedom was a form of structural violence that significantly constrained poor women’s and children’s lives across early modern Catholic Europe. Reprodu...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
This article is the best I have read so far this year and I think it will keep that award until the end of the year. It is a hard, painful read, but so well described and flipping the historiographical table. It keeps me thinking about what a sustained comparison with Protestant regions would bring.
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It was a pleasure to participate in this roundtable about a remarkable book. We find things to critique because that's the exercise, but what an achievement by the editors and all 260+ contributors.
Glad to see this roundtable on Colonisations Notre Histoire out!
It was great to read Rose Ndengue, Robert Aldrich, Jennifer Boittin and Brett Rushforth look at the volume from different perspectives, and to have the opportunity to respond to what such a project can and cannot do
It was great to read Rose Ndengue, Robert Aldrich, Jennifer Boittin and Brett Rushforth look at the volume from different perspectives, and to have the opportunity to respond to what such a project can and cannot do
Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!)
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January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
It was a pleasure to participate in this roundtable about a remarkable book. We find things to critique because that's the exercise, but what an achievement by the editors and all 260+ contributors.
Reposted by Julie Hardwick
Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!)
doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...
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doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!)
doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...
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Oh I think it would, Laura. Let me do that right away.
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Oh I think it would, Laura. Let me do that right away.
3/ Everybody read it! @chicagojournals.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Reproductive Unfreedom and Structural Violence in Early Modern Catholic Europe* | The Journal of Modern History: Vol 97, No 4
Abstract This article argues that reproductive unfreedom was a form of structural violence that significantly constrained poor women’s and children’s lives across early modern Catholic Europe. Reprodu...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
January 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
3/ Everybody read it! @chicagojournals.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
2/. I would have said I know a lot about this topic & have thought about it seriously for a long time, but Erin's reframing - bringing black feminist scholarship to early modern history - is staggering. I am always a huge fan of her work but the intensity of the writing and the import...
January 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
2/. I would have said I know a lot about this topic & have thought about it seriously for a long time, but Erin's reframing - bringing black feminist scholarship to early modern history - is staggering. I am always a huge fan of her work but the intensity of the writing and the import...
1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.
January 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Not working again today - just an "Error code 500 request failed" message.
It's been brought to my attention that OBO searches are not working (and have been for a few days). I've contacted the developer but he's on leave till the 5th so I don't know when the problem will get fixed. Static content is working. Sorry about this!
January 13, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Not working again today - just an "Error code 500 request failed" message.
I am so looking forward to discussing Mel's much awaited book with @lrhodges.bsky.social in May - and celebrating it there with Mel and any of you who would like to come along.
So many thanks to @onslies.bsky.social for organizing this.
So many thanks to @onslies.bsky.social for organizing this.
VERY excited we get to discuss Mélanie Lamotte's book @ihreurope1500.bsky.social with @lrhodges.bsky.social & @juliehardwick.bsky.social and Mélanie herself!
18 May, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social
Get your copy @harvardpress.bsky.social: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians
18 May, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social
Get your copy @harvardpress.bsky.social: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I am so looking forward to discussing Mel's much awaited book with @lrhodges.bsky.social in May - and celebrating it there with Mel and any of you who would like to come along.
So many thanks to @onslies.bsky.social for organizing this.
So many thanks to @onslies.bsky.social for organizing this.
Fascinating!
NEW PUBLICATION
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
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Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance
Abstract. Collaborations between the humanities and sciences allow for novel insights into the material world of Renaissance recipe cultures, and in partic
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January 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Fascinating!
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Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians
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I couldn't be happier, or more honored, that the first issue of the redesigned and reimagined HLQ will feature the work of the Somali American artist Ebony Iman Dallas. Like much of her work, 𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒𝘰𝘶𝘵: 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 puts past and present in vital conversation. #earlymodern #skystorians
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I couldn't be happier, or more honored, that the first issue of the redesigned and reimagined HLQ will feature the work of the Somali American artist Ebony Iman Dallas. Like much of her work, 𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒𝘰𝘶𝘵: 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 puts past and present in vital conversation. #earlymodern #skystorians
Look out for @sarahabendall.bsky.social's
fascinating new book - drawing on super archival research and at the nexus of labor history, women's history, fashion history, and yes royal women
fascinating new book - drawing on super archival research and at the nexus of labor history, women's history, fashion history, and yes royal women
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Look out for @sarahabendall.bsky.social's
fascinating new book - drawing on super archival research and at the nexus of labor history, women's history, fashion history, and yes royal women
fascinating new book - drawing on super archival research and at the nexus of labor history, women's history, fashion history, and yes royal women
"The Baltic world and Nordic region have never figured prominently in the historiography of medieval & early modern Europe." My 1 semester at Uppsala was a reality check about the scale of this marginalization!
This book by @adamgeorgie.bsky.social looks like a welcome part of the correction.
This book by @adamgeorgie.bsky.social looks like a welcome part of the correction.
Paul Douglas Lockhart reviews 'Anglo-Swedish Commercial Connections and Diplomatic Relations in the Seventeenth Century', by Adam Grimshaw @adamgeorgie.bsky.social
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Anglo-Swedish Commercial Connections and Diplomatic Relations in the Seventeenth Century, by Adam Grimshaw
The Baltic world and the Nordic region have never figured prominently in the historiography of medieval and early modern Europe. This imbalance—which tradi
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December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"The Baltic world and Nordic region have never figured prominently in the historiography of medieval & early modern Europe." My 1 semester at Uppsala was a reality check about the scale of this marginalization!
This book by @adamgeorgie.bsky.social looks like a welcome part of the correction.
This book by @adamgeorgie.bsky.social looks like a welcome part of the correction.
Who doesn't love a good academic press sale!
Our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide is now live!
Shop selected titles with 40% OFF as part of our Christmas Sale promotion for a limited time only.
Whether it's sport, folklore, music or Jane Austen you're after there's a book here for everyone on your list: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/11...
Shop selected titles with 40% OFF as part of our Christmas Sale promotion for a limited time only.
Whether it's sport, folklore, music or Jane Austen you're after there's a book here for everyone on your list: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/11...
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Who doesn't love a good academic press sale!
I am so delighted to see @charmianmansell.bsky.social's excellent book be recognized with two big book prized this autumn. A must read for early modernists in so many fields.
So pleased to be on the list of American Historical Association prize winners. My book, Female Servants in Early Modern England, was awarded the Morris D. Forkosch Prize in British, British imperial, or British Commonwealth history since 1485. Congratulations to all the other awardees!
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I am so delighted to see @charmianmansell.bsky.social's excellent book be recognized with two big book prized this autumn. A must read for early modernists in so many fields.
Yes my umpteenth visit here and they are used to me working downstairs with them!
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Yes my umpteenth visit here and they are used to me working downstairs with them!
Archives among other things this week. Always my favorite work days! Are any of you here at Kew this week? #PrizePapers
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Archives among other things this week. Always my favorite work days! Are any of you here at Kew this week? #PrizePapers
Happy 10th birthday to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. Kudos to everyone who has worked on it and here's to the next decade!
We published our first essay 10 years ago today on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. It was based on a side idea I had for my dissertation that would explore news of Franklin’s death around the revolutionary Atlantic. ageofrevolutions.com/2015/11/21/f...
“Franklin is Dead”: Celebrity, Genius, and Religion in the Age of Revolutions
By Bryan A. Banks On June 11, 1790, an emotionally wrought Mirabeau took to the rostrum of the National Constituent Assembly after numerous days away suffering from ophthalmia to announce Benjamin …
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November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy 10th birthday to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. Kudos to everyone who has worked on it and here's to the next decade!