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Tom Hamilton
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Historian of early modern France and Europe; crime, justice, gender, Wars of Religion; co-editor of French History; structuralish 📖📚 ⚖️🌳🏃🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺
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Associate Professorship in Eighteenth Century History- Faculty of History - Worcester College- University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️#c18th www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE665/a...
Associate Professorship in Eighteenth Century History at University of Oxford
Explore an exciting academic career as a Associate Professorship in Eighteenth Century History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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100days1815.bsky.social
Delighted to have had this joint article published - even if the keynote it grew out of was almost 3 years ago now! Thank you for being so patient with me @tombhamilton.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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New article by Katherine Astbury and Abigail Coppins, 'French prisoner-of-war sociability in Hampshire during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars'

Open Access here: doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

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French prisoner-of-war sociability in Hampshire during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Abstract. Daniel Gordon in his monograph on Citizens without Sovereignty explored how, in eighteenth-century France, sociability enabled those without powe
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January 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
The Senses and Medical Humanities – 24 February

A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities, organised by @claireturner.bsky.social with the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University

Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
The Senses and Medical Humanities
A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities through short talks, creative activities, and networking.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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How is the concept of culture wars rooted in the social and political struggles of nineteenth-century Germany?

Robert D. Priest explores these little-known origins.
The Origins of Culture Wars
How is the concept of culture wars rooted in the social and political struggles of nineteenth century Germany? Robert D. Priest explores.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
Durham History PhD candidate Ashleigh Percival-Borley will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Free Thinking this Friday at 9pm

It's about 'Double Lives', from undercover field operatives to online anonymity, via lives led in the closet and large scale infidelity:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Double Lives
From spying behind enemy lines in WWII France to lives lived online.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.

Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.

Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Call for Royal Historical Society PhD funding with text: The Royal Historical Society offers two annual PhD Fellowships for postgraduate historians in their third year of research at a university in the UK or overseas in order to complete a doctorate. The Fellowships comprise: Two RHS Centenary Fellowships: each Centenary Fellowship runs for 6-months and is worth £8,500 for final-year PhD students to complete their dissertations and to develop their research career. All Fellowships are open to candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. They are jointly held with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, where Fellows are based.
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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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
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
Congratulations to Marc Jaffré on his new article 'Sociability and Diplomacy at Louis XIII’s Court, 1610–1643': academic.oup.com/ehr/article-...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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@brettrushforth.bsky.social says 'Colonisations' is 'among the most innovative contributions to French colonial scholarship for the pre-revolutionary period'.
But that was just a warm-up for co-editor Mélanie Lamotte's upcoming BY FLESH AND TOIL out this month!!

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
By Flesh and Toil — Harvard University Press
A richly detailed transoceanic history of the early French Empire, illuminating how it became bound by a common legal culture of race—as well as how enslaved and free people critically shaped the deve...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Talitha Ilacqua has won the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize for her book *Inventing the Modern Region: Basque Identity and the French Nation-State* (MUP, 2024). Congratulations!!

frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/prizes/winne...

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Winners of the SSFH Book Prize – SSFH
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January 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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willpooley.bsky.social
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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To summarize, the landscape of academia, just like the rest of the global political economy, is marked by a huge fracture engendered by colonialism that continues to operate as well as mutate. This book observes it and attempts to address it, but it is not in itself sufficient repair. We hope that it will act as a preliminary point d'étape in what remains an incomplete process of trying to produce a genuinely global form of knowledge that can help us navigate our shared, divided, burning world.
January 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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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
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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historyworkshop.org.uk
How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years?

From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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royalhistsoc.org
In 2025 the Society was pleased to add 5 titles to its 'New Historical Perspectives' book series for early career historians bit.ly/4qh8eDt

This year saw publication of the 25th NHP title and the 200,000th download from the series. All books are available free Open Access @uolpress.bsky.social.
Covers of the following 5 new titles in the New Historical Perspectives book series. Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society, Rachael Harkes Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940, Gareth Roddy Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, Andrew McTominey Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England, Hannah Jeans Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle, Rachel E. Johnson
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Merry Christmas! My state of the field essay on the history of sexuality in Modern France was published in open access yesterday by @frenchhistory.bsky.social. Check it out at academic.oup.com/fh/advance-a...
Review article: the history of sexuality in modern France
Sometimes, when I explain that my research expertise lies in the history of sexuality in modern France, the follow-up is some version of a question: ‘so I
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December 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb

Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research.

Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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This was fantastic - moving, angering, and inspiring in turns. So proud of colleagues David and Julie-Marie, and the wonderful people at The Story, home of Durham archives - including archivist Victoria Oxberry (R), who is helping to build a community archive on HIV/AIDS in the county. 📜🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗃️
durhamhistory.bsky.social Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Dec 2
Yesterday Prof. Julie-Marie Strange organised an event to mark World AIDS Day with Dr Rupert Whitaker OBE, co-founder of Terrence Higgins Trust, here with Dr David Minto and colleagues from Durham County Council and The Story
December 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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New article by Daisy Livingston, 'A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria'? 🧐📜📚🎉

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffe...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Can anybody help us out in the search for a mid-C20 computer lab in action? 💾🤖💽🧑‍💻💾📸🙏
willpooley.bsky.social will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · Nov 20
Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Black and white photograph of a Bull Gamma 3 computer with female technicians operating it. Can be found (this resolution) on Wikipedia and elsewhere on the web but we haven’t found a higher res version
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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willpooley.bsky.social
Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Black and white photograph of a Bull Gamma 3 computer with female technicians operating it. Can be found (this resolution) on Wikipedia and elsewhere on the web but we haven’t found a higher res version
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
One for urban historians... The new Cambridge Urban History of Europe is out soon, including chapters by Durham historians Christian Liddy (vol. 2) and Markian Prokopovych (vol. 3):

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

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The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
Cambridge Core - European Studies - The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
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November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
Congratulations to Rachel Harkes on her book *Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society*, which is based on her Durham PhD thesis – published OA with the @royalhistsoc.org series New Historical Perspectives

uolpress.co.uk/book/forging...

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Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Tom Hamilton reçoit le prix Natalie Zemon Davis pour son très très grand livre. Un chef d’œuvre d’anthropologie judiciaire qui éclaire la sortie des guerres de religion: palpitant et virtuose. On ne pouvait rêver mieux pour ce beau prix !
durhamhistory.bsky.social Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Feb 15
Huge congratulations to @tombhamilton.bsky.social on the launch of his brand new book 'A Widow's Vengeance After the Wars of Religion: Gender & Justice in Renaissance France.' You can order a copy here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I am thrilled to share my new open-access article on John Evelyn, his wife Mary, eldest daughter Mall and their complex, multifaceted relationship with clothing has been published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social

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The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England
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November 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM