Esther M. Villegas de la Torre
@evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social
Cultural Historian @UCLSELCS | Expert Evaluator @REA_research | Non-Profit Author/Editor/Translator booktime.org | PhD & MSCA on #women and the #RepublicofLetters. #knowledgecommunities #complit #childrenslit
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En unas semanas, tendré el placer de participar en las VI Jornadas de Historia de la edición: circuitos y redes del libro en el mundo Atlántico y el Pacífico (Barcelona, 3-5 de diciembre de 2025). #historiadelaedición #circuitosyredes #mundoatlánticoypacífico #mujeresletradas
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
En unas semanas, tendré el placer de participar en las VI Jornadas de Historia de la edición: circuitos y redes del libro en el mundo Atlántico y el Pacífico (Barcelona, 3-5 de diciembre de 2025). #historiadelaedición #circuitosyredes #mundoatlánticoypacífico #mujeresletradas
The decision to suspend MFL departments, in particular, across the UK is absolute madness.
#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
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#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
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November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The decision to suspend MFL departments, in particular, across the UK is absolute madness.
#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
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#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
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The symposium starts today! #earlymodern #learnedcommmunities
Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women
Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...
ucl.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The symposium starts today! #earlymodern #learnedcommmunities
Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women
Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...
ucl.ac.uk
August 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women
#talks Delighted to be entering my busiest time of the year, with three confirmed talks so far. Here is the third one at
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
WSG 2025 – 2026 Calendar of Events
Day/Date/Time EventDetailsSaturday 4 October 2025 13:30 – 16:30 (BST) GMT+ 1In-person seminar Foundling Museum,40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZJulia Hamilton: Anna of Denmark an…
womensstudiesgroup.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
#talks Delighted to be entering my busiest time of the year, with three confirmed talks so far. Here is the third one at
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
#publicationday #childrenslit A new book from my philosophy series for kids, #littlebooksaboutbigthinkers, is out today, this time on #Plato. Do check it out for free via Booktime-The Reading App! booktime.org/en/books/350...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#publicationday #childrenslit A new book from my philosophy series for kids, #littlebooksaboutbigthinkers, is out today, this time on #Plato. Do check it out for free via Booktime-The Reading App! booktime.org/en/books/350...
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The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May.
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The History of Knowledge Conference
Lund University, 8–10 October, 2025 In November 2023, the first ever international History of Knowledge Conference was organized in Porto, bringing together experts from a wide range of historical …
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April 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May.
newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...
newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...
#cfp I have received some fabulous news about an upcoming conference on the history of publishing, organised by the Universitat de Barcelona. The deadline for paper abstracts is 30 May 2025. Do consider submitting one! #publishinghistory #internationalnetworks
April 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#cfp I have received some fabulous news about an upcoming conference on the history of publishing, organised by the Universitat de Barcelona. The deadline for paper abstracts is 30 May 2025. Do consider submitting one! #publishinghistory #internationalnetworks
#cfp #internationalpublishingnetworks Me llegan noticias de estas fabulosas jornadas sobre la #historiadelaedición, organizadas por la Universitat de Barcelona. La fecha límite para enviar propuestas es el 30 de mayo. ¡Anímense a participar!
April 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#cfp #internationalpublishingnetworks Me llegan noticias de estas fabulosas jornadas sobre la #historiadelaedición, organizadas por la Universitat de Barcelona. La fecha límite para enviar propuestas es el 30 de mayo. ¡Anímense a participar!
What a fantastic opportunity! 👇Cambridge University Library and University of Leeds. 'The Hidden Gender of Collections: #Women and the #Curation of #Scientific #Heritage'. Start date: 1 October 2025
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
PhD Opportunities - Collections Connections Communities
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April 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What a fantastic opportunity! 👇Cambridge University Library and University of Leeds. 'The Hidden Gender of Collections: #Women and the #Curation of #Scientific #Heritage'. Start date: 1 October 2025
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
[Call for Papers] ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London #callforpapers #earlymodernlibrary
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Call for Papers: ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’
This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
[Call for Papers] ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London #callforpapers #earlymodernlibrary
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Maravillosa noticia. ¡Bravo al equipo interdisciplinar de la Universidad de Bergen! #historiaintelectual #contribucionesfemeninas www.muyinteresante.com/historia/muj...
Descubren que más de 110.000 manuscritos medievales fueron copiados por mujeres anónimas: un hallazgo histórico que reescribe su lugar en la historia
Una investigación revela que al menos 110.000 manuscritos medievales fueron copiados por mujeres, arrojando nueva luz sobre su papel en la historia intelectual de Europa.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Maravillosa noticia. ¡Bravo al equipo interdisciplinar de la Universidad de Bergen! #historiaintelectual #contribucionesfemeninas www.muyinteresante.com/historia/muj...
C.S. Lewis in 1959. Some advice never gets old. #writingadvice
March 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
C.S. Lewis in 1959. Some advice never gets old. #writingadvice
#publicationday My latest adaptations of world classics are now available for free, along many other children's books, via Booktime.org -- soon to appear also in Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish. Do check out the Booktime reading app! #Heidi #PeterPan #Pinocchio play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Booktime - Apps on Google Play
Read fiction and nonfiction beautifully illustrated books. All completely free!
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February 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#publicationday My latest adaptations of world classics are now available for free, along many other children's books, via Booktime.org -- soon to appear also in Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish. Do check out the Booktime reading app! #Heidi #PeterPan #Pinocchio play.google.com/store/apps/d...
[CfP] WHN Annual Conference 2025 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #womenshistory #archives #libraries #museums #personalcollections
WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…
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February 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
[CfP] WHN Annual Conference 2025 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #womenshistory #archives #libraries #museums #personalcollections
#onlineevent International Women's Day 2025 Lecture: Women in Early Modern Medicine [Online] | EGA Institute for Women's Health - UCL – University College London #earlymodern #women #medicaltexts www.ucl.ac.uk/womens-healt...
International Women's Day 2025 Lecture: Women in Early Modern Medicine [Online]
UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health are delighted to host a selection of free events to celebrate International Women's Day 2025
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February 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#onlineevent International Women's Day 2025 Lecture: Women in Early Modern Medicine [Online] | EGA Institute for Women's Health - UCL – University College London #earlymodern #women #medicaltexts www.ucl.ac.uk/womens-healt...
[CfP] Women’s Scientific Literatures: The Poetry and Poetics of Early Modern Natural Philosophy. Deadline: 3 March 2025. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/... #earlymodern #poetics #femaleauthorship #naturalphilosophy
cfp | call for papers
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January 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
[CfP] Women’s Scientific Literatures: The Poetry and Poetics of Early Modern Natural Philosophy. Deadline: 3 March 2025. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/... #earlymodern #poetics #femaleauthorship #naturalphilosophy
#callforpapers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference, to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025. sammelband.hypotheses.org/2267
San Daniele 2025 – a call for papers
« In uno volumine » – call for papers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025 After having tackled in our previous meetings the fundamental ques...
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December 27, 2024 at 11:13 AM
#callforpapers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference, to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025. sammelband.hypotheses.org/2267
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Hot Publishing Take: You can write an A+ book, but unless it gets huge publisher support or gets randomly lucky, it won't be seen as successful. Publisher support is a $ decision you can't impact; luck depends on viral social media/celebrity endorsement. All we can do is keep writing and hope.
October 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Hot Publishing Take: You can write an A+ book, but unless it gets huge publisher support or gets randomly lucky, it won't be seen as successful. Publisher support is a $ decision you can't impact; luck depends on viral social media/celebrity endorsement. All we can do is keep writing and hope.
Reposted by Esther M. Villegas de la Torre
I'm just a historian of the Spanish Inquisition, standing before other historians of early modern Europe, begging you to recognize Spain as part of Europe when you make your arguments about something being the first in Europe when Spain already had it for centuries.
October 7, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I'm just a historian of the Spanish Inquisition, standing before other historians of early modern Europe, begging you to recognize Spain as part of Europe when you make your arguments about something being the first in Europe when Spain already had it for centuries.
#upcomingevent Talking Women and Creativity | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Talking Women and Creativity
Join artist Maria Gimeno and Professor Alexander Samson from UCL (SELC-SPLAS) for a lively, open discussion about women and creativity and the impact of women's cultural achievements on society.
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October 7, 2024 at 12:45 PM
#upcomingevent Talking Women and Creativity | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Job announcement for historians of #earlymodern Europe, including note that "scholars pursuing transnational projects and those that connect Europe to the wider world are encouraged to apply."
New job:
Assistant Professor of History in Early Modern Europe
University of Utah
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Assistant Professor of History in Early Modern Europe
University of Utah
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August 14, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Job announcement for historians of #earlymodern Europe, including note that "scholars pursuing transnational projects and those that connect Europe to the wider world are encouraged to apply."
#CfP The deadline is in just two days. Anímense! #printinarchives
December 13, 2023 at 1:27 PM
#CfP The deadline is in just two days. Anímense! #printinarchives
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New article in the Times Higher by Charles Burdett @ilcs.bsky.social Wendy Ayres-Bennett, and myself @ucflangs.bsky.social on the new lives of Modern Languages in HE and why the narrative of gloom and doom needs challenging. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/demise-...
December 9, 2023 at 9:35 AM
New article in the Times Higher by Charles Burdett @ilcs.bsky.social Wendy Ayres-Bennett, and myself @ucflangs.bsky.social on the new lives of Modern Languages in HE and why the narrative of gloom and doom needs challenging. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/demise-...
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A bluesky reminder that if you would like to contribute to the www.mmor.co.uk/blog series on "Sources for Medicine, Slavery, and Race-making in the #EarlyModern World", please reach out! We pay a modest sum of £250 and offer editorial feedback and advice.
Our first bluesky blog, but definitely not our last! Check out our website for our ongoing blog series on sources for the history of medicine, slavery, and race-making. @smschober.bsky.social has written a fascinating post on civet cats, iconography, chains and the history of slavery...
My MMOR Blog post „Chained: Civet Cats and Slavery“ is out! 🥳
Many thanks to @hsmurphy.bsky.social for making this possible and for the whole beautiful and important series!
rb.gy/fnspi
Many thanks to @hsmurphy.bsky.social for making this possible and for the whole beautiful and important series!
rb.gy/fnspi
November 1, 2023 at 1:05 PM
A bluesky reminder that if you would like to contribute to the www.mmor.co.uk/blog series on "Sources for Medicine, Slavery, and Race-making in the #EarlyModern World", please reach out! We pay a modest sum of £250 and offer editorial feedback and advice.