Timothy Hobbs-Bagley
@hobbsbagley.bsky.social
Reader in Intellectual History. Retired…private scholar.
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Watch Dan Edelstein speak on his book, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin, in conversation with @judith-surkis.bsky.social and @sandipto.bsky.social on October 10th.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
Dan Edelstein on The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin
YouTube video by Remarque NYU
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November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Watch Dan Edelstein speak on his book, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin, in conversation with @judith-surkis.bsky.social and @sandipto.bsky.social on October 10th.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
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..Our book is an attempt to revive a dialogue between archaeology and anthropology, which has been dormant since the 1960s, and an invitation to think differently about the course of human history: an experiment, in which we hope many others will join us."
3/3
#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
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#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
..Our book is an attempt to revive a dialogue between archaeology and anthropology, which has been dormant since the 1960s, and an invitation to think differently about the course of human history: an experiment, in which we hope many others will join us."
3/3
#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
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#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just a week ago, this wonderful lecture was given by the inimitable Sir Noel Malcom. Enjoy the pleasure of hearing him speak:
youtu.be/4-RTrzY8uPc?...
youtu.be/4-RTrzY8uPc?...
Oakeshott Lectures 2025 - Sir Noel Malcolm on the Problem with Human Rights
YouTube video by Oakeshott Lectures
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just a week ago, this wonderful lecture was given by the inimitable Sir Noel Malcom. Enjoy the pleasure of hearing him speak:
youtu.be/4-RTrzY8uPc?...
youtu.be/4-RTrzY8uPc?...
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My essay collection focused on ancient literature and translation will be available for pre-order in the UK in October.
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My essay collection focused on ancient literature and translation will be available for pre-order in the UK in October.
Excellence awarded! Congratulations László Krasznahorkai!!
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Excellence awarded! Congratulations László Krasznahorkai!!
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Ron Chernow’s blockbusting biography tells us everything about American literature’s founding father, Mark Twain—except that which makes him interesting, writes @rhodrilewis.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
How Ron Chernow’s biography of Mark Twain misses the mark
This blockbusting book tells us everything about American literature’s founding father—except that which makes him interesting
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ron Chernow’s blockbusting biography tells us everything about American literature’s founding father, Mark Twain—except that which makes him interesting, writes @rhodrilewis.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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My thoughts today with family and friends of Prof. Michael Rowlands. Mike shaped the fields of archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage and material culture studies - his critical, comparative approach leaves a profound mark on the study of Europe, Africa, and China
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
In memory of Professor Michael Rowlands
UCL Anthropology is sad to announce the death of Professor Michael Rowlands on 19 July 2025.
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My thoughts today with family and friends of Prof. Michael Rowlands. Mike shaped the fields of archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage and material culture studies - his critical, comparative approach leaves a profound mark on the study of Europe, Africa, and China
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
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We are thrilled to announce that the Summer 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.2) has been published online. Take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are thrilled to announce that the Summer 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.2) has been published online. Take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org
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‘Colón envisioned his library as a vast and accessible information machine. He recorded details about the acquisition of every book – date, place, price, even the exchange rate.’
Anthony Grafton on early modern libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on early modern libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton · No Cheese Please: The First Bibliophiles
The library made possible a new kind of intellectual life. Machiavelli, when he’d been exiled from Florence, described...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
‘Colón envisioned his library as a vast and accessible information machine. He recorded details about the acquisition of every book – date, place, price, even the exchange rate.’
Anthony Grafton on early modern libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on early modern libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Should add: fully #OpenAccess! 🥳
#HoeraHuizinga!
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians #LowCountries #EarlyModern (cool dissection of how he saw Rembrandt and his attention & care for fellow humans)
#HoeraHuizinga!
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians #LowCountries #EarlyModern (cool dissection of how he saw Rembrandt and his attention & care for fellow humans)
I've enjoyed reading this this weekend: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...: a reading of Huizinga's writing from his sense of loss (of wife, eldest child, heritage, certainty) & its impact on the value he ascribed to doing history.
Interview @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/3ICA...
Interview @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/3ICA...
July 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Should add: fully #OpenAccess! 🥳
#HoeraHuizinga!
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians #LowCountries #EarlyModern (cool dissection of how he saw Rembrandt and his attention & care for fellow humans)
#HoeraHuizinga!
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians #LowCountries #EarlyModern (cool dissection of how he saw Rembrandt and his attention & care for fellow humans)
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Since @onslies.bsky.social went to the trouble to compile this thorough list of #earlymodern published primary sources, it should be more widely known: liesbethcorens.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/e...
And @sharonhoward.bsky.social has this page for online resources: earlymodernweb.org/resources/
And @sharonhoward.bsky.social has this page for online resources: earlymodernweb.org/resources/
Early Modern Source Editions
Teaching early modern European history is a joy. And introducing students to a diversity of sources from across the Continent is a joy. But finding those sources can be a bit of a headache… I…
liesbethcorens.wordpress.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Since @onslies.bsky.social went to the trouble to compile this thorough list of #earlymodern published primary sources, it should be more widely known: liesbethcorens.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/e...
And @sharonhoward.bsky.social has this page for online resources: earlymodernweb.org/resources/
And @sharonhoward.bsky.social has this page for online resources: earlymodernweb.org/resources/
On this day, 485 years ago, Thomas Cromwell was executed. A compelling yet flawed politician, portrayed with sensitivity in Mantel’s trilogy and in Mark Rylance’s film version. I am captivated by him in so many ways.
July 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
On this day, 485 years ago, Thomas Cromwell was executed. A compelling yet flawed politician, portrayed with sensitivity in Mantel’s trilogy and in Mark Rylance’s film version. I am captivated by him in so many ways.
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Not only can you watch #IMC2025 recordings until 20 September 2025, but in theme with our Worlds of Learning Strand, we have a 'Discover a Session' feature on our IMC App. 👀
This allows you to have a recording randomly chosen, so you can watch and learn something new! 😊
#MedievalSky
This allows you to have a recording randomly chosen, so you can watch and learn something new! 😊
#MedievalSky
July 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Not only can you watch #IMC2025 recordings until 20 September 2025, but in theme with our Worlds of Learning Strand, we have a 'Discover a Session' feature on our IMC App. 👀
This allows you to have a recording randomly chosen, so you can watch and learn something new! 😊
#MedievalSky
This allows you to have a recording randomly chosen, so you can watch and learn something new! 😊
#MedievalSky
I am happy to express my birthday wishes to Professor Peter R. L. Brown who will enter his 90th year of a very full life tomorrow, the 26th of July. Though we have never formally met, he is a scholar’s hero, a vir doctissimus, to me. His work has been my guide for what historical scholarship is!!
July 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I am happy to express my birthday wishes to Professor Peter R. L. Brown who will enter his 90th year of a very full life tomorrow, the 26th of July. Though we have never formally met, he is a scholar’s hero, a vir doctissimus, to me. His work has been my guide for what historical scholarship is!!
Martin Joseph Routh (1754-1854), President of Magdalen College, Oxford (1791) gave valuable advice to young scholars: “Always verify your references.”
Hard to do for youth today who are heavily dependent on ChatGPT and AI.
"O tempora, o mores!"
Hard to do for youth today who are heavily dependent on ChatGPT and AI.
"O tempora, o mores!"
July 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Martin Joseph Routh (1754-1854), President of Magdalen College, Oxford (1791) gave valuable advice to young scholars: “Always verify your references.”
Hard to do for youth today who are heavily dependent on ChatGPT and AI.
"O tempora, o mores!"
Hard to do for youth today who are heavily dependent on ChatGPT and AI.
"O tempora, o mores!"
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The final Covid project is finally beating the dust. This #reformazing Cambridge Companion should be coming out towards the end of this year. 😊
July 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The final Covid project is finally beating the dust. This #reformazing Cambridge Companion should be coming out towards the end of this year. 😊
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To understand the appeal of the far-right today we need to examine the origins of the fascist myth of primordial male kinship.
New essay, out today @eurozine.bsky.social
www.eurozine.com/seeds-of-ano...
New essay, out today @eurozine.bsky.social
www.eurozine.com/seeds-of-ano...
Seeds of another world
The nexus of radical inequality, social atomization and male victimhood has been exploited before. But why now, on such a scale? To understand the appeal of the far-right today we need to examine the...
www.eurozine.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
To understand the appeal of the far-right today we need to examine the origins of the fascist myth of primordial male kinship.
New essay, out today @eurozine.bsky.social
www.eurozine.com/seeds-of-ano...
New essay, out today @eurozine.bsky.social
www.eurozine.com/seeds-of-ano...
This broadcast is so timely - a must watch!
pbs.org/video/hannah...
pbs.org/video/hannah...
American Masters | Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny | Season 39
Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political writers of modern times.
pbs.org
June 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This broadcast is so timely - a must watch!
pbs.org/video/hannah...
pbs.org/video/hannah...
Just finished my musical day with the marvelous Borodin and his sublime String Quartet No. 2 played by the Esmé Quartet. Now I can head off to bed with those unforgettable strains of beauty bringing peace to my slumber.
youtu.be/tx2tf--PONA?...
youtu.be/tx2tf--PONA?...
Borodin String Quartet No.2 Esmé Quartet
YouTube video by Esmé Quartet에스메 콰르텟
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June 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just finished my musical day with the marvelous Borodin and his sublime String Quartet No. 2 played by the Esmé Quartet. Now I can head off to bed with those unforgettable strains of beauty bringing peace to my slumber.
youtu.be/tx2tf--PONA?...
youtu.be/tx2tf--PONA?...
Such an important principle , but is it neglected more than applied among “critics” today?
June 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Such an important principle , but is it neglected more than applied among “critics” today?
In the midst of today’s banal ambition and flash, Brendel stood separate as a superb reminder of what it is to be gracious, humane, urbane while showing us, who enjoyed his performances, just how enchanting Beethoven and Schubert (among many others) could truly be.
One of the finest musicians has passed. A long life of exquisite genius; a pianist from the gods and for us mortals - Alfred Brendel.
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
World-famous pianist Alfred Brendel dies aged 94
Alfred Brendel's disciplined musicianship was tempered by a deliberately off-beat view of the world.
bbc.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In the midst of today’s banal ambition and flash, Brendel stood separate as a superb reminder of what it is to be gracious, humane, urbane while showing us, who enjoyed his performances, just how enchanting Beethoven and Schubert (among many others) could truly be.
One of the finest musicians has passed. A long life of exquisite genius; a pianist from the gods and for us mortals - Alfred Brendel.
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
World-famous pianist Alfred Brendel dies aged 94
Alfred Brendel's disciplined musicianship was tempered by a deliberately off-beat view of the world.
bbc.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
One of the finest musicians has passed. A long life of exquisite genius; a pianist from the gods and for us mortals - Alfred Brendel.
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...