Jordan S. Sly
@jordanssly.bsky.social
Historian of Seventeenth Century Europe and the Global Atlantic. My specialisations are the intellectual, religious, and cultural histories of Stuart Britain and the Interregnum with a primary focus on the 1650s.
Absolutely wonderful opening to the season!
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Absolutely wonderful opening to the season!
Temperatures are dropping and we visited the apple orchard. Time to start playing my fall playlist, the title of which I am all too proud of:
October 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Temperatures are dropping and we visited the apple orchard. Time to start playing my fall playlist, the title of which I am all too proud of:
Have you come across this one?
July 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Have you come across this one?
I was really hoping for a feel good match with a quirky yet tenacious underdog with the Auckland City vs. Bayern Munich, but it went exactly the way one would rightly assume
June 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I was really hoping for a feel good match with a quirky yet tenacious underdog with the Auckland City vs. Bayern Munich, but it went exactly the way one would rightly assume
It'll be an early morning on Friday as I'll be presenting remotely from Maryland, but I'm eager to present my paper at the KCL CEMS colloquium and to hear all the wonderful papers planed for the day. Sad to miss the tea and dinner, however
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...
June 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It'll be an early morning on Friday as I'll be presenting remotely from Maryland, but I'm eager to present my paper at the KCL CEMS colloquium and to hear all the wonderful papers planed for the day. Sad to miss the tea and dinner, however
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...
I have been in this gallery dozens of times and never noticed this picture. My kids pointed it out yesterday and it is now an instant favourite
www.nga.gov/artworks/117...
www.nga.gov/artworks/117...
May 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I have been in this gallery dozens of times and never noticed this picture. My kids pointed it out yesterday and it is now an instant favourite
www.nga.gov/artworks/117...
www.nga.gov/artworks/117...
you can kinda see me poking through in this one 🐢🐸
May 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
you can kinda see me poking through in this one 🐢🐸
I cannot be trusted with an EBay account
May 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I cannot be trusted with an EBay account
also pictured is my offering to Testudo. It is a tradition here at the University of Maryland that student leave gifts to receive the favor of our mascot/reptilian-god of success. I included an ode to his glory in the offering 😎
April 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
also pictured is my offering to Testudo. It is a tradition here at the University of Maryland that student leave gifts to receive the favor of our mascot/reptilian-god of success. I included an ode to his glory in the offering 😎
I am elated that I successfully defended my Ph.D dissertation yesterday! I owe a BIG thank you to my terrific and generous committee who have helped me develop this project in so many ways, and to my wonderful family who have supported me through the difficult research and writing process.
April 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I am elated that I successfully defended my Ph.D dissertation yesterday! I owe a BIG thank you to my terrific and generous committee who have helped me develop this project in so many ways, and to my wonderful family who have supported me through the difficult research and writing process.
Thesis submitted to my committee!
March 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Thesis submitted to my committee!
Remembering my grandfather, Rev. Morgan Sly, who died today.
January 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remembering my grandfather, Rev. Morgan Sly, who died today.
…tactical lunch box
January 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
…tactical lunch box
The sentiment of Wilhelm Dilthey, presented in Denis Danielson's essay in Cam. Companion to Lewis really summarises the unique mindset we as historians are lucky enough to inhabit.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The sentiment of Wilhelm Dilthey, presented in Denis Danielson's essay in Cam. Companion to Lewis really summarises the unique mindset we as historians are lucky enough to inhabit.
Found this in a book in the library. Cannot condone the negative note about art historians, but a great artefact of when students took classes that did not include the word “entrepreneurial”
December 10, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Found this in a book in the library. Cannot condone the negative note about art historians, but a great artefact of when students took classes that did not include the word “entrepreneurial”
I'm excited for the Folger Christmas concert this weekend. The main focus will be on Charpinter's messe de minuit pour noël, but they are also putting Warlock on the programme, and who would have guessed such wonderful Christmas music from a man with this goatee?
December 5, 2024 at 12:21 PM
I'm excited for the Folger Christmas concert this weekend. The main focus will be on Charpinter's messe de minuit pour noël, but they are also putting Warlock on the programme, and who would have guessed such wonderful Christmas music from a man with this goatee?
gee, thanks, EEBO scanner-person, how very helpful
November 22, 2024 at 7:12 PM
gee, thanks, EEBO scanner-person, how very helpful
As an old school perma-goth I must say, I am really enjoying the new Cure Album, Songs of a Lost World.
November 15, 2024 at 7:05 PM
As an old school perma-goth I must say, I am really enjoying the new Cure Album, Songs of a Lost World.
Hoping that my Bodleian message in my Zoom frame is just passive aggressive enough to inspire action (and that action being silence)
March 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Hoping that my Bodleian message in my Zoom frame is just passive aggressive enough to inspire action (and that action being silence)