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Justin Colson
@justincolson.bsky.social
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(Digital) historian of fifteenth and sixteenth century cities, communities, trade, guilds, maps
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ihr.bsky.social
Happy 75th birthday to @thenacbs.bsky.social! If you are at #NACBS2025 in Montreal, say hello to our Director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, Senior Lecturer in Urban & Digital History and Deputy Director of @chppc.bsky.social @justincolson.bsky.social, and Institute Manager Conor Wyer.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Book for the Mermaid's Tail tour or Queer Legends workshop, part of #queermaritimes at the National Maritime Museum. Both take place this Saturday, 15 Nov.

This is part of the wonderful work of the Queer History Club, which meets at the NMM. #skystorians 🗃️
Queer Maritimes
From tours about merpeople to creative workshops on personalised maps, discover some of the LGBTQ+ histories connected to Royal Museums Greenwich's collections
www.rmg.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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jfwinters.bsky.social
Join us online on 2 Dec for ‘Old, New, Precarious Data’, the 1st event of the 2025-6 @dh-researchhub.bsky.social seminar series on incompleteness & loss in digital cultural heritage collections. Speakers include @beatricecannelli.bsky.social, @heatherfro.bsky.social, Leontien Talboom & Amelia Acker
Old, New, Precarious Data
Old, New, Precarious Data is the first event of the 2025-2026 DHRH flagship seminar series on incompleteness and loss in digital cultural heritage collections.
www.sas.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Back by popular demand, Introduction to Latin Palaeography will run online in February 2026 #MedievalSky 👇

ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Introduction to Latin Palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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jwbaker.bsky.social
Join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar on 4 November (12:00 GMT on Zoom) to celebrate the winning entry for the 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History and to learn about gender and lottery rhymes in the medieval/early-modern low countries ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/tues...
Tuesday 4 November 2025 - Deswarte Prize Seminar - Marly Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Sara Budts, and Jeroen Puttevils (University of Antwerp): (Fe)male Voices on Stage: Finding Patterns in Lottery Rhym...
This seminar is 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm GMT live on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/96338659032 later posted to our YouTube channel. Session chair: James Baker. This seminar will celebrate the winning entry for ...
ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
Today La Sagrada Família is having the first part of the crowning cross of the Jesus Tower installed. This will finally take it past Ulm Minster's 161.5 metres (begun 1392, completed with octagon and spire 1885-90) as the tallest church in the world!
View of the upper part of the basilica with the Jesus tower centre and the Mary tower to L (liturgical east but actually NW) Construction crews receiving the part of lower stem of the cross. Similar to all of the upper structure of the Jesus tower, it is a pre-fabricated section of reinforced concrete, clad with tiles and here, partly glazed. Model of the cross which will crown the basilica. Notice the apertures at the base which is the glazed part.
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
(Because this is Bluesky, no doubt people will scold me for using an LLM to do this research on where LLMs go wrong.

But if we want to keep LLMs out of classrooms, I firmly believe we need a strong conceptual and empirical of their failure modes.

Anyway, spare me.)
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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yorkisthistory.bsky.social
Our latest #blog post provides an update from Dr Philip Muijtjens on his research in the #archives of the Venerable English College in Rome, which will eventually be published by the Trust. Read here: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/10/30/t... #Medieval #Skystorians #MedievalSky
The Late Medieval Archives of the Venerable English College, Rome
The Trust On…The Late Medieval Archives of the Venerable English College, Rome Philip Muijtjens, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium),…
yorkisthistorytrust.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
justincolson.bsky.social
Now firmly lodged in my ear too ...
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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thelondonjournal.bsky.social
Our latest Viewpoint article is out: 'Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons' by @mpdavies.bsky.social.

A 🧵 on the insights provided by this article into the history and historiography of these key metropolitan institutions in the medieval and early modern periods.
Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
justincolson.bsky.social
I'm speaking (online) on "Deep Mapping in Practice: ‘Layers of London’ and Participatory Experiential Mapping" at the Warsaw Spatial Humanities Seminar next Thursday 6th November. Sign-up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
justincolson.bsky.social
The EAUH 2026 Barcelona call for papers has been extended! We've had some great submissions for our panel on pre-modern quaysides and customs records, but have room for some more - please do consider making a proposal!
justincolson.bsky.social Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · Sep 29
Working on pre-modern customs records, in any context? We're running a session "Quayside and Custom House: Customs Accounts as a Source for Medieval and Early Modern Urban History" at EAUH 2026 Barcelona. Paper submissions very welcome! www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
Sessions - EAUH2026
Sessions go to quick Sessions’ overview Session 1 Main Session The Cities that made the Empire: Connectivity and Urban Networks from Late Republican to Imperial Times Organizers Noelia Cases MoraUnive...
www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
justincolson.bsky.social
Great afternoon exploring Deptford Creek courtesy of Tom Chivers and the Thames Festival Trust
Deptford Creek lifting bridge DLR bridge over Deptford Creek Mumford's Mill building at Deptford Creek
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
justincolson.bsky.social
At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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cathamclarke.bsky.social
A sneak peek of what I'll be up to on Sunday October 26: in the studio with the brilliant Cerys Matthews - and a cheesemaker! Tune in and join us! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
October 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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ies-sas.bsky.social
Still time to sign up for these fantastic events!

@ihr.bsky.social
ies-sas.bsky.social Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Aug 21
📣Two new events in collaboration with @thelondonarchives.bsky.social! 📣

Apprenticeship and the Rise of London, 1500-1800 | 15 Oct | 5.30 - 7.30pm
tinyurl.com/2uayfe7r

From Bones to Books to Blitz Scrap – What London Recycled during the Second World War | 10 Dec | 5.30 - 7.30pm
tinyurl.com/3t2f435p
Apprenticeship and the Rise of London, 1500 - 1800
Join us at The London Archives for an illustrated talk by Professor Patrick Wallis (London School of Economics).
tinyurl.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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urbanhistory.bsky.social
Volume 52, Issue 4 is now out! Featuring:

📜 Erika Kuijpers, Carolina Lenarduzzi, Judith Pollmann, Theo Dekker and Alie Lassche on local chroniclers in the early modern Low Countries doi.org/10.1017/S096...

🦁 Anton Kotenko on the origins of St Petersburg’s zoo, 1865–1871 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
White text on maroon background reads: Urban History. New issue now available.
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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brodiewaddell.bsky.social
Who did what in early modern England?

New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️

Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
This book applies the innovative work-task approach to the history of work, which captures the contribution of all workers and types of work to the early modern economy. Drawing on tens of thousands of court depositions, the authors analyse the individual tasks that made up everyday work for women and men, shedding new light on the gender division of labour, and the ways in which time, space, age and marital status shaped sixteenth and seventeenth-century working life. Combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book deepens our understanding of the preindustrial economy, and calls for us to rethink not only who did what, but also the implications of these findings for major debates about structural change, the nature and extent of paid work, and what has been lost as well as gained over the past three centuries of economic development. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core. Cover of Whittle, Jane, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, and Taylor Aucoin. The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. of Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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bucksarchives.bsky.social
We're increasing the capacity of our current geotagging project to take on new volunteers!

Help us to refine our collection by adding geographic data to historic photos, completed entirely remotely at your own pace.

Interested? Get in touch with us at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
A black and white photo of a computer lab with the following text added: 'Remote Volunteering New opportunities now available in our geotagging project'.
September 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
justincolson.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social and @ies-sas.bsky.social are partnering with @thelondonarchives.bsky.social to run a new series of public lectures, featuring the chance to see the original records first hand. First lecture by @patrickwallis.bsky.social on "Apprenticeship and the Rise of London", Weds 15th October!
SAS and The London Archives: Apprenticeship and the Rise of London, 1500-1800
ies.sas.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
justincolson.bsky.social
Working on pre-modern customs records, in any context? We're running a session "Quayside and Custom House: Customs Accounts as a Source for Medieval and Early Modern Urban History" at EAUH 2026 Barcelona. Paper submissions very welcome! www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
Sessions - EAUH2026
Sessions go to quick Sessions’ overview Session 1 Main Session The Cities that made the Empire: Connectivity and Urban Networks from Late Republican to Imperial Times Organizers Noelia Cases MoraUnive...
www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu
September 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
justincolson.bsky.social
Apparently working time is decreed to be over ... But loved hearing @vch-home.bsky.social colleagues celebrating their 250th Big Red Book!
September 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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jessiewhchen.bsky.social
Printed copies of Everlasting Flowers are gorgeous! But the digital version is #openaccess for anyone to read: brill.com/display/titl....

A book presentation takes place at the KB in The Hague on 3 December. You are warmly invited! To register: tickets.kb.nl/nl-NL/Show/D...

Please share!
Printed copies of the book, with one copy open to pages 196 and 197, and the two that are stacked showing the cover. Flyer for the book presentation, with the text reads as the following. Left-hand side: Book Presentation, 3 December 2025, KB, National Library, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, The Hague Right-hand side: Programme 14:00 Walk-in 14:30 Welcome and opening, Esther van Gelder (KB, nationale bibliotheek), Editors of series Emergence of Natural History and De Gruyter Brill. 14:50 Book presentation, Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen (Huygens Instituut/KNAW). 15:10 Gifting of physical copies 15:15 Panel discussion: State of the field(s) and practical knowledge Moderator: Marieke Hendriksen (Huygens Instituut/KNAW) Panelists: Marlise Rijks (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Sietske Fransen (Bibliotheca Hertziana/Max Planck Institute), Trude Dijkstra (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen (Huygens Instituut/KNAW). 16:00 Introduction to pop-up show. Display of reconstructions and creative projects related to the book. 16:15 Drinks / Borrel, Opportunity to see the pop-up show and book table featuring volumes from the Emergence of Natural History series. 17:00 End of event Free admission with limited space. Please register at https://tickets.kb.nl/nl-NL/Show/Details/Book-presentation- Everlasting-Flower-Between-the-Pages--3-dec-134063. Link to book: https://brill.com/display/title/70483
September 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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clairelanghamer.bsky.social
Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!
eicathomefinn.bsky.social Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 22
History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.

Starting this week:
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
www.history.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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sharkabytes.bsky.social
The stark, monochrome beauty of an Apple Mac Paris in an alternate 1995. Be sure to visit the arcology on your next visit!

📺: Sim City 2000, Maxis, 1993
A screenie of Sim City 2000 running on a virtual machine Apple IIfx and OS 7. It's got a stark, sharp, monochrome quality to the isometric rendition of Paris.
May 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM