Melissa Reynolds
@melkatrey.bsky.social
Historian of early modern Europe | Author of Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print (Chicago, 2024) | Co-editor of The Recipes Project | Asst Prof of History at TCU | Taco enthusiast
My daughter’s seventh grade History Fair project.
This year’s theme is Revolutions. Obvi she chose the Print Revolution, & obvi gave credit to the Chinese for the first printed book, & obvi chose images from incunabula in the Bodleian.
Why yes, I am a historian of the book. How did you know?
This year’s theme is Revolutions. Obvi she chose the Print Revolution, & obvi gave credit to the Chinese for the first printed book, & obvi chose images from incunabula in the Bodleian.
Why yes, I am a historian of the book. How did you know?
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My daughter’s seventh grade History Fair project.
This year’s theme is Revolutions. Obvi she chose the Print Revolution, & obvi gave credit to the Chinese for the first printed book, & obvi chose images from incunabula in the Bodleian.
Why yes, I am a historian of the book. How did you know?
This year’s theme is Revolutions. Obvi she chose the Print Revolution, & obvi gave credit to the Chinese for the first printed book, & obvi chose images from incunabula in the Bodleian.
Why yes, I am a historian of the book. How did you know?
Did Women Ruin the Workplace
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Did Women Ruin the Workplace
Maybe one of the coolest moments of my professional life.
Reading Practice in the wild! At Heffers bookshop in Cambridge!
On the same shelf as books by Ralph Hanna and Andrew Pettegree and Adam Smyth and Christopher de Hamel. WHAT THE WHAT.
Reading Practice in the wild! At Heffers bookshop in Cambridge!
On the same shelf as books by Ralph Hanna and Andrew Pettegree and Adam Smyth and Christopher de Hamel. WHAT THE WHAT.
May 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Maybe one of the coolest moments of my professional life.
Reading Practice in the wild! At Heffers bookshop in Cambridge!
On the same shelf as books by Ralph Hanna and Andrew Pettegree and Adam Smyth and Christopher de Hamel. WHAT THE WHAT.
Reading Practice in the wild! At Heffers bookshop in Cambridge!
On the same shelf as books by Ralph Hanna and Andrew Pettegree and Adam Smyth and Christopher de Hamel. WHAT THE WHAT.
I know everyone will tell you that the weather in England is dreary, but I’ve been visiting for research off and on for over a decade, and EVERY TIME I’ve had weather that’s *chef’s kiss.*
Is it me? Am I the good luck charm?
My walk home from the Cambridge University Library yesterday afternoon:
Is it me? Am I the good luck charm?
My walk home from the Cambridge University Library yesterday afternoon:
May 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I know everyone will tell you that the weather in England is dreary, but I’ve been visiting for research off and on for over a decade, and EVERY TIME I’ve had weather that’s *chef’s kiss.*
Is it me? Am I the good luck charm?
My walk home from the Cambridge University Library yesterday afternoon:
Is it me? Am I the good luck charm?
My walk home from the Cambridge University Library yesterday afternoon:
Stuck in “grading jail” this weekend, finishing up final papers & starting on exam essays, but it’s delightfully dreary outside, Christmas tree is lit, and I’ve got a snuggly dog beside me. Could be worse.
December 7, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Stuck in “grading jail” this weekend, finishing up final papers & starting on exam essays, but it’s delightfully dreary outside, Christmas tree is lit, and I’ve got a snuggly dog beside me. Could be worse.