James Russell
@profjrussell.bsky.social
Medieval and Early Modern Book Historian, (Print Culture and the History of Reading) Adjunct at Rio Salado College, Improviser, (he/him)
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#SundayReads — @DemetraVg on Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, one of the strangest and most influential books of the quattrocento, at once a story of lost love and a fever dream of antiquity: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/hypnerotomachia-poliphili-and-the-architecture-of-dreams
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#SundayReads — @DemetraVg on Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, one of the strangest and most influential books of the quattrocento, at once a story of lost love and a fever dream of antiquity: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/hypnerotomachia-poliphili-and-the-architecture-of-dreams
A recipe for creating the elixir from Raymond Lull #alchemy #LindaHall
July 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A recipe for creating the elixir from Raymond Lull #alchemy #LindaHall
The skeletons are shown most frequently, so here is the nervous system from the 1453 first edition of Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica at the Linda Hall Library.
July 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The skeletons are shown most frequently, so here is the nervous system from the 1453 first edition of Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica at the Linda Hall Library.
A poem by John Dee in the 1623 2nd edition of Robert Record’s “Ground of Arts”, a guide to arithmetic.
July 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A poem by John Dee in the 1623 2nd edition of Robert Record’s “Ground of Arts”, a guide to arithmetic.
“One cannot at the same time affirm and negate”, taken from the chapter “On Rhetoric” in Martianus Capella’s “On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury” at the Linda Hall Library
July 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“One cannot at the same time affirm and negate”, taken from the chapter “On Rhetoric” in Martianus Capella’s “On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury” at the Linda Hall Library
Illuminated initial capital in the 1472 Jensen edition of Pliny’s Natural History at the Linda Hall Library
July 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Illuminated initial capital in the 1472 Jensen edition of Pliny’s Natural History at the Linda Hall Library
1515 first Aldine printed edition of Lucretius’ De rerum natura at the Linda Hall Library
July 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
1515 first Aldine printed edition of Lucretius’ De rerum natura at the Linda Hall Library
I’m excited to start a fellowship at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, working on alchemy.
July 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m excited to start a fellowship at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, working on alchemy.
I’m glad to share that I will be traveling to Kansas City this week as one of the fellows of the Linda Hall Library.
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Linda Hall Library – Meet Our Fellows
Read about current and former Linda Hall Library research fellows.
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June 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m glad to share that I will be traveling to Kansas City this week as one of the fellows of the Linda Hall Library.
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Happy Juneteenth! Do you know about pioneering Black Shakespearean Ira Aldridge? Born in NY in 1807, he acted with the African Grove Theatre, but with limited US opportunities, he moved abroad and found great success. This 1852 German playbill notes his starring role in Macbeth.
June 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy Juneteenth! Do you know about pioneering Black Shakespearean Ira Aldridge? Born in NY in 1807, he acted with the African Grove Theatre, but with limited US opportunities, he moved abroad and found great success. This 1852 German playbill notes his starring role in Macbeth.
I just had my first visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library. The warm welcome and excellent research support were wonderful. Many thanks to the great team at the Library.
June 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I just had my first visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library. The warm welcome and excellent research support were wonderful. Many thanks to the great team at the Library.
Is in DC for the Summer Teachers Institute of the American Bar Association.
June 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Is in DC for the Summer Teachers Institute of the American Bar Association.
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This is an excellent paper.
'We teach our students to see the things that are
human, to appreciate the unexpected, and to see
the variation that breaks the pattern rather than
repeats it.'
The value of education is precisely opposite to the outputs of LLMs.
'We teach our students to see the things that are
human, to appreciate the unexpected, and to see
the variation that breaks the pattern rather than
repeats it.'
The value of education is precisely opposite to the outputs of LLMs.
You can read our essay at this link here (p.25 of the pdf, which will download directly) : static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
June 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is an excellent paper.
'We teach our students to see the things that are
human, to appreciate the unexpected, and to see
the variation that breaks the pattern rather than
repeats it.'
The value of education is precisely opposite to the outputs of LLMs.
'We teach our students to see the things that are
human, to appreciate the unexpected, and to see
the variation that breaks the pattern rather than
repeats it.'
The value of education is precisely opposite to the outputs of LLMs.
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Talk to the hand
June 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Talk to the hand
So it turns out that there is a Proto-Shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham (a major medieval and contemporary site of pilgrimage in the UK) at an Episcopal church in Sheboygan, WI!
June 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So it turns out that there is a Proto-Shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham (a major medieval and contemporary site of pilgrimage in the UK) at an Episcopal church in Sheboygan, WI!
At Green Acre in Maine for the conference of the Corinne True Center for Baha’i History. Tomorrow I’ll be presenting a paper on Medievalism in the Baha’i sacred Writings and historiography.
June 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
At Green Acre in Maine for the conference of the Corinne True Center for Baha’i History. Tomorrow I’ll be presenting a paper on Medievalism in the Baha’i sacred Writings and historiography.
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A fantastic time at the #RenaissanceSocietyofAmerica conference in Boston, presenting with Dr. James Russel! Already looking forward to next year's conference in San Francisco.
And a special thanks to @routledgehistory.bsky.social for exhibiting my book at the Conference Book Exhibition!
And a special thanks to @routledgehistory.bsky.social for exhibiting my book at the Conference Book Exhibition!
March 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A fantastic time at the #RenaissanceSocietyofAmerica conference in Boston, presenting with Dr. James Russel! Already looking forward to next year's conference in San Francisco.
And a special thanks to @routledgehistory.bsky.social for exhibiting my book at the Conference Book Exhibition!
And a special thanks to @routledgehistory.bsky.social for exhibiting my book at the Conference Book Exhibition!
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Join me for a closer look at the new BLP editions (HC, PB) of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (BLP Hardcover & Paperback) [Esoteric Book Review]
YouTube video by Foolish Fish
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February 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Join me for a closer look at the new BLP editions (HC, PB) of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
youtu.be/v6bkU1Mg9BI
youtu.be/v6bkU1Mg9BI
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I am thrilled to say my book on the Hypnerotomachia has gone to paperback and is available in Waterstones and on Amazon:
Routledge: shorturl.at/LJL50
Amazon: shorturl.at/rN2F3
Waterstones: shorturl.at/iFOch
#Routledge #paperback #Hypnerotomachia #ItalianRenaissance #PhilosophicalDreamNarratives
Routledge: shorturl.at/LJL50
Amazon: shorturl.at/rN2F3
Waterstones: shorturl.at/iFOch
#Routledge #paperback #Hypnerotomachia #ItalianRenaissance #PhilosophicalDreamNarratives
March 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I am thrilled to say my book on the Hypnerotomachia has gone to paperback and is available in Waterstones and on Amazon:
Routledge: shorturl.at/LJL50
Amazon: shorturl.at/rN2F3
Waterstones: shorturl.at/iFOch
#Routledge #paperback #Hypnerotomachia #ItalianRenaissance #PhilosophicalDreamNarratives
Routledge: shorturl.at/LJL50
Amazon: shorturl.at/rN2F3
Waterstones: shorturl.at/iFOch
#Routledge #paperback #Hypnerotomachia #ItalianRenaissance #PhilosophicalDreamNarratives
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Join me, Beth Morrison, and 700 #Voynich fans for this Zoom conversation on June 13: www.getty.edu/calendar/art...
Art Break: Cracking a Medieval Code | Getty Events
Attempt to decode the unknown alphabet and mysterious drawings of this centuries-old enigmatic manuscript with our experts.
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June 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Join me, Beth Morrison, and 700 #Voynich fans for this Zoom conversation on June 13: www.getty.edu/calendar/art...
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Our conference ended 2 weeks ago, but registered participants can now view the recordings on our website. Read our review for more dreamy details.
Didn't have time to register and attend? You can still register with a reduced rate of $10 AUD until the end of June.
#medievalsky #earlymodernsky
Didn't have time to register and attend? You can still register with a reduced rate of $10 AUD until the end of June.
#medievalsky #earlymodernsky
I Dream of Ceræ: The Second Annual Conference, April 2025
Just over a fortnight ago, over the last weekend of April, the second annual Ceræ conference was conducted online with attendees and presenters from sixteen countries across eleven different timezones! Repeating our unique format from last year with a continuous single-stream over 32 hours, our presenters not only came from a multitude of institutions, but also represented the spectrum of career stage from distinguished professor to junior graduate student, and everyone in between.
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May 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Our conference ended 2 weeks ago, but registered participants can now view the recordings on our website. Read our review for more dreamy details.
Didn't have time to register and attend? You can still register with a reduced rate of $10 AUD until the end of June.
#medievalsky #earlymodernsky
Didn't have time to register and attend? You can still register with a reduced rate of $10 AUD until the end of June.
#medievalsky #earlymodernsky
I’m grateful for the opportunity to be interviewed on the Secret History of Western Esotericism podcast about the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
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James Russell on the Hypnerotomachia in Esoteric Tradition
Podcast Episode · Oddcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP) · 05/07/2025 · 41m
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May 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I’m grateful for the opportunity to be interviewed on the Secret History of Western Esotericism podcast about the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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On my way to the Renaissance Society of America conference in Boston
March 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
On my way to the Renaissance Society of America conference in Boston
I’m glad that my paper on references to the Middle Ages in the Baha’i Writings and historiography has been accepted to the Green Acre Baha’i Studies conference this June corinnetruecenter.org/james-russel...
James Russell, Medievalism in the Bahá’í Writings and Historiography – Corinne True Center for Baha'i History
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March 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I’m glad that my paper on references to the Middle Ages in the Baha’i Writings and historiography has been accepted to the Green Acre Baha’i Studies conference this June corinnetruecenter.org/james-russel...
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We're particularly interested in works in progress, burgeoning research questions, quirky archival finds that you're not sure what to do with, or broad methodological questions that others might have also encountered. This is a space for informal discussion rather than finished and polished talks!
February 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We're particularly interested in works in progress, burgeoning research questions, quirky archival finds that you're not sure what to do with, or broad methodological questions that others might have also encountered. This is a space for informal discussion rather than finished and polished talks!