Kristie Patricia Flannery
@thehistoriann.bsky.social
Historian of the global Spanish empire living and working on Wurundjeri country. Author of Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World (2024).
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Check my new essay "The deepest South: Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?" just published in @aeon.co Many thanks to historian Sam Haselby, who beautifully edited it #slaveryarchive aeon.co/essays/way-d...
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Check my new essay "The deepest South: Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?" just published in @aeon.co Many thanks to historian Sam Haselby, who beautifully edited it #slaveryarchive aeon.co/essays/way-d...
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SPOILER. Proof pages of my review of The Heretic of Cacheu by Toby Green to be published in Slavery & Abolition. Curious about the book? Join Toby, @elotroalex.bsky.social and myself at the #Slaveryarchive book club this SAT 2:00 PM EST to discuss the book. Register ⬇️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
SPOILER. Proof pages of my review of The Heretic of Cacheu by Toby Green to be published in Slavery & Abolition. Curious about the book? Join Toby, @elotroalex.bsky.social and myself at the #Slaveryarchive book club this SAT 2:00 PM EST to discuss the book. Register ⬇️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Congratulations to @thehistoriann.bsky.social, whose book PIRACY AND THE MAKING OF THE SPANISH PACIFIC WORLD has won the Bolton-Johnson Prize for best book in English on Latin American history, granted by @clahistorians.bsky.social!
bit.ly/3KGDV9M
bit.ly/3KGDV9M
Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World – Penn Press
Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World offers a new interpretation of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine islands. Drawing on the rich archiv...
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October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Congratulations to @thehistoriann.bsky.social, whose book PIRACY AND THE MAKING OF THE SPANISH PACIFIC WORLD has won the Bolton-Johnson Prize for best book in English on Latin American history, granted by @clahistorians.bsky.social!
bit.ly/3KGDV9M
bit.ly/3KGDV9M
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As Chair of the 2025 @clahistorians.bsky.social
Bolton-Johnson Prize I congratulate historians Brooke Larson & @thehistoriann.bsky.social CO-WINNERS with The Lettered Indian and Piracy & the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. Was a pleasure to work with jurors Jonathan Ablard & Kaysha Corinealdi
Bolton-Johnson Prize I congratulate historians Brooke Larson & @thehistoriann.bsky.social CO-WINNERS with The Lettered Indian and Piracy & the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. Was a pleasure to work with jurors Jonathan Ablard & Kaysha Corinealdi
October 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
As Chair of the 2025 @clahistorians.bsky.social
Bolton-Johnson Prize I congratulate historians Brooke Larson & @thehistoriann.bsky.social CO-WINNERS with The Lettered Indian and Piracy & the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. Was a pleasure to work with jurors Jonathan Ablard & Kaysha Corinealdi
Bolton-Johnson Prize I congratulate historians Brooke Larson & @thehistoriann.bsky.social CO-WINNERS with The Lettered Indian and Piracy & the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. Was a pleasure to work with jurors Jonathan Ablard & Kaysha Corinealdi
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If you're a writer that's currently thinking "What am I doing with my life? How did I get here?" just know that Peter Benchley partly wrote the novel JAWS in a converted chicken coop at his in-laws' house.
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you're a writer that's currently thinking "What am I doing with my life? How did I get here?" just know that Peter Benchley partly wrote the novel JAWS in a converted chicken coop at his in-laws' house.
A silver lining
The ugly truth: have Trump’s tariffs finally put an end to Crocs’ 19-year reign?
The ugly truth: have Trump’s tariffs finally put an end to Crocs’ 19-year reign?
The Guardian’s Crocs correspondent traces the highs and lows of the rubbery perforated clogs that divide opinion
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A silver lining
So happy that Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World made the shortlist for the NSW’s History Awards. My book is in great company - huge honour.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-h...
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-h...
August 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
So happy that Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World made the shortlist for the NSW’s History Awards. My book is in great company - huge honour.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-h...
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-h...
I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
Pacific powers: Imperial competition and cooperation in Micronesia
www.acu.edu.au
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
Grateful for Prof Ponce Vázquez’s review of my book in The Americas.
My review of @thehistoriann.bsky.social 's book is out today. To no one's surprise, it's a fabulous book, and you should read it if you are interested in the Pacific world, Spanish colonization, the Philippines, and/or piracy.
doi.org/10.1017/tam....
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Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. By Kristie Patricia Flannery . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. Pp. 288. $55 Hardcover. | The Americas | Cambridge Core
Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. By Kristie Patricia Flannery . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. Pp. 288. $55 Hardcover.
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Grateful for Prof Ponce Vázquez’s review of my book in The Americas.
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📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.
🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.
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#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.
🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
July 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.
🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.
🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.
🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
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“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
July 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
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Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
join us next week at Melbourne Uni!
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
join us next week at Melbourne Uni!
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Hey, who's up for a #RemoteRetreatAUS ??? I need to get some writing DONE, and I need my peeps! Paging my regulars:
@kbneal.bsky.social @thehistoriann.bsky.social
@nikolasorr.bsky.social @justjenerally.bsky.social
@nonsequitania.bsky.social @mlcseah.bsky.social
@kbneal.bsky.social @thehistoriann.bsky.social
@nikolasorr.bsky.social @justjenerally.bsky.social
@nonsequitania.bsky.social @mlcseah.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Hey, who's up for a #RemoteRetreatAUS ??? I need to get some writing DONE, and I need my peeps! Paging my regulars:
@kbneal.bsky.social @thehistoriann.bsky.social
@nikolasorr.bsky.social @justjenerally.bsky.social
@nonsequitania.bsky.social @mlcseah.bsky.social
@kbneal.bsky.social @thehistoriann.bsky.social
@nikolasorr.bsky.social @justjenerally.bsky.social
@nonsequitania.bsky.social @mlcseah.bsky.social
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“Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost … something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide … us” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Opinion | Why DOGE Slashed the National Endowment for the Humanities
Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost … something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide … us” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Every historian’s dream is to find an archival treasure
"The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with leaflets from the 1980s at Bar Convent, by Dr Hannah Thomas, while she was cataloguing the religious order's collection."
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rare medieval scroll found in shoebox goes on display in York
The 15th-century Arma Christi, one of only 11 copies, is the focus of a new gallery at Bar Convent.
www.bbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Every historian’s dream is to find an archival treasure
Looking forward to discussing pirates and the Spanish Empire in the Pacific at this hybrid event in Hong Kong next week. I’ll be joining online.
April 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Looking forward to discussing pirates and the Spanish Empire in the Pacific at this hybrid event in Hong Kong next week. I’ll be joining online.
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In 2022, historian Dr Kristie Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social received a Humanities Travelling Fellowship to access rare documents in Spain and the Philippines.
Her research considers the influence of slavery, and the wider Spanish empire, on the Asia-Pacific region today: bit.ly/4kSyRN7
Her research considers the influence of slavery, and the wider Spanish empire, on the Asia-Pacific region today: bit.ly/4kSyRN7
Slavery in the Philippines may have influenced Australian history
Slavery and practices of unfree labour changed the political economy and culture of the Philippines—and may have influenced Australia.
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March 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In 2022, historian Dr Kristie Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social received a Humanities Travelling Fellowship to access rare documents in Spain and the Philippines.
Her research considers the influence of slavery, and the wider Spanish empire, on the Asia-Pacific region today: bit.ly/4kSyRN7
Her research considers the influence of slavery, and the wider Spanish empire, on the Asia-Pacific region today: bit.ly/4kSyRN7
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Catching up on Not Just the Tudors and delighted to hear the brilliant @thehistoriann.bsky.social discussing piracy and the Spanish Pacific with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social . More early modern #Pacifichistory, please! 🗃️
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
Pirates of the Pacific & the Spanish Empire
Not Just the Tudors · Episode
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January 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Catching up on Not Just the Tudors and delighted to hear the brilliant @thehistoriann.bsky.social discussing piracy and the Spanish Pacific with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social . More early modern #Pacifichistory, please! 🗃️
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
For audiobook fans! The audio edition of my book Pirates and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World is on sale for less than a buck. Great deal! Now you can was the dishes / work out/ doze off while listening.
January 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
For audiobook fans! The audio edition of my book Pirates and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World is on sale for less than a buck. Great deal! Now you can was the dishes / work out/ doze off while listening.
Grateful to Nino Vallen for reviewing my book in the latest issue of the Hispanic American Historical Review. read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...
Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World
read.dukeupress.edu
January 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Grateful to Nino Vallen for reviewing my book in the latest issue of the Hispanic American Historical Review. read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...
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GLH. Now online! @pedrogargui.bsky.social (@univmalaga.bsky.social, 2024) reviews "Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World"(@pennpress.bsky.social, 2024) by @thehistoriann.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Now online! @pedrogargui.bsky.social (@univmalaga.bsky.social, 2024) reviews "Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World"(@pennpress.bsky.social, 2024) by @thehistoriann.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
GLH. Now online! @pedrogargui.bsky.social (@univmalaga.bsky.social, 2024) reviews "Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World"(@pennpress.bsky.social, 2024) by @thehistoriann.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Y mientras tanto, la verdad se subleva 🤍
December 27, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Y mientras tanto, la verdad se subleva 🤍
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Those who think Assad's demise inevitably spells disaster for Syria's Christians should read this @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay by Tony Homsy, a Jesuit priest and the director of the Jesuit Cultural Forum in Homs, reflecting on the dawn of a new era in his country.
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Christmas in Homs
A Jesuit priest reflects on the upheaval in Syria
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December 25, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Those who think Assad's demise inevitably spells disaster for Syria's Christians should read this @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay by Tony Homsy, a Jesuit priest and the director of the Jesuit Cultural Forum in Homs, reflecting on the dawn of a new era in his country.
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
Depressing, not surprising
Worried about free speech in universities? These Swedish data are telling. 'researchers with public profiles were at greater risk: 51% of those who engaged widely in research communication reported exposure to threats or harassment, as did 57% of those who were highly active on social media.' 1/3
Students most frequent perpetrators of academic staff harassment
Of respondents to Swedish survey who reported experiencing threats or harassment, half said a student was responsible
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Depressing, not surprising