Early Modern How-to Books
DFG- & AHRC-funded project researching early modern how-to books and the histories of knowledge, science and printing 📖
Based at Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel and Glasgow University 🇩🇪🤝🏴 Check out our website: howtobook.eu/
@jamesdaybell.bsky.social
Prof EM History; Letters; Gloves; https://genderingthemuseum.co.uk; Swedish Res Council project, Moved Apart on Separation; Histories of the Unexpected Pod: https://historiesoftheunexpected.com; agent: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/james-daybell
@hsmurphy.bsky.social
Early modern historian interested in medicine, expertise, race-making, writing practices. Director of KCL Centre for Early Modern Studies, PI of Medicine and the Making of Race https://www.mmor.co.uk Author https://upittpress.org/books/9780822945604
@laurasdeluca.bsky.social
Ancient Queens in Early Modern Drama 👑📚 | Book History + DH | PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon
@melusinagr.bsky.social
Co-founder, co-creator, co-conspirator (ie Satura journal). Luddite. Dabbles in art, with the soul of a poet. Academic trying to help decolonize Book Studies/Book History by researching Indigenous NA newspapers. Addicted to art supplies. Plays #ttrpgs.
@nataliesmith.bsky.social
Vkarierande lektor at @mhafhs.bsky.social; Rettig Fellow. History PhD on the Swedish Empire & identity from St Andrews. Swedish & Sami History, history of empire, science and knowledge. Also expect baking, crocheting and cats 🐈
@henkaipantomime.bsky.social
she + they art historian poet Fil Am messing with Renaissance practices U Delaware + Philly co-founder of the journal Selva https://linktr.ee/henkaipantomime for books and pubs
@kgbaston.bsky.social
Historian of the Long Eighteenth Century | Research Fellow, Books and Borrowing (June 2020-Dec. 2023) | www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kit-baston-36998540
@sarakbarker.bsky.social
Historian of early modern print, news, translation, pamphlets. Scotland/Yorkshire hybrid. Likes old printed things, France, rugby, embroidery. Always stops to talk to cats and dogs. Series editor MUP Studies in Early Modern European History. She/her.
@huygensknaw.bsky.social
The Huygens Institute of History and Culture of the Netherlands opens up historical sources and keeps them digitally accessible. We study historical sources and literary texts in innovative ways in an international perspective.
@jessiewhchen.bsky.social
Historian of art, science, and knowledge. Postdoc #VisualizingTheUnknown, @huygensknaw.bsky.social. Also a maker. https://jessieweihsuanchen.com/
@joestephenson.bsky.social
Professor of English. Renaissance and Restoration Drama. Researching a formerly lost play, /The Dutch Lady/.
@meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social
Food Historian and Cook. Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe. Archaeological Researcher. Writer. Organic Vegetarian. Experimental Archaeology | Historical Archaeology insta: @meganfoodhistorian
@lizlehfeldt.bsky.social
Professor of History; author of Religious Women in Golden Age Spain; historian of #earlymodern nuns; journal co-editor; higher ed consultant; runner, gardener, needlepointer; home is Cleveland, Madrid, Atlanta email me: llehfeldt at gmail dot com
@abbaetha.bsky.social
Quilter, crafter, biker, baker. Sff/romance/history reader. Boosting books. Amateur victorianist. Posts and follows re: books, crafts, and food. Proud LGBTQ+ ally. Dorothy Dunnett cultist. No politics, no automatic follow-backs. E pur si muove.
@ninewitchknots.bsky.social
Professional 18th cent historian; woodworker; long time fiber artist (knitting, sewing, handspinning, etc); chronic reader and occasional writer
@matildasidel.bsky.social
she/her🫐🐚🪝sixteenth-century Spanish empire & law of the sea, among other things History BA @ Cam ‘23 | Early Modern History MSt @ Ox ‘25 | Incoming History PhD Student @ Yale
@martinevanelk.bsky.social
Professor in Long Beach, CA. She/her. Early modern women writers, drama, and book history. Blogs on early modern women. Opinions my own (of course) bio.site/martinevanelk https://hcommons.org/members/martinevanelk/ https://earlymodernfemalebookownership.w
@sthosdkane.bsky.social
Historian of 16th century French natural history focusing on three-toed sloths (Bradypus sp.). Ph.D. Candidate at Binghamton University. All opinions are my own. Fellow of the Linnean Society. Scríobhfaidh mé cúpla rud i nGaeilge.
@adamjmosley.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History at Swansea University, UK: early modern science & scholarship | book history | collecting & museums | networks | dh-curious |🏳️🌈 |🇪🇺| ~he/him~ + speculative fiction | games | other people's cats & dogs | octopodes | bears
@sharpnews.bsky.social
An open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (@sharpweb.org). Read Bookish Feature Articles, Book Reviews, Pedagogical Materials, and Bibliographies here: https://sharpweb.org/sharpnews
@amyjsolomons.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Oxford working on Reading the Room: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/reading-room-books-access-and-community-heritage-spaces Interested in women readers, libraries, access to books in the long 18th c.
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING ANIMAL MAGNETISM (2026)
@richardcalis.bsky.social
historian of the early modern world | Assistant Professor @Utrecht University | JRF @Trinity College Cambridge | PhD @ Princeton U | animal lover + cocktail enthusiast
@ninalamal.bsky.social
Historian | Book: Italian communication on the Revolt in the Low Countries (1566-1648) | #earlymodern publishing, politics, and diplomacy | The Low Countries, the Italian peninsula & the Holy Roman Empire | Archive dweller, coffee-lover, and pasta-addict
@mirierubin.bsky.social
Historian, study the ‘Middle Ages’, work at the great School of History at Queen Mary University of London.
@adendros.bsky.social
Philhellenic Neo-Latinist Assistant Professor at KU Leuven ERC-StG holder: ERASMOS
@bibliowingate.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Information Science. #BookHistory of early modern Navarre (bookselling/private libraries), #DH, #DHmakes, libraries, rare books. Bibliography Editor for Chymistry of Isaac Newton & SHARP News. W&M '18, ULondon '19, MLS @IU '21
@forumrarebooks.bsky.social
Rare book dealers from the Netherlands, specializing in books, manuscripts, prints, maps & other works on paper concerning Travel & Exploration, Islamic World, Natural History, Early Printing, Cartography, Science & Medicine, etc. www.forumrarebooks.com
@wellcomecollection.bsky.social
A free museum and library in London and online. Explore the past, present and future of health with us. wellcomecollection.org
@jennyrlee.bsky.social
Curator (Exhibitions & Special Projects) at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Historical Geographer of imperialism, design, visual culture, exhibitions, maps, and communication. Chair of Trustees for Museum of Cornish Life. AuDHD. Views my own.
@petemaw.bsky.social
Associate Prof 18th-Century History at The University of Leeds;Atlantic trade, merchants and infrastructure; economic history; cotton; co-editor of Northern History
@visithmml.bsky.social
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 800 libraries to preserve & share handwritten history worldwide. Learn more: hmml.org
@uclhistory.bsky.social
Dating back to 1830, UCL History sits in the heart of London and welcomes the best researchers and students from around the world 🌎
@drhollyfletcher.bsky.social
Early modern historian researching bodies, material culture & environments. Postdoc, 'Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World', University of Manchester. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/holly.fletcher
@xinyiwenhps.bsky.social
• PhDing @CambridgeHPS @WellcomeTrust • Award-winning emerging historian • Working on #EarlyModern natural knowledge and its long reception • Writing a history of the doctrine of signatures • FLS www.hps.cam.ac.uk/directory/wen 漫画とアニメ、#青空ごはん部
@dylanreid.bsky.social
City man: Spacing magazine editor, walking, messy urbanism, Renaissance urban history. Also freelance editor. dylanreid.ca
@altibel.bsky.social
Self-funded PhD student (reading history in XVIII New Spain) & paid researcher (open science, research integrity, academic health systems) at Leiden University. Baking & reading aficionada. Managed by a Timneh. ORCID 0000-0002-5676-2122
@katherinefirth.bsky.social
Writes about writing, especially for PhDs and researchers: poetry, music, food. Blogs at Research Degree Insider
@closereadingie.bsky.social
Indexer. Copyeditor. Proofreader. Medieval historian. Jeanne de Divion was framed. TTRPG enthusiast. Indexes things from Aristotle to the X-Men. Co-president Indexing Society of Canada. Co-chair KWG Twig, Editors Canada. closereadingie.com. She/They.
@nullnullsjo.bsky.social
Ord-ordnar i Ordbøkene (UiB), med ekstra entusiasme for rare ord, små språk og tricolon. Opphaveleg latinist. Innbitt fotgjengar. Luskar meir enn eg skriv.
@onslies.bsky.social
Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
@bemccollective.bsky.social
This is the account for the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective at the University of Manchester. Exploring bodies, emotions and objects in the past! https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotions-material-culture/
@ciaokatet.bsky.social
Historian of #earlymodern Italian material culture, #materialtext & devotion | Research Assistant on the Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social (www.ustc.ac.uk) at the University of St Andrews https://katherinetycz.com/
@mariajuko.bsky.social
18th/19th ct and self-help lit, Neo-Victorian, adaptation studies, biofiction, and teacher (Eng/Bio) in Potsdam (Germany), she/her
@oliviahvero.bsky.social
(i know, the last name's a mouthful) | phd candidate/pre doc @ uni vienna | researching working class representations, autofictional modes in television, contemporary situation comedies
@womenshistscot.bsky.social
Women's History Scotland exists to promote study and research in women's and gender history, particularly for those working in Scotland or on Scottish themes. https://womenshistoryscotland.org/
@profmurdoch.bsky.social
Professor of History @mhafhs.bsky.social Research: Britain & the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) & The British Civil Wars (1639-1660). Maritime Warfare (1513-1713) Teaching: History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD 🗃 #Dyslexic in several languages.
@weegiegraeme.bsky.social
Glaswegian 🏴 Historian of late 17th century specialising in Scotland, warfare, martial culture, identity and migration. Tutor @ University of Dundee. Publishing on Jacobites, the Highland War (1689-1691) & Scots-Dutch Brigade 🇳🇱 All views my own.
@schottemargaret.bsky.social
Early modern history, DH & Indian Ocean @ YorkU. Loves all things bookish, maritime, & history-of-science. ☞ She/her 🌈
@tedmccormick.bsky.social
Historian of scientific, economic and colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic; books http://bit.ly/3HYwNiA & http://bit.ly/3rKdAvt; http://memoriousblog.com; views mine; he/him