Early Modern How-to Books
DFG- & AHRC-funded project researching early modern how-to books and the histories of knowledge, science and the book 📖
Based at Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel and Glasgow University 🇩🇪🤝🏴 Check out our website: howtobook.eu/
@nonconformity2025.bsky.social
Conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity in the Early Modern British Atlantic, at the University of Birmingham, 12 September 2025. Call for Papers deadline 1 July 2025: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ecc/eventsnew/nonconformistdialogues/
@leedsims.bsky.social
The Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds is a major centre for interdisciplinary medieval studies. Home of the International Medieval Congress and the International Medieval Bibliography.
@guyfassler.bsky.social
PhD in Medieval History | Interested in urban history of Italian communes | Writer and co-editor at scilicet.org.uk
@noorhashmi.bsky.social
MA Early Modern History student at The University of Sheffield, specialising in Caribbean slavery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. #SkyStorian
@stefanstern.bsky.social
Journalist and author. Writes for FT, Guardian, Prospect and The Conversation. New book: Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition, out now. Visiting Prof at Bayes Business School
@mrfw17thc.bsky.social
Reader in Early Modern History at Cardiff University. Currently writing a cultural history of the English East India Company. He/Him. Immigrant. Academic. Father. All opinions my own.
@krithemp.bsky.social
Greek & Latin | Early modern literature | Uni Innsbruck | sometimes running | 📀
@gillpartington.bsky.social
Here, but grudgingly. Fellow in Book History, IES. Artists' books and odd-shaped pages. Co-editor of @Inscriptionjournal.bsky.social
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
@lifesafeast.bsky.social
Writer mostly about food & culture, food historian, cookbook author, hotel owner, jam maker, American in France. I've won some awards. If there’s food, I’ll be there. #endALS Check out my stuff https://bento.me/jamieschler https://jamieschler.substack.com
@ceebarnacles.bsky.social
Still think I should have been a sailor, but prancing around with old books will have to do.
@lizbethcalvario.bsky.social
EN/FR-SP literary translation, Shakespeare & Translation Studies Lengua y Literaturas Modernas (Letras Inglesas) - FFyL/UNAM Maestría en Traducción - CELL/COLMEX Assistant editor at Otros Diálogos de El Colegio de México
@g-g-clay.bsky.social
I’m a historian of the seventeenth-century Caribbean, currently finishing a PhD at Georgetown University. My research interests include religion, slavery, and emotion.
@daysonaplate.bsky.social
Serving up light on-this-day associations with food & drink from the worlds of gastronomy, art, literature, TV and film, food culture and history. "Food is our common ground, a universal experience" James Beard Glasgow, Scotland
@scifood.blog
Scientist/Medical Researcher/Software Developer. Account for the human Jason Mulvenna skeeting on behalf of his blog The Science of Food (https://scifood.blog/). Food and science related things I find interesting.
@clairejowitt.bsky.social
Early Modernist, Prof UEA; Historical Lead, Gloucester Project & Co-Director, Hakluyt Project, book series co-editor, Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 (AUP) https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/claire-jowitt https://www.gloucestershipwreck.co.uk/
@spudmurphy.bsky.social
Food Scientist, House husband, aspiring food historian, passions cake, cake, cake then apples, mincemeat, sporadic/patchy bread baker, attempted Gaelige student
@dehypotheses.bsky.social
In den Wissenschaftsblogs bei de.hypotheses berichten Forschende in 450+ Blogs aus der aktuellen geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. 🌐 www.de.hypotheses.org 📬 steadyhq.com/de/de-hypotheses/
@smkay.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at Skidmore College in philosophy; settler colonialism, affect, and place; cat & snack fan. she/her.
@descarteslab.bsky.social
Online Seminar "DescartesLaboratory" directed by Fabrizio Baldassarri and Simone Guidi on the 17th-century philosopher Descartes and the reception of his thought and science
@annalunapost.bsky.social
Lecturer History at Utrecht University • Interested in all things Early Modern | History of Science | the Environment | Capitalism • Book coming out: Galileo's Fame https://upittpress.org/books/9780822948599/ • My dog’s name is Freddy
@erikagaffney.bsky.social
Sr Acq Editor, Early Modern Studies, Amsterdam University Press. Comm Editor, Art History, Lund Humphries. Founder, Art Herstory. Etsy shop, http://artherstorynotes.etsy.com
@reevaluate-project.bsky.social
REEVALUATE provides AI tools for prioritization, contextualization and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. It is funded under EU's HORIZON programme (No 101132389)
@jamesdaybell.bsky.social
Prof EM Hist; Letters; Gloves; https://genderingthemuseum.co.uk; Swedish Res Council project on Hist of Separation; Histories of the Unexpected Pod: https://historiesoftheunexpected.com/about-us/; 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. Archaeologist. 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
historian: early modern science & scholarship | book history | collecting & museums | networks | dh-curious |🏳️🌈 |🇪🇺| ~he/him~ + speculative fiction | games | other people's cats & dogs | octopodes | bears | personal views
@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 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.