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Monday, July 25th, 2011John Morrill, professor of history at Cambridge asks why Oliver Cromwell remains Britain’s most controversial ruler, and what the morbid story of Cromwell’s head after his death has to say about British history. Visit The Brower’s Five Books Interview to find out what five books, past and present, he recommends for studying the life and [...]
Urban Communities in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1700
Thursday, April 21st, 2011http://earlymoderncommunities.com is a website associated with a literature review project entitled ‘Urban Communities in Early Modern Europe c1400-1700′. This AHRC Connected Communities scoping study aims to examine recent directions in research that takes community as a central theme. The project is run by Fabrizio Nevola and David Rosenthal through the University of Bath. Between now [...]
The History Blogging Project
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011A new project has been launched to help postgraduate historians set up and run blogs to promote their work. Blogging technology has created new opportunities for postgraduate historians to engage with specialist and non-specialist audiences, and to demonstrate the impact of their work by creating and informing new, virtual, public spheres and spaces. While there [...]
New Issue of the Journal of the Northern Renaissance Now Online
Saturday, May 8th, 2010From the Editors of the Journal of the Northern Rensissance: JOURNAL OF THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE 2.1 (Spring 2010) MEMORY AND THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE We are delighted to announce the publication of the Spring 2010 issue of the online, interdisciplinary Journal of the Northern Renaissance, dedicated to the theme of memory. You can view the journal [...]
Sir John Narbrough’s Journal Saved for the Nation!
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010A Press Release from the British Library: Sir John Narbrough’s Journal Saved for the Nation! PRESS RELEASE 30 March 2010 British Library successfully stops English naval explorer’s journal from sailing abroad The British Library has acquired a previously unknown journal of British naval pioneer, Sir John Narbrough, thanks to a £200,000 grant from the National [...]
Who were the Nuns? A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800
Monday, March 1st, 2010Who were the Nuns? A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800 Since September 2008, the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project team at Queen Mary has been making a comprehensive study of the membership of the English convents in exile. That is, the period between the opening of the first English [...]
New Publication Series for French History
Sunday, February 14th, 2010The Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, together with the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at Florida State University and the University of London Institute in Paris, is pleased to announce the launch of a new publication series for French history. The history and historical culture of [...]
Follow a Museum on Twitter
Monday, February 1st, 2010Today is ‘Follow a Museum Day’ on Twitter. Lots of museums around the world use Twitter to communicate with their followers. It’s a great way for them to promote exhibitions and events. So spread the word about musuems on Twitter! And don’t forget to use the hashtag #followamuseum when you follow museums! You can find [...]
Turning the Pages at the Royal Society
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010The Royal Society’s ‘Turning the Pages’ online gallery offers ‘high-quality digital facsimiles of manuscripts which replicate the physical experience of reading the original works as closely as possible’. Some software downloading is required but once that is in place you should have access to some treasures from the Royal Society’s collection. (There are three different [...]
H-Albion Book Editor Wanted
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009H-Albion is looking for candidates to serve as Book Review Editor for England, Wales, and Scotland (1540-1689). Applications are invited from scholars specializing in the early modern period. The successful candidate will serve as book review editor for two years and will be responsible for commissioning and editing book reviews. H-Albion is an H-Net discussion [...]
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