The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present. Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies:

Good bye twitter, it used to be quite nice here but we know that the platforms we use are not neutral and we cannot continue on this one. Find us on bluesky: Thanks to @RoyalHistSoc for setting the good example.

A reminder that we, too, won't be here from Friday 21 February. Find us in the bluer skies with the same handle! #EarlyModern #Twitterstorians.

Are you signed up yet? We're celebrating @SurekhaDavies 's HUMANS: A Monstrous History, with comment & insight from @leahredmondchang @carolinepennock @Tamarajatkin @RicPadron . 19 Feb, 5:30 (UK): #TwitterStorians

For the weekend crowd, in case you missed it during the week:.

This also means that registration is open! Early Bird fees until 31 March, don't miss out on those (we're a feathery society after all. 🐥 🔥 🐣 🐦‍🔥) . Registration details and form: #EarlyModern #twitterstorians.

While we are still here: OUR PROGRAMME IS LIVE! . Look at all these fascinating panels and presentations -- the #EarlyModern continues to fascinate. Have a peak and get excited for 2-5 July in Bristol for #RenSoc25! #Twitterstorians

This gives us an excellent deadline as well, doing this collectively. For all your #EarlyModern needs, follow us on the other site. We won't be here from 21 February.

For full details and to sign-up, see . Come one, come all!.

¶ Shakespeare from Below. Led by Derek Dunne & Kim Gilchrist.¶ Sound & the Senses. Led by Katie Bank & Rachel Willie.¶ “The air choked with fens”: Socio-ecologies of breathing & air in early modern cross-cultural encounters. Led by: Semih Çelik & Naya Tsentourou.

Seminars are:.¶ Mechanick Exercises in the History of the Book: Practice Based & Collaborative Research into Early Modern Print Cultures. Seminar Leaders:John McTague & Rhiannon Daniels .¶ Renaissance Islands & Colonial Thinking. Seminar Leaders: Matthew Dimmock & Andrew Hadfield.

Who fancies participating in a #SRSlyGood seminar at #RenSoc25 (2-5 July)? We've extended the deadline for signing up to 31 Jan so that the late crowd won't feel miffed to have missed it! . Those who are presenting at the conference in a panel can also participate in a seminar.

Jim Coons explores questions of belonging and notions of nationality int he case of banishment and treason through the case of the Prince of Condé's unborn child. 📝

Nat Cutter shows how the framework of 'exile' enabled English-speaking Protestants in the Maghreb to make sense of their mobile lives. 📝

RT @apuddleofmuddle: So happy to see this out in the world! Our Special Issue explores displacement & innovation, interrogates the term 'ex….

RT @endeeekay: Pleased to see my and @GuidovMe’s special issue on “Travel Studies and the Decolonial Turn” is out now! Thanks to our contri….

Deadline TODAY!!!!!!. Sign up for one of our #SRSlyGood seminars at our biennial conference in Bristol (2-5 July 2025).

Make sure to submit your application by THIS FRIDAY!!.

Kevin Gerard Tracey (@maynoothuni) analyses an Irish exile's natural history, not only for political theology, but also its attention to rescue capture, natural laws, state, and self. 📝

Silke Muylaert draws attention to the network of interactions in which exiles participated and which was an innovative force in the #EarlyModern #LowCountries. 📝

@apuddleofmuddle @CMFgillain Peter Burke (@EModCam ) picks up the debate about the 'Reformation of the Refugees' and assesses their role in innovation beyond religious radicalisation. #Reformazing. 📝