Dr Jacob Baxter
Historian at the University of St Andrews exploring early modern statesman, readers and copyright. Deputy Director of @universalstc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterOur very own Alex Woolf is on In Our Time on Radio 4 this morning, talking about the Battle of Clontarf. You can listen to it on BBC Sounds here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterWe are delighted to unveil the provisional programme for our upcoming conference on Newspapers and Periodicals, organised by @zbrookman.bsky.social, @apettegree.bsky.social and Arthur der Weduwen, which will take place on 17 June and from 19-21 June 2025. #USTC25
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterThursday is publication day for 'Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England', by Hannah Jeans bit.ly/4c7Oufy Hannah's is the next (and 22nd) title in the RHS New Historical Perspectives book series for early career historians, with @ihr.bsky.social & @uolpress.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterReally looking forward to speaking to the IHR's Low Countries seminar this evening in Bloomsbury. Join us!
- THIS FRIDAY! Excited to welcome @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social to the #LowCountries seminar with a talk on "The notaries of the Royal Exchange: migration and translation between London and the Low Countries" 28 March, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom: www.history.ac.uk/events/notar... #EarlyModern
- A double dose of @basilbowdler.bsky.social, what's not to love?
- We’ve got talks on medieval witchcraft, the Duke of Marlborough, Qajar Iran and much, much more this week! Featuring our very own @basilbowdler.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Dr Jacob Baxter🎺HEAR YE, HEAR YE: We are happy announce our latest post, 'The Fabric of Everyday Life: Sumptuary Laws in Early Modern France', written by @cmfgillain.bsky.social, a postdoctoral researcher on the Communicating the Law in Europe, 1500-1750 project! Read all about it: ustc.ac.uk/news/the-fab...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterWe are advertising for Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c. 1100-1500! Deadline for applications is 21 April 2025: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #medievalsky #skystorians
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterQuestion for typography people: when did ‘R’ develop a curled tail (i.e. in ‘NATURE’ here) rather than its normal straight tail (‘MIRACLES’)? I know it’s a Grandjean signature (c.1700) but see it quite a bit in English books in the 1680s. Where does it come from? France?
- Having an absolute blast undertaking my Maddock Research Fellowship @marshslibrary.bsky.social! If any of you have any Dublin recommendations, let me know!
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterLearn more about the relationship between Polish print and the Latin language in the early modern period in our latest blog ‘We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin’ by COMLAWEU PhD student in @standrewshist.bsky.social, Paweł Pietrowcew! www.ustc.ac.uk/news/we-are-...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterCfP! With Natasja Peeters, Jasper van der Steen, and Ton van Strien, I am organising the one-day Seventeenth-Century Society's conference on Family, Kinship, and Dynasty in the Early Modern Low Countries on 5 September 2025. zeventiendeeeuw.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- One of the best dressed early modernists out there, @aberjack.bsky.social
- Dear Friends, International Military History Seminar Dr Jack Abernethy ( @standrewshist.bsky.social ) will present on “The Dutch Republic’s Baltic Connections during the Eighty Years’ War 1568-1648”. Date: 5 March 2025 Time: 15:00 CET IRL & Zoom 🗃️ #EarlyModern @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterAs Spring approaches, it's the perfect time to plan this year's garden.🌳🌹🪴🌷 In our latest blog post, Book History MLitt student, William Lewis, offers Scottish garden inspiration in ‘A Scottish Country Garden: Horticultural Handbooks in a 1700 Edinburgh Book Auction’ ustc.ac.uk/news/a-scott...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterThe latest issue of USTC Library Quarterly is here! We’ve got an update on our matching from @apettegree.bsky.social, and a fascinating article on female printers from @ewatson.bsky.social. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/ustc-li... #BookHistory #RareBooks #HerBook
- Good to be back!
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterIt’s out! Today is publication day for Gender and the Book Trades, from the conference of the same name in June 2021. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed and read drafts of this behemoth's xxii + 492 pages. We are so proud of it and hope you enjoy. brill.com/edcollbook/t...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterMy article on 'The Popular Politics of Local Petitioning' has now been published in the latest issue of @jbritishstudies.bsky.social! #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... I've also added it to the #PowerOfPetitioning bibliography: petitioning.history.ac.uk/2019/05/13/p...
- The name's Cool. Benjamin Cool. (1700) @universalstc.bsky.social 3136834.
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterLook at this *delight* of a #LowCountries programme for @ihr.bsky.social! 🤩 So many faves! @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social Jazmine Contreras & Nicolaas Barr, Heleen Wyffels @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social @jeroenputtevils.bsky.social and Danny Noorlander Fridays 5:30 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/low...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterHappy New Year! It’s a bitterly cold day in St Andrews, although it clearly has some way to go to match this photograph of the Old Course, taken sixty-five years ago in January 1960. Image Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Library, ID GMC-11-26-3
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterInterested in a career in history and librarianship? We have a fantastic opportunity to come and work as a Trainee Library Assistant in the IHR Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social . 2 posts available starting in September 2025 for 1 year. Apply by 31st January 2025.
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterCheck out our new special issue edited by Marius Buning and Marlise Rijks on printing privileges in early modern Low Countries emlc-journal.org/issue/view/1...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterBook people: a blog I wrote about my recent research fellowship in Glasgow. Discussing print, errors and Polydore Vergil. I had a blast and found some gems which I hope to share with you soon! #skystorians #bookhistory #earlymodern #books universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/p...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterFully-funded PhD scholarship opportunity on project on ‘The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750)’ at the University of Manchester. Supervised by me and my wonderful colleague Tabitha Tuckett in collaboration with Chetham’s Library. Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- 'What remains is, inevitably, only part of the story.' (doi.org/10.3366/lih....)
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterArticles in this year's RHS Transactions volume include 'Migrant Voices in Multilingual London, 1560-1660', bit.ly/4ewYS0B by @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social How far was linguistic diversity a feature of everyday life in London, and how did multilingualism shape social relations? #Skystorians
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterAs of today all the resolutions of the Dutch Republic's States-General are now in a searchable website. A great resource for scholars. #earlymodern 🗃️
- Vandaag lanceren we de website Goetgevonden, waarmee je kunt zoeken in alle besluiten van de Staten-Generaal van de Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden (1576-1796). Goetgevonden is wereldwijd de krachtigste zoekmachine voor historische teksten die ooit is gemaakt. Je vindt ons via goetgevonden.nl!
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterThe Society's book series, 'New Historical Perspectives', has just published its 20th title. The series is for early career historians and publishes first monographs and edited collections. All titles are available Open Access and free to access. More about the 20 titles here bit.ly/3ZixvBr 1/2
- It took Sir Ridley Scott 157 minutes to explain the rise and fall of #Napoleon. In 1905, students @uniofstandrews.bsky.social had just 15 minutes in this #exam.
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterApplications for our Ketelby Fellowship in Late Modern History are now open! #skystorians
- How can we go about finding the reputations of long-forgotten writers? My latest article (doi.org/10.3366/lih....) offers some answers. A big thanks to @maxinebranagh.bsky.social, @cleoocy.bsky.social and @mjrsangster.bsky.social for putting this all together!
- Yesterday, I had the delight of delivering my first ever lecture to undergraduates!
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterThank you to @jilld17.bsky.social and the team at @edinburghup.bsky.social for all of their support, and of course to our contributors: @ernestjeb.bsky.social, @kgbaston.bsky.social, Ruth Abbott, and Michelle Craig for four fantastic articles. More on Books & Borrowing: borrowing.stir.ac.uk/search/
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterOur next dive back into the archives concerns the curious case of Cocker’s Arithmetick. In this post, @jamesafox.bsky.social explores why this arithmetic textbook was the butt of a joke #scottishhistory #bookhistory #18thcentury #numeracy scilicet.org.uk/no-laughing-...
- A seventeenth-century starter pack, you might say (USTC 3130203).
- It was a pleasure interviewing the great @mzukovs.bsky.social on the IHSA podcast. Do give it a listen if you get the chance!
- I've made the jump! Hello, I'm Maria, a final year PhD candidate history at St Andrews. I study Dublin press coverage of the French Revolution. You can check out more of what I do in a recent podcast episode I recorded with @ernestjeb.bsky.social #bookhistory #irishhistory #frenchrevolution
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterWelcome new followers! Amidst all the excitement of a new platform may I also direct your enthusiasm towards this beautiful 150,000-word behemoth, Gender and the Book Trades, jam-packed with groundbreaking research from 27 brilliant scholars! Out January 15! brill.com/edcollbook/t...
- Reposted by Dr Jacob BaxterDelighted to see our SI of Renaissance Studies out in the world now!
- 3+yrs ago, Christophe Gillain & I organised a conference on early modern exile. It's been a minute, but our Special Issue on 'Exile & Innovation' for Renaissance Studies is now available, starting with our introduction where we assess the stakes of our key terms 👇 doi.org/10.1111/rest...
