BOOK TALK! Delighted to host @rentravailer.bsky.social & @laurenworking.bsky.social in conversation about their fab books which are reconfiguring our understanding of #earlymodern England in a global perspective! Mon 26 Oct, 5pm (UK) free registration: www.crowdcast.io/c/das-working #skystorians

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Worlds upon worlds. Come and join the wonderful @laurenworking.bsky.social and yours truly under the mighty @srsrensoc.bsky.social Phoenix on 26 October, a day before the North American launch of #thislittleworld from @yalepress.bsky.social

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when the emperor takes a point you made and tells everyone why it’s well made that’s called charlemagne-splaining

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there's a lot to this even in many FT/TT jobs (now vanishing) your real intellectual community are people you see once a year at a conference; perhaps your employer pays for you to attend and perhaps not your job itself is a constant effort to prove to your "institution" that your job should exist

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Monday is the day I ignore everything to concentrate on my book. I find myself daydreaming a lot over the weekend about writing ideas, which I can get down on paper while the thoughts are fresh. Starting to think about book cover ideas. Wondering whether to go abstract or practical. Hmmmm...

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